Best Vlad Magic Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 138: On The Magic Of Your Menstrual Cycle ft. Rebecca Akat 56:33

3h ago56:33

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Rebecca Akat is a menstrual cycle coach and the founder and owner of Blume Womb where she guides women to have a deeper relationship to the cycles and seasons of their menstrual cycle. In this episode, we talk about: How to build a relationship with your womb and menstrual cycle What cycle and/or hormonal imbalances might mean The four feminine arc…

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The Right Time for Adoption: DevOps Trends with Cerbos' Alex Olivier 39:06

3h ago39:06

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In this episode of ShipTalk, host Dewan Ahmed sits down with Alex Olivier, the CPO and Co-founder of Cerbos, to explore the evolving landscape of DevOps and the critical role of authorization in modern software development. With a wealth of experience designing enterprise solutions, Alex shares his insights on how to balance developer productivity …

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How Glean CEO Arvind Jain Solved the Enterprise Search Problem – and What It Means for AI at Work 44:48

9d ago44:48

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Years before co-founding Glean, Arvind was an early Google employee who helped design the search algorithm. Today, Glean is building search and work assistants inside the enterprise, which is arguably an even harder problem. One of the reasons enterprise search is so difficult is that each individual at the company has different permissions and acc…

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Ep 137: ft. The Creative Soul Retreat and The Importance of Investing in Yourself ft. Najma Treadwell 57:06

12d ago57:06

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In this episode, Leya invites one of the retreat participants from The Creative Soul Retreat, Najma Treadwell to share more about her experience, what she got from the retreat, and what it opened up for her in her life. Najma homeschools her 6 children, is a birth doula, and community service advocate. We talk about: The importance of investing in …

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OpenAI Researcher Dan Roberts on What Physics Can Teach Us About AI 41:42

8d ago41:42

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In recent years there’s been an influx of theoretical physicists into the leading AI labs. Do they have unique capabilities suited to studying large models or is it just herd behavior? To find out, we talked to our former AI Fellow (and now OpenAI researcher) Dan Roberts. Roberts, co-author of The Principles of Deep Learning Theory, is at the foref…

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Google NotebookLM’s Raiza Martin and Jason Spielman on Creating Delightful AI Podcast Hosts and the Potential for Source-Grounded AI 32:07

15d ago32:07

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NotebookLM from Google Labs has become the breakout viral AI product of the year. The feature that catapulted it to viral fame is Audio Overview, which generates eerily realistic two-host podcast audio from any input you upload—written doc, audio or video file, or even a PDF. But to describe NotebookLM as a “podcast generator” is to vastly undersel…

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Ep 136: 5 Tips on How to Start (and Finish) Your Creative Projects 21:01

24d ago21:01

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In this solo episode, Leya shares 5 tips on how to start and finish your creative projects. We talk about: How to show up consistently to your creative projects Honoring your creative projects Finding inspiration when feeling stuck How to find the motivation to finish your creative project even if you haven't touched it in years! Playing and having…

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Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on Using Data to Create Simple, Reliable AI for Businesses 59:29

27d ago59:29

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All of us as consumers have felt the magic of ChatGPT—but also the occasional errors and hallucinations that make off-the-shelf language models problematic for business use cases with no tolerance for errors. Case in point: A model deployed to help create a summary for this episode stated that Sridhar Ramaswamy previously led PyTorch at Meta. He di…

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OpenAI's Noam Brown, Ilge Akkaya and Hunter Lightman on o1 and Teaching LLMs to Reason Better 45:22

29d ago45:22

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Combining LLMs with AlphaGo-style deep reinforcement learning has been a holy grail for many leading AI labs, and with o1 (aka Strawberry) we are seeing the most general merging of the two modes to date. o1 is admittedly better at math than essay writing, but it has already achieved SOTA on a number of math, coding and reasoning benchmarks. Deep RL…

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Ep 135: ft. Varsha Mathur on Dating Intentionally and Finding Long-Lasting Love 57:22

1M ago57:22

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Varsha Mathur, J.D, PCC, a certified dating and relationship coach with over seven years of experience, guides clients worldwide to effortlessly find and sustain lasting love with their ideal partners. Through her tailored coaching approach, Varsha empowers both singles and couples to cultivate confidence, ignite attraction, and build partnerships …

