Podcast appearances and mentions of matt welsh

Matt Welsh is a technical leader at Aryn AI, an AI-powered ETL system for RAG frameworks, LLM-based applications, and vector databases. In this episode, we explore how AI is revolutionizing programming and software development. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter:  https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS.Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Racing Victoria's Executive General Manager of Racing, Matt Welsh, joined Nick Foot on Racing Pulse after it was announced 10 race cards will be back on the racing calendar for next season, albeit on a reduced basis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria joined Michael Felgate in-studio on Thursday to announce the news, and share the details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Nevett joined RSN on Thursday to share the latest news in the world of racing and they were joined by Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria with some breaking news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria joined Michael Felgate in-studio on the back of the news there will be fewer race meetings next season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Welsh on Giddy Up (22/05/24) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria said the best three horses fought out the finish and the figures suggest it was the second highest rating All-Star Mile. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria has addressed the "tough questions" about this year's All-Star Mile, telling Michael Felgate on Racing Pulse there were a number of reasons the race was missing some key names this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Racing Victoria's Matt Welsh on Giddy Up (13/03/24) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria announced the latest All-Star Mile wildcard live on Racing Pulse on Wednesday, also sharing the latest update on what the plan is with extreme weather conditions expected on Saturday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria joined RSN in-studio on Tuesday to explain all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shane and Anthony dive into the growing impact of AI on software developers and engineering teams. With demand for skilled developers surging 26% amid an explosion of new AI productivity tools, they discuss whether AI spells opportunity or disruption for programmers' careers.Sharing eye-opening stats from CB Insights Report on adoption in gaming (64% of devs already on board!) and 94% cost savings from AI content generation, they reveal best practices for integrating co-pilot writing assistants at your company. From boosting output with fewer people to the importance of hands-on discovery, you'll learn the key steps engineering and business leaders must take to avoid being left behind.The co-hosts also dig into impending challenges like GPU and data shortages that could slow AI progress if mishandled. They offer actionable advice for partnering with big cloud providers, constructing internal data “factories”, training custom models through private data access, and more.Tune in to future-proof your development team, leverage AI for competitive advantage, and ensure you're fully leveraging this fast-moving wave of augmented coding. The humans must keep pace with the machines!Research Links:Large Language Models and The End of Programming - CS50 Tech Talk with Dr. Matt Welsh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhCl-GeT4jwCBInsights 2024 ReportCB Insights Report - https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/top-tech-trends-2024/Join our community: getcoai.com Follow us on Twitter or watch us on YoutubeGet our newsletter!

Group 1 racing in Victoria is officially back this weekend. Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria joined RSN on Tuesday after the launch of the Festival of Racing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Racing Victoria's Matt Welsh on Giddy Up (05/02/24) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A massive day of racing is set tomorrow with Karaka Millions event. Louis and Daniel and joined by the Executive GM of Racing Victoria Matt Welsh ahead of the big day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria joined RSN on Monday to chat about the latest developments, as well as share his reaction to the big news coming out of New Zealand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Racing Victoria's Matt Welsh on Giddy Up (22/01/24) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Welsh joined Michael Felgate in-studio on Tuesday after a race at Sandown was 'deleted' from the schedule due to a lack of numbers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria joined Michael Felgate for an extended chat on Wednesday, pointing out the fact the trifecta from the Magic Millions race at Ballarat in December would all contest the two-year-old classic at the Gold Coast on Saturday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Racing Victoria's Matt Welsh on Giddy Up (10/01/24)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the end of programming nigh? That's the big question posed in this episode recorded earlier in 2023. It was very popular among listeners, and with the topic being as relevant as ever, we wanted to wrap up the year by highlighting this conversation again.If you ask Matt Welsh, he'd say yes, the end of programming is upon us. As Richard McManus wrote on The New Stack, Welsh is a former professor of computer science at Harvard who spoke at a virtual meetup of the Chicago Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), explaining his thesis that ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot represent the beginning of the end of programming.Welsh joined us on The New Stack Makers to discuss his perspectives about the end of programming and answer questions about the future of computer science, distributed computing, and more.Welsh is now the founder of fixie.ai, a platform they are building to let companies develop applications on top of large language models to extend with different capabilities.For 40 to 50 years, programming language design has had one goal. Make it easier to write programs, Welsh said in the interview.Still, programming languages are complex, Welsh said. And no amount of work is going to make it simple. Learn more from The New Stack about AI and the future of software development:Top 5 Large Language Models and How to Use Them Effectively30 Non-Trivial Ways for Developers to Use GPT-4Developer Tips in AI Prompt Engineering

Morning Show 12 - 05 - 23 Hour 1 Matt Welsh, Construction Discussion by The Watchdog

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria spoke with RSN on Monday morning to address the situation after Sunday's Kilmore Cup meeting was abandoned.

The data and numbers are slowly becoming clear. Matt Welsh joined Michael Felgate joined RSN for a chat on Tuesday.

Matt Welsh from Racing Victoria joined Michael Felgate in-studio to discuss the changes.

Racing Victoria's Matt Welsh on Giddy Up (14/11/23) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The SaaS CFO Podcast! In today's episode, our host Ben sits down with Matt Welsh, CEO and co-founder of Fixie AI. Matt shares his fascinating journey, starting from academia to Google and eventually venturing into the world of startups. As a technical expert, Matt dives into the products and services offered by Fixie, highlighting their mission to simplify the integration of large language models into various applications. With a strong founding team, Fixie is making strides in the AI realm, and Matt discusses their growth plans and the challenges of harnessing the team's expertise. Join us as we learn more about Fixie's path towards product-market fit and revenue generation. Tune in now! Show Notes [00:01:35] Simplifying language models integration with Fixie. [00:05:49] Four founders, Zach Cook, Justin Uberti, Hassan Bagharinazad. [00:09:26] Dual approach: devs and companies seeking AI integration. [00:10:49] Combining blog posts, community, SDK, demos, hackathons, targeting developers. [00:14:04] Raised $17 million in seed funding round. [00:18:53] My blog post on raising $5M seed: market hot, team backgrounds key. Expectations higher for founders without resumes. Learned VC firms are partners, not just cash. [00:20:45] Early indications of product market fit; Series A; ARR benchmark; developer platform metrics; proxies for traction and revenue. Links SaaS Fundraising Stories: https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/fixie-raises-17-million-in-seed-round Fixie.ai LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fixie-ai/ Fixie.ai Website: https://www.fixie.ai/ Matt Welsh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/welsh-matt/ To know more about Ben check the links below: Subscribe to Ben's SaaS newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/df1db6bf8bca/the-saas-cfo-sign-up-landing-page SaaS Metrics courses here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/ Join Ben's SaaS community here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/offers/ivNjwYDx/checkout Follow Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benrmurray

Matt Welsh is Executive General Manager (Racing) at Racing Victoria. He joined Michael Felgate on Wednesday to chat about the Spring Carnival.

Do you still have doubts about the wisdom of leveraging LLMs in software development? Maybe you're not sure how much they can help or how best to get started with them. Or maybe you're well into the process of experimenting with LLMs for speeding up software development and you'd just like to compare notes?!In this fascinating interview I got to chat with Matt Welsh - Chief Architect and Co-founder of Fixie.ai about his practical experiences in leveraging Generative AI for software development, clearing up some common misconceptions along the way

Thanks to the over 1m people that have checked out the Rise of the AI Engineer. It's a long July 4 weekend in the US, and we're celebrating with a podcast feed swap!We've been big fans of Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg's work at the Cognitive Revolution podcast for a while, which started around the same time as we did and has done an incredible job of hosting discussions with top researchers and thinkers in the field, with a wide range of topics across computer vision (a special focus thanks to Nathan's work at Waymark), GPT-4 (with exceptional insight due to Nathan's time on the GPT-4 “red team”), healthcare/medicine/biotech (Harvard Medical School, Med-PaLM, Tanishq Abraham, Neal Khosla), investing and tech strategy (Sarah Guo, Elad Gil, Emad Mostaque, Sam Lessin), safety and policy, curators and influencers and exceptional AI founders (Josh Browder, Eugenia Kuyda, Flo Crivello, Suhail Doshi, Jungwon Byun, Raza Habib, Mahmoud Felfel, Andrew Feldman, Matt Welsh, Anton Troynikov, Aravind Srinivas). If Latent Space is for AI Engineers, then Cognitive Revolution covers the much broader field of AI in tech, business and society at large, with a longer runtime to go deep on research papers like TinyStories. We hope you love this episode as much as we do, and check out CogRev wherever fine podcasts are sold!Subscribe to the Cognitive Revolution on:* Website* Apple Podcasts* Spotify* YoutubeGood Data is All You NeedThe work of Ronen and Yuanzhi echoes a broader theme emerging in the midgame of 2023: * Falcon-40B (trained on 1T tokens) outperformed LLaMA-65B (trained on 1.4T tokens), primarily due to the RefinedWeb Dataset that runs CommonCrawl through extensive preprocessing and cleaning in their MacroData Refinement pipeline. * UC Berkeley LMSYS's Vicuna-13B is near GPT-3.5/Bard quality at a tenth of their size, thanks to fine-tuning from 70k user-highlighted ChatGPT conversations (indicating some amount of quality). * Replit's finetuned 2.7B model outperforms the 12B OpenAI Codex model based on HumanEval, thanks to high quality data from Replit usersThe path to smaller models leans on better data (and tokenization!), whether from cleaning, from user feedback, or from synthetic data generation, i.e. finetuning high quality on outputs from larger models. TinyStories and Phi-1 are the strongest new entries in that line of work, and we hope you'll pick through the show notes to read up further.Show Notes* TinyStories (Apr 2023)* Paper: TinyStories: How Small Can Language Models Be and Still Speak Coherent English?* Internal presentation with Sebastien Bubeck at MSR* Twitter thread from Ronen Eldan* Will future LLMs be based almost entirely on synthetic training data? In a new paper, we introduce TinyStories, a dataset of short stories generated by GPT-3.5&4. We use it to train tiny LMs (< 10M params) that produce fluent stories and exhibit reasoning.* Phi-1 (Jun 2023)* Paper: Textbooks are all you need (HN discussion)* Twitter announcement from Sebastien Bubeck:* phi-1 achieves 51% on HumanEval w. only 1.3B parameters & 7B tokens training dataset and 8 A100s x 4 days = 800 A100-hours. Any other >50% HumanEval model is >1000x bigger (e.g., WizardCoder from last week is 10x in model size and 100x in dataset size). Get full access to Latent Space at www.latent.space/subscribe

Former Australian Swimmer and now Channel 9 Commentator Matt Welsh joins Breakfast With Harf with all the latest results from the Australian Swimming Trials being held at MSAC, while Hayley Lewis joins us after her son Kai Taylor qualified for the World Championship last night

RV's EGM of Racing joins us in the studio to talk through the announcements made last week in regard to prizemoney and programming

Former Australian swimmer turned Commentator Matt Welsh joins Breakfast With Harf to recap Day/Night 1 of the Australian Swimming World Championships trials at MSAC

EGM of Racing Matt Welsh joined Andrew Bensley on Sports Wrap to discuss the Racing Victoria Prizemoney announcements

