
Sami Birnbaum
Co-Host of Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Sami Birnbaum has hosted 12 Episodes.
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571: Space, Software, and Surprises with Rémy Hannequin
April 24th, 2025 | Season 15 | 43 mins 11 secs
Sami and fellow thoughtboter Rémy look to the stars as they talk all things astronomical.
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570: Rolling for Initiative with Chad, Will and Sami
April 17th, 2025 | Season 15 | 50 mins 10 secs
Chad, Will and Sami discuss life outside of thoughtbot and the hobbies that occupy them in their down time.
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568: What does Carbon even mean? With Polly and Otto from True
April 3rd, 2025 | Season 15 | 42 mins 38 secs
Sami goes back to school as he asks Otto Terrell and Polly Gupta from True the key questions around the environmental buzz words of 2025.
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567: The Future of Digital Health: Where Are We Headed with Steven Wardell
March 27th, 2025 | Season 15 | 34 mins 46 secs
Sami talks with Steven Wardell, managing partner of Wardell Advisors LLC, about the lacking tech developments within the healthcare sector.
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566: Staying Grounded and Product Innovation with Tanu Chellam
March 20th, 2025 | Season 15 | 41 mins 33 secs
Sami chats with Tanu Chellam, Senior Vice President of Product at Seldon and Chairperson of the Board at Atlas Rosetta, about her journey and career in the world of products.
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565: Coding Journeys with Will and Sami
March 13th, 2025 | Season 15 | 43 mins 49 secs
Ever wondered how our Giant Robots hosts got into programming in the first place? In today’s episode Sami and Will take some time to dive into their coding journeys and the lessons they learnt along the way.
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563: Next-Gen Aging: The Venture Capital Perspective with James Hueston
February 27th, 2025 | Season 14 | 42 mins 56 secs
Sami is joined by James Hueston, venture investor at Primetime Partners, as they discuss technology’s failure to connect with the older generation.
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561: The One with Chad, Will, and Sami
February 13th, 2025 | Season 15 | 41 mins 37 secs
thoughtbot hosts Chad, Will and Sami shoot the breeze in this laid back episode of Giant Robots as they discuss the ins and outs of being a parent and growing up with tech.
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559: The European Accessibility Act: Are You Ready for 2025?
January 30th, 2025 | Season 14 | 37 mins
Sami and Rémy are back as your hots as they talk with fellow thoughtbot colleague Caro Sotillo Silva about new accessibility laws coming into effect later this year.
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557: AI from Automation to Transformation with Andrew Rashbass
January 16th, 2025 | Season 14 | 38 mins 8 secs
Sami talks with Andrew Rashbass, Chairman and Co-Founder of ScultureAI, about the uses of LLMs and where AI is taking us as a society.
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553: The One with Sami and Chad
December 5th, 2024 | Season 14 | 38 mins 9 secs
After 10 years and 550 episodes of Giant Robots, Chad and Sami are ready to discuss what’s next for the podcast. The pair dive into some podcast role-play as they test out some ideas for iterating the show’s formula.
Peak behind the curtain as they discuss the inner workings of the show, the challenges of working on a mature codebase, how thoughtbot tackles impostor syndrome when onboarding new employees and the developing accessibility of AI.
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548: Product Management vs Project Management with Bethan Ashley
November 1st, 2024 | Season 14 | 34 mins 35 secs
In this episode, we're joined by Senior Product Manager at thoughtbot and Founderland Startup Mentor, Bethan Ashley, who shares her insights and advice on how and when to leverage AI tooling, the difference between project management and product management, and much more.