Best Purls Podcasts (2024)

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Podcast 973: A Conversation with Linda Purl 31:52

14d ago31:52

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You’ve probably seen Linda Purl act more often than you’ve heard her sing. Besides being Richie Cunningham’s girlfriend and Fonzie’s fiancée on Happy Days, Matlock’s daughter Charlene Matlock, and Pam’s Mom/Steve Carell’s girlfriend on The Office, she has had stints on Homeland, True Blood, and Hacks. She has starred in over 45 made-for-TV movies a…

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Why Does the Second Half of Sefer Vayikra Begin With All of the Forbidden Relationships?

6d ago

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By Hudi Elsant

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Podcast 975: A Conversation with Charles McPherson, Part Two 29:09

7d ago29:09

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Podcast 975 continues my conversation with the great Charles McPherson. A giant of the saxophone, Charles is a product of the rich jazz city of Detroit, where he was mentored by the late Barry Harris. His closest childhood friend was the future trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer; the two later played together with the iconic Charles Mingus, with whom McPhers…

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Podcast 974: A Conversation with Charles McPherson, Part One 37:26

10d ago37:26

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Reverence is Charles McPherson’s first release for Smoke Sessions Records, and a few listens reveal why he’s been held in such reverence for the last 64 years. The album captures a scintillating live performance from Smoke Jazz Club, where McPherson is joined by his remarkable current group featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, pianist Jeb Patton, b…

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Tzaraat: People, Perspectives and Walls

22d ago

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By Hudi Elsant

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Tazria: Why Does a Woman Who Gave Birth Not Bring a Korban Todah?

30d ago

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By Hudi Elsant

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Podcast 972: A Conversation with Dane Alderson of Yellowjackets 28:51

1M ago28:51

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Since Yellowjackets’ eponymous 1981 debut album, the group has hewed its own creative path, influencing colleagues with enviable compositional craftsmanship and an ever-shifting blend of influences. In many ways Yellowjackets embody both continuity and renewal, with founding pianist/keyboardist Russell Ferrante providing the four-decade thread fir…

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Shemini: What Was So Terrible About the Sin of Nadav and Avihu That It Was Deserving of Death?

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By Hudi Elsant

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Podcast 969: A Conversation with Fernando Trueba 20:52

1M ago20:52

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Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s Bossa Nova-themed animated film They Shot the Piano Player will be in wide release nationwide from Sony Classic Pictures this week. Trueba and Mariscal are the duo behind the 2012 Academy Award nominated Chico and Rita, and their latest work features a who’s who of the best of Brazilian music, including João Gi…

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Tzav: Terumas Hadeshen - Taking Out the Ashes

1M ago

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By Hudi Elsant

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Vaykira - The Korban Shelamim: How to Bring World Peace

2M ago

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By Hudi Elsant

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Podcast 971: A Conversation with George Coleman, Part Two 31:03

2M ago31:03

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The legendary George Coleman’s latest project is a release from hard-bop supergroup One For All, an album appropriately called Big George on Smoke Sessions Records. One For All is composed of tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, trombonist Steve Davis, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. Col…

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Podcast 970: A Conversation with George Coleman, Part One 29:40

2M ago29:40

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New York’s premier hard-bop supergroup, One for All has evolved over the course of its quarter-century history from a sextet of young torchbearers to an assemblage of the music’s most revered traditionalists. Just how in-demand these six artists have become can be traced by the span of time that elapses between albums. 2016’s The Third Decade follo…

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Parshat Pekudei: Women and their Mirrors - Glowing in the Dark

2M ago

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By Liat Mayerfeld

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Parshat Vayakhel: Leah - Weaving our Destiny, One Purl of Wisdom at a Time

2M ago

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By Liat Mayerfeld

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Podcast 968: A Conversation with Ada Rovatti 36:07

2M ago36:07

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Italy-born, Long Island, New York-based saxophonist and arranger Ada Rovatti’s seventh album as a leader, The Hidden World of Piloo is deeply personal, and stylistically varied. It features six improvisationally rich instrumentals that include blues grooves, samba vibes, straight-up lyricism, melancholic balladry and a comedic finale. Two songs inc…

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Parsha Ki Tisa: Rivka - The Calf, the Cradle and the Golden Spoon

