What We Talk About When We Talk About Tech
A podcast about tech storytelling. Jennifer Riggins and Rich Gall explore the way words and narratives shape the technology landscape with the people who define, explain, and sell it.
Episodes
23 episodes
Open technology in the UK with OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk with the CEO of OpenUK Amanda Brock about the role of open technology in the UK's tech industr...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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57:19
Why we need digital anthropology: culture, ethics, and power in tech with Caitlin McDonald
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk with digital anthropologist Caitlin McDonald about what it means to be a digital anthropologis...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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48:07
Responsible technology and ethical venture capital: Reimagining possible futures with Sarah Drinkwater
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk with Sarah Drinkwater, the Director of Responsible Technology at Omidyar Networks to discuss h...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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47:31
We need to talk about EdTech: Online resilience and privacy with Michelle Wolfe
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk to privacy advocate Michelle Wolfe (aka "Stella" on Twitter) about the challenges of security ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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56:19
From technical stories to user stories: APIs and the evolution of the tech industry with Lorinda Brandon and Mike Amundsen
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk to Lorinda Brandon and Mike Amundsen about APIs and the evolution of the tech industry in the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:00:29
Telling the stories of tech's trailblazers and laying the foundations of a more equitable future with Saron Yitbarek
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) are joined by Saron Yitbarek, Founder and CEO of audio learning platform Disco and co-host of the b...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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40:21
Psychology and storytelling in cybersecurity and skill development with Yin Mei [Clubhouse Special]
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk to Yin Mei, Director of Strategy and Curriculum Design at Per Scholas about her career and bac...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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55:48
Serving coding skill realness: How coding drag queen Anna Lytical teaches tech
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk with the "sickeningly entertaining" coding drag queen Anna Lytical about drag, software develo...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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39:58
Impostor syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger effect in tech: The anxiety of curiosity with Jessica Rose
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk with Jessica Rose, a DevRel at CodeSee and advocate for improving access to technical ed...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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54:04
Meme wrangling and the rough edges of software: Neal Ford on tech publishing, software architecture, and consulting at ThoughtWorks
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk to author, software architect, and meme wrangler at ThoughtWorks about the importance of story...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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54:04
How to fight your way into the tech industry: Nikema Prophet on bootcamps, job searching, and authenticity
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk with Nikema Prophet, Community Marketing Manager at Armory, about how she fought her way into ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:04:14
Content and community at Red Hat: How Matt Broberg helps software architects tell their stories
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk to Matt Broberg, Managing Editor of Red hat's Enable Architect publication, about how Red Hat ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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53:30
Open source developer advocacy at Facebook: Dmitry Vinnik on supporting and growing Facebook's 700 open source projects
Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk to Dmitry Vinnik, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook, about how he helps to enable ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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48:19
Belonging begins with discomfort: Building and measuring equity in tech with Abadesi Osunsade
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk with Abadesi Osunsade, the founder and CEO of Hustle Crew, VP of Global Community and Belongin...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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45:58
Machines made of words: Tech journalism from print to SEO to PR with Dylan Tweney
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk to the former Editor in Chief of VentureBeat, Dylan Tweney, about tech journalism and the role...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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40:05
The scent of Hashicorp: Talking experiential marketing with Jana Boruta
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk to Jana Boruta, Director of Global Events and Experiential Marketing at Hashicorp, about exper...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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39:27
Bringing early stage startups to life: Go-to-market and telling founder stories with Austin Gunter
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk to Austin Gunter, Director of Marketing at Shoreline, an automation tool for cloud opera...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:50
Just shut up and listen: How podcasts connect people and create conversations with Mandy Moore
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk to Mandy Moore, the producer and show manager of Greater Than Code - "a podcast that highlight...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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43:08
Listening and enabling: Talking DevRel and neurodiversity with Wesley Faulkner
Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk to Wesley Faulkner, DevRel at Daily, about how Developer Relations became a critical part of t...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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44:56
Why APIs are a storytelling technology: Talking open ecosystems and open data with Mark Boyd
Rich Gall and Jennifer Riggins talk to Mark Boyd, founder of Platformable, an organization that helps governments and businesses develop tools and ecosystems that encourage participation. Mark talks about Platformable, explaining ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:17
Coding in pastel mode: Building a community for self-expression at Glitch with Alexa Scordato
Rich Gall and Jennifer Riggins talk to Alexa Scordato, Head of Growth and Marketing at Glitch, a coding platform that makes it easy to build creative software projects.Alexa tells us why she loves working at Glitch, and describes how sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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49:00
Please hype responsibly: Talking about complex systems with Gemma Milne
Jennifer Riggins and Rich Gall talk to Gemma Milne, journalist, broadcaster, researcher, and author of Smoke and Mirrors: How Hype Obscures The Future and How to See Past It. In this episode Gemma explains the role hype plays i...
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Episode 1
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55:55
Welcome to What We Talk About When We Talk About Tech
Welcome to What We Talk About When We Talk About Tech. In this, the very first episode, Rich Gall and Jennifer Riggins explain why they started the podcast, how they found their way into the tech industry, and what they're excited to tal...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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28:19