Bedste Thom Sam-podcasts (2024)

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Amy Jeffs: Saints 45:56

2d ago45:56

45:56

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the writer, artist and historian Amy Jeffs. Her new book Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic aims to recover and bring back to life the wild and fascinating world of medieval saints. She tells me what we lost with the Reformation (all the good swearing, among much else), what was the diff…

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2024 Toronto International Film Festival Doc Lineup with Thom Powers 35:00

4d ago35:00

35:00

The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 5 – 15, 2024, promises, once again, to be one of the world’s premier showcases for documentaries. TIFF’s renowned Documentary Programmer and DOC NYC co-founder Thom Powers (Pure Nonfiction, WNYC’s Documentary of the Week) joins Ken to break down the TIFF DOCS lineup and discuss what…

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Austin Hall of Fame Inductee Admiral Bobby Inman 46:16

4d ago46:16

46:16

This week we have a legend on the podcast - Admiral Bobby Inman. Admiral Inman was recently inducted into the Austin Tech Hall of Fame. He has living and working in the Austin tech scene for over 40 years and has been an investor and advisor to countless companies. His remarkable career spans both public service and private enterprise, leaving an i…

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Ian Sansom: September 1, 1939, from the archives 24:47

10d ago24:47

24:47

The Book Club has taken a short summer break and will return in September. Until then, and ahead of the 85th anniversary of the start of World War Two, here’s an episode from the archives with the author Ian Sansom. Recorded ahead of the 80th anniversary in 2019, Sam Leith talks to Ian about September 1, 1939, the W.H. Auden poem that marked the be…

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Pattern Breakers with Mike Maples Jr. 36:35

11d ago36:35

36:35

In this episode of Austin Tech Connect, Thom Singer chats with Mike Maples Jr., the visionary founding partner of Floodgate and the author of the compelling new book Pattern Breakers: Why Some Startups Change the Future. The conversation dives deep into the mindset and strategies that differentiate the startups that truly disrupt industries from th…

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"Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" with Mary Robertson & Emma Schwartz 21:03

5h ago21:03

21:03

At one time, being “Slimed” on Nickelodeon was seen as the ultimate television rite of passage and a harmless bit of fun. But as “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” — Mary Robertson (“Framing Britney Spears”) and Emma Schwartz’ (“Elon Musk’s Crash Course”) devastating investigation of the warped culture at Nickelodeon in the 90s and 2000s — re…

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Anatomy of a Scene from "The Greatest Night in Pop" with Bao Nguyen 30:12

15d ago30:12

30:12

Director Bao Nguyen returns to “Top Docs” to illuminate the creative process behind his captivating, and now multi-Emmy nominated, Netflix doc “The Greatest Night in Pop” about the behind-the-scenes studio recording of the iconic 1980s famine relief song “We Are the World”. Bao takes us deep inside his approach to characterization and tension-build…

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421 - Desperation (Dead House) with Sam Dunnewold 1:36:18

16d ago1:36:18

1:36:18

Sam is the host of Dice Exploder, an ENnie-nominated podcast where game designers break down the specific mechanics of their favorite TTRPGs (as well as an incredible game designer in his own right). We sat down to play Desperation (Dead House), a historical horror RPG, based on real history, about a small community in Kansas facing an oppressive, …

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Carlo Rovelli: Anaximander, from the archives 48:28

17d ago48:28

48:28

The Book Club has taken a short summer break and will return in September with new episodes. Until then, here’s an episode from the archives with the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli. Carlo joined Sam in March 2023 to discuss his book Anaximander and the Nature of Science and explain how a radical thinker two and a half millennia ago was the fir…

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Anatomy of a Scene from "Beckham" with Fisher Stevens 35:32

18d ago35:32

35:32

Fisher Stevens returns to the pod bearing 5 Emmy Nominations for his 4-part Netflix Series about the British football legend. He digs in deep with us on the opening sequence of Episode 3 of the series: "Golden Balls". And his delight is evident in meeting his old friends once again--Victoria and David, certainly, but Luís Figo, Gary Neville, and ev…