2M ago

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By Liat Mayerfeld

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Podcast 967: A Conversation with Sullivan Fortner, Part Two 20:14

2M ago20:14

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In Part One of our conversation, pianist and composer Sullivan Fortner talked about the creation of his latest release, the creative two-disc Solo Game. One disc is solo piano, the result of a curation in the studio with his mentor Fred Hersch, and the other electric keyboard and other musical toys to create both composed through and improvised sou…

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Podcast 966: A Conversation with Sullivan Fortner, Part One 29:13

3M ago29:13

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The latest release from the rising star Sullivan Fortner shows off two very different sides of his musical pallet – lyrical and moving solo piano, and electronic explorations. Both will leave you wanting more, and to hear what he has next up his sleeve. Frustrated by his lack of musical outlets during the pandemic, “Game,” the second of two discs t…

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Podcast 965: A Conversation with Giorgi Mikadze 39:27

3M ago39:27

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Giorgi Mikadze (pronounced “Gih-ohr-gih Mih-kahd-zeh”) is a pianist who values his heritage and roots, having been born and raised in Georgia, at the foot of the Caucasus mountains. While his training and early carer arch may have seemed typical for an aspiring jazz musician – classical training, Berklee and Manhattan School of Music studies, time …

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Podcast 964: A Conversation with Nitai Hershkovits 31:12

4M ago31:12

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Following in the footsteps of the giants of solo piano who have recorded for ECM Records, Call on the Old Wise is Nitai Hershkovits’ first record as a leader for the famous label, presenting his powerful pianistic ingenuity in a largely improvised solo setting. A veteran of Oded Tzur’s quartet (he appears on Isabela and Here Be Dragons), Nitai was …

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Podcast 963: A Conversation with Buster Williams 26:02

4M ago26:02

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As 2023 comes to a close, Straight No Chaser posts a few conversations with artists who produced memorable albums this year. Today’s podcast features bassist Buster Williams, who released Unalome on the Smoke Sessions label this past winter. While the band on Unalome is familiar – drummer Lenny White, pianist George Colligan, alto saxophonist Bruce…

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Podcast 962: A Conversation with Dominic Miller 30:16

4M ago30:16

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Dominic Miller may be best known to the world as Sting’s “right-hand man on guitar” and co-writer of “Shape of My Heart,” among the ex-Police bassist's other pop hits. But the multi-faceted Miller has a completely different outlet for his improvisatory talents as well. Vagabond is the guitarist’s third recording for ECM, and might prove his most po…

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Podcast 961: A Conversation with Ralph Towner, Part Two 17:49

4M ago17:49

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On Part Two of our conversation, guitarist Ralph Towner talks about his growth as a guitarist from his early days playing trumpet and piano, through his time with influential bands like the Paul Winter Consort and Oregon, and then his many solo, duo and trio recordings. We talk about his work with Wolfgang Muthspeil and Slava Grigoryan (From a Drea…

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Podcast 960: A Conversation with Ralph Towner, Part One 32:30

4M ago32:30

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At the age of 83, guitarist Ralph Towner continues to write, perform and improvise on the highest of musical levels. He has been an ECM artist for more than fifty years, appearing in many different contexts, one of the most important being a run of solo recordings which began with Diary in 1973. At First Light is the latest addition to the solo gui…

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Podcast 959: A Conversation with Christine Jensen 32:18

6M ago32:18

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One of the few positives of the horrid COVID pandemic that shook the music world to its core has been the release of musci composed during those uncertain days. Alton and soprano saxophonist Christine Jensen's lastest album, Day Moon (Justin Time Records) stands as a shining example of how a great musician turns struggle into art. Recorded with her…

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Podcast 958: A Conversation with Sean Mendelson 30:02

6M ago30:02

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For the first time ever, the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, the timeless 10th animated Peanuts special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Bill Melendez and Phil Roman and producers Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Originally airing on November 20, 1973 on CBS-TV, the special has been broadcast or strea…

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Podcast 957: A Conversation with Michael Dease and Gregg Hill 26:45

