Best Phoenix Educational Programming Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 92: German Velasco and the Advantages of Elixir 1:13:59

23h ago1:13:59

1:13:59

In this episode of BeamRadio, hosts Andrew Ek and Alex Koutmos are joined by German Velasco. They chat about the complexities and advantages of using Elixir and Phoenix for software development and explore the onboarding process for developers transitioning from other languages. Get in touch with German: Bluesky: @germsvel.com Twitter: @germsvel ht…

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Rustler: Bridging Elixir and Rust with Sonny Scroggin 48:58

2d ago48:58

48:58

Rustler Core Team Member Sonny Scroggin joins Elixir Wizards Sundi Myint and Charles Suggs. Rustler serves as a bridge to write Native Implemented Functions (NIFs) in Rust that can be called from Elixir code. This combo leverages Rust's performance and memory safety while maintaining Elixir's fault tolerance and concurrency model, creating a powerf…

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258: CVEs, MCPs, and Petabyte Dreams 31:48

4d ago31:48

31:48

News includes the first CVE released under EEF's new CNA program for an Erlang zip traversal vulnerability, Phoenix MacroComponents being delayed for greater potential, Supabase announcing Multigres - a Vitess-like proxy for scaling Postgres to petabyte scale, a surge of new MCP server implementations for Phoenix and Plug including Phantom, HermesM…

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Nx and Machine Learning in Elixir with Sean Moriarity 44:21

9d ago44:21

44:21

Today on Elixir Wizards, hosts Sundi Myint and Charles Suggs catch up with Sean Moriarity, co-creator of the Nx project and author of Machine Learning in Elixir. Sean reflects on his transition from the military to a civilian job building large language models (LLMs) for software. He explains how the Elixir ML landscape has evolved since the rise o…

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257: Runtime Intelligence and MCP Servers 27:07

11d ago27:07

27:07

News includes Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 with significant type checking improvements and faster compile times, Gleam v1.11.0 delivering 30% faster JavaScript performance, the new Elixir Outreach stipend program providing funding for speakers to present at non-Elixir conferences, a batch of ElixirConf US 2024 videos featuring talks were published, the open…

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Edge Connectivity Podcast w/ Phoenix Contact 1:02:04

11d ago1:02:04

1:02:04

By Walker Reynolds & Zack Scriven

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LangChain: LLM Integration for Elixir Apps with Mark Ericksen 38:18

16d ago38:18

38:18

Mark Ericksen, creator of the Elixir LangChain framework, joins the Elixir Wizards to talk about LLM integration in Elixir apps. He explains how LangChain abstracts away the quirks of different AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini) so you can work with any LLM in one more consistent API. We dig into core features like conversat…

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256: Types, Tools, and Turbo Charging 23:42

18d ago23:42

23:42

News includes the Elixir 1.19 RC release featuring up to 4x faster compilation and significant types system improvements, more ElixirConfEU videos including José Valim's keynote on type system updates, the look at the Backpex admin panel for Phoenix LiveView applications, Ash AI's impressive AI integration using the Elixir LangChain library, an inf…

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Blue Heron: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for Elixir & Nerves with Connor Rigby 46:16

23d ago46:16

46:16

Connor Rigby joins the Elixir Wizards to talk about Blue Heron BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) support for Elixir apps. Blue Heron implements the BLE specs in pure Elixir, leveraging binary pattern matching and concurrent message processing to handle Bluetooth protocols. Unlike most solutions that require C ports or NIFs, Blue Heron runs entirely in use…

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255: OTP 28 and Vibe Coding Phoenix Apps 32:02

25d ago32:02

32:02

News includes the major OTP 28 release with priority messages functionality, ElixirConf EU 2025 videos starting to appear including Chris McCord's keynote on his new phoenix.new service and James Arthur's introduction of Phoenix Sync for real-time database synchronization, the EEF board election results and their new role as a CVE Numbering Authori…

