Best James Munns Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 1612 - Check These Out! 30:40

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7d ago30:40

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Jimmy has more recommendations for you! Some comic books, some TV, some film...maybe SOME things you might like! Let us know what you think if you've checked them out. And if you have any recommendations of your own. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

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Episode 537: Userlist with Benedikt Deicke 28:17

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Benedikt used to be a freelance software engineer and co-founded Userlist in 2017 as a side project with his co-founder Jane Portman. They went full-time on it in 2020. Benedikt enjoys database query optimization just as much as pushing around pixels on the front-end Show Notes https://userlist.com/ https://slowandsteadypodcast.com/ https://bsky.ap…

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Episode 1611 - Mining Thunderbolt Sins in the Underworld Go! 21:36

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Reviews: Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld, Teen Titans Go!, The Walking Dead: Dead City s2 premiere, A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, Thunderbolts* Some TV/film catch-ups! Jimmy crams in a bunch of things for his viewing pleasure and your listening delight. Did you see any of these? What were your thoughts? Let us know! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks …

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Episode 1602-1610? - FCBD Random Reads! 22:57

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Reviews: All In 2025 Special Edition #1, Conan: Scourge of the Serpent #1, Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men #1, Speed Racer #0, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures/Avatar: The Last Airbender #1,Disney Stitch! #1 It's a Free Comic Book Day review special! Jimmy chose 6 random FCBD books to review. Some good lead ins into their upcoming series. But what'…

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Episode 536: Better With Becky with Becky Searls 39:20

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Becky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails) Show Not…

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Episode 1601 - Kathleen Kim (Sesame Street's Ji-young)! 1:21:45

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Jimmy sat down with famed Sesame Street puppeteer Kathleen Kim! Kathleen is the voice/puppeteer for the first Asian-American puppet on Sesame Street, Ji-young. They talked about how she got into puppetry, her early love of muppets, working with Awkwafina, how she finds her character voices, growing up Korean-American, fave foods, K-pop and so much …

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Episode 1600 - Remembering the Early Podcasting Years w/ Charlito (Indie Spinner Rack)! 1:32:13

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Jimmy and Producer Joe celebrate their 1600th episode w/ a long and fun talk! They chat about favorite moments and guests, current likes in comics/TV/film/streaming and more. Old pal Charlie LaGreca aka Charlito of the former awesome Indie Spinner Rack joins us for the last 30 minutes to reminisce about the early days of podcasting, the podcast are…

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Episode 1599 - Top 3 Multiplied! 26:40

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Jimmy and Producer Joe have some recommendations for you! Joe's are eclectic and awesome as always. Jimmy's are of course also great! All good stuff for you to check out. A cool mix of books, comics, TV, film and music. Give them a shot if you're interested! You just might like them as much as we do. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!…

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Episode 1598 - Ooh! More Comic Book Reviews! 20:50

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Reviews: Absolute Flash #1-2, GI Joe: Silent Missions - Beachhead/Jinx/Roadblock/Spirit, Golden Rage: Mother Knows Best #1, Vatican City #1 Jimmy does some catch-up on some comic books. We get superheroes, soldiers, bad ass older ladies and vampires. What a mix! Does Absolute Flash continue the awesomeness of the great new line from DC? Do the GI J…

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Episode 1597 - Wow! More TV/Streaming Reviews! 35:51

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Reviews: Andor s2 premiere, Black Mirror s7, Daredevil: Born Again s1, Doctor Who s15 premiere, The Last of Us s2, Lazarus s1, Super Duper Bunny League series premiere, The Wheel of Time s3. Jimmy does some catch-up on TV/streaming shows and boy howdy are some of them heavy! But some are lighter which balances it all out. Does Andor season 2 hold u…

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Episode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCrea 32:20

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Today we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autoscaling. Judoscale is a tool to make autoscaling easy. Adam joins us to talk about building Judoscale with Rails Show Notes https://j…

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Episode 1596 - KICx: Peter Rostovsky! 41:06

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Jimmy went up to Kingston, NY to attend the 2nd annual Kingston Independent Comic Expo (KICx)! Producer Joe produces it with friends Cris Livecchi & Kevin Michael Rowe. It's held in a small spot in a church w/ over 40 exhibitors. Jimmy got 4 interviews with the likes of Jeremy Holt, Annie Dwyer, Jonathan Baylis and Peter Rostovsky. In this episode,…

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Episode 1595 - KICx: Jonathan Baylis! 20:22

2M ago20:22

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Jimmy went up to Kingston, NY to attend the 2nd annual Kingston Independent Comic Expo (KICx)! Producer Joe produces it with friends Cris Livecchi & Kevin Michael Rowe. It's held in a small spot in a church w/ over 40 exhibitors. Jimmy got 4 interviews with the likes of Jeremy Holt, Annie Dwyer, Jonathan Baylis and Peter Rostovsky. In this episode,…

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Episode 1594 - KICx Recap! Interviews w/ Jeremy Holt & Annie Dwyer! 39:05

