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Welcome to ”This Podcast is a Secret,” where hosts Cameron and Coby dive deep into the world of conspiracies, mysteries, and all things weird. From the paranormal to cryptids, secret government programs to unexplained phenomena, join this dynamic duo as they explore the unknown with a touch of humor. Cameron and Coby bring you captivating stories that will leave you questioning reality and pondering the mysteries that surround us. Each episode unravels a new secret, whether it’s the enigmati ...
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Go inside the stories of the documentary series Small Town Comeback. This original series, filmed in Vernal, Utah, follows a small town revitalizing its downtown to bring back its Main Street charm. Documentary director, Becca Summers, speaks with locals from the film about what it takes to create a thriving Downtown and diversify their economy. Their stories explore how innovation, grit, and community are crucial for rural success.
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Episode 5: The Nibiru Cataclysm/Planet X In this episode of "This Podcast is a Secret," we unravel the conspiracies and mysteries surrounding Planet X, or Nibiru, and its supposed inhabitants, the Anunnaki. We'll explore the theories proposed by Zecharia Sitchin and Nancy Lieder, discuss the potential cataclysmic effects of Nibiru's orbit, and delv…
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Episode 4: Bigfoot Today, we explore the granddaddy of all cryptids—Bigfoot. For years, Bigfoot has fascinated the cryptid community, sparking debates, hunts, and endless stories. Some hunt him, some fear him, some doubt his existence, and others, like us, revel in the mystery. Known for wandering the woods, Bigfoot's legend is rich with intriguing…
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Episode 3: The Betty & Barney Hill Abduction In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill, an American couple, encountered a UFO while driving home from a vacation in Canada. After witnessing the strange object, the Hills experienced a period of missing time, unable to account for two hours of their journey. Under hypnosis, they recovered memories of b…
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Episode Two: The Tunguska Event In this thrilling second episode of "This Podcast is a Secret," we dive deep into the mysterious and explosive phenomenon known as the Tunguska Event. On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion rocked the remote Siberian wilderness near the Tunguska River, flattening over 800 square miles of forest and causing shockwaves …
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Episode One - The Legend of Mothman Step into the shadows with us in this premiere episode of 'This Podcast is a Secret,' as we venture into the mysterious tale of the Mothman, a spine-chilling specter said to lurk in the quaint town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. First sighted in the swingin' sixties, this eerie apparition has been linked to sp…
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Episode One drops on May 16th! Welcome to "This Podcast is a Secret," where hosts Cameron and Coby dive deep into the world of conspiracies, mysteries, and all things weird. From the paranormal to cryptids, secret government programs to unexplained phenomena, join this dynamic duo as they explore the unknown with just a touch of humor. Cameron and …
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Building Up Rural Tech: Part 2 Episode Synopsis: Ted Munford (local business owner of Techris) has worked in the rural tech scene for almost 20 years. Kray Halsem (local Web Developer) found his tech career after a life-altering airplane accident. These two rural tech professionals share their journey into tech, lessons they’ve learned, and advice …
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Building Up Rural Tech - Part 1 Episode Synopsis: Finding talent to fill rural-based tech jobs is tricky. Our small town works with the program DevPipeline to train rural web developers and software engineers. Travis Campbell, Uintah County Economic Development Director, and Jason Fletcher, CEO of DevPipeline, share how this collaboration has creat…
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Saving Kids Canal Episode Synopsis: Kids Canal is a 100-year-old nature space in Vernal, Utah, where kids can freely play, swim, fish, and explore. Recently, the Kids Canal was in danger of being destroyed. As our small town grows, things inevitably change. But we don’t want everything to change. Today I’m talking with Sam Passey (Uintah County Lib…
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Business Pitch Winner: Elite Equine Episode Synopsis: Rural Utah has thousands of horses. When you drive around our small town, you’ll see horse after horse in pastures. Two local women saw a huge gap in the equestrian industry and are working together to fill it. In this episode, you’ll hear the journey and lessons learned from business pitch comp…
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Dinah “SOAR Days Hot Air Balloon Episode Synopsis: Get a sneak peek into Utah’s Biggest Hot Air Balloon Festival! Event Director Lesha Coltharp (Uintah County Travel & Tourism Director) and Steve Jones (local hot air balloon pilot & local restaurant owner) share the strategy for growing this massive festival, its economic impact, and how events lik…
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Mural Magic on Main Street Episode Synopsis: Local artist Jordan Clark (owner of Ninty1 Designs) shares his journey of starting a spray paint mural company. Lesha Coltharp (Uintah County Tourism and Event Director) shares how murals and other local art efforts are elevating the look and feel of their small town. Watch the Documentary Series Watch t…
