Sebastian Marshall

Sebastian is co-founder of Ultraworking, a company that runs timed group work sessions on the internet (among other things). We get into the things he’s discovered really help improve productivity as well as the world outside pure ‘productivity’ gains.Follow Sebastian on Twitter here.Learn more about Ultraworking at https://www.ultraworking.com/

Sebastian is co-founder of Ultraworking, a company that runs timed group work sessions on the internet (among other things). We get into the things he’s discovered really help improve productivity as well as the world outside pure ‘productivity’ gains. Follow Sebastian on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sebastmarsh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Learn more about Ultraworking at <a href="https://www.ultraworking.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ultraworking.com/</a>

49: Sebastian Marshall

Tiago is a writer, thinker and trainer in productivity systems. He runs the online course ‘Building a Second Brain’ and we discuss the techniques he developed to support knowledge work. We also get into the weaknesses of the ‘deep work’ trend.Follow Tiago on Twitter here.Follow Tiago’s work at Forte Labs.Check out the ‘Building a Second Brain’ course here.

Tiago is a writer, thinker and trainer in productivity systems. He runs the online course ‘Building a Second Brain’ and we discuss the techniques he developed to support knowledge work. We also get into the weaknesses of the ‘deep work’ trend. Follow Tiago on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/fortelabs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Follow Tiago’s work at <a href="https://www.fortelabs.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forte Labs</a>. Check out the ‘Building a Second Brain’ course <a href="https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

48: Tiago Forte

Lýdia is a polyglot, mentor and inspiration to language learners. We discuss language learning methods, her experiences running online education programmes as well as what it’s like to work as a simultaneous interpreter in high-stress situations.Watch her TED talk here.Learn more about language mentoring and her methods at https://www.languagementoring.com/

Lýdia is a polyglot, mentor and inspiration to language learners. We discuss language learning methods, her experiences running online education programmes as well as what it’s like to work as a simultaneous interpreter in high-stress situations. Watch her TED talk <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lydia_machova_the_secrets_of_learning_a_new_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Learn more about language mentoring and her methods at <a href="https://www.languagementoring.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.languagementoring.com/</a>

47: Lýdia Machová

Eva Hagberg

Eva Hagberg is the author of a new memoir entitled ‘How to be Loved’. We speak to her about her experience of chronic illness, grief and her career in architecture and criticism.Learn more about Eva at https://www.evahagberg.com/Follow Eva on twitter at https://twitter.com/evahagberg/Buy Eva's book here

Eva Hagberg is the author of a new memoir entitled ‘How to be Loved’. We speak to her about her experience of chronic illness, grief and her career in architecture and criticism. Learn more about Eva at <a href="https://www.evahagberg.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.evahagberg.com/</a> Follow Eva on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/evahagberg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/evahagberg/</a> Buy Eva's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078979WZR/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B078979WZR&amp;linkId=46df3fd99412dd85080f30bdc16383a0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=soumet-20&amp;ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

46: Eva Hagberg

Bruce Smith

Matt speaks with Bruce Smith, entrepreneur and CEO/founder of Hydrow. Bruce coached the US Lightweight Eight rowing team to a Bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and is a former executive director of Community Rowing — Boston.Learn more about Hydrow here: https://hydrow.com/

Matt speaks with Bruce Smith, entrepreneur and CEO/founder of Hydrow. Bruce coached the US Lightweight Eight rowing team to a Bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and is a former executive director of Community Rowing — Boston. Learn more about Hydrow here: <a href="https://hydrow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hydrow.com/</a>

45: Bruce Smith

Jeremy Howard

Jeremy Howard is a giant of the deep / machine learning space. He's also deeply interested in how to democratise this set of skills and has lots to say on how best to do this.Full show notes are available at sourcesandmethods.comIf you're inspired to give learning this skill a try, visit fast.ai to learn more.

Jeremy Howard is a giant of the deep / machine learning space. He's also deeply interested in how to democratise this set of skills and has lots to say on how best to do this. Full show notes are available at <a href="https://www.sourcesandmethods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a> If you're inspired to give learning this skill a try, visit <a href="https://www.fast.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fast.ai</a> to learn more.

