Hallway Chats
177 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSharing stories and building belonging
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Episode 176 – A Chat With Nancy Lyons
November 16, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 24.6 MBNancy Lyons is the CEO and co-founder of Clockwork, an enterprise web development company in Minneapolis MN. We've known her through the internet for years, and it was a delight to get to talk to her in this episode.
Episode 175 – A Chat With Evelyn Maina
August 24, 2023 17:00 - 24 minutes - 13.3 MBEvelyn is a very unusual guest in that we brought her into the WordPress community! Years ago when Liam and Tara started this podcast they hired Evelyn as their transcriber. Since then, Evelyn has gotten to know more than 175 WordPressers by transcribing their interviews here on Hallway Chats. Her perspective as an "outsider" was quite heartwarming.
Episode 174 – WordCamp Birmingham Hallway Chats
August 10, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.5 MBIn February Topher and Cate went to WordCamp Birmingham and Topher was able to interview both Aisha Adams and Marcus Burnette in the hallway.
Episode 173 – A Chat With Robert Devore
July 25, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 17.4 MBBelieve it or not, this is Robert's second time on Hallway Chats! His first was back in 2017 with Liam and Tara. Since Ny and Topher had never talked to him on here, we decided to give it another go!
Episode 172 – The Hallway Chats Of WordCamp Italy
July 06, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBIn November 2022 Topher went to WordCamp Italy in Milan. While there he had conversations with James Baldacchino, Luisa Ravelli, Caroline Crossland, Paolo Scala, and Samah Nasr.
Episode 171 – A Chat With Benjamin Zekavica and Moritz Bappert
June 22, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 11.4 MBTopher and Sophia met with Benjamin Zekavica and Moritz Bappert, both WordCamp Europe 2023 volunteers.
Episode 170 – A Chat With Evangelia Pappa, Lena Lekkou, Hacer Yilmaz
June 15, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 13.8 MBTopher and Sophia met with Evangelia Pappa, Lena Lekkou, and Hacer Yilmaz, all three WordCamp Europe 2023 Organizers.
Episode 169 – A Chat With Amy Kamala
June 08, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 28.9 MBTopher and Sophia met with Amy for the first time in this episode. We talked about WordPress, Linguistics, and WordCamp Europe.
Episode 168 – A Chat With Maestro Stevens
June 05, 2023 12:24 - 17 minutes - 5 MBTopher and Maestro met at WordCamp Buffalo a few weeks previous, and then conncetted again in Hallway Chats to talk about his WCEU talk.
Episode 167 – A Chat With Iolanda Sequino
April 27, 2023 12:00 - 4 minutes - 5 MBTopher and Iolanda got some time at WordCamp Italy in Milan to chat about her experiences in WordPress.
Episode 166 – A Chat With Maja Benke
April 13, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 5 MBTopher and Maja got some time to sit at an outdoor cafe in Barcelona Spain and talk about how she got into WordPress.
Episode 165 – A Chat With Lesley Sim
March 23, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 5 MBTopher and Nyasha had the opportunity chat with Lesley Sim about life before WordPress, free diving, and founding a company.
Episode 164 – A Chat With Alice Orrù
March 11, 2023 17:32 - 6 minutes - 5 MBTopher had the opportunity chat with Alice Orrù while at WordCamp Italia in Milan this last November. Alice is Italian, but lives in Spain.
Episode 163 – A Chat With Tom Finley
March 09, 2023 13:00 - 6 minutes - 5 MBTopher and Nyasha have a great conversation with Tom on topics ranging from art, design, and artificial intelligence.
Episode 162 – A Chat With Vassy Valchanova
January 20, 2023 13:00 - 11 minutes - 6.45 MBTopher and Vassy meetup for a live, in-person Hallway Chat at WordCamp Europe 2022 and talk about her work in Digital Marketing.
Episode 161 – A Chat With Matt Mullenweg
January 06, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Matt Mullenweg about travel, photography, Tumblr, and a little WordPress.
Episode 160 – A Chat With Grzegorz Ziółkowski
July 05, 2022 20:22 - 8 minutes - 4.73 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Greg Ziółkowski at WordCamp Europe about working on the Gutenberg project.
Episode 159 – A Chat With Piccia Neri
June 20, 2022 15:40 - 16 minutes - 10.5 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Piccia Neri about being a designer, and championing design-lead development and accessability.
