Beam Radio

Stories and conversations around Elixir, Erlang and the BEAM ecosystem

About the show

A packed panel of Elixir experts and experienced developers who make the complicated interesting and fun. We talk about Elixir, Erlang and all things related to the BEAM virtual machine ecosystem.

Featuring a panel of hosts including Bruce Tate, Sophie Debenedetto, Alex Koutmos, Steven Nunez and Lars Wikman.

Edited by Maggie Tate
Sponsored by Grox.io and Underjord

Episodes

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    Episode 40: Alex McLain Talks Nerves

    November 30th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 2 mins
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    The BeamRadio panel has a lively discussion with Alex McLain on Nerves, the BEAM and learning.

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    Episode 39: Bruce and the Great Loop

    November 9th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  46 mins 4 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    The panel talks with Bruce about the boating adventures on the Great Loop and how many similarities there are with programming in Elixir.

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    Episode 38: BeamRadio Team Reflects on Chris McCord's LiveView Keynote

    October 26th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 3 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    BeamRadio Team Reflects on Chris McCord's LiveView Keynote from ElixirConf 2022.

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    Episode 37: Beam Radio: Talk Radio with Steven and Lars

    October 12th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  45 mins 36 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    Join Steven and Lars as they explore favorite topics around Elixir and the Beam.

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    Episode 36: Curiosity as a Superpower

    September 21st, 2022  |  Season 2  |  48 mins 38 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    The BeamRadio team talks to Brooklin Meyers about teaching Elixir and the new DockYard Academy

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    Episode 35: eqWAlizer with Ilya Klyuchnikov

    August 31st, 2022  |  Season 2  |  42 mins 34 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    This week the BeamRadio Panel talks about eqWAlizer Ilya Klyuchnikov.

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    Episode 34: Catching Up with the Beam Radio Team

    August 22nd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  43 mins 42 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    The panel discusses MJML EEX, Rust, Surface and LiveView and more!

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    Episode 33: Beam Radio Talks Elixir with Bowery Farms

    June 8th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  43 mins 51 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    The BeamRadio panel talks with the Bowery Farms team Kevin McNamee and Nick Sanford about how they use Elixir.

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    Episode 32: Most Excellent and Important Wisdom for Professional Developers

    May 5th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 49 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    The Beam Radio Panel tackles the question "What is the most important advice or learnings you've had in your career as professional developers?"

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    Episode 31: Upping Your Game - Elixir Resources

    April 14th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  43 mins 48 secs
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    The BeamRadio panel talks about the best resources for learning Elixir and upping your game!

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    Episode 30: LiveView JS and LiveBeats

    April 5th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 56 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    Join the panel as they discuss some chainsaw therapy as well as LiveView JS and LiveBeats!

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    Episode 29: LiveBook and Other Fun Projects

    March 23rd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  54 mins 11 secs
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    Join Alex as he facilitates a discussion with the hosts about everyone's side projects. It's a great peek into what the hosts are working on!

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    Episode 28: Rabbit MQ Streams

    March 9th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  53 mins 35 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    Join the Beam Radio panel as they talk RabbitMQ Streams with Arnaud Cogoluègnes and Karl Nilsson, RabbitMQ Core Team Members

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    Episode 27: Elixir Show and Tell

    February 23rd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 10 secs
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    For a long time, Steven remembers using Elixir was theoretical, or he didn't get to use a cool feature the BEAM had to offer. He loved hearing about all the things others were doing with it. Now there's so much with LiveView, and Nerves... it's time to showcase cool projects we think the BEAM makes possible. Welcome to Elixir Show and Tell!

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    Episode 26: Alex Talks Erlang

    February 2nd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 9 secs
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    Join the BeamRadio Panel as Alex hosts a discussion of Elixir's roots in Erlang.

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    Episode 25: People Work Here! A Chat with Amos King on Agile

    January 11th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  46 mins 27 secs
    beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming

    Season 2! This week the panel talks Agile development with the one and only Amos King of Binary Noggin.