Best SWARM Engineering Podcasts (2025)

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What actually makes you senior (News) 9:27

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Matheus Lima on what makes senior developers actually senior, Tega Brain created a browser extension for avoiding AI slop, Andrew Kelley moves Zig from GitHub to Codeberg, Matias Heikkilä says there’s no free lunch for vibe coding, and your SSD data at rest might be at risk. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 1 minute …

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Beyond Alpha Centauri (Narration Only) 24:46

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Humanity’s first interstellar missions may reach Alpha Centauri—but what comes next? Explore nearby stars, colony plans, and how we’ll build civilizations beyond our stellar neighbor. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-ind…

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Beyond Alpha Centauri 25:12

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Humanity’s first interstellar missions may reach Alpha Centauri—but what comes next? Explore nearby stars, colony plans, and how we’ll build civilizations beyond our stellar neighbor. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-ind…

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The 4 DIMM problem (Friends) 1:50:26

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Our old friend Lars Wikman returns to the show to discuss Linux distro hopping, Elixir, Nerves, embedded systems, home automation with Home Assistant, karate, and more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 8 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Tiger Data – Postgres for Developers, devices, and …

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The Rare Earths Problem: Inside America’s Supply Chain Fight | Drew Horn 1:02:54

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Drew Horne, founder and CEO of GreenMet, joins the show to break down the rare earth crisis and what the United States needs to do to remain competitive. He previously led critical minerals policy work inside the White House, DoD, and DOE, and offers a direct view into how mineral sourcing shapes defense, energy, and emerging technologies.We cover …

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Orbital Farms: Sustaining Life Across the Solar Frontier (Narration Only) 33:19

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As humanity expands into space, we’ll need new ways to grow food. Explore how orbital farms could sustain billions—on Earth, Mars, and beyond. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-economy Get …

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Orbital Farms: Sustaining Life Across the Solar Frontier 32:23

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As humanity expands into space, we’ll need new ways to grow food. Explore how orbital farms could sustain billions—on Earth, Mars, and beyond. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-economy Get …

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515: Script Boomers 1:10:23

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Nick Kartsioukas joined us to talk about security in embedded systems. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) is the primary database to check your software libraries, tools, and OSs: cve.org. Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP, owasp.org) has information on how to improve security in all kinds of applications, including embedde…

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515: Script Boomers 1:10:22

6d ago1:10:22

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Nick Kartsioukas joined us to talk about security in embedded systems. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) is the primary database to check your software libraries, tools, and OSs: cve.org. Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP, owasp.org) has information on how to improve security in all kinds of applications, including embedde…

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The inner workings of Wikipedia (Interview) 1:48:57

2d ago1:48:57

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Let’s hear how Wikipedia actually works from long-time Wikipedian, Bill Beutler! Bill has been heavily involved with this “8th wonder of the modern world” for two decades and even built a career on it, founding Beutler Ink –a digital agency known for its pioneering work in Wikipedia public relations. We discuss: the official (and not so official) r…

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What is a tech bubble anyway? (News) 8:46

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Cedric Chin says comparisons of our current AI maybe-bubble to the dot-com bubble and the 2008 GFC are limiting, Matthew Prince does a post-mortem on last week’s Cloudflare outage, “hl” is a fast / powerful log viewer for humans, Enthusiast Guy’s Continuum 93 is a fantasy computer emulator, and a list of things that aren’t doing the thing. View the…

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Ark Swarms - Dispersing Humanity Across the Stars to Prevent Extinction (Narration Only) 27:02

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To colonize the Milky Way, humanity must travel in fleets, not alone. Ark Swarms shows how interstellar swarms can secure our future among the stars. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-econo…

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Ark Swarms - Dispersing Humanity Across the Stars to Prevent Extinction 27:23

9d ago27:23

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To colonize the Milky Way, humanity must travel in fleets, not alone. Ark Swarms shows how interstellar swarms can secure our future among the stars. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-econo…

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NOT a swarm! (Friends) 1:41:10

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Practical AI co-host, Chris Benson, joins us to discuss the latest advancements in AI, drones, home automation, and robotic swarming tech. Chris defines “swarm” with detail/precision and it turns out that what most people are calling a swarm today is NOT a swarm! Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 8 minutes on this episode because they ma…

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The Future of Humanity - What Will We Become? (Narration Only) 28:40

12d ago28:40

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From cyborgs to hive minds and civilizations of pure thought, we trace the possible futures of our species through the next trillion tomorrows. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-economy Get…

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The Future of Humanity - What Will We Become? 29:03

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From cyborgs to hive minds and civilizations of pure thought, we trace the possible futures of our species through the next trillion tomorrows. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-economy Get…

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Creating communal computers (Interview) 57:48

13d ago57:48

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Spencer Chang caught our attention with the alive internet theory website, but he creates all kinds of computery things to bring people together around play, connection, and creation. Spencer’s experiments with computing-infused objects inspired him to create an entire line of internet sculptures and real-world computing shrines that will hopefully…

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Could We Nuke Mars’ Core to Restart Its Spin? | New Insights on Martian Interior 15:46