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Episode 91: BeamRadio Talks Igniter with Zach Daniel 53:26

26d ago53:26

53:26

In this episode of Beam Radio, Andrew Ek and Bruce Tate welcome Zach Daniel to discuss his journey with Elixir, the impact of the Ash framework, and the introduction of Igniter, a code generation and patching tool. We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with o…

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The Future of PLC Programming and Integration: Unified Namespace 1:01:07

30d ago1:01:07

1:01:07

4.0 Podcast listeners, listen up! If your plant floor still speaks in mystery Modbus and legacy PLC grunts while leadership wants shiny AI dashboards, the Edge Connectivity → UNS Workshop—live online June 17‑19, 2025—is your shortcut. In three hands‑on sessions we’ll show you how to hook any asset, clean the data, and stream it straight into a Unif…

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Zigler: Zig NIFs for Elixir with Isaac Yonemoto 43:00

1M ago43:00

43:00

In the Season 14 premiere, hosts Dan Ivovich and Sundi Myint chat with Isaac Yonemoto, creator of the Zigler library, to explore how Zigler brings Zig’s performance and safety to Elixir through Native Implemented Functions (NIFs). Isaac walks through the core design of Zigler and how it auto-generates the Elixir-to-Zig bridge, enforces type safety,…

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254: Lua Scripting and Tidewave on Zed 31:22

1M ago31:22

31:22

News includes Hex 2.2.0 with the new :warn_if_outdated option for keeping dependencies updated, Honeybadger's APM with built-in Elixir traces for major components, José Valim demonstrating Tidewave with Zed's AI coding agents, LiveDebugger v0.2.0 with DevTools integration and component highlighting, Dave Lucia's new Elixir "Lua" library for embeddi…

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Full Moon, Sixth Sense and The Silo 45:40

1M ago45:40

45:40

By Star Worldwide Networks

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253: Tidewave Triumphs and App Store Rebellions 23:32

2M ago23:32

23:32

News includes growing excitement around Tidewave for Elixir with users sharing success stories and integration tips, preparation for Elixir 1.19's deprecation of regex in module attributes, LiveViewNative launching a new "OTP Interop" organization focused on enabling offline functionality, and a major U.S. court ruling against Apple's App Store pol…

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181: Memory Management 1:46:21

2M ago1:46:21

1:46:21

Intro topic: Video Game Prices News/Links: Step one: Jump in the Lava - Abyssoft https://youtu.be/WdadpHLAfdA?si=oXYnhB0EdkR_RaPE Scalable world models for continuous control https://www.tdmpc2.com/ Clever code is probably the worst code you could write - Engineer’s Codex https://read.engineerscodex.com/p/clever-code-is-probably-the-worst A new, op…

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252: Riding the Tidewave of AI-Enhanced Phoenix 34:16

2M ago34:16

34:16

News includes Tidewave, a new Phoenix MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access application runtime, Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app with LiveView hosted IDE features, a new GitHub Action for submitting Elixir dependencies to enhance security, ExMeralda.chat, a community chatbot for querying Hex packages, updates on Software M…

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Walker Reynolds isn't changing language for anyone.. and responding to LinkedIn Comments 48:54

2M ago48:54

48:54

Walker Reynolds is NOT changing for anyone... here's WHY Key Segments: Authenticity and Language Discussion on using authentic, colorful language in professional settings Defending use of occasional profanity as a communication tool Arguing that authentic communication respects the audience's intelligence Critique of Language Policing Responding to…

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Unified Namespace and Community Updates Part 2/2 1:11:51

2M ago1:11:51

1:11:51

UNS and Community Updates Live Stream Episode Highlights: Hosts: Walker Reynolds and Zack Scriven Sponsor: Maintain X Duration: Approximately 2 hours 0:00-15:00: Podcast Introduction and Personal Updates Walker explains recent absence from content creation Discusses overwhelming number of messages and new communication strategy Personal updates: so…

