

Home Assistant Podcast
HK Media
Join hosts Phil Hawthorne and Rohan Karamandi as they explore the newest Home Assistant releases and the latest Home Automation news. Featuring guests who use or contribute to Home Assistant, the podcast aims to inspire new ways to make your home smarter.
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Feb 26, 2020 • 1h 9min
Home Assistant Podcast 63 – 0.106 and automating the bathtub with James
Rohan and Phil are joined by James from Manchester UK to discuss the 0.106 release and James interesting uses of Home Assistant.
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha063/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Special thanks to todays guest
James Callaghan
Website: http://jcallaghan.com/
Twitter: @jamescallaghan
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Feb 5, 2020 • 1h 1min
Home Assistant Podcast 62 – 0.105 and Home Assistant as a solar controller with John
Rohan and Phil are joined by John to discuss the 0.105 release and how John is using Home Assistant in a commercial use for solar energy.
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha062/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Special thanks to todays guest
John Cromer
Website: https://www.levll.com
Twitter: @solardiscord
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Jan 29, 2020 • 56min
Spotlight – Self Hosting
Rohan and Phil are joined by Alex from Self Hosted to deep dive into everything self hosting
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/sp005/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Special thanks to todays guest
Alex Kretzschmar
Website: https://blog.ktz.me/
Twitter: @ironicbadger
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Jan 15, 2020 • 47min
Home Assistant Podcast 61 – 0.104 and bringing in 2020 with Alex from SelfHosted
Rohan and Phil are joined by Alex from the Self Hosted Podcast to talk 0.104 and bring in 2020
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha061/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Special thanks to todays guest
Alex Kretzschmar
Website: https://blog.ktz.me/
Twitter: @ironicbadger
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Dec 15, 2019 • 1h 15min
Home Assistant Podcast 60 – 0.103, Sonos takes over Snips and ending the year with Frenck
Rohan and Phil are joined by Frenck to discuss the Sonos takeover of Snips, and the final release of 2019
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha060/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
Special thanks to todays guest
Franck Nijhof
Website: https://www.frenck.nl/
Home Assistant Config: https://github.com/frenck/home-assistant-config
Twitter: @frenck
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Nov 20, 2019 • 1h 3min
Home Assistant Podcast 59 – 0.102, State of the Union 2019 and getting holiday ready with Florin
Rohan and Phil are joined by Florin from Romania to discuss the awesome goodies from the State of the Union 2019 and Florin's smart home
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha059/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Special thanks to todays guest
Florin Voicu
Home Assistant Config: https://github.com/johnflorin/freya
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Phil Hawthorne
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Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Oct 30, 2019 • 1h 1min
Home Assistant Podcast 58 – 0.101, Switchbot Curtain and talking to Stephan
Rohan and Phil and joined by Stephan from New Zealand to talk 0.101, the Switchbot Curtain Kickstarter and Stephans use of Home Assistant
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha058/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Special thanks to todays guest
Stephan McKillen
Home Assistant Config: https://github.com/MYLE-01/MySmarthouse
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
Buy Rohan a Coffee
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Oct 9, 2019 • 59min
Home Assistant Podcast 57 – 0.100, Hacktoberfest 2019 and wireless technologies with Tony
Rohan and Phil are joined by Tony to talk 0.100, Hacktoberfest and learn about Tony’s smart home
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha057/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
Special thanks to todays guest
Tony Lamont
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
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Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Sep 27, 2019 • 1h 14min
Spotlight – Planning a Home Assistant install for a smart tiny house
Bryan joins Rohan and Phil to ask for advice on planning out a smart home for a tiny house
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/sp004/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Special thanks to todays guest
Bryan Smith
Website: http://tinyhousekits.com
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
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Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Sep 18, 2019 • 53min
Home Assistant Podcast 56 – 0.99, Home Assistant turns 6 and mining crypto with Eric
Rohan and Phil break down 0.99 and talk to Eric who has over 400 smart home devices migrating to Home Assistant
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha056/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
Special thanks to todays guest
Eric Vitale
Twitter: @ericvitale
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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