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On February 24, 1978, five men from the Yuba County, California-area vanished in the wilderness of Northern California. They had set out on what should’ve been a quick road trip to watch their favorite basketball team in a neighboring town. But all five friends wound up missing or dead. Hosted by Shannon McGarvey
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In March, 1987, a man breaks into a Billings, Montana, home and sexually assaults a young girl then escapes undetected. The crime begins a decades-long recovery process for the girl and her family. It's also the start of a maddening search for justice that involves a suspect, an exoneration and DNA evidence that ultimately exposes a loophole in the US legal system. Hosted by Jule Banville Music Courtesy of Nic Bommarito
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I want to create a movement of High Achievers Who Succeed by being 100% themselves, CREATE THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS, like the A PLAYER THAT YOU ARE, without sacrificing yourself for the sake of others! To encourage you to ultimately become the intentional creator of your own life, and to live more unapologetically yourself.
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In our world today, technology plays an increasingly significant role in shaping our lives. The way we communicate, work, and even entertain ourselves is being revolutionized by tech. Behind every innovation, there's a person, a human being with unique experiences, perspectives and challenges. Understanding what shaped their perspective is a real goal. From The Sourced Network remote offices in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, welcome to Real Technologists. Each week we explore the genuine stories a ...
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Trac Bannon: It's so crazy how I meet many of the Real Technologists. Sometimes it's through professional meetings, other times it's through LinkedIn. No doubt you've heard of a game called 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.' It demonstrates the concept of six degrees of separation, which suggests that any two people on earth are six or fewer social conn…
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I generally don't make cold calls, at least when it comes to inviting folks to be on Real Technologists. Jess Szmajda and I crossed paths through our online cybersecurity and cloud computing networks. She's a general manager at AWS leading Network Firewall and Firewall management business. Previously, she was the GM for the VPN practice. With her o…
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We are approaching the midway point for Season 2 of Real Technologists. Senior, Pokie, and I wanted to take a moment to thank you and reflect on the past year. During Season 1, we learned that our eyes were bigger than our stomachs, so to speak. We had decided on an aggressive schedule of weekly podcasts. And like our guests, we learned a big lesso…
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Trac Bannon: When Julie Holdren, co founder of DC based Watering Hole AI joined our call, I immediately noticed stylish designer glasses with a popped collar. That lasted for only a few moments. Julie had a ton of connection and bandwidth issues. So after disconnecting and switching networks, Senior asked Julie and I to talk "cameras off". I'm glad…
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Trac Bannon: John Kaufhold is one of those super smart people... you know the ones... when you read their LinkedIn profile and do a little googling, their achievements and academic records are phenomenal. I was initially a bit shy about reaching out to talk with him. I'm a techie. I'm not a data scientist though I'd like to think that I'm math and …
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Trac Bannon: A few years ago, I was introduced to Helen Beal through our work with the DevOps Institute. Helen was the Chief Ambassador and I was submitting my credentials for consideration as an ambassador. We are both combed-shaped people and naturally had so many topics and passion areas to talk about. What is a comb-shaped person, you may ask? …
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🎙️ Free access to “Real Technologists” on your favorite podcast platforms: bit.ly/realtech-on-all-podcast-platforms 📌 Bob: Ok, Trac , let’s check your levels Trac: Check 1-2, Check 1-2, Season 1 Episode 20, Check 1-2 Bob: Ok, levels sound great; make sure you are set to record individual tracks Trac: Roger, got it. Bob: Ok, I’ll fade out and see yo…
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Doing our normal timeboxed guest research on SBI's Chief Technology Officer, Tracy Edwards, was both difficult and curious. Why curious? Prior to 2018, this Tracy Edwards spent her career more focused on humans and not technology. Once exposed to the idea of product management and bridging the divide between business and tech, she completely reinve…
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I'm noticing a few core traits in the many guests I've hosted for the Real Technologist podcast. Authenticity and a willingness to say yes. This rings true for guest Jonathan Rivers. He was recommended to me as somebody who absolutely is passionate about making opportunities for others. Talking with each guest is filled with surprises and challenge…
