
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

Mar 16, 2023 • 49min
Episode 48: The One and Only José Valim
The Beam Radio Panel has a long lovely Elixir chat with the creator of Elixir - José Valim and we welcome our newest host - Meryl Dakin!
Follow Jose´ at
@josevalim@genserver.social
Come see us at these conferences:
GigCityElixir Conference - Chattanooga, TN
May 19-20 (training day with Bruce Tate May 18)
https://www.gigcityelixir.com
Empex - CFP is open! NYC
June 9
https://www.empex.co/new-york
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Mar 2, 2023 • 41min
Episode 47: Security with Michael Lubas
The Beam Radio Panel has a fascinating conversation about security in Elixir with Paraxial Founder, Michael Lubas.
Show notes:
Paraxial
Michael's Elixir Conf Talk
Elixir and Phoenix Security Training ElixirConf EU 2023
Twitter: @paraxialio
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Feb 18, 2023 • 53min
Episode 46: Meryl Dakin: Building Healthy Elixir Teams
The Beam Radio Panel talks with Meryl Dakin about building healthy Elixir teams and adopting Elixir.
Meryl Daykin is a software enginner at Knock.
Meryl's Codebeam Talk: https://codebeamamerica.com/participants/meryl-dakin/
Follow her on Twitter: @meryldakin
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
and on Mastodon
@steven@genserver.social
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Feb 2, 2023 • 45min
Episode 45: Dave Lucia and Elixir's Superpowers
The Beam Radio Panel talks with Dave Lucia about Elixir's Superpower and the Elixir Community
Dave's website: https://davelucia.com
Twitter: @davydog187; Kept Elixirin’ CTO @bitfocrypto
Mastodon: @davydog187@genserver.social
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
and on Mastodon
@steven@genserver.social
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Jan 20, 2023 • 44min
Episode 44: Flora Petterson Talks Nerves and Puppets
The BeamRadio Panel talks with Flora Petterson, technical writer and puppeteer, about using Nerves to animate puppets.
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
and on Mastodon
@steven@genserver.social
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Jan 5, 2023 • 45min
Episode 43: Doing Well and Doing Good: Elixir Apprenticeships
Show Notes:
Apprenticeship Patterns
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/apprenticeship-patterns/9780596806842/
Contact info for guests:
Andrew Ek: andrew.ek@launchscout.com / @ektastrophe (twitter)
Chris Nelson: chris@launchscout.com / @superchris (twitter)
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox or to info@grox.io with subject #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
and on Mastodon
@steven@genserver.social
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Dec 21, 2022 • 17sec
Episode 42: Happy Holidays!
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Twitter: @BeamRadio1
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Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Dec 19, 2022 • 51min
Episode 41: Membrane
The Beam Radio panel talks with Mateusz Front, a lead architect at Membrane about all the cool BEAM things going on there.
Mateusz Front: Twitter - @uusszz
https://membrane.stream
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Nov 30, 2022 • 1h 2min
Episode 40: Alex McLain Talks Nerves
The BeamRadio panel has a lively discussion on Nerves, the BEAM and learning with Alex McLain
Full Stack Engineering Video Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@amclain
Nerves Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/nerves/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning
https://grox.io

Nov 9, 2022 • 46min
Episode 39: Bruce and the Great Loop
Show Notes:
Great Loop Info: https://www.greatloop.org
Mobile Must Have Products: https://mobilemusthave.com
https://www.peplinkworks.com/MAX-Mobile-Routers.asp
https://www.peplink.com/products/max-transit-duo/
Alex's Dad's book about being a Sea Tow Captain: https://www.amazon.com/Rescue-Boat-Stories-Rescues-Adventures/dp/1952521963
GigCityElixir is coming back in person! May 19-20, 2023, Chattanooga Tennessee. Stay tuned to @groxiolearing and @gigcityelixir on Twitter for details.
Use the Pragmatic Bookshelf Discount Code "GROXROCKS" for 30% off the following books til November 16th:
Programming Phoenix LiveView https://pragprog.com/titles/liveview/programming-phoenix-liveview/
Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves https://pragprog.com/titles/thnerves/build-a-binary-clock-with-elixir-and-nerves/
Build a Weather Station with Elixir and Nerves https://pragprog.com/titles/passweather/build-a-weather-station-with-elixir-and-nerves/
Designing Elixir Systems with OTP https://pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/
Adopting Elixir
https://pragprog.com/titles/tvmelixir/adopting-elixir/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning
https://grox.io
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