The Swyx Mixtape
Swyx
swyx's personal picks pod.
Weekdays: the best audio clips from podcasts I listen to, in 10 minutes or less!
Fridays: Music picks!
Weekends: long form talks and conversations!
This is a passion project; never any ads, 100% just recs from me to people who like the stuff I like.
Share and give feedback: tag @swyx on Twitter or email audio questions to swyx @ swyx.io
Weekdays: the best audio clips from podcasts I listen to, in 10 minutes or less!
Fridays: Music picks!
Weekends: long form talks and conversations!
This is a passion project; never any ads, 100% just recs from me to people who like the stuff I like.
Share and give feedback: tag @swyx on Twitter or email audio questions to swyx @ swyx.io
Episodes
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Mar 4, 2022 • 12min
When Kim Kardashian Passed the Bar [Bari Weiss]
Listen to Honestly with Bari Weiss: https://overcast.fm/+vpWZ6rHT0 (2mins in)Kim passing the "baby bar": https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59642262More on Bari: https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter
Mar 3, 2022 • 8min
When Coinbase Banned Politics [Brian Armstrong]
Listen to How I Built This: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/12/1055432035/coinbase-brian-armstrong
Mar 2, 2022 • 12min
When Compaq Ruled Computing [Bryan Cantrill]
Listen to the Oxide Twitter Spaces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faY7kWHQuNE (starts 5 mins in)
Mar 1, 2022 • 11min
When Apple clones you [Matt Ronge]
This has been edited down to 10 minutes. Listen to Indie Bites for the full story: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/indie-bites/growing-to-4m-despite-apple-rn2HtUxBjfLMore:https://boingboing.net/2019/10/16/robber-barons-2-0.html
Feb 26, 2022 • 34min
[Weekend Drop] Personal Knowledge Management for Developers in VSCode - Kevin Lin, CEO Dendron.so (YC W'21)
Watch this chat in YouTube (with screenshare): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECUvzJ1r6bUNotes on the Second Brain movement:https://www.swyx.io/tiago-forte-second-brainWeek 1-5 of my Second Brain workshopsPrevious mixtape episodes
Feb 26, 2022 • 9min
[Music Fridays] Eminem (EXPLICIT)
You can check out a great lyrical analysis of MGK vs Eminem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyW8h1XmkAk
Feb 25, 2022 • 13min
The Unit Economics of the New York Times [Alex Lieberman]
Listen to Business Breakdowns: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/business-breakdowns/the-new-york-times-the-Eb-7_okaSv0/ (23mins in)
Feb 24, 2022 • 13min
The Unit Economics of Cleantech Investing [Chris Sacca]
Watch/listen to Stanford ETL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJa231UfwY (19mins in)
Feb 23, 2022 • 18min
The Unit Economics of Peloton [Acquired.fm]
Listen to Acquired.fm: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/acquired/peloton-ZR3_Mv1kJ7C/ (53 mins in)
Feb 19, 2022 • 4min
[Music Friday] Heartless / Kabhi Kabhi - Penn Masala
Sorry there's no editing in this one - too tired. I've mentioned I did college acapella. This is one of my fave arrangements from another acapella group in my school - and one of the most successful, in that they've done tours and stuff!Listen to more Penn Masala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azvq1ua06wA
