Best The State Of Synth Podcasts (2025)

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S14E10 – The Doctor Will Synth You Now (w/ Dr. Jess Blaise Ward) 2:04:15

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This week on The State of Synth, Groot and Neon Fawkes sit down with the one and only Dr. Jess Blaise Ward — yes, an actual doctor of synthwave. Music producer, author, and cultural researcher, Jess joins us to talk about her brand-new book, “Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre.”…

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Researching and Remediating RCEs via GitHub Actions - Bar Kaduri, Roi Nisimi - ASW #355 1:08:08

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Pull requests are a core part of collaboration, whether in open or closed source. GitHub has documented some of the security consequences of misconfiguring how PRs can trigger actions. But what happens when repo owners don't read the docs? Bar Kaduri and Roi Nisimi walk through their experience in reading docs, finding vulns, demonstrating exploits…

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Episode 3: Black Room ■03■ 02.11.2025 1:01:48

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BLACK ROOM RADIO Marginal sounds of the underworld ƎP1SØÐƐ ■03■ 02.11.2025 01:08 POTOCHKINE - Endorphine 03:12 CAUSTIC - Rhythm is a cancer 07:38 SIERRA VEINS - Desire 11:21 BLIPBLOP - Sista vilan 13:31 AUTUMNS - Your favorite cowboy 16:59 PAROLE E AZIONI - Guarda come balla 19:57 LEFT FOR PLEASURE - Burden 23:16 VIKOWSKI - Pollution 27:23 HØRD - F…

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S14E9 – Letting Our Hair Down w/ Anniee 1:50:04

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Groot and Neon Fawkes sit down with Anniee to talk Night School, her musical The Heart (and the making-of doc), and what’s next. They also run through upcoming tour dates and spin a stack of fresh cuts from Phaserland, Jessy Mach, The Midnight, Atlas Neon, Battlejuice & Power Rob, and Miami Nights 1984.…

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Quantum Computing Isn't A Threat To Blockchains - Yet - Sandy Carielli, Martha Bennett - ASW #354 58:52

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The post quantum encryption migration is going to be a challenge, but how much of a challenge? There are several reasons why it is different from every other protocol and cypher iteration in the past. Is today's hardware up to the task? Is it just swapping out a library, or is there more to it? What is the extent of software, systems, and architect…

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Reacting to Ransomware and Setting Secure Defaults - Rob Allen - ASW #353 1:03:39

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Ransomware attacks typically don't care about memory safety and dependency scanning, they often target old, unpatched vulns and too often they succeed. Rob Allen shares some of the biggest cases he's seen, what they have in common, and what appsec teams could do better to help them. Too much software still requires custom configuration to make it m…

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Episode 2: Black Room ■02■ 19.10.2025 1:01:08

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BLACK ROOM RADIO Marginal sounds of the underworld ƎP1SØÐƐ ■02■ 19.10.2025 01:40 SMFORMA - Wir machen angst (Statiqbloom remix) 06:39 VOIX IN THE DARK + MADURO - Heartbeat 10:09 YEARS OF DENIAL - AI lover 14:05 CORBEAU HANGS - Cold stairs 18:31 RUE OBERKAMPF - Solitude (Essenz master) 22:09 BLOOD WISTERIA - Nilfheim 25:58 NINE INCH NAILS - As alive…

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S14E8 – Three Layers of Bass w/ Neon Nox 2:06:16

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Groot and Neon Fawkes were joined by Swedish outrun powerhouse Neon Nox to talk about his music, collaborations, and production techniques behind his high-octane sound — including his work on the Terrorbytes soundtrack. The episode featured premieres from Signal Void, Annie, and Von Kaiser, plus bangers from Droid Bishop, YOTA, and Megan McDuffee.…

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Inside the OWASP GenAI Security Project - Steve Wilson - ASW #352 1:07:32

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Interest and participation in the OWASP GenAI Security Project has exploded over the last two years. Steve Wilson explains why it was important for the project to grow beyond just a Top Ten list and address more audiences than just developers. He also talks about how the growth of AI Agents influences the areas that appsec teams need to focus on. W…

