Best Arnie Howes Podcasts (2025)

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0064-I Have No Confidence in Our File Permissions! 5:04

1d ago5:04

5:04

You know that punch-in-the-gut feeling you get when you realize your sensitive document has been accidentally made available to the wrong employees? How about that seemingly constant toil that occurs when employees legitimately need access to documents? While the permissions setting features in Teams and SharePoint are robust, most employees do oth…

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Twelve Steps to Unscrewing Your Screwed-Up Life with Ian Morgan Cron – Episode 565 (M05) 41:37

7d ago41:37

41:37

When it came out in 2016, I loved Ian Morgan Cron’s book The Road Back to You. Some call it “the book that started a million enneagram journeys.” I’ve always wanted to chat with Ian and, today, you and I both get to do just that, as we walk this his latest book called The […] The post Twelve Steps to Unscrewing Your Screwed-Up Life with Ian Morgan …

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Twelve Steps to Unscrewing Your Screwed-Up Life with Ian Morgan Cron - Episode 565 (M05) 41:38

7d ago41:38

41:38

Everybody is addicted to something to numb the discomfort of living in a messed-up world, says Ian Cron, but the good news is that if you committedly "work the steps," you will eventually have a vital spiritual awakening that will give you an entirely new and radically beautiful orientation toward the life God has for you.…

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0063-Where Should Our Policies and Procedures Go Part 2 6:26

8d ago6:26

6:26

After last week's Part One episode, you know how to strategically store your policies and procedures in a way that protects them from unintended edits and deletions, but still keeps them in front of employees. In this Part Two episode, Annie tells you how to eliminate most of the work it takes to manage those documents without having dozens of outd…

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Java's Cutting Edge Comeback (with Josh Long) 1:24:29

11d ago1:24:29

1:24:29

Java’s has been evolving faster than any 30 year old language has a right to do, and there’s probably no-one more pleased about it than my guest this week - Josh Long. He’s a Java & Kotlin programming, a JVM enthusiast in general, and an advocate for Spring, and he has chapters full of news about what’s been happening in Javaland over the past few …

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Empire Strikes Back | Luke, I Am Your Farnie 31:09

11d ago31:09

31:09

It's a little late, but we're back with our SECOND May the Fourth special in our brand new studio, filled with just as many Arnold impressions, plus some oversized cutouts!

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0062-Where Should Our Policies and Procedures Go? – Part 1 7:34

15d ago7:34

7:34

Teams is a great method to save and share workgroup files, but what about policies and procedures? Well, not so much...not out-of-the-box, anyway. Teams sites are designed to give all team members equal access for everything contained within, so that isn't a good solution for policies and procedures because you don't want everyone on the team being…

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Shallow Hal | Size Doesn't Matter to Arnie 21:33

19d ago21:33

21:33

This questionable Jack Black comedy about seeing people for who they truly are would never get made today, unless it starred one man, Arnold Schwarzenegger! Behold the inner beauty of Mr Universe!

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Class Dismissed: Season 1 Reflections and Responses 38:35

21d ago38:35

38:35

In this episode of The Education Blueprint, Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk sits down with public school parent and podcast co-host Prentice Elliott to wrap up Season 1 with a reflection on the journey so far and to answer a few listener-submitted questions. They’ll look back on the season’s highlights, share what they’ve learned…

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0061 – Heads Up – Your Teams Button Is Going to Disappear! 5:13

22d ago5:13

5:13

We usually give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt when they change things up on us. Even though change is never fun, we usually end up liking their changes once we get used to them. This latest change has us more than scratching our heads, however. Millions of Teams users are being blindsided by their Teams buttons disappearing from the left app p…

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The State & Future of Apache Kafka (with Anatoly Zelenin) 1:12:22

26d ago1:12:22

1:12:22

I’m joined this week by one of the authors of Apache Kafka In Action, to take a look at the state of Kafka, event systems & stream-processing technology. It’s an approach (and a whole market) that’s had at least a decade to mature, so how has it done? What does Kafka offer to developers and businesses, and which parts do they actually care about? W…

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0060 - The General Channel Best Practice 5:52

29d ago5:52

5:52

If your Teams site is more than a few months old, you likely still have a channel named "General." If you leverage channels, as you should, this channel may serve no obvious purpose yet. Or, if you don't leverage channels, this channel may have become a dumping ground for everything. Regardless, the General channel has been a source of clutter and …

