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#480 – An Interview with Ben Krasnow, 8 years on

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Ben Krasnow returns to The Amp Hour after 8 years, hundreds of hours of YouTube content, a couple of high profile jobs at Valve and GoogleX/Verily and many MANY hours spent in the lab. He chats with Chris about how he approaches learning and working on new projects.

#361 – An Interview with Ken Shirriff

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Ken Shirriff joins Chris and Dave to talk about vintage computer rebuilds, peering at 1970s silicon on die and using reverse engineering to figure things out.

#341 – All the way with DLJ

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Chris and Dave’s (likely) last recording before meeting in person! Discussions about meetup plans, Bell Labs, op amp stability, hacking tractors and much more!

#339 – Look at nature and meet nerds

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Dave and Chris discuss that they will finally be meeting in less than a month! Also IoT, embedded platforms, Claude Shannon’s hobbies, surveys, hacks and more!

#333 – Science, Not Silence

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Chris and Dave return to talk about the importance of science education and freedom of information. Also subscription software, logistics improvements, making stuff and more!

#328 – The Ghost of Keyzermas Past

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Jeff Keyzer returns for a special Christmas episode! We talk about travel, prototyping, Bell Labs, high volume manufacturing, radio astronomy and much more!

#232 – “Impedance Matching” with Davidson and Vandenbout – Presbytes Pushing Portfolios

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Dave and Bob join up with The Amp Hour one more time. Discussions include IoT, what to study, how to stand out as a student, cynicism in engineering and much more!

#231 – Supply Chain Woes And Wares – Nonplussed Neotechnic Nithing

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Dave and Chris talk about the difficulties of the supply chain, disinterest in rockets, how changing education could change hiring practices, what we don’t care about at CES and lots more!

#228 – An Interview with Shahriar from The Signal Path – Quisquous Quivering Quadripole

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Shahriar from The Signal Path joins us to talk about millimeter wave ASIC design, Bell Labs, video blogging, test gear, the learning process and human nature.

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