Matt Welsh is the cofounder and CEO of Fixie, an automation platform for LLMs. It allows developers to build natural language agents that connect to your data, talk to APIs, and solve complex problems. They've raised $17M from investors such as Redpoint, Madrona, Zetta, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta, and more. He has previously held roles at OctoML, Apple, Xnor, and Google. He was a Professor of Computer Science at Harvard and has a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - LLMs as the new computational engine - What can LLMs do well and where are the gaps - Fine-tuning vs In-context learning - Smart Agents - Few shot learning - Use cases of Fixie Matt's favorite book: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Author: Michael Chabon)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Nathan Labenz sits down with engineer Shreya Rajpal, the creator of Guardrails AI, a new Python library that allows developers to add a layer of output, validation and correction to their code. Practically guardrails can ensure a reliable interface between language models and more traditional deterministic software systems. At the same time, mind-bending and potentially risky use case frameworks like Guardrails allow developers to ask and answer entirely new kinds of questions. Talking to Shreya really reinforced just how early we are in LLM's impact on the software industry. We were introduced to Shreya's work when recording our interview with Matt Welsh, the CEO of Fixie.AI (Ep 19: How AI Agents Will Change How We Work). LINKS: Guardrails AI: https://shreyar.github.io/guardrails/ RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The HR industry is at a crossroads. What will it take to construct the next generation of incredible businesses – and where can people leaders have the most business impact? Hosts Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich have been through it all, the highs and the lows – IPOs, layoffs, executive turnover, board meetings, culture changes, and more. With a lineup of industry vets and experts, Nolan and Kelli break down the nitty-gritty details, trade offs, and dynamics of constructing high performing companies. Through unfiltered conversations that can only happen between seasoned practitioners, Kelli and Nolan dive deep into the kind of leadership-level strategy that often happens behind closed doors. Check out the first episode with the architect of Netflix's culture deck Patty McCord. https://link.chtbl.com/hrheretics TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Episode preview (05:00) Why Shreya built Guardrails AI (08:33) Common ways LMs can “go off the rails” and how Guardrails can correct it (13:45) Discussion of validators (15:31) Sponsor: Omneky (18:48) Business and creative use cases of Guardrails AI (25:00) What can be achieved by Guardrails AI that cannot be achieved by traditional code (32:44) How agents work vs how Guardrails works (35:34) AI as shepherd vs delegating to AI and the role of human understanding (39:54) Trust deficit and risks (46:33) Is it realistic to imagine GPT-4 using Guardrails? (52:00) How Shreya thinks about security (57:02) How Shreya thinks about embeddings (1:05:05) How Shreya thinks about problemsolving with LMs (1:07:50) Shreya on OpenAI's Evals Library, Anthropic's Constitutional AI (1:12:55) Discussion of determinism (1:15:00) Recommendations for developers to minimize overhead (1:26:00) Predictions about providers in the space of LMs (1:29:30) Shreya's favorite AI tools (1:30:00) Would Shreya get a neuralink implant (1:31:50) Biggest hopes and fears for AI TWITTER: @CogRev_Podcast @ShreyaR (Shreya) @labenz (Nathan) @eriktorenberg (Erik) Thank you Omneky for sponsoring The Cognitive Revolution. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work, customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off. Music Credit: MusicLM More show notes and reading material released in our Substack: https://cognitiverevolution.substack.com

