Best Yii Podcasts (2024)

Discover the art of dancing through life in this inspiring talk with Chungliang Al Huang 🕺 In this conversation, Chungliang Al Huang discusses the practice of Tai Chi, Taoism, and the integration of Eastern and Western philosophies in one's life. He emphasizes the importance of embodiment, yin-yang balance, and the fluidity of Tai Chi as a way to f…

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On the Way #9: How our society CAN be sustainable: a talk with Jeremy Lent 44:01

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Imagine a world where instead of making money we focus on ecological sustainability and harmony with the natural world. 🌿 Discover the transformative concept of an ecological civilization with Jeremy Lent.In this engaging conversation, explore how we can shift from a wealth-focused society to one centered on life affirmation. Learn about the fascin…

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On the Way #8: The Simple Keys to Emotional Well-being with Dr. Elizabeth Thompson 43:23

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Transform challenging emotions like grief, fear, and anger into valuable insights and positive states of being with Dr. Elizabeth Thompson.

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On the Way #7: Transform Your Emotions: Taoist Wisdom from Master Gu 33:01

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Achieve tranquility and inner peace through the transformative power of Taoist wisdom with Master Gu. In this podcast, Master Gu shares personal experiences and practices, including using a mantra to overcome anger and maintaining an optimistic and joyful outlook.

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On the Way #6: The peaceful power of Emotional Alchemy (with Wai-Yii Yeung & Desmond Murray) 56:18

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Wai-Yii Yeung and Desmond Murray are leading Daoist thinkers and teachers of lishi and other wellness practices. In our conversatoin we explore 'emotional alchemy' - how princples of Taoist philosophy and wellness can help us work with and transmute our emotions.We discuss how balance, harmony, and a non-judgemental understanding of our emotions ca…

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On the Way #5: Ken Cohen reveals the incredible healing benefits of Qi Gong 1:03:39

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With over 50 years of experience, Ken Loach is one of the world’s leading qi gong thinkers and practitioners, championing the importance mindfulness, gratitude and compassion. I’m thrilled to share this conversation with Ken, exploring the transformative power of this ancient practice. Hope you enjoy!…

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On the Way #4: Deng Ming Dao. Tap into nature’s power (Te). Living Taoist Masters 58:15

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Deng Ming Dao is one of the great living Taoist teachers - we explore the virtue of nature and how we can live more naturally. Hope you enjoy!

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On the Way #3: Philosopher Jeremy Lent's Mind-bending Understanding of the Universe 1:00:10

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☯️ Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent - has transformed how I see the world! https://amzn.to/3xzLc0n Books on Evolution Jeremy Recommends: Dance to the Tune of Life - Denis Noble: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dance-Tune-Life-Biological-Relativity/dp/1107176247

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On the Way #2: Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu): Getting deep with Professor Edward Slingerland 55:49

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C C Tsai's comic retelling of the Zhuangzi is awesome, worth getting a copy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nature-Illustrated-Library-Chinese-Classics/dp/0691179743/

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On the Way #1: Professor Brian Bruya explores Chapter 1 of the Dao De Jing 54:01

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CC Tsai's comic retelling of the Dao De Jing, translated by Brian Bruya, is awesome. Get a copy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jing-Illustrated-Library-Chinese-Classics/dp/0691179778/

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Welcome to the Way of Nature Podcast!

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Here lies dynamic properties. They were good properties Brent. 37:37

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Matt and Ben are joined by Colin O'Dell, staff engineer at Wayfair and supporter of the twitter dividing Dynamic Properties RFC to discuss what this RFC really means for PHP going forward and if its really a good idea. They also talk to Colin about what its like to change jobs after a long tenure (13 years) at his previous job, what he likes and do…

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Episode 83: A catch up and a car crash 1:12:48

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Ben and Matt catch up since its been a minute since it's just the two of them have talked. They talk all kinds of things about life, conferences, getting hit by a car and how to best impersonate Chuck Norris style rolls.By Ben Edmunds, Matt Trask

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Episode 82: Another UUID bites the dust. 1:12:01

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Ben and Matt are joined by Ben Ramsey to talk about what it like being in charge of PHP 8.1, his new gig at Skillshare and we ponder the question: do all good uuids go to heaven? Links: Ben Ramsey on Twitter Ben’s UUID Library PHP Release Process Ben’s PHP Library starter kit Rand’s Leadership SlackBy Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 81: The Book of Psalm 53:43

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Matt and Ben are joined by PsalmPHP author and maintainer Matthew Brown to talk about static analysis, open source maintanence, how he and Ondrej Mirtes made a nice contribution to the PHP Coore and how to get Matthew out to more conferences so people can buy him the beers he so rightfully deserves. Show Notes: PsalmMatthew on Twitter…