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The incredible Jennifer Ives has become a champion for the Real Technologist podcast. She's been introducing me to an Uber broad set of deep technical experts of all different shapes and sizes. Given Jennifer's depth in AI and her new company, Watering Hole AI, it came as no surprise when she introduced me to Dr. Rebecca Bilbro. Dr. Bilbro is the f…
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Leyla Samiee is another amazing real technologist that I met through Shutterstock CTO, Sejal Amin. Lately, I've been pretty amazed watching how networks grow organically and even more excited at the incredible humans willing to share their true stories, their genuine journeys. Genuine is probably the most descriptive, single word I can use to descr…
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I was introduced to Jennifer Ives through a mutual colleague, Sejal Amin. Sejal is one of the growing alumni of the Real Technologist podcast. Sagel and I were discussing how to move the needle from mentoring to refocusing on sponsoring others. What's the difference? Mentoring is often talking, teaching and strategizing. Sponsoring means taking ste…
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Uncover America’s Unknown Serial Killer with Dark Valley
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We’re dropping an extra episode to introduce you to a new podcast series called Dark Valley. This investigative true-crime series covers America’s unknown serial killer, told through the lens of their only surviving victim. After listening to episode #1 of Dark Valley, stream episode #2 on the Dark Valley feed by searching Dark Valley or clicking A…
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Trac Bannon: To be honest, I don't remember when or how I was introduced to Duena Blomstrom. I do know that throughout the lockdowns, we began randomly hopping on calls together and chatting. It really helped us navigate the seeming melees that embrace the globe during the lockdowns. We are constantly finding strong deep topics that focus on humans…
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My friend and mentor, Mark Miller, recently introduced me to Shannon Lietz. She joined our global journalist pool for a cybersecurity and open source podcast called "It's 5:05." Mark gushed about Shannon going as far as saying, Shannon coined the term DevSecOps. Okay. To be fair, everyone knows Patrick Debaux coined DevOps, but neither Google nor C…
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It's kind of funny, our first conversation was when I was a guest on Chris and Nikki's podcast called Resilient Cyber. How did they meet? Well, the same way that I met Chris Hughes, on LinkedIn. Yep. It is a real thing. We met on a professional social networking platform. For about two years, we've floated in and out of each other's networks and ha…
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The journey so far, the things we’ve learned
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Trac Bannon: I've got to share with you that I did not expect the Real Technologist podcast to stretch me in so many dimensions. And if I'm being genuinely open and honest, there was no way to anticipate the impact on my husband, my sound engineer, my best friend, Bob. You see, Bob joins each recording session to check on our sound levels. He also …
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You would think that as a software architect that focuses on DevSecOps and being secure by design, that I would've attended an RSA conference before 2022. What is RSAC? It's the preeminent cybersecurity conference in the world. 2022 was my first, and I was hooked from the time I landed. This conference is known for its sense of community and inclus…
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I consider Robin Yeman a friend, though our story starts out with me being awestruck after listening to Robin present at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in 2019. She was among an impressive list of speakers that year including Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Rosalind Radcliffe, and Jonathan Smart. In her role as a Senior Technical Fellow at Lockheed Martin, Robi…
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I was introduced to Adrienne Shulman through our mutual involvement with the DevOps community. We had an immediate sense of camaraderie and purpose looking to inspire the next generation of technologists. Adrienne, in particular, is passionate about the need for more women developers. We had lengthy discussions on Slack about different dimensions o…
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It’s so interesting to me, how social media platforms and industry groups can facilitate new friendships and enhance networking. We all hear that it is possible, though when you take a step back, how many relationships have you grown this way? It takes deliberate effort and an openness to reach out to others. This is how I met Sejal Amin, the curre…
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My friend and mentor, Mark Miller, tagged me on a LinkedIn post. Then he shot me a link on Slack a few months ago. His words? “This is someone you have to talk to, Trac” That person? Lani Rosales. Mark was right. I navigated to her LinkedIn profile and found myself laughing aloud. Here is the wildly smart and tech savvy Chief Operating Officer for …
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Being a part of a community means investing time to grow the community. You've got to keep a pulse on the voices, ideas, and themes, and look for way to continuously contribute. Sometimes, it could be a blog post, other times, maybe an open dialogue. I was organizing a panel on DevSecOps and CyberSecurity in government and looking for a well balanc…
