Podcasts about Aviary

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys are joined by Sarge and Dave from Cryptid Cocktail Party to take a deep dive into the history of shark attacks, the most vicious on record, and the possibility that the Megalodon - one of the largest predators of all time - still lurks in our planet's waters. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:57 - Housekeeping 00:04:21 - We're talking Shark Attacks with Cryptid Cocktail Party 00:17:09 - Are Your Afraid of the Shark? 00:27:37 - History of Shark Attacks 00:35:56 - Jersey Shore Shark Attacks 00:57:59 - WWII Shark Attacks 01:05:09 - Jaws 01:11:06 - The Bite Heard Round the World 01:15:54 - The Megalodon 01:32:28 - The Meg Sighting 01:36:33 - The Meg Tooth 01:40:31 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get new SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES per month by joining SATT PREMIUM.

This week I talk with Alyssa Muse, director of Aviary Creature Rescue in Deep South Louisiana. We discuss how she got started in rescue, cases she has been involved in, and how she keeps her cup filled in order to keep going back out there to do this work. If you live in a rural area and don't know how to get started or how to keep going, this is the listen for you. To learn more about Aviary Creature Rescue you can check them out on all the socials @aviarycreaturerescue.Sponsor:LIX - check out www.lixpetwellness.com to learn more about CBD for pets. Use code Rescuepod20 for 20% off your first order! Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, and subscribe. If you have ideas for future guests please email me at theanimalrescuepodcast@gmail.com or follow me @theanimalrescuepod on Instagram. You can also learn more about the organizations I interview and how to listen/watch at www.theanimalrescuepodcast.my.canva.site

An aviary at the Pūkaha - Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre has had its doors removed in a stoush over an unpaid bill for almost a quarter of a million dollars. Pūkaha board co-chair Mavis Mullins spoke to Corin Dann.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys kick off their SUMMER OF FEAR with a terrifying trip through the microscopic world of brain eating amoeba. Go behind the headlines to learn what exactly these things can do to your brain, how common they are, and what you can do to keep yourself safe. (Hint: stay out of the water.) Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:22 - Summer of Fear and New Patreon Pricing 00:07:27 - We're Talking Brain-Eating Amoebas 00:11:38 - What is a Brain-Eating Amoeba? 00:26:11 - Expanded Perspective Ad 00:26:16 - Study of the Death-Moeba 00:41:52 - How it Kills 00:54:13 - Acanthamoeba 00:57:34 - Grave Yard Tales Ad 00:58:32 - The Case of Kali Hardig 01:07:02 - More Horror Stories 01:12:31 - Amoebas and Climate Change  01:16:41 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get new SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES per month by joining SATT PREMIUM.

In Part 2 of my high-flying conversation with Charles Joly, some of the topics we discuss include: The 2014 Diageo World Class win that elevated Charles to global bartending celebrity, and the story of the innovative cocktail that put him in the winner's circle. The importance of timing in cocktail builds and presentation and how effective manipulation of timing can play on a guest's anticipation, which Charles refers to as a “6th sense.” The genesis of Crafthouse Cocktails, a ready-to-drink cocktail brand that has its roots way back in 2013, at time when most people viewed the RTD category as either a non-sequiter or a complete heresy. We cover what the very early RTD landscape looked like, how Charles and his team went about designing canned beverage that actually taste like a real cocktail, the decision to partner with leading spirits brands, and even Crafthouse's recent placement on United Airlines. We wrap the conversation by discussing some of Charles' other favorite projects, like Cayman Cookout with chef Eric Ripert, his own line of custom barware, and even his online vintage store side hustle. Along the way, we cover Charles' most important tips for succeeding in a cocktail competition, why Crafthouse opted for a Paloma over a Margarita in their RTD portfolio, a maximalist itinerary for a full day of eating and drinking your way through Chicago's culinary gems, and much, much more.  

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys lose their minds on a meth bender through time and space. From the origins of the drug in the reeds of a 125 million year old plant, to its powerful effects on the body and mind, to a tale of a trip so wild it borders on the supernatural, this episode just might keep you up for days. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:32 - 5-Star Reviews, Letter From a Fan, Producer Roll Call 00:09:25 - We're Talking Meth 00:14:16 - What is Meth 00:21:42 - History of Meth 00:40:05 - Formulation of Meth 00:42:40 - WWII Meth 00:49:37 - Post-War Meth 01:02:56 - Math and Meth 01:13:31 - Super Meth 01:19:11 - Meth Psychosis 01:22:38 - Albert John Ackerman 01:34:22 - St. Jimmy's Meth Psychosis 01:49:45 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

In part 1 of my conversation with acclaimed bartender Charles Joly, some of the topics we discuss include: The two predominant “schools” of cocktail programs you might encounter in the early 2000s, and how Charles found his home and his voice in the seasonal and ingredient-focused program at a place called The Drawing Room. The conditions and events that led Charles to take on his break-out role on a national stage as the beverage director of the incredibly high-profile bar at The Aviary--a venue renowned for its avant-garde, highly technical molecular mixology drink preparations. How Charles handled the culture shock of transitioning into that role - the feeling of being parachute-dropped into a foreign land - and why a round of cheeky Tequila shots with guests helped to humanize the service style just a little. We also discuss what it means for a cocktail or ingredient to make “sense,” which involves using context cues and narrative structure to help communicate the “why” behind the “what” and “how” of a drink. Along the way, we explore the tattoos you'd see on Charles' arms if he were to prepare a drink in front of you, why every bartender should know somebody peddling rare tea and Iberico ham, the beauty of “vibe-based” bartender's choice cocktails, and much, much more.  

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys team up with writer/director Jackson Stewart for a stake-deep dive into the heart of vampires. From ancient monsters to modern cinema, this episode drags it all from the shadows and into the light.   Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:09 - Housekeeping 00:03:50 - Meet Jackson Stewart 00:04:51 - We're talking Vampires 00:11:48 - First Vampires You Remember and Kid's Horror  00:19:59 - Impromptu history of Nosferatu 00:24:13 - Bram Stroker's Rules 00:26:26 - Arabic Proto-Vampires 00:29:20 - Egyptian Proto-Vampire 00:32:41 - Mesopotamian Vampires 00:35:17 - Canon Film Group Aside 00:37:21 - Mesopotamian Vampires Continued  00:41:16 - African Vampires 00:46:22 - Asian Vampires and the Aswang 00:49:45 - Vampires Of The Americas 00:59:47 - Vampires Ready For The Big Screen 01:05:06 - The Highgate Vampire 01:27:51 - Mercy Brown 01:46:20  - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys book tickets on the USS SCARED and take a doomed vacation through the world of cruises. All aboard for stops at the Titanic, COVID vessels, and the haunted Queen Mary! Warning: No refunds. All fares final. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:27 - Housekeeping 00:04:19 - Five Star Reviews 00:08:17 - Find Out Who Finds Us Guest-Worthy 00:12:16 - We're Talking Cruises 00:13:56 - Scary Cruise Movies 00:22:45 - Cruise Experiences 00:30:09 - A Brief History Of Cruises 00:43:38 - The Titanic 00:57:03 - Scary Titanic Facts 01:01:23 - Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan 01:04:31 - The Queen Mary II 01:09:00 - Covid at Sea 01:21:29 - The (OG) Queen Mary 01:35:36  - The Fear Tier  NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys get meta - talking about sleep deprivation while experiencing sleep deprivation. It's a mind melting, sense scrambling journey through a kind of hell that only exists in nightmares. If you can get to sleep at all... Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:42 - Housekeeping with Producer Roll Call 00:05:23 - We're Talking Sleep Deprivation 00:07:47 - Working Overnight Shifts 00:13:44 - Sleepless Steroids 00:16:43 - A Brief History Of Sleep 00:28:59 - Biphasic Sleep 00:36:40 - The Stages of Sleep 00:51:33 - Sleep Deprivation by the Numbers 00:54:30 - Workplace Safety Aside 00:56:49 - Sleep Deprivation by the Numbers Continued 01:09:36 - Records Were Made to be Broken 01:20:21 - Retiring Rats and Fatal Families 01:29:25 - The Sad Story of Michael Corke 01:37:41  - The Fear Tier  NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, comedian Mike Recine joins the boys to discuss his greatest fear: chimp-assisted genital detachment syndrome. The trio tackle the dangerous combination of cuteness and aggression in chimpanzees, their evolutionary victories over humans, and what happens when our worlds collide in spectacularly violent ways. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:47 - Housekeeping 00:06:16 - We're Talking Chimps 00:17:07 - Chimp Strength 00:22:45 - Genetic Similarity To Humans 00:25:13 - Andrew Oberle Attack 00:31:25 - The Hanging of the Hartlepool Monkey  00:33:52 - The Science Of Primate Genetics 00:37:46 - Aggression In Chimpanzees 00:46:15 - Human Impact On Chimp Violence 00:49:26 - Chimp Attack - aka The Worst Story I've ever heard 01:09:02 - The Worst Story Ever Told has a Twist 01:13:21 - The Worst Story Ever Told has ANOTHER twist 01:15:41 - The Fear Tier  NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM. You can find Mike, and all he's up to, at: https://www.mikerecinecomedy.com/

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. Sparked by the recent wildfires that threatened Chris' home, America's favorite scaredy cats explore these powerful and destructive forces. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:26 - Housekeeping 00:06:24 - Producer Roll Call 00:09:00 - We're Talking Wildfires 00:21:36 - Play it Again Theatre 00:27:55 - What are Wildfires? 00:32:19 - The Santa Ana Winds 00:44:23 - Embers 00:49:56 - Climate Change  00:53:13 - Mars Aside 00:55:00 - Climate Change Continued 00:57:20 - Most Destructive Wildfire in History 01:02:21 - 2nd Most Destructive Wildfire in History 01:05:43 - All in Good Fun Yankee Candle Aside 01:07:58 - 2020 California Fires 01:09:17 - The Camp Fire 01:15:24 - The Deadliest Wildfire in American History 01:16:16 - An Aside About The News 01:18:53 - America's Deadliest Wildfire Continued 01:23:51 - Preparing for Wildfires 01:29:37 - The Fear Tier  NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM -- AND GET 50% off your first month when signing up an time in MARCH 2025.

