The Geek Joy Podcast

Episodes

1. 18

   18: Can't Read Kant

   Alex talks with Joe Cannatti about parenting, social anxiety, and zen buddhism. The music is This is Everything That I Own, by Corissa Bragg.

   Jul 6, 2016

   55 min
2. 17

   17: Finding that space in between

   Guest Evan Light and Alex talk about mindfulness, empathy, Search Inside Yourself, and kitties. Music: Chopin: Prelude Op 28 No 4 performed by Paul Cantrell (via the Free Music Archive)

   Jun 27, 2016

   52 min
3. 16

   16: Existential Angst

   Alex and JB talked about depression, energy, financial security, and creating your own meaningful story. The music is Calling on Dolphins, by Fourstones.

   Jun 20, 2016

   1 hr 5 min
4. 15

   15. Another one of those words

   Jessica Kerr, Alex Harms. I accidentally deleted this one and now I'm putting it back. So.

   Jun 16, 2016

   1 hr 2 min
5. 14

   14: Always Making Goofy Faces

   Dave Shah, Alex Harms. We talked about the TDD & strong convictions, Military & peace & love, getting your mind blown at conferences, religion, and who knows what else? Music: John Philip Sousa. Stars and Stripes Forever

   May 9, 2016

   1 hr
6. 13

   13: It's scary, and that's good

   Alex Lancaster & Alex Harms discuss emergence, improv, art. Music: Will Bernard and Motherbug, Three-toed Sloth

   Apr 11, 2016

   1 hr 5 min
7. 12

   12: The Joys and Dangers of NVC

   Guest Isaac Schlueter & Alex talk about NVC, and how it has helped us, and ways we've seen it used to create pain, as well. And we touch on Isaac's company, NPM, employee happiness, and Javascript. The music this time is a Klezmer piece by Hollywood Klezmer, found at archive.org.

   Apr 4, 2016

   51 min
8. 12

   11.5 We interrupt this podcast...

   Jason Felice, Alex Harms. This is an unplanned episode, in which Jason & Alex have a conversation about LambdaConf, etc. (Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, courtesy of archive.org)

   Mar 30, 2016

   27 min
9. 11

   11: Don't Let Go

   Duke Green, Jason Felice, Alex Harms. We talked a lot about race, and a little about not getting caught up in ideas about yourself while coding that distract you from the work. And Duke sang a song for us.

   Mar 28, 2016

   54 min
10. 10

    10: This Emergent Dance

    Episode 10: This Emergence Dance With Bill Tozier @vaguery, Jason Felice @eraserhd, and Alex Harms @onealexharms We talk about self-organizing, emergence, consulting, complexity, uncertainty yada yada yada. The music is 100% Hello, by Succès Planétaire International, found on archive.org. Tozier...

    Mar 21, 2016

    51 min
11. 9

    9. Mr Flanx

    This is a special episode with guest Mr. Flanx, the host's kid. Topics include homeschooling (unschooling), creating, procrastination, attention, as well as learning with Vsauce and In a Nutshell videos, infinity, the Banach-Tarski Paradox, Vivaldi "Spring", Bluegrass "Shuckin the corn"…

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    Mar 14, 2016

    33 min
12. 8

    8. Heart of Great Wisdom

    Our guest is Daniel Higginbotham, and we talk mostly about doing what makes you happy. And about geek joy, as always. Clojure for the Brave and True is mentioned, and a few other books as well. Plus a little Buddhist chant (Heart Sutra), at the end.

    Mar 7, 2016

    52 min
13. 7

    7. I want to be the one who tells me yes

    Episode 7 "I want to be the one who tells me yes" With guest Kerri Miller, kerrizor.com People Alex Harms @onealexharms Kerri Miller @kerrizor Topics 3:11 "Wow. I am mortal." 7:23 Open Source and Feelings 18:18 "We tell new speakers that 'you're just an API for this information'" 20:54 "How do we...

    Feb 29, 2016

    51 min
14. 6

    6. Like a kid in a candy store

    Episode 6 "That sense of community, teaming" People Wil Pannell Hill @wilpannell Alex Harms @onealexharms Jason Felice@eraserhd Topics 5:55 "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”—Aristotle "It means something, and the words don't mean anything." 7:55 "The sense of community... about...

    Feb 22, 2016

    59 min
15. 5

    All of Me is In It

    Episode 5 "All of me is in it." With guest Amitai Schlair of Agile in 3 Minutes People Amitai Schlair @schmonz Alex Harms @onealexharms Mike Hill @geepawhill Topics 1:57 "Agile Ass-Hattery" 3:29 "Hey, Alex, I need your help. Here's where you sign up for Maitria's rare updates list 8:19 "Ends…

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    Feb 15, 2016

    55 min
16. 4

    You only got so many heartbeats

    Episode 4 You've only got so many heartbeats. With Leon Gersing of Dev Bootcamp People Leon Gersing @rubybuddha Alex Harms @onealexharms Jason Felice @eraserhd Tracy Harms @kaleidic Snips 6:54 "When... Neo goes into the matrix and starts to move all the walls and stuff around, we're both going…

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    Feb 8, 2016

    42 min
17. 3

    Because Somebody Will Help Me

    Episode 3 "Because Somebody Will Help Me" With guest Amber Conville of Self.conference People Alex Harms @onealexharms Jason Felice @eraserhd Amber Conville @crebma Snips 1:40 "how the University of Michigan used to steal corpses..." 5:20 "Well, they make smoothies..." 6:37 "We were talking about...

    Feb 1, 2016

    37 min
18. 2

    Throwing a Pebble Into a Pond

    Episode 2 Throwing a pebble into a pond… Who knows where all those ripples go? With guest Pat Maddox of RubySteps People Alex Harms @onealexharms Jason Felice @eraserhd Pat Maddox @patmaddox Tracy Harms @kaleidic Snips 2:28 “I like to use the term ‘nerd’. I’m a nerd. I wear that proudly.” 3:24...

    Jan 25, 2016

    37 min
19. 1

    Hi-Fivin the Universe

    "Hi-Fivin the Universe" With guest Mike "Geepaw" Hill of Helping Geeks Produce People Alex Harms @onealexharms Mike Hill @geepawhill Topics 1:44 Astor Piazzolla, New Tango 5:04 "Oh my gosh! They're pottery dorks!" 6:12 "What makes you a nerd isn't what you love. It's how you love it."…

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    Jan 21, 2016

    28 min