The Stack Overflow Podcast

The Stack Overflow podcast is a frank and funny conversation about what it means to work in software and how code is reshaping our world. As it celebrates its 12th anniversary, it’s a must-listen for any programmer, as necessary as Stack Overflow itself.

podcast March 18, 2013

Podcast #45 – Keeping it Sharp

Our guest this week is Eric Lippert – language architect extraordinaire and famous for all his work at Microsoft in developing their languages Eric joined Microsoft right out of college and was originally working on VB It’s time for everyone’s favorite game: Name the Worst Feature of that Microsoft Technology! If you’re a non-programmer and…
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podcast March 6, 2013

Podcast #44 – This Should Have Been #43

Welcome Back!  Our guest today is the one and only Robert Scoble – blogger and video maker extraordinaire.  He’s joined by the usual Stack Exchange crew for a packed hour of fun. Robert is a geek who gets around and meets startups and tech innovators. He’s calling from Flipboard‘s headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. Joel wonders…
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podcast February 21, 2013

Podcast #43 – False Facts & Blood Feuds

Welcome to Stack Exchange Podcast #43 with Joel Spolsky, Jay Hanlon, David Fullerton, and special guest Alexis Ohanian, calling in from the Tutorspree office. Alexis is the co-founder of Reddit and an investor in Hipmunk. He’s a strong advocate against SOPA and PIPA, and knows how to dress well while doing so, thanks to Joel. (Listen on to figure out what…
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podcast February 5, 2013

Podcast #42 – It”s The Exception That Proves The Rule

Welcome to Stack Exchange Podcast #42 – it’s our usual gang back this week with Joel, Jay, David, and Producer Alex.  There’s plenty of inside baseball, so put on your rally caps and make sure to stick it through to the end! David Mamet, apparently. Jay was a drama major. Michael forgot to pay the…
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podcast January 28, 2013

Podcast #41 – Neither of Us Have Muscles

Welcome to Stack Exchange Podcast #41, featuring Joel Spolsky, Jay Hanlon, David Fullerton, Kyle Brandt, Nick Craver, and Geoff Dalgas, with Producer Alex calling in from Denver!  We have a bunch of systems administrators and the like here, because we are in the process of moving datacenters to our new home in New York City.…
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company January 10, 2013

Podcast #40 – Random Musings (Plus a Surprise Guest)

You’re listening to the Stack Exchange Podcast #40 (We apologize to everyone who expected Wil Wheaton last week)  Your hosts are David Fullerton, Jay Hanlon, and Joel Spolsky.  We also have a surprise special guest: Britton Payne, professor of Copyright, Trademark, and Emerging Technologies at Fordham University. He knows a lot of things about software…
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company December 24, 2012

Podcast #39 – The One with Wil Wheaton

Today’s guest is Jeremy Tunnell, who says it’s great to be here. He’s the new Product Manager on the Stack Exchange team. He works out of Nashville but is in New York with us, recording live in the podcast studio! Also, on today’s podcast, everyone is going to eat a spoon of cinnamon and ten Saltines. Sam tried to eat a…
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podcast December 3, 2012

SE Podcast #38 – This One”s At Least a 4/10

Welcome to Stack Exchange podcast #38 with Joel, Jay, David, and new special guest Will Cole, PM on the Careers team.  We’re doing a deep dive into Careers today, as we have the launch of Careers in German coming up! Stack Overflow Careers 2.0 is launching in Germany! (Much has happened since the last time…
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podcast November 20, 2012

SE Podcast #37 – Back At It, Again

Welcome back!  We’re actually back to a fairly normal podcast this week and want to bring you back up to speed on Stack Exchange after our adventures the last few weeks.  What’s on the agenda? What’s new this week? Starting with the review queue and its new segment: the reopen queue! It’s exactly what it…
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podcast November 9, 2012

SE Podcast #36 – We Got Hit by a Hurricane

So as you may have heard in the news, the east coast got hit pretty hard by Hurricane Sandy – in particular, our datacenter in Lower Manhattan was almost knocked entirely offline.  If not for the incredible efforts of Fog Creek Software, Squarespace, and Peer1 (the datacenter) there would have certainly been days of outages…
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podcast October 29, 2012

SE Podcast #35 – A Biscuit Away from Jerry Stiller

Welcome to Stack Exchange podcast #35 with special guest Scott Hanselman. We also have your loyal cohosts, Jay Hanlon and David Fullerton. And Joel Spolsky? What exactly would Scott say that he does here? Scott Hanselman runs a podcast that doesn’t waste your time… unlike we have for the first nine minutes. Let’s talk about…
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