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Why Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim of Harmonic Think AI Is About to Change Math—and Why It Matters 39:45

1M ago39:45

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Adding code to LLM training data is a known method of improving a model’s reasoning skills. But wouldn’t math, the basis of all reasoning, be even better? Up until recently, there just wasn’t enough usable data that describes mathematics to make this feasible. A few years ago, Vlad Tenev (also founder of Robinhood) and Tudor Achim noticed the rise …

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Jim Fan on Nvidia’s Embodied AI Lab and Jensen Huang’s Prediction that All Robots will be Autonomous 49:13

1M ago49:13

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AI researcher Jim Fan has had a charmed career. He was OpenAI’s first intern before he did his PhD at Stanford with “godmother of AI,” Fei-Fei Li. He graduated into a research scientist position at Nvidia and now leads its Embodied AI “GEAR” group. The lab’s current work spans foundation models for humanoid robots to agents for virtual worlds. Jim …

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Ep 134: ft. Anthony Meindl on Being an Artist in the Modern World 58:47

2M ago58:47

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Anthony Meindl is an award winning writer/director, best selling author, and founder of international Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop. He's worked with 2-time Golden Globe Nominee Shailene Woodley, BAFTA Nominee Daryl McCormack, Grammy Winner Camilla Cabello, Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor and Simone Ashley, Pop Star Suki Waterhouse and hundreds of ot…

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Founder Eric Steinberger on Magic’s Counterintuitive Approach to Pursuing AGI 51:15

2M ago51:15

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There’s a new archetype in Silicon Valley, the AI researcher turned founder. Instead of tinkering in a garage they write papers that earn them the right to collaborate with cutting-edge labs until they break out and start their own. This is the story of wunderkind Eric Steinberger, the founder and CEO of Magic.dev. Eric came to programming through …

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Crucible Moments Returns for S2: The ServiceNow Story ft. CEO Frank Slootman & Founder Fred Luddy 42:53

2M ago42:53

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On Training Data, we learn from innovators pushing forward the frontier of AI’s capabilities. Today we’re bringing you something different. It’s the story of a company currently implementing AI at scale in the enterprise, and how it was built from a bootstrapped idea in the pre-AI era to a 150 billion dollar market cap giant. It’s the Season 2 prem…

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Ep 133: On Loving and Letting Go of our Creative Dreams 1:30:01

2M ago1:30:01

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In this solo episode, Leya shares her personal experience with her first creative love - the theater, and how she navigated heartbreak, rejection, and letting go of her dreams. We talk about: Why she fell in love with theater at 3 years old Why theater represented family, home, and belonging Keeping your heart open in the face of rejection What hap…

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Sierra Co-Founder Clay Bavor on Making Customer-Facing AI Agents Delightful 1:12:31

2M ago1:12:31

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Customer service is hands down the first killer app of generative AI for businesses. The reasons are simple: the costs of existing solutions are so high, the satisfaction so low and the margin for ROI so wide. But trusting your interactions with customers to hallucination-prone LLMs can be daunting. Enter Sierra. Co-founder Clay Bavor walks us thro…

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Ep 132: ft. Emma Andrews on Connecting to your Intuitive Gifts 58:32

2M ago58:32

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Emma Andrews is an Intuitive, Medium and Intuition Teacher. She specializes in clairvoyance, energy healing and somatic therapy. She offers virtual and in-person Intuitive and Mediumship Sessions and leads intuition workshops and wellness retreats around the world. In this episode, we talk about: The story of how her intuitive gifts opened up The d…

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Phaidra’s Jim Gao on Building the Fourth Industrial Revolution with Reinforcement Learning 50:33

3M ago50:33

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After AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, a young mechanical engineer at Google thought of another game reinforcement learning could win: energy optimization at data centers. Jim Gao convinced his bosses at the Google data center team to let him work with the DeepMind team to try. The initial pilot resulted in a 40% energy savings and led he and his co-founder…

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Fireworks Founder Lin Qiao on How Fast Inference and Small Models Will Benefit Businesses 39:18