Episode 158 – A Chat With Sofie Couwenbergh
June 14, 2022 13:29 - 15 minutes - 5 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Sofie Couwenbergh about being a writer and how she has used WordPress in her career.
Episode 157 – A Chat With Aurooba Ahmed
March 09, 2022 13:10 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Aurooba Ahmed about how she got into WordPress and her ongoing work in making Gutenberg blocks.
Episode 156 – A Chat With Tammie Lister
December 28, 2021 15:11 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Tammie Lister about what it really means to be a web designer these days, the ability of developer to niche down, and the future of Gutenberg and the WordPress editor.
Episode 154 – A Chat With Jen Swisher About WordCamp US
September 27, 2021 14:18 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Jen Swisher about being a long term WordCamp organizer, but also organizing WordCamp US 2021.
Episode 155 – A Chat With Jen Swisher About WordCamp US
September 27, 2021 14:18 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBIn this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Jen Swisher about being a long term WordCamp organizer, but also organizing WordCamp US 2021.
Episode 154 – Joe Howard
September 15, 2021 16:25 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBThe 2021 WPMRR Virtual Summit is kicking off on September 21st and Cate and Topher talk with Joe Howard about why he started it and what it's like to start up a new virtual summit.
Episode 153 – Seth Goldstein
August 04, 2021 00:02 - 31 minutes - 19.8 MBSeth is a WordPress designer and digital marketer who has been active in the WordPress community in the Philadelphia for more than a decade. Join us while we talk about podcasting, digital conferences, digital swag bags, and much more!
Episode 152 – Aditya Kane
July 20, 2021 21:03 - 48 minutes - 29.3 MBAditya hails from Pune, India, and has been working in WordPress for more than a decade, as well as being a WordCamp organizer multiple times and volunteering at other events. Join us as we talk about how he got into WordPress, what he's gotten from the community, and what he's given back.
Episode 151 – Dan Maby and Michelle Frechette
June 29, 2021 15:13 - 36 minutes - 29 MBDan and Michelle have been working together to make WordFest Live be a top notch, world-wide WordPress conference. We talk with them about it works and the difficulties of making a global event happen.
Episode 150 – Cate and Topher DeRosia
April 08, 2021 09:30 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBThe DeRosias are the founders and stewards of HeroPress. If you don't already know about it, HeroPress tells the stories of people who have leveraged WordPress and its community to change their lives and achieve their goals. Through these stories, global connections are made and conversations are had that build a stronger community, more employment, and educational opportunities, and easier access to resources.
Episode 149 – Stephanie Hudson
March 25, 2021 09:30 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBStephanie Hudson is a geek, entrepreneur, inventor, and craft beer lover. Her passion is helping grow agencies to scale and thrive through her white label company FocusWP.
Episode 148 – Bet Hannon
March 11, 2021 10:30 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBBet Hannon discovered WordPress in 2008 and has been involved in the WordPress community since 2013 at meetups, WordCamps, and on the support team. Bet runs an agency, Bet Hannon Business Websites, where she specializes in WordPress and accessibility.
Episode 147 – Patrick Rauland
February 25, 2021 10:30 - 34 minutes - 48 MBPatrick Rauland is obsessed with eCommerce. He's created eCommerce websites for clients, worked at WooCommerce in support, development, and product management, and he creates courses on LinkedIn Learning for WooCommerce. He's written several books on eCommerce, and also runs WooSesh, an online conference all about WooCommerce.
Episode 146 – Ken Elliott
February 11, 2021 10:30 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBKen Elliott lives in Columbia, South Carolina, where he is a full-time webmaster at a law firm. He's also a co-owner of BKreative Media Solutions, an agency that supports small and medium businesses with digital branding solutions. He's a core organizer of his local WordPress meetup, which is on a bit of a hiatus to the COVID.
Episode 145 – Kyle Maurer
January 28, 2021 10:30 - 34 minutes - 47 MBKyle Maurer is the Director of Operations at Sandhills Development which is a WordPress plugin company. He loves bringing people together and has a passion for making music and craft beer.
Episode 144 – Heather Steele
January 14, 2021 10:30 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBHeather Steele is the founder and CEO of Blue Steel Solutions. Heather started her marketing agency 10 and a half years ago because she was tired of seeing great people fail just because they couldn't clearly communicate their value.
