Best Firebolt Podcasts (2025)

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Building Uber's AI Assistant: How Genie Revolutionizes On-Call Support with Paarth Chothani from Uber 25:31

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Journey inside Uber's innovative AI assistant "Genie" with Paarth Chotani, Staff Engineer at Uber, as he shares how they're revolutionizing on-call support using LLMs and vector search. From processing massive amounts of internal documentation to building scalable RAG pipelines, discover how Uber tackles the challenges of implementing AI assistants…

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From Zero to 100M Users: Inside Notion’s Data Stack and AI Strategy with Sumit Gupta 22:13

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AI's transformative impact on data engineering and analytics is reshaping how professionals create value, shifting focus from technical skills to strategic thinking and communication. In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros talk with Sumit Gupta, Lead BI Engineer at Notion, about his journey through prominent tech companies, modern d…

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How Rising Wave Is Redefining Real-Time Data with Postgres Power 31:36

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In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with Yingjun Wu, founder and CEO of Rising Wave, to explore the evolution of stream processing systems and the innovations his company is bringing to the space. What you’ll learn: Yingjun's journey from academic research in stream processing to founding Rising Wave, a…

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Revolutionizing Data Governance with DataStrato’s Unified Open Source Approach 23:36

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In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Lisa Cao, Product Manager at DataStrato, to explore data catalogs and Apache Gravitino, a unified metadata lake used to manage access and perform data governance for all data sources. What You’ll Learn: How Apache Gravitino differs from others like Unity catalog and Polaris by being ab…

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Database Technology in the Age of AI with DuckDB Labs co-creator Hannes Mühleisen 30:52

4M ago30:52

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In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with CEO DuckDB Labs and co-creator DuckDB, Hannes Mühleisen. Together, they: Talk about the journey of DuckDB, an open-source analytical database system designed as a universal wrangling tool. Explain how DuckDB differs from SQLite, highlighting the analytical and tr…

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'Harry Potter' Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 12 The Patronus | Chapter Revisit 33:32

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We continue our reread of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with Chapter 12: The Patronus. A lot of time passing through updates about whether or not Harry is getting his Firebolt back in time for Quidditch and many reminders that QUIDDITCH IS LIFE! More importantly, if anything could be more important than quidditch, Harry and Ron are still…

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'Breaking Bad' S1 E7 A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal | TV Reaction 26:23

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Season 1 Episode 7: A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal Remember like a year ago when I started my FIRST time ever watching Breaking Bad??? Well... when I starting digging back in I realized I had actually finished watching season 1 and just hadn't recorded all the episodes for the podcast! I thought a fun way to jump back into Breaking Bad would be to shar…

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'Harry Potter' Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 11 The Firebolt | Chapter Revisit 39:08

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I was super excited to jump back into Harry Potter on the podcast! I know it's been a little while but we left off 10 chapters into The Prisoner of Azkaban - so, today we're picking up with chapter 11: The Firebolt! This one is not the most eventful chapter to welcome us back to the series, but there is a TON of foreshadowing throughout, delivered …

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'Breaking Bad' S1 E6 Crazy Handful of Nothin' | TV Reaction 26:16

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Season 1 Episode 6: Crazy Handful of Nothin' Remember like a year ago when I started my FIRST time ever watching Breaking Bad??? Well... when I starting digging back in I realized I had actually finished watching season 1 and just hadn't recorded all the episodes for the podcast! I thought a fun way to jump back into Breaking Bad would be to share …

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'Sons of Anarchy' S2 E5 Smite | TV Rewatch 38:57

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Season 2 Episode 5: Smite This episode of Sons of Anarchy is called “Smite” and it follows Clay vs. Zobelle and illustrates just how in over his head Clay is in the chess match. Zobelle has Otto jumped in prison (he loses an eye), he turns in evidence on the club blowing up Darby's meth lab in Charming, he blackmails Hale, sets up a street fight, a…