We're ecstatic to celebrate and nominate the phenomenal Amy Poehler for the SNL Hall of Fame! Together with our fantastic guest, Victoria Fronso, we embark on the journey of Amy's illustrious career, from her kazoo-playing ice cream parlor days to her current status as an award-winning actor, producer, writer, director, and comedian. Get ready to be inspired by her amazing accomplishments, including her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, her Golden Globe win, and her friendships with Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, and Keena Faye.Discover the incredible impact Amy Poehler has had on the world of sketch and improv comedy. Reminisce on our favorite moments from the Upright Citizens Brigade Sketch Show and how Amy's trailblazing personality inspired us to chase our comedy dreams. Listen in as we analyze her unforgettable characters and sketches, her chemistry with Maya Rudolph, and her collaboration with guests like Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry, which all contributed to her remarkable SNL legacy.Don't miss out as we discuss Amy's groundbreaking depiction of Hillary Clinton, her hilarious lines like "You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go home. I'm going to go home, put my phone on vibrate and call myself." and how she's become an icon and role model for many. Celebrate the one and only Amy Poehler with us and make sure she gets voted into the SNL Hall of Fame!--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS ---------(0:00:08) - Amy Poehler(0:16:38) - Amy Poehler's Comedy Career(0:26:19) - Amy Poehler's SNL Impact(0:35:48) - SNL Characters With Amy Poehler(0:42:46) - SNL Sketches and Character Influences(0:53:37) - Amy Poehler's Impact on SNL(1:01:00) - Celebrating Amy Poehler's SNL Legacy(1:12:11) - Bronx BeatTranscript0:00:08 - Speaker 1It's the SNL Hall of Fame podcast with your host, jamie Dube, chief Librarian Thomas Senna, and featuring Matt Bardille At now. Curator of the Hall, jamie Dube. 0:00:41 - Speaker 2All right, thank you so much, doug Denats. It is great to be here in the SNL Hall of Fame podcast zone. Please come on inside, but before you do, wipe that spring mock off your feet. The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair. Each episode, we take a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest or writer and add them to the ballot for your consideration. Once the nominees have all been announced, we turn to you, the listener, to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall. Folks, it's time. It's absolutely time. The time has come. May 23rd is tomorrow and voting opens up. Have you registered to vote? Go to SNLHofcom, click vote and click register to vote there. Your ballot will be in your hands within 24 hours. Once the 23rd begins and all bets are off, we're going to elect another class in the SNL Hall of Fame. So this is really exciting. And what makes things even more exciting is today's nominee, because if you had your ballot set, it might be thrown asunder when you hear who we are nominating today, and that is Amy Poehler. We are closing out this season by nominating Amy Poehler. This is going to be great. I can't wait to hear what our guest has to say, and really I can't wait to hear what Matt has to say. So let's go and talk to our friend Matt. Hey, matt. 0:02:22 - Speaker 3Hey, jimmy, how are you doing? I'm great. How about you, matt? I am terrific. I'm really looking forward to today's topic of discussion, amy Poehler. Yeah, she's great. Right, she is wonderful 5'2". Born September 16, 1971. So we're starting to get into the cast members that are around my age and making me feel old, since they're already retired from SNL. She has 94 acting credits, 30 producer credits, 19 writing credits, 15 soundtrack credits and six director credits. Yeah, she was born in Newton, massachusetts, to two school teachers. Her dad pushed her from day one to try new things. Prior to going to college, she worked in an old-timey themed ice cream parlor called Chadwix, where she was made to wear a costume and play the kazoo while singing Happy Birthday to customers. And that's actually what helped her realize that she wanted to be a performer, because making people laugh made her feel like a queen. Yeah, so she started improv with my mother's flea bag. While working on her bachelor's in media at Boston College, she took classes at Second City, where she studied with improv. God, del Close. There's so many people I know who are like one degree separated from Del Close. It's bonkers and it's like man. It must have been wild studying with him. But yeah, so while studying with Del, she befriended and began performing alongside Tina Fey at Improv Olympics, and she then went on to co-found Upright Citizens Brigade and helped create the ASCAT format with Matt Besser, ian Roberts and Matt Walsh In 1996, growing from just an improv sketch troupe to a school of its own, sitting side by side with Second City and the groundlings, as one of the most influential improv sketch schools in entertainment. Ucb went on to train luminaries like Aziz Ansari, donald Glover, ed Helms, ellie Kemper, aubrey Plaza, nick Kroll and Zach Woods. Basically, if you see a hot young comedian who's actually no longer that young but still hot ripping up the industry right now, they likely took a UCB class. Now she is, like my wife, a noted fan of bone stugs and harmony. In the early 90s she had a recurring role on Conan O'Brien's late night as Andy Richter's younger sister, with a disturbingly intense crush on Conan. It was a lot to watch. Even back then She brought it all Now. During the first two seasons of Arrested Development she played Willar Nett, god Bluth's accidental wife, before eventually marrying him for real in 2007, before later divorcing. She also played his sister in the film's Blades of Glory with a disturbingly wife-like energy Now while filming the movie Baby Mama with Keena Faye, she was in fact pregnant with her first child, archie. She has formed lasting friendships with both Faye and Seth Meyers, whom she considers her best friends. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, along with a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in Television. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame along with a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series for Parks and Rec, as well as an Emmy and Writers Guild of America Award. The award was the third SNL alumni to give a class day address to the graduating class at Harvard. Alongside Al Franken and Will Ferrell, she started a wine store called Zoolow Wines and Spirits in Brooklyn Park Slope with musician friends Amy Miles and Mike Robertson, where they sell nice bottles of wine for as little as $13. And finally, during the filming of Parks and Rec, polar started a tradition that any time the show was shot on location, the whole cast and crew would have dinner together and she would dedicate a toast to someone, often picking out a cast or crew member, and the toasts would have to continue until everyone was toasted. Mike sure called this the Polar and continued this tradition on the good place. So yeah, she's just a nice human being. Sounds that way. 0:07:21 - Speaker 2Yeah, nice human being who belongs in the SNL Hall of Fame. What do you think? 0:07:25 - Speaker 3Agreed, definitely agreed. 0:07:28 - Speaker 2All right Cool, all right Yes. 0:07:54 - Speaker 4Thank you so much, matt and Jamie and I am to join here today by a wonderful first time guest here on the SNL Hall of Fame. She's a frequent guest on the Saturday Night Networks podcast. Our great friends over there, john Schneider and them Victoria, i actually heard you on John's shows and decided to poach you. That's kind of what I do here and there is all here talent on the Saturday Night Network and then just kind of get you over here on the SNL Hall of Fame, but John doesn't mind. 0:08:26 - Speaker 7No, I'm sure he doesn't mind the double dip. 0:08:29 - Speaker 4No, he does not. We are all good friends, we're all wonderful podcasting communities. So, victoria Fronso, thank you so much for joining us here on the SNL Hall of Fame. 0:08:39 - Speaker 7And thank you for having me. I'm excited to do this. I love debating Hall of Fame people and who's worthy and who may not be worthy, but we're here to discuss who's worthy. 0:08:49 - Speaker 4Yeah, absolutely, and we have a really good one today. But before we get to that, usually I go into more detail about my guest during this intro, but I want you to do it, victoria. So can you talk about your experience as a sketch and improv performer and maybe a little about being a 2023 SNL scholar? 0:09:09 - Speaker 7Yeah, i'd love to, so I always wanted to do comedy. It was kind of second nature, but my parents always told me, to quote get a real job, as a lot of performer parents tell them to do So. After college, probably around 2018, i started taking improv classes at the second city and did a lot of performances there as well, outside of my classes, and then in 2020, i auditioned for the conservatory, which I'll just pair like just for context is kind of like your masters of comedy and improv at the second city, you have to audition to get in and you have to audition to stay in, and then something called the pan pandemic is what it was called happen. 0:09:52 - Speaker 4I've heard about that. 0:09:53 - Speaker 7Yeah, I read about on Twitter and it was like, oh, it was a big deal or something. So I had to pause there. Pause there for a little bit. But last year, while living in Detroit, I was doing comedy at Go Comedy Improv Improv Theater. I don't know why I keep can't say improv for the life of me, even though I do it all the time. I was doing comedy there I was an understudy. I did a couple of sketch shows or a sketch show at the planet Aunt Theater, both theaters founded by Second City Detroit alumni, which is really cool. So you kind of get that training trickle down. And then last year I applied for the Saturday Night Live Scholarship at the second city and was one out of four people who got it, which is really cool. It's a diversity scholarship and it kind of is trying to build a pathway for folks who have a different background, whether that be ethnically racial, if they're part of the LGBTQ plus community, just to get them an opportunity to be in spaces that they may otherwise not have. And what that entails is they pay for my training and what my classes are, And I'm currently in the final stage of my classes at Second City. So it's kind of bittersweet there, But then I get to meet with a few of SNL folks and then hopefully get to audition this time next year. 0:11:12 - Speaker 4Wow, that's awesome And hopefully you won't forget all of us little people who you've interacted with when you're on the show in New York doing that. But that's Victoria, that's so awesome And I just kind of wish you really good luck and wish you well on your venture there. That's so wonderful. 0:11:32 - Speaker 7Thank you so much. I don't expect anything. I'll be very honest. I don't expect to be on SNL. I'm really just grateful to be doing this work. It's been a part of my life for such a long time And now that I'm able to kind of learn from the best and learn all these different techniques whether or not I make a SNL or whatever it is I end up doing I'm just happy to be doing it. And even being on podcasts like this one and just to share my love for comedy in different ways is awesome. 0:12:01 - Speaker 4You bring such a great perspective that we haven't had here. On the SNL Hall of Fame You're not just watching Saturday Night Live and watching sketch performers, you're doing it. You're performing sketch, you're taking the classes, you're making your way through. So I just love that perspective that you bring to this. So that's why I think you're the perfect guest to talk about Amy Poehler, because she was so influential in the sketch and improv world. So her first sketch and improv experience, just real quick, was with Improv Olympic. So can you tell us kind of about Improv Olympic and what Amy's background is with that? 0:12:41 - Speaker 7Yeah, i don't know entirely too much about her time at IO is what it is called But I do know her first class was taught by Sharna Halpern, who is an icon and a staple in the Chicago improv community and just improv everywhere, and so to have your first class in Chicago taught by her is kind of a big deal. You don't see it often. I don't think Sharna is teaching much anymore. She also learned and worked from Del Close, who's also a legend in the comedy world in Chicago and improv as well, and that's actually where she met Tina Fey. So a lot of folks think she met her at Second City, but I think it was actually IO where they met and then they moved on to Second City. But yeah, others at IO, just to name a few, was like Chris Farley was there, and so it's that institution among Second City or where they've built a lot of these great SNL cast members. 0:13:37 - Speaker 4Yeah, the roots of sketch and improv definitely go back to IO and Del Close especially. Del Close is one of those names that you hear. It's almost like hearing about if you're a baseball fan, like Babe Ruth or something like that, and they name Del Close rings like that amongst these circles. 0:13:54 - Speaker 7I was going to say, if you're a fan of improv and sketch and learning about where it all started, i highly recommend reading the book called Improv Nation, and it goes a little bit deeper. If you're a little nerd about it, like me, it goes a bit a lot deeper into it And it talks about how Chicago has become this for lack of a better term a cesspool of comedic geniuses, and that's where everyone comes to really get their foot in the door. 0:14:23 - Speaker 4I think that book delved into Mike Nichols and maybe his work in two And everybody knows Mike Nichols from his time as a director, a really famous director, but he has roots there. Improv Nation is a really good book. I second that. I suggest Improv Nation as well. So yeah, so Amy Poehler joined in 1995, she then moved on to Upright Citizens Brigade where I think most people who caught the me of the tail end are familiar with her before SNL. They know her with UCB. So she co-founded the UCB Theater in New York City in 1999. That's one of the main training grounds for aspiring and sketch improv and comedians. Like Second City and those others, The groundlings in California and LA, These are like the huge breeding grounds for sketch and improv reformers. So Victoria is someone who's currently a sketch and improv comedian. I know you're most associated with second city but you know we can put into context UCB standing in that world of sketch. So maybe let me tell us about UCB's standing in that world and Particularly Amy's influence. 0:15:34 - Speaker 7Yeah, i just take a step back to. I want to call out that Amy Polar was on second cities touring company, which has been part of second cities since, i think, 1967, and It was a way for if you weren't able to make it a second city, second city was gonna come to you and Not many people are able to do that. So I just want to call out how awesome it is and how you know Seldom it is that you get to see folks on touring company. It's very competitive. Former touring members include, like Julia Louis Dreyfus and Chris Redd, and they, her and Tina Fey, actually auditioned on the same day and got to tour together, which is really cool. But UCB, i think it was she founded in 1996 with Matt Welsh who you may know is like the doctor from the hangover. 0:16:20 - Speaker 4Mm-hmm, Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, he's awesome. 0:16:25 - Speaker 7He's so underrated but we'll talk about him another time Among a few others, and they, you know, really found their footing in New York City and that's where they really created a foundation You know they made appearances with. Back. Then was called late night with Conan O'Brien And they played like some characters in the audience You've seen that and also like late night with Jimmy Fallon and and all that where they sit among the audience. They also had a show on County Central, which is really cool. It was improv driven sketches like hidden camera stunts, and most notable, i think, is what was called the, the prostitute Parista, where she's this like former prostitute who goes and interviews at a coffee shop and Matt Well should we just talked about is the hiring man is like I don't think you're qualified And it's very funny, and then they end up being best friends and he ends up following his dreams. It was really funny. And then eventually she was one of the co-founders of UCB theater in New York And I think they also had it in LA, which unfortunately closed during the pandemic but is reportedly back. I I'm gonna describe a moment where I kind of like you know, people peak in high school Yeah, i peaked. I peaked in this moment and then it's been downhill since. It's been stagnant downhill and stagnant a little bit. But March 2020, right before, like literally two weeks before the world shut down, i Went to New York City and I was standing outside SNL at the what's it called, the, just outside where folks can meet the, the cast members. After the show and Chris read, who I've seen numerous times previously in Chicago, recognized me and said oh hey, victoria, how are you? and He said are you here on Monday, which I was Monday was actually March 2nd, was my birthday And he goes hey, come to UCB, me and Ego are doing an improv show. I was like, uh, okay, and Got tickets. We went and that was my first time at UCB. It was really fun. They did this cool little. They were. I love the format of it. I won't spoil it, just in case they're they're doing it again, but they basically are doing. They ask questions or they do a little bit at the beginning and then it turns into an actual scene. And then afterward I got to talk to him a little bit and meet Ego, new Odom, and that was my birthday and that was the best Birthday ever, yeah, and yeah, i peaked and I'll never get. 0:18:48 - Speaker 4You got, i mean, the personal invite from Chris read for one. He didn't. It's not like you went to the show as a fan and then you happen to meet them afterward like you. You Got the personal invite. So yeah, i would. That would be Damn near the peak for me too. 0:19:04 - Speaker 7Yeah, so and I mean it was just, it was a bit. It's a very cool theater. If you're in New York City I highly recommend you go and check it out. It's you can tell like the comedy and the genius that is Amy Poehler. You know why she's an awesome contender for a Hall of Fame spot, just kind of flows through that space and She's definitely inspired me. Her and Tina Fey when I was younger always inspired me Gilda Radner, of course, but you know from my generation, the folks that I, the women I looked up to, were those two and It was because of them I even signed up for my first second city class. And you know, here We are today, a few years later. 0:19:43 - Speaker 4But yeah, so she's. She's definitely an inspiration for you, and And a lot of people and I thought what one of the things that I find fascinating about her As it relates to her time before SNL was you will, you had mentioned the the upright citizens Brigade Brigade Sketch show that was on Comedy Central. So that ran for three seasons. It was with the aforementioned Matt Walsh, matt Besser and Ian Roberts also made up the UCB and it's interesting because she's one of the few, one of the handful of people who get to SNL who Did sketch on television before that. So of course, like we had, keenan Thompson had sketched experience on TV. Darren Killam, i believe, was on mad TV before SNL. Kate McKinnon was known for for Being on a sketch show, but Amy was like that too and I'd watched the upright citizens Brigade on Comedy Central as it was airing and So cool, yeah, so it was awesome. It was like a spiritual successor. I would say to kids in the hall. It kind of had that weird out there kids in the hall vibe, also a precursor to like I think you should leave Tim Robinson's Netflix show. There was some weird elements there. But just totally up my alley, did you have you gone back or did you get to watch upright citizens Brigade on Comedy Central? 0:21:06 - Speaker 7I Wasn't cool enough to watch it. I don't think even I was allowed to watch Comedy Central. 0:21:11 - Speaker 4I was probably dating myself, because I was plenty old enough to watch it. It was airing live. 0:21:17 - Speaker 7Yeah, it was hit or miss, like sometimes they could watch MTV But like I couldn't watch other things, or like my parents let me watch a godfather with that. It was just very weird what they pick and chose of what I could see, but I don't watch it then. I have gone back a few times and and watch bits and pieces of it just to. Sometimes you just need to like get re-inspired and Remotivated so you go and watch some of the folks that you really look up to and what they did and kind of make yourself feel better About where you're at too. No, i've watched it too, like the. The prostitute Parisone was again probably most notable, but one of my favorites too. It kind of demonstrates her Ability to be so multifaceted. I don't think that some of that content stands the test of time. 0:22:03 - Speaker 4Yeah, I don't think they could push it. 0:22:05 - Speaker 7But if you just look at it like face value for the time it was in it was, it was awesome. 