Best Eureka John Podcasts (2024)

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Becoming Parks and Rec Nerds - EAB and Park and Rec Accreditation with Matt Johnson and Bryce Shearen 1:00:33

1h ago1:00:33

1:00:33

This week we may have to temporarily rename the podcast "The Parks and Recreations Nerds" as we welcome Matt Johnson, Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Roseville. Along with my guest co-host Bryce Shearan, a colleague of mine at Bolton & Menk and former Parks and Recreation Director at the City of Little Canada. Bryce also hosts anot…

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Project Communications in Public Works with Sara Renney 49:55

6d ago49:55

49:55

We are back for our 30th episode here at The Public Works Nerds! Here is the AI Generated Description. I have to call it out because I can't take credit for this prose: Unlock the secrets to transforming public perception and securing project funding through masterful communication with our esteemed guest, Sara Renney, Carver County's communication…

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Episode 514 - Orange ID's and Other Crypto Stuff 31:44

27d ago31:44

31:44

In this episode I look at the new Orange DID service by Microstrategy, and then talk about DID in general along with IQ.wiki and AI-driven IQGPT.By Eureka John

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Nerds Unplugged: Take 2 with Deb Heiser and Richard McCoy 1:06:19

16d ago1:06:19

1:06:19

Join us for Take 2 of the Nerds Unplugged where I sit down with Deb Heiser, Engineering Director for the City of St. Louis Park, MN, and Richard McCoy, Public Works Director and City Engineer for the City of Robbinsdale, MN. We recap the last four episodes and chat about some random topics like college tours, bridge collapses, and infrastructure fu…

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Episode 513 - Poking around FarCards, memecoins, and Degen chain 28:09

22d ago28:09

28:09

In this episode I speak about how tech innovation always starts with fun, much like the fart noise pages when the internet started. Then I go into memecoins on Degen chain and poke around things there.By Eureka John

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Episode 512 - Are We There Yet? DeFiGinger speaks on the state of Web3 32:21

13d ago32:21

32:21

In this episode 512 I spoke with Chris Eberle (DeFiGinger) on the current state of web3/crypto. We initiated the interview as a way to test multiple livestreams on Twitter, YouTube, and Unlonely.app, but it serendipitously turned into a great interview. You can find Chris on his podcast through Crypto Sapiens at cryptosapiens.xyz You can find him o…

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Episode 511 - Anything goes. Bring out the weirdness. A New Era of UHF 30:44

17d ago30:44

30:44

In this episode I am checking in on some projects I have been working on. One of the things I emphasize this week is how web3 content creation apps are bringing out the weirdness in the same way that public television and UHF did in the 80's and 90's.By Eureka John

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Innovative Technologies in Pavement Management with Chris Evers 1:13:44

19d ago1:13:44

1:13:44

Episode 8 of Season 2 features Chris Evers, a 2023 APWA Top Ten Public Works Leader award winner. That's why I contacted Chris, but I'm so happy I did for many reasons. First of all, I was finally able to nerd out on pavement maintenance. But I was also able to meet a pretty funny, smart, and gracious person in Chris Evers. And since Chris brought …

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Episode 510 - Changing my podcasting model to OnChain 18:50

24d ago18:50

18:50

In this episode I make my debut as an onchain and open source podcaster using a combination of vdo.ninja, OBS, Unlonely.app (using livepeer) and Hypersub. I will be minting these on Zora as well. Let's see how this experiment works!By Eureka John

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Technology in City Forestry with Minnetonka's City Forester Hannibal Hayes 1:08:34

2M ago1:08:34

1:08:34

This episode took some time to get out there! Blame vacations and some tech issues, but I am finally dropping the 7th episode in Season 2 - and its a good one! Super fan and Tree Nerd Hannibal Hayes from the City of Minnetonka, MN joins me to talk about using technology to better manage the urban forest. We go off on some tangents about Emerald Ash…

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Raleigh's Smart City Efforts with Jim Alberque and John Holden 1:06:11

2M ago1:06:11

1:06:11

This week I'm joined by a Smart Cities team from Raleigh, North Carolina. Jim Alberque is the GIS and Emerging Technology Manager for the City of Raleigh and John Holden is the Smart City Manager for Raleigh. We talk about what does Smart Cities mean for Raleigh and how is the City focusing on different efforts under this umbrella. We cover quite a…

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St Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw and his Unorthodox Path to a PW career 53:26