3M ago39:18

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In the first wave of the generative AI revolution, startups and enterprises built on top of the best closed-source models available, mostly from OpenAI. The AI customer journey moves from training to inference, and as these first products find PMF, many are hitting a wall on latency and cost. Fireworks Founder and CEO Lin Qiao led the PyTorch team …

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Ep 131: ft. Anat Peri on Inner Child Healing and Feeling your Feelings 1:05:36

3M ago1:05:36

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Anat Peri is an Inner-Child Healing Expert in the coaching and wellness space whose background blends traditional healing arts and modern psychology, with somatic and inner-child reparenting techniques that have enabled her to guide hundreds of practitioners, business owners, and their teams, through her TCS Method. In this episode we talk about: T…

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GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Building Copilot, and the the Future of Software Development 1:07:34

3M ago1:07:34

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GithHub invented collaborative coding and in the process changed how open source projects, startups and eventually enterprises write code. GitHub Copilot is the first blockbuster product built on top of OpenAI’s GPT models. It now accounts for more than 40 percent of GitHub revenue growth for an annual revenue run rate of $2 billion. Copilot itself…

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Meta’s Joe Spisak on Llama 3.1 405B and the Democratization of Frontier Models 42:07

3M ago42:07

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As head of Product Management for Generative AI at Meta, Joe Spisak leads the team behind Llama, which just released the new 3.1 405B model. We spoke with Joe just two days after the model’s release to ask what’s new, what it enables, and how Meta sees the role of open source in the AI ecosystem. Joe shares that where Llama 3.1 405B really focused …

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Ep 130: ft. Elyse Welles on Sacred Places and Connecting to Land Spirits 1:09:01

3M ago1:09:01

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Elyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian American earth intuitive witch, podcaster, & author based in Artemis, Greece. A practicing witch for over twelve years on three continents, she is a Priestess of the eclectic Faery Tradition. She writes regularly for Witchology, Witch Way Magazine, and the Wild Hunt, cohosts the Magick Kitchen Podcast, and runs Seek…

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Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski on Getting AI to Do the Work of 700 Customer Service Reps 51:35

3M ago51:35

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In February, Sebastian Siemiatkowski boldly announced that Klarna’s new OpenAI-powered assistant handled two thirds of the Swedish fintech’s customer service chats in its first month. Not only were customer satisfaction metrics better, but by replacing 700 full-time contractors the bottom line impact is projected to be $40M. Since then, every compa…

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Reflection AI’s Misha Laskin on the AlphaGo Moment for LLMs 1:07:04

4M ago1:07:04

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LLMs are democratizing digital intelligence, but we’re all waiting for AI agents to take this to the next level by planning tasks and executing actions to actually transform the way we work and live our lives. Yet despite incredible hype around AI agents, we’re still far from that “tipping point” with best in class models today. As one measure: cod…

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Ep 129: Life Updates, Summer Travel, and Writing my Memoir! 53:50

4M ago53:50

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In this solo episode, Leya shares a seasonal life update! We talk about checking in on our goals midway through the year and what she's been learning through her own creative process, as well as recapping a trip she recently took to Italy and Greece! We discuss: Showing up to our writing practice Telling your story and the process of writing a memo…

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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on How Far Scaling Laws Will Extend 1:00:27

4M ago1:00:27

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The current LLM era is the result of scaling the size of models in successive waves (and the compute to train them). It is also the result of better-than-Moore’s-Law price vs performance ratios in each new generation of Nvidia GPUs. The largest platform companies are continuing to invest in scaling as the prime driver of AI innovation. Are they rig…

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Mastering Stress and Automation in DevOps with Vishwa Krishnakumar (Zenduty) 27:59

4M ago27:59

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In this episode of the Ship Talk podcast, host Dewan Ahmed welcomes Vishwa Krishnakumar, co-founder of ZenDuty, to delve into the complexities of software delivery, from managing stress as a startup founder to the nuances of DevOps and SRE practices. Vishwa shares his journey from a young coder to a successful entrepreneur, emphasizing the importan…

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Zapier’s Mike Knoop launches ARC Prize to Jumpstart New Ideas for AGI 55:12

