Best Greg Dan And Eric Podcasts (2025)

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SED News: Data Land Grabs, Copyright Fights, and the Great AI Talent War 46:15

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Welcome back to SED News, a podcast series from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer break down the latest stories in software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the wider tech industry. In this episode, Gregor and Sean dig into Meta’s legal battle over AI training data, discuss the strategic implications of Meta’s $14…

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American Rickshaw (1989): Tazed and confused 54:33

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The story so far: After over a year trapped underground, the boys still make horrible decisions to pass the time. This week, Eric is comatose and in the way of the quarterly Molehole cleaning day, so we have a little fun with him and somehow end up deciding to watch the 1989 mystical action film American Rickshaw! We discuss homework holes, drive-t…

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Petey USA 1:06:16

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Petey USA (yes, that Petey from TikTok and the music scene) sits down with Andrew Santino and delivers everything—mad energy, dark honesty, and the kind of weird that just works. They talk about blowing up online, panic attacks in Whole Foods, making bangers in bathrobes, and why Petey might be the most real ass dude on the internet right now.Check…

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AI at Anaconda with Greg Jennings 49:29

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Anaconda is a software company that’s well-known for its solutions for managing packages, environments, and security in large-scale data workflows. The company has played a major role in making Python-based data science more accessible, efficient, and scalable. Anaconda has also invested heavily in AI tool development. Greg Jennings is the VP of En…

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Black Stick Men: Spooky bathroom signs 29:52

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This week we're staying local to discuss the global Black Stick Men phenomenon. As if a kid's drawing or the bathroom sign gender identifier stepped out of its 2D world and entered our reality, the Black Stick Men can pop up anywhere. Though these cryptids seem simple, we get into discussions about simulation theory, lower dimensionality, Gumby, sh…

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ByteDance’s Container Networking Stack with Chen Tang 47:57

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ByteDance is a global technology company operating a wide range of content platforms around the world, and is best known for creating TikTok. The company operates at a massive scale, which naturally presents challenges in ensuring performance and stability across its data centers. It has over a million servers running containerized applications, an…

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Serial Mom (1994): Swimming through suburban Waters 1:01:50

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The story so far: Things in the movie hole drag on. Maybe it's the movies (or maybe it's the body odor and beer) but Dan is starting to snap. They create life. Sometimes, they take it away. This week's episode is all about moms and how they can be serial killers sometimes! The boys break down John Waters' 1994 classic satire Serial Mom. Between the…

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Blair Kroeber - Partial in Blood 33:03

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Allegra Tarot has an uncanny knack for becoming anyone she wants. Depending on the job, she can transform the carriage of her body or the cadence of her speech. With the pop of a collar or the tousle of her hair, she can dupe your perceptions. As a former T.V. actress, she’s got chameleon abilities, no doubt, and they come in handy now that she str…

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Judy Penz Sheluk - Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers 35:44

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Desire or desperation, revenge or retribution—how far would you go to realize a dream? The twenty-two authors in this collection explore the possibilities, with predictably unpredictable results. Featuring stories by Pam Barnsley, Linda Bennett, Clark Boyd, C.W. Blackwell, Amanda Capper, Susan Daly, James Patrick Focarile, Rand Gaynor, Gina X. Gran…

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Steph Tolev 1:21:00

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Steph Tolev joins Andrew Santino this week, and things go off the rails fast. From filthy stand-up bits to her real-life absurdities, Steph delivers raw, hilarious chaos you don’t want to miss. They talk wild sex stories, bombing on stage, bad tattoos, body hair pride, and so much more. Buckle up, Ginger Gang—this one’s a riot. CHECK OUT HER SPECIA…

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Ross Halperin - Bear Witness 30:41

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The vast majority of Hondurans would have never dared to set foot in Nueva Suyapa, a mountainside barrio that was under the thumb of a gang whose bravado and cruelty were the stuff of legend. But that is precisely where Kurt Ver Beek, an American sociologist, and Carlos Hernández, a Honduran schoolteacher, chose to raise their families. Kurt and Ca…

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WayForward Games with Tomm Hulett and Voldi Way 46:03

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WayForward is a renowned video game studio that was founded in 1990. The company has developed games for publishers such as Capcom, Konami, and Nintendo and has released their games across major hardware platforms from the last 35 years. They are also the creators of the Shantae series of 2D platformers. WayForward recently developed the latest gam…

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The Ropen: Light bird from young Earth 25:45

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This week we're going international again and making camp on Umboi Island off the coast of Papa New Guinea! While sampling the local fruits, we discuss the Ropen, another giant flying cryptid that emits light (but not exactly like the Van Meter Visitor). We dig into its characteristics and eating habit before tripping into a discussion about Young …

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CodeRabbit and RAG for Code Review with Harjot Gill 48:42

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One of the most immediate and high-impact applications of LLMs has been in software development. The models can significantly accelerate code writing, but with that increased velocity comes a greater need for thoughtful, scalable approaches to codereview. Integrating AI into the development workflow requires rethinking how to ensure quality,securit…

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Julie Clark - The Ghostwriter 23:02

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"Expertly plotted and exquisitely twisted… Julie Clark masterfully weaves together a daughter's long-held suspicions and her father's deadly secrets with the tragic events from the past. The Ghostwriter kept me turning pages in this suspenseful search for the truth." — Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins From the i…

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Killer Elephants (1976): Elephant-walking into relaxation 56:55

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The story so far: So much happens in the Movie Hole (like dying, killer robots, killer clowns, magic mole scrolls, etc) that sometimes it's nice to take a break from all the insanity. Who knew other people could check-out movies from the Movie Hole?! Well when Moleman closes a door, he opens a window, so we make do with what we have and check out t…