3M ago53:26

53:26

In this episode I sit down with my hometown Public Works Director, Sean Kershaw. As any public works nerd knows, we are at times over critical of those that serve us where we live, and we most likely have experienced that heightened scrutiny from current and retired public works professionals that live in our communities. It can be good, reaffirmin…

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Nerds Unplugged February 2024: CEAM Conference, Richard McCoy and Episode Recaps 1:08:42

4M ago1:08:42

1:08:42

Welcome to the first Nerds Unplugged episode! Deb Heiser, Michael Thompson and Mark Ray join me as a panel of opinionated Public Works professionals talking about random issues related to Public Works. This is planned to be a monthly or so feature where we recap recent podcast episodes, talk about public works issues in the news and give updates to…

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Episode 509 - The Evolution of Meme Coins into Social Impact Communities 0:59

4M ago0:59

0:59

In this episode I bring back Magic Mike on the show since his last appearance 2.5 years ago on episode 201. We speak about the evolution of meme coins into "culture coins". These projects have transcended memes and now have cultural utility and social impact. Mike is a part of the funny, or vulgar, depending on your perspective BAWLS ONU culture co…

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Infrastructure Resilience with Russ Matthys - an APWA 2023 Top Ten Public Works Leader 1:02:22

3M ago1:02:22

1:02:22

Join us for our first of hopefully many conversations with an APWA Top Ten Public Works Leader. In this episode we are joined by a Public Works Nerds Podcast veteran, Russ Matthys. In 2023, Russ was one of 10 professionals named a Top Ten Public Works Leader by APWA. We talk to Russ about the award and what that means to him. We also talk about a n…

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The State of Recycling with Eureka Recycling's Kate Davenport 1:09:38

4M ago1:09:38

1:09:38

Discover the transformative power of recycling and how it intertwines with community economics in our latest Public Works Nerds podcast episode. I, Marc Culver, am joined by the insightful Kate Davenport, co-President of Eureka Recycling, who not only shares her personal journey from climate activism to leading a nonprofit recycling enterprise but …

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Challenges and Solutions for Water Service Line Inventory with Chelsea Alger and Dave Malm 51:36

5M ago51:36

51:36

Unlock the secrets of how cities are combatting the pernicious issue of lead in our drinking water, as Chelsea Alger and Dave Malm from Bolton & Menk join us to dissect the monumental task of lead service line replacement. With the Flint water crisis still fresh in our memories, we explore the complexities of updating water service inventories, the…

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part09 'Laodicean State' 25:38

6M ago25:38

25:38

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part09 'Laodicean State'

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part08 'Philadelphian State' 16:35

6M ago16:35

16:35

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part08 'Philadelphian State'

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Episode 508 - Cyphers vs The Centopoly - Freewill vs Predestination 49:28

6M ago49:28

49:28

In this episode I speak with Devin Sawyer, one of the SciFi comic book series LegendsOfCypher.io. After a couple of decades in the banking industry, Devin went down the web3 rabbithole and found a world of opportunity to combine his passion for technology with his passion for SciFi and comics with a community of other web3 driven folks he met in a …

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Episode 507 - Longwinded rant & ramble about the haters of the bDAO Arbitrum Proposal 55:01

6M ago55:01

55:01

Good morning! Warning! This episode is pretty much a lLongwinded rant & ramble about the haters of the bDAO Arbitrum Proposal. I basically made this episode to help defend my BanklessDAO community against the hordes of numbskull crypto twitter haters who are criticizing the proposal some members of BanklessDAO made to the Arbitrum DAO. Artibutrum c…

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Episode 506 - Interview with Prince and Jung from Lantern Finance 44:00

7M ago44:00

44:00

In this episode I interview Prince Jindal and Jung Won Kim, the Founders of Lantern Finance. Lantern Finance seeks to create a place for the non-technical crypto-interested person to safely land in the crypto space and be able to enjoy things like staking ETH securely without risk of exchange implosion, or on the other side have to have a high degr…

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part07 'Sardian State' 16:22

7M ago16:22

16:22

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part07 'Sardian State'

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Episode 505 - Live from my hotel talking about Decentralized Digital IDs 38:09

7M ago38:09

38:09

Good morning! I apologize in advance for the crappy quality and sound, but I am streaming from my hotel room in Houston. In this episode I discuss digital ID's both centralized and decentralized. Sources: https://mirror.xyz/brantly.eth/7nJZCqyvhbdTIfq4oSnNEjlUUyxS9sf3pTHcBNi8Te8By Eureka John

