Best Crushing English Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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Relationships Ruin Your Code Reviews 15:20

2M ago15:20

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Key Insights: Importance of Code Reviews: Code reviews are essential for error detection, understanding new features, adhering to coding standards, and ensuring only reviewed code is deployed. Emotional Impact: Emotional dynamics play a significant role, with 30% of developers reviewing code from less favored colleagues, which can lead to biased ju…

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Episode 119: Vlatko is Misbehavin', USWNT Squeak Into the World Cup Knockout Round and Lucas Zelarayan Departs the Columbus Crew 1:49:12

11M ago1:49:12

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Welcome to Bryant and Me's episode description where we talk about soccer and other things: Otherrrrrrr descriptiony things. On this episode: - Hey hey, ho ho, Vlatko Andonovski's got to go! - The personnel issues haunting the soon to be former US women's soccer coach - Other highlights of the tournament - Choosing our favorite teams to win it at (…

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Episode 118 - Grant Dorsey is BACK for a World Cup Roundup 1:36:35

11M ago1:36:35

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Bryant and Me is back in your favorite podcast app. In this episode, failing Bryant Caves misses because of dental work. That's ok because special guest to the stars Grant Dorsey from The Women's Sports Matter podcast fills in! We go through all the big World Cup matches so far, up until Monday, July 24. Listen to our thoughts on New Zealand's big …

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Episode 117 - Couple Messi Bitches, Fast Food Breakfast, No on Issue 1 and WORLD CUP 1:26:06

12M ago1:26:06

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Ahoy! Chips, that is. We're back for another podcast of Bryant and Me: The Show that NEVER Misses a Week of New Episodes. This episode is all #AskBAM related. We took all your beautiful questions, even Frank's, and centered our episode around them. There are some longer segments too about Jordan Henderson sacrificing morals, the madness in MLS that…

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Episode 116: World Cup Fever, WC hot takes and Vote No on Issue 1 1:46:26

12M ago1:46:26

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Welcome to Bryant and Me: The Podcast Your Mother Warned You About. We keep our streak of recording every single week going with episode 116. In it we chat: - World Cup starts soon! We pick winners and some hot takes (England won't last long) - Thomas brings dishonor to the podcast by loaning his support to Katie Stengel and the Gotham FCs - We cha…

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Measuring and improving developer experience 44:46

1y ago44:46

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Make code reviews your superpower at awesomecodereviews.com! Episode Resources: Paper on improving developer experience Abi's thoughts on the DX paper Abi Noda's LinkedIn Abi's podcast for Engineering Enablement leaders About Abi Noda Abi Noda is the CEO and founder of DX, a company that helps measure and improve developer experience.…

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Episode 115 - Previewing Hell is Real (TM) and reviewing Vanderpump Rules finale with SOCCER CRUSH!! 1:26:54

1y ago1:26:54

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Do you love MLS soccer, MLMs, awesome dogs barking and burning down the patriarchy? Then this episode of Bryant and Me was MADE for you! Soccer Crush joins us for the second time to chat: - Hell is Real (TM) Derby: SkylineJenis Terrence Trent Darby - Match predictions, how the Cincy roster has changed and yes, Aidan Morris is attractive - Breaking …

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Episode 114 - Bryant and Me and G! Women's Sports Matter podcast returns with big announcements, USWNT preview, Chicago Red Stars match breakdown vs. Spirit 1:48:55

1y ago1:48:55

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Welcome back to Bryant and Me! This week we had a good friend return to the show, founder of Women's Sports Matter podcast, Nebraska Cornhusker and expert in Icelandic culture: Grant Belcastro! G joins the show to talk: - Why WSM pod is going away (we had to pull it out of them with vigorous interrogation) - Chicago soccer athletes, and a big night…

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Episode 113 - Justin Horneker talks all things Missouri soccer and bashes England to smithereens 1:15:45

1y ago1:15:45

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Welcome back to Bryant and Me, or we should say Justin and Me this time around because of Bryant "Doesn't Have The Time to Podcast" Caves is quiet quitting the show. Justin Horneker from St. Louis Magazine, Talkin' Soccer, Equalizer and probably every other outlet covering soccer joins to talk about a whole slew of topics: - USWNT and Lindsey Horan…

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Episode 112 - Chicago Red Stars fall and Conte is out at Spurs plus IRELAND! 1:37:32

