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Jesse Atkinson is a Sr. Software Engineer with Khan Academy. He joins Brett to talk about running in San Francisco, mental health, comic books, and all things nerdy. Show notes @jsatk Jesse on Medium Vim, Tmux, Italics, and Insanity Top 3 picks Jesse: Superchunk — What a Time to Be Alive Celeste Running (without headphones) The Revenant Brett: AWOLNATION Jailbreak Sugru moldable glue The Last Glue Grief — Frank Gogol Kelly Sue Deconnick Pretty Deadly Libby Also… Macstock 2018! Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass. Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

George Browning of Zengobi is the developer of Curio, a fascinating app for brainstorming and project management. He joins Brett to talk about software development, shipping new versions, and the GDPR and how it’s affecting all developers across the globe. Show notes @zengobi Curio 12 General Data Protection Regulation Curio/Zengobi Privacy Policy Top 3 picks George: BBEdit/Transmit Yummy FTP Marked 2 How I Built This with Guy Raz After 5 years and $3M, here’s everything we’ve learned from building Ghost Brett: Amazon Alexa Blueprints How to make your own custom Alexa commands Jack Chloe magnets Medisafe Also… Macstock 2018! Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass. Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

Suzanne Horstman is the director of Home and Community Options in Winona MN, providing services to developmentally disabled citizens. She’s heading up an organization doing amazing work, and joins Brett to talk about the mission and the passions behind her 27 years of working with HCO. Show notes Home and Community Options facebook/hco.inc HCO Musical Top 3 picks Suzanne: Young Adults Foray pens Thunderstorms Brett: Kingston Digital 64 GB Data Traveler (via Jeff Youngstrom) theSkimm AllSides AmazonBasics laminator Also… Macstock 2018! Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass. Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

Alex Cox, Sr. AV Producer at Cards Against Humanity and prolific podcaster, joins Brett to talk about mental health, discuss growing up with podcasts, and debate the future of humanity. Show notes @alexcox Roboism Do By Friday Catholic Guilt Top 3 picks Alex: OmniFocus 3 Aloe Bud 4 Futures – A Life After Capitalism Ray Kurzweil Snow Crash Diamond Age Brett: Fellow Prismo CatchUp Automation Orchard Also… Macstock 2018! Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass. Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

Todd McCann, a truck driver, author, and podcaster (from the cab of his truck), joins Brett to talk about life on the road, big rigs, and sleeping without a schedule. Sponsored by This episode is brought to you by Smile and the new PDFpen 10, the ultimate PDF editing tool. Check it out at smilesoftware.com/podcast Show notes AboutTruckDriving.com – How do you want to learn about truck driving today? Trucking Life (e-book) @toddmccann Join the iTruckers Top 3 picks Todd: Hindenburg Journalist Mail to Self Join Together TripMode 2 (Available on Setapp) Brett: Hue Tap Textlicious Also… Macstock 2018! Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass. Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

Merlin Mann joins Brett once again to discuss—in typically humorous fashion—dogs, personal digital assistants, Apple tech, productivity hacks, and more. Sponsored by This episode is sponsored by TextExpander. Multiply your team’s productivity by making up-to-date, shared knowledge available instantly to everyone who needs it. Visit TextExpander.com/podcast for 20% off your first year. Show notes Merlin Mann @hotdogsladies RockRok Echo Spot Top 3 picks Merlin: TickTick MeisterTask Taskade Rules of Thumb Tom Parker You Are Not So Smart — A Celebration of Self Delusion Brett: Misen Chef’s Knife Lansky QuadSharp Carbide/Ceramic Multi Angle Knife Sharpener Do You Trust This Computer CGP Grey How Machines Learn Humans Need Not Apply Deer Woman: An Anthology Deer Woman folklore Angelarium (thanks Dan Peterson) Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

Mary Jo Klinker, activist, agitator, and assistant professor of women’s gender and sexuality studies at Winona State University in Minnesota joins Brett to talk about #metoo, prison abolition, online dating in a feminist world, and astound each other with music they haven’t heard of but apparently should have. Show notes twitter/@feministmj facebook/maryjo.klinker instagram/mjklinker Me Too Tarana Burke – The Woman Who Created #MeToo Long Before Hashtags Alyssa Milano Starts Me Too Twitter Movement to Spread Awareness of Sexual Assault and Harassment | E! News ‘We say, time’s up!’ Who were the activists at the Golden Globes? Bumble everydayfeminism.com: 10 Things Every Intersectional Feminist Should Ask On a First Date Feminist Porn Book Prison Abolition Angela Davis Black Cross Michelle Dillon FCC chairman under fire for ‘conflict of interest’ in sale of prison phone company FCC made a case for limiting cost of prison phone calls. Not anymore.– The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Blood In The Water Democracy Now! Al Jazeera Top 3 picks Mary Jo: Red Clocks The Listeners Sunbeam Heritage Stand Mixer Hum, You’d Prefer an Astronaut Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space Brett: AKAI MIDImix TrackR pixel Holo Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

Gary Nissenbaum, the managing attorney and founding principal of the Nissenbaum Law Group, joins Brett to talk about emotional intelligence and its place in the legal profession. This podcast is not legal advice. Remember, laws vary from one jurisdiction to another. Consult an attorney of your choice for advice about a particular matter. Show notes Gary Nissenbaum Nissenbaum Law Group Internet & Technology Law IP Law Primal Leadership Top 3 picks Gary: Star Trek Discovery The Orville The Gift of Therapy Emma Gonzales Emma Gonzales On Trump’s Anti-FBI Tweets Emma Goldman Brett: DragonFly Performance Pro Yogaaccessories.com Wall-Nuts Focos Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

This week’s guest is Jared Rodriguez. He teaches at Northwestern, DePaul, and the University of Illinois, Chicago, and is a Doctoral Candidate in African American Studies at Northwestern University. He joins Brett to talk about the journey of a "Black Newyorican" kid in public housing to being a professor and doctoral candidate. Sponsored by This episode is sponsored by PDFpen, the ultimate tool for editing PDFs and going paperless. Organize your documents in the new year and split and combine PDF documents to send just the right things to your accountant or your lawyer. Fill in PDF forms, whether they’re interactive or not, add page numbers, redact account numbers. Perform OCR on scanned documents. Go paperless with finesse. Learn more at smilesoftware.com/podcast. Show notes Jared Rodríguez @jaredrod micro.blog/jared Top 3 picks Jared: Nebo Desus and Mero Anker wireless vertical ergonomic mouse Brett: Food Lab Instant Pot Koziro Mini Tabletop Tripod Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!

Marina Epelman is a professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also grew up in the USSR. She joins Brett to talk about math, education, and life in Russia. Show notes @marinaepelman (personal) @M_Epelman (professional) Marina A. Epelman Industrial and Operations Engineering Top 3 picks Marina: Masha Gessen, @mashagessen Masha Gessen at The New Yorker Masha Gessen at the NYT Some recent podcast and radio appearances: The Ezra Klein Show, 06/06/17 On Point, 10/02/17 The Atlantic Interview, 11/27/17 Book recommendation: "Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace" Singing In The Shower Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Bluetooth speaker Sonos Play:1 Compact Wireless Speaker Making fun of researchers Lobachevsky by Tom Lehrer Better off Ted Book: "Понедельник начинается в субботу" or "Monday Starts on Saturday" (by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Andrew Bromfield). American Edition Kindle Version Brett: Kindle Oasis Snow Joe iON18SB Ion Cordless Single Stage Brushless Snow Blower Audio-Technica ATR2500-USB Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone Follow @SystmCast on Twitter Brett on Twitter Join the Community!