Best Daniel Donato Podcasts (2024)

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The Spiritual Gift of Tongues - Pastor Daniel Nelms 44:44

21h ago44:44

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1 Corinthians 12:7-11 We conclude the series on "Life with the Holy Spirit" by addressing the spiritual gift of tongues, which is given for: 1) empowerment for evangelism; 2) affirmation of the presence of God; 3) building up of the Body of Christ; 4) building up of the individual through prayer. All the gifts of the Spirit are given to edify belie…

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Jim Lauderdale, Donna the Buffalo and the Many Collaborations of MerleFest 35:17

6d ago35:17

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When it comes to artists like Jim Lauderdale and Donna the Buffalo, I think back to a comment that Jerry Douglas made to me in an interview for this series, when he talked about what he called roots music 12 O'clock. Whereas the mainstream comes back around to roots music only so often in this metaphor, for artists like himself it is always roots m…

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Episode 44: Cris Jacobs 1:08:45

8h ago1:08:45

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Episode 44 of Inside the Musician's Brain features an interview with the amazing Cris Jacobs. Cris is an outstanding singer/songwriter from Baltimore, MD, whose new album, 'One of These Days,' is already making waves. This talk goes deep into the creation of the album, including Cris' personal journey of reframing his relationship with music to red…

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The Spiritual Gift of Generosity - Pastor Will Donato 47:29

1d ago47:29

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Romans 12:1-8 As we continue the study of the spiritual gifts, we look at the gift of "helps" (generosity). All Christians are called to give of their time, talents, and treasures; cheerfully and without pretense. We should not be self-seeking. Discover the transforming power of generosity. It's primary purpose is to edify the Body of Christ. Websi…

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The Spiritual Gift of Faith - Pastor Jim DiBiaso 33:53

6d ago33:53

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1 Corinthians 12:4-11 As we continue to study the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we examine the gift of faith. By grace we are saved, through faith, yet not of ourselves, it comes from God. As we grow in the Lord, we increase our confidence in Him, enabling us to pray and live more in faith. Nevertheless, there can also be a special imparting of a gift …

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Episode 43: Amigo the Devil 1:19:03

12d ago1:19:03

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Today's episode features an interview with Amigo the Devil, a truly unique artist who straddles the line between folk and heavy metal with his banjo, his powerful voice, and his incredible original songs. Amigo (AKA Danny Kiranos) has built a fiercely loyal following with his brutally honest and sometimes dark perspectives that give a voice to what…

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The Spiritual Gift of Healing - Pastor Daniel Nelms 38:39

24d ago38:39

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1 Corinthians 12:1-11 As we consider the gift of healing, we are assured that God does heal people today. All believers should pray for the healing of those in need. However, it's also important to reaffirm that Jesus is the one who does the healing, not us. Beware of those who exalt themselves, or expect financial compensation. We also find that t…

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American Songcatcher: Bob Wills 45:34

16d ago45:34

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Back in the day, I discovered the music of Bob Wills when I was a fresh faced college DJ at WXYC Chapel Hill. It was like hearing songs from an alternate universe to me, a kid who grew up listening to FM and AM radio’s menu of pop, rock and rap of the day, sprinkled with music bought from cassette clubs and record stores that ventured as far back a…

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The Spiritual Gift of Prophecy - Pastor Daniel Nelms 47:15

1M ago47:15

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1 Corinthians 14:1-5 As we continue our study of spiritual gifts, we consider prophecy: 1. The function of prophecy in the local church. 2. The need to weigh prophecy after it is shared. 3. Signs of false prophecy and false prophets. 4. Developing a prophetic culture at Immanuel. Website: immanuelde.com Facebook: immanuelchurchwilmington YouTube: I…

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Rural Roots That Run Deep With Nick Shoulders and Adeem the Artist 34:50

26d ago34:50

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In the first of two episodes from MerleFest in April 2024, we highlight two artists making their debuts at the festival, Nick Shoulders and Adeem the Artist. Following this episode are two artists who have made MerleFest a regular stop over its history — 24 and 26 times, respectively — Jim Lauderdale and Donna the Buffalo. Gallery images above: (le…

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Episode 42: Bronwyn Keith-Hynes 1:06:30

1M ago1:06:30

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On today's episode, Chris is joined by Grammy winner and two-time IBMA fiddle player of the year, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes. Known mainly for her work as a member of Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Bronwyn is one of the best fiddle players on the acoustic scene. She does an amazing job of taking us inside her learning process, and her strategies for impro…