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Episode 80: Belles Of The Ball 47:03

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Matt and Ben are joined by the founder of Larabelles community Zuzana Kunckova to talk about why communities are so crucial to developer growth, what it takes to start a comnmunity and why Zuzana started Larabelles. We then dive into how she got her start as a developer, where her career has taken her and what is gonna happen with conferences after…

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Episode 79: Fell In Love With A Tree: The Phil Sturgeon Story 1:01:15

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Ben and Matt sit down to talk to Phil Sturgeon… yes that Phil Sturgeon for their once every 2 year check in with the former host of this very podcast. They talk about what it’s like to bikepack across Europe during working hours, how Phil knew what issues needed to be addressed immediately and which he could push off to later and then they talk abo…

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Episode 78: Into The Woodchipper 53:38

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Matt and Ben are joined by Chris Fidao (who watched with horror as Matt butchered his last name). The conversation takes a deep dive into how Chris and Dave Hemphill built ChipperCI include the why, the how and what were some of the fun challenges to building a CI service. We talked briefly about how Chris found good use cases for Golang, but Chris…

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Episode 77: Lets be Frank 49:47

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Matt and Ben are joined by the League of Extraordinary Packages chief benevolent dictator for life Frank De Jonge (@frankdejonge. Its pronounced “de-yong”, not like how Matt pronounced it. He is sorry). We talk about Frank’s contributions to the League, and how it makes him feel to have a package download count in the 8 digits. Frank also talks abo…

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Episode 76: Mad Max DevRel 48:37

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The Twilio crew, bored because they can’t go to conferences to show people the cool shit you can build with their APIs, take over the podcast to talk about life as a grounded devrel. Matt is joined by Margaret Staples (@dead_lugosi), Gary Hockin (@geeh) and back to back guest Marcus Battle (@themarcusbattle). We discuss the Twilio Quest project and…

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Episode 75: Battle of the Frameworks 1:01:34

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Matt and Ben are joined by Marcus Battle to talk about his career path from being a data nerd at WebDev Studios to being a content creator and curator at Twilio. We talk about how much work is involved being a total grammar junky, and does Marcus get early access to things like the supposed Twilio Pigeon API. We also talk about the coveted Twilio s…

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Episode 74: Composer Self Update 44:02

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Jordi Bggiano and Nils Adermann to celebrate Composer finally figuring out how to self invoke its own composer self-upgrade command. We discuss the origins of the project, how they deal with the fame they have found, how they run their business and OSS project and how people who like the project can help giv…

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Episode 73: The League of Extraordinary FIG 44:48

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Woody Gilk. We talk about what its like to birth a framework, and then mercilessly kill it. We also talk about how Woody got involved with the League of Extraordinary Packages and how someone can get involved with the PHP FIG.By Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 72: 200 OK Boomer 56:17

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds sit down for a general catch up episode discussing what’s new with them in the past year or so. Jobs, moves, relationships, and Matt’s developing delusion that he actually enjoys impossible burgers.By Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 71: Forging Happy Developers 37:26

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by James Brooks to discuss what it’s like working for Laravel, his new podcast HappyDev, and mental health for software developers. Links Laravel Forge HappyDevBy Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 70: Dries-int up your controllers 44:44

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Matt Trask is joined by Dries Vints to talk about being employed by Laravel, organizing a conference, why the Last Jedi is absolute garbage, and how Dries manages to do so much (spoiler: don’t have a significant other). Links Laravel Laravel.io FullStackEu Eventy Dries’ BlogBy Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 68: Behind the Facade 1:04:51

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Taylor Otwell to discuss what’s new with Laravel, the business side of things, and what it’s like organizing a huge conference. Links Laravel Forge Vapor IgnitionBy Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 67: Zend Framework 3.Laminas 55:40

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Adam Culp to discuss the recent changes with Zend (the company), Zend (the framework), and the transition from Zend Framework to Laminas Framework. Links Laminas Nexmo Releated Stuff Beachcasts Video on Hypermedia Video on automating HypermediaBy Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 66: Getting Jitty Wit It 45:30

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Joe Watkins to discuss what’s new with PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.0.By Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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Episode 65: Live from Longhorn PHP 2019 1:00:43

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Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by a panel of speakers from Longhorn PHP to discuss the conference, PHP internals, and questions from the attendees. Our amazing panel guests this episode are: Alena Holligan Sammy K Powers Taylor Barnett Margaret Staples Chris Holland Kat ZieńBy Ben Edmunds, Amanda Folson, & Matt Trask

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