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A Legacy of Leadership in Austin Tech with Joyce Durst 31:58

18d ago31:58

31:58

In this episode of "Austin Tech Connect," Thom Singer welcomes back Joyce Durst, founder and CEO of Growth Acceleration Partners, who was recently honored as the 2024 inductee into the Austin Tech Hall of Fame. As one of the few repeat guests on the show, Joyce shares her journey in the Austin tech community, reflecting on how the city has evolved …

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"Escaping Twin Flames" with Cecilia Peck & Inbal Lessner 38:48

19d ago38:48

38:48

We continue our Emmy coverage with a conversation with the filmmakers behind the Netflix series, “Escaping Twin Flames”: director Cecilia Peck as well as executive producer and editor Inbal Lessner (both of “Brave Miss World,” and “Seduced: Inside the Nexium Cult.”) Here is how Cecilia describes the series: “Escaping Twin Flames is a three part Net…

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420 - Fear the Taste of Blood with Thom 1:41:47

22d ago1:41:47

1:41:47

Thom is an actor, improviser, TTRPG enthusiast, and cast member on Green Mountain Mysteries, a Dresden Files Actual Play on the Pocket Podcast Network. We stared down the shadows in a game of Fear the Taste of Blood, a TTRPG about a group of survivors fending off a classic movie monster! Get ready... FOR THE WRATH OF THE CROCODILE MAN! FEAR THE TAS…

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"Jim Henson Idea Man" with Ron Howard 34:25

23d ago34:25

34:25

It’s been 34 years since the stunning, untimely death of Jim Henson at the age of just 53. But, in the years since, Henson’s creations (aka The Muppets) have continued their reign on “Sesame Street”, at theme parks and in the movies. Jim Henson’s coterie of lovable characters is as present as ever. Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard (“A Beau…

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Adam Higginbotham: Challenger 49:47

23d ago49:47

49:47

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Adam Higginbotham, whose new book Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space describes the 1986 space shuttle disaster that took the lives of seven astronauts and, arguably, inflicted America's greatest psychic scar since the assassination of JFK. He tells me about the extraord…

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"The Jinx -- Part 2" with Andrew Jarecki 47:44

24d ago47:44

47:44

9 years after the debut of his remarkable docuseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst”, which included a stunning confession by Durst on a hot mic, acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Jarecki (“Capturing the Friedmans”) is still at it. In April 2024, HBO released the first of his new six-episode series, “The Jinx - Part Two”, an investigation …

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The 10 Pillars That Made Austin a Global Tech Hub 30:24

25d ago30:24

30:24

In this episode, host Thom Singer talks about the ten pillars that helped make Austin become a global technology hub. While there were civic minded community leaders who had ideas and plans to set our region up to grow, the ten pillars that supported the success of Austin are not something that can be dupblicated by other cities. This is a retrospe…

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"Telemarketers" with Adam Bhala Lough & Sam Lipman-Stern 30:50

28d ago30:50

30:50

Continuing our Emmy coverage, today we speak with the creators of the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary series, “Telemarketers”. Co-director Adam Bhala Lough describes the 3-part series this way: “Two scumbag telemarketers discover that there are cogs in the wheel of a multimillion dollar scam. And so they band together to try to take down the scam an…

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419 - LUMEN RYDER CORE with Akemi 1:13:45

29d ago1:13:45

1:13:45

Akemi is a profilic designer of tabletop games, including Frills of Justice and Friendship and Searching for my Solemate, as well as a massive fan of Tokusatsu shows such as Kamen Rider. And that's exactly why we sat down to play a game of LUMEN RYDER CORE, a game of superpowered masked heroes battling an evil organization! LUMEN RYDER CORE: https:…

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Nathan Thrall: A Day In The Life of Abed Salama 35:19

1M ago35:19

35:19

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Nathan Thrall, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book A Day In The Life of Abed Salama – which uses the story of a terrible bus crash in the West Bank to describe in ground-up detail the day-to-day lives of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. Speaking to me from Jerusalem, Nathan tells me wh…