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Men in Black | Agent A for Arnie 21:14

1M ago21:14

21:14

Aliens. Neuralyzers. Talking pugs. The Men in Black have seen it all—except Arnold Schwarzenegger. That changes today. Join Allan and Corey as they imagine what happens when Arnie trades the Terminator shades for MIB-issued ones

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Service After School: Exploring Military Pathways with Four Star General and Hamblen County Superintendent Arnie Bunch 46:42

1M ago46:42

46:42

Choosing to serve is a big decision—and with the right guidance, it can open doors to education, purpose, and a host of long-term opportunities. In this episode of The Education Blueprint, Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk sits down with General Arnie Bunch, a Four-Star General and current Hamblen County Director of Schools, to tal…

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0059 – Three Reasons Microsoft Teams Training Doesn’t Work 6:56

1M ago6:56

6:56

You paid an excellent trainer to give your employees Teams training. Perhaps you gave them all the best online Teams courses. But...Teams still hasn't taken hold and the results are underwhelming. You're very disappointed. Maybe Teams isn't all it's cracked up to be. The truth of the matter is that the problem is not the quality of the training, no…

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DataFusion - The Database Building Toolkit (with Andrew Lamb) 1:32:10

1M ago1:32:10

1:32:10

Building a database is a serious undertaking. There are just so many parts that you have to implement before you even get to a decent prototype, and so many hours of work before you could begin working on the ideas that would make your database unique. Apache DataFusion is a project that hopes to change all that, but building an extensible, composa…

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SHN PRESENTS: Digits Dynasty - SHN Trailers 2:40

1M ago2:40

2:40

Digits Dynasty is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW - DIGITS DYNASTY “Digits Dynasty” is an engaging podcast where we debate the greatest athletes to don each uniform number in sports history. Each episode focuses on a specific number, featuring passionate discussions, stats, and anecdotes…

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How to Go After What You Want and Get It with Jenny Wood – Episode 564 (M04) 38:05

1M ago38:05

38:05

Our streak of highlighting female authors in 2025 continues with this month’s feature of Jenny Wood. She’s a former Googler, turned full-time author and speaker (turns out she’s amazing at both). In her new book, Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get it, she poses the question: What if the traits you need […] The post How to Go After What Yo…

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How to Go After What You Want and Get It with Jenny Wood - Episode 564 (M04) 38:06

1M ago38:06

38:06

Wild Courage coaches you to smash through your fear of discomfort, failure, and the judgement of others, to embrace your boldest self in pursuit of what you want. To be successful, you need to have courage. Wild amounts of it.

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0058 – Isn’t It Harder to Use Both Email and Teams? 6:02

1M ago6:02

6:02

What if you have successfully moved your employees to Teams, getting them to always send Teams chat messages and channel posts rather than emails, but their customers, vendors, and other external people continue using email? Isn't that confusing? Well, not really. In today's episode, Annie explains why and also tells you how to begin converting you…

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The Passion of the Christ | Easter Special 30:46

1M ago30:46

30:46

Welcome to the CWAA Easter special! The greatest story ever told is missing one thing: Arnold Schwarzenegger! So grab some eggs, slap on this episode and enjoy the Easter story with an Austrian twist.

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Growing Pains: How Growth Shapes Schools and Communities 49:56

2M ago49:56

49:56

In this episode of The Education Blueprint, Dr. Jon Rysewyk, Superintendent of Knox County Schools, teams up with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs to tackle one of the hottest topics in the region—growth. They’ll explore the plans shaping the county’s future and dive into the challenges of managing rapid projected growth, including how it impacts eve…

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0057 – Solving Many Problems Using Microsoft Lists 7:31

2M ago7:31

7:31

SharePoint Lists are our favorite Microsoft 365 app to add to Microsoft Teams. As a business owner or leader, you'll love how Lists can streamline and standardize many things you currently keep in spreadsheets or email. From building your own CRM to tracking the status of complex projects or office processes, there is no doubt you'll find many effi…

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Jupyter's Architecture Unpacked (with Afshin Darian & Sylvain Corlay) 1:29:11

2M ago1:29:11

1:29:11

Jupyter’s become an incredibly popular programming and data science tool, but how does it actually work? How have they built an interactive language execution engine? And if we understand the architecture, what else could it be used for? Joining me to look inside the Jupyter toolbox are Afshin Darian and Sylvain Corlay, two of Jupyters long-standin…

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0056 – 8 Reasons to Use Microsoft Lists ASAP 5:45

2M ago5:45

5:45

Everybody uses spreadsheets in their business. It's a tried and true way to track items and organize data in a meaningful way. But, did you know there is a much better way to organize spreadsheet information when you have multiple people using and/or consuming the information? SharePoint lists have been around for more than twenty years, but most b…

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Chicken Little | We Don't Like Chicken Little 21:58

2M ago21:58

21:58

We don't even have a description that can summarise our feelings to this movie... We did indeed add Arnie, though. That's something!

