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John Rubinstein, Part 1: Scoring for Movies and TV to Winning a Tony: A Journey Through Music, Acting, and Hollywood's Golden Age

Anthony Plog on Music - June 23, 2024 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Imagine being a multi-talented artist, a composer who has crafted scores for TV and iconic films like Jeremiah Johnson and The Candidate. Now, imagine you're also an acclaimed actor, having graced countless movies and winning a Tony Award for Children of a Lesser God Picture collaborating with l...

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Elias David Moncado, Part 1: International Award-Winning Violist, hailed as 'one of the biggest talents of his generation'

Anthony Plog on Music - June 10, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Called "one of the biggest talents of his generation," Elias David Moncado, at a very young age, has already had an exceptional career. After winning his first competition at the age of 6, then his first international competition at the age of 8, he went on to win four major competitions after t...

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Frederica von Stade, Part 1: The world-class opera singer, recitalist, concert artist, and philanthropist: Sing from the heart!

Anthony Plog on Music - May 26, 2024 06:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Frederica von Stade has had a fabulous career as an opera singer, recitalist, and concert artist. In her long career, she has performed and recorded internationally, working with major conductors around the world (Karajan, Bernstein, Abbado, to name just a few.) In addition, she has championed t...

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Micah Killion, Part 1: Performer, Researcher, Educator, Arts Administrator, and Former Air Force Band Trumpeter: On Efficient Practice and Learning

Anthony Plog on Music - May 14, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Dr. Micah Killion is a trumpeter who has devoted the past several years to better understanding what constitutes effective practice and learning. Formerly a member of the Air Force Band, he has also been an arts administrator. In addition to his performing and research, he has also been involved...

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Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Part 1: Emmy Award Winning Conductor, Music Director Laureate of the Fort Worth Symphony and Director of Orchestral Studies at Baylor University

Anthony Plog on Music - May 04, 2024 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Miguel Harth Bedoya has been the Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for 20 years and is now their Music Director Laureate. In addition to other Music Director positions he has held, he has also guest conducted major orchestras around the world such as the New York Philharmonic, ...

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Human Machine Interfaces: The key to everything is AI – Interview with Karl Lehnhoff

Passion for Technology - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today, our everyday life is full of technology. This technology wants to be operated, the human being must somehow interact with the device, the machine or the technical system: This is the field of human-machine interfaces, or HMI for short. With the complexity of the technologies that surround...

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Predictive robots: our future assistants – Interview with Prof Elsa Kirchner

Passion for Technology - April 15, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
One of the greatest challenges in human-machine interfaces is natural interaction. Technology has already made great progress with solutions such as gesture and voice control. Recently, the focus has also turned to controlling machines by thought: brain-machine interfaces measure the brain’s EEG...

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Kevin Mayse, Part 1: Trumpet Instructor, Ensembles Director, and Department Chair of the exciting program at Riverside City College

Anthony Plog on Music - April 14, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Kevin Mayse is the wind ensemble conductor, trumpet teacher, and chair of the Department of Music at Riverside City College. Even though RCC is a two year college, what Kevin has been able to accomplish has been exceptional. His wind ensemble not only performs major works but also has a vibrant ...

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How much flexibility is required in future factories?

Passion for Technology - April 11, 2024 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
For a long time – and in many places still today – line production with assembly lines and fixed cycles was considered the pinnacle of rational production. It promised high, repeatable quality and cost-effective production. But in the meantime, the focus is shifting away from the mass production...

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How close are we to fully autonomous production?

Passion