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Goals, Problems, Solutions with Sam Decker 41:23

1M ago41:23

41:23

This week Thom Singer sits down with his longtime friend Sam Decker. Sam has been active in the Austin tech scene for over 25 years. He has started and grown several companies and is now an active board member, advisor, and investor. Sam has always looked three steps ahead in his career, and before making big moves has sought out experienced mentor…

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418 - The Weaver's Observatory with Austin Taylor 1:32:01

1M ago1:32:01

1:32:01

Austin is the host of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries, a podcast breaking down the untold stories behind questions such as "Why does Charles Entertainment Cheese love birthdays so much?" and "Why are Saturday Morning Cartoons such Toy Commercials?", as well as one of the designers of Kids in Capes. We sit down to play The Weaver's Observatory, a…

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"Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa" with Lucy Walker 39:48

1M ago39:48

39:48

“Climbing the mountain” is a fitting description of the uphill struggle that all documentary filmmakers face when taking on any new project. Acclaimed filmmaker Lucy Walker (“Bring Your Own Brigade”, “The Crash Reel”) takes that metaphor to new heights with “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa,” her ambitious, multilayered new documentary …

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David Baddiel: My Family 41:15

1M ago41:15

41:15

My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer and comedian David Baddiel, talking about his new book My Family: the Memoir. He talks about childhood trauma, what made him a comedian, and how describing in minute detail his mother’s decades long affair with a slightly crooked golfing memorabilia salesman is an act not of betrayal but of lo…

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Artificial General Intelligence with Peter Voss. 37:51

1M ago37:51

37:51

This week on Austin Tech Connect with go into a deep conversation about AI and AGI with Peter Voss. Peter is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist at Aigo.ai. He has been researching AI and AGI for his whole career. He recently moved to Austin and has a very positive outlook on our community and the future of Artificial General Intelligence. About …

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Episode 425 - Jeff's Update: The FBI, Unity, and Grandchildren 18:07

1M ago18:07

18:07

After more than one year... here is a new episode! So I took a little time off... This is a short one with the intention of more to come!Af Jeff Keady and Jonny Craig: Pastors, Leaders, Bloggers, Podcasters, and Encouragers

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417 - Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors with Adam Macias 1:20:39

1M ago1:20:39

1:20:39

Adam Macias is a comedian, and host of That Was Wild, a podcast where comedians and strangers on the Internet share their craziest stories. We talk Florida Men, horror, and shitty AirBnBs as we play Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors, an RPG about defending your home from horrifying monstrosities. BAR THE WINDOWS, BOLT THE DOORS: https://stoneshore.it…

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Neil Jordan: Amnesiac 43:06

1M ago43:06

43:06

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the writer and film director Neil Jordan, who joins me to discuss his new book Amnesiac: A Memoir. He talks, among other things, about writing for the page and the screen, the uses of myth, putting words into the mouths of historical figures, seeing ghosts in aeroplanes, being ripped off by Harvey Weinst…

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416 - The Last Hand with Eric Faber 1:21:24

2M ago1:21:24

1:21:24

Two outlaws are stuck in a boarded up saloon together. Something is outside, trying to get in. Things are going to get worse before the night is over. "The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." THE LAST HAND: https://airborneham.itch.io/the-last-hand ERIC FABER: https://www.airborneham.games/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmat…

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Roger McGough: Collected Poems 1959-2024 34:59

2M ago34:59

34:59

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Roger McGough, whose new The Collected Poems: 1959-2024 anthologises a poetic career 65 years long and counting. Roger tells me about revisiting his old work and making it new, why he's 'not being serious' about the future of Poetry Please, and how he narrowly missed being on the Pyramid Stage at Glaston…

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ChatGPT Becomes Host of this Podcast 31:05