1+ y ago1:37:32

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The Bryant & Me antics that you know and love (play along) are back! Thanks to Ryan for filling in last week, but we're back to the OG lineup for episode 112. In the episode: - Thomas chats about his Seattle trip for the Sweet Sixteen and Final Four of NCAA WBB! - LT from Red Stars Report returns for a match recap and preview, including a level of …

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Episode 111: 2023 Chicago Red Stars preview with Red Stars Report! Special guest co-host Ryan!! 1:59:54

1+ y ago1:59:54

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Welcome back #BAMFam, we missed talking at you. In this episode, Ryan Legg, previous co-host, jumped in in a pinch and co-hosted beautifully. We talked about: - Red Stars 2023 kit is a beaut! - LT from Red Stars Report gave actual soccer analysis (starting at the 29-minute mark) - Our thoughts on All-Star games - Ryan provides his first 41F1 (the 4…

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From DevOps to Platform Engineering 48:32

1+ y ago48:32

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Earn additional income by sharing your opinion on userinterviews.com! Episode Resources: What is platform engineering? What is an internal developer platform? What is Dynamic Configuration Management? Salesman tricks for the Platform Engineer Platform Engineering community PlatformCon 2023 Luca’s LinkedIn and Twitter About Luca Galante Luca is lead…

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From English teacher to dev in 9 month: A self-taught developer journey 44:43

1+ y ago44:43

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Earn additional income by sharing your opinion on userinterviews.com! Episode Resources: Nadia's Book Nadia's website Nadia's Twitter About Nadia Zhuk Nadia is a software engineer at Intercom, and was previously working at Zendesk. Before, Nadia was an English teacher, and journalist, until she decided to learn programming and enter the tech world.…

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Do code reviews frustrate developers? 38:33

1+ y ago38:33

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Earn additional income by sharing your opinion on userinterviews.com! Episode Resources: Alexander's Twitter Alexander's Research Awesome Code Reviews Papers: An exploratory study on confusion in code reviews Emotions and Perceived Productivity of Software Developers at the Workplace Recognizing developers' emotions while programming Gendered Exper…

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Tatumn Milazzo Chicago Red Stars Pod Special 1:00:04

1+ y ago1:00:04

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Bryant and Me get ready for the upcoming NWSL season in the best way possible: interviewing Chicago Red Stars defender and all around fan favorite Tatumn Milazzo! Milazzo joins the pod to talk about all different things: - How soccer became her sport - The future of the Red Stars midfield, and upcoming leaders within the team - The "Wednesday" vide…

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POD SPECIAL: NWSL Breakdown! 8:35

1+ y ago8:35

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Bryant and Me are PUMPED for the new NWSL season. So much so that we made a special preview of the big matches of the season just after the schedule came out! See which action we're looking forward to the most in this short reaction episode. The shortest episode of the show you're ever going to get!

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Fighting software vulnerabilities with software bill of materials 38:35

1+ y ago38:35

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Earn additional income by sharing your opinion on userinterviews.com! Episode Resources: Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity Alpha-Omega Projects Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) Tools to create SBOM About Barak Brudo Barak Brudo helps organizations secure their software supply chain. He works as a Developer…

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Episode 110 - Harry Kane's History, Noway World Cup Preview, MLS Excitement? and MORE! 1:40:19

1+ y ago1:40:19

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Hello #BAMFam! We've got a new episode for you today. Isn't that swell!? We talk: - The Ups and Downs of life - Harry Kane makes history - Wheel of WWC teams lands on Norway! Help us pronounce accent marks... - #AskBAM features talks of popsicles, a lot of Kenan Thompson and Frank returns from the grave to actually ask us questions! There's a lot m…

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Episode 109 - Bryant and Me Talk New Zealand World Cup Squad, Crown Legacy, Perfect Summer Picnic Plate and More! 1:55:54

1+ y ago1:55:54

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Back by we're sure some demand: Bryant and Me! We get going into the 2023 FIFA World Cup coverage, discussing potential naming rights and all the awfulness that comes with that plus we spin the BIG WHEEL OF TEAMS to decide which country we talk about first. Read the title to find out where it lands, and DM us for Venmo information on which team goe…

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A soul-crushing job search 44:34

1+ y ago44:34

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Earn additional income by sharing your opinion on userinterviews.com! Episode Resources: Heather's Twitter Heather's job search blog post Heather's Blog About Heather Reid Heather Reid is a Test Engineer at Glofox. Before that she was the community boss for Ministry of Testing, making sure that the testing community had everything to be successful.…