One of the most breathtaking finches to keep in an aviary in Australia is the exquisite Purple Grenadier Finch (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster). Native to Africa, this stunning bird was last officially imported into Australia in the mid-1940s. While it has specific care requirements, adapting your aviary to meet its needs will be well worth the effort. A male Purple Grenadier basking in the sunlight is a truly spectacular sight, making this finch a rewarding choice for any dedicated bird enthusiast.Birdman Dad You Tube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPY7Oh4zOdznC2SRV4esVWwInstagram    Birdman_dadFacebook  https://www.facebook.com/p/Birdman-Dad-100068951525496/https://www.facebook.com/groups/1892441777643619/

Paul Sauter, a leading mind in the beverage world, tells the story of his journey from passion to profession, revealing how his mother's influence continues to shape his process. With insights into his innovative approach to mixology and the future of the industry, Paul offers a refreshing perspective on the artistry behind every drink

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Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys turn to religious texts, doctors, and the people who claim to have gone, to get a better idea of just how many hells they might have waiting for them. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:28 - Baby Felix Update 00:09:56 - Producer Roll Call 00:11:58 - We're Talking Going to Hell 00:36:30 - What is Hell? 00:39:14 - Muslim Hell 00:52:08 - Buddhist Hell 00:55:02 - Hindu Hell 00:59:00 - Sikh Hell 01:01:07 - Jewish Hell 01:07:23 - Evolution of Hell 01:07:55 - Assassin's Creed Aside 01:09:04 - Evolution of Hell Continued 01:16:09 - Satan 01:22:26 - Hellish Near-Death Experiences  01:34:54 - Howard and the Hospital From Hell 01:43:26 - Common Responses to Hellish NDE's 02:04:38 - The Fear Tier  NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

The Milwaukee County Zoo is closing its aviary as a precaution to protect its birds. Two public schools in Milwaukee have dangerous levels of lead. And, two candidates for state superintendent of schools are presenting different visions of how to address low state reading scores.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys begin a new series exploring bad trips - starting with what can happen when an LSD experience goes wrong. Get ready to get scrambled! Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:19 - Housekeeping 00:02:43 - We're Talking Bad Trips 00:09:17 - Personal Trips w/ Chris 00:23:31 - Personal Trips w/ Ed 00:36:21 - First Time Aside  00:40:11 - The History of Ergot 00:50:06 - Ergot meets Hofmann 00:53:49 - The Creation of LSD 00:57:40 - Hofmann's Bike Ride 01:06:08 - The 60's 01:18:38 - A Long and Lousy Time on LSD 01:34:38 - A Grisly Disclaimer 01:36:36 - End of Grisly Talk 01:46:18 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.  This week, the boys ascend to horrifying heights and plunge to life-ending lows as they learn all about how elevators can crush, maim, and kill. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:32 - Housekeeping 00:03:32 - We're Talking Elevator Disasters 00:17:11 - Elevator Disasters in Movies 00:21:39 - Elevator History 00:31:34 - Elevator Safety 00:39:38 - The Worst Elevator Accidents in History 00:49:15 - The Worst Non-Mining Elevator Accident 00:52:53 - The Worst Workplace Elevator Accident 00:58:43 - US Elevator Accidents Since 2019 01:11:19 - Surviving an Elevator Accident 01:20:37 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys trust no one in their exploration of gang stalking, a phenomenon experienced by thousands of innocent victims. Who is behind it? What do they want? And what happens if they decide to stalk you next? Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:37 - Housekeeping 00:07:45 - We're Talking Gang Stalking 00:15:57 - First of Many Disclaimers 00:17:30 - Still Talking Gang Stalking 00:23:18 - Understanding Gang Stallking  00:23:19 - Early Stories of Gang Stalking 00:28:19 - Magic Mind 00:31:55 - Early Stories of Gang Stalking Continued 00:53:14 - Real Gang Stalking - Government Edition 01:03:59 - Ed Thinks National Security is Tricky 01:09:46 - Microwave Weapons 01:25:07 - Real Gang Stalking - Corporate Edition 01:31:21 - If You Are Being Gang Stalked 01:49:28 - Last of Many Disclaimers 01:51:01 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM. And don't forget, you can get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with our link: https://www.magicmind.com/scaredjan #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. Still affected by the fires, the boys have put together a very special episode to hold you over. AMA-Palooza is a collection of answers to the fans' most pressing questions about monsters, movies, frogs, and the rest of life's little miracles. NOTE: This collects AMA's 1-3 from SATT Premium. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:41 - AMA 1 (originally released 05/30/24) 00:04:33 - Which cryptid(s) would you most want to run into in the wild? 00:10:09 - How many U.S. dollars would you require to face your current highest ranked (nonfatal) Fear Tier fear? 00:19:37 - Are either of you afraid of premature death? 00:23:01 - Why does Chris love frogs, and why does Ed hate them? 00:28:21 - If you could pick any supernatural, paranormal, or “spoopy” creature to real, what would you pick? 00:39:11 - A question… about Psychopaths. 00:53:03 - AMA 2 (originally released 07/05/24) 00:55:00 - What's behind Ed's disdain for the frogs? 00:57:03 - Are either of you afraid of heights? 01:04:14 - What spooky/creepy place would you refuse to enter? And would you spend the night? 01:14:12 - Would you ever visit a paranormal place to cover it, like a Sallie House AL ep? 01:18:58 - Do you have plans to have a female guest on to tackle female-specific fears? 01:20:50 - Will there be Monster Fest content and Merch? You can get merch RIGHT HERE! 01:23:06 - AMA 3 (originally released 08/15/24) 01:24:24 - Underrated Horror Favorites? 01:34:30 - Werewolves? 01:39:00 - Overrated horror movies? 01:46:37 - Favorite Horror Movie or Genre 01:50:26 - What horror WON'T you watch? 01:58:27 - How do you feel about the term Life Affirming? 02:01:28 - What's the last movie you were afraid enough to take a break from? 02:08:20 - Have you ever been scared of TV horror? NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. This episode has no show notes, but here's that clip with the olives Ed was talking about: Bring Out The Olives!  Want more stuff like this from SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

In this episode, the #2Kings delve into the current political and cultural wildfires, both literal and metaphorical, from California's ongoing fires to political resignations and the surprising spread of the Gospel on mainstream platforms. They discuss the implications of recent events, the political landscape, and offer a Christian perspective on contemporary issues. Kingsplaining is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Key Points:* California Fires: Discussion on the ongoing wildfires in California, with a mix of humor and critique, questioning the effectiveness of state governance and emergency responses.* Political Resignations: Commentary on recent political figures stepping down, notably Justin Trudeau, and speculation on the timing and political implications.* Trump's Actions: Various actions by Trump, including threats to Mexico, considerations for Greenland, and his approach to cartels as terrorist organizations.* Global Politics: Touching on Venezuela's political situation, the Panama Canal issue, and the U.S. military presence abroad.* Biblical Reliability: The hosts celebrate the discussion on Joe Rogan's podcast where the reliability of the Bible was defended, highlighting the significance of this moment in reaching a broader audience.Time Stamps:* (00:00:00) - Opening remarks and California fires commentary* (00:30:00) - Discussion on political resignations and implications* (00:45:00) - Trump's policies and actions* (01:00:00) - International issues like Venezuela and Panama Canal* (01:15:00) - The Gospel on Joe Rogan's showNotable Quotes:"Move the F out of California. Let it burn in hell and don't come here." - The Strong One, highlighting frustration and satire regarding the state's situation."The only gap in human advancement is the fact that people are just, they don't have enough information." - Referenced by The Strong One, discussing the irony of information availability in the modern age.Resources Mentioned:* Joe Rogan's podcast episode with Wesley Huff discussing the Bible's trustworthiness.* The book "The Fourth Turning" - mentioned in relation to historical cycles and current events.Guests:* Hosted by The Philosopher King, The Iron King, and The King of the Aviary.Final Thoughts:* The StwrongOne reflects on the paradox of information availability and human stupidity.* The Philosopher King discusses the impact of spreading the Gospel through modern platforms like Joe Rogan's podcast.Prayer:* Ends with a prayer for guidance and perspective in the face of worldly chaos, emphasizing hope through faith.Call to Action:* Encouragement to like, share, and subscribe to spread the message of the podcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kingsplaining.substack.com/subscribe