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Finding Large Bounties with Large Language Models - Nico Waisman - ASW #351 53:52

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Episode 1: Black Room ■01■ 05.10.2025 59:51

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BLACK ROOM RADIO Marginal sounds of the underworld ƎP1SØÐƐ ■01■ 05.10.2025 01:13 DIE TÖDIN - Ich bin schon tot 04:43 SYZYGYX - Sylph 09:38 BILL LEEB - Neoromotive (Sehr Geil one mix by Rhys Fulber) 14:55 MADURO - You are empty 19:08 CAMILLA SPARKSSS - Stormseeker 21:38 ASH CODE - Angel oscuro 25:45 PATRIARCHY - New way 30:19 VIOFLESH - Always 33:44…

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S14E7 – Getting Nostalgic For Nostalgia w/ Vehlinggo 2:17:34

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Groot and Neon Fawkes were joined by Vehlinggo’s Aaron Vehling to talk about the blog’s origins, iconic interviews, and its impact on the synthwave scene. They also spun tracks from Let Em Riot plus some of Aaron’s own picks, including Electric Youth, Fawn, Foret de Vin, Kinga, Sébastien Tellier, and more.…

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Changing the Vuln Conversation from Volume to Remediation - Francesco Cipollone - ASW #350 1:14:32

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Dealing with vulns tends to be a discussion about prioritization. After all, there a tons of CVEs and dependencies with known vulns. It's important to figure out how to present developers with useful vuln info that doesn't overwhelm them. Francesco Cipollone shares how to redirect that discussion to focus on remediation and how to incorporate LLMs …

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S14E6 – Making Music in Our Heads w/ VHS Dreams

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Groot and Fawkes were joined by VHS Dreams — one of the OGs of the synthwave scene — for a trip through his retro-electronic world, from Trans Am and retro EDM roots to cover albums, aesthetics, and action-figure brainstorms. Along the way they spun fresh cuts and premieres from Evanton, Pfeffermouse & Edictum & Turbo […]…

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Design Errors in Entra ID, Design Defenses in iOS, Design Difficulties in DeepSeek - ASW #349 58:43

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In the news, Microsoft encounters a new cascade of avoidable errors with Entra ID, Apple improves iOS with hardware-backed memory safety, DeepSeek demonstrates the difficulty in reviewing models, curl reduces risk by eliminating code, preserving the context of code reviews, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-349…

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S14E5 – DreamReaper & Chill 2:15:33

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This week, Groot and Fawkes plug into the dark cybernetic world of DreamReaper — the Portland producer whose sound fuses heavy riffs, glitchy textures, and cinematic energy. They dive into his creative process, favorite tools of destruction, and how his music is shifting toward new frontiers, from collaborations to movie soundtracks. Along the way,…

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How OWASP's GenAI Security Project keeps up with the pace of AI/Agentic changes - Scott Clinton - ASW #348 1:08:00

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This week, we chat with Scott Clinton, board member and co-chain of the OWASP GenAI Security Project. This project has become a massive organization within OWASP with hundreds of volunteers and thousands of contributors. This team has been cranking out new tools, reports and guidance for practitioners month after month for over a year now. We start…

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S14E4 – Pro Wrestling Energy w/ Immortal Girlfriend 1:52:57

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Groot and Fawkes were joined by Immortal Girlfriend — the Dark Knights of Synth — for a deep dive into their cinematic sound, brotherly chemistry, and their journey from Milwaukee to major syncs in Wednesday, Good Girls, and NBA 2K22. They shared creative inspirations, stories from the road, and even what fuels a 2AM tour […]…

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Limitations and Liabilities of LLM Coding - Ted Shorter, Seemant Sehgal - ASW #347 1:17:09

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Up first, the ASW news of the week. At Black Hat 2025, Doug White interviews Ted Shorter, CTO of Keyfactor, about the quantum revolution already knocking on cybersecurity's door. They discuss the terrifying reality of quantum computing's power to break RSA and ECC encryption—the very foundations of modern digital life. With 2030 set as the deadline…

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S14E3 – All Those Collabs w/ Pashang and Edictum 1:57:49