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Episode 504 - Web3 tools Jokerace and Aburra - Bitcoin Ordinals, Project Spartacus, and Censorship 39:44

7M ago39:44

39:44

Join me in the morning before I start my day as I wake myself up to some baseless opinions and incoherent techno-babble. This morning I talk about DAO tooling, specifically JokerAce.xyz and how you can create contests, polls, and voting mechanisms for your DAO/online community. Then I talk about the web3 version of Twitter Spaces called Aburra.xyz …

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Episode 503 - Learning about the dark forest of the internet 47:27

7M ago47:27

47:27

Join me in the morning before I start my day as I wake myself up to some baseless opinions and incoherent techno-babble. This morning I talk about the concept of the Dark Forest of the internet and in crypto. Sources: https://archive.ph/kIIRX https://zkga.me/ https://betterprogramming.pub/how-to-survive-in-the-ethereum-dark-forest-f21c9eca4bfe http…

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Episode 502 - Livestream Reboot and some ranting about AI Agents 37:17

7M ago37:17

37:17

Good morning! I am trying to get back to doing morning livestreams on YouTube. This morning was a sort of test run. I think it worked ok. This episode has a little more rambling than usual, but that's because it is live and unedited! Source: https://safe.mirror.xyz/V965PykKzlE1PCuWxBjsCJR12WscLcnMxuvR9E9bP-Y…

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part06 'Thyatiran State' 25:31

7M ago25:31

25:31

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part06 'Thyatiran State'

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part05 'Pergamian State' 10:22

7M ago10:22

10:22

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part05 'Pergamian State'

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part04 'Symrnean State' 15:37

7M ago15:37

15:37

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part04 'Symrnean State'

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part03 'Ephesian State' 7:47

8M ago7:47

7:47

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part03 'Ephesian State'

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part02 'Apostolic State of Christendom' 15:56

8M ago15:56

15:56

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part02 'Apostolic State of Christendom'

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Episode 501 - Above Average Joe’s take on Decentralized Social Media: friend.tech vs post.tech 40:59

8M ago40:59

40:59

In this impromptu episode, I interview BanklessDAO OG and longtime Community Manager Above Average Joe and get his take on decentralized social media and friend.tech vs post.tech. Sources: https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-friend-tech-the-social-token-driven-decentralized-social-network Twitter: https://twitter.com/Abv_Avg_Joe friend.tech post.t…

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Season 1 Recap with Mark Ray 49:22

8M ago49:22

49:22

It's our 20th episode! Which is milestone in and of itself. Considering 90% of podcasts don't make it past 3 episodes, we're in pretty good company. I am joined by our first episode guest, Mark Ray, Public Works Director and City Engineer for the City of Crystal, MN. Mark, who is one of the most positive people I know, helps me review the season an…

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part01b 'The Seven Epistles Typical of the Complete and Manifold Development of the Apostasy' 28:56

8M ago28:56

28:56

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part01b 'The Seven Epistles Typical of the Complete and Manifold Development of the Apostasy'

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Solid Waste: Organized Collection, Recycling and Organics with Rachel Lindholm 57:56

8M ago57:56

57:56

This week we dive into the intricate world of waste management with Rachel Lindholm, the Sustainability Specialist from the City of Richfield, Minnesota. In this episode we talk about how Richfield implemented organized collection, managed recycling services and started both a drop off and curb side organics collection system. Listen in as we nerd …

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part01a 'The Seven Epistles Typical of the Complete and Manifold Development of the Apostasy' 15:50

8M ago15:50

15:50

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec4 Part01a 'The Seven Epistles Typical of the Complete and Manifold Development of the Apostasy'

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Episode 500 - Reflections on the show, web3’s use case, and on 0xSplits.xyz as a tool 34:15

8M ago34:15

34:15

Good evening! It is Saturday night and I am recording episode 500. I am Reflecting on the show, web3's use case, and on 0xSplits.xyz as a useful protocol and tool. I made a commemorative NFT for this show and minted 500 of them. It is pictured in the thumbnail. If you want one, you can buy it at this link: https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x495f9…

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A Conversation with the MN Chapter of APWA: Events, Committees, Strategic Plans, and Professional Development 1:06:03