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AI and Data Movement: Trends and Best Practices with Estuary’s Daniel Pálma 30:33

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In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Daniel Pálma, Head of Marketing at Estuary. Join them as they; Talk about Daniel’s career transition from data engineering to marketing and how his background in data engineering has been a tremendous help to his marketing competence. Discuss the role of AI in the evolution of data mov…

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'Breaking Bad' S1 E5 Gray Matter | Reaction 27:08

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Season 1 Episode 5: Gray Matter Remember like a year ago when I started my FIRST time ever watching Breaking Bad??? Well... when I starting digging back in I realized I had actually finished watching season 1 and just hadn't recorded all the episodes for the podcast! I thought a fun way to jump back into Breaking Bad would be to share with you my t…

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'Sons of Anarchy' S2 E4 Eureka | Rewatch 32:14

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Season 2 Episode 4: Eureka This episode of Sons of Anarchy is called “Eureka” and it follows SAMCRO as they make their first gun run for the IRA under cover of a blood drive rally. Bobby's bike malfunctions, taking Tig out on the highway - who is then abducted by bounty hunters. Jax and Clay are at each others throats the whole episode about whethe…

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'How I Met Your Father' Is it as Good as How I Met Your Mother? | Mini Binge 51:54

6M ago51:54

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Hi and welcome to Belated Binge - the podcast that doesn’t take itself or the show too seriously. I'm Zac, here to let you relive your favorite series that I nearly missed out on! Like How I Met Your Father - which is maybe your favorite??? - It's at least a sequel to How I Met Your Mother, which might be your real favorite so you watched this hopi…

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'How I Met Your Mother' Does it Hold Up? | Mini Binge 47:54

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Hi and welcome to belated binge - the podcast that doesn’t take itself or the show too seriously. My names Zac and I’m your host, here to let you relive your favorite series that I nearly missed out on! Like How I Met your mother. A show I watched for awhile in real time - stopped sometime along the way - and just finally watched start to finish 10…

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AI and Data Change Management with Chad Sanderson, CEO Gable AI 36:43

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In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with Chad Sanderson, CEO and co-founder of Gable AI to explore the interesting world of data change management. Join them as they: Delve into challenges of data quality, how it degrades over time and the one-sided data quality checks on the “last mile” of the data sup…

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’Sons of Anarchy’ S2 E3 Fix 30:16

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Season 2 Episode 3: Fix This episode of Sons of Anarchy is called “Fix” and should be called - NOTHING IS FIXED! Clay and Gemma are unraveling which is driving Clay to make decisions out of anger and spite. Hes beating up her car, causing trouble at Cara Cara, and the wedge between him and Jax continues to be hammered in. All the while Zobel and hi…

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Tech Stacks and Tradeoffs: Xudo's Founder on Picking the Right Tools for BI Success 24:56

8M ago24:56

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Wouter Trappers is the founder of Xudo and shares his slightly unconventional path from philosopher to data consultant with the Bros in this latest episode of The Data Engineering Show. Wouter’s grounding in philosophy has proved to be a shaping influence on his approach to business intelligence. Much more than just a software solution, for Wouter,…

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'Sons of Anarchy' S2 E2 Small Tears 30:04

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Season 2 Episode 2: Small Tears This is the fallout episode. The fallout from what happened to Gemma. The fallout from Jax's decision to cover up Opie's tracks with the Mayans. Compounding fallout from Donna's death. The small tears within and around SAMCRO are growing, and yet one character shines through: Tara. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/u…

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'Sons of Anarchy' Tara Proved She was Built for SAMCRO in S2 E2 7:41

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Season 2 Episode 2: Small Tears Tara Knowles from Sons of Anarchy seems to be a fairly polarizing character in the SOA fandom. She’s also pretty polarizing AS a character. For the majority of season 1 and the start of season 2, she spends a lot of time questioning whether she has what it takes to be with Jax and be apart of the SAMCRO lifestyle. In…