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.  This week, the Hose Boys kick off Season Five by dialing the clocks back almost a quarter century to the night of Dec. 31st, 1999. Y2K was on everyone's lips. Society was going to collapse at the stroke of midnight. How did we manage to survive? And how long until the next digital disaster? Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:07 - Housekeeping 00:06:17 - 5-Star Review Corner 00:10:40 - We're Talking Y2K 00:15:32 - Y2K basics 00:22:15 - HelloFresh 00:23:52 - How the Problem Started 00:34:39 - Y2K Etymology and linguistics 00:40:29 - Y2K in Pop Culture 00:44:24 - BetterHelp 00:46:05 - Y2K in Pop Culture Continued 00:59:40 - All Hands on Deck 01:03:24 - After Midnight 01:10:24 - The Fix 01:17:17 - Mini Y2Ks and AI 01:26:52 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan interviews Andrew White, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester and Head of Science at Future House. We explore groundbreaking AI systems for scientific discovery, including PaperQA and Aviary, and discuss how large language models are transforming research. Join us for an insightful conversation about the intersection of AI and scientific advancement with this pioneering researcher in his first-ever podcast appearance. Check out Future House: https://www.futurehouse.org Help shape our show by taking our quick listener survey at https://bit.ly/TurpentinePulse SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Oracle's next-generation cloud platform delivers blazing-fast AI and ML performance with 50% less for compute and 80% less for outbound networking compared to other cloud providers13. OCI powers industry leaders with secure infrastructure and application development capabilities. New U.S. customers can get their cloud bill cut in half by switching to OCI before December 31, 2024 at https://oracle.com/cognitive SelectQuote: Finding the right life insurance shouldn't be another task you put off. SelectQuote compares top-rated policies to get you the best coverage at the right price. Even in our AI-driven world, protecting your family's future remains essential. Get your personalized quote at https://selectquote.com/cognitive Shopify: Shopify is the world's leading e-commerce platform, offering a market-leading checkout system and exclusive AI apps like Quikly. Nobody does selling better than Shopify. Get a $1 per month trial at https://shopify.com/cognitive CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Teaser (00:01:13) About the Episode (00:04:37) Andrew White's Journey (00:10:23) GPT-4 Red Team (00:15:33) GPT-4 & Chemistry (00:17:54) Sponsors: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) | SelectQuote (00:20:19) Biology vs Physics (00:23:14) Conceptual Dark Matter (00:26:27) Future House Intro (00:30:42) Semi-Autonomous AI (00:35:39) Sponsors: Shopify (00:37:00) Lab Automation (00:39:46) In Silico Experiments (00:45:22) Cost of Experiments (00:51:30) Multi-Omic Models (00:54:54) Scale and Grokking (01:00:53) Future House Projects (01:10:42) Paper QA Insights (01:16:28) Generalizing to Other Domains (01:17:57) Using Figures Effectively (01:22:01) Need for Specialized Tools (01:24:23) Paper QA Cost & Latency (01:27:37) Aviary: Agents & Environments (01:31:42) Black Box Gradient Estimation (01:36:14) Open vs Closed Models (01:37:52) Improvement with Training (01:40:00) Runtime Choice & Q-Learning (01:43:43) Narrow vs General AI (01:48:22) Future Directions & Needs (01:53:22) Future House: What's Next? (01:55:32) Outro SOCIAL LINKS: Website: https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai Twitter (Podcast): https://x.com/cogrev_podcast Twitter (Nathan): https://x.com/labenz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlabenz/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CognitiveRevolutionPodcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-cognitive-revolution-ai-builders-researchers-and/id1669813431 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yHyok3M3BjqzR0VB5MSyk

A curious listener asked why he saw an aviary at O'Hare Airport. It turns out, it isn't an aviary at all — it's a trap for an invasive species of bird.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys say "RIP God Bless" to Season Four with a super-sized return to the Fear of The Unknown series. From bridge beasts to frog men, the boys examine some unusual cryptids that rarely make headlines. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Housekeeping 00:07:35 - We're Talking Cryptids 00:17:49 - Matrix Aside 00:22:14 - We're Talking Cryptids Continued  00:23:42 - The Bloop 00:40:14 - The Slide Rock Bolter 00:51:18 - The Sandown Clown 01:13:29 - The Loveland Frogman 01:37:18 - Kasai Rex 01:58:57 - The Pope Lick Goatman 02:15:15 - Old Ned 02:28:38 - Ug Wug 02:36:41 - Wrap Up NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys swing by the bodega to buy a ticket to financial freedom -- only to find out that winning the lottery can put them straight into an early grave. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:18 - Housekeeping 00:05:30 - We're Talking Winning The Lottery 00:20:15 - Popularity of The Lottery 00:24:57 - History of The Lottery 00:34:11 - BetterHelp 00:36:28 - HelloFresh 00:38:49 - History of The Lottery Continued 00:52:21 - Sometimes When You Win, You Lose 00:55:17 - Jack Whittaker 01:05:50 - Abraham Shakespeare 01:26:04 - Evelyn Adams 01:39:07 - Why Does This Happen to People? 01:45:43 - How it Could Ruin Our Lives 01:51:22 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys explore a fear of earthquakes that looms over their daily lives in Southern California. But not just any earthquake. The Big One. What will it be like when it hits? Will the boys survive? Only one way to find out! Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:13 - Housekeeping 00:09:04 - We're Talking The Big One 00:22:54 - Lots Angeles Aside 00:25:55 - The Big One Continued 00:27:02:- What to do in an Earthquake 00:31:02 - Tsunami Talk 00:38:33 - What is the Big One? 00:51:18 - What will it do? 01:25:37 - After The Shaking Stops 01:38:00 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

This is a vintage selection from 2007The BanterThe Guys discuss an article titled “Chef's Kids Eat the Darndest Things” in New Jersey Monthly Magazine where Mark's son's creation was featured. Find out what unusual sandwiches are being made in the Pascal household. The ConversationThe Restaurant Guys host Grant Achatz, cutting edge chef of Alinea restaurant in Chicago. Grant talks about his unusual dishes, methods and how he crafts the diner's experience. The Inside ScoopThe Guys have been intrigued by the cuisine that some call molecular gastronomy or avant-garde, but Grant Achatz can't put a name on it. He does describe how he gets inspiration for it from daily life. “It's a little bit out there, but a lot of it is just like being aware of your surroundings... If you're listening to a certain song and you hear an extreme tempo change, I say to myself: How can I incorporate that tempo change into the experience? How can I make a 24 course meal shift instantly and go from savory and then back to sweet again, in the matter of three courses?” Grant Achatz on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2007BioGrant's culinary journey began at his family's diner. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, he honed his skills at Charlie Trotter's, The French Laundry, and elBulli in Spain before assuming the executive chef position at Trio.In 2004, Grant and Nick Kokonas co-founded Alinea. Alinea has earned many accolades since, including 13 consecutive years with 3 Michelin stars - the longest of any fine dining restaurant in the U.SGrant's culinary ventures expanded with Next restaurant and The Aviary bar, both receiving critical acclaim and awards. In 2016, he opened Roister, which earned a Michelin star in its first year, followed by St. Clair Supper Club in 2019.Chef Grant Achatz is recognized as the Best Chef in the United States by the James Beard Foundation and honored by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Grant's story of recovering from tongue cancer is told in his memoir Life, On the Line and featured in the documentary Spinning Plates and Netflix's Chef's Table.InfoAll of Grant's RestauranReach out to The Restaurant GuysIf you're in New Jersey...November 15 Walk Around Wine TastingNovember 22 Dale & Jill DeGroff Happy Hourstageleft.com/eventsOur Sponsors The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Centerhttps://www.theheldrich.com/ Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/ Withum Accountinghttps://www.withum.com/ Our Places Stage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/ Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/ Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/ To hear more about food, wine and the finer things in life:https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/https://www.facebook.com/restaurantguys**Become a Restaurant Guys Regular and get two bonus episodes per month, bonus content and Regulars Only events.**Click Below! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribe

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. Inspired by horrifying Halloween rumors of Satanic sacrifice on All Hallow's Eve, the boys take a look back at human sacrifice throughout the centuries. Who practiced it? Why? And what benefits did it really offer society? The answers might shock you.  Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:15 - Housekeeping 00:10:41 - We're Talking Jack O'Lanterns 00:17:08 - Jack O'Lantern History 00:35:25 - The Why Files 00:37:07 - Jack O'Lantern History Continued 00:53:31 - Pumpkin Chaos 01:03:09 - 10 Crimes Committed in a Pumpkin Patch 01:22:10 - Morgue Chocolates 01:35:09 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM. HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. Inspired by horrifying Halloween rumors of Satanic sacrifice on All Hallow's Eve, the boys take a look back at human sacrifice throughout the centuries. Who practiced it? Why? And what benefits did it really offer society? The answers might shock you.  Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:26 - Housekeeping 00:03:10 - We're Talking Human Sacrifice 00:06:52 - What Is It? 00:11:04 - Why Do It? 00:19:48 - How Old Is It? 00:28:57 - Fissured Fred 00:39:23 - Mass Sacrifice 00:41:16 - SinsterHood 00:42:25 - Mass Sacrifice 00:48:03 - Willing Human Sacrifice 00:50:01 - Willing Incans 00:56:50 - Egyptians On Retainer 01:04:12 - Buried Armies 01:10:22 - Taking Away The Sins Of The World  01:17:25 - Sacrifice To The Morning Star 01:32:13 - Modern Sacrifice Thoughts 01:34:34 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys take a haunted trip around the world to explore the history of the child-eating monster known as the boogeyman. From Michael Myers to pirates to sack-men to an ancient serial killer with the wealth of a billionaire and a body count for the history books, Chris and Ed leave no stone unturned and no closet un-opened in this one. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:24 - Housekeeping 00:05:44 - We're Talking The Boogeyman… for a while. 00:35:56 - Boogeyman World Origins 00:47:12 - Black Man 00:51:22 - Bugis 00:56:38 - Lamia 01:11:42 - El Cucuy 01:16:22 - Bag Men 01:19:16 - Other International Boogeymen 01:23:33 - English and Native American Boogeymen 01:27:24 - Gilles de Rais (disclaimer story) 01:38:02 - End of disclaimer story  01:39:47 - Other Historical Boogeymen 01:42:58 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys are joined by Ally Malinenko, author of the upcoming middle grade horror book Broken Dolls, to talk about the scariest toy ever created: Dolls! From the uncanny valley, to Victorian doll funerals and the Reborn doll craze, they'll sift through the toy box to discover what makes dolls so scary. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:24 - Housekeeping 00:02:48 - Meet Ally Malinenko 00:08:42 - We're Talking Dolls 00:13:59 - The Uncanny Valley 00:29:04 - A Robots Aside 00:32:33 - The Uncanny Valley Continued 00:37:14 - A History of Dolls 00:39:11 - They Give us the Creeps 00:54:08 - Reborn Dolls 01:02:00 - Creepy Doll Media 01:15:02 - Okiku's Smile 01:18:56 - Wish Upon a Hinnagami 01:25:28 - The Wonderful World of Ally 01:26:49 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys go sicko mode and come down with a case of necrotizing fasciitis...better known as flesh-eating bacteria. They cover the symptoms, the consequences, and what it takes to survive one of the deadliest diseases known to man. Plus: sepsis survivor stories! Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:27 - Housekeeping 00:06:49 - We're Talking Flesh-Eating Bacteria 00:10:04 - Cabin Fever 00:16:04 - Nico gets Necrotic 00:20:00 - Necrotizing Fasciitis 00:29:31 - Tranq 00:32:49 - The History of Flesh-Eating Diseases  00:41:32 - What Happens to the Infected 00:44:50 - FEB Survivor Stories 00:49:22 - The Case of the Red Leg 00:59:37 - Gross-ish Part 1 Starts  01:00:28 - Gross-ish Part 1 Ends  01:05:45 - Gross-ish Part 2 Starts  01:11:31 - Gross-ish Part 2 Ends  01:16:33 - Elenor Follow-Up 01:22:10 - Sepsis 01:25:00 - Sepsis Survivor Stories 01:28:15 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

A stoush over a single kaka parrot is seriously ruffling feathers. The bird known as Charlie Girl spent almost a quarter of a century at Te Anau Bird Sanctuary, where she fostered chicks, hatching and rearing them for release, she can't return to the wild herself because of a damaged wing.But a few months ago DOC moved Charlie Girl to the Dunedin Botanical Gardens Aviary. Now, five vets have signed a open letter saying the Kaka is showing signs of severe distress, is being bullied by a male bird and should be returned to her old home. Doctor Christina Abramowicz is one of the vets worried about Charlie Girl's health and spoke to Lisa Owen.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, they explore the causes and consequences of one of nature's cruelest traps: the sinkhole. Equal parts science and tragedy, these natural disasters can appear out of nowhere and wreak havoc. They can also create incredible new worlds in some of the most isolated environments on Earth. Also featuring a musical dispatch from the hills of North Carolina! Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:23 - Housekeeping 00:04:51 - We're Talking Sinkholes 00:06:32 - Lake Taco 00:13:22 - The Science of Sinkholes 00:18:18 - The Heavenly Pit 00:22:24 - Sima Humboldt 00:28:11 - Eating a Bedroom 00:32:04 - Eating a Neighborhood  00:39:39 - Eating Classic Cars 00:44:56 - Eating Your Vacation 00:47:33 - Eating Passerbyers 00:51:05 - Feeding Lake Peigneur 01:00:15 - Feeding The Grandfather 01:04:17 - Centralia Check-In 01:12:17 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. In the Season Four premiere, the boys have a paranoid, existential crisis as they prepare to meet their maker in one of the scariest ways possible - instantaneously. Plus: Quantum Immortality. Does it live up to its reputation as one of the most dangerous theories in the world? Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:38 - Roadtrip Thanks-A-Thon 00:04:57 - Ed's CAR WRECK 00:09:05 - Chris's BIG NEWS 00:11:48 - Near Sudden Deaths 00:18:43 - The Philosophy of Sudden Death 00:25:40 - The Straight Dope on Dying Suddenly 00:32:34 - A Natural Sudden Death? 00:34:32 - An Axe Attack Detour 00:42:02 - Aneurysms  00:54:53 - Sudden Cardiac Arrest 01:01:56 - Party Bus Disaster 01:04:38 - Toxic Potatoes 01:07:23 - Garage Door Springs 01:11:26 - Quantum Immortality 01:29:17 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys close out Season Three with the first installment of Scared All The Time: Fear of The Unknown. Using his second grade research as a guide, Chris takes Ed back to the first sighting of Nessie, examines the highs and lows of monster photography, and illustrates how eyewitness sightings can change drastically over time.  Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:14 - Housekeeping w/ Producer Roll Call 00:06:59 - Introducing The Loch Ness Monster 00:16:07 - Chris's Favorite Cryptid  00:18:48 - Return of True But Strange Unsolved Mysteries 00:21:33 - Saint Columba 00:30:56 - Loch Ness Photo File 00:33:59 - Robert Rhines 00:48:00 - Naming the Monster 00:58:08 - Rhines' Dolphin Party 01:01:58 - Frank Searle 01:14:28 - The Lachlan Stuart Photo   01:16:22 - Alex Campbell 01:32:35 - Inverness in our Dreams 01:35:54 - The “Is It Here” Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