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Market on Main Street Episode Synopsis: Trisha Sorensen, creator of a local cookie empire, shares her journey of growing from a home baker to owning a downtown bakery and consignment store. Her dream was only made possible by a new local business pitch competition, Rise and Thrive. We speak with the pitch founder, Sylvia Wilkins, and hear how this …
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Saving Main Street: Vernal’s Downtown Revitalization (Part 1)
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Saving Main Street: Vernal’s Downtown Revitalization (Part 1) Episode Synopsis: How do you revitalize a crumbling downtown? Quinn Bennion (Vernal City Manager) and Gabby Hawkes Blackburn (Vernal City Assistant City Manager) share the community’s strategy and journey of bringing back a vibrant Main Street to their small town. Watch the Documentary S…
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CEP015 – Finishing Prototypes with Zack Freedman
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This is a crossover episode with The Amp Hour podcast (also made by Chris) Welcome, Zack Freedman of Voidstar Lab Zack Freedman is a prototyping engineer turned YouTuber who makes bombastic videos about 3D printed creations and getting projects across the finish line. He joins Chris to talk about his past hardware designs and what he will be buildi…
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CEP014 – Moving to KiCad V6 with Jon Evans
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Welcome, Jon Evans of the KiCad project! Jon Evans is a longtime developer on the KiCad project and practicing EE at Formlabs. He joins Chris to talk about the future of KiCad, including features that are coming in V6. Show Notes 0:00 Introduction 2:15 Making changes to the platform 4:00 History of the codebase – Chat with the KiCad team about V6 a…
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CEP013 – Open Source Robotics with Kat Scott
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Welcome, Kat Scott of Open Robotics! Kat is a developer advocate at Open Robotics, the company behind software like the open source Robot Operating System (ROS). Kat joins Chris to talk about how to create high complexity robotic creations and also how to create the lower level electronics that integrate into larger ROS systems. Kat is a member of …
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CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern
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Welcome, Becky Stern! Becky is an artist and content producer who works electronics into projects using a wide variety of media and construction techniques. Becky also teaches a class on electronics at SVA in NYC. She is a product manager at Instructables. Show Notes Her most recent project: Zodiac Embroidery Slack status updater Collaboration with…
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CEP011 – Environmental Monitoring with Conservify
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Welcome, Conservify! Our guests today Shah Selbe Jacob Lewallen Bradley Gawthrop Show Notes Conservify is creating the FieldKit, a new modular system for environmental monitoring for research scientists and citizen scientists. FieldKit goes arboreal Testing for wild hardware Open source! Check out the hardware and firmware on Github The hardware Fi…
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CEP010 – Low Volume and Low Cost with Timon Skerutsch
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Welcome, Timon Skerutsch (@timonsku)! Show notes Timon and Chris know each other from Twitter and from past Hackaday events (Timon won one of the Hackaday Prize awards for his Linux Tablet) Timon has been doing experiments with the recently released Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) This includes creating a carrier board using an Othermill circui…
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CEP009 – Meta Learning Electronics with Mike Cheich and Phil FitzGerald
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About the guests/host Mike Cheich runs Programming Electronics academy. He has also been on Chris’s other podcast in the past. Phil FitzGerald is an educational coach via The Compelling Message Chris teaches at Contextual Electronics Discussion topics Teaching how to make a sandwich Is the knowledge in reach and is it relevant? Most people that are…
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CEP008 – Building Rockets with Joe Barnard (Interview)
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Joe Barnard is a rocketeer who runs BPS.space Joe is helping to bring Thrust Vector Control to the field of model rocketry He got started wanting to work for SpaceX, but has expanded the scope of things he’s interested in doing long term The signal board is available for sale Check out the evolution of control electronics that have gone on his rock…
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CEP007 – Combining Art and Technology with Sarah Petkus
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Sarah’s personal site (shown throughout the video) She Bon is a project exploring human sexuality and helping people discuss it in a more healthy way. It has multiple smaller projects we discussed HotSpot PulsePack Sarah shows the hardware to different groups. The hackers at DEFCON are different than the artists at Ars Electronica Sarah entered the…
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CEP006 – Cellular Design Review with Roy Chen
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Today we’re talking with Roy Chen from Quectel. He is a field applications engineer and has been helping people design cellular modules into their designs. This is the PDF design review document that Quectel created This is the powerpoint based PDF document that Quectel created BG95 EG91 Quectel The ABC course for Contextual Electronics Contextual …
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