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The Spiritual Gift of Wisdom - Pastor Daniel Nelms 39:10

1M ago39:10

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1 Corinthians 12:1-8 Spiritual Gifts are given to all who have the Holy Spirit within. They are gracious and free blessings from God for His glory. There are many of them, but all come from the same Spirit. We begin our study of the Spiritual Gifts, with Wisdom, which is competence with regard to the complex realities of life. It's the wisdom of Go…

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Can I Hear God's Voice Today? - Pastor Daniel Nelms 47:36

2M ago47:36

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John 10:1-11 God does speak to us today, but we need to recognize His voice. We must know His character, as made clear in the Bible. Then we need to wait on Him, not just talking all the time. As we are still, and open up ourselves to His guidance, we can sense His presence. If he guides us in some way, we need to take the risk of obedience. Websit…

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When Praise and Worship Is Also a Really Good Time: Trombone Shout Bands 23:40

1M ago23:40

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Hymns and gospel songs have flowed into, and very often, back out of out of every style of music with roots in the American South. From the music itself to its context in worship through choirs, instruments ranging from piano to organ to praise bands, and communal singing, the gospel tradition is, if not front and center in one’s life experience, t…

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Episode 41: Jerry Douglas 1:23:03

1M ago1:23:03

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Inside the Musician's Brain is back for Season 5, and joining Chris to kick things off is one of the titans of acoustic/roots music, Mr. Jerry Douglas. Now well established as the greatest dobro player ever, Jerry fought prejudices against the instrument in the early part of his career, ultimately establishing its place in bluegrass forever more. H…

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How Can I Walk in the Spirit? - Pastor Daniel Nelms 50:33

2M ago50:33

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Galatians 5:13-23 Life with the Holy Spirit involves recognizing his presence with us daily. It means letting go of those fleshly desires and lifestyles. We may wrestle with sinful thoughts and deeds, but the Holy Spirit is there to help us manifest the positive fruits. As we consciously take steps to avoid sin, the Holy Spirit empowers us to overc…

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Can I Be Filled With the Holy Spirit? - Pastor Daniel Nelms 44:58

2M ago44:58

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Ephesians 1:13-15; 5:18 As we continue the series on "Life with the Holy Spirit", we see our need to be filled with the Spirit. The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us when we accept Christ as our personal Savior, but we need to pray that the Holy Spirit fills our whole being. We need to empty ourselves and make room for him to work through us in powe…

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The Future is Fine Tuned (with Dev Rishi, Predibase) 52:39

2M ago52:39

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Dev Rishi is the founder and CEO of Predibase, the company behind Ludwig and LoRAX. Predibase just released LoRA Land, a technical report showing 310 models that can outcompete GPT-4 on specific tasks through fine-tuning. In this episode, Dev tries (pretty successfully) to convince me that fine-tuning is the future, while answering a bunch of inter…

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Striking the Eternal Chord of Cosmic Country With Daniel Donato 37:58

2M ago37:58

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It was the last gig of a late winter tour, and Daniel Donato was ready to exhale. His band was, too, having had the rare treat of seeing their wives the night before, as they prepared for one more show, a late night performance in Asheville, NC. As Daniel told me, they were all in high spirits, and I knew this bode well for their performance, which…

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Who is the Holy Spirit? - Pastor Daniel Nelms 41:09

2M ago41:09

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John 14:12-21 We begin a several week series on "Life With The Holy Spirit". In this first sermon, we see who the Holy Spirit is, and how he's been manifest from creation until now. He was involved in the life of Jesus from his birth to his resurrection. Currently, the Spirit enables God’s work of salvation, and enables us to experience that salvat…

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Pre-training LLMs: One Model To Rule Them All? with Talfan Evans, DeepMind 37:36

2M ago37:36

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Talfan Evans is a research engineer at DeepMind, where he focuses on data curation and foundational research for pre-training LLMs and multimodal models like Gemini. I ask Talfan: Will one model rule them all? What does "high quality data" actually mean in the context of LLM training? Is language model pre-training becoming commoditized? Are compan…

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Life Without Lack - Brian Boswell 47:43

2M ago47:43

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Psalm 23 As we look at the 23rd Psalm, we are reminded that God is a loving Shepherd, who cares for each of his sheep. We can be assured that He is always leading us to places that meet our needs. No matter the valleys we may face, He is there to strengthen and restore us. We need not fear the future. We can trust His loving heart. Website: immanue…

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On Adversarial Training & Robustness with Bhavna Gopal 44:05