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'Sons of Anarchy' Jax Teller was Born in S2 E1 8:56

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Jax Teller from Sons of Anarchy is one of the most compelling characters in television history. Over the course of the full seven seasons, he would grow into a fantastic anti-hero with depth and complexity. I believe I’ve discovered the episode where his character truly began to develop: Season 2 Episode 1: Albification This video is part of my rew…

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Data Rewind: Conversation Highlights from Zach Wilson, Matthew Housley, Joe Reis, and Krishnan Viswanathan 28:02

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In this special roundup episode of The Data Engineering Show, the Bros revisits some of the best bits from episodes with data thought leaders Zach Wilson, Matthew Housley, Joe Reis, and Krishnan Viswanathan, spotlighting essential trends and lessons learned across the evolving data engineering landscape. From data observability to bridging academia…

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'Sons of Anarchy' S2 E1 Albification 19:12

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Season 2 Episode 1: Albification In many ways, Jax Teller is born in the first episode of season 2 of Sons of Anarchy. The thing you remember from this episode is obviously what happens to Gemma at the end. And it might overshadow how much foreshadowing of Jax’s character we get in this episode. How he makes decisions for those around him, the type…

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A Belated Update on the Binge 12:29

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If you've been wondering at all where this podcast has been... you're not alone! Subscribe on YouTube if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/@belatedbingeBy Belated Binge Network

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'Harry Potter' A TV Show You Would Want to Watch 11:47

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DISCLAIMER: I recorded this for YouTube (https://youtu.be/ZUZKN4GCGxEback) in June but never shared it on the feed. So, there are updates about the TV show that I didn’t have back when I made it. It still holds up, it’s just not meant to be a “latest news on the TV show” episode. Will the Harry Potter TV Show be successful?! If they make it like TH…

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The Resurgence of SQL: Insights from Ryanne Dolan from LinkedIn 32:57

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In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros, Eldad and Benjamin are joined by Ryanne Dolan from LinkedIn to discuss the innovative Hoptimator (H2) project. This conversation reveals how LinkedIn has improved its data pipelines by automating the setup and management of complex workflows. Together they cover: Automated Data Pipelines: Ryan…

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How did Dumbledore's Master Plan Evolve? 20:07

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Dumbledore's Master Plan is a familiar topic in the Harry Potter fandom. But is it real? And did Dumbledore actually care about Harry? I think my view on how the plan developed will surprise you! I'd love for you to join the discussion and let me know what you think: Free Facebook Group for listeners of the show: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/68…

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Vector Databases Won’t Replace SQL - Andy Pavlo 42:59

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SQL’s slow. SQL’s stupid. We hear these claims every time a new shiny tool enters the market, only to realize five years later when the hype dies down that SQL is actually a good idea. In this super techie episode of the Data Engineering Show, Andy Pavlo, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, joins the bros to delve into database inter…

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Harry Potter should NOT have married Ginny?!? 27:08

1y ago27:08

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I know it's been a long time since I've posted, life has made consistent content a challenge. But, this topic idea wouldn't let go of me, so I hit record! There is plenty of discourse among the fandom about whether Harry should have ended up with Ginny or someone else. But who else should it have been if it wasn't Ginny? I think my choice will surp…

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How ZoomInfo transitioned from data graveyards to ROI-driven data projects 39:46

1+ y ago39:46

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Too often expensive resources and manhours are spent on dashboards no one uses, resulting in zero ROI. Philip Philip Zelitchenko, VP of Data & Analytics at ZoomInfo met the bros to talk about adopting product management principles to ensure data projects have value, and provide an unfiltered peak into ZoomInfo’s data stack and unique tech culture. …

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Matthew Weingarten from Disney Streaming about Data Quality Best Practices 27:21

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Matthew Weingarten, Lead Data Engineer at Disney Streaming, talks about principles essential for data quality, cost optimization, debugging, and data modeling, as adopted by the world's leading companies. The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so Previous guests include: Joseph Machad…