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This week on The State of Synth, Groot and Neon Fawkes are joined by special guests Edictum (Austria) and Pashang (Korea) to talk about their global collaborations, upcoming releases, and the making of their concept album. Tune in for a boat load of exclusive premieres and fresh tracks from The Midnight, Droid Bishop, Futurecop!, and […]…

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AI, APIs, and the Next Cyber Battleground: Black Hat 2025 - Michael Callahan, Idan Plotnik, Josh Lemos, Chris Boehm - ASW #346 1:08:11

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In this must-see BlackHat 2025 interview, Doug White sits down with Michael Callahan, CMO at Salt Security, for a high-stakes conversation about Agentic AI, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and the massive API security risks reshaping the cyber landscape. Broadcast live from the CyberRisk TV studio at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, the discussion pu…

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Episode 16: Black Room ►SUMMER 03◄ 31.08.2025 1:01:36

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BLACK ROOM RADIO Marginal sounds of the underworld ►SUMMER 03◄ 31.08.2025 00:40 ATTIC FROST - How will the world end today? 04:48 HUMAN TETRIS - Home 09:07 COLD COLORS / XIU - Another day 13:30 DEFENSA ESLAVA - Alegria en los desprecios 17:03 MANTAROCHEN - Steamy nights 19:18 INGRESO CADÁVER - De miseria y soledad 24:08 SHOCKED VOLK - War 26:46 EDD…

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S14E2 – Hitting the Invisible Cowbell w/ DRUMxWAVE 2:02:10

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Groot and Neon Fawkes welcome Timecop1983 tour drummer and multi-talented artist Jay, aka DRUMxWAVE, to the show. They chat about his new project, DRUMxWAVE, and his experiences working with artists such as Timecop1983, The Bad Dreamers, Arena, Chroma Cloud, and Ollie Wride.By The State of Synth

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Translating Security Regulations into Secure Projects - Emily Fox, Roman Zhukov - ASW #345 1:13:31

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The EU Cyber Resilience Act joins the long list of regulations intended to improve the security of software delivered to users. Emily Fox and Roman Zhukov share their experience education regulators on open source software and educating open source projects on security. They talk about creating a baseline for security that addresses technical items…

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Managing the Minimization of a Container Attack Surface - Neil Carpenter - ASW #344 1:08:17

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A smaller attack surface should lead to a smaller list of CVEs to track, which in turn should lead to a smaller set of vulns that you should care about. But in practice, keeping something like a container image small has a lot of challenges in terms of what should be considered minimal. Neil Carpenter shares advice and anecdotes on what it takes to…

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S14E1 – Monster Battles w/ Power Rob 2:11:15

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Fawkes and Groot power up the season premiere with Neotropolis veteran and vocal powerhouse Power Rob — talking Dark Star, touring, and the secrets to ultimate Dragon Ball Z victory.By The State of Synth

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The Future of Supply Chain Security - Janet Worthington - ASW #343 42:13

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Open source software is a massive contribution that provides everything from foundational frameworks to tiny single-purpose libraries. We walk through the dimensions of trust and provenance in the software supply chain with Janet Worthington. And we discuss how even with new code generated by LLMs and new terms like slopsquatting, a lot of the most…

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Uniting software development and application security - Jonathan Schneider, Will Vandevanter - ASW #342 58:07

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Maintaining code is a lot more than keeping dependencies up to date. It involved everything from keeping old code running to changing frameworks to even changing implementation languages. Jonathan Schneider talks about the engineering considerations of refactoring and rewriting code, why code maintenance is important to appsec, and how to build con…

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Episode 15: Black Room ►SUMMER 02◄ 03.08.2025 59:41

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BLACK ROOM RADIO Marginal sounds of the underworld ►SUMMER 02◄ 03.08.2025 00:16 SAD MADONA - Crimes 03:20 KRIMEA - This pleasure 07:06 DINA SUMMER - Hypnotized (Etane remix) 10:10 LARSOVITCH + DRAMACHINE - Vios / Mania 13:52 ALEX ROSSI - L’amore fa volare 17:00 LUMINANCE - Trop fragile 21:05 STAATSEINDE - Suicide tuesday 24:30 BLIND DELON - La viol…