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Entrepreneurship, Career Growth and Testing: Top 5 Episodes of 2022 57:51

1+ y ago57:51

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This episode samples: Alvaro Trigo, who once was a web developer but could quit his day job to work on his open source software Fullpage.js. Daniel Vassallo tells us why he left his cushy job at Amazon to start many small businesses. Dagna Bieda explains how you can fast-track your engineering career and what mindset has to do with professional gro…

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Episode 108 - Blackmail, World Cup, LFC and Spurs Stink and Grief 2:00:10

1+ y ago2:00:10

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Welcome back #BAMFam! We return to record a podcast in our fourth calendar year of creating content for YOU! God we're so nice. In this episode: - USMNT Blackmail scandal shows how awful USMNT fans can be - THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP IS THIS YEAR! We talk about the tourney and share how we'll preview it for the next seven months - Liverham and Tottenpoo…

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Coding practices at MAANG companies versus startups 53:28

1+ y ago53:28

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Make code reviews your superpower at awesomecodereviews.com! About Michael Lynch Michael is a software engineer and entrepreneur. He has launched several businesses after leaving Google in 2018. His hardware/software business, called TinyPilot, lets you control any computer remotely and has brought him the most success so far. Episode Resources: Mi…

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Can Engineering metrics be ethical? 53:36

1+ y ago53:36

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Book your awesomecodereviews.com workshop! Episode Resources: Multitudes Lauren's Twitter Developer experience research paper DORA metrics SPACE developer productivity framework About Lauren Peate Lauren is the CEO and founder of Multitudes. Her goal is to empower engineering teams to be high-performing through a people-first way to software perfor…

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Collaborative debugging with Fiberplane 43:51

1+ y ago43:51

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This episode is sponsored by Fiberplane. Your platform for collaborative debugging notebooks! Episode Resources: Try Fiberplane here Fiberplane website Fiberplane Docs NP-hard Ventures About Micha Hernandez van Leuffen Micha Hernandez van Leuffen is the founder and CEO of Fiberplane. He previously founded Wercker, a container-native CI/CD platform…

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Episode 107 - #BAMFam-ers Meet, Spurs Cancel Culture and Depression 1:39:15

1+ y ago1:39:15

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With a title like that, what else do you need to be prepared for this episode? We talk: - LFC men beat Spurs men BUT AT WHAT COST - LFC women lose AGAIN - Gianna Belcastro and Thomas Costello meet LIVE AND IN THE FLESH - Allllll* of your #AskBAM questions *JK we didn't like some of them so we didn't answer them. Thanks for listening over all these …

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Deeply caring for developer experience 44:55

1+ y ago44:55

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[00:00:00] Michaela: Hello, and welcome to the Software Engineering Unlocked Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. McKayla, and today I have the pleasure to talk to Ashley Hansberger. Ashley is Director of Developer experience at Tackle io. But before I start, let me tell you about my latest project. Awesome cos.com. Yeah. All my work on Culture Views has no…

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Episode 106 - BAM's Spooooooky Spectacular* 1:31:37

1+ y ago1:31:37

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It's episode 106, pick up sticks. On this show: - Tottenham and LFC men both win a couple matches - Chicago Red Stars season ends - Jaelene Daniels is released (sad face emoji that's really a sarcastic face emoji) - Tottenham v LFC and LFC Columbus has some paying up to do - A segment called TRICK OR TREAT, which is a real treat! Thanks for listeni…

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Episode 105 - Chicago NWSL, Crew Fire Porter, #AskBAM and Bad Accents 1:48:56

1+ y ago1:48:56

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At no one's request, Bryant and Me returns! In the episode: - Bryant's trip to BAHST'N - NWSL and Arnim moving out of ownership? - Crew fire Porter, Thomas shares insight from his multiple press conferences with Porter over the year - Spurs play for lost team trainer - LFC Columbus v Columbus Spurs bet for LFC v Spurs on Sunday - Allllllllll your #…

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Episode 104 - WSL and Gianna Belcastro Return! Also, a lot of Bella hate. We mean A LOT 1:56:12

2y ago1:56:12

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Episode 104 is here to cure what ails ya. In it: - Nebraska women's soccer team manager and former 3x guest Gianna Belcastro is here! - Gianna finally meets Bryant! - WSL returns with a Tottenham wündergoal and LFC shock! - Charlotte FC wins against all odds and Crew draws against all victories - We jump into alllll (we might have missed one or two…