3M ago44:05

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"Understanding what's going on in a model is important to fine-tune it for specific tasks and to build trust." Bhavna Gopal is a PhD candidate at Duke, research intern at Slingshot with experience at Apple, Amazon and Vellum. We discuss How adversarial robustness research impacts the field of AI explainability. How do you evaluate a model's ability…

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Living Out the Good News of Jesus - Pastor Daniel Nelms 20:11

3M ago20:11

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1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Christianity is a Good News faith. God has not abandoned us, but offers us new life through Christ. In this 1 Corinthians passage, Paul defines the Good News of Jesus's life, death, burial and resurrection. We need to live out that new life daily. Two testimonies were shared before and after this brief sermon, and 8 individuals…

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Unity in a Diverse Church - Pastor Daniel Nelms 38:54

3M ago38:54

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Ephesians 4:1-6 The early Church began with Jewish believers in the Messiah. The book of Acts recounts how the Gospel then spread throughout the Gentile world. As the Church became more diverse, Peter, Paul, and others wrote letters to various churches, to help them deal with some of the issues that arose between various cultures. It was made clear…

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From Beethoven to Emily Dickinson and Earl Scruggs: The Musical Archaeology of Tony Trischka 27:03

3M ago27:03

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It is natural that a second generation bluegrass banjo player would have soaked up as much of Earl Scruggs’ style on the five string as possible when starting out; it is just as natural that they would push outside of those boundaries of the territory staked out by their pioneering forebears. In Tony Trischka’s case, part of this instinct to turn b…

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From One Generation to the Next - Pastor Daniel Nelms 37:20

3M ago37:20

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Psalm 78:1-8 As we continue to focus on our priorities for 2024, we address the challenge of passing down our faith to future generations. Are we spiritually fathering or mothering children and new believers? Are we raising up a new generation of leaders? We have a responsibility to share our faith journey with others, to encourage them and to buil…

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On Emotionally Intelligent AI (with Chris Gagne, Hume AI) 39:53

3M ago39:53

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Chris Gagne manages AI research at Hume, which just released an expressive text-to-speech model in a super impressive demo. Chris and Daniel discuss AI and emotional understanding: How does “prosody” add a dimension to human communication? What is Hume hoping to gain by adding it to Human-AI communication? Do we want to interact with AI like we int…

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Workers for the Harvest - Pastor Daniel Nelms 43:50

3M ago43:50

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Matthew 9:37-38 As we begin a short series entitled "In Focus", we look at the exhortation of Jesus to pray for laborers to harvest souls. Our responsibility today is to not just pray for laborers, but to become them. Harvesting also involves planting, watering, etc. Each of us should seek to serve in some capacity, both in our personal lives and i…

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Revisiting a North Carolina Massacre: Shelton Laurel, Part One 27:42

3M ago27:42

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There is a decidedly darker mood in the United States than ever in our lifetimes, it seems. In just one example poll recently, one in five Americans agreed that violence is necessary to get the country back on track. With that in mind, it seems like a good time to remember what happened the last time the country acted on this, when we fought the Ci…

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From "Give Me" to "Take Me" - Elder Dino Medori 39:18

4M ago39:18

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Luke 15:11-24 As we look further at the Parable of the Prodigal Son, we see someone who had all he would need in life, but chose to walk away, drawn by the temptations of the world. He could have stopped and returned at any time, but kept getting further into depths of despair, before humbling himself and returning to a forgiving father. May we not…

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Resurrection Sunday: Dead, But Alive Again - Pastor Daniel Nelms 36:19

4M ago36:19

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Luke 15:11-32 As we study the Parable of the Lost Son, we see lessons that relate to resurrection. The father rejoices when his son returns, for "he was dead, but now is alive". However, the elder son was bitter, having been faithful to his duties. The message of resurrection joy is available to wayward sons, and also to religious ones. Website: im…

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Going Solo, With Soul: Travis Book 30:18

4M ago30:18

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It was one of the first cold days of the fall in the western NC mountains when I trekked up from Spindale to Brevard to talk with Travis Book ahead of his show in town that night. Spindale is perhaps 60 miles away, where I work at WNCW, and with special shortcut directions from a trusted source who travels that route regularly, I figured it would t…

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Palm Sunday: The First Priority of the King - Pastor Daniel Nelms 44:07

4M ago44:07

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Matthew 21:1-17 As we review the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, we see that the priorities in his spiritual Kingdom were different than what was expected for a physical kingdom. He came in humility, then declared the importance of prayer. He made it clear that it was for all people, then proceeded to minister to those in need. Websit…

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned (with Joel Lehman) 47:07

