Does A Frog Have Scorpion Nature?
This podcast features interviews with interesting people working in technology who retain their sense of humor. The host, Nikhil Suresh, talks to guests who are not on book tours or selling cryptocurrency. The conversations are lighthearted and focus on the human side of tech. Each episode aims to be entertaining and insightful.
Episodes
"Fisher-Price Management" with Cory Doctorow
It's Cory Doctorow, I'm not going to waste your time explaining who he is. You can find him at pluralistic.net, but I'm going to link you to this post specifically because it talks about how cool and hip I am.Also, you can grab the book mentioned by Will at the beginning here!
"Crisis Engineering" with Layer Aleph
Someone recently put me onto the book Crisis Engineering by Marina Nitze, Matthew Weaver, and Mikey Dickerson. It is unfortunately not about how to engineer a crisis, which would be very fun, but about how to leverage a crisis as one of the rare moments where a company is actually open to change. It is one of the rare contemporary books that is ostensibly about "business" that is going t
"4:30 AM Is An Evil Hour" with Ed Zitron
Listen, it's Ed Zitron, he doesn't need an introduction. If you live under a rock (very reasonable mental health decision in the year of our Lord, 2026) you can find his work at Where's Your Ed At? or his own podcast, Better Offline.
"This Episode Is A Cognitohazard" with Efron Licht
This episode is with Efron Licht! I met Efron about a year ago, and I make the time to have a call with him every Thursday morning despite the myriad obligations of running a business because he's so goddamn good at programming (and also funny). His writing removed a lot of wild industry dysfunction from my brain around actually programming, and you can find it all eblog.fly.dev. Pick a random
"Security's Fuckin' Weird" with Dan Tentler
Here's the second part of the episode! Why is it in two parts? Someone speculated that this might be a better format for people that don't want to get blasted by two hours of rambling without a natural break.Many thanks to Lisa Lorenzin for editing this episode!
"Hunky Sales Dudes" with Dan Tentler
We have Dan Tentler on the podcast, a guy that I once (this is a true story) referred to outside of a security meetup wherein my interlocutor revealed that he's considered a "rockstar" by lots of security people. So you know, we're going up in the world.Many thanks to Lisa Lorenzin for editing this episode!
"Damn Chatbots" with Demetrios Brinkmann
Today I'm chatting with Demetrios Brinkmann, certified Cool Dude (TM) with lots of experience in the machine learning space. I recorded this a million years ago and must thank Demetrios for his patience. Topics we touch on are: machine learning hype in businesses, job searches, and the pros/cons of authenticity in a career.Also, in a desperate attempt to feel like this is a responsible thing to pr
"Improvisation" with Felipe Velez
Today we've got Felipe Velez on the podcast, a close friend of mine from the improv theatre scene here in Melbourne. I know, I know, weird topic, but I want everyone to know about it. We're catching Felipe as he's on his way back to Columbia for the next big chapter of his life. He's easily amongst the funniest and most wholesome people I've ever met.
If anything we talk about sounds interesting,
"The Million Dollar Curtain Pull" with Simon Swords
Today we've got Simon Swords, the managing director at Fundipedia and all-around extremely cool guy. His first email to me had this at the start, middle, and end:
"DO NOT START A BUSINESS THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL RECURRING REVENUE."
And I cannot begin to describe how much suffering he has saved me.
With my newfound internet fame, I am going to upgrade my recording
"Jokes For Jokers" with Jesse Alford
This episode's guest is Jesse Alford, a former staff engineer at Pivotal Software, and the host of Radio Free XP. I've been corresponding with Jesse daily for a month or two now, and am consistently blown away by his insight into any topic I dredge up. We discuss a whole bunch of things, ranging from seriousness in job, whether entering management to drive organizational change is wise, to
"I Don't Even Have Pizza Budget" with Kijana Woodard
This episode is one that I've been super excited for - it's with Kijana Woodard, who runs kaizen.io! Kijana reached out to me a few months ago to talk about some writing, and we've been talking ever since. We're spiritually aligned on what fulfilling work looks like, and had a fantastic time talking.
Today's topics range from how it's terrible that I.T has three-year senior
"What The Hell Are Terms Of Reference?" with Stephen Deutsch
This is a re-upload of the first episode with more post-processing done.
In this first episode, we speak to Stephen Deutsch, the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action's Principal Data Scientist. At the time of recording, an article I had written on the grotesque overuse of the word 'leadership' had just hit the #1 spot on Hackernews, where Stephen was named as one of the
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