4M ago55:12

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As impressive as LLMs are, the growing consensus is that language, scale and compute won’t get us to AGI. Although many AI benchmarks have quickly achieved human-level performance, there is one eval that has barely budged since it was created in 2019. Google researcher François Chollet wrote a paper that year defining intelligence as skill-acquisit…

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Factory’s Matan Grinberg and Eno Reyes Unleash the Droids on Software Development 59:10

4M ago59:10

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Archimedes said that with a large enough lever, you can move the world. For decades, software engineering has been that lever. And now, AI is compounding that lever. How will we use AI to apply 100 or 1000x leverage to the greatest lever to move the world? Matan Grinberg and Eno Reyes, co-founders of Factory, have chosen to do things differently th…

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Ep 128: The Spiritual Transformation from Maiden to Bride (+ Wedding Day Recap!) 1:48:36

4M ago1:48:36

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In this special solo episode, Leya shares ALL the details about her wedding day on the first anniversary of her wedding! We talk about: The wedding planning process being a portal of transformation The death and rebirth cycle of transitions Why grief can come up during the wedding planning process How to infuse intention & ceremony throughout the w…

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LangChain’s Harrison Chase on Building the Orchestration Layer for AI Agents 49:50

5M ago49:50

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Last year, AutoGPT and Baby AGI captured our imaginations—agents quickly became the buzzword of the day…and then things went quiet. AutoGPT and Baby AGI may have marked a peak in the hype cycle, but this year has seen a wave of agentic breakouts on the product side, from Klarna’s customer support AI to Cognition’s Devin, etc. Harrison Chase of Lang…

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Ep 127: ft. Shannon Keating on Connecting to your Authentic Self (+ Details on The Soul Radiance Retreat!) 56:44

5M ago56:44

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Shannon Keating is a Holistic Life Coach for Women, Teen Girls in Middle/High School, & Young Adult Women in College. She supports women with self empowerment, self love, and gaining the tools to cultivate self awareness guiding them back home to their hearts. In this episode, we discuss: Healing from an eating disorder holistically Navigating comp…

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Introducing "Training Data" 1:26

5M ago1:26

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Join us as we train our neural nets on the theme of the century: AI. Sequoia Capital partners Sonya Huang and Pat Grady host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to ask critical questions and develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications for technology, business and society. The content of this…

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Ep 126: ft. Heather Eck on Synesthesia and Color Therapy 43:56

5M ago43:56

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HEATHER ECK is a multimedia abstract artist and writer. Heather interprets people, places, and experiences through color, a condition known as synesthesia. Her work has been exhibited in more than 30 shows, and she offers an inspiring perspective on connecting healing through color, symbolism, and form. In this episode we discuss: Leya's experience…

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Ep 125: What Nature Teaches Me about Creativity 36:28

6M ago36:28

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Tune into this solo episode where Leya shares how she has developed a deep connection to nature, and what nature has taught her about her own creative soul. We discuss how nature and creativity are mirrors, connecting with our childhood self, and Leya shares personal stories about how plants got re-introduced in her life and how nature has inspired…

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Ep 124: ft. Maria Brito on Art in the Digital Age and Dispelling Myths about Creativity 1:05:20

6M ago1:05:20

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Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, curator and the bestselling author of “How Creativity Rules The World” (HarperCollins). A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, Brito has been selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries…

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Ep 123: Creating for your Future Self 16:24

7M ago16:24

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Tune into this week's solo episode where Leya shares a mini message on changing our mindsets on how we view success and how we can start creating for our future self, and creating our legacy. We talk about: Changing your definition of success Creating for your legacy The one question you can ask yourself today to create for your tomorrow Being prou…

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Ep 122: ft. Val Alcorn on Herbal Bitters, Ancestors, and Gardening as a Spiritual Act 1:05:35

8M ago1:05:35

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Val is an herbalist, gardener, writer, and artist. She is the owner of Woodspell Apothecary where she cultivates resources for folks to connect to the plant world around them. In this episode we talk about: The mythical nature of the forest The connection between fairytales and the forest Working with fear in nature Connecting to ancestors through …

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Ep 121: The Poetry of Plant Magic - A 4 Week Creative Writing Workshop 31:41