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Unified Namespace and Community Updates Part 1/2 1:19:31

2M ago1:19:31

1:19:31

UNS and Community Updates Live Stream Episode Highlights: Hosts: Walker Reynolds and Zack Scriven Sponsor: Maintain X Duration: Approximately 2 hours 0:00-15:00: Podcast Introduction and Personal Updates Walker explains recent absence from content creation Discusses overwhelming number of messages and new communication strategy Personal updates: so…

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251: SSH Vulnerability and Cookies are Changing 41:51

2M ago41:51

41:51

News includes a critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH, José Valim teasing a new project, Oban Pro v1.6's impressive new "Cascade Mode" feature, Semaphore CI/CD platform being open-sourced as a primarily Elixir application, new sandboxing options for Elixir code with Dune and Mini Elixir, BeaconCMS developmen…

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Episode 90: Josh Price: Ash and the Greater Elixir Community 1:02:29

2M ago1:02:29

1:02:29

In this episode of Beam Radio, hosts Andrew Ek and Lars Wikman welcome Josh Price from Alembic. They discuss the recent AlchemyConf, the value of smaller conferences, and the importance of community in the Elixir ecosystem. Josh shares insights on how Ash simplifies the process of building applications, integrates with AI, and future-proofs project…

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Episode 89: BeamRadio talks AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices 1:02:43

2M ago1:02:43

1:02:43

A fabulous converstation with Davide Bettio and Paul Guyot about AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices. https://www.atomvm.net/ https://github.com/bettio https://github.com/pguyot We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with our hosts: Bluesky @ak…

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250: EEF Elections and Security 14:23

2M ago14:23

14:23

News includes EEF board elections with voting beginning May 9th, Gleam v1.10.0 enhancing security with SBoMs and SLSA build provenance, an AshAuthentication vulnerability with mitigation steps, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a permanent home at the EEF, announcements for both ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando and ElixirConfEU in Krak…

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Mattsplaining - Linguistics 22:52

2M ago22:52

22:52

Matt Storrs explains how his attempts to innovate and advance language have been stymied by those less linguistically adventurous. Comedian and linguistic expert Myq Kaplan tells Matt that what he got wrong was the idea that people get things wrong. There's a whole lot of unpacking of language and how it develops. Matt also unpacks how his father d…

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249: LiveDebugger: Peering Inside a LiveView 50:06

2M ago50:06

50:06

News includes Phoenix 1.8.0-rc release with DaisyUI styled Tailwind components and magic link authentication, a new design pattern called "scopes", a new privacy-focused feature in Ecto for schema redaction, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a new home at TvLabs, a helpful iex shell tip for multiline commands, and more! We interview…

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Mattsplaining - Disaster Preparedness 25:36

3M ago25:36

25:36

Matt Storrs does everything he can to take down the "big go bag" industry. Disaster preparedness expert Patrick Hardy commends Matt on his disaster knowledge and shares some helpful tips on how to prepare for the unexpected. How it's the small disasters for which you really have to prepare. The bug out bag tasting menu How to address natural, techn…

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248: Security Insights with Paraxial 57:43

3M ago57:43

57:43

News includes a new Elixir case study about Cyanview's camera shading technology used at major events like the Olympics and Super Bowl, Oban Pro 1.6 with 20x faster queue partitioning, the openid_connect package reaching version 1.0, Supabase's new Postgres Language Server for developer tooling, and ElixirEvents.net as a community resource. Plus, w…

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247: Phoenix's DaisyUI Facelift 19:50

3M ago19:50

19:50

News includes Phoenix now including DaisyUI which has sparked mixed reactions, Erlang/OTP 28.0-rc2 release introducing priority process messages, the EEF Security Working Group's roadmap called Aegis, a new LiveViewPortal library for embedding LiveView pages in any website, upcoming improvements in Elixir that will spawn more OS processes for compi…