Deep Learning with fast.ai's Jeremy Howard

Matthias Felleisen

This week we spoke with Matthias Felleisen who is a professor at Northeastern University and heavyweight in the coding / teaching world, one of the driving forces behind Racket, a general-purpose programming language.Full show notes are available at www.sourcesandmethods.com

This week we spoke with Matthias Felleisen who is a professor at Northeastern University and heavyweight in the coding / teaching world, one of the driving forces behind Racket, a general-purpose programming language. Full show notes are available at <a href="https://www.sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sourcesandmethods.com</a>

Teaching Programming with Matthias Felleisen

Zavain Dar

Zavain Dar is a venture capitalist based in New York and San Francisco. He spoke with us about his work that takes him from business and investment in Silicon Valley to science and teaching at Stanford and elsewhere.Full show notes are available at sourcesandmethods.com

Zavain Dar is a venture capitalist based in New York and San Francisco. He spoke with us about his work that takes him from business and investment in Silicon Valley to science and teaching at Stanford and elsewhere. Full show notes are available at <a href="https://www.sourcesandmethods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

Parsing Complexity with Zavain Dar

Stephen Tankel

This week in an interlude from the technology theme of season three, we discuss Stephen Tankel's new book, With Us and Against Us: How America's Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror.Full show notes are available at sourcesandmethods.com

This week in an interlude from the technology theme of season three, we discuss Stephen Tankel's new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Us-Against-Americas-Terrorism-Irregular-ebook/dp/B077XL1TWZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?qid=&amp;sr=&amp;tag=soumet-20&amp;_encoding=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">With Us and Against Us: How America's Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror</a>. Full show notes are available at <a href="https://www.sourcesandmethods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

Improving Counterterrorism with Stephen Tankel

Eric Schles

Eric Schles is a data scientist working at Microsoft. He’s worked in various places but he uses his skills in understanding large amorphous chunks of data to drive policy and allow organisations to make smarter decisions. Recorded at he initial onset of some of the recent onset of border wall discussions in the United States, Eric talked about some of the data-derived work he was doing to better monitor what was going on. We talk about some of the practical consequences of this work and ways to get involved in it.Full show notes are available at sourcesandmethods.com

Eric Schles is a data scientist working at Microsoft. He’s worked in various places but he uses his skills in understanding large amorphous chunks of data to drive policy and allow organisations to make smarter decisions. Recorded at he initial onset of some of the recent onset of border wall discussions in the United States, Eric talked about some of the data-derived work he was doing to better monitor what was going on. We talk about some of the practical consequences of this work and ways to get involved in it. Full show notes are available at <a href="https://www.sourcesandmethods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

Data Science with Eric Schles

Sources and Methods is a podcast hosted by Alex Strick and Matt Trevithick in which interesting people doing interesting things get to talk about the what, how and why of what they do.sourcesandmethods.com

This is amazing!

A consistently great podcast featuring an eclectic assortment of exceptional oddballs. The vibe is decent, understated, modest, but at the same time focused on personal growth and elevation. So glad it&#39;s back as i thought it had ended.

Consistently great

Sources and Methods is a podcast hosted by Alex Strick and Matt Trevithick in which interesting people doing interesting things get to talk about the what, how and why of what they <a href="http://do.sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.sourcesandmethods.com</a>

Sources and Methods

Chris Lee

We speak with Chris Lee of Launch School, an online programming course programming with a mastery-based learning approach. We get into the different ways that education can work, and where further efforts are needed.

We speak with Chris Lee of Launch School, an online programming course programming with a mastery-based learning approach. We get into the different ways that education can work, and where further efforts are needed.

Chris Lee: Learning Programming with Launch School

Jim Wilcox

For this episode, Matt met up with Jim Wilcox, Professor Emeritus, who taught at Boston University in the College of General Studies for forty-three years. His original interest in teaching as a profession began while in the Air Force and evolved while teaching at Strathmore High School and Northern Illinois University. The courses he taught included rhetoric, literature and philosophy in the humanities.Full show notes can be found as always at https://www.sourcesandmethods.com).

