
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

Oct 5, 2021 • 43min
Episode 20: Living with Elixir, Jerod Santo
This week the panel chats with Jerod Santo of Changelog.com about his experience with Elixir. Lars takes the helm leading the discussion.
Follow Jerod (@jerodsanto) the cohost of @Changelog and @JSpartyFM on Twitter and find him producing @GoTimeFM and @PracticalAIFM.
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Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Sep 21, 2021 • 58min
Episode 19: That’s not a problem. That’s success!
Starting from the foundation of "what more do we need?" we get into all sorts of discussions around where we see that Elixir can flourish.
Links:
LiveView
Nerves Project
Scenic (Elixir UI on OpenGL)
Membrane Framework
2020 Elixir Community Survey data
Vega-Lite - A Gammar of Interactive Graphics
Vega-Lite for Livebook
Elixir Nx
Phoenix Thesis
Talk: Lars @ Func Prog Sweden
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Twitter: @BeamRadio1
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Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Sep 7, 2021 • 1h 4min
Episode 18: Code Heresy with Chris Keathley
Show Notes:
Chris Keathley's Keynote from Gig City Elixir 2019: https://youtu.be/J_dnXZUZc4w
Find Chris on Twitter: @ChrisKeathley and blog: https://keathley.io
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
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Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Aug 24, 2021 • 38min
Episode 17: Elixir Deployment with Hubert Łępicki
Show Notes:
http://digitalocean.com/
https://www.gigalixir.com
https://www.heroku.com
https://render.com
Follow our guest on Hubert Łępicki Twitter - @hubertlepicki
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
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Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Aug 10, 2021 • 55min
Episode 16: The Panel talks Elixir with Quinn Wilton
The Beam Radio team talks Elixir and Erlang with Quinn Wilton. Follow her on Twitter at @wilton_quinn.
Links mentioned in the episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhheJ5zsXBQ
https://ubf.github.io/ubf/ubf-user-guide.en.html
https://github.com/keathley/mentat
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
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Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Jul 27, 2021 • 45min
Episode 15: Grok It! Learning to Code
Show notes:
https://akoutmos.com/post/actor-model-genserver-app/
https://akoutmos.com/post/actor-model-genserver-app-two/
https://twitter.com/akoutmos/status/1313886807151517698
https://underjord.io/a-telegram-bot-in-elixir.html
https://underjord.io/getting-started-with-petal.html
https://underjord.io/promex-livestream.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7PR-cI89ag&list=PLk_-dV_ai0LHPyQyAi9h-6yLCreVeTDvD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plH6t2vOTvs
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
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Jul 13, 2021 • 48min
Episode 14: Sneaking Elixir Into Your Org With Nikos Maroulis and Joel Kemp
Convincing your company and co-workers to bet on the BEAM can sometimes be tricky. Decision makers will often want to bet on something more mainstream even when it isn't the best tool for the job. Luckily, Nikos and Joel agreed to tell us how to properly pitch the BEAM and how to build grassroots communities within organizations. You won't want to miss this one!!
Follow our guests on Twitter: @nikos_maroulis and @mrjoelkemp
https://github.com/koudelka/visualixir
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
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Jun 29, 2021 • 50min
Episode 13: Lars and Contexts
RabbitMQ Summit
July 13-14, 2021
https://rabbitmqsummit.com
We have two free tickets to @RabbitMQSummit to give away to our listeners! Submit your questions on all things #beam to our hosts by tweeting @BeamRadio1 with #processmailbox and we'll answer your question on the air and enter you to win a free @RabbitMQSummit ticket!
SpawnFest 2021
Sept 18-19, 2021
https://spawnfest.org
Show Links:
https://underjord.io/
https://www.regprog.com
https://pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/
https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-the-core-and-the-interface-c267f0da43
https://keathley.io/
https://twitter.com/ChrisKeathley
https://twitter.com/ChrisKeathley/status/1396858531660324868
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
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Jun 15, 2021 • 59min
Episode 12: Punking the Servers with Bryan Hunter
The Beam Radio Team has a great time chatting with Bryan Hunter (@bryan_hunter) about what the BEAM can do and Bryan shares wisdom from a long career in coding. The team also discusses a listener question to the #ProcessMailbox about whether or not Elixir is a good first language to learn. Don't miss this!
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
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning

Jun 1, 2021 • 56min
Episode 11: Marlus Saraiva and Plain. Old. LiveView
The Beam Radio team talks with Marlus Saraiva Software Engineer at @dashbit, Creator of Broadway, ElixirSense and Surface.
Imporant links:
https://surface-ui.org/
https://github.com/surface-ui/surface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPu-P97-cbE
https://dashbit.co/blog
https://alchemyconf.com
Twitter: @BeamRadio1 and @MarlusSaraiva
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@knewter
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
Sponsored by @GroxioLearning
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