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My first exposure to Caroline Wong was in 2021. It was the height of the pandemic lockdowns, and we were brought together virtually, to discuss mentoring in technology. I was instantly drawn to her focus on happiness and on avoiding toxicity. She's wicked smart, having received a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkele…
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When I met Katy Craig in 2017, it was in her role as a cyber security pro. She was working for Deloitte focusing on DoD and more specifically, the Navy. Given her cool and matter of fact countenance, she struck me as a natural for identifying and mitigating risk. More importantly was her handling of issues that struck. She is level headed and her d…
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Full transcript and resources for this episode: https://realtechnologists.org/ Jennifer Leggio is a fixture in the Cybersecurity industry. She's a no-nonsense communicator and that makes her perfect for her role in marketing, security solutions, and building communities. Jennifer has an honest approach to discussing security which has become her tr…
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Full transcript and resources for this episode: https://realtechnologists.org/ I first met Rosalind Radcliffe during the early days of the pandemic. We were both invited guests on a technical panel called DevOps Unbound. Our topic? Exploring the reality of DevOps and compliance. Following usual protocol, the moderator shared the names of the other …
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In our world today, technology plays an increasingly significant role in shaping our lives. The way we communicate, work, and even entertain ourselves is being revolutionized by tech. Behind every innovation, there's a person, a human being with unique experiences, perspectives and challenges. Understanding what shaped their perspective is a real g…
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Host Shannon McGarvey discusses updates about the Yuba County 5 case, as well as revisiting theories and also exploring more obscure explanations. McGarvey sat down to speak with authors, Drew Beeson and Tony Wright, who have done extensive research on the Yuba County 5 as well as writing books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…
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BONUS: Josh Clark ("Stuff You Should Know") discusses the Yuba County 5 case with host, Shannon McGarvey
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Josh Clark from "Stuff You Should Know" discusses the Yuba County 5 case with host, Shannon McGarvey. Josh and his co-host Charles W. "Chuck" Bryant covered the disappearance on a 2018 episode of their legendary podcast. Josh talks about what his own work led him to believe about the case, a similarly mysterious disappearance, how his opinions have…
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BONUS: Author Tony Wright Talks About the Yuba County Police Case Files
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Author Tony Wright discusses notable new information in the previously unreleased Yuba County PD case files surrounding "The Boys" disappearance, including the curious distinction made about Gary Mathias' still missing body. Hosted by Shannon McGarvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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"The Boys" knew enough about the Yuba County area to simply get lost in the Plumas National Forest. Between this familiarity and the difficulty of their hike into the ominous terrain, different theories attempt to explain what could have possibly driven them up into the mountains. And a shadowy figure connected to one of the young men has always be…
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One father makes a horrifying discovery that no parent should have to endure. And while four of "The Boys" bodies are accounted for, one young man's complete disappearance only leads to more questions and to a series of reported sightings. The bigger question of what compelled them to venture up into the mountains still shadows the entire investiga…
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After Ted Weiher's desiccated body is discovered in the Forestry Service trailer, there are only more questions around who had been with him as well as why law enforcement never searched the trailer at the Daniel Zink Campground. And finally, one father makes a discovery that no parent should ever have to face. Hosted by Shannon McGarvey Learn more…
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A major breakthrough in the search for "The Boys" happens months after their disappearance. A group of men randomly stop at an uninhabited Forest Service outpost and make a terrifying discovery. Meanwhile, the families of "The Boys" are discouraged because of search parties unproductive efforts and have reason to believe that bias plays a part in t…
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As days pass, "The Boys" disappearance creates a sense of urgency. The families and authorities are desperate to uncover any leads about where they may have gone after the basketball game. Some family members consult with unusual sources to learn any useful information. And with the reward money growing larger, Police are flooded with new tips whil…