9M ago1:06:03

1:06:03

Join us and we talk with the Officers of the Minnesota Chapter of APWA. We talk about the history of the chapter, the committees, conferences, and their strategic plan. This is a lively and fun discussion with some very dedicated and devoted public works nerds! Our distinguished guests - President Monica Heil, Vice President Jupe Hale, Secretary/Tr…

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The Life Aquatic (with Nick Laskin) 1:07:49

8M ago1:07:49

1:07:49

There are only a handful of directors whose films feel like events. From the 90's class of directors, there's Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson. The latter Anderson's films have only grown in popularity and mainstream appeal. For better or worse, along with Tarantino, Wes Anderson has a built a brand around his name. In 2004,…

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec3 Part09 'The Promise to the Victor' 21:12

9M ago21:12

21:12

Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec3 Part09 'The Promise to the Victor'

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Episode 499 - Saturday Night thoughts on Moloch, Metamask Snaps, Forta bots, and web3 journalism tools 28:32

9M ago28:32

28:32

In this episode I ramble about Moloch, Metamask Snaps, Forta bots, and web3 journalism tools like reSee.it, and Permacast.app Sources: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://twitter.com/reSeeIt https://resee.it/ https://www.permacast.app/By Eureka John

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The Beach (with Alex Kolpan) 55:43

9M ago55:43

55:43

Danny Boyle and Leonardo DiCaprio head to Thailand to drink snake blood and cuck French guys in "The Beach." In 1996, Danny Boyle was riding the success of "Trainspotting" and American studios were lining up to give him a shot at the big leagues. In 1999, Boyle teamed with Fox and Leonardo DiCaprio for his first big post "Titanic" role to bring Ale…

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GIS and GeoAI in the world of Public Works with Adam Carnow and John Shain 1:03:12

9M ago1:03:12

1:03:12

In our 17th episode we talk to two GIS Nerds, Adam Carnow from ESRI and John Shain from Bolton & Menk. In the spirit of the AI movement, which we talk about in this episode, specifically GeoAI, I'm going to let the AI generated episode description say the rest - I usually consider this too wordy to use for the actual episode descriptions and end up…

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Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec3 Part08 'I have stood at the Door, and I Knock' 6:18

9M ago6:18

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Eureka Volume 1 by John Thomas MD (Christadelphian) Audiobook read by John Clarke (Rugby, UK) Eureka Volume 1 Ch3 Sec3 Part08 'I have stood at the Door, and I Knock'

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Episode 498 - Overcoming creator block and Tornado Cash still in the Storm 24:10

9M ago24:10

24:10

In this episode, I talk about my creator's block and me finally creatign a new episode after about 6 months of nothing. I talk about some of the podcasts I am involved in and why I am starting back up. Then I transition over to Tornado Cash and how Roman Storm has been arrested and why this matters to us. I also show where we can go donate to help …

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We Own the Night & Triple 9 (with William Breen & Nick Laskin) 1:42:47

9M ago1:42:47

1:42:47

James Gray has quietly made a name for himself as one of the most underrated modern filmmakers of the 21st century. From his 2000 breakout "The Yards" to last years "Armageddon Time," Gray's films have often been festival and critical darlings, but rarely had crossover appeal. After a 7 year hiatus, Gray reunited with Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlb…

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The City Engineers Association of Minnesota and how it helps distribute MN's gas tax with Deb Heiser 56:06

9M ago56:06

56:06

In this episode Deb Heiser and I nerd out about the City Engineers Association of Minnesota, a unique organization of municipal engineers. We talk about CEAM's mission, committees and purpose. We also dive into what role CEAM plays in the distribution of Minnesota's gas tax. We would love to hear from others about how your state's gas tax is distri…

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Implementing Adaptive Level Control Systems for Stormwater Ponds with Ross Bintner 1:00:13

9M ago1:00:13

1:00:13

Meet Ross Bittner, Engineering Services Manager from Edina, Minnesota, who has an extraordinary passion for water resources and a knack for innovation. Ross and I nerd out in this episode about a new Adaptive Level Control System that the City of Edina is using to create additional storage in a stormwater pond in advance of rain events. Listen in a…

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Summer of Sam (with Ryan Oliver) 1:09:18

9M ago1:09:18

1:09:18

Spike Lee tackles disco and serial killers in his 1999 flop “Summer of Sam.” 1999 was a landmark year for cinema with directors like Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese releasing new films. Often forgotten is Spike Lee’s kaleidoscopic vision of the Son of Sam’s 1977 summer…

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