In the latest episode of the "Giant Robots On Tour" podcast, hosts Rémy Hannequin and Sami Birnbaum welcome Marc G. Gauthier, a solopreneur and startup coach, who shares his journey from software development to becoming the founder and developer of The Shadow Boxing App. Marc describes how his interest in software engineering began at a young age with QBasic and evolved through various leadership roles at companies like Drivy (now Getaround) and Back Market. His early passion for gaming led him to learn coding, and over time, he naturally transitioned into management roles, finding excitement in organizing and leading teams while maintaining his love for building products. During the episode, Marc discusses the challenges and intricacies of scaling startups, emphasizing the importance of balancing speed and reliability in software development. He recounts his experiences in leadership positions, where he faced the dual task of managing rapid team growth and maintaining software efficiency. Marc also shares insights into the startup ecosystem, noting that most startups struggle to achieve success due to a combination of market timing, team dynamics, and resource management. His own venture, The Shadow Boxing App, represents his attempt to return to hands-on coding while leveraging his extensive experience in startup coaching and advising. Marc also touches on the role of AI in the future of software development, expressing cautious optimism about its potential to augment human workflows and automate repetitive tasks. He advises current and aspiring developers to embrace AI as a tool to enhance their capabilities rather than a replacement for human ingenuity. Marc concludes by highlighting the importance of realistic expectations in the startup world and the need for continuous learning and adaptation in the ever-evolving tech landscape. Getaround (https://getaround.com/) Follow Getaround on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/getaround/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/getaround), X (https://twitter.com/getaround), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/getaround), or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/getaround/). Back Market (https://www.backmarket.com/en-us) Follow Back Market on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/back-market/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BackMarketCom), X (https://x.com/backmarket), or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/backmarket). The Shadow Boxing App (https://shadowboxingapp.com/) Follow Marc Gauthier on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcggauthier/). Follow thoughtbot on X (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Transcript: RÉMY:  This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots podcast, the Giant Robots on Tour series coming to you from Europe, West Asia, and Africa, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Rémy Hannequin. SAMI: And I'm your other host, Sami Birnbaum. RÉMY: If you are wondering who we are, make sure you find the previous podcast where we introduced the Giant Robots on Tour series by throwing random icebreakers at each other. And find out that Jared likes it when someone takes the time to understand someone else's point of view. Joining us today is Marc G Gauthier, a Solopreneur and Startup Coach. Marc, you used to be VP of Engineering at Drivy, now known as Getaround, and also Director of Engineering at Back Market. You also have been a coach and advisor to a startup for over a decade. Currently, your current adventure is being the Founder and Developer of The Shadow Boxing App available on the Apple App Store. We always like to go back to the start with our guests. Everyone has a story, and we are interested in your journey. So, Marc, what led you into the world of software engineering in the first place? MARC: Hello. Well, happy to be here. And, yeah, I started getting into software development quite a long time ago. I actually learned software development with QBasic when I was something like seven. And, from there, I just kept on learning, learning, and learning and got into school for it, then worked in different startups, and then moved into more leadership position management. And I'm now, like, coaching people and building my own product. What do you want to get? Because it's broad. I've been doing it for quite a while. Like, I don't think the QBasic days are that insightful. The only thing I remember from that time is being confused by the print comment that I would expect it to print on my printer or something, but it didn't; it just printed on the screen. That's the only thing I have from back then. SAMI: Why at seven years old? And I'm taking you back too far, but at seven years old, I was probably collecting Pokémon cards and possibly like, you know, those football stickers. I don't know if you had the Panini stickers. MARC: Oh yeah, I was doing that as well. SAMI: But you were doing that as well. But then what drove you at that age? What do you think it was that made you think, I want to start learning to code, or play around with the computer, or get into tech? MARC: [laughs] Yeah. Well, I remember, back then, I really wanted a computer to play games. Like, I had a friend who had a computer. He was playing games, and I wanted to do that. So, I was asking my mom to have a computer, and she told me, "Yeah, you can have one." And she found a really old computer she bought from a neighbor, I think. But she told me like, "I don't know anything about it. So, you have to figure it out and set it up." And she just found someone to kind of help me. And this person told me to, like, take the computer apart. She taught me a bit of software development, and I kind of liked it. And I was always trying to change the games. Back then, it was way easier. You could just edit a sound file, and you would just edit the sound file in the game, so yeah, just learning like this. It wasn't really my intent to learn programming. It just kind of happened because I wanted to play video games really. SAMI: That's really cool. It's really interesting. Rémy, do you remember how...how did you first get...do you remember your first computer, Rémy? RÉMY: My first computer, I think I remember, but the first one I used it was, first, a very long time ago. I discovered that it was an Apple computer way, way later when I discovered what Apple was and what computers were actually. And I just remember playing SimCity 2000 on it, and it was amazing. And we had to, you know, cancel people from making phone calls while we were on the computer because of the internet and all the way we had to connect to the internet back then. And after that, just, I think, Windows 95 at home. Yeah, that's the only thing I can remember actually. Because I think I was lucky, so I got one quite early. And I don't really remember not having one, so I was quite lucky with that. And so, I was always kind of in the computer game without being too much [inaudible 05:02] [laughs]. SAMI: Yeah, I think that's similar to me as well. Like, it's interesting because my initial introduction to computers would have been watching my older brothers kind of play computer games and actually being told to get out the room, or like, you know, "We're busy now. Don't bother us." And then, what actually happened is when they left the room, I managed to play what they were playing, which was the first ever GTA. I don't know if anyone ever played this, but it is so cool if you look back on it. You could probably find emulators online, but it was, like, a bird's eye view, like, way of operating. And it was probably also that drive where you get frustrated on a computer because you want to do something, so, like you were saying, Marc, where you went to edit the sound files because you want to change something. You want to do something. I definitely think that is something which I felt as well is that frustration of I want to change this thing. And then, that kind of gets into well, how does it work? And if I know how it works, then I can probably change it. MARC: Yeah. And once you figure out how things work, it's also really exciting. Like, once you figure out the initialization file on Windows, like, you can edit, like, what level is unlocked right away. It's kind of cheat codes but not really. And there are some really fun ones. Like, I would edit sound files for racing games. And, usually, it's just a base sound file, and then they would pitch shift the sound to make it sound like an engine. So, if you record your voice, it's just really funny. RÉMY: So, Marc, you mentioned moving to management positions quite early. Do you remember what made you do this move? Was it for, like, a natural path in your career, or was it something you really wanted from the first part of your career as a developer? What happened at this moment? MARC: Yeah, that was not completely planned. Like, I don't think I really plan my career precisely. It's just something that happens. So, I joined Drivy after, like, I was already a software engineer for, like, five years at that point. I joined as a lead backend engineer. I did that for three years. And after three years, the company went from...I think there was, like, three software engineers to a dozen. There was a need for more structure, and the CTO, at the time so, Nicolas, wanted to focus more on products. And it was hard to do both, like do the product side, the design, the data, and do the engineering, the software, and so on. So, he wanted to get a bit away from software engineering and more into product. So, there was a gap in the organization. I was there. I was interested to try, and I was already doing some more things on the human side, so talking to people, organizing, internal communication. I kind of liked it. So, I was excited to try, give it a try. It was really interesting. I found that it was a different way to have an impact on the team. I just kept doing it. And my plan was to keep doing it until I'm bored with it. And I'm still not bored with it, even though you kind of miss just actually building the software yourselves, actually coding. So, that's also why I'm trying something different right now with my mobile app adventure. SAMI: Right. So, on the side, you've got this Shadow Boxing App, which, in my dedicated research, I downloaded and had a go with it. MARC: Did you actually try it, or did you just click around? SAMI: I did a proper workout, mate. I did. I put myself as, like, the absolute beginner. I did it on my MacBook Pro. I know it's built for iPad or iPhone, but it still worked amazingly well. And it kind of reminded me why I stopped doing boxing because it's hard work. MARC: [laughs] Yeah, it is. SAMI: It's not a gimmick this thing, right? So, it's like, the best way to describe it is it's essentially replacing if I was to go to the gym and have a trainer who's telling me kind of the moves to make or how to do it, then this kind of replaces that trainer. So, it's something you can do at home. It was really cool. I was surprised, actually. I thought, at the beginning, it's not going to be that interactive, or it won't actually be as hard or difficult as a workout, and it really was. So, it's, yeah, it was really cool, really interesting to try it. And going into that, you say you wanted to get back more into coding, and that's why you are doing this kind of, like, app on the side, or it allowed you to kind of do a bit more coding away from the people management. You've been involved in a lot of startups, and I actually often get...as consultants, when we work at thoughtbot, we get a lot of people who come with different startup ideas. When you look back at all the startups you've been involved with, do you think more startups are successful than those that fail? Or have you seen a lot of startups...actually, people come with these great ideas; they want to build this amazing product, but it's actually really hard to be a successful product? MARC: I think it's [inaudible 10:22] how to have the right idea, be at the right spot at the right time, build the right team, get enough momentum. I think most startups fail, and even startups that are successful often can be the result of a pivot. Like, I know companies that pivoted a bunch of times before finding any success. So, it's really hard actually...if I take my past four companies, only two are still alive. Like, the first two went under. Actually, there's even more companies that went under after I left. Yeah, it's just really hard to get anything off the ground. So, yeah, it's complicated, and I have a lot of respect for all the founders that go through it. For The Shadow Boxing App, I worked on it for the past three years, but I'm only working on it almost full-time for the past two months. And it was way safer. I could check the product-market fit. I could check if I enjoyed working on it. So, I guess it was easier. I had the luxury of having a full-time job. Building the app didn't take that much time. But to answer your question, I think, from my experience, most startups fail. And the ones that succeed it's kind of lightning in a bottle, or, like, there's a lot of factors that get into it. It's hard to replicate. A lot of people try to replicate some science, some ideas. They go, oh, we'll do this, and we'll do that. And we use this technique that Google uses and so on, but it's never that straightforward. SAMI: Yeah, I'm so happy you said that because I think it's a real brutal truth that I'd also say most of the startup projects that I've worked on probably have failed. Like, there's very few that actually make it. It's such a saturated market. And I think, I guess, in your role as advising startups, it's really good to come in with that honesty at the beginning and to say, "It's a big investment if you want to build something. Most people probably aren't successful." And then, when you work from that perspective, you can have, like, way more transparent and open discussions from the get-go. Because when you're outside of tech...and a lot of people have this idea of if I could just get an app to do my idea, I'm going to be the next Facebook. I'm going to be the next, you know, Amazon Marketplace. And it just kind of isn't like that. You've got these massive leaders in Facebook, Amazon, Google, Netflix. But below that, there's a lot of failures and a massively saturated market. So, yeah, just, it's so interesting that you also see it in a