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Beth Stelling 1:16:17

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Comedian Beth Stelling joins Andrew Santino on Whiskey Ginger to talk about her brand-new stand-up special LANDLORD, getting felt up at the Airport, living and dating in LA, and why comedy always hits harder when it’s personal. Beth opens up about writing honest material, dealing with rough landlords, and how she finds humor in heartbreak. Don’t mi…

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Streamlining the Patient Referrals Chain with Trey Holterman 19:53

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In this episode, Tennr cofounder and CEO Trey Holterman sits down with a16z’s David Haber and Jay Rughani to unpack one of healthcare’s most overlooked pain points: patient referral logistics. When a patient is referred to a specialist and told that the specialist will follow up with them, what happens next? A convoluted system sometimes involving …

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Emulating Retro Games on Modern Consoles with Robin Lavallée and Bill Litshauer 1:01:17

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Emulating retro games on modern consoles is a growing trend, and allows players to experience classic titles with improved performance, enhanced resolution, and added features like save states and rewinding. However, this process raises many challenging technical questions related to hardware compatibility, performance optimization, rendering, and …

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Van Meter Visitor: Iowa's own spotlight Pteranodon 28:51

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This week we're in the beautiful Walnut Woods State Park to discuss the mysterious monster that terrorized the town of Van Meter, Iowa for 5 nights! Come learn about the escalation of the sightings and how the town reacted, and get a lesson in Kangaroo anatomy while you're here! There's no need for a lantern out in the woods this week when we've go…

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SED News: Corporate Spies, Postgres, and the Weird Life of Devs Right Now 43:39

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Welcome back to SED News, a podcast series from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer break down the latest stories in software engineering, Silicon Valley, and wider tech world. In this episode, Gregor and Sean unpack what’s going with Deel and Rippling, explore why Databricks and Snowflake are making big bets on Pos…

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Megan Abbott - El Dorado Drive 34:04

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Turnout comes a simmering, atmospheric novel of friendship and betrayal, following a women-led pyramid scheme in suburban Detroit. "Abbott is a superstar of the suspense genre." —NPR All I want is to be innocent again. But that's not how it works. Especially not after the Wheel. The three Bishop sis…

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Altered States (1980): In search of the true self 1:11:11

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Eric’s been mysteriously trapped in the bathroom… with the brain-in-a-jar. Greg and Dan investigate. What could possibly go wrong? This week, the boys dive into the brain-melting madness of Altered States (1980)—a film that asks the big questions, like: “What happens if I eat a mountain of mushrooms and take a naked nap in a sensory deprivation tan…

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Atsuko Okatsuka 1:04:01

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This week on Whiskey Ginger, Andrew Santino is joined by the one-of-a-kind Atsuko Okatsuka — comedian, actress, and viral sensation — for a wild ride through her unique upbringing, her love of awkwardness, and how she turned trauma into triumph through comedy. They talk about growing up undocumented, how her “toilet paper dance” went viral during t…

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Alfred Doblin - Tales of the Lavender Twilight 35:31

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Poignant, Hilarious, and Beautifully Human Step into the glow of lavender twilight with Alfred P. Doblin’s unforgettable collection, Tales of the Lavender Twilight. In this debut, Doblin opens doors to the rich, poignant, and often hilarious lives of late-middle-aged gay men—and one very sophisticated Cocker Spaniel—as they seek love, redefine fami…

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TanStack and the Future of Frontend with Tanner Linsley 54:13

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TanStack is an open-source collection of high-performance libraries for JavaScript and TypeScript applications, primarily focused on state management, data fetching, and table utilities. It includes popular libraries like TanStack Query, TanStack Table, and TanStack Router. These libraries emphasize declarative APIs, optimized performance, and deve…

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Desmond P. Ryan - Dangerous Assumptions 34:37

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Detective Mike O'Shea is spiraling—consumed by painkiller addiction, alcohol, and the crushing weight of unresolved grief. As his personal demons threaten to take control, he’s pulled into a chilling case: a woman is found dead, her son rotting beside her, discovered only when neighbors are alerted by the unbearable stench of decay. Meanwhile, O'Sh…

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Paul Vidich - The Poet's Game 33:12

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A hall of mirrors with no exits, The Poet's Game is a sophisticated portrait of a spy working to uncover layers of deceit behind a Russian plot on the American president. Alex Matthews thought he had left it all behind: his CIA career, the viper's den of bureaucracy at headquarters, the deceits of the cat-and-mouse game of double agents, and the su…

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Nain Rouge: Dwarf Rock City! 26:47

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This week we’re in Detroit, Michigan to dive into the city’s bad luck caused by a little red dwarf, the Nain Rouge! We’ll discuss what we think (hope?) he looks like, compare him to the Gremlins movies, and yearn to attend the Marche Du Nain Rouge celebration! Follow us on instagram @gregscryptidcorner Reference texts: The United States of Cryptids…

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Pat Black-Gould - All The Broken Angels 29:48

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Two cousins. Two paths. One unforgettable era. This award-winning historical fiction novel follows the transformative journey of Cate and Albie. Cousins and best friends, they are raised in 1960s New Jersey under the watchful eyes of their family and strict Catholic school nuns. Their bond seems unbreakable. Then the Vietnam War erupts, tearing the…

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Tara Hodgson - Chasing Through Time 24:13

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In the tumultuous world of high school, Emma grapples with a devastating breakup, a damning social media scandal that threatens her reputation, and an overwhelming sense of isolation. Her parents are distant, she has no true friends, and her despair deepens with each passing day. One fateful night during a sudden snowstorm, Emma forges a connection…