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As families, friends and officials desperately try to locate the missing five young men, many are left wondering how they could have gotten lost on what should have been a straightforward drive home. All five were scheduled to play in a Special Olympics basketball tournament the next day. The search is further clouded by the account of one man who …
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In February 1978, five young men in Northern California attend a basketball game together and then make what should have been a routine car ride home. By late that same evening, their families realize that none of them had returned. Despite efforts by searchers over the coming weeks, the only evidence to be discovered was the car that had carried t…
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On February 24, 1978, five men from the Yuba County, California-area vanished in the wilderness of Northern California. They had set out on what should’ve been a quick road trip to watch their favorite basketball team in a neighboring town. But all five friends wound up missing or dead. Hosted by Shannon McGarvey See Privacy Policy at https://art19…
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Linda does something she’s been thinking of doing for years: She reaches out to Jim Bromgard. They agree to meet and remain in touch. Jim’s a dad now with two kids who mostly spent the millions awarded to him in a civil suit. Linda goes to work, lives her life and tries not to be angry about what happened. But sometimes she is. She wants people to …
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The case moves out of Billings and when the gavel drops in the state’s highest court, Linda, her mom and husband are in the front row. But Linda doesn’t feel great about her chances when it comes to this Supreme Court precedent. She’s just left her family in Glacier National Park when she gets the call: the Montana Supreme Court dismisses the charg…
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Linda gets a visit from a prosecutor who tells her: We know who did this, and we’re going to charge him. But there’s a problem. It starts where a lot of old sexual assault cases do: with the statute of limitations. Montana’s clock to prosecute this case expired with the wrong man in prison. But a law that makes an exception for DNA comes into play.…
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A former intern at the state crime lab is now the person in charge of the criminal DNA database that runs samples regularly. One morning, Megan Ashton discovers a hit on this case and links it to someone arrested on a felony marijuana charge. Ronald Dwight Tipton lives in White Sulphur Springs, about an hour from Linda. He meets detectives in a cou…
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Evidence that could have been destroyed from a trial in 1987 is instead discovered sealed in the basement of the Yellowstone County Courthouse. But in 2002, there aren’t many labs that will test it, and it’s expensive. After a donor comes forward, the results prove conclusively that Jimmy Bromgard is not a match. He’s the first person in Montana ex…
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A police sketch leads police to Jimmy Ray Bromgard, a senior at Billings Senior High. They get him in a lineup in front of Linda, the victim, who visibly reacts. The founder of the crime lab compares hairs in Linda’s bedroom to Jimmy’s, leading to an arrest in front of his house. A trial and a conviction follow, but now the founder of the Innocence…
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Episode 1: The Crime In the pre-dawn of March 20, 1987, a man moved a swingset closer to a house on Virginia Lane in Billings, Montana. He used it to climb into a bathroom window. He walked up the stairs and assaulted an 8-year-old girl in her bed. Six others in her family were home, but no one heard what happened and he left without getting caught…
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NEW RELEASE: AN ABSURD RESULT - October 27th
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Coming October 27th - The home invasion and sexual assault of an 8-year old girl in Billings, Montana, begins a decades long recovery process and a painstaking search for justice. Hosted by Jule Banville Mopac Audio Productions See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-…
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This is part of the original Vulnerability challenge I began in December 2017, I recognise that not everyone has time to watch the youtube videos and wanted to allow for a more portable way of following the challenge. I apologise for the audio, it was recorded before I knew how to manage proper audio, but the content is still good! Join the Authent…
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This is part of the original Vulnerability challenge I began in December 2017, I recognise that not everyone has time to watch the youtube videos and wanted to allow for a more portable way of following the challenge. I apologise for the audio, it was recorded before I knew how to manage proper audio, but the content is still good! Join the Authent…
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This is part of the original Vulnerability challenge I began in December 2017, I recognise that not everyone has time to watch the youtube videos and wanted to allow for a more portable way of following the challenge. I apologise for the audio, it was recorded before I knew how to manage proper audio, but the content is still good! Join the Authent…
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