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Mattsplaining - Sex and the City 16:54

3M ago16:54

16:54

Matt Storrs explains how having sex in a city tends to be more enjoyable than sex in rural areas. Performer, producer, and Sex and the City expert Bailey Swilley (@heybailay) kindly explains that Matt Carrie Bradshaw is more than an inspiration for a Pokestop. How to gauge the success of a date based on the vibes of the restaurant's waitstaff. How …

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246: Dark Mode Debugger and Its RAG Time 33:21

3M ago33:21

33:21

News includes the release of Plug v1.17.0 with dark mode support for Plug.Debugger, an exciting Phoenix PR for co-located hooks that would place hook logic directly next to component code, a new RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) library from Bitcrowd for enhancing LLM interactions with document management, a syntax highlighter called Autumn powe…

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Expanding digital transformation fluency 1:44:30

3M ago1:44:30

1:44:30

Zack Scriven and Walker Reynolds discuss how to expand your digital transformation fluency.By Walker Reynolds & Zack Scriven

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Mattsplaining - Fine Art Prints and Printmaking 18:06

3M ago18:06

18:06

Matt Storrs explains how Starry Night by Vincet Van Gogh started out as a set of prints and merchandise and only later became a painting. Independent curator, Ann Shafer, kindly tells Matt that he has a great sense of the spirt of the art world but he's mostly backwards in his understandings. Why gettign a museum membership is one of the first thi…

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245: Supply Chain Security and SBoMs 1:14:36

3M ago1:14:36

1:14:36

News includes a new library called phoenix_sync for real-time sync in Postgres-backed Phoenix applications, Peter Solnica released a Text Parser for extracting structured data from text, a useful tip on finding Hex package versions locally with mix hex.info, Wasmex updated to v0.10 with WebAssembly component support, and Chrome introduces a new bro…

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180: Reinforcement Learning 1:52:22

3M ago1:52:22

1:52:22

Intro topic: Grills News/Links: You can’t call yourself a senior until you’ve worked on a legacy project https://www.infobip.com/developers/blog/seniors-working-on-a-legacy-project Recraft might be the most powerful AI image platform I’ve ever used — here’s why https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-image-video/recraft-might-be-the-most-powerful-ai-image-…

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Mattsplaining - Wedding Planning 18:19

4M ago18:19

18:19

Matt Storrs explains how wedding planning has deep ties to the mafia. Expert wedding planner Ashley Jackson (@timelessdreamevents) corrects matt and details how wedding planning is more than having a good spreadsheet and "knowing a guy." How many wedding venues have started putting in Mcdonald's play areas to keep children occupied? Matt gives a su…

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244: Running Python in Elixir? 58:53

4M ago58:53

58:53

News includes the release of Elixir 1.18.2 with various enhancements and bug fixes, a new experimental SQL sigil for Ecto that brings automatic parameterized queries, a recent GOTO 2025 talk featuring Saša Jurić on code reviews. We talked with Jonatan Kłosko about his work on PythonX, a new library for executing Python code inside Elixir, the Fine …

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Episode 88: Unlocking the Power of NX with Paulo Valente 1:01:07

4M ago1:01:07

1:01:07

NX provides a powerful framework for machine learning in Elixir and Lars, Andrew and Paulo Valente take a deep dive into it! Connect with Paulo on Bluesky - @polvalente.social Come join us! GigCityElixir and NervesConf US - May 8-10, Chattanooga, TN GigCityElixir.com Goatmire Elixir and NervesConf - Sept 10-12, Varburg, Sweden Goatmire.com We want …

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243: Elixir Jobs: Seniors Only Need Apply? 59:25

4M ago59:25

59:25

News includes the announcement of PythonX for Python interoperability in Elixir, groundbreaking academic work on compiling Elixir to eBPF for Linux kernel-level operations, and exciting AI-powered Phoenix application demos from Chris McCord. We also dive into the current state of the Elixir job market, discussing the shift away from remote work and…