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Episode 103 - Chicago humbles KC Current, #Milazzo2USWNT, Queen Dies, WSL, Apples, Crew political fundraisers and Video Games 1:38:41

2y ago1:38:41

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Thanks for listening to episode 103 of Bryant and Me: The Podcast That Doesn't Need 103 Episodes. In this show: - Monster Jam! - Tatumn Milazzo, Mal Pugh and Chicago knock KC Current down a few pegs - Queen dies and WSL schedule is all messed up - Ugly USA kits - Crew political fundraisers - Apples - Video game top 5 (6ish) of all time That and a l…

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Episode 102 - Bryant and Me previews the Women's Super League, Men's Champions League and MORE! 2:00:46

2y ago2:00:46

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Bryant and Me are back, baby! Here's what we talked about, baby! - Previewing LFC and Tottenham in the WSL - Reviewing CL fun and previewing LFC and Tottenham - CLT FC issues, Crew supporters and Caleb Porter - Me makes an announcement - Allllll your #AskBAM questions ANSWERED!

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Episode 101 - Soccer Crush & BAM Preview Hell is Real and More! 1:30:37

2y ago1:30:37

1:30:37

Welcome back to Bryant and Me; The Podcast Your Mother Warned You About On this very special episode, we have three guests at once! It's Abbi, Beth and Trisha, the hosts of Soccer Crush! The FC Cincinnati fans join BAM to talk: - SPITE (which is a great motivator) - The opposite of a Soccer Crush and why its always Harry Kane - The science of hot d…

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Making security easier for developers 44:51

2y ago44:51

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Book your awesomecodereview.com workshop! Links: Harshit’s Linkedin The voice of the modern developer Tromozo Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Deezer, or via RSS.By Michaela Greiler

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Episode 100! - The Century Mark of Crap - Reminiscing and Chicago Soccer Athletes, PL Kickoff and a Columbus Crew Experience 1:55:36

2y ago1:55:36

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Welcome to the 100th episode! If you've listened since the beginning, back in August of 2019, why? Also, thank you! Whether you've listened to 1 or over 100 (including bonus pods), we appreciate you listening to our Lifestyle Brand. Here's what we have for ep 100: - Let people enjoy pumpkin flavored things (this part got cut from the show due to an…

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Episode 99 - Charlotte Debauch, England Win Euros!, USWNT v England & Premier League Preview! 1:45:05

2y ago1:45:05

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Look at that title. How exciting! We talk about all that stuff andddd: - Maradona's coming back to haunt a statute maker - That didn't say Madonna, although she'll definitely haunt people - Charlotte trip: storms, tum tums, great tailgating, sleeping in a stadium, storms and more storms - England in the Euro final - USWNT VS ENGLAND FOR ALL THE MAR…

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Being an engineering manager wasn't for me 39:25

2y ago39:25

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Book your awesomecodereview.com workshop! Links: Nicolas Twitter Nicolas’ blog post: about stepping back as an engineering manager to be an individual contributor again The engineering manager pendulum Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Deezer, or via RSS.By Michaela Greiler

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Episode 98 - Bryant Caves Heel Turn, Columbus Crewcho and the Ebony Salmon Revenge Tour 1:57:22

2y ago1:57:22

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Hey hey it's Bryant and Me, the #LifestyleBrand you know and love, maybe? On this show, we talk about the following things: - Getting old - Columbus Crew - Bryant Caves is the third man - Tacos v Burritos - Chicago Red Stars lose to a dangerous Ebony Salmon - Jorts and cargo shorts - The USWNT win CONCACAF (the worst tournament of the summer tourna…

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Mentoring as an engineering manager 49:55

2y ago49:55

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Mergify, the faster and safer way to merge your code. [00:01 - 06:24] Opening Segment Start saving time by automatizing your pull requests and securing the code merge using Mergify! Sign up for a demo at https://mergify.com/ Get to know Jess Rose her reasons for her helping strangers on the Internet [06:25 - 11:59] B…

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Episode 97 - Fake mustaches, soccer and cheese with Em Woods aka WoSo Casual aka Awesome TikTok creator! 2:03:46

2y ago2:03:46

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Bryant and Me first saw a TikTok from Em Woods about a week and a half ago. It was so great and made us laugh so we had to have her on the show. On the pod: - Em's prized fake mustaches - Kids say the darndest things: shower snacks edition - The best way that a parent has ever been described - Why Em makes awesome videos, who she'd like to make a T…