0:22:10 - Speaker 4Yeah, yeah, definitely Something that, like I compared it to kids in the hall, which was a Lorne Michaels produced show, of course. So definitely something that probably would have caught the attention of SNL producers and possibly Lorne her time on the upright citizens brigade show. That's a tongue twister, upright citizens brigade. 0:22:31 - Speaker 7So no, i'm a little side note. I'm really impressed that you know what kids in the hall is. 0:22:36 - Speaker 4Oh, God, no, okay, i watched kids in the hall. I was a weird eight-year-old, okay, watching kids in the hall. So I would watch SNL in the early 90s. So again, dating myself. But so I was. I was probably watching SNL as it was airing probably around 1990, 91, and after SNL finished they would show kids in the hall. So so, yeah, so if I was able to stay awake by then I would maybe catch some kids in the hall. Of course I watched kids in the hall and comedy central when I was like in middle school, high school, so that's, yeah, i don't know. Just people, probably SNL viewers of my age and generation Also love kids in the hall you. 0:23:19 - Speaker 7You know, before the show, just for context for listeners, we were talking about Sterling Heights, michigan, and how very niche it was. But Kevin McDonald of Kids in the hall did a workshop to a go comedy improv theater in Frandale, michigan. So really. Yes, it was very cool. Yeah, and Again, also like didn't realize that a lot of people knew what kids in the hall is, because usually you mentioned. If you're like, what are you talking? 0:23:46 - Speaker 4about. Oh, yeah, i, the kids in the hall theme song was my alarm on my my phone for years. I think I maybe changed it last year, but the but the kids in the hall theme song was was my alarm that I woke up to for like year, like a decade. That's awesome. So, yeah, you're talking to a huge fan right there and it's a huge compliment to Amy that I would compare Her some of her work before SNL to kids in the hall, a show that I love Just so dearly. So we talked about her, her background before SNL Are flexing her muscles, already doing a lot in the sketch comedy world. So she was on SNL from 2001 to 2009. She debuted during a tense and confusing time in the country and SNL. So in her book yes please, which I highly recommend. Since we're recommending books on this episode, i recommend yes please by Amy Polar. So she talked about how difficult it was to start SNL right after 9-11 Because of the mood of the country. She wasn't sure if people were ready to smile, much less laugh, which is something that I remember Is. Well, that was just kind of the mood of the country in general. So, as far as her SNL stuff goes, what stood out to you about Amy as a sketch performer? 0:25:12 - Speaker 7so I know that a lot of the SNL Performers and cast members are able to take, you know, an ordinary thing and kind of exaggerate it, but I think what stood out about her is how she was able to do it and she, i think, a lot of her stuff What's the what's the word? like what? how do I phrase it? It was simple, yet like punchy, you know, like she didn't have to do a lot to get her point across, and we're gonna talk about a few of these characters, you know, coming down. But she was able to take something so ordinary and mundane and turn it into something Wild and funny and, you know, provide a different outlook. And you know she as as a woman, and especially as a woman in comedy, she was able to be a like a full-on feminist and kind of push through barriers. Not that she's the first to do it and not that she perfected it, but again, someone in my generation looking up to folks. She was right there after, you know, especially after the internet, and I think she was ahead of her time to you on some topics. I could talk about her pre SNL days forever, but she did which I'm gonna go back to really quickly here. She did a pilot, i think, with SNL slash IO called RVTV, with Del Close. You should, it's on, it's on YouTube and You know she has a line in there where she kind of calls out the establishment And she calls out the NRA and she goes it's cool to be a Republican, guns are cool, so is the NRA. Murder is hip, like she already had. She knew before we know, and she brought that perspective To SNL and to all of her, her comedy really. And so that to me, while it's general that her POV, is what stood out to me in her characters and what she wrote and how she performed them. 0:27:00 - Speaker 4Yeah, i think you brought up a good point. I think it she had like an economy of words. She didn't like it was just just just little punchy Kind of things. We would see a lot of that on weekend update, a lot of that on her UCB show, on Comedy Central. I can sell. Just kind of going through the previous seasons which I did recently, it was like, oh this is, this is Amy, and I think Victoria, you brought up just what I didn't even Consciously, i guess think that as far as Amy goes, like why did? why is she so appealing to me? Why is why, like when she was on weekend update, like why do I find her jokes more satisfying than like Seth Meyers jokes? And I like Seth Meyers? but there's a reason why I liked Amy's jokes maybe a little bit more. And then you I think what you said Perfectly encapsulates that- I mean in a word She was fearless. 0:27:52 - Speaker 7Yeah she really like she did her thing and I don't think she let much get in the way of her, you know, getting her point across and how she felt about things. It was always her point of view, which is what we need. We can't just have a shared point of view, which in some cases yes, but when she came, you know, to the writer's room or to the screen, she Was uniquely, always herself, which was brilliant. 0:28:17 - Speaker 4Yeah, and with packed with a lot of confidence To and that's the thing you can have a message and you can have ideas and what you think is a point of view. But I think you need to also really relay that with confidence and Amy had that in droves. She was super confident which is inspiring. 0:28:35 - Speaker 7I mean, we I'm, we being me. I'm gonna bring my perspective as as a woman, especially as a minority in comedy. Like we didn't have a lot of that, you know, on TV where a Woman is outspoken Like some of her character. A lot of her characters are outspoken and they weren't really a shy or reserve. She was up and center and, you know, really didn't care what people had to say. And it's inspiring to me to kind of bring That to the table too and it's allowed me to also in my comedy, to be fake confident. You know, fake it till you make it. But Yeah, she's, she's awesome in that way. 0:29:16 - Speaker 4Yeah, so as far as specific Characters and sketches from her time at SNL, where should we start? 0:29:25 - Speaker 7My goodness, that's a loaded question. I Think the most obvious is probably like what do you think Hillary Clinton? 0:29:33 - Speaker 5It has been such an honor to serve you, the citizens of my home state of New York. Oh, my kidding, this is not my home state. It never was my home state. Pack up the house a chap, a quad bill. What's that We never unpacked? 0:29:50 - Speaker 4even better, Yeah, that was one of her first recurring characters, especially she. She started that in her third season. So her depiction of Hillary Clinton. So we talked about what Amy brought to the table as a sketch performer. You saw some of that in her depiction of Hillary Clinton. 0:30:10 - Speaker 7Yes, she played, of course, an exaggerated caricature of Hillary Clinton, but again, it was this fearless confident. You know I'm calling out the sexism in politics. You know I'm calling out how insane like, especially with her. You know, with Tina Feyess, sarah Palin, calling out how kind of ludicrous it is that Sarah Palin has gotten a little well in 2008, got a little bit further in politics. And she did. And you know she brought her personality to Hillary Clinton and, you know, made it, made it really funny. 0:30:49 - Speaker 4Yeah, and as far as doing impressions and everything like that I'm preaching to the choir, probably here, but you got to find that hook right. As a performer, and I've heard, i've heard some of the masters, like Daryl Hammond, dana Carvey, love, they love talking about how they conjure up impressions. But you have to find that hook And I think with her, hillary Clinton, with Amy Pollars, hillary Clinton she started you know her mannerisms, that laugh, because Hillary didn't really laugh like that, to be honest with you, but it was something that Amy was able to grab onto and say this is an element of this character that I'm creating and let's work from there. 0:31:32 - Speaker 7Yeah, and it's funny that you mentioned that, because when she was with Hillary, which is, i think it was March, march 1st 2008. I think I forgot what season that was, but she does a call open with Hillary Clinton and Hillary Clinton asked her I don't laugh like that, do I? And she was well like, yeah, you know it was. It was just very funny that she you get to call impressions of yourself. You don't really see that And then, of course, in a cold open, which is even more rare, in Second City Saturday Night Live. So I mean, it's just iconic. She's done things that others have never done on that show. 0:32:08 - Speaker 4Yeah, she played Hillary Clinton 13 times throughout the years, from season 29 all the way up to her last season. It was season 34. So she played Hillary Clinton quite a few times. One of the sketches and I don't know if you remember this one, but it's it's what I kind of go back to as far as when Amy first announced herself with confidence something that she first led, it was in her second episode and it's it's a sketch that she wrote with Sean Williams Scott. It was the porn star sketch. 0:32:39 - Speaker 8Hey, can I ask you a question? 0:32:42 - Speaker 1You can ask me anything. You know that. 0:32:48 - Speaker 9When do you think it's a good time to mention in a relationship that you've done some porn? 0:32:56 - Speaker 10What Just like? how long do you think like in a relationship you should wait before you tell somebody you did a little porn? 0:33:05 - Speaker 7Like, first of all, what an era It was. It was again right after, you know, september 11th, unfortunately, but like those early 2000s, like when it comes to comedy, they were so out there It was almost the Wild West. 0:33:21 - Speaker 4Yeah, yeah, people were taking chances, it was. I mean, some of the bad stuff was like it was. I think it was the height of like edge lord kind of comedy which wasn't so wonderful, but then. But you also had people taking chances and delving into ideas that that that maybe are taboo or risque. 0:33:39 - Speaker 7Yeah, I mean Sean Williams, scott himself was in what American Pie Like again wouldn't go so well if it was released as is for the first time today. But yeah, i mean just having him there and then, you know, having her. Like I said, she takes simple things, which I guess being a porn star, dating is something you don't usually see, but it's a simple thing. 0:34:04 - Speaker 4She takes every day right. 0:34:06 - Speaker 7Yeah, and it is a slice of life. Yeah, and it's a different POV. We don't usually see that POV, but you know I love that. She was like downplaying. I know I was, i was in a porn movie and he's like, well, i don't care about your past. There's like, well, this afternoon I guess was my past And then you know, it was just very funny. I think again, really cool that she got to be she was fresh to SNL in the second episode, got to be in, got to be a main character with the host, her second episode. It just I don't know, man, do I? I'm preaching, i'm also preaching to the choir, but like she is doing things that are essentially unheard of in at SNL. Yeah, that's soon. Yeah, that's soon And it's your own sketch that you have co-written. But yeah, I mean, if you wanted to walk through, I guess how it how it went for the rest of folks, I don't want to ruin it for you if that's where you're going. 0:35:05 - Speaker 4Oh, no, yeah, go ahead. 0:35:06 - Speaker 7No, so I mean she's you know having I thought it was a dinner with a boyfriend or it's like. 0:35:12 - Speaker 4Yeah, And she was like Or just like it seemed like a they've maybe a first date or they were in the early stages of dating. 0:35:19 - Speaker 7Yes, Early stages of dating She's like oh, when is it a good time to mention that I've done a porn movie? And he was like what? And then you know she's like, oh, it's. She kind of does like, oh, it was like a one time thing, but she's been in multiple. And he finds out She's like oh, it's your past. And she's like well, this afternoon, i guess, is my past. And yeah, he's like I thought I thought it'd be cool to date a porn star, but it's now that I'm am. It's not fun. She was, i'm not a porn star yet. 0:35:51 - Speaker 4And I think she crossed her fingers to her. She had the mannerism like I'm not a porn star yet, Like yes, I might be looking soon And you know what? 0:36:01 - Speaker 7That's how you want to get your bag. Get your bag, like, not shaming Women for their choices. And then, of course, seth Meyers, who, like I think, was probably her top collaborator throughout her time on SNL, you know, comes in as the waiter. He's like, oh, i think I know you from somewhere, and then it turns out he casted one of her movies and then he goes and rushes to the kitchen and tell his friends And then at the end of it she's signing autographs. So, you know, josh, aka Sean Williams Scott, is just at the end, i guess, accepting of her career. 0:36:37 - Speaker 4Yeah, and I'm sure viewers at the time who knew Amy from her Comedy Central days were waiting for some kind of showcase like that And it came really soon. So she does cite that in her book too. It was just something that of course, was one of the more memorable experiences for her on the time from her time at the show. So that was, like her, basically the first Amy Polar led sketch on SNL. That was from season 27, episode two, sean Williams, scott, go check that out. I think it's a fun episode, just kind of overall. But that I think, and I think this porn star sketch I call it porn it's like porn star date sketch. I think it was like a 10 to one. So I think they kind of just put it at the end of the show. Yes, and it fit perfectly, yeah, so I'm glad it made air. 0:37:27 - Speaker 7I will plug Peacock. It's on Peacock if you want to watch it. So everything, mostly everything, is on Peacock, if I'm not mistaken. 0:37:34 - Speaker 4Yeah, So sometimes when you get to seasons like 30, 31 or so, you find like 15 minute episodes on Peacock. But I think season 27, we're still you can find mostly full episodes. 0:37:46 - Speaker 7Yeah, so go check that out If you're looking for musical performances. I think they cut a lot of those out. But other than that, if you Michael Jordan episodes on there, so just go for it and watch it. 0:37:58 - Speaker 4Another great episode as well. Yeah, and the LeBron James episodes on there too, just if you're more of a LeBron person. 0:38:05 - Speaker 7Oh, you can't say that to me. I literally live in Chicago. I know I was born in the 90s, lived in Chicago during Michael Jordan's era. What are you doing? I got it. I'm just going to start a different podcast about that. 0:38:23 - Speaker 4So what other sketches or characters could we not do the show without talking about? 0:38:32 - Speaker 7Bronx beat. 0:38:33 - Speaker 4Bronx beat Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph Just great chemistry. 0:38:38 - Speaker 7Yeah, they were like I'm surprised it was brought. I mean Bronx. I don't listen, i don't want to offend culture here. I don't know if it's a Bronx or Staten Island. I didn't realize that it was Bronx. I thought it was like the Italians were in Staten Island. But again, i don't want to be wrong, i don't want to offend any New Yorkers. I make it ignore me, but I really loved it. They were like these disgusted, outspoken, sassy women. 0:39:06 - Speaker 10Let me ask you something, frank. You married Well. 0:39:08 - Speaker 7I have a girlfriend. 0:39:09 - Speaker 10Why haven't you asked your girlfriend to marry you? You know what? Don't get married. Listen to us. Don't get married. Your life is over Over. 0:39:15 - Speaker 11She is right. You know what? My husband? I want to kill him. I want to strangle him while he's asleep. I want to kill him. You know what I love him. 0:39:23 - Speaker 10He's in love with my life. Here we go with the waterworks. He gave me my two dollars. What am I going to do? So emotional these days, it's true, i can't help it. He gave me my two dollars. I would die without him. You know what Frank Do. Whatever you want, what am I an expert? 0:39:35 - Speaker 7Who like fond over male guests and would flirt with them. There was a line I don't know if I'm allowed to say on this podcast Go ahead and say it, and if I feel I need to cut it, i will. Okay, she, amy Poehler, was with Jake Gyllenhaal, i believe, was it Jake? No, it was with Justin Timberlake and Andy Sandberg, and she was. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go home. I'm going to go home, put my phone on vibrate and call myself Like so gross but like so funny, like again, kind of talking about that confidence and that fearlessness and all of her characters, like I don't know that I'd be ever confident enough to say that. And then she's like now leave before I change my mind. 0:40:19 - Speaker 4Total Amy Poehler. Just we were talking about how confident she is And these characters both the characters that both she and Maya played in these sketches were sassy, aggressive, just shameless. Yeah, absolutely Just. And they played against most of the male. It was usually a host that would come in. They were shy and just trying to. You could tell they were maybe interns on their show, just trying to learn the ropes or whatever guests who were kind of shy. So they played really well off of these sassy, aggressive women. So I think perfect Amy was like one of the perfect people to play this. 0:40:56 - Speaker 7Yeah, i think the most I mean. Correct me if I'm wrong. I would think the most notable and beloved sketch of that is with Katy Perry, where she comes in in that Elmo t-shirt and they're like whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You know, like you know, today's episode is brought to you by the number 38 in the letter D And just like, very funny and she was in but also very empowering for women. This, this feminist POV, comes in, she goes they go never be embarrassed by your body, never, ever. And so it just yeah, it was very funny. Betty Caruso has a piece of my heart. She's America's, america's mom. 0:41:36 - Speaker 4Just wonderful, yeah, and it seemed like this Bronx beat show for these characters was like their outlet, because they do allude to just their moms and they have families at home. So it almost seems like this is their outlet just to kind of say what they want and flirt with who they want. So, yeah, the Bronx beat we don't have to tell our listeners to I'm sure they've checked this out so many times Definitely, as far as Amy Polar goes, part of her canon for sure. Yeah, so, and one another recurring character that we're volleying over here. So another recurring character that I want to mention is Caitlin Rick. 0:42:18 - Speaker 8Rick, rick, listen, rick, i know it's 16 hours until Uncle Scott's wedding And I know that you told me it was too early to put my dress on. But as co-junior bridesmaid, i really feel like I need to walk around and practice in my dress, with the heels and the head thing, and I'll be like dum dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum dum. 0:42:42 - Speaker 4Oh God Which. And Amy says this character, it was the hyperchild who hung out with her uncle. I think it was usually Horatio Sands was the uncle. Yeah, and Amy says that this character was an homage to Gilda Radner and her Judy Miller character. From now And it's kind of funny when I just had that in my mind this reminds me of like the Gilda character. And Amy says that it was an homage to that Judy Miller character from Gilda's I didn't realize that. Yeah, so we're seeing Gilda's influence to an SNL Hall of Famer in her own right. She got voted in Yeah. So, yeah, we're seeing Gilda's influence And Amy, just I love that. She's paying homage to her heroes, essentially, and this was a fun character. 