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Mattsplaining - Paranormal Spaces 15:39

4M ago15:39

15:39

Matt Storrs explains how it can be helpful to hire repair people who also happen to be paranormal investigators. That way if there isn't a practical solution to your electrical problem they can communicate with the spirits causing the issue. Expert in ghosts and the paranormal, Rebecca Williamson (https://cambrehouse.com/) rates Matt's understandin…

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ProveIt! Conference 2025 - Reactions Podcast 1:48:39

4M ago1:48:39

1:48:39

Zack and Walker talk about their thoughts following the ProveIt! conference including what vendors they were the most impressed with!By Walker Reynolds & Zack Scriven

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Mattsplaining - Round Net/Spike Ball 15:26

4M ago15:26

15:26

Matt Storrs explains the details how the wheel was created to play the game Round Net aka Spike Ball. Ben Dantowitz corrects Matt that the sport originated more recently in 1989 and has been growing ever since. How Round Net helps solve the third space problem around the United States by bringing people together. Why isn't human skin the first choi…

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242: Magic Links and Sudo Mode 20:21

4M ago20:21

20:21

News includes exciting updates to Phoenix gen_auth with magic links and sudo mode security features, a comprehensive guide on Elixir and Phoenix security best practices from Paraxial.io, significant updates to the DaisyUI Components library for Phoenix LiveView reaching version 0.7.0, more on LiveDebugger tool for Phoenix applications, performance …

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Episode 87: Chris Grainger talks Data Science and Engineering and Elixir 1:06:41

4M ago1:06:41

1:06:41

In this conversation, Lars and Chris delve into the intersection of Elixir, data engineering, and data science. They explore the significance of data pipelines, the role of Elixir in transforming data, and the challenges faced in data processing. Find Chris on [Bluesky](@cigrainger.bsky.social) and on the Elixir Forum. Keep up to date with our host…

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Mattsplaining - Boudoir Photography 15:49

4M ago15:49

15:49

Matt Storrs explains that boudoir (furniture) photography originated with people trying to reveal secret revolver compartments. Alicia Schmidt (@buxomboudoir) gives Matt a C- due to him getting sidetracked about hiding sacks of gold. They discuss how people and NOT furniture tend to be the subjects of boudoir photography. Learn More: Buxom Boudoir …

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241: A LiveView Debugger and Gigalixir 44:59

4M ago44:59

44:59

News includes the release of LiveDebugger, an exciting new browser-based debugging tool for Phoenix LiveView applications and the announcement of Artifix for creating private Hex registries on S3 and CloudFront. We are also joined by Tim Knight, the CTO at Gigalixir, to get a peek inside the machine that is Gigalixir and learn more about how the pl…

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ProveIt! Conference 2025 - Final Podcast before the show! 2:07:35

5M ago2:07:35

2:07:35

Final Podcast before the conference! We go over schedule, hot takes on all the vendor sponsors, and Walker shares a vulnerable update. don't want to miss this one!By Walker Reynolds & Zack Scriven

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240: Standards and Security 18:50

5M ago18:50

18:50

News includes Erlang/OTP achieving OpenChain ISO certification for open source license compliance, the release of the new "Elixir Patterns" book by Hugo Barauna and Alex Koutmos, a security audit of Oban Web and Pro by Paraxial.io showing excellent results, upcoming Alchemy Conf in Portugal, and a major rewrite of the asdf version manager to Go, an…

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Mattsplaining - Coin Collecting 18:27

5M ago18:27

18:27

Matt Storrs details how to scam your local sandwich shop with rare coins for sandwiches and profit. The Silver Picker (https://thesilverpicker.com/) gives matt 10% accuracy for enthusiasm. How can you find a uranium dime from 1977 and get into the dangerous side of coin collecting? Matt describes how by collecting the right gold coins you can learn…

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