For this episode, Matt met up with Jim Wilcox, Professor Emeritus, who taught at Boston University in the College of General Studies for forty-three years. His original interest in teaching as a profession began while in the Air Force and evolved while teaching at Strathmore High School and Northern Illinois University. The courses he taught included rhetoric, literature and philosophy in the humanities.Full show notes can be found as always at <a href="https://www.sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sourcesandmethods.com</a>).

37: Jim Wilcox

RightLobeMath.com -- main website / homepageFull show notes are available at: https://www.sourcesandmethods.com/podcast/38-rightlobemath

<a href="https://www.rightlobemath.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RightLobeMath.com</a> -- main website / homepage Full show notes are available at: <a href="https://www.sourcesandmethods.com/podcast/38-rightlobemath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sourcesandmethods.com/podcast/38-rightlobemath</a>

Learning the Abacus with RightLobeMath

Thomas Nichols

This week Matt speaks with Thomas Nichols, author of 'The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters'. Nichols is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College, an adjunct professor at the Harvard Extension School, and a former aide in the U.S. Senate. He is also the author of several works on foreign policy and international security affairs, including The Sacred Cause, No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War, and The Russian Presidency.He is also a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion, and as one of the all-time top players of the game, he was invited back to play in the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions. Nichols' website is tomnichols.net and he can be found on Twitter at @RadioFreeTom.

This week Matt speaks with Thomas Nichols, author of 'The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters'. Nichols is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College, an adjunct professor at the Harvard Extension School, and a former aide in the U.S. Senate. He is also the author of several works on foreign policy and international security affairs, including The Sacred Cause, No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War, and The Russian Presidency.He is also a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion, and as one of the all-time top players of the game, he was invited back to play in the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions. Nichols' website is <a href="http://tomnichols.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tomnichols.net</a> and he can be found on Twitter at @RadioFreeTom.

36: Thomas Nichols

This is an inbetweenisode. There's no guest, but we (Alex &amp; Matt) had a conversation about the past year of podcast guests, some stuff we've been working on and what's in store for 2017.Full show notes available at http://sourcesandmethods.com

This is an inbetweenisode. There's no guest, but we (Alex &amp; Matt) had a conversation about the past year of podcast guests, some stuff we've been working on and what's in store for 2017. Full show notes available at <a href="http://sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sourcesandmethods.com</a>

35: Alex & Matt

Lynne Kelly

This week, we spoke with Lynne Kelly, author of 'The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and Other Ancient Monuments', a fascinating exploration of the intersection between history, archaeological sleuthing and memory techniques. We delved into the contents of her book as well as the practical applications she found for these ancient skills. Full show notes are available at sourcesandmethods.com

This week, we spoke with Lynne Kelly, author of 'The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and Other Ancient Monuments', a fascinating exploration of the intersection between history, archaeological sleuthing and memory techniques. We delved into the contents of her book as well as the practical applications she found for these ancient skills. Full show notes are available at <a href="http://sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

34: Lynne Kelly

Gabe Weatherhead

Alex spoke with Gabe Weatherhead for this episode. We get into the weeds on DevonThink, an incredibly useful piece of database software. Gabe is best known as @macdrifter online (also check out macdrifter.com). We also talked about developing apps and the costs of social media. As always, check out show notes at sourcesandmethods.com

Alex spoke with Gabe Weatherhead for this episode. We get into the weeds on DevonThink, an incredibly useful piece of database software. Gabe is best known as @macdrifter online (also check out <a href="http://macdrifter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">macdrifter.com</a>). We also talked about developing apps and the costs of social media. As always, check out show notes at <a href="http://sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

33: Gabe Weatherhead

This week Alex spoke with Belle Beth Cooper, co-founder of Melbourne-based 'Hello Code'. Belle works in iOS development and as a writer. Hello Code make useful services like Exist.io, a website that shows you correlations from all your data.Full show notes are available at sourcesandmethods.com

This week Alex spoke with Belle Beth Cooper, co-founder of Melbourne-based 'Hello Code'. Belle works in iOS development and as a writer. Hello Code make useful services like <a href="http://Exist.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exist.io</a>, a website that shows you correlations from all your data.Full show notes are available at <a href="http://sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