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What hinders your career as a developer? – Mindset. 29:54

2y ago29:54

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This episode is sponsored by Tonic.ai – where your data is modeled from your production data to help you tell an identical story in your testing environments. [00:01 - 05:08] Opening Segment Need to generate fake data that looks, acts, and behaves like production data for your test environments? Check out Tonic.ai! Head over to https://www.tonic.ai…

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Episode 96 - Robbie Rogers on Gotham failing season ticket holders and the Crew Roe reversal tipping point 1:51:59

2y ago1:51:59

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Welcome to episode 96, pick up sticks. In this show: - Robbie Rogers joins to talk about the retirement of Gina Lewandowski - How Gotham's front office is abandoning the people who've stuck with the team for years - The ESPN FC UK's Top 50 list of Women's Footballers - Haslam family and Crew front office ignoring women's rights - Plus all your #Ask…

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Episode 95 - Crew Animal Drama & Special Guests PersonNoob & SoccerNoob! 1:55:20

2y ago1:55:20

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We have quite a treat for the #BAMFam, welcoming the hosts of SoccerNoob to the show! SoccerNoob covers soccer from all corners of the world from the Eastern chunk of Kentucky. We welcome SoccerNoob and 10-year-old PersonNoob to talk about: - Why podcasting? - Worst match watched - Best match watched - Best pop tart and blow pop flavors - And all t…

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Running a profitable training business for Ruby developers 41:45

2y ago41:45

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This episode is sponsored by Tonic.ai – where your data is modeled from your production data to help you tell an identical story in your testing environments. [00:01 - 07:22] Opening Segment Need to generate fake data that looks, acts, and behaves like production data for your test environments? Check out Tonic.ai! Head over to https://www.tonic.ai…

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Episode 94 - NWSL injuries & wins, USWNT roster reaction and Capybaras, Eagles and Crew (OH MY) 1:37:37

2y ago1:37:37

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Welcome to episode 94. Hope you enjoy it, or at least tolerate it... We discuss: - A formal apology to a good friend - Supporting independent music - Chicago NWSL soccer playing their hearts out and near the top of the table - Mal Pugh's eventual surpassing of Alex Morgan for golden boot - BIANCA ST. GEORGES RETURNS! - USWNT roster and if this is M…

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Episode 93: Pro-Parade, NWSL Banter Clubs, Crew Sell Body Parts for Win 1:58:13

2y ago1:58:13

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What a week, what a week, what a week, what a mighty ok week. Bryant and Me are back in your ear cavities with all the same well thought out and prepared banter about soccer, geopolitical climates and the most accurate rating of starburst flavors you'll ever hear. On ep 93: - LFC lose CL final - Supporters blamed for ineptitude of French officials …

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What the heck is data-oriented programming? 27:47

2y ago27:47

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This episode is sponsored by Tonic.ai - where your data is modeled from your production data to help you tell an identical story in your testing environments. Yehonathan is a software developer, author, and speaker. He has tons of experience in full-stack development using various languages such as Java, Javascript, and Ruby. But his favorite langu…

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Episode 92 - Bryant beats COVID, Twitter suspension and all the soccers. PL, NWSL & Crewplosion 1:59:24

2y ago1:59:24

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On the latest episode of Bryant and Me, we ask tough questions like: - Where do babies come from? - Why? - How? And many others. We talk about the final day of the PL season, Chicago and the NWSL and the Crew's not looking too great/hard to say anything right about it. Plus we get into all of your #AskBAM questions. We also start the show by talkin…

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Episode 91: Gianna and Me talk about USWNT, NWSL, WNBA and G's family is cray cray! 1:50:47

2y ago1:50:47

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Welcome to episode 91. As Bryant and Me inches towards their 100th episode, the show hit a snag with Bryant Caves contracting COVID-19 whilst in Florida (go figure). Gianna Belcastro, who hosts the Women's Sports Matter Podcast and is definitely not permanently taking over for Bryant, filled in and fun was had by all! We discussed: - Equal pay for …

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Episode 90.5 Gianna & BETRAYAL - NWSL, NWSL kits, UWCL and More! 1:45:12

2y ago1:45:12

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With Bryant and Me seemingly off from the podcasting world forever, Gianna Belcastro stepped up. Gianna hosts the Women's Sports Matter podcast, and was a former co-host of an episode of BAM. Gianna and a mystery co-host walk through the start of the NWSL regular season, the UWCL and the mystery co-host name drops people all episode. It might be th…

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