
Beam Radio
A packed panel of Elixir experts and experienced developers who make the complicated interesting and fun. We talk about Elixir, Erlang and all things related to the BEAM virtual machine ecosystem.
Featuring a panel of hosts including Alex Koutmos, Andrew Ek, Bruce Tate, Lars Wikman, and Meryl Dakin.
Edited by Maggie Tate
Sponsored by Grox.io and Underjord
Latest episodes

Nov 13, 2023 • 49min
Episode 63: Jonatan Männchen and OpenID
Jonatan Männchen leads technology @ Sustema and is a member @ ErlEF security working group
Look at oidcc on GitHub.
Catch him at CodeBEAM in SF
Find him on LinkedIn
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@lawik
@meryldakin
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Oct 27, 2023 • 52min
Episode 62: Jenny Bramble Talks Testing
The panel has an enlightening discussion with Jenny Bramble about testers and developers and how to make code better!
Find Jenny Bramble at @jennydoesthings on Twitter
See Jenny's ElixirConf 2023 talk: Black Box Techniques for Unit Tests
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Oct 4, 2023 • 57min
Episode 61: Zach Daniel and the Ash Framework
Welcome back to the panel Alex Koutmos!
Alex, Lars and Zach have a lively discussion about the Ash Framework.
Zach's ElixirConf23 talk: https://youtu.be/c4iou77kOFc?si=oHPKBv0x60VQXY6R
Ash Framwork: https://www.ash-hq.org
Ash Forum: https://elixirforum.com/c/elixir-framework-forums/ash-framework-forum/123
Zach on Twitter: @ZachSDaniel1
Ash Framework on Twitter: @AshFramework
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Sep 25, 2023 • 47min
Episode 60: Guillaume Duboc and Types in Elixir
Welcome to season 3 of BeamRadio!
Kicking it off is a very exciting chat with Guillaume Duboc and the panel about types in Elixir.
Bringing Types to Elixir by Giuseppe Castagna and Guillaume Duboc | ElixirConf EU 2023
https://youtu.be/gJJH7a2J9O8?si=sfEBGG27s0-0N3cd
Guillaume's Website and contact info:
https://www.irif.fr/users/gduboc/index
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Sep 11, 2023 • 39min
Episode 59: ElixirConf 2023 BTS #3
The final ElixirConf bonus episode! Interviews with speakers and attendees.
Featuring:
Greg Vaughn
Jenny Bramble
Desmond Bowe
José Valim
Ryan Schneck
Razvan Draghici
Sam McDavid
@json_do
German Velasco
Brian Cardarella
Katelynn Burns
Andrew Moore
Chris Nelson
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@lawik@fosstodon.org
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Sep 8, 2023 • 22min
Episode 58: ElixirConf 2023 BTS #2
Interviews with Zach Daniel, Savannah Manning, Joshua Plique, and Tyler Young. They discuss Ash framework, code generation, Phoenix updates, experiences at ElixirConf, people-focused engineering, testing, empowering junior developers, Kate's experience at Alyssa conference, and generational pairings.

Sep 6, 2023 • 5min
Episode 57: Elixir Conf Preview
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Aug 17, 2023 • 52min
Episode 56: Steve Bussey: From Ruby to Elixir
Join the BeamRadio Panel as they talk about lanugage adoption, learning Elixir and solving pain points with Steve Bussey, author of Real-time Phoenix and From Ruby to Elixir.
Real-time Phoenix
From Ruby to Elixir
Find Steve Bussey on Twitter/X: @YOOOODAAAA
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Jul 25, 2023 • 51min
Episode 55: Maggie Tate - Community Building with Conferences
The BeamRadio panel talks all things conference with GigCityElixir and LoneStar Elixir Organizer Maggie Tate.
Show Notes:
GigCityElixir23 Speaker Talks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKBMoE8mCkXijPYoLCKtWeHa-q69EYwDf
GigCityElixir19 Speaker Talks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKBMoE8mCkXgXIHTEw9073T4HdNPrvXuw
LoneStar Elixir 2020 Speaker Talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKBMoE8mCkXi88D-GXaFoCgOPq4l4-RH5
"Stewardship Made Practical" - Stuart Halloway: https://youtu.be/GXgbV7jB_Bc
"How I Failed to Live My Childhood Dream" - Chris Keathley https://youtu.be/J_dnXZUZc4w
Connect with Maggie:
Twitter: @gardenertate
Threads: @tatemaggie
Mastodon: @gardenertate@genserver.social
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Jul 7, 2023 • 49min
Episode 54: Sean Moriarity and Machine Learning
Join the BeamRadio panel for a riveting talk with Sean Moriarity on Elixir and machine learning!
https://seanmoriarity.com
Machine Learning in Elixir – Coming Soon!
Genetic Algorithms in Elixir
Empex NYC Sean Moriarty - The Future of Large Language Models is Elixir: https://youtu.be/5eRgX2tugbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWXSiZ-vi-o
https://github.com/elixir-nx/axon
https://github.com/elixir-nx/scholar
https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWXSiZ-vi-o
www.anthropic.com/
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Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord