Episode Archive
283 episodes of Sustain since the first episode, which aired on August 6th, 2019.
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Episode 282: Devconnect 2025 with Lucas Fada
February 13th, 2026 | 21 mins 13 secs
Lucas shares startup insights on funding open source via partnerships, Drips Network, and Web3 ecosystems.
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Episode 281: Devconnect 2025 with Devansh Mehta
February 6th, 2026 | 23 mins 7 secs
Devansh joins Eriol & Victory to explore how to fund open-source infrastructure fairly and at scale.
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Episode 280: Devconnect 2025 with Nixo Rokish
January 30th, 2026 | 19 mins 12 secs
Eriol and Victory talk with EF’s Nixo on Ethereum governance, coordination, upgrades, and OSS.
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Episode 279: Devconnect 2025 with Shubhranshu Choudhary
January 23rd, 2026 | 23 mins 58 secs
Shu dives into Democratic Media, open source, Web3, and blockchain to democratize journalism and support independent media.
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Episode 278: Devconnect 2025 with Mário Havel
January 16th, 2026 | 25 mins 6 secs
Mário explores Ethereum protocol support, Prague’s Bordell hackerspace, free software philosophy, open source sustainability, and crowd-loaning.
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Episode 277: Rynn Mancuso, Maryblessing Okolie & Mo McElaney on Ethicalsource.dev
December 19th, 2025 | 38 mins 57 secs
Rynn, Maryblessing & Mo discuss OES ethics, licensing, Contributor Covenant 3.0, and building safer, inclusive open-source communities.
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Episode 276: Dawn Wages and Loren Crary on funding the PSF
December 12th, 2025 | 44 mins 16 secs
Dawn Wages and Loren Crary discuss sustaining Python, governance, fundraising, PyCon US, and rejecting a $1.5M NSF grant over anti-DEI terms.
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Episode 275: Richard J. Acton on Research Software Sharing, Publication, & Distribution Checklists (RSSPDC)
June 27th, 2025 | 31 mins 3 secs
Host Richard talks with Richard Acton, a Data Outputs Manager, about Research Software Sharing, Publication, & Distribution Checklists (https://rsspdc.org/) and the role of open science in improving research practices.
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Episode 274: Qianqian Ye on p5.js
June 20th, 2025 | 33 mins 53 secs
Richard talks with artist and technologist Qianqian “Q” Ye about leading p5.js, open-source care work, decentralizing leadership, and building an inclusive, sustainable coding community.
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Episode 273: Maintainer Month 2025 with Federico Mena Quintero on GNOME
June 13th, 2025 | 46 mins 11 secs
Host Richard chats with Federico about GIMP, GNOME’s history, Rust, and the social, tech, and economic forces shaping open source development.
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Episode 272: Maintainer Month 2025 with Sarah Rainsberger of Astro
June 6th, 2025 | 39 mins 46 secs
Hosts Richard, Abby, and Eriol chat with Sarah Rainsberger of Astro about her journey from teaching math to open source, inclusive docs, and using low-tech tools like Chromebooks for coding.
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Episode 271: Maintainer Month 2025 with Kade Morton on Cybersecurity
May 30th, 2025 | 37 mins 47 secs
Kade Morton of Arachne Digital joins hosts Richard and Eriol to delve into cybersecurity, open source security, and global digital threat contexts.