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Joseph Machado, Senior Data Engineer @ LinkedIn talks best practices 25:59

1+ y ago25:59

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Data engineering should be less about the stack and more about best practices. While tools may change, foundational principles will remain constant. Joseph Mercado, Senior Data Engineer at LinkedIn, is on The Data Engineering Show to talk about principles that are key to success, leveraging AI for automation, and adopting software engineering metho…

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'Breaking Bad' S1 E4 Cancer Man 27:07

1+ y ago27:07

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My FIRST TIME EVER watching Breaking Bad!This episode, Walter White finally tells his family about his cancer... and it naturally becomes all about them!For bonus episodes and more cool stuff, check out Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge⁠ *Free trial availableI'd love for you to join the discussion, which you can do on Patreon, or 2 oth…

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Professors Joe Hellerstein and Joseph Gonzalez on LLMs 46:07

1+ y ago46:07

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Joe Hellerstein is the Jim Gray Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley and Joseph Gonzalez is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department. They’ve inspired generations of database enthusiasts (including Benji and Eldad) and have come on the show to talk about all things LLM and RunLLM which they co-founde…

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'Breaking Bad' S1 E3 And the Bag's in the River 32:15

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My FIRST TIME EVER watching Breaking Bad!This episode, Walter White finally does the thing! And by "the thing" I mean murder. He's a cold blooded killer now... Goodbye Crazy 8, your character was... well it wasn't great and we won't miss you!For bonus episodes and more cool stuff, check out Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge⁠ *Free tria…

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’Breaking Bad’ S1 E2 Cat’s in the Bag 30:15

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My FIRST TIME EVER watching Breaking Bad!This episode, Walter White runs into some trouble with the guys he thought he and Jesse Pinkman killed. Turns out, 1 is still alive - which I PREDICTED! Sort of... I guessed they both would live, but 1 did and I'll take that as a win!We spend most of the episode in Jesse's living room arguing over who is goi…

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’Harry Potter’ Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 10 Marauders Map with Pottership 1:35:02

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Find Pottership Podcast: ⁠https://linkin.bio/pottershippodcastI was super excited to be joined by the trio from Pottership Podcast to discuss Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban chapter 10, The Marauders Map! We had a blast going through the chapter and touching on why Fred and George never noticed Peter Pettigrew sleeping with their brother R…

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Megan Lieu on powerful notebooks that enable collaboration 31:31

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There are two types of data influencers on LinkedIn: 1. Those who talk directly about the products and companies they work for 2. Those that provide more general guidance, tips and opinions Can influencers actually be passionate about the products they’re developing and straightforwardly talk about them without sounding salesly? We’re kicking off 2…

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’Breaking Bad’ S1 E1 Pilot 44:18

1+ y ago44:18

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My FIRST TIME EVER watching Breaking Bad has begun!This episode, I meet Walter White. I see a bit too much of him in his whitey tighties. More importantly, I see how awful his life is! He doesn't need a cancer diagnosis for an excuse to become a meth dealer... but he gets that too!For bonus episodes and more cool stuff, check out Patreon: https://w…

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My ’Breaking Bad’ Story 3:27

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My FIRST TIME EVER watching Breaking Bad! As I did with the other binges, I wanted to share my story about Breaking Bad. Which is a very short one given that I haven't seen it yet. So, it's more like how'd I miss it? And what do I know going in?Whether you love Breaking Bad or you're watching for the first time right along with me, I hope you'll jo…

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’Sons of Anarchy’ Season 1 Bingies 32:03

1+ y ago32:03

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We've reached the end of season 1, which on this podcast means: BINGIES!The Bingies are this podcast's version of the Dundies (from The Office) where we give away awards to characters and plot points from the show. I share my favorites and perhaps recap the season in... rhyme??? It's a fun way to tie a bow around a season before we move on to what'…