0:43:28 - Speaker 7No, now that you say that, that makes total sense And it comes out in the mannerisms. I mean, Caitlyn is such great birth control if you're debating whether or not you want kids. 0:43:40 - Speaker 4I just took a drink of water. I almost did a spit take. 0:43:44 - Speaker 7No, i just that's. When I think of Caitlyn, i think of great birth control. I was like, oh, i don't know if I want kids, just watch Caitlyn, you know if you're leaning. No, that'll solidify, solidify your decision there. No, i mean, she's like annoying kid with braces. I love the one with. Oh man, he retired twice. What's his name? Tom Brady, and you know, just, she puts on a dress. She's just so annoying, she's hyperactive, she's overly annoying, but that's the point. That's the whole point. 0:44:14 - Speaker 4Yeah, yeah, and I usually yeah, i usually don't love a lot of shouting in sketches. That's why I don't know, that's why I've had to. I've had to come around on Sarah Sherman. I love Sarah now and I love most of her stuff, but a lot I've had to really come around to her more shouty types of pieces that she does on SNL. But I still enjoy these Caitlyn sketches because of her interplay with her ratio And then the character feels fleshed out to me Like there's some hints for a sad home life, forcing Yeah, she's like always just kind of hints at that that she has a really sad home life. 0:44:55 - Speaker 7I think the best characters no matter if it's Saturday Night Live or Key and Peele or whatever it is always have a fleshed out POV And you can tell exactly who they are, where they came from. You can visualize their life outside of the scene that you're seeing. I think those are always made for the best characters. You don't really have to guess who they are outside of the scene. I think that was Caitlyn And I agree The shouty stuff is hard for me too, and I agree with you with Sarah Sherman. I think she's funny, yeah, And I think what she does is so unique and so niche. This is Sarah Sherman we're talking about, but yeah, no, those those louder ones are take a little bit more time for me to warm up to them, but I eventually do, and I think this was at that time, one of the few that were. So it worked because it wasn't constant. I don't think they've ever done constant shouting characters or something that I could be wrong, but I think it worked for her time there. 0:45:57 - Speaker 4Yeah, yeah, i agree, and I think part of her character which I find funny and it's, you know, hinting at how she is outside of the sketch is like her references are old. So she referenced like Dennis Leary Like what little kid references Dennis Leary? or Amadeus, the like the Amadeus? And it tells me that maybe, and this was probably by design by the writers and Amy for this character. It tells me that that that Caitlyn grew up being babysat by the TV and she probably watched a lot of adult content that she shouldn't have been in, not not like sex and violence, but just adult stuff, like like that. That's how I was when I was a kid and yeah, like I said, i'm not talking about like when I was a kid, i would watch movies with nudity. I would watch movies that had like themes of divorce and like finding yourself in midlife crisis, and I was like seven years old Sitting in front of the TV eating cocoa puffs just in my pajamas, watching like Kramer vs Kramer. Yeah, and I kind of think that's how Caitlin was with her homidaeus and Dennis Leary types of references. 0:47:09 - Speaker 7I wonder if her reference to Dennis Leary was kind of an homage to her Massachusetts upbringing as well, since they're both from Massachusetts. 0:47:17 - Speaker 4That's a good point. I'm gonna go ahead and say it was. 0:47:20 - Speaker 7Yeah, i mean, i don't know how close. I think she's from Newton, he's from Warchester, warchester. 0:47:27 - Speaker 4I don't know. You're not a person from Massachusetts, apparently Warester. 0:47:32 - Speaker 7I am a Midwestern gal, through and through from Chicago and Detroit. I call myself a chitroiter. 0:47:39 - Speaker 4Don't let somebody from Massachusetts hear you pronounce it, warchester. 0:47:44 - Speaker 7Okay, listen, i love. 0:47:44 - Speaker 4Duncan. 0:47:46 - Speaker 7I love Duncan, i love Winter, i love the movie Feverpitch Oh yeah, okay With Jimmy Fallon. Yeah, sorry, sorry to the Massachusetts community. You can't see my face. 0:48:06 - Speaker 4So I brought up. Caitlin, so I believe it's your turn. What characters sketch kind of stands out to you? 0:48:14 - Speaker 7Do we want to talk about the needlers? 0:48:16 - Speaker 4We can talk about the needlers. 0:48:18 - Speaker 8Does everyone know what they're getting? Yeah, i think I'm gonna get this beet salad. What. 0:48:24 - Speaker 2The beet salad Bee salad. 0:48:29 - Speaker 10Beet salad. Well, the first two times you said bee salad. 0:48:34 - Speaker 8Yeah, honey, i have a real craving for putting some bees in my mouth. 0:48:38 - Speaker 7I mean, we all know that couple in real life And sometimes I think that they perhaps solved those sketches back in like what 2005. And copy them on purpose, just to make all of us sad and mad. 0:48:54 - Speaker 4Yeah, just to make everybody uncomfortable for their own amusement. 0:48:57 - Speaker 7Yeah, it was. Just it was very like toxic, like the kids today would call that relationship toxic, i think I don't know. Maybe you know this. I have a question because I don't know everything about SNL. Was there a previous version of that called Dan and Sally Harrison, the couple that should be divorced? 0:49:16 - Speaker 4Yeah, so that was the first sketch. They were called Sally and Dan Harrison, the couple that should be divorced. I think they had a theme song. 0:49:24 - Speaker 1You're the horn in my side, you're the face that makes me angry. 0:49:30 - Speaker 5Nothing you ever say or do is right. Sally, and then Harrison, the couple that should be divorced. 0:49:39 - Speaker 4In SNL canon. I consider that the first Needler sketch was that, sally and Dan Harrison. I think their names are Sally and Dan Needler. Possibly going forward They changed the last name from Harrison to Needler, which of course they're needling each other, so there's a bit on the nose, but you want to remember. Sometimes it's on the nose, but yeah, we all know that couple. 0:50:03 - Speaker 7I don't know why I wrote that down when you said it. I wrote it down in my notes as if I'm going to have to retain that for a later day. 0:50:11 - Speaker 4You might. 0:50:12 - Speaker 7You might be on some SNL trivia show and it might come up, maybe that's like if I ever get to audition, they're like, hey, what was the first Needler sketch? I'm going to have to know it. 0:50:24 - Speaker 4Most people don't know that if you audition for SNL, there's a written test to go along with it. We hear stories about what it's like to be up there not getting laughs and still doing the thing, but then what we don't know is that there's a written test. Thorne Michaels is the proctor for the test and he's walking around, so this might be on SNL's written test, victoria. 0:50:46 - Speaker 7Okay, that's so good to know. I'm going to also, after this goes live, download it and like memorize everything we've said word for word, just in case. 0:50:55 - Speaker 4Yeah, just commit it to memory. So this sketch I love that you brought it up because Amy and Seth, they go from aggressive to passive aggressive just in an instant and they have really good chemistry here, that which we've seen a lot throughout SNL, throughout them in particular. 0:51:13 - Speaker 7They're a great duo. Hey, always comparing her to Tina Fey, but they were kind of each other's counterparts at the time but, like Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon, i think, have the same energy as Seth and Amy. they just worked really well together. I think they co collaborated a lot during, you know, their time in SNL. So you see, that which we'll talk about hopefully, i mean which I'm sure we'll talk about later is, you know, we can update and the needlers and and other things that they've, you know, written together and just they did that so well together. I really couldn't see her doing that sketch with anyone else. I love the fertility, fertility clinic one with Natalie Portman because it's like it describes those quote toxic and quote couples so perfectly. we're fighting all the time and then they end up like doing it Like they were doing it in the, in the waiting room, and Jason Sudeik has come and he's like I don't think we'll have any more patients for the day and she's like why is that he goes there doing it? 0:52:16 - Speaker 4Yeah, of course, that's like often the the button to those sketches. The first one, johnny Knoxville, is the one that walks in on them and yeah, that's just perfect, and that's that's how it is with those couples. It's so intense and passionate and it's in past. It's passionate negatively and sometimes passionate very positively. 0:52:35 - Speaker 7Yeah, oh, that's maybe a good word passionate versus toxic and that's what those couples will tell you. 0:52:41 - Speaker 4We're not talks, we're just passionate. 0:52:43 - Speaker 7Yeah, you don't know him like I know him okay. Okay, yeah, like they're like little lines of like, oh, we're late because he thought it was better to take the back roads instead of, oh, the highway. And then they were at dinner and she's like oh, be salad, be salad. He's like beat salad, yeah, because I wanted a bunch of bees in my mouth, just like. Very like. We know those couples, unfortunately, and if you think you're in that couple now and you're listening, please break up and find peace, please do everybody. Yeah, for the sake of society. 0:53:21 - Speaker 4So, yeah, you brought up weekend update, so I want to talk about that now. Actually, good segue. So she, yeah, started weekend update in her fourth season. So she did it season 30 to season 34, final update. Final update was in the middle of season 34. So what did you? and I know they say comparison is the thief of joy, but that's almost Kind of what we do here. Even if we don't do it overtly, it's almost applied that we're comparing cast members and errors and all of that. So I mean, what did you think of Amy on weekend update? 0:53:55 - Speaker 7Of course, to be reckoned with. You know she was part of the first and only female duo to host week and update with Tina Fey. Then, of course, she had a successful run with Seth Myers and she's just had like really great bits. You know, one that stands out to me was you know her and Tina Fey mentoring Lindsay Lohan at the time, who was like that was such a great mean girls era and you know, for folks who are younger, like millennials, i should say that was kind of like our Like the comedy growing up of was you know mean girls and and you know the Tina Fey and Amy Polars growing up. So it was really awesome. You know it was very like. I'm confronting her about rumors they've heard about her which, like at the time everyone had a rumor was very. I think as a side we've done a little bit better, not too much better, but we've progressed a little bit how we treat women and people who are famous but just like saying, you know you have me to Barton arms. You're too skinny, are you eating? I went to the club and then The fun part of the you know the twist of Lindsay Lohan throwing it back on them. She's like well, you slept with people for Tanta movies, are you know? you're drunk right now. And Amy Polars like, yes, i am, no, i mean, she was great. She brought a lot of originality to it again. It's that POV of I am myself, i am me, i'm fearless, i'm confident, and you better listen to me, and this is what I've got to say. She brought that there too. 0:55:26 - Speaker 4Yeah, amy, on update to me, that really allowed her to display her wit and charm on the show she was out of character. Well, kind of out of character, but it was. You know she. She straddled the line is weekend update anchors Do, but she really was allowed to display her wit and charm. She did like playful crowd work in spots. That was really entertaining. She and Tina did a lot of bits amongst themselves outside of the update jokes, like you mentioned that Lindsay Lohan mentorship bit. They would rap, they would sing songs, they would have bits like the The nutbird news quiz, the bitch news quiz, kind of different things like that. So I like that she and Tina When outside of we're just gonna take turns doing jokes and then have like a cast member do a week a bit with us or whatever, like they would do bits amongst themselves, which I think, yeah, really interesting. 0:56:25 - Speaker 7Yeah, i mean out of the wraps, which was your favorite. 0:56:29 - Speaker 4Oh man, not to put you on the spot. Yeah, they did one. It was either the one that I remember most and I went back and rewatched kind of Her weekend update stuff here and there and the one that always stood in my mind was I ended up being the first one that she did in season 30. And that stood out to me to watching it in sequential order because that was one of the first kind of bits that they did outside of the update jokes, so you never really saw like Kevin Niel and rapping. Or like Chevy Chase yeah yeah, jane and Bill Murray rapping together, so yeah, so I did like that first one because I maybe it was just because of the significance, as as if you are watching it how I did, but that one for sure stood out to me. 0:57:24 - Speaker 7And I'd be remiss if I didn't give Jane Curtin a shout out for being the first female weekend host. But no, the one that stood up to me wraps wise is the Sarah Palin rap. I don't know if you remember that. 0:57:53 - Speaker 5Smile, because that smile be creepy. But when I'm being all the leaders in the world gonna finally meet me, how's it go, eskimo? 0:58:02 - Speaker 7Tell me, tell me what you know Eskimo, how you feel Eskimo, tell me, tell me what you feel Eskimo Again. like that era of SNL, like 2000, like the 2008 election specifically, was so awesome to see the actual candidates come on to that show. I think now people would be like we're in such a crisis. what are you doing on SNL situation? so it's cool that we got that from then while we, while we could, and you know, sarah Palin joins the weekend update desk and then kind of like Amy Poehler kind of brings, brings the house down with a wrap about you know, about Sarah Palin like delivering her message and then Andy Sandberg and Fred Armisen as her backup. just really with like the fur coats and you know. Yeah, that was one that stood out to me. I she just man. Again, she's in a lot of things on that show that not many people got to do. I mean, i think I don't know if we're gonna end with a why she deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. But yeah, she was well, we'll get to it, but I had to, yeah, yeah, we'll get to it. So I'll leave my the rest of my thoughts there. I'll pause them for now. 0:59:10 - Speaker 4Yeah. 0:59:10 - Speaker 7so before we move on to what maybe she did after SNL and to your appeal to the voters, what else on SNL should we talk about as far as Amy Poehler goes, I would just love to give a quick honorable mention to two sketches, again also in a in the 2008 ish, you know, near the end of her time is the Bush twin secret language sketch. 0:59:38 - Speaker 8Jenna, we're twins. We have to share our most secret thoughts about everything. It's disrespectful. Just answer me in our secret twin language. 0:59:52 - Speaker 10Barbara, we haven't used that language since. We were like 19. 0:59:56 - Speaker 8Do be you, but think, but dance, but good. but president, but yes, i think, but he's, but really good. 1:00:09 - Speaker 7Like so funny there was, like you know they slapped on some Southern accents and they were drunk and you know they were using their, the secret, the language, to Figure out I'm trying to do it to figure out, like if their dad is actually like smart enough and competent enough to be president, which like was funny because I guess at the time when the rest of America was like what Is is he? and then another one was to love, honor and stock with John McCain hello, gillian. 1:00:45 - Speaker 10The conference wish cut short, so I rushed back to see you. 1:00:49 - Speaker 9David You shouldn't sneak up on people like that. You scared me half to death. 1:00:54 - Speaker 10Forgive me, darling, you know I'd never hurt you. 1:00:59 - Speaker 7That was so funny. It was just like her husband, her older husband, who was like very in love with her, invades her privacy and she's just like he's always in my space and like tries to sue him and so like you're literally married, like She's just a marriage, Yeah he's like he's just a poet and it's like kind of funny because it's like They also bring up again this feminism, feminist point of view of like if you were, if it was a rose reverse, it would be a big deal. Like we'd all be like, you know, leave him alone if she was the one doing it to him. But yeah, i think the amount of times she's gotten to play with you know politicians, especially during these Really important I mean she came during important time in in the US. I feel like that kind of set the tone for, like what she was gonna do in the years after. So I just wanted to give a shout out to those two. I now that I'm like we're talking about it. She did a lot of a lot of political stuff and good for her. I mean, she's involved politically in her personal life, so it just makes sense that she again is enough, is is authentic and genuine and says to herself, even when she's being someone else. 1:02:08 - Speaker 4Yeah, and I don't know if those lifetime movies Exist in that fashion anymore, but that was such a good parody of a lifetime movie from that area. So, that to love, honor and stock the the Jillian Woodward story, that's what that was called. It was in her second season, so that would have been about 2000, late 2002, when that's aired, and that was just Such a perfect parody of a lifetime movie from that era. They captured it so well and I don't know if there's anything Comparable now. Lifetime, does it exist? 1:02:42 - Speaker 7I think it might, but I haven't watched a lifetime movie since like 2006, yeah, so Sorry to say watched in 2006. 1:02:52 - Speaker 4This is, i'm sure. Yeah the reason why you appreciate something like that. So I think those are two excellent choices and really great examples of of her work on SNL. I also highlighted her Dakota fanning show that she did three times. That was a good one. She just was hilarious depiction of a precocious young girl. Amy, amy played that so well. Yeah, when she had Drew Barrymore Barrymore on and Drew Barrymore was playing The Abigail Breslin is a little miss. Yes, and then yeah yeah, Amy played that so well. 1:03:25 - Speaker 7How old were you when you first Scott your, when you got your first nomination? 1:03:28 - Speaker 4and she's like And she's like oh, i didn't know you were that young. 1:03:34 - Speaker 7Yeah, that's so funny. That's a good call out. That was such a. You know, dakota fanning, if you're watching this or if you're listening to this and I know that you are I hope you're doing well And I hope that you felt justice was served in your impersonation of you by Amy polar because it was done out of love. 1:03:53 - Speaker 4So yeah, and I think I think she knows that. So after SNL Amy polar, her main gig was playing Leslie nope in Parks and Recreation. I was a big fan. I imagine you were to Victoria. 1:04:09 - Speaker 7Yeah, i think it was. It just calls out a lot of the nonsense that we may or may not see in Politics, but especially, you know, local politics. A lot of like, a lot of pop culture and societal phrases that we used to like treat yourself, came from that and it's, it's made an impact on on TV and on how we speak to each other. And you know, you know again her and Tina Fey, i Think, are probably one of the few who had these successful TV shows after leaving SNL. Not only that, like producing and directing and and writing and being so successful at it and where it's So ingrained into our society, like. Another example would be like bridesmaids, you know with with Kristen Wiig and how, after SNL, you know she created this really awesome piece of piece of comedy for us to enjoy. And you know we Like I always say shit that is fresh. I pull that from from bridesmaids, but I always pull like treat yourself and you know it's, it's. They're not enough words and maybe they are, but I'm not smart enough to know them. I have a limited vocabulary. But she is Amy Poehler is She's not the first to do it. We like it. We've mentioned Gilda Radner and you know we also mentioned Jane Curtin. They're not the first but they are today's. You know they stand on shoulders but us after them are standing on their shoulders too. So We've been with, you know, parks and rec. She's opened some other doors and avenues for us to be creative and, you know, freed us a little bit to be Open about ourselves in our comedy and how we write and how we look at comedy. 1:05:58 - Speaker 4So after a very successful run on parks and recreation She returned to SNL numerous cameos throughout the years, especially at the weekend up