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Jimmy went up to Kingston, NY to attend the 2nd annual Kingston Independent Comic Expo (KICx)! Producer Joe produces it with friends Cris Livecchi & Kevin Michael Rowe. It's held in a small spot in a church w/ over 40 exhibitors. Jimmy got 4 interviews with the likes of Jeremy Holt, Annie Dwyer, Jonathan Baylis and Peter Rostovsky. In this episode,…

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Episode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade Truitt 34:59

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Good Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails. Show Notes letsjelly.com/rails https://goodenough.us/ Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you w…

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Episode 1593 - KICx Special w/ Producer Joe/Cris Livecchi/Kevin Michael Rowe! 50:27

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Reviews: Absolute Martian Manhunter #1, Adventure Time #1, Doom's Division #1, The Last Boy #1, Universal Monsters Presents: The Mummy #1 Producer Joe comes back to co-host this special episode. Jimmy welcomes him and his fellow KICx (Kingston Indepent Comic Expo) co-founders Cris Livecchi and Kevin Michael Rowe. It's the 2nd year of the expo and …

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Episode 1592 - More Movie Reviews! 29:16

2M ago29:16

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Reviews: Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, The Electric State, Mickey 17, Revelations, Snow White Catching up on some movies! Jimmy checks out these 5 films and gives his thoughts. Thanks to Marta and Melissa for sending in their reviews on one movie each as well. Does the new BATMAN NINJA live up to the original? How many Mickeys do we see in MICKE…

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Episode 1591 - More TV/Streaming Reviews! 21:22

2M ago21:22

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Reviews: Generation Z, Harley Quinn s5, Invincible s3, Newtopia s1, Sakamoto Days, The Wheel of Time s3, Win or Lose s1 Catching up on some TV/Streaming shows! Jimmy checks out these 7 shows and gives his thoughts. Is GENERATION Z or NEWTOPIA the better comedy zombie series? Just how brutal does INVINCIBLE get? Does Jimmy get THE WHEEL OF TIME yet…

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Episode 1590 - MoCCA Fest: Kazimir Lee! 28:47

3M ago28:47

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Jimmy attended the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Festival over the weekend. He got 5 interviews overall. In this episode, you'll hear his chat with Kazimir Lee. They talked about Kazimir's upcoming debut graphic novel LOW ORBIT, Asian and queer representation, fluidity of love, familial relations and more. This concludes our MoCCA coverag…

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Episode 1589 - MoCCA Fest: Dani Diaz! 35:27

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Jimmy attended the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Festival over the weekend. He got 5 interviews overall. In this episode, you'll hear his chat with Dani Diaz. They talked about Dani's debut graphic novel DREAMOVER, memories of young love, dreams, how they might be related and more. One last interview to come from MoCCA with Kazimir Lee. A…

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Episode 1588 - MoCCA Fest: Frances Jetter! 19:26

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Jimmy attended the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Festival over the weekend. He got 5 interviews overall. In this episode, you'll hear his chat with Frances Jetter. They talked about her mixed media graphic novel AMALGAM: AN IMMIGRANT, HIS LABOR UNION, AND HIS AMERICAN FAMILY IN BROOKLYN, how she discovered her art style, what her grandfat…

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Episode 1587 - MoCCA Fest: Kay Sohini! 18:40

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Jimmy attended the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Festival over the weekend. He got 5 interviews overall. In this episode, you'll hear his chat with Kay Sohini. They talked about her stunning graphic novel debut THIS BEAUTIFUL, RIDICULOUS CITY, what it was like starting over in NYC, how the city saved her, the beautiful geometry of the boo…

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Episode 1586 - MoCCA Me! Recap/Interview w/ Maria Hoey! 21:52

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Jimmy attended the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Festival over the weekend. In this episode, you'll hear his recap and thoughts of it all. He got 5 interviews and you'll hear Maria Hoey here. Maria and her brother Peter (not in attendance) work together on their comics. Jimmy and Maria talk about their new book TRANCE: BOULEVARDS AND CINE…

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Episode 1585 - CNI: Born Again! 34:07

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Reviews: Blade Forger #1, The Herculoids #1, Daredevil: Born Again, Plankton: The Movie Back with more reviews! Thanks to Marta and Melissa for contributing. And our news anchor Emily returns too! (Sorry for the technical issue, E!). News includes: Kevin Smith goes to Riverdale, a Jack Kirby documentary is coming, Train to Busan director Yeon Sang…

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Episode 533: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer 30:15

3M ago30:15

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Nick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community. Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic…

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Episode 1584 - Feeling Venomous! 27:57

3M ago27:57

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Reviews: Chilling Adventures Presents The Nine Lives of Salem One-Shot, Pop Kill #1, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Ravenous Some of CNI's best reviewers are back! Thanks to Marta and Melissa for contributing. And our news anchor Emily returns too! News includes: Image joins Sweet Shop, Mattel gets DC license back, Bong Joon Ho…

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Episode 1583 - CNI Man! 27:56