6M ago26:45

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Perennial DownBeat Critics Poll winner trombonist Michael Dease has embraced his role as a torchbearer for his mentors and the great jazz ancestors over his 15 deeply-swinging, state-of-the-art mainstream recordings. For The Other Shoe (Origin Records), Dease teams with the formidable composer Gregg Hill, expanding his rhythmic & harmonic palette w…

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Podcast 956: A Conversation with Jon Cowherd 31:48

6M ago31:48

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Keyboardist Jon Cowherd has been on my list of interview subjects for a long time, and after an unconscionable delay, Podcast 956 features him and his latest release, a trio album on the Le Coq Records imprint called "Pride and Joy." And what a trio it is - Cowherd joined by long-time friend and musical running partner Brian Blade on drums, and the…

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Podcast 955: A Conversation with Douyé 22:27

7M ago22:27

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As a fan of the Great American Songbook (and really, who isn't?) I'm always looking for new and different approaches to these storied songs. Enter the Nigerian born singer Douyé, whose latest release The Golden Sèkèrè, is a wonderful meld of polyrhythms, swing and soul. Having grwon up listening to American torch singers as well as Afrobeat, it was…

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Podcast 954: A Conversation with Joe Alterman about Les McCann 29:34

7M ago29:34

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Pianists Joe Alterman and Les McCann make something of an odd couple. The pair are separated in age by more than half a century; McCann is confined to a medical rehab facility in Los Angeles, while Alterman left New York City to return to his native Atlanta, Georgia six years ago. But since their paths first crossed back in 2012, according to Alter…

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Lauren Hanford on Add TACOS to your SBOM Combo Platter 25:28

9M ago25:28

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Remember the X-Files television show? Dana Scully was one of the main characters - a brilliant FBI agent who worked on unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Often skeptical of the supernatural, she was always willing to keep an open mind, and she was also a great role model. She inspired many women in Technology, one of them being Lauren H…

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Hasan Yasar on The Multiverse of SBOM Phases 28:56

9M ago28:56

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There's no better way to get to know someone than staying awake for 24 hours straight while moderating sessions of the world's biggest virtual DevOps conference - All Day DevOps. It's One of the many times I've gotten to spend with Hasan Yasar over the years. We were hunkered down in an office in Tyson's Corner, just outside of Washington, DC, broa…

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Trac Bannon on the connection between Generative AI, LLM and SBOMs 27:25

10M ago27:25

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I'll never forget the day I met Tracy, although I really think we were actually separated at birth. We were scheduled to be on a podcast together and after introducing ourselves to each other in the call lobby, we began a discussion that most likely would've gone on forever at the host, not interrupted us to get the show started. It turns out we bo…

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Philippe Ombredanne on SBOMs, SCA and PURLs. Oh my! 35:55

10M ago35:55

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It must have been a year or so ago when I was looking for an open source vulnerability scanner to use in a project I was working on. As I scoured the internet, I stumbled upon a project called "VulnerableCode" - a server that could run locally and would return vulnerability information if you called its API and gave it a Purl. What's a Purl? It's a…

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Tim Miller on Do You Want Some GUAC with that SLSA? 29:44

10M ago29:44

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I read an interesting post on Twitter the other day about Software Bill of Materials. The author said "SBOMs promise a picture of what lies beneath the surface of software, but without large scale automated binary analysis, at best, they reflect intent not reality. As a result, relying on them is like being an explorer without a compass." The autho…

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Dan Walsh on Practical Use from a CISO in Healthcare 26:15

10M ago26:15

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Every one of us has a few of those people in our lives that change the trajectory of our careers, and for me, Dan Walsh is one of them. It was just a few weeks after the world shut down during the pandemic when I was introduced to Dan by a mutual friend of ours - Aaron Rinehart - after Aaron heard I was looking for my next big adventure. He introdu…

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Brian Reed on Reverse Engineering Software with SBOM 21:18

11M ago21:18

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I remember being pushed back into my seat with a force I had never felt before. It was the first time I had ever been in an electric car, and Brian Reed was at the steering wheel with this big smile on his face as we went from 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds. It was just one of the many memorable experiences that I've had while spending time with Brian …

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Podcast 953: A Conversation with Omer Klein 36:36

11M ago36:36

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Listeners to Straight No Chaser know I have great fondness for the music of the piano trio, an art I consider one of the highest forms of jazz in terms of improvisation and collaboration. The music these groups make grows richer over time, so those groups that stay together can often take their sound to another level as they mature. Pianist Omer Kl…