8M ago31:41

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Tune into this week's solo episode as Leya shares all the details behind the upcoming creative writing workshop, The Poetry of Plant Magic! The Poetry Of Plant Magic Connect To Your Writing Practice & Deepen Your Connection With Nature When: April 9th-April 30th, 2024 Where: Anywhere in the world via Zoom 4 weekly creative writing sessions Creative…

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Ep 120: ft. Brooke Novick on Plant Medicine and Microdosing with Intention 56:25

8M ago56:25

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Brooke Novick is a licensed psychotherapist and graduate of the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has worked for a psilocybin retreat company, assisted a shaman during Ayahuasca ceremonies, and has years of experience working with individuals, couples, and groups. In this episod…

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10 years into K8s; when is a problem worth solving? Ken Ahrens - Speedscale 34:39

8M ago34:39

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In this episode of ShipTalk, we are joined with Ken Ahrens, CEO and Founder of Speedscale. Kubernetes is turning 10 this summer and we dig into how the ecosystem has been evolving. Learn more from Ken as he walks through his journey on: * Don't forget the fundamentals * 10 Years into K8s, what is still challenging * Enthusiasm, a very important ski…

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Ep 119: Creative Habits, Writing to Feel, and Friendship Breakups 32:23

8M ago32:23

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In this solo episode, Leya shares the two intentions she made for 2024 and how sticking to her habits has created more stability, structure, and safety. We discuss: The changing of the seasons What Leya loved about winter this year The hardest part about sticking to your habits Writing as an act of embodiment Feeling your feelings Friendship breaku…

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From Code to Culture: Matt Anger's Odyssey in Software Engineering at DoorDash 35:42

9M ago35:42

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Explore the ins and outs of software engineering and organizational culture in the ShipTalk Podcast. In this episode, Dewan Ahmed, a Principal Developer Advocate at Harness, engages in a compelling conversation with Matt Anger, a Senior Staff Engineer at DoorDash. In this insightful discussion, Matt reflects on his career, from a fresh graduate to …

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Comedian Hasan Al Habib talks about Comedy, Politics & Zebra Fish Orgy #016 1:51:49

9M ago1:51:49

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Hasan Al Habib is a Stand-Up Comedian, today we discuss various topics from the world of Stand-Up Comedy to a zebra fish orgy in the name of science for his PHD. You can follow Hasan @amusingarab and follow Gurps @gurpscomedy Live Shows on 24th February 2024 The Stand-Up Comedy Gameshow at the Bristol Comedy Den https://hdfst.uk/e103262 & Check out…

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Ep 118: ft. Britt Olson on Healing through Motherhood 1:22:51

9M ago1:22:51

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Britt is a certified health coach, spiritual life coach, podcast host, entrepreneur, energy healer, plant-based nutrition advocate, speaker, and integrative wellness enthusiast. In this episode, we talk about: How Britt hosted the MAGIC retreat in Puerto Rico and the gifts it gave us Trusting your visions Pausing your career for motherhood Navigati…

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Ep 117: ft. Ning Tendo on Dreamwork and the Gifts of Grief 1:05:06

9M ago1:05:06

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Ning is a published poet, grief guide, spiritual healer and dream yogi specializing in the intersection of the healing power of dreams, rituals, and spiritual constellations as potent tools for helping the bereaved evolve and continue their relationship with their dead loved one and find the light side of grief. Her work as a grief guide is an inte…

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Ep 116: Announcing The Soul Radiance Retreat! 1:14:59

10M ago1:14:59

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Leya announces the launch of The Soul Radiance Retreat - a sisterhood, creativity, and self-love focused retreat from May 17th-20th, 2024 near San Diego, California. An invitation to slow down, connect with your true self, and experience the magic of sisterhood. She invites her co-hosts for the retreat, Shannon Keating and Ashley Love to discuss: A…

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Ep 115: My Favorite Books From 2023 and Why Reading Is Good For The Creative Soul 31:02

10M ago31:02

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In this bonus episode, Leya shares some of her favorite books she read in 2023. She talks about: The importance of reading and why she's loved books and reading since childhood Why this year she stopped reading as many self-help books and started reading more fiction! How social media can be a window, but books can be a mirror How books connect us …

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