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College 101: Postsecondary Enrollment with Krissy DeAlejandro 1:04:05

2M ago1:04:05

1:04:05

In this episode of The Education Blueprint, Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk sits down with Krissy DeAlejandro, President and CEO of tnAchieves, to talk about what it really takes to get students to and through college. They’ll break down how tnAchieves removes barriers to postsecondary education and how Knox County Schools is shi…

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0055 – Why You Should Go All in On Teams - Part 2 5:04

2M ago5:04

5:04

After describing the problem most businesses face in Part 1 of this two-part series, Annie is back to tell you both the benefits of going all in on Microsoft Teams, as well as the four time-tested steps for succeeding with your own deployment.By Arnie Howes

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SHN PRESENTS: GP Soccer Podcast - SHN Trailers 2:14

2M ago2:14

2:14

GP Soccer Podcast is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW Giovanni Pacini is a noted expert in the game with significant expertise in the areas of player and coach development. He is a United Soccer Coaches Master Coach, member of its National Staff, and National Goalkeeper Staff. He is a USY…

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Jumanji | Welcome to Arnie's Jungle 24:52

2M ago24:52

24:52

We've all been to a board game night where it goes wrong. Rules are too complicated, you get into a fight, people leave in tears and you then run out of dip. What happens when Arnie is added to the mix? Jumanji... that's what happens!

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Nix, The Build-Everything Language (with Julian Arni) 1:20:36

2M ago1:20:36

1:20:36

Ever since we invented makefiles, the programming world has been wrestling with the problem of building software stacks reliably. This week we’re going to look at one of the most ambitious solutions available - Nix. Nix tries to do everything from invoking your compiler to installing your language, and even providing your operating system. But how …

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A Holistic, Research-Backed Framework to Future-Proof Your Leadership with Paula Davis – Episode 563 (M03) 33:22

2M ago33:22

33:22

Our third featured author of 2025 is stress and resilience expert, Paula Davis. She’s the founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, and she’s spent her career helping people at every level—from CEOs to soldiers—to make work better. Her latest book, Lead Well: 5 Mindsets to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your Team, delivers actionable […] T…

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A Holistic, Research-Backed Framework to Future-Proof Your Leadership with Paula Davis - Episode 563 (M03) 33:22

2M ago33:22

33:22

Whether you’re a seasoned leader or an emerging manager, Lead Well provides a holistic, research-backed framework to future-proof your leadership and unlock the full potential of your team.

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0054 – Why You Should Go All in On Teams - Part 1 6:47

2M ago6:47

6:47

Going all in on Teams is like acting on a hot stock tip that actually pans out. Most businesses - especially smaller businesses - do not know about the transformative powers of Microsoft Teams. They may use Teams for video meetings and a little bit of chat, but they don't strategically leverage it to transform their businesses. This is the first of…

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Superbad | Arnie is the One True McLovin' 25:47

3M ago25:47

25:47

We can all agree that our teenage years were difficult to navigate. Imagine how much easier it would have been if Arnie was there to walk us through puberty? Now he can! as Allan and Corey add him to Superbad.

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0053-Permissions Are a Pain! 6:22

3M ago6:22

6:22

How many times have you scrambled to give someone access to a shared workgroup file? How many times has someone accidentally been given access to a sensitive file? How often have you resented trying to figure out how to set permissions? Or are you just sick of the mental clutter of having to keep so many shared files straight in your head? In this …

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Fast and Furious | Arnie is for the Family 29:41

3M ago29:41

29:41

Look at the cast of the Fast and Furious franchise and tell us Arnie doesn't belong there with a straight face. He was made for this series! unfortunately "GoVeRnInG CaLiFoRnIa" got in the way. Less politics, more fast driving, Arnie... c'mon!