Racing Victoria's EGM Racing joins us in the studio to discuss a range of things including race dates, prizemoney and jockey vests.

Jim talks with Matt Welsh about the ideas in his essay "The End of Programming," arguing that coding as we know it will soon be obsolete. They discuss ChatGPT's ability to perform logical reasoning, whether it thinks, its utility as a programming aid, skipping code entirely, using language models as computational engines, problem decomposition, streamlining the interface between models and databases, complex customer service, the accessibility of fine-tuning, Jim's LLM scriptwriting project, custom hardware for language models, learning to speak with aliens, democratizing computing abilities, moral conundrums & value-laden choices, training introspection, avoiding an erosion of trust, short-term opportunities for small dev teams, advice for recent college grads, and much more. Episode Transcript "The End of Programming," by Matt Welsh (Communications of the ACM) Fixie.ai Etched.ai GitHub Copilot Matt Welsh is CEO and Co-Founder at Fixie.ai, a startup building a new computing platform based on Large Language Models. Prior to Fixie, Matt was the SVP of Engineering at OctoML, and spent time as an engineering leader at Apple, Xnor.ai, and Google. He was previously a Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, and did his PhD in Computer Science at UC Berkeley.

Nathan Labenz sits down with Matt Welsh, the CEO and co-founder of Fixie.AI which just raised $17M in seed funding. The technology world's attention has turned en masse to AI agents over the last month, but Matt, a former Harvard professor and ex-Google, has been focused on AI agents for longer over at Fixie. The platform is currently in developer preview mode, where developers can build agents and end users can try them. Agents hold the promise of handling not only the core cognitive work, but many of the messy implementation details as well – the searching & finding, sorting through & scanning, signing in & navigating, reading documentation & using APIs – all the manual ad hoc routing of information for which we act today as human plumbing. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The HR industry is at a crossroads. What will it take to construct the next generation of incredible businesses – and where can people leaders have the most business impact? Hosts Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich have been through it all, the highs and the lows – IPOs, layoffs, executive turnover, board meetings, culture changes, and more. With a lineup of industry vets and experts, Nolan and Kelli break down the nitty-gritty details, trade offs, and dynamics of constructing high performing companies. Through unfiltered conversations that can only happen between seasoned practitioners, Kelli and Nolan dive deep into the kind of leadership-level strategy that often happens behind closed doors. Check out the first episode with the architect of Netflix's culture deck Patty McCord. https://link.chtbl.com/hrheretics TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Preview of the episode (02:08) Why AI Agents are so topical right now, and Matt's prescience with Fixie (06:40) How Matt started Fixie (10:55) How AI Agents "figure out the plumbing" (15:57) How Matt envisions work changing in the near term + concrete examples (22:40) Building your own agent (26:00) New threat model and guardrails of this new paradigm (34:48) Synthetic memories in autonomous agents (42:39) Examples of incredible use cases (48:00) Single sign on idea (51:00) Form factor for AI-assisted living (54:32) Matt's hopes and fears for AI TWITTER: @CogRev_Podcast @mdwelsh (Matt) @labenz (Nathan) @eriktorenberg (Erik) Thank you Omneky for sponsoring The Cognitive Revolution. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work, customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off. https://www.omneky.com/ More show notes and reading material released in our Substack: https://cognitiverevolution.substack.com Also, check out the debut of co-host Erik's new long-form interview podcast Upstream, whose guests include David Sacks. Ezra Klein, Balaji Srinivasan, and Marc Andreessen. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3z8TldL Spotify: bit.ly/40letd0 Music Credit: OpenAI's Jukebox

