

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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Aug 28, 2019 • 1h 3min
Home Assistant Podcast 55 – 0.98, a new Docker base and venturing to South Africa with Cliff
Rohan and Phil talk Home Assistant 0.98 and venture to South Africa to see how Cliff is using 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/ha055/
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
Cliff de Wit
Twitter: @clifforddw
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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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Aug 7, 2019 • 1h 4min
Home Assistant Podcast 54 – 0.97 and making beer with Brandon
Rohan and Phil talk 0.97, and catch up with Brandon to see how he monitors his Beer with 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/ha054/
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
Special thanks to todays guest
Brandon Gulla
Website: http://bgulla.dev
Twitter: @gullatec
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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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Jul 24, 2019 • 39min
Home Assistant Podcast HASS.IO Birthday Special with Pascal and Paulus
Rohan and Phil are joined by Pascal and Paulus to celebrate the birthday of Hass.io, and talk meetups, Home Assistant Cast and Home Assistant 1.0
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/hax01/
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 guests
Pascal Vizeli
Twitter: @pvizeli
Paulus Schoutsen
Twitter: @balloob
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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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Jul 17, 2019 • 44min
Home Assistant Podcast 53 – 0.96, Climate Overhaul and e-ink weather displays with Jon
Jon joins Rohan and Phil to discuss the 0.96 release, and shares his cool e-ink weather display integrated with 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/ha053/
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
Jon
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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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Jul 7, 2019 • 19min
Spotlight – Custom Components
Phil and Rohan take a quick opportunity to explain custom components, lovelace cards, themes and the Home Assistant Community Store (HACS)
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/sp003/
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.
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
Buy Phil a Coffee
Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Jun 26, 2019 • 48min
Home Assistant Podcast 52 – 0.95, Alexa Entities, Dynamically blocking ads and Brendon
Brendon joins Rohan and Phil to discuss Home Assistant 0.95 and Alexa entity management
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha052/
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
Brendon Baumgartner
Website: http://brendon.net
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
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Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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Twitter: @rohank9
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Jun 5, 2019 • 56min
Home Assistant Podcast 51 – 0.94, Configuration without YAML and Zack
Rohan and Phil are joined by Zack to discuss 0,94 and sprinklers
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha051/
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
Zack Lalanne
Website: https://selfhostedhome.com
Home Assistant Config: https://github.com/zlalanne/home-assistant-config
Twitter: @selfhostedhome
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
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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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May 15, 2019 • 53min
Home Assistant Podcast 50 – 0.93, Nest and Hue breaking integrations and talking to Peter
Rohan and Phil are joined by Peter to talk about Google Nest and Philips Hue making changes which affect smart home users.
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha050/
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
Peter
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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
Buy Rohan a Coffee
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May 1, 2019 • 48min
Home Assistant Podcast 49 – 0.92 (again!) and Hass.io with Pascal
Rohan and Phil are joined by Pascal to re-discuss 0.92, and everything about hass.io
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha049/
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
Pascal Vizeli
Twitter: @pvizeli
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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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Apr 17, 2019 • 1h 6min
Home Assistant Podcast 48 – Searching for 0.92 on a boat with Adam
Rohan and Phil attempt to break down the yet to be released Home Assistant 0.92, and talk to Adam who lives on a boat.
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha048/
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
Adam Howley
Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3sknm_GUCDESM7EmVvkgzg
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
Buy Phil a Coffee
Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
Buy Rohan a Coffee
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