Episode 143 – Machielle Thomas
December 24, 2020 10:30 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBMachielle Thomas is a mommy, a marketer, photographer, and a dreamer. She's currently the senior brand manager for Bluehost, and most of her time is spent chasing her tiny terrorist, or finding the best tacos in her hometown of Austin, Texas.
Episode 142 – C. Shakhawat Sultan
December 10, 2020 10:30 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBC. Shakhawat Sultan is the business development manager at CodeRex. He works hand in hand with the developers and the marketing team to create useful plugins. He is passionate about WordPress and loves to contribute to the community.
Episode 141 – Rachel Makool
November 12, 2020 10:30 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBRachel Makool is a senior community manager at GoDaddy and has been there for five years, managing the online community and other community programs. She's been a community professional for over 15 years. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and loves to hike, travel, and she's a collector of many things. She also sells odds and ends online and has done so for 20 years.
Episode 140 – Hans Skillrud
October 29, 2020 09:30 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBOver the course of seven years, Hans Skillrud built a 12-person web design agency in downtown Chicago and then sold it in early 2019, to focus his attention on his new start up, Termageddon. Termageddon is an auto-updating privacy policy generator.
Episode 139 – Chris Ford
October 15, 2020 09:30 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBChris Ford spent the first 20 years of her career working as an agency and freelance designer. 5 years ago, she took a hard left into project management. Today she’s a hybrid project manager and designer at Reaktiv, a WordPress VIP partner.
Episode 138 – Winstina Hughes
September 24, 2020 09:30 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBWinstina Hughes is an Assistant Regional Planner for the Maryland Department of Transportation. She created her first WordPress blog for a Geographic Information Systems assignment, and followed it soon after with one on community development and suburban planning. She has presented at WordCamp NYC, WordCamp US, and WordCamp Austin. A WordPress Meetup co-organizer, Winstina led WordCamp NYC 2018.
Episode 137 – Emily Hunkler
September 10, 2020 09:30 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBEmily Hunkler is the director of growth at GoWP. She lives just outside Atlanta, Georgia with her two daughters and her husband. When not working, Emily loves running both on the road and trails. On weekends, she also loves hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Episode 136 – Annejeanette Washington Collins
August 27, 2020 09:30 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBAnnejeanette Washington Collins is a teacher at both the elementary and collegiate level. She teaches children at a school in western Florida, and college students in Fort Lauderdale. Annejeanette is a WordPress advocate, blogger, and WordCamp presenter.
Episode 135 – David Zimmerman
August 13, 2020 09:30 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBDavid Zimmerman has been working in SEO for about 12 years, five years on his own as Reliable Acorn. Over the past couple of years, he's been speaking at WordCamps about SEO and client management.
Episode 134 – Caylin White
July 30, 2020 09:30 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBCaylin White is the growth manager at GoWP. She's a marketer and an artist who shares her art on CBCinked.com.
Episode 133 – Anyssa Ferreira
July 16, 2020 09:30 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBAnyssa is a designer and front-end developer from São Paulo, Brazil. She is co-founder of Haste, an agency focused on delivering great user experience with WordPress. Anyssa is also part of the WordCamp São Paulo organizing team.
Episode 132 – Pritesh Vora
July 02, 2020 09:30 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBPritesh leads growth marketing and operations at BlogVault, MalCare, WP Remote. Previously, he co-founded and sold Uninstall.io. Here's an entrepreneur at heart who loves challenging the status quo. Pritesh says he is a hardcore growth geek.
Episode 131 – Cate DeRosia
June 18, 2020 09:30 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBCate DeRosia has wandered around WordPress for the last five years speaking, organizing, and being an engaging human. Currently, she's building out a family business and investigating how to expand HeroPress into a new kind of membership site.
Episode 130: Tara Claeys & Liam Dempsey
June 04, 2020 09:30 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBLiam Dempsey and Tara Claeys review the past year of the Hallway Chats podcast, discuss their views about success, share advice and announce plans for year 4.
Episode 129 – Oliver Sild
May 21, 2020 09:30 - 32 minutes - 45 MBOliver Sild is a 26-year-old entrepreneur who has built three companies today and is very active in the cybersecurity landscape. WordPress folks would know him as the founder of a website security company called WebARX.
Episode 128 – Nigel Rodgers
May 07, 2020 09:30 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBNigel Rodgers likes helping people with WordPress, whether it's building new websites, fixing websites, organizing meetups and events, and connecting people.