The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Matt Welsh, founder of Fixie.ai, to talk about how artificial intelligence will replace human programmers (3:25), its growing capabilities (8:20), the power of natural language prompts (13:20), running the numbers (16:15), historical precedents (21:30), on whether there is a development “brick wall” coming (25:00), why this AI moment has arrived (27:50), whether OpenAI will have a defensible business model (32:30), Fixie's plan (35:40), a world of bespoke AIs for different industries (41:20), Welsh's history at Google, Apple and startups (43:50), starting Fixie (46:30), and the societal shift to come (50:45). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jordan and Erica chat with Fixie.ai co-founder and former Harvard CS professor on the journey from researcher to Google eng leader and then to startup life prior to founding Fixie, a new platform for building LLM-based apps (a Redpoint portfolio company). We also talk about having Mark Zuckerberg in his CS class, ChatGPT Plugins and the AI ecosystem, and what the future might look like for our kids with AGI. You can find Matt on Twitter (@mdwelsh) and learn more about Fixie at https://www.fixie.ai/(1:06) - Matt talks about his early days at Berklee and Harvard(6:45) - Making the jump to the start-up world(8:15) - Matt explains what Fixie does(11:30) - How Matt thinks about use cases for Fixie(14:20) - How work might change with AI's integration(17:04) - The future of LLM's(20:30) - Matt's take on the race to AGI (25:20) - How Matt thinks about the future of the world for his kids and how they might use AI(29:24) - Quick fire round With your co-hosts:@jasoncwarner- Former CTO GitHub, VP Eng Heroku & Canonical@ericabrescia- Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq'd by VMWare)@patrickachase- Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn@jacobeffron- Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health

What up, Vigilantes? I recently had an amazing conversation with Matt Welsh and L-Dixon while we were on a plane to Costa Rica.  You may remember Matt from our previous interview.  If you don't, he's a musician by the name of BLUVNBU who is also a passionate crypto advocate.   L-Dixon is also a musician… The post Connecting Human Nodes: How Networking and Nature Can Unleash Crypto Growth [VIDEO] appeared first on The Crypto Vigilante.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, April 3  Hop over to the State Capitol Complex for a Bunny Brunch and Easter celebration…Sample delicious locally produced meals at WV State Parks' Farm-to-Table dinners…and learn how WV is becoming a talent pool for innovators and entrepreneurs…YesWV…on today's daily304. #1 – From WOWK-TV – First Lady Cathy Justice invites you to the State Capitol Complex for West Virginia's 2023 Bunny Brunch and Easter Celebration! The celebration will take place Saturday, April 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the West Virginia Culture Center on the Capitol Complex grounds in Charleston. The event is free to the public. The Culture Center will be set up with activities like a petting zoo, bicycle giveaways, princess storytelling, games, prize giveaways, crafts, and a visit from the Easter Bunny. There will also be a Golden Easter Egg Hunt with prizes given on the State Capitol grounds. Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/kanawha-county-wv/petting-zoo-princess-storytelling-will-be-at-west-virginias-state-easter-celebration/   #2 – From WV STATE PARKS – Experience West Virginia's beautiful scenery paired with a delicious locally grown and prepared meal with West Virginia State Parks Farm to Table Dinners. Hawks Nest State Park kicks off the dinner series with a two-day event featuring the Vagabond Chef, Matt Welsh. The May 26-27 event includes a meet-and-greet with cocktails on Friday, May 26 and then a three-course meal on Saturday, May 27.  Twin Falls Resort, Chief Logan, North Bend, Pipestem Resort and Chief Logan also will be hosting Farm-to-Table Dinners. Seating is limited, so reserve your seat now! For menus and ticketing information, visit www.wvstateparks.com. Click on the park's page and scroll down to events, or call the park that's hosting the event. Read more: https://wvstateparks.com/savor-the-flavors-of-west-virginia-2023-wv-state-park-farm-to-table-dinners/   #3 – From JOBCASE – You can have it all in West Virginia. The Mountain state boasts mother nature's best to outdoor enthusiasts and is becoming home to a talent pool of entrepreneurs and innovators.  #YesWV, a collaboration between the department of West Virginia Economic Development and over a dozen thriving industries, is attracting creators, ground-breakers, and trailblazers locally and from across the country. To capture the real-life stories behind these emerging West Virginia businesses, the West Virginia Department of Commerce created the daily304 podcast while Innovators and Entrepreneurs features insights from West Virginians who have launched their ideas and successfully built businesses. West Virginia native Skip Lineberg founded The Main Thing, a media platform that connects listeners with perspectives and lessons-learned from other business leaders. Tech jobs are expanding in West Virginia while local businesses prosper. Subscribe to the daily304 to stay connected to all the great things that are happening in Almost Heaven! Read more: https://www.jobcase.com/articles/startups-career-growth-opportunities-west-virginia Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

s the end of programming nigh?If you ask Matt Welsh, he'd say yes. As Richard McManus wrote on The New Stack, Welsh is a former professor of computer science at Harvard who spoke at a virtual meetup of the Chicago Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), explaining his thesis that ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot represent the beginning of the end of programming.Welsh joined us on The New Stack Makers to discuss his perspectives about the end of programming and answer questions about the future of computer science, distributed computing, and more.Welsh is now the founder of fixie.ai, a platform they are building to let companies develop applications on top of large language models to extend with different capabilities.For 40 to 50 years, programming language design has had one goal. Make it easier to write programs, Welsh said in the interview.Still, programming languages are complex, Welsh said. And no amount of work is going to make it simple. 

In this podcast Erik steps WAY out of his comfort zone to talk taxes...and finds out it's not really that uncomfortable after all!  Brush Creek Financial Advisors' Matt Welsh joins Erik to talk about new additions to the tax code, things we should be aware of in the coming year and some simple strategies that make sense for people of all income levels.There's also an impromptu Mettalica "quote-off" and perhaps the best answer you've ever heard when a financial planner is asked "tell me the future".  Join Matt and Erik for this fun and informative conversation and learn more about Brush Creek Financial Advisors HERE.

Racing Victoria EGM of Racing Matt Welsh joins Racing Pulse to announce the final wildcard into the All-Star Mile

Racing Victoria EGM of Racing Matt welsh joins Racing Pulse to discuss the Spring Carnival Changes that sees the Thousand Guineas Day and Rupert Clarke move while the Cox Plate remains in it's usual spot.

RV EGM Racing Matt Welsh joins us live at the Asian Racing Conference to discuss the All Star Mile

Executive General Manager of Racing Matt Welsh joined Racing Pulse to discuss a number of issues in Racing including the proposed move of the Cox Plate.

Matt Welsh joined Andrew Bensley to discuss Flemington starting early at 10.30am Saturday morning

RVs Executive GM of Racing Matt Welsh discusses the proposed changes to the spring carnival.

Are you an artist struggling to make it on the internet? I may sound like a broken record, but the internet has already been around for 30 years! Blockchain is the new technology to tap into if you intend to break the ceiling in your career. In today's interview, I sat down with Matt Welsh… The post How to Thrive With Crypto as an Artist in the Aquarian Age, with BLUVNBU [VIDEO] appeared first on The Crypto Vigilante.

Racing Victoria's General Manager of Racing Matt Welsh discusses the new Sportsbet Future Stars series and more (29 /11/22)

New GM of Racing Victoria Matt Welsh joins Gareth Hall to discuss his background and entry into the industry with Racing.com, and ascension to his new role following Greg Carpenter's departute.

Matt Welsh joins us in the studio fresh from his coveted new appointment at Racing Victoria

Today we're going to London ... London, Ohio that is to meet with Matt Welsh, RAA who is the AD at Madison-Plains Local High School.  Matt and I met about a year ago just as he was starting his AD career so we get to hear how his first year has gone!  Matt shares his story and some Best Practices on The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/educational-ad-podcast/support

Matt Welsh is a musician from the United States, creating conscious music intended to bring awakening to the mind of the listener. Matt is known by his stage name “BLUVBU” (“Be love, be you”). In this interview, Matt tells a story of teenage heartbreak, struggle and grief. Getting out of high school, he decided to break up with his sweetheart Sarah in order to pursue his passion, touring the east coast of the US as a drummer in the band Bright and Early. It was a hard decision for Matt, not wanting to leave his girlfriend behind, but also believing that it was important for him to go and experience the world. When he finished touring, he went back home and eventually reunited with his girlfriend. He found that they'd both changed, both being more mature and more experienced - through good and bad. Then Matt woke up one morning to a strange phone call from Sarah. He got in his vehicle and went to see her, as something seemed to be wrong. Tragically, that was the last time anyone heard from Sarah. After that, Matt faced the difficult challenge of overcoming his grief, figuring out who he was and what he wanted to do with his life. By way of this tragedy, he decided to live life to the fullest and become something great. Hear Matt's story in this interview. (Read the transcript and find important links on the site: A Beautiful Thought – A Life-Changing Loss With Matt Welsh: Episode 475) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beautiful-thought/message

Mark Hunter, Matt Welsh and Brendan Delaney preview today's Sandown meeting

Matt Welsh and Michael Sharkie join Michael Felgate to review a Group 1 weekend of racing

One of racing's biggest star has exposed himself to one of its biggest curses and Matt Welsh has (almost) all the details as part of a monster edition of A Good 3

First up, with a new name and a new stablemate, Matt Welsh, Paul Tatnell and the great Dr Turf dissect the brilliant Lightning Stakes, the success of the lesser knows trainers and the farcical quaddie sub rule.They check on the key news, find out where the bookies and punters made their money and throw in some quality racing tales for good measure

What is the Age of Aquarius? Orlando-based musician and yogi Matt Welsh believes it's more than just a song from Hair. On this episode, he joins Tatiana to discuss how his family shaped his love of music, his difficulties connecting to organized religion, and how all of that led to his embracing of New Age concepts of physical and spiritual wellness. Plus, he talks about his upcoming appearance at FreedomFest 2021, his partnership with Pirate Chain, and his upcoming album.MUSIC: The Last Stand (Legend of LooTz) by Matt WelshAbout the Guest:BLUVNBU(PronouncedBe Love and Be You) is the alias for Orlando based independent New Age Rock artist Matt Welsh. With extensive trainings in Yoga, Qigong, Food Healing, Meditation, Plant Medicines and Breathwork... Matt'sprimarymethod for teaching is through his spiritually rich, energetic songwriting. His uplifting, heartfelt, and honest musical style is empowering seekers from around the world tostand up for their freedomandlive their true purposewith his first seven song original EP,THE AWAKENING...thefirstrock record in history to be based around the 7 Chakras.Matt has quickly risen as a prominent voice within the worldwide freedom movement after performing at Anarchapulco, Miami Crypto Experience, PorcFest and now FreedomFest in 2021. His latest singleThe Last Stand (Legend of LooTz)was written for the privacy focused cryptocurrency projectPirate Chainto help bring mass awareness to theplannedattack on personal freedom before it is too late.This Winter Solstice he will be releasing his next 5 song EP,AQUARIANonAgeofAquarius.orgas thefirstrock record in history designed to embody and ease humanities evolution process during the ongoing transition into the air age of Aquarius.If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgSMore Info:Tatiana Moroz '“https://tatianamoroz.comCrypto Media Hub '“https://cryptomediahub.comMatt Welsh - https://beloveandbeyou.comPirate Chain (ARRR) - https://pirate.blackFriends and Sponsors of the Show:Let's Talk Bitcoin '“https://letstalkbitcoin.comThe Tatiana Show '“https://thetatianashow.comGlobal Crypto Advisors '“http://globalcryptoadvisors.ioYou have been listening to Proof of Love. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that's not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on Proof of Love is intended as financial advice, legal advice, therapy or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you're hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show, are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