similar way. MARC: What I saw evolve in the past 10 years is the fact that people got more realistic with it. So, maybe 10 years ago, I would have people coming to me with just the most ridiculous idea, like, you know, I'll do Airbnb for cats. And really think, yeah, I just need a good idea, and that's it. But now I feel like people kind of understand that it's more complicated. There's way more resources online. People are more educated. They also see way more successes. Failures are also a bit more advertised. We saw a bunch of startups just go under. It feels like every month I get an email from a tool I used in the past saying, "Oh, we're shutting down," and so on. So, I think it's not as bad as 10 years ago where weekly I would have just people asking me, "I want to build this app," and the app would be just the most ridiculous thing or something that would be really smart, but it's really like, "Oh, I want to do, like, food delivery but better than what exists." It's like, yeah, that's a really good idea, but then you need...it's not only software. There's logistics. There's so much behind it that you don't seem to understand just yet. But, as a coach, so, what I'm doing is I'm helping startups that are usually before or after series A but not too large of startups just go to the next stage. And people are really aware of that and really worried. Like, they see money going down, market fit not necessarily being there. And they know, like, their company is at risk. And especially when you talk to founders, they're really aware that, you know, everything could be collapsing really quickly. If they make, like, three really bad decisions in a row, you're basically done. Obviously, it depends on the company, but yeah, people are more aware than before, especially nowadays where money is a bit harder to get. Let's say two years ago, there was infinite money, it felt like. Now it's more tight. People are more looking at the unit economics precisely. So, people need to be more realistic to succeed. RÉMY: What's the kind of recurrent struggle the startups you coach usually face? Apparently, it quite changed in the past decade, but maybe what are the current struggles they face? MARC: It really depends. It's kind of broad. But, usually, it would be, let's say, a startup after their first round of funding, let's say, if you take startups that are looking for funding. So, you usually have a group of founders, two to four, usually two or three, that are really entrepreneurs that want to bootstrap some things. They're builders. They're hacking things together, and they're really excited about the product. And, suddenly, fast forward a few years, they're starting to be successful, and they have to lead a team of, you know, like, 50 people, 100 people, and they weren't prepared for that. They were really prepared to, like, build software. Like, especially the CTOs, they are usually really great hackers. They can, like, create a product really quickly. But, suddenly, they need to manage 30 engineers, and it's completely different, and they're struggling with that. So, that's a common problem for CTOs. And then, it creates a bunch of problems. Like, you would have CEOs and CTOs not agreeing on how to approach the strategy, how to approach building a thing. What should be the methodology? Something that worked with 3 engineers around the table doesn't work with 50 engineers distributed in 5 countries. And if it's your first time being a CTO, and often founders of early-stage startups are first-time CTOs, it can be really hard to figure out. MID-ROLL AD: Are your engineers spending too much time on DevOps and maintenance issues when you need them on new features? We know maintaining your own servers can be costly and that it's easy for spending creep to sneak in when your team isn't looking. By delegating server management, maintenance, and security to thoughtbot and our network of service partners, you can get 24x7 support from our team of experts, all for less than the cost of one in-house engineer. Save time and money with our DevOps and Maintenance service. Find out more at: tbot.io/devops. RÉMY: In your past companies, so you've been VP and CTO. So, in your opinion, what's the best a VP or a CTO can bring to a scaling startup? What are your best tips to share? MARC: I guess it depends [laughs], obviously, like, depending on the stage of the company, the size of the company. For instance, when I was at Drivy, at some point, the most important thing was scaling the team hiring, and so on. But, at some point, we got acquired by Getaround, and the priorities got shifted. It was more like, okay, how do you figure out this new setup for the company and the team? Like, what is good? What is bad? How do you communicate with the team? How do you get people to stay motivated when everything is changing? How do you make sure you make the right decisions? And then, when I joined Back Market, Back Market when I joined, I had a team of a bit less than 12 engineers reporting directly to me. And after a bit more than a year, I had 60, and I hired most of them. So, here the challenge was just scaling insanely fast. Like, the company is really successful. Like, Back Market is selling refurbished electronics in a mission to, you know, provide a viable alternative to buying new electronics. So, it's basically, do you want a smartphone that is both cheaper and more ecologically viable? And most people would say yes to that. So, a company is insanely successful, but it's really hard to scale. So, at that point, the role was, okay, how do you make sure you scale as well as possible with a lot of pressure while still leaving the team in a state that they're able to still build software? Because it's just really chaotic. Like, you can't, like, 5X your team without chaos. But how do you minimize that but still go really fast? SAMI: Yeah. So, not only did I try that Shadow App. I actually went on that Backup website. What's it called? It's not called Backup. What's it called again? MARC: Back Market. SAMI: Back Market. Thank you. Yeah, it was really cool. I checked my old iPhone SE from 2020, which I've kept for about...over three years, I've had this iPhone. And they said they would give me $72 for it, which was really cool. So, it sounds like a really cool idea. MARC: That's something we worked on, which is, basically, if you have any old phones in your drawer, it's a really bad spot for them. And so, there's a service. You go on the website. You say, "I have this, I have that; I have this, I have that." And either we buy it from you, or we just take it away from you, and we recycle them, which is much better than just having them collect dust. SAMI: Yeah, no, it's a great idea. What interested me when you were speaking about kind of these different positions that you've been in, I was almost expecting you to talk about maybe, like, a technical challenge or code complexity difficulty. But, actually, what you've described is more people problems. And how do we scale with regards to people, and how do we keep people motivated? So, I guess using that experience, and this might be counterintuitive to what a lot of people think, but what do you think is the hardest thing about software development? I know there could be many things. But if you had to pick something that is the most difficult, and maybe we can all have an answer to what we think this is, but starting with you, Marc, what do you think is the hardest thing about software development then? MARC: What I saw is how do you build something that works for enough time to bring value to the customers? So, it's easy to hack something together pretty quickly and get it in front of people, but then it might not be reliable. It might break down. Or you could decide to build something perfect and spend, like, two years on it and then ship it, and then it's really stable, but maybe it's not what people want. And finding this balance between shipping something fast, but shipping something that is reliable enough for what you're building. Obviously, if you're building a health care system, you will have more, like, the bar will be higher than if you build, like, Airbnb for cats. Finding this balance and adjusting as you go is really hard. So, for instance, when do you introduce caching? Because, obviously, caching is hard to do right. If you don't do it, your site will be slow, which can be okay for a time. But then if you introduce it too late, then it's really hard to just retrofit into whatever you already have. So, finding the right moment to introduce a new practice, introduce a new technology is tricky. And then, like, I talked a lot about the people, and it's also because I spent quite a bit of time in leadership position. But, at the end of the day, it will be the people writing the code that gets the software to exist and run. So, having people aligned and agreeing on the vision is also key because unless I'm the only developer on the project, I can't really make all decisions on things that are going to get built. So, figuring out how to get people motivated, interested in just building in the same direction is really important. It's really easy. Like, one thing with Drivy, when I was there, that was really fun to see, like, many people have this reaction, especially the more senior people joining the company. They would see the engineering team, and they were really, really surprised by how small it was because we were being really, really efficient. Like, we were paying really close attention to what we would work on. So, kind of technology we would introduce would be quite conservative on both to really be able to deliver what is the most important. So, we were able to do a lot with, honestly, not a lot of people. And I think this is a great mark for success. You don't need a thousand people to build your software if you ask the right question, like, "Do I need to build X or Y?" and always having these discussions. RÉMY: What's your opinion on that, Sami? SAMI: Yeah, I guess it changes. Like, for example, today, the hardest thing about software development was just getting Jira to work. That has literally ruined my whole day. But I've found, for me, what I find is the most difficult thing to do is making code resilient to change. What I mean by that is writing code that's easy to change. And a lot of that, I guess, we try to work on at thoughtbot, as consultants, is following kind of design principles and best practices and certain design patterns that really make the code easy to change. Because that, I think, when I'm writing code is the biggest challenge. And where I feel when I'm working with our clients one of the biggest things they can invest in, which is difficult because there's not a lot of visibility around it or metrics, is ensuring that code that's written is easy to change because, at some point, it will. And I've also worked on systems which are bigger, and when you can't change them, conversations start happening about the cost of change. Do we rewrite it from the ground up again? And that opens a whole different can of worms. So, that, for me, I think, is definitely one of the hardest things. How about yourself, Rémy? RÉMY: I don't know about the most difficult. I mean, there are many things difficult. But I remember something that I had to put extra effort, so maybe it was one of the most difficult for me. When I started being a consultant, when I joined thoughtbot was to understand what's the boundary between executing and giving an advice? So, basically, I discovered that when you're a consultant, but it works also when you're a developer in a team, you know, you're not just only the one who is going to write the code. You're supposed to be also someone with expertise, experience to share it and to make the project and the team benefit from it. So, at some point, I discovered that I should not just listen to what the client would say they want. Obviously, that's what they want, but it's more interesting and more difficult to understand why they want it and why they actually need, which could be different from what they want. So, it's a whole different conversation to discover together what is actually the necessary thing to build, and with your expertise and experience, try to find the thing that is going to be the most efficient, reliable, and making both the client and the customers happy. MARC: Yeah. And as software engineers, it's really easy to get excited about a problem and just go, "Oh, I could solve it this way." But then you need to step back and go, "Well, maybe it doesn't need fixing, or we should do something completely different." At some point, I was working with a customer service organization. In their workflows, they had to go on, let's say, five different pages and click on the button to get something to do one action. And so, what they asked for is to have those five buttons on one single page, and so, they could go, click, click, click, click, click. But after looking at it, what they needed is just automation of that, not five buttons on the page. But it's really easy to go, oh, and we could make those buttons, like, kind of generic and have a button creator thing and make it really fancy. When you step back, you go, oh, they shouldn't be clicking that many buttons. SAMI: Yeah, that makes so much sense because just in that example...I can't remember where I read this, but every line of code you write has to be maintained. So, in that example where you've got five buttons, you're kind of maintaining probably a lot more code than when you've got the single button, which goes to, I don't know, a single action or a method that will handle kind of all the automation for you. And that's also, you know, driving at simplicity. So, sometimes, like, you see this really cool problem, and there's a really cool way to solve it. But if you can solve it, you mentioned, like, being conservative with the type of frameworks maybe you used in a previous company, like, solve it in the most simple way, and you'll thank yourself later. Because, at some point, you have to come back to it, and maintain it, change it. Yeah, so it makes a lot of sense. And, Marc, you said you started when you were 7, which is really young. Through that amount of time, you've probably seen massive changes in the way websites look, feel, and how they work. In that time, what's the biggest change you actually think you've seen? MARC: The biggest thing I saw is, when I started, internet