The Geek Joy Podcast

The Geek Joy Podcast, born in January 2016, is a place to talk about all the things that bring us joy, and some of the things that get in the way. Software, art, technology, empathy, fun hobbies, mindfulness... lots of interesting topics and people! It comes out Sunday.

18: Can't Read Kant 07/06/2016

18: Can't Read Kant Alex talks with Joe Cannatti about parenting, social anxiety, and zen buddhism. The music is This is Everything That I Own, by Corissa Bragg. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4493883

17: Finding that space in between 06/27/2016

17: Finding that space in between Guest Evan Light and Alex talk about mindfulness, empathy, Search Inside Yourself, and kitties. Music: (via the Free Music Archive) /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4471618

16: Existential Angst 06/20/2016

16: Existential Angst Alex and JB talked about depression, energy, financial security, and creating your own meaningful story. The music is Calling on Dolphins, by Fourstones. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4454640

15. Another one of those words 06/16/2016

15. Another one of those words Jessica Kerr, Alex Harms. I accidentally deleted this one and now I'm putting it back. So. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4449125

14: Always Making Goofy Faces 05/09/2016

14: Always Making Goofy Faces Dave Shah, Alex Harms. We talked about the TDD & strong convictions, Military & peace & love, getting your mind blown at conferences, religion, and who knows what else? Music: John Philip Sousa. Stars and Stripes Forever /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4354067

13: It's scary, and that's good 04/11/2016

13: It's scary, and that's good Alex Lancaster & Alex Harms discuss emergence, improv, art. Music: Will Bernard and Motherbug, Three-toed Sloth /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4285804

12: The Joys and Dangers of NVC 04/04/2016

12: The Joys and Dangers of NVC Guest Isaac Schlueter & Alex talk about NVC, and how it has helped us, and ways we've seen it used to create pain, as well. And we touch on Isaac's company, NPM, employee happiness, and Javascript. The music this time is a , found at archive.org. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4232516

11.5 We interrupt this podcast... 03/30/2016

11.5 We interrupt this podcast... Jason Felice, Alex Harms. This is an unplanned episode, in which Jason & Alex have a conversation about LambdaConf, etc. (Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, courtesy of archive.org) /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4257776

11: Don't Let Go 03/28/2016

11: Don't Let Go Duke Green, Jason Felice, Alex Harms. We talked a lot about race, and a little about not getting caught up in ideas about yourself while coding that distract you from the work. And Duke sang a song for us. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4243242

10: This Emergent Dance 03/21/2016

10: This Emergent Dance Episode 10: This Emergence Dance /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4232556

9. Mr Flanx 03/14/2016

9. Mr Flanx This is a special episode with guest Mr. Flanx, the host's kid. Topics include homeschooling (unschooling), creating, procrastination, attention, as well as learning with Vsauce and In a Nutshell videos, infinity, the Banach-Tarski Paradox, Vivaldi "Spring", Bluegrass "Shuckin the corn", Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata" (all from archive.org), Mr. Flanx "Dusk til Dawn", and LaunchPad. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4204794

8. Heart of Great Wisdom 03/07/2016

8. Heart of Great Wisdom Our guest is Daniel Higginbotham, and we talk mostly about doing what makes you happy. And about geek joy, as always. is mentioned, and a few other books as well. Plus a little Buddhist chant (Heart Sutra), at the end. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4197081

7. I want to be the one who tells me yes 02/29/2016

7. I want to be the one who tells me yes Episode 7 "I want to be the one who tells me yes" With guest Kerri Miller, People Alex Harms Kerri Miller Topics 3:11 "Wow. I am mortal." 7:23 Open Source and Feelings 18:18 "We tell new speakers that 'you're just an API for this information'" 20:54 "How do we communicate when we can never understand each other, we can never have the same experience of any moment..." 24:02 "Maybe the way that you're gonna say it, the unique you that you're bringing... is the thing that's gonna connect with them." 27:09 "I hate people." 29:06 "I want to be in control of my own story." 29:15 Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards 33:54 Ada Developers Academy 34:35 "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies of me and eaten alive." -- Audre Lorde 35:56 "I want to be the one that tells me yes, always." 38:55 "We're here to observe the universe and celebrate it." 42:15 "balance between the interior and the exterior generocity" Reading/Listening/Playing/Watching Kerri , by Seth Dickinson Alex Music Django Reinhart, /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4124157

6. Like a kid in a candy store 02/22/2016

6. Like a kid in a candy store Episode 6 "That sense of community, teaming" People Wil Pannell Hill Alex Harms Jason Felice Topics 5:55 "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.â€—Aristotle "It means something, and the words don't mean anything." 7:55 "The sense of community... about which we're speaking, the goals are shared." 9:34 "Open source implementation of Vim called (written in Clojure)" 9:50 "Idris... in the Haskell tradition... a hybrid between that and Coq" 21:28 "I was the only person of color..." 32:23 "(OS Feels) set me on my own pursuit of how I empathize..." 33:39 Have I ever seen Agile in practice? Reading/Listening/Playing/Watching Wil , Daniel Kahneman Tracy , by Steve inskeep Jason , by Knuth et al Music The Cuban-French group , "El Raton" /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4114124

All of Me is In It 02/15/2016

All of Me is In It Episode 5 "All of me is in it." /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4108573

You only got so many heartbeats 02/08/2016

You only got so many heartbeats Episode 4 You've only got so many heartbeats. /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4094994

Because Somebody Will Help Me 02/01/2016

Because Somebody Will Help Me Episode 3 /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4092864

Throwing a Pebble Into a Pond 01/25/2016

Throwing a Pebble Into a Pond Episode 2 Throwing a pebble into a pond… Who knows where all those ripples go? /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4092694

Hi-Fivin the Universe 01/21/2016

Hi-Fivin the Universe "Hi-Fivin the Universe" /episode/index/show/geekjoypodcast/id/4092711

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