2M ago31:05

31:05

For this episode, host Thom Singer (CEO at the Austin Technology Council) simply asked ChatGPT to become the host of the podcast and interview him about the ATC and about the state of tech in Austin. He gave no other instructions, and just went with the questions that were asked. This is an interesting example of how advanced AI has become in the p…

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Michael Nott: Thom Gunn's Cool Queer Life 29:02

2M ago29:02

29:02

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Michael Nott, author of the new biography Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life. He tells me about the poet's early trauma, his transatlantic identity, his unconventional family and his compartmentalised life, part teaching and writing, part sex, drugs and rock and roll.…

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"Hollywoodgate" with Ibrahim Nash’at & Shane Boris 45:31

2M ago45:31

45:31

When the U.S. military pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021, effectively ending America’s longest war, that seemed like the end of the story for most journalists. But for director Ibrahim Nash’at, the story that he wanted to tell was just beginning. In his haunting new documentary “Hollywoodgate”, Nash’at does what virtually no other journalist or fil…

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Spheres of Influence with Brad Englert 33:12

2M ago33:12

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Brad Englert is an author, advisor and technologist who has had a long tech career in Austin. He is a civic minded leader is now dedicated to helping others craft their success. His new book "Spheres of Influence: How to creat and nurture authentic business relationships" is now available on Amazon (or wherever you get your books). He spent 22 year…

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415 - The Beast Within with Valiant Dorian 1:25:20

2M ago1:25:20

1:25:20

When backed against the wall, will you stay human? Or will you embrace the rage and summon the power of your bestial form, to bring a wave of vengeance down on your enemies? THE BEAST WITHIN: https://valiantdorian.itch.io/the-beast-within VALIANT DORIAN: https://valiantdorian.carrd.co/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY…

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Kathleen Jamie: Cairn 24:01

2M ago24:01

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In her new book Cairn, the Scots poet Kathleen Jamie sets a capstone of sorts on her trilogy of short prose collections Findings, Surfacing and Sightlines. She joins Sam on this week’s Book Club podcast to talk about why she hesitates to call herself a nature writer, how prose found her late in life, and why whale-watching isn’t what it used to be.…

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How To Present at SXSW and Information about the PanelPicker with Monica Sack 40:51

2M ago40:51

40:51

The Austin Technology Council is working to help more local tech companies and industry leaders engage as speakers, panelists, workshop leaders, etc... at the 2025 SXSW Festival next March. On of the ways to get on the radar of the SXSW team is to apply for a session via the PanelPicker (which is accepting applications until July 21, 2024). This ep…

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414 - Campfire Scouts with KeganEXE 56:44

2M ago56:44

56:44

Summer camp. It's an experience you'll never forget. CAMPFIRE SCOUTS: https://plusoneexp.itch.io/campfirescouts KEGANEXE: https://keganexe.com/ FOLLOW KEGAN ON BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/blister.city BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ YAZEBA’S BED & BREAKFAST…

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Åsne Seierstad: The Afghans 47:58

2M ago47:58

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My guest for this week's Book Club is the journalist and author Åsne Seierstad. She tells me about her new book The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love and Revolt; how and why she constructed a novelistic narrative about real-life people and events, and what her encounters with human rights activist Jamila, Taliban commander Bashir and thwarted …

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Ad Tech Meets Web Tech with Bob Michaels from Content Access 31:23

2M ago31:23

31:23

One of the best things about the Austin tech scene is the people and the unique problems their tech companies solve. This week's "Austin Tech Connect" episode is a chat with Bob Michaels from Content Access. Their AdFlow Plugin brings website navigation to the cloud, and changes how people engage when they come to your site from clicking ads. Bob i…

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413 - What's So Cool About Doomed Self-Loathing? with Grant 1:19:22

3M ago1:19:22

1:19:22

It's a perfect world! And there's nothing you can do to change that. Even if you are, through some unfortunate, miserable twist of fate... some kind of "superhero." WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT DOOMED SELF-LOATHING: https://erinking.itch.io/doomed-self-loathing THE DISAPPEARANCES OF LYDIA FOUNTAYNE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foxbot/the-disappear…

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