didn't exist or at least wasn't available. Like, I remember being at school and the teacher would ask like, "How many people have a computer at home?" And we'd be like, two or three people. So, people didn't have internet until I was like 14, 15, I'd say. So, that's the biggest one. But, let's say, after it started, they just got more complicated. Like, so, the complexity is getting crazy. Like, I remember, at some point, where I saw I think it was called Aviary. It was basically Photoshop in the browser, and I was just insanely impressed by just the fact that you could do this in the browser. And, nowadays, like, you've got Figma, and you've got so many tools that are insanely impressive. Back then, it was just text, images, and that's it. I actually wrote a blog post a few years ago about how I used to build websites just using frames. So, I don't know if you're familiar with just frames, but I didn't really know how to do divs. So, I would just do frames because that's what I understood back then, again, little kid. But it was kind of working. You were dealing with IE 5 or, like, I remember, like, professionally fixing bugs for IE 5.5 or, like, AOL, like, 9, something ridiculous like this. So, building a website just got way easier but also way more complicated, if that makes sense. Like, it's way easier to do most things. For instance, I don't know, like, 20 years ago, you wanted a rounded corner; you would have to create images and kind of overlay them in a weird way. It would break in many cases. Nowadays, you want rounded corners? That's a non-topic. But now you need, like, offline capabilities of your website. And, in a lot of cases, there's really complex features that are expected from users. So, the bar is getting raised to crazy levels. SAMI: Yeah, I always wonder about this. Like, when you look at how the internet used to be and how people develop for the internet, and, like you're saying, now it's more complex but easier to do some things. I don't know if as developers we're making things harder or easier for ourselves. Like, if you look at the amount of technology someone needs to know to get started, it grows constantly. To do this, you have to add this framework, and you need to have this library, and maybe even a different language, and then, to even host something now, the amount of technologies you need to know. Do you think we're making things harder for ourselves, or do you think easier? MARC: Well, I guess there's always back and forth, like, regarding complexity. So, things will get really, really complex, and then someone will go, "Well, let's stop that and simplify." That's why, like, I'm seeing some people not rejecting React and so on, but going a simpler route like Rails has options like this. There's people using HTMX, which is really simple. So, just going back to something simpler. I think a lot of the really complex solutions also come from the fact that now we have massive teams building websites, and you need that complexity to be able to handle the team size. But it's kind of, then you need more people to handle the complexity, and it's just getting crazy. Yeah, honestly, I don't know. I'm seeing a lot of things that feel too complex for...like, the technology feels really complicated to accomplish some things that should be simple or at least feel simple. But, at the same time, there are things that got so simple that it's ridiculous like just accepting payment. I remember, like, if you wanted to accept payment on a site, it would be months of work, and now it takes a minute. You just plug in Stripe, and it works. And it's often cheaper than what it used to be. So, it's kind of...or deploying. You mentioned deploying can be really hard. Well, you don't need to have a physical server in your room just eating your place up to have your website, your personal website running. You just push it to Vercel, or Heroku, or whatever, or just a static page on S3. So, this got simpler, but then, yeah, you can get it to be so much more crazy. So, if you host your static website on S3, fairly simple. But then if you try to understand permissions on S3, then, you know, it's over. RÉMY: I don't know if it's really in the path of our discussion. I just wanted to ask you, so this is the on tour series, where we...so, usually, the Giant Robots podcast used to be a little bit more American-centric, and this on tour is moving back to the other side of the Atlantic with, again, Europe, West Asia, and Africa. You've been part of a company, Drivy, which expanded from France to neighboring countries in Europe. What could you tell our listeners about how to expand a business internationally? MARC: That's a tough question, especially in Europe. Because I know looking from the outside, like, if you're from the U.S. and you look at Europe, it feels like, you know, a uniform continent, but really, it's very different. Like, just payment methods are different. Culture is very different. For instance, when I was working at Back Market in France, one of the branding aspects of Back Market was its humor. Like, we would be making a lot of jokes on the website, and it would work really well in France. Like, people would love the brand. But then you expand to other countries, and they just don't find that funny at all. Like, it's not helping at all, and they're expecting a different tone of voice. So, it's not just, okay, I need to translate my own page; it's I need to internationalize for this market. I guess my advice is do it country by country. Sometimes I see companies going like, oh, we opened in 20 different countries, and you go, how even do you do that? And spend some time understanding how people are using your product or, like, a similar product locally because you would be surprised by what you learn. Sometimes there's different capabilities. For instance, when Drivy went to the UK, there's so much more you can learn. There's the government database that you can look up, and it really helps with managing risk. If people are known to steal cars, you can kind of figure it out. I'm simplifying a bit, but you can use this. You don't have that in France because we just don't have this solution. But if you go to Nordic countries, for instance, they have way more electric vehicles, so maybe the product doesn't work as well. So, it's really understanding what's different locally and being willing to invest, to adapt. Because if you go, okay, I'm going to open in the Netherlands but you don't adopt the payment methods that are used in the Netherlands, you might as well not open at all. So, it's either you do it properly and you kind of figure out what properly means for your product, or you postpone, and you do it well later. Like, right now, I'm struggling a bit with my app because it's open. So, it's on the App Store, so it's open globally. And it's a SaaS, so it's simpler, but I struggle with language. So, it's in French and English. I spoke both of this language, obviously, French better than English. But I think I'm doing okay with both. But I also built it in Spanish because I speak some Spanish fairly poorly, and I wanted to try to hit a different market like the Mexican market that are doing boxing quite a lot. But the quality doesn't seem there. Like, I don't have the specific boxing lingo, so I'm contemplating just rolling it back, like, removing the Spanish language until I get it really well, maybe with a translator dedicated to it that knows boxing in Spanish. Because I work with translators that would translate, but they don't really know that, yeah, like a jab in boxing. In Spanish, they might also say, "Jab." They won't translate it to, like, [inaudible 38:31]. SAMI: Yeah. At thoughtbot, we have one of our clients they wanted to release their app also internationally. And so, we had also kind of a lot of these problems. We even had to handle...so, in some languages, you go from left to right, right to left. So, that kind of also changed a lot of the way you would design things is mainly for people who are going from left to right. I mean, that's thinking kind of more Europe, U.S.-centric. And then, you could be releasing your app into a different country where they read the other direction. So, yeah, a lot of this stuff is really interesting, especially the culture, like you're saying. Do they find this humor funny? And then, how do they translate things? Which, in my head, I think, could you use AI to do that. Which is a nice segue into, like, the mandatory question about AI, which we can't let you go until we ask you. MARC: [laughs] SAMI: So, okay, obviously, I'm going to ask you about your thoughts on AI and where you think we're headed. But I've seen something interesting, which I don't know if this is something that resonates with you as well. I've seen a bit of a trend where the more experienced developers or more senior developers I talk to seem to be a bit more calm and less concerned. Whereas I would consider myself as less experienced, and I feel, like, kind of more anxious, more nervous, more jumping on the bandwagon sort of feeling of keeping an eye on it. So, I guess, with your experience, what are your thoughts on AI? Where do you think we are headed? MARC: That's a big question, and it feels like it's changing month to month. It feels way more interesting than other trends before. Like, I'm way more excited about the capabilities of AI than, like, NFTs or stuff like this. I'm actively using AI tooling in my app. I was using some AI at Back Market. So, it's interesting. There's a bunch of things you can be doing. Personally, I don't think that it's going to, like, make programming irrelevant, for instance. It will just change a bit how you will build things just like...so, we talked about what changed in the past. For instance, at some point, you would need a team of people moving around physical computers and servers and just hooking them up to be able to have a website. But now, most people would just use a cloud provider. So, all those people either they work for the cloud provider, or they're out of a job. But really what happened is most shifted into something different, and then we focused on something different. Instead of learning how to handle a farm of servers, we learned how to, I don't know, handle more concurrency in our models. And I think when I look back, I feel like, technically, maybe, I don't know, 70%, 80% of what I learned is now useless. Like, I spent years getting really good at handling Internet Explorer as a web developer. Now it's just gone, so it's just gone forever. And it feels like there's some practice that we're having right now that will be gone forever thanks to AI or because of AI, depending on how you look at it. But then there'll be new things to do. I'm not sure yet what it will be, but it will create new opportunities. There are some things that look a bit scary, like, or creepy. But I'm not worried about jobs or things like this. I'm a bit concerned about people learning programming right now because, yeah, there's a lot of hand-holding, and there's a lot of tools that you have to pay to get access to this hand-holding. So, if you're a student right now in school learning programming and your school is giving you some AI assistant, like Copilot or whatever, and this assistant is really good, but suddenly it goes away because you're not paying anymore, or, like, the model change, if you don't know how to code anymore, then it's a problem. Or maybe you're not struggling as much. And you're not digging deep enough, and so you're learning slower. And you're being a bit robbed of the opportunity to learn by the AI. So, it's just giving you the solution. But it's just, like, the way I use it right now, so I don't have an assistant enabled, but I usually have, like, a ChatGPT window open somewhere. It's more like a better Stack Overflow or a more precise Stack Overflow. And that helps me a lot, and that's really convenient. Like, right now, I'm building mostly using Swift and Swift UI, but I'm mainly a Ruby and JavaScript developer. So, I'm struggling a lot and being able to ask really simple questions. I had a case just this morning where I asked how to handle loading of images without using the assets folder in Xcode. I just couldn't figure it out, but it's really simple. So, it was able to tell me, like, right away, like, five options on how to do it, and I was able to pick the one that would fit. So, yeah, really interesting, but yeah, I'm not that worried. The only part I would be worried is if people are learning right now and relying way too much on AI. RÉMY: Well, at least it's positive for our job. Thank you for making us believe in a bright future, Marc. MARC: [laughs] RÉMY: All right. Thank you so much, Marc, for joining us. It was a real pleasure. Before we leave, Marc, if you want to be contacted, if people want to get a hold of you, how can you be contacted? MARC: There's two ways: either LinkedIn, look up Marc G Gauthier. Like, the middle initial is important because Marc Gauthier is basically John Smith in France. My website, which is marcgg.com. You can find my blog. You can find a way to hire me as a coach or advisor. That's the best way to reach out to me. RÉMY: Thank you so much. And thank you, Sami, as well. You can subscribe to the show and find notes along with a complete transcript for this episode at giantrobots.fm. If you have any questions or comments, you can email us at hosts@giantrobots.fm. You can find me on social media as rhannequin. This podcast is brought to you by thoughtbot and produced and edited by Mandy Moore. 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Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, poison's on the menu. From Ed's surprising connections to these killer concoctions, to a story of college alcohol poisoning that is as hilarious as it is horrifying, to a rundown of the most dangerous toxins in the world, this episode's so good it should be illegal. Just like every chemical mentioned in the episode! Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:11 - Housekeeping 00:06:15 - Introducing Poison 00:10:24 - Drug and Alcohol Poisoning 00:20:30 - The Ten Most Potent Spirits in the World 00:34:54 - Isopropyl Alcohol 00:38:47 - Methanol Poisoning 00:19:04 - College Alcohol Poisoning 00:50:22 - Historical Poisons 01:04:04 - Poisons in Nature 01:08:59 - More Historical Poisons 00:45:33 - Five Deadliest Modern Poisons 01:42:53 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