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Reviews: Hard Case Crime: The Loose End #1, Rick and Morty: Ricklemania #1, Win or Lose s1 premiere, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man s1 finale, Dog Man Another solo review show! News includes: Blackpink's Lisa is doing a comic book, DC and Marvel are crossing over again, another Avatar the Last Airbender spin-off is coming and more. Some grea…

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Ep 27 - The role of the improv technician (with Damian Robertson) 27:29

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Episode 1579 - Top 3+3! 15:29

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Time for another multiple Top 3 special where Jimmy recommends things from any genre/medium that he thinks you should check out. This time, it's entertainment from his 2 of his favorite countries for TV/film, South Korea and the UK! Have you checked any of these out? If not, DO IT! You won't be disappointed. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for liste…

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Episode 531: Taking Over Fireside with John Nunemaker & Garrett Dimon 33:47

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This year, I want to expand the show in a new direction. I want to hear from startups and companies that are building with Rails. Today's episode feature John Nunemaker and Garrett Dimon who recently acquired Fireside.fm, the podcast hosting platform we use for this show. We talk about what it's like taking over a Rails app that was under different…

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Episode 1578 - Animation Elation! 16:21

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Reviews: Creature Commandos s1, Crisis on Infinite Earths Pt 1-3, Harley Quinn s5 premiere, Invincible Fight Girl s1, Ranma 1/2 s1, Sakamoto Days, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew s1 Jimmy has seen a lot of animation lately and decides to review it all. And cheekily adds one live-action show in the mix. He checks back in on the finales of some shows he rev…

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Episode 1577 - More Best of 2024! 20:26

5M ago20:26

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More best of 2024! This time from friends Marta, Dave, Emily, Ricky and Steph! They chose a lot of picks that we didn't cover last week or some we only touched upon. Of course, they're all great choices and I look forward to checking out ones that I didn't. You will too! What were your faves in 2024? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!…

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Episode 1576 - Best of 2024! 1:47:48

5M ago1:47:48

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It's our BIG Best of 2024 podcast! In the annual very lengthy podcast, Jimmy and Producer Joe invite friends Avery Kaplan and Heidi MacDonald to join in the fun. They each talk about their favorite picks of 2024 in comics, TV, streaming and film. While they all often have multiple picks per category, Jimmy still has trouble narrowing down his choic…

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Episode 530: Ask Elise Anything hosted by Rachael Wright-Munn 37:13

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In this episode, Elise responds to listener submitted questions on everything from her career journey to how cooking relates to coding. With special guest host, Rachael Wright-MunnBy Elise Shaffer

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Episode 1575 - Rapid Rockin' Reviews! 23:13

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Reviews: Dream Productions, Squid Game 2, What If...? season 3, Gladiator II It's a quick end of the year review special. It's a mad time of year and Jimmy is busy prepping for the CNI "Best of 2024" recording next week as well as guesting on some friend's podcasts too. Not to mention work, life, etc. Just a quick 4 reviews for you. Did you see any…

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Episode 1574 - New Christmas Viewing Jolliness 4! 18:59

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Reviews: An Almost Christmas Story, Dear Santa, Mickey and the Very Many Christmases, The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland, Red One, That Christmas It's the 4th (official) installment of Jimmy's reviews of new Christmas films/streaming/TV. A couple of live-action films and some animated specials. Does Jack Black make a good Santa? What happens …

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Episode 1573 - Holiday Comics Reviews 2! 21:32

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Reviews: Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns, DC's Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg #1, Christmas 365 #1, Marvel Holiday Tales To Astonish #1, Top Cow Holiday Special: All Through the House #1 Jimmy checks out some Holiday comics that came out this year from DC, Marvel, Top Cow and Dark Horse. Can Santa save Batman and friends again? How did …

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Episode 1572 - A Thought Bubble Top 3 Special! 15:11

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Jimmy attended Thought Bubble Festival last month and read a ton of great comics to prep for interviews. In this Top 3 (+5) special, he gives some quick takes on these awesome books and their creators. Check them out! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

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Episode 529: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer 31:35

6M ago31:35

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This episode is a little off the Rails, but it was still fun catching up with our co-host, Nick Schwaderer.By Elise Shaffer

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Episode 1568 - More Reviews to Review! 34:41

6M ago34:41

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Reviews: Cobra Kai s6 pt 2, Creature Commandos, Dune: Prophecy s1 premiere, Hellbound s2, Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld, The Penguin s1 finale, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew s1 premiere, Superman & Lois series finale, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Zombieverse: New Blood, Moana 2, Paddington in Peru, Spellbound, Watchmen Chapter 1 & 2 Time aga…

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Ep 24 - Being in your Body (with Ali James) 26:14

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Ep 23 - Extroversion and Introversion (with Josh Hards) 22:12

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Ep 22 - Yes And (part 2) 28:47

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Episode 528: Working In Tech With ADHD with Chris Ferdinandi 37:50

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In the last few years, there’s been more awareness about ADHD in adults. We’ve learned that it’s more than hyperactivity and it’s not a deficit of attention. Many working in tech have ADHD and because we have a world built for neurotypicals, there can be unique challenges for those working in tech with ADHD. Today, Chris Ferdinandi joins the show t…