4M ago47:07

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Former OpenAI Research Scientist Joel Lehman joins to discuss the non-linear nature of technological progress and the present day implications of his book, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned. Joel co-authored the book with Kenneth Stanley back in 2015. The two did ML research at OpenAI, Uber, and the University of Central Florida and wrote the book ba…

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FAITH, Part 6: Living Out the Truth - Pastor Will Donato 47:54

4M ago47:54

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Hebrews 13 This chapter offers a rich tapestry of theological truths and practical exhortations that are essential for the Christian journey. From calls to enduring faithfulness and hospitality, to reminders to remember the persecuted and honor spiritual leadership, Hebrews challenges us to live lives marked by love, gratitude, and sacrificial wors…

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Teaching the Art of the Bluegrass Jam: Pete Wernick 39:10

4M ago39:10

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What connects you to the year 1946? Think of the time immediately following World War II, and perhaps black and white images of men in fedoras and women in long dresses come to mind. Maybe you have parents or grandparents who were born around that time, or maybe you know someone who lived then and has past on. It is an era that now seems quite dist…

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Where are the good AI products? (with Varun Shenoy) 46:54

4M ago46:54

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“Where are the good AI products?” asks Varun Shenoy, ML engineer in his latest blog post. Varun and I talk through: What are the cool applications that exist? Why aren't there more of them? What do (the few) good AI application companies have in common? What technological or societal leaps are blocking the existence of more AI apps that matter? The…

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FAITH, Part 5: Approaching the Living God - Pastor Daniel Nelms 43:39

5M ago43:39

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Hebrews 12:14-29 The scripture declares that God is a consuming fire. Not only does this refer to the judgement upon Christ's return, but also to the reality that He burns through the dross in our life, and brings transformation, purification and empowerment. The call to holiness involves finding the very life that God has for us. Website: immanuel…

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Enduring the Race of Faith - Pastor Daniel Nelms 45:49

5M ago45:49

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Hebrews 12:1-11 The lessons from this passage in Hebrews can be summed up with Verse 1: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Website: immanuelde.comFacebook: immanuelchurchwi…

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FAITH, Part 3: Faith in the Gaps - Pastor Daniel Nelms 48:09

5M ago48:09

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Hebrews 11:17-40 Faith is the fuel of the Christian life. The author of Hebrews looks at the gaps in the many stories recounted in the Old Testament, and finds that faith helped each one push through. For some, faith helped them in the midst of risk. For others, it sustained their hope. It helped many to endure trials. All looked toward the realiza…

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Blurring Lines and Packing a Punch With Stillhouse Junkies 30:06

5M ago30:06

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Here at Southern Songs and Stories, we take some liberties from time to time with what we put forward as songs and stories that fall under the umbrella of the American South. After all, we have featured a band from England (The Ruen Brothers), an artist from Idaho (Eilen Jewell), and several artists out of the sui generis state of Texas (Shinyribs,…

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FAITH, Part 2: A Better Country 43:48

5M ago43:48

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Hebrews 11:8-16 As we continue to look at people of faith, the author of Hebrews describes the life of Abraham. His faith in God was manifested in several ways. One was in his willingness to follow God to other lands, believing there would eventually be a promised land. As Christians, we need to live in this world as sojourners, regardless of our l…

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FAITH, Part 1: Living For What We Do Not See - Pastor Daniel Nelms 43:18

5M ago43:18

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Hebrews 11:1-7 The author of Hebrews expounds on the essence and power of faith, by citing individuals of faith. This week we looked at Abel's faith in Worship, Enoch's faith in Obedience, and Noah's faith in God's Word. Website: immanuelde.comFacebook: immanuelchurchwilmingtonYouTube: Immanuel Church Wilmington DE…

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The End of RAG (with Donato Riccio) 40:13

6M ago40:13

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ML Engineer and tech writer Donato Riccio wrote an article entitled "The End of RAG?" discussing what might replace Retrieval Augmented Generation in the near future. The article was received as highly controversial within the AI echo chamber, so I brought Donato on the podcast to discuss RAG, why people are so obsessed with vector databases, and t…

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Diversifying and Exporting Bluegrass With Dark Shadow Recording’s Stephen Mougin and Ben Wright 34:09

5M ago34:09

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It was day five of the IBMAs and I had been up until four that morning, but Stephen Mougin and Ben Wright might have even seen the sun come up that day after they hosted yet another late night music showcase. Technically their showcases shut down around two or three in the morning, but there was always the chance that artists such as Sierra Ferrell…

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