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How Product-Led Security Leads to Paved Roads - Julia Knecht - ASW #341 1:04:11

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A successful strategy in appsec is to build platforms with defaults and designs that ease the burden of security choices for developers. But there's an important difference between expecting (or requiring!) developers to use a platform and building a platform that developers embrace. Julia Knecht shares her experience in building platforms with an …

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Rise of Compromised LLMs - Sohrob Kazerounian - ASW #340 1:06:35

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AI is more than LLMs. Machine learning algorithms have been part of infosec solutions for a long time. For appsec practitioners, a key concern is always going to be how to evaluate the security of software or a system. In some cases, it doesn't matter if a human or an LLM generated code -- the code needs to be reviewed for common flaws and design p…

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Getting Started with Security Basics on the Way to Finding a Specialization - ASW #339 1:07:50

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What are some appsec basics? There's no monolithic appsec role. Broadly speaking, appsec tends to branch into engineering or compliance paths, each with different areas of focus despite having shared vocabularies and the (hopefully!) shared goal of protecting software, data, and users. The better question is, "What do you want to secure?" We discus…

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Checking in on the State of Appsec in 2025 - Sandy Carielli, Janet Worthington - ASW #338 1:07:15

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Appsec still deals with ancient vulns like SQL injection and XSS. And now LLMs are generating code along side humans. Sandy Carielli and Janet Worthington join us once again to discuss what all this new code means for appsec practices. On a positive note, the prevalence of those ancient vulns seems to be diminishing, but the rising use of LLMs is e…

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Simple Patterns for Complex Secure Code Reviews - Louis Nyffenegger - ASW #337 38:26

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Manual secure code reviews can be tedious and time intensive if you're just going through checklists. There's plenty of room for linters and compilers and all the grep-like tools to find flaws. Louis Nyffenegger describes the steps of a successful code review process. It's a process that starts with understanding code, which can even benefit from a…

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Episode 14: Black Room ►SUMMER 01◄ 29.06.2025 1:00:16

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BLACK ROOM RADIO Marginal sounds of the underworld ►SUMMER 01◄ 29.06.2025 00:33 STAATSEINDE - Tanzverbot 04:30 DIE SEXUAL - Magic never dies 09:20 MY OWN BURIAL - Complain 12:39 DRKLV - Technoir 15:08 CORBEAU HANGS - Ill intents 19:10 BLYSKI - Reflektor 22:24 16VOLT - White noise 25:55 COMBICHRIST - Desolation 30:56 SARCOMA - Psicofiera 33:11 WILLI…

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How Fuzzing Barcodes Raises the Bar for Secure Code - Artur Cygan - ASW #336 1:01:18

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Fuzzing has been one of the most successful ways to improve software quality. And it demonstrates how improving software quality improves security. Artur Cygan shares his experience in building and applying fuzzers to barcode scanners, smart contracts, and just about any code you can imagine. We go through the useful relationship between unit tests…

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S13E15 – The Valkyrie Collective (Season Finale) 3:13:10

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Dennis and Jules wrap up the season with an epic chat featuring OG Synthwave and French Touch legends Nightstop and Maethelvin—plus some killer tunes and a few herp-a-derps for good measure. Thanks for listening! See you in September!By The State of Synth

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Threat Modeling With Good Questions and Without Checklists - Farshad Abasi - ASW #335 1:08:00

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What makes a threat modeling process effective? Do you need a long list of threat actors? Do you need a long list of terms? What about a short list like STRIDE? Has an effective process ever come out of a list? Farshad Abasi joins our discussion as we explain why the answer to most of those questions is No and describe the kinds of approaches that …

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Bringing CISA's Secure by Design Principles to OT Systems - Matthew Rogers - ASW #334 1:09:09

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CISA has been championing Secure by Design principles. Many of the principles are universal, like adopting MFA and having opinionated defaults that reduce the need for hardening guides. Matthew Rogers talks about how the approach to Secure by Design has to be tailored for Operational Technology (OT) systems. These systems have strict requirements o…