All around entrepreneur, developer, nomad, poet, sailor, linguist, writer, and runner. Always making new projects, always iterating on the old ones.
Richard Littauer has hosted 272 Episodes.
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Episode 288: Uni students and OSS with Jeff Young & Daniel Shown
May 15th, 2026 | 33 mins 48 secs
Jeff (Georgia Tech) and Daniel (SLU) join Richard and Eriol to discuss academic OSPOs, students learning OSS, and mentorship.
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Episode 287: Alan Rubin on MaveDB
April 17th, 2026 | 39 mins 51 secs
Alan joins Richard to discuss OSS tools which advance cancer research
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Episode 286: Jack Skinner of PyCon AU and Regional Confs
March 13th, 2026 | 40 mins 5 secs
Richard talks with Jack about PyCon AU and how regional conferences build local connections, support new speakers, and help sustain open source communities.
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Episode 285: Miranda Heath on Altruism & Burnout in Open Source
March 6th, 2026 | 44 mins 11 secs
Miranda joins host Richard to dive into altruism, maintainer motivation, and burnout in open source communities.
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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.
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Episode 270: Ben Nickolls & Andrew Nesbitt on Ecosyste.ms
May 23rd, 2025 | 44 mins 26 secs
Ben and Andrew join host Richard to explore ecosyste.ms, a project using open source metadata to guide funding and support key projects with smart, ecosystem-aware algorithms.