32: Belle Beth Cooper

J. Kael Weston

Our guest this episode is Kael Weston. He represented the United States for more than a decade as a State Department official. Washington acknowledged his multi-year work in Fallujah with Marines by awarding him one of its highest honors, the Secretary of State's Medal for Heroism. You can follow his work at jkweston.comShow notes for this episode are available at sourcesandmethods.com

Our guest this episode is Kael Weston. He represented the United States for more than a decade as a State Department official. Washington acknowledged his multi-year work in Fallujah with Marines by awarding him one of its highest honors, the Secretary of State's Medal for Heroism. You can follow his work at jkweston.comShow notes for this episode are available at <a href="http://sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

31: J. Kael Weston

Deb Chachra

This week I spoke with Deb Chachra from Olin College (USA). She teaches engineering but is interested in and writes on a wide variety of semi-related themes and projects (see show notes for more).

30: Deb Chachra

Our guest this week is Marianne Long, Education Director of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and Co-Founder of the Gills Club. Marianne works to foster the engagement of young girls in the study of sharks, and I was curious to talk to her about the outreach and education events they offer. We also get into a little bit about the funding of research on sharks and the latest kinds of research methods.

29: Gills Club

Matthew Cassel

Our guest this week is Matthew Cassel, an independent multimedia journalist and filmmaker based in Istanbul, Turkey. As a writer, photographer and videographer he has reported from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and beyond. His most recent work was a six-part documentary film about Syrian refugees making the trek to Europe which has been featured in the New Yorker. Show notes are available, as always, at http://www.sourcesandmethods.com

Our guest this week is Matthew Cassel, an independent multimedia journalist and filmmaker based in Istanbul, Turkey. As a writer, photographer and videographer he has reported from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and beyond. His most recent work was a six-part documentary film about Syrian refugees making the trek to Europe which has been featured in the New Yorker. Show notes are available, as always, at <a href="http://www.sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sourcesandmethods.com</a>

28: Matthew Cassel

Anders Ericsson

This week we talk with Dr K. Anders Ericsson about his pioneering work advancing the science of expertise. Key question: how do we get better at specific skills and learning? We get into everything covered in his latest book, 'Peak', and discuss how writers and researchers might put some of his insights into practice. Full show notes are available at http://www.sourcesandmethods.com

This week we talk with Dr K. Anders Ericsson about his pioneering work advancing the science of expertise. Key question: how do we get better at specific skills and learning? We get into everything covered in his latest book, 'Peak', and discuss how writers and researchers might put some of his insights into practice. Full show notes are available at <a href="http://www.sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sourcesandmethods.com</a>

27: K. Anders Ericsson

Alex Mullen

Our guest this week is Alex Mullen. He’s currently a medical student at the University of Mississipi, but also the current reigning World Memory Champion. He can memorise the order of a pack of cards in 17 seconds and was inspired to start training to improve his memory after reading Joshua Foer’s book, Moonwalking with Einstein.Shownotes can be found at http://www.sourcesandmethods.com/

Our guest this week is Alex Mullen. He’s currently a medical student at the University of Mississipi, but also the current reigning World Memory Champion. He can memorise the order of a pack of cards in 17 seconds and was inspired to start training to improve his memory after reading Joshua Foer’s book, Moonwalking with Einstein.Shownotes can be found at <a href="http://www.sourcesandmethods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sourcesandmethods.com/</a>

26: Alex Mullen

Our guest this week is Samuel Maruta, the co-founder of Marou Chocolate in Vietnam, and an increasing presence on the artisanal chocolate scene. He walks us through the production, ethics and big picture thinking around the chocolate industry.Show notes are available at sourcesandmethods.com

Our guest this week is Samuel Maruta, the co-founder of Marou Chocolate in Vietnam, and an increasing presence on the artisanal chocolate scene. He walks us through the production, ethics and big picture thinking around the chocolate industry.Show notes are available at <a href="http://sourcesandmethods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sourcesandmethods.com</a>

25: Marou Chocolate

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