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Graphite: Image Editing as a Syntax Tree (with Keavon Chambers & Dennis Kobert) 1:17:32

3M ago1:17:32

1:17:32

Graphite is a new image editor with an interesting architecture - it’s a classic UI-driven app, an image-manipulation language, and a library of programmable graphics primitives that any Rust coder could use, extend or add to. The result is something that you can use like Photoshop or Inkscape, or make use of in batch pipelines, a bit like ImageMag…

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Literacy: The Great Equalizer with Dr. Sharon Roberts 47:53

3M ago47:53

47:53

Reading is one of the most powerful tools we can give our kids–it is a foundational skill that can shape their future success. In this episode of The Education Blueprint, Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk sits down with Dr. Sharon Roberts, senior advisor for SCORE (State Collaborative on Reforming Education), to dive into the impor…

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0052-I See the Value of Teams but I Have No Authority! 5:55

3M ago5:55

5:55

Are you an early adopter, or perhaps just someone who sees the great value of Teams to a workgroup but feel you don't have the authority to do anything about it? Well fear not. In all likelihood, you can do something about it! This week, Annie tells you how to improve your workgroup's effectiveness with Teams, even if you are a lower-level manager …

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Cars | CARnold Schwarzenegger 28:40

3M ago28:40

28:40

In 2006, Pixar finally answered the question nobody was asking, "What if cars could talk?". The only problem was they forgot to cast the most high-octane actor in existence: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Never fear, Allan and Corey are here right this wrong!

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0051-Our Group Chat Topics All Run Together! Part 2 4:56

3M ago4:56

4:56

In today's Part Two of helping you master solving the problem of multiple topics running together in a chat thread. While it is very handy for all conversations with a person (or people) to be contained in a single container - the chat thread - finding old messages seems to be too much trouble. Today, hostess Annie tells you how to very quickly fin…

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Transformers | Arniebots Assemble! 24:14

3M ago24:14

24:14

Hitting cinemas in 2007, Transformers is the perfect angsty teen highschool movie. It's got everything including Michael Bay, Linkin Park, sick cars and Megan Fox's...belly? No wonder Corey loved it so much!

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The Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior - Episode 562 (M02) 38:49

3M ago38:49

38:49

Mindmasters is a riveting look at what our digital footprints reveal about us, how they're being used—for good and for ill—and how we can gain power over the data that defines us.

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The Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior – Episode 562 (M02) 40:49

3M ago40:49

40:49

It’s time to unveil our second (of twelve) books we’re featuring in 2025. That’s right. In case you’re late to the party, Read to Lead has moved from a weekly show to a monthly show. That means only a dozen books will get the spotlight this year. The next book in our line-up is Mindmasters: […] The post The Science of Predicting and Changing Human …

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0050-Our Group Chat Topics All Run Together! Part 1 5:09

3M ago5:09

5:09

Today, on our 50th episode, hostess Annie tells you not only how to solve your issue of topics getting jumbled into a long Teams group chat, but also how to build an incredible knowledge base for your staff or workforce. Whether you manage thousands, hundreds, dozens, or just two employees, this episode will help you improve the knowledge level of …

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ReScript: A Better Typed JavaScript? (with Gabriel Nordeborn) 1:32:53

3M ago1:32:53

1:32:53

ReScript is a strongly-typed programming language that compiles to JavaScript, and that puts it squarely in competition with TypeScript. So why would a JavaScript developer choose to learn it next? What does it offer that makes it a tempting proposition? And how are the ReScript developers making life easier for anyone who wants to make the switch?…

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Toy Story | Live At Perth Fringe! 26:18

3M ago26:18

26:18

Join us for our live show from the Perth Fringe Festival where Allan and Corey add Arnie to Pixar's Toy Story, a film that was seriously lacking in some Austrian flair!

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Education and the Mainstream Media with Hallerin Hilton Hill 48:10

3M ago48:10

48:10

The stories we hear shape what we believe. In this episode of The Education Blueprint, Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk sits down with special guest Hallerin Hilton Hill to unpack the powerful influence of mainstream media on education. From the headlines that capture attention to the narratives that shape public opinion, they explore how media cover…

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0049-Improve With Work Habit Audits-Part 2 6:20

4M ago6:20

6:20

A simple, but effective goal for any business is to elevate all knowledge workers, or computing employees, to the proficiency level of your best computing employee. Additionally, there are unknown workgroup improvement opportunities lurking in the daily computing habits of individual employees. In today's episode - which is the second installment i…

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