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’Harry Potter’ Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 9 Grim Defeat with Christina from The Restricted Section 1:11:19

1+ y ago1:11:19

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban chapter 9, Grim Defeat. For this discussion I'm joined by Christina from The Restricted Section (https://www.deusexmedia.org/therestrictedsection.html) + Burn Before Reading (https://www.deusexmedia.org/burnbeforereading.html)!Preorder Christina's book! http://www.christinakann.com/my-book.htmlThis is the ch…

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’Sons of Anarchy’ S1 E13 The Revelator (Finale) 53:27

1+ y ago53:27

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We've reached the finale of season 1! This episode, Jax learns who really killed Donna. Tara decides to stay in Charming. Opie has to bury his wife. The tension that's been building between Jax and Tig comes to blows. Wendy doesn't get her happy ever after. Gemma discovers the book Jax has been reading and feels Clay is losing his grip. It's an emo…

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’Harry Potter’ Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 8 Flight of the Fat Lady with Christina from The Restricted Section 1:17:42

1+ y ago1:17:42

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban chapter 8, Flight of the Fat Lady. For this discussion I'm joined by Christina from The Restricted Section (https://www.deusexmedia.org/therestrictedsection.html) + Burn Before Reading (https://www.deusexmedia.org/burnbeforereading.html)! Preorder Christina's book! http://www.christinakann.com/my-book.html T…

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’Sons of Anarchy’ S1 E12 Sleep of Babies with Cousin Amy 1:19:10

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It's another episode rewatch of SOA season 1, episode 12: Sleep of Babies and I'm joined by the real star of the Belated Binge podcast, Cousin Amy!This episode, Agent Stahl's plan backfires in the ultimate way. Clay and Tig's mission to kill Opie has an unexpected twist when Opie saves Tig's life from the Niners crashing their gun deal with the May…

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Transitioning from software engineering to data engineering 29:48

1+ y ago29:48

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Every data team should have at least one data engineer with a software engineering background. This time on The Data Engineering Show, Xiaoxu Gao is an inspiring Python and data engineering expert with 10.6K followers on Medium. She’s a data engineer at Adyen with a software engineering background, and she met the bros to talk about why both softwa…

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’Harry Potter’ Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 7 Boggart in the Wardrobe with Radio Mike from Harry Potter & the Boys 1:25:48

1+ y ago1:25:48

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban chapter 7, The Boggart in the Wardrobe. For this discussion I'm joined by Radio Mike from Harry Potter & the Boys + 20th Century Boy! Find Radio Mike: https://linktr.ee/itsradiomikeThis is the chapter where Snape is the worst teacher in the world and Lupin is awesome! I don't think I stopped laughing the who…

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’Sons of Anarchy’ S1 E11 Capybara 38:51

1+ y ago38:51

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It's another episode rewatch of SOA season 1, episode 11: CapybaraThis episode, Agent Stahl is playing DIRTY arresting Bobby for the murder of Hefner and taking Opie, Donna and the kids to a witness protection facility. She sets Opie up as if he's the witness who accused Bobby so that Clay and the rest of SAMCRO will think he's a rat. The plan work…

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’Harry Potter’ Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 6 Talons & Tealeaves with Dan from Hogwarts: A Podcast 1:15:28

1+ y ago1:15:28

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We're diving back into the binge of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with chapter 6, Talons and Tealeaves. For this discussion I'm joined by Dan from Hogwarts: A Podcast (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hogwarts-a-podcast).This is the chapter where Trelawney predicts Harry's death in Divination class because she sees a big black dog…

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’Sons of Anarchy’ S1 E10 Better Half 39:49

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It's another episode rewatch of SOA season 1, episode 10: Better Half!This episode is all about the women as Agent Stahl goes after the women attached to SAMCRO. Luanna, Cherry aka Rita, Tara, and Donna all get unwanted visits from the ATF agent. She also has sketches of Opie and Bobby from the Hefner murder witness and is working on getting inform…