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Mars once had a magnetic field—can we bring it back? Learn what new seismic data reveals about the Red Planet’s heart and whether nuclear power could restart its spin. Grab one of our new SFIA mugs and make your morning coffee a little more futuristic — available now on our Fourthwall store! https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/ Visit our Websi…

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Could We Nuke Mars’ Core to Restart Its Spin? | New Insights on Martian Interior (Narration Only) 15:16

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Mars once had a magnetic field—can we bring it back? Learn what new seismic data reveals about the Red Planet’s heart and whether nuclear power could restart its spin. Grab one of our new SFIA mugs and make your morning coffee a little more futuristic — available now on our Fourthwall store! https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/ Visit our Websi…

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Why is Zig so cool? (News) 9:07

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Nilo Stolte explains why Zig is “a totally new way to write programs”, George Mack gives twelve actionable ways to be more creative, Mario Zechner shares his findings on using MCP vs Bash tools, Josh Collinsworth compares creating AI art to medieval alchemy, LibrePods unlocks AirPods features for Android, and our first ever Changelog News Classifie…

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Why We Should Go To Mars... And Why We Shouldn't (Narration Only) 28:04

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Mars calls to us as the next world to conquer—but should we go yet? Explore the case for and against colonizing the Red Planet, from science to strategy to survival. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robo…

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Why We Should Go To Mars... And Why We Shouldn't 28:28

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Mars calls to us as the next world to conquer—but should we go yet? Explore the case for and against colonizing the Red Planet, from science to strategy to survival. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robo…

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Defense Production, China, and American Power | Morgan Murphy 59:22

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Morgan Murphy joins the show to talk national security, defense manufacturing, and why he’s running for U.S. Senate in Alabama. Murphy is a 26-year Navy Reserve captain, former Pentagon press secretary, and national security advisor who has worked across the White House, State Department, and Senate. He shares his perspective on restoring America’s…

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Retreat to attack (Friends) 1:44:16

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Do you like director’s commentaries and extended cuts? This episode is like that, but for this week’s News. We go deep on the alive internet theory, Meshtastic mesh networks, Zstandard compression, the FDE job explosion, React’s seemingly perpetual dominance, and more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 8 minutes on this episode because t…

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514: Just Turn Off All the Computers 1:10:04

18d ago1:10:04

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Philip Koopman joined us to talk about embedded systems becoming embodied and intelligent. We focus on the safety considerations of making an intelligent and embodied device. Phil's new book is Embodied AI Safety: Reimagining safety engineering for artificial intelligence in physical systems. It uses robotaxis as an example as it discusses safety, …

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514: Just Turn Off All the Computers 1:10:03

18d ago1:10:03

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Philip Koopman joined us to talk about embedded systems becoming embodied and intelligent. We focus on the safety considerations of making an intelligent and embodied device. Phil’s new book is Embodied AI Safety: Reimagining safety engineering for artificial intelligence in physical systems. It uses robotaxis as an example as it discusses safety, …

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The First Interstellar Colony Humanity’s Leap Beyond Sol (Narration Only) 33:53

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Before we plant flags on alien worlds, we’ll build homes that can cross the void. This episode explores how humanity’s first interstellar colony might be born inside the ship itself. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Extinction Cycles: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacart…

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The First Interstellar Colony Humanity’s Leap Beyond Sol 34:15

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Before we plant flags on alien worlds, we’ll build homes that can cross the void. This episode explores how humanity’s first interstellar colony might be born inside the ship itself. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Extinction Cycles: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacart…

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DO repeat yourself! (Interview) 1:19:58

20d ago1:19:58

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Prolific software blogger, Sean Goedecke, joins us to discuss why he believes software engineers need to be involved in the politics of their organization, how to avoid worry driven development, what is “good taste” in software engineering, where agentic coding will take our industry, why getting the main thing right is so important, and how to get…

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S6E9: Silvia Crivelli: Understanding Suicide Risk and Building a Foundation Model for Medicine 40:00

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Nearly a decade ago, the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Energy launched the MVP-CHAMPION initiative, not for sports, but as a data-driven strategy for improving healthcare outcomes for veterans and others. Silvia Crivelli of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory turned her skills in computational biology toward this new fi…

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This new AI role is exploding (News) 8:43

22d ago8:43

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A new AI-led tech role has emerged with a massive increase of job postings, Corey Quinn explains why younger devs won’t tolerate pain in the AWS, Thomas Ptacek makes the case that you should write an agent, Paul Kinlan goes deeper on his dead framework theory, and Andrew Gallagher says to stop vibe coding your unit tests. View the newsletter Join t…

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Doomsday Devices & Ontological Weaponry 29:15

23d ago29:15

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From nuclear nightmares to reality-breaking weapons, we examine how science and fiction imagine the end of everything. What happens when weapons don’t just destroy worlds but unmake reality itself? Explore the science of apocalypse. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Ex…

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Doomsday Devices & Ontological Weaponry (Narration Only) 28:50

23d ago28:50

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From nuclear nightmares to reality-breaking weapons, we examine how science and fiction imagine the end of everything. What happens when weapons don’t just destroy worlds but unmake reality itself? Explore the science of apocalypse. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Ex…