Beam Radio

By Lars Wikman

A packed panel of Elixir experts and experienced developers who make the complicated interesting and fun. We talk about Elixir, Erlang and all things related to the BEAM virtual machine ecosystem.

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How many episodes does Beam Radio have?

The podcast currently has 98 episodes available.

Beam Radio episodes:

July 10, 2025 Episode 93: Chris Nelson and a Riveting Convo on Elixir
In this episode, Lars, Andrew, and Chris discuss various aspects of Elixir development,
including the journey of transitioning to Elixir (you'll never guess), the aesthetics of programming languages, and the
importance of community engagement through meetups.
Keep up with Chris!
Twitter: @superchris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-nelson-038875/
https://launchscout.com/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
1h 3min
June 27, 2025 Episode 92: German Velasco and the Advantages of Elixir
In this episode of BeamRadio, hosts Andrew Ek and Alex Koutmos are joined by German
Velasco. They chat about the complexities and advantages of using Elixir and Phoenix
for software development and explore the onboarding process for developers transitioning
from other languages.
Get in touch with German:
Bluesky: ‪@germsvel.com‬
Twitter: @germsvel
https://www.germanvelasco.com/
https://www.elixirstreams.com/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
1h 14min
June 02, 2025 Episode 91: BeamRadio Talks Igniter with Zach Daniel
In this episode of Beam Radio, Andrew Ek and Bruce Tate welcome Zach Daniel to
discuss his journey with Elixir, the impact of the Ash framework, and the introduction of Igniter, a
code generation and patching tool.
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
54min
April 22, 2025 Episode 90: Josh Price: Ash and the Greater Elixir Community
In this episode of Beam Radio, hosts Andrew Ek and Lars Wikman welcome Josh Price from Alembic. They discuss the recent AlchemyConf, the value of smaller conferences, and the importance of community in the Elixir ecosystem. Josh shares insights on how Ash simplifies the process of building applications, integrates with AI, and future-proofs projects.
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
1h 3min
April 22, 2025 Episode 89: BeamRadio talks AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices
A fabulous converstation with Davide Bettio and Paul Guyot about AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices.
https://www.atomvm.net/
https://github.com/bettio
https://github.com/pguyot
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
1h 3min
March 07, 2025 Episode 88: Unlocking the Power of NX with Paulo Valente
NX provides a powerful framework for machine learning in Elixir and Lars, Andrew and Paulo Valente take a deep dive into it!
Connect with Paulo on Bluesky - @polvalente.social
Come join us!
GigCityElixir and NervesConf US - May 8-10, Chattanooga, TN
GigCityElixir.com
Goatmire Elixir and NervesConf - Sept 10-12, Varburg, Sweden
Goatmire.com
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
1h 2min
February 21, 2025 Episode 87: Chris Grainger talks Data Science and Engineering and Elixir
In this conversation, Lars and Chris delve into the intersection of Elixir, data engineering, and data science. They explore the significance of data pipelines, the role of Elixir in transforming data, and the challenges faced in data processing.
Find Chris on [Bluesky](@cigrainger.bsky.social) and on the Elixir Forum.
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
1h 7min
February 05, 2025 Episode 86: The Future of Gleam: Innovations and Insights with Giacomo Cavalieri
Jak and Lars have a delightful conversation about Gleam, the language's type safety, adoption and ecosystem growth.
Find Jak:
[giacomocavalieri.me](giacomocavalieri.me)
@giacomo_cava
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
49min
January 22, 2025 Episode 85: James Gray II and Innovative Education
In this conversation, Bruce, Andrew, and James discuss their experiences with Elixir programming, the importance of exploring and modeling in software development, and innovative educational approaches using Livebook.
James E. Gray II
@[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-edward-gray-ii/
Upcoming Conferences:
https://codebeamamerica.com/
https://www.gigcityelixir.com/
https://goatmire.com/
Designing Elixir Systems with OTP (Gray/Tate)
https://www.pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
59min
January 08, 2025 Episode 84: Peter Ullrich: Making Elixir Easy to Learn
The panel chats about making Elixir easy to learn for devs from other languages and how to talk about Elixir in the greater development community. This the episode to share with all your friends that need to learn Elixir and companies that should be using it.
https://peterullrich.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/peterullrich.com
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
...more
57min

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How many episodes does Beam Radio have?

The podcast currently has 98 episodes available.

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