
Systematic
Brett Terpstra explores the idea that all work is creative work, welcoming a different guest each week.
Latest episodes

Sep 20, 2018 • 40min
231: Visible Bridges with Ted Nelson
Ted Nelson is a philosopher, free range intellectual, and an American pioneer of information technology. He joins Brett to discuss his project Xanadu, the world wide web, and what he hopes his legacy will be.

Sep 6, 2018 • 1h 11min
230: Verso or Recto with Kelly Guimont
Kelly Guimont is, among other things, an App Camp for Girls Founding Volunteer. She joins Brett to talk about getting girls into tech early, plus her own early start in IT. Doctor Who, Kelly’s everyday carry, and all the nerd stuff you love.

Aug 23, 2018 • 1h 3min
229: Always Going with Jeff Perry
Jeff Perry is a professional audio engineer, as well as a blogger and podcaster. He joins Brett to talk about life in news production, going iPad only (and back), and an era of online fame and misfortune.

Aug 16, 2018 • 53min
228: After Radio Shack with Amanda Daniels
Amanda Daniels — a podcaster, a personal banker, and director of The Tech Homies— joins Brett to talk about going from having little interest in tech to working at Radio Shack to starting a non-profit to bring tech to the residents of Pontiac, Michigan.

Aug 2, 2018 • 1h 39min
227: Automating Everything with Rosemary Orchard
Rosemary Orchard is a web developer and automation expert who co-hosts a new podcast called Automators along with David Sparks. She joins Brett to talk about being a woman in tech and how she got started in automation and coding.

Jul 26, 2018 • 1h 25min
226: Taking Control with Jeff Porten
Jeff Porten is an IT consultant and author, most recently of Take Control of Your Productivity. He joins Brett to talk about ADHD, Pugwash USA, and (obviously) productivity.

Jul 13, 2018 • 1h 16min
225: A System of Violence with Mary Jo Klinker
Mary Jo Klinker — activist, agitator, associate professor and director of women’s gender and sexuality studies at Winona State University in Minnesota — returns to talk about abolition as a concept and a modern movement.

Jul 5, 2018 • 19min
224: Perfect 6 with Carley Knight
Carley Knight, a painter and artisan jewelry maker, joins Brett for a Perfect Six episode and three each of their favorite things this week.

Jun 21, 2018 • 1h 27min
223: Not Wrong Just Different with Rebecca Fleetwood Hession
Rebecca Fleetwood Hession is a consultant, coach, writer and speaker. She joins Brett to talk about raising a child with ADHD and the extraordinary measures she took to help ensure success in public schools and beyond. And goat yoga. Obviously.

Jun 14, 2018 • 44min
222: The Everyday Pressures of Space Travel with Jacklyn Duff
Jacklyn Duff is an aerospace engineer who currently runs a YouTube channel called SciJoy. She joins Brett to talk about her time at NASA, rovers, robotics, and the science experiments she’s sharing now.