Sami Birnbaum
Co-Host of Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Sami Birnbaum has hosted 23 Episodes.
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589: Behind the Scenes at thoughtbot - Our work setups
August 28th, 2025 | Season 15 | 46 mins 40 secs
The Giant Robots trio are back as they sit down at their desks to discuss their home setups for thoughtbot.
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588: When a designer meets a developer with Jeremy Blaze
August 21st, 2025 | Season 15 | 44 mins 29 secs
Sami faces his fear of program designers by talking with Jeremy Blaze.
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587: How to go viral with Michael Praetorius
August 14th, 2025 | Season 15 | 49 mins 35 secs
Sami looks to go viral as he discusses digital marketing with Michael Praetorius, Founder of Praetorius.
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585: Teachable Moments
July 31st, 2025 | Season 15 | 31 mins 50 secs
The host of Giant Robots are back to impart some wisdom as they share some notable failures from their careers and the teachable moments that emerged from them.
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584: When AI Meets Healthcare and Buddhism with Jan Kroschinski
July 24th, 2025 | Season 15 | 46 mins 40 secs
Sami assesses the way AI is driving change within the global healthcare system and big pharma with Jan Kroschinski, founder of Singularity Ventures.
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583: Solid Queue with Rosa Gutierrez from 37Signals
July 17th, 2025 | Season 15 | 41 mins 37 secs
Sami goes behind the scenes of Ruby on Rails with Rosa Gutierrez, principle programer at 37Signals, to discover what its like to work on one of the most widely used frameworks out there.
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581: Crafting Community & Code: Henrique Cardoso on Euruko 2025 & BSPK
July 3rd, 2025 | Season 15 | 40 mins 7 secs
Sami talks with Henrique Cardoso about his unified commerce platform BSPK and the challenges of organising a large scale developer conference.
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579: Products you don't want to build with Sami and Chad
June 19th, 2025 | Season 15 | 47 mins 22 secs
Chad and Sami get creative as they discuss the product ideas they would like to develop.
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577: Driving Innovation: Jack Burrows on Cars, Tech, and the Future of Carwow
June 5th, 2025 | Season 15 | 40 mins 13 secs
It’s time to start your engines as Sami talks with Jack Burrows, product director at CarWow, about the tricky world of buying and selling cars.
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575: I might have to get dressed for these with Chad, Sami and Will
May 22nd, 2025 | Season 15 | 39 mins 30 secs
The Giant Robots hosts are back together for more off the wall discussion about construction, movies and a special announcement!
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573: Mocking the Future: Tom Akehurst on WireMock and API Testing
May 8th, 2025 | Season 15 | 39 mins 30 secs
Sami talks with Tom Akehurst, Co-Founder of WireMock, about the delay and disconnect between front and back end development and how WireMock set out to bridge the two together.
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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.