The Leanpub Podcast

Brian Marick is the author of the Leanpub book An Outsider's Guide to Statically Typed Functional Programming. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Brian about his background, the origns of both Agile and Waterfall programming practices, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 2, 2017.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

A Note About the Leanpub Frontmatter Podcast

This summer we split the old Leanpub podcast into two distinct podcasts:

Frontmatter, which is a general interest podcast where you can listen to Leanpub authors talk with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about their books and their areas of expertise, from data science to molecular biology, to the history of labor and management. And for those interested in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to be a successful self-published author, at the end of each episode Len asks the author about how they made their book and how they are spreading the word, and other publishing shop talk.

Backmatter, a new podcast focused specifically on the publishing industry and its latest trends. In each episode Len interviews a professional from the publishing world about their background and their insider's perspective on what's happening in the huge and evolving world of book publishing.

The team from Zapier has published a number of books on Leanpub including The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work: How to Grow, Manage and Work with Remote Teams. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Matthew Guay, senior editor and writer at Zapier, about his background, remote work and some interesting approaches to it that have been adopted at Zapier, the books Deep Work and Messy, and at the end they talk a bit about Matthew's approach to producing Zapier's books.

A Note About the Leanpub Frontmatter Podcast

This summer we split the old Leanpub podcast into two distinct podcasts:

Frontmatter, which is a general interest podcast where you can listen to Leanpub authors talk with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about their books and their areas of expertise, from data science to molecular biology, to the history of labor and management. And for those interested in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to be a successful self-published author, at the end of each episode Len asks the author about how they made their book and how they are spreading the word, and other publishing shop talk.

Backmatter, a new podcast focused specifically on the publishing industry and its latest trends. In each episode Len interviews a professional from the publishing world about their background and their insider's perspective on what's happening in the huge and evolving world of book publishing.

Chris Hartjes is the author of the Leanpub book Building Test-Driven Developers. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Chris about his current work at Mozilla, the importance of design and getting out of your socioeconomic and other bubbles, the Magic: The Gathering meta game as a metaphor for great software testing, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his marketing experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on May 30, 2017.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

A Note About the Leanpub Frontmatter Podcast

This summer we split the old Leanpub podcast into two distinct podcasts:

Frontmatter, which is a general interest podcast where you can listen to Leanpub authors talk with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about their books and their areas of expertise, from data science to molecular biology, to the history of labor and management. And for those interested in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to be a successful self-published author, at the end of each episode Len asks the author about how they made their book and how they are spreading the word, and other publishing shop talk.

Backmatter, a new podcast focused specifically on the publishing industry and its latest trends. In each episode Len interviews a professional from the publishing world about their background and their insider's perspective on what's happening in the huge and evolving world of book publishing.

Mark Pearl is the author of the Leanpub book Getting Started with Mob Programming: A Practical, Pragmatic & Opinionated Guide for Co-Located Teams. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mark about his background, Mob Programming, John Oliver's interest in New Zealand politics, the challenges of rugby squad allegiance when you're ane expat, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

Andy Gill is the author of the Leanpub book Breaking into Information Security: Learning the Ropes 101. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Andy about his background and what it's like to get started in the information security industry, the nature of that industry, the relationship between software penetration testing and martial arts, the internet of death, Brexit, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

Ved Sen is the author of the Leanpub book Doing Digital: Connect, Quantify, Optimise. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ved about his background and work on the intersection of tech and doing business, Brexit, his book and his guidance for non-technical managers navigating a digital world, and at the end they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

Jane Friedman is a popular publishing industry consultant, speaker, lecturer, editor, and the author of Publishing 101: A First-Time Author’s Guide to Getting Published, Marketing and Promoting Your Book, and Building a Successful Career. Along with her colleague Porter Anderson, Jane is also the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, a leading publishing industry newsletter for authors.

Heidi Helfand is the author of the Leanpub book Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Heidi about her career, her interests, her book, and at the end they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

Mark Graban is the author of the Leanpub book Practicing Lean: Learning How to Learn How to get Better... Better. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mark about his career, his interests, his book, and at the end they talk a little bit about Mark's experience as a self-published author.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ilya about his career, his interests, his book, and at the end they talk a little bit about writing and self-publishing.