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Podcast 952: A Conversation with Eric Reed 33:15

11M ago33:15

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"I'm freer than I've ever been in my personal life, and I'm freer than I've ever been in my music. I'm accepting who I am. I love who I am. And as I continue to evolve – my artistry, my sexuality, and my overall humanity – my music will continue to become more and more personal” - Eric Reed Pianist Eric Reed has been a key component in memorable ba…

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Lisa Bradley on Challenges at Scale 24:10

11M ago24:10

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Earlier this year I had the opportunity to attend a software supply chain summit and meet Lisa Bradley, Senior Director of Product and Application Security at Dell. Lisa had a point of view that was different from the people I talked to about SBOMs in the past. It was big picture practical view of how to implement an SBOM initiative at scale - for …

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Podcast 951: A Conversation with Wayne Escoffery 23:53

11M ago23:53

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Wayne Escoffery was riding high the morning I spoke with him. And why not? Just that weekend he had become the first person of color to conduct a performance of Charles Mingus' epic "Epitaph.," a piece he had played before under the direction of Gunther Schuller. His latest album, Like Minds, ws just out on Smoke Sessions Records, and featured top …

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Podcast 950: A Conversation with Tomer Cohen 26:11

11M ago26:11

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A new face on the New York jazz scene, 25-year-old guitarist-composer Tomer Cohen made his debut as a leader earlier this year with the release of Not the Same River, an album that shows how painting with sound and silence can create often striking musical moods. Accompanied by the highly interactive rhythm tandem of drummer Obed Calvaire (a ubiqui…

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Podcast 949: A Conversation with Joe McCarthy 33:38

11M ago33:38

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If you think Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s remarkable, 1960 interpretation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet, The Nutcracker, is the final jazz word on the popular orchestral work, think again. Performed by drummer/leader Joe McCarthy’s New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band, The Pan American Nutcracker Suite is a distinctly different t…

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Ritesh Noronha on Why Quality Matters 24:35

11M ago24:35

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I often can't get over how small the world actually is. Earlier this year, I attended the Second Annual SBOM meetup after the first day of the RSA conference. The venue was at a little bar on Minna Street, tucked away underneath the skyscrapers of San Francisco. The bar was filled with quite a few familiar faces and after grabbing a cold beer, a ha…

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Podcast 948: Previewing the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival with Danny Melnick 43:38

11M ago43:38

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If it’s June, then jazz festival season must be underway. As always, the early highlight for me is Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, held in lovely Saratoga Springs’ Performing Arts Center June 24-25. Impressario Danny Melnick has a strong lineup for the festival this year, with acts performing on two stages, along with juried crafts, food and dr…

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Podcast 947: A Conversation with Ann Hampton Callaway 29:03

11M ago29:03

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It’s been a while, but I’m pleased to say that Straight No Chaser is back in business! There is a lot of great content coming up, so please spread the word. We’ll kick things off with my conversation with singer/songwriter/arranger Ann Hampton Callaway. Ann has a new album out on Palmetto Records, and it’s her tribute to one of her earliest music h…

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Brian Fox and the Creation of Open Source Repos 30:16

11M ago30:16

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As the video connects I see Brian Fox, sitting in front of a collection of model spacecraft which adorn the shelves behind him. It's a fitting backdrop for a conversation about the genesis of the software supply chain problem, and how exploration and discovery has led us to where we are as an industry today. Think about this, it all started when we…

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Chris Hughes on Government and Cybersecurity: Where do we stand? 21:03

12M ago21:03

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I’m not the most active user of any social networking platform, but when I do engage it’s normally on LinkedIn - and the first thing I usually see is a great article, video, or post from Chris Hughes. He’s a content machine - an active podcaster, and I can tell you that when his upcoming book "Software Transparency," is released, I’ll be the first …

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What's VEX got to do, got to do with it? - Guest: Steve Springett 23:56

12M ago23:56

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Seems like every time I talk to someone or do research on Software Bill of Materials, I encounter VEX - Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange - and I never really understood what they were used for. I knew they had something to do with understanding the vulnerabilities that exist inside the components we list inside of an SBOM, but why does the for…

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