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Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, they get on their hands and knees and squeeze into the world of caves. Deep, dark, wet, creature-and-death filled caves. Warning to the claustrophobic: you might want to listen to this one outside. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:42 - Housekeeping 00:07:00 - ATWWD Mystery! 00:08:28 - Cave Check-In 00:11:18 - Cave Media 00:15:46 - Pennsylvania Caves 00:19:04 - The Pennsylvania Hermit 00:24:04 - A Harrowing Hermit Origin Story 00:36:12 - Cave Treasure 00:45:33 - Cave Facts! 00:52:45 - What Lives in Caves (Minus Bats) 01:05:07 - Desert Shrimp Aside 01:07:24 - The Mossdale Cavern Disaster 01:14:14 - The Cave Beneath Phoganica Bay 01:20:58 - Nutty Putty Cave (The Worst Death Imaginable) 01:37:05 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, they grit their teeth and hang on as twisters hit the studio. What powers these terrifying tempests? How big can they really get? And are they here to destroy America...or save it?  Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:33 - Housekeeping 00:06:34 - Let's Talk Twisters 00:10:54 - New England Twisters 00:13:30 - A Making of Twister Aside 00:18:17 - Twisters Are Scary 00:23:09 - The Science of Twisters 00:27:32 - Not Just For Flatlands 00:32:02 - The Difference Between Twisters ad Hurricanes 00:37:56 - Twister's Dangerous Relatives 00:43:57 - The Fujita Scale 00:48:35 - Twister History (aka TWISTORY) 00:51:00 - Chris's Greek Comedy Corner 00:58:17 - Twistory Continued 01:02:05 - American Twistory 01:09:34 - America's Twister 01:13:45 - The Deadliest Twister 01:22:35 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Gene Steinberg and David Biedny present a rare appearance from controversial former Air Force intelligence officer Robert M. Collins, identified by some as "Condor" in the so-called Aviary. He was author of the provocative UFO book "Exempt from Disclosure," 2nd Edition. Was he some sort of disinformation agent? Also featured is Paul H. Smith, author of "Reading the Enemy's Mind: Inside Star Gate — America's Psychic Espionage Program."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paracast-the-gold-standard-of-paranormal-radio--6203433/support.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the steel-stomached pals bite into tales of American cannibalism - complete with the nastiest details of the Donner Party you never knew. From kuru disease to survival cannibalism to an insane story out of Papua New Guinea, this episode's got it all.  Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:06 - Producers in Good Standing 00:04:00 - Pins and Shirts Update 00:04:40 - 5-Star Review Corner 00:07:26 - Where We Left Off 00:09:34 - The Man-Eating Myth 00:12:55 - The Man-Eating Not-Myth 00:19:44 - What is Survival Cannibalism? 00:21:13 - The Donner Party - Pre-Stuck 00:30:49 - The Donner Party - Post-Stuck 00:54:28 - Tough Times in Jamestown 01:00:34 - If You Had to Eat a Human Body 01:08:22 - Future Cannibalism 01:10:43 - New Zealand Cannibal Cult 01:18:37 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the guys go to ghoul-inary school to learn about the history and horror of feasting on one's own species. And just wait until you hear how some people say goodbye to their loved ones... PLUS! Hear Ed eat at one point (chips, not people) AND get drunker! Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:13 - Housekeeping 00:09:37 - Initial Thoughts and Disclaimer 00:13:02 - Cannibalism Isn't Just For Humans 00:16:48 - How To Find Our Show Notes 00:18:23 - Plants vs Caterpillars 00:23:12 - Frogs vs Frogs 00:25:02 - Tadpoles vs Tadpoles 00:33:05 - A Bunch of Malarky 00:35:23 - Sexual Cannibalism 00:42:17 - Guys Trying to Survive 00:45:21 - Human Cannibalism 00:48:21 - Tasty Terms 00:51:50 - Meet the Wari' 00:56:23 - Why Do This? 01:02:37 - Cannibalism in Europe 01:05:16 - Symbolic Cannibalism 01:08:02 - Warfare Cannibalism 01:10:16 - What It Means to be Human 01:13:34 - Warfare Cannibalism Continued 01:16:54 - Wrap Up 01:20:16 - Uncontacted Tribes Pornography Aside NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.  This week, more stories of the not-so-dead-and buried - from Brazil to South Africa to Japan - where the boys learn all about "sokushinbutsu," one of the most extreme forms of live burial ever practiced. Here's the EARLY RELEASE of the COMMERCIAL FREE version! Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:45 - Housekeeping 00:04:50 - Low Death Reporting, Early Death Decisions 00:13:00 - Morgues and Body Farms 00:18:13 - Only Embalm Dead People Please 00:24:31 - The Tale of Angel “Hamburger” Hayes 00:29:23 - A South African Zombie 00:33:08 - A Quick Ninety Minutes in a Body Bag 00:34:25 - A Brazilian Zombie 00:38:50 - Memory Warehouse Aside 00:40:26 - Brazil's Shovel Teens 00:43:28 - Buried Alive On Purpose 00:53:19 - Immurement 00:56:28 - Super Hero Sex Lives Aside 00:58:23 - Medusa Update 00:59:30 - Immurement Continued 01:05:18 - Women in Walls 01:09:43 - Top 100 Song Announcement 01:13:20 - Bodies for Bridges 01:16:00 - You Can Never Go Home Again 01:21:20 - Monks and Mummies 01:32:45 - Wrap Up NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.  This week, internet icon and multi-hyphenate creator, Anna Akana, joins our frightened hosts to dig up the dirt around being buried alive. How often does it happen? Has anyone survived it? And just why do we bury people in the first place? Plus: safety coffins! So. Many. Safety coffins. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:33 - Housekeeping 00:05:30 - Chris, Ed, and Anna on Being Buried Alive 00:17:21 - Let's Get Into It 00:20:43 - A Brief History of Death and Burial 00:34:07 - A 5th-Century Drunk 00:36:11 - A Cemetery of Dunces 00:41:12 - The Yo-Yo'ing of Alice Blunden 00:44:32 - A Semi-Brief History of Death Tests 01:02:17 - A Visit to the Patent Office (aka Safety Coffins) 01:21:48 - Modern Death Tests 01:26:14 - The Fear Tier NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Seriah is joined by the fascinating carpenter/welder, Shakespearian actor, and Fortean author and researcher Charles Lear. Topics include Charles' new book “Crashed Saucers and Malevolent Aliens: The Emergence of the Popular Modern UFO Mythos in the Late 20th Century “, a documentary on the band Killing Joke “The Death and Resurrection Show”, classic bad movies, 1980's Ufology, “UFO Cover-up? Live!” TV show, alleged government insiders, 80's disclosure, Richard Doty, Paul Bennewitz, Bill Moore, MJ-12 documents, the Aviary, Antonio Vilas-Boas, Betty and Barney Hill, Zeta-Reticuli, a star map, Marjorie Fish, hypnotic regression, NICAP, Bud Hopkins, Betty Andreasson, the evolution of the grey alien archetype, Whitley Strieber and “Communion”, the alien autopsy video, Bill Cooper, professional wrestling, special effects, Jim Mosley and a witness to a recovered alien craft, the power of public speaking, academic credentials, the Aztec crash hoax, the evolution from flying saucer investigation to UFO investigation, Leonard Stringfield, unnamed sources, Roswell, Jesse Marcel, Charles Berlitz, the Bermuda Triangle, the Philadelphia experiment, Carlos Allende/Carl Allen, William L. Moore, Stanton Friedman, John Keel exposes the falsehoods in the Philadelphia experiment stories, the problems with hypnosis and false memories, remote viewing, National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), Robert Bigelow, “The Outer Range” TV series, Bon Lazar, Philip Klass, Richard Doty's subsequent military and police careers, the disclosure and disinformation feedback loop, Red Pill Junkie's artwork, Nick Redfern, the creation of the alien autopsy video, three women in a car dragged by a craft and left with missing time and strange burns, MUFON vs APRO, the para-net bulletin board, and much more! This is a cavalcade of information with a truly knowledgeable historian of ufology! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is The Hydra from Amy Henrickson and the Prime Directive Download

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with writer, philosopher, and cognitive scientist Dr. Daniel Dennett. They discuss the concepts of aboutness, intention, and the highest good as they relate to the religious and secular worlds, the establishment of trust and ethics outside of transcendent presupposition, and the loss of academic freedom at the misapprehension of postmodernism. Dr. Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist. He has published dozens of books, such as “Consciousness Explained" (1992), “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life” (1996), and “Breaking the Spell: Religion as Natural Phenomena” (2007). - Links - 2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events   Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/    For Dr. Daniel Dennett: On X https://twitter.com/danieldennett?lang=en The Problem with Counterfeit People (Article on AI, the Atlantic) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/problem-counterfeit-people/674075/ Consciousness Explained (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661 I've Been Thinking (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Ive-Been-Thinking-Daniel-Dennett/dp/0393868052 Breaking the Spell: Religion as Natural Phenomena (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Spell-Religion-Natural-Phenomenon/dp/0143038338