What is the Age of Aquarius? Orlando-based musician and yogi Matt Welsh believes it's more than just a song from Hair. On this episode, he joins Tatiana to discuss how his family shaped his love of music, his difficulties connecting to organized religion, and how all of that led to his embracing of New Age concepts of physical and spiritual wellness. Plus, he talks about his upcoming appearance at FreedomFest 2021, his partnership with Pirate Chain, and his upcoming album.  MUSIC: The Last Stand (Legend of LooTz) by Matt Welsh About the Guest:BLUVNBU (Pronounced Be Love and Be You) is the alias for Orlando based independent New Age Rock artist Matt Welsh.  With extensive trainings in Yoga, Qigong, Food Healing, Meditation, Plant Medicines and Breathwork... Matt's primary method for teaching is through his spiritually rich, energetic songwriting. His uplifting, heartfelt, and honest musical style is empowering seekers from around the world to stand up for their freedom and live their true purpose with his first seven song original EP, THE AWAKENING... the first rock record in history to be based around the 7 Chakras. Matt has quickly risen as a prominent voice within the worldwide freedom movement after performing at Anarchapulco, Miami Crypto Experience, PorcFest and now FreedomFest in 2021. His latest single The Last Stand (Legend of LooTz) was written for the privacy focused cryptocurrency project Pirate Chain to help bring mass awareness to the planned attack on personal freedom before it is too late. This Winter Solstice he will be releasing his next 5 song EP, AQUARIAN on AgeofAquarius.org as the first rock record in history designed to embody and ease humanities evolution process during the ongoing transition into the air age of Aquarius. If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to 1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info:  Tatiana Moroz – https://tatianamoroz.com Crypto Media Hub – https://cryptomediahub.com Matt Welsh - https://beloveandbeyou.com Pirate Chain (ARRR) - https://pirate.black Friends and Sponsors of the Show: Let's Talk Bitcoin – https://letstalkbitcoin.com The Tatiana Show – https://thetatianashow.com Global Crypto Advisors – http://globalcryptoadvisors.io You have been listening to Proof of Love. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences.  If that's not you, please stop listening.  Nothing you hear on Proof of Love is intended as financial advice, legal advice, therapy or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you're hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show, are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

The Verdict with Michael Felgate, Michael Kent Jnr and Matt Welsh. The boys dissect racing from Flemington, as well as the Doomben Cup meeting in Brisbane.

The time, money and effort hunters put into filling a big game tag is hard to measure beyond the simple math that shows it ain't cheap. Oddly enough hunters will often spare no expense on the gear, weapons, ammunition, travel and lodging in order to notch their tags, and then turn around and skimp on getting a high quality taxidermy job done on their prized game. This interview with master taxidermist Matt Welsh of Raccoon Valley Taxidermy addresses those kinds of mental breakdowns and inconsistencies along with the basics of preparing your trophy for the taxidermist, the difference between good taxidermy and average taxidermy, the one job that's wide open for the taking within the hunting industry, and what life is like as a taxidermist,   Follow Matt: Facebook & Instagram: @raccoonvalleytaxidermy Website: https://www.raccoonvalleytaxidermy.com/     TFGHP Partners: Camofire Link: https://www.camofire.com/?avad=296077_f214c5e01 East2West Hunts: https://www.alexgruin.com/- promo code: firstgen10 = 10% off any purchase  

Matt Welsh is a fashion design student at Kent State University and is currently completing his senior year for a Bachelor of Arts degree. He recently released his Novus Apparel Collection, which can be viewed on his website - https://mattwelsh.design/.

Podcast Episode – Ian Pope Welcome to another episode of the Aquatic Mentors podcast. I am your host, Katrina van Eyk. In this episode I interview an industry professional who has had years of experience in both learn to swim and coaching and has reached the heights of Platinum level swimming coach with swimmers medalling at the Olympics. So please extend a big welcome to the podcast for Ian Pope. While working as a professional musician Ian began his aquatic journey as a learn to swim teacher at the Harold Holt pool and then moved into a coaching role for the Surrey Park club in the early 80's developing both the clubs learn to swim and squad programs. Ian then moved on to Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club building a name for himself in coaching. He made his first Olympic Swim Team as coach in 2000 for the Sydney Olympics and continues to place athletes on Olympic and Australian Teams. Over his career Ian has received the award for Victorian Coach of the year and ASCTA Coach of the year numerous times and has coached 50 plus Olympic and World team swimmers. These include swimming greats like Michael Klim, Matt Welsh, Giaan Rooney, Brett Hawke and Grant Hacket. Through today's episode Ian shares some insights into his journey, sharing thoughts on his career highlight of attending the Sydney Olympics as well as his thoughts on swimming in Australia and where he see's swimming moving to in the future. Please share what inspiration you draw from Ian's interview on our Facebook page, Aquatic Mentors. If you want to share your aquatic story then please contact me via my email: regionalswimclinics@outlook.com as I know we can all learn from your experience. So, let's jump in and find out more about Ian's journey in swimming. Katrina van Eyk's Contact Information: Aquatic Mentors - https://www.aquaticmentors.com.au/ Facebook - Aquatic Mentors Regional Swim Clinics - www.regionalswimclinics.com.au Email - info@regionalswimclinics.com.au Facebook - Regional Swim Clinics

#273 Matt Welsh, Charlottetown Islanders & Be a Leader by High Button Sports

In episode 3, my roommate Matt (Welsh) and I talk about his love for all styles of music, and he even throws in a few surprising styles in as well. We also delve into his childhood in Nevada and moving to Illinois, and we get into how we feel the music industry is being run today.  Instagram: @mattheww75  Snapchat: @mattheww85

Nic Ashman and Matt Welsh take a look at the stand-out performances from the weekend's racing.

Grace Ramage and Matt Welsh are joined by special industry guests to discuss the latest racing news and talking points.

Grace Ramage and Matt Welsh are joined by special industry guests to discuss the latest racing news and talking points.

Playing with confidence allows Matt Welsh to give his team a chance to win every night. Matt stops by the show to talk about playing in Charlottetown and playing for one of the best orginization in the QMJHL. He shares stories from some of the best players he's played with and against. Also what he's looking forward to most about next year, and how he's developing into a better goalie every day. Great Listen #129

Aussie Hoopla host Dan Boyce sits down with Andrew Price, Analytics nerd for the New Zealand Breakers and Australian Boomers to look at how analytics and advanced statistics are impacting the NBL today. Topics include;  How are the NBL using analytics today and are they in the dark ages compared to the NBA? (2:00) What types of questions are NBL coaches asking for data on? (10:30) How does someone become a basketball analytics advisor for an NBL team? (11:30) How are NBL teams using statistical data to make off-season recruitment decisions (15:00) How many NBL teams are analytically driven and how many are not (20:30) Are NBL coaches embracing analytics or are they like Charles Barkley and believe advanced stats are rubbish (23:00) What changes are former NBA players Matt Welsh and Shawn Marion, the new ownership of the New Zealand Breakers, making within the club this off-season (24:30) How are teams wearing "wearable technologies" to gain player data information (27:30) What are the most important statistics to look at from a box score (29:00) How are basketball statistics helping NBL coaches win games (32:00) What is something basketball isn't tracking with analytics that we should be (36:30) Who is the best statistical player in the NBL today (40:00) Will the arrival of Andrew Bogut and realistically the big man to the NBL change analytics anyway this season (42:00)  All of this and a whole lot more... Listen to our previous interviews with the biggest stars in Australian Basketball, head to Aussiehoopla.com. Check out previous podcasts featuring; Current NBL Stars - Kevin Lisch, AJ Ogilvy, Damian Martin, Daniel Kickert, Thomas Abercrombie, Jason Cadee, Stephen Holt, Bryce Cotton, Chris Goulding NBA Stars Past & Present - Matthew Dellavedova, Stephen Jackson, Randy Livingston, Torrey Craig, Acie Earl, Josh Childress, Reggie Smith, Todd Lichti Aussie Basketballers Abroad - Ryan Broekhoff, Brock Motum, Jack White, Ben Madgen, Clint Stiendl, Ater Majok, Rhys Carter, Clint Stiendl Australian Boomers Legends - Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Mark Bradtke, Andrew Vlahov, CJ Bruton, Chris Anstey, Brett Maher, John Rillie, Tony Ronaldson, Brad Newley The NBL's Greatest Imports - Darryl McDonald, Ricky Grace, Derek Rucker, Leon Trimmingham, Scott Fisher, Lanard Copeland, Mike Mitchell, Terry Dozier, Isaac Burton, Shawn Redhage, Willie Farley, Al Green, Corey "Homicide" Williams Our Finest Coaching Minds - Brian Goorjian, Joey Wright, Adrian Hurley, Aaron Fearne, Rob Beveridge, Phil Smyth, Ian Stacker, Shawn Dennis, Dean Vickerman, Trevor Gleeson, Lindsey Gaze And the men who run things - Larry Kestelman, Vince Crivelli, Jeremy Loeliger, Chuck Harmison, Jeff Van Groningen All that and much more. Follow @AussieHoopla on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and email at info@aussiehoopla.com

Frustrations with both sides of the political spectrum lead to a discussion of how political solutions cannot address the real problems of a society.  We relate the moral and idyllic imaginations (Burke, Eliot), and show how left and right seem to assume the idyllic view.  We underestimate the depth of evil in the hearts of men when we think that if we only change political and social systems we will have utopia.  But does this mean we can do nothing?  Certainly not...Correction:  Jack mentions Robert Sheer interview with Matt Walsh, but the man's name is actually Matt Welsh.

Is it possible to turn your passion to a fulfilling career and do what you love? The answer is absolutely yes. As we continue to celebrate our five years anniversary on the air, we are excited to bring back some of our amazing guests who have helped us pave the way. Today we are honor to bring back to the show Matt Welsh. Five years ago, Matt came on the show and we talked about finding your passion and following your passion while doing what is needed to be done to support your passion. Matt Welsh is currently getting a PhD in Counseling Psychology and teaching college students at Purdue University. Prior to that, Matt left his job as a family law attorney to pursue his calling to be a counselor and teacher. He is also the creator of Spiritual Media Blog, a blog devoted to raising awareness for conscious media and spiritual entertainment. So if you have a passion for something and you like to turn it into a fulfilling career, you must tune in and listen to Matt has to share with us on the air. For more information on Matt. Go to: http://SpiritualMediaBlog.com Disclaimer: Your Life Now radio show is for information purpose and thought provoking. The information shared on the show is strictly for educational purposes. If you wish to apply ideas contained and shared on the show, you are taking full responsibility for your actions. The show and Your Life Now, LLC shall in no event be held liable to any party for any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of any information shared on show. Thank you for being our guest. ~Rea Wilke aka Coach Rea

#149: THE OLYMPIC EPISODE - this week I take you through the complete Olympic experience as a couch potato. I'll tell you all about the Official London 2012 Apps, and I talk to FOXTEL about their comprehensive coverage, to ABC Radio about their Digital offering, to the Nine Network about the Olympics in HD and 3D, to Olympian Matt Welsh about how apps and technology have changed the way athletes train and to Dick Smith Electronics about what you can buy to enjoy it all!

#149: THE OLYMPIC EPISODE - this week I take you through the complete Olympic experience as a couch potato. I'll tell you all about the Official London 2012 Apps, and I talk to FOXTEL about their comprehensive coverage, to ABC Radio about their Digital offering, to the Nine Network about the Olympics in HD and 3D, to Olympian Matt Welsh about how apps and technology have changed the way athletes train and to Dick Smith Electronics about what you can buy to enjoy it all!

Do you have a passion for something in your life? Would like to learn how to find your passion? How about turning your passion to a career? All is possible when you open your mind and your heart. Today my guest Matt Welsh will share his knowledge of the topic and give you some tips on how to follow your passion starting where you are right now. We will also talk about Spirituality and Spiritual cinema. Matt is an author of the book The Bottom Line, he is also an entertainment attorney, a motivational speaker who talks to people about how they can turn their passions into their career path. http://www.CoachingByRea.com   Matt Welsh:   http://www.SpiritualMediaBlog.com   http://www.MatthewWelsh.com  http://www.amazon.com/Bottom-Line-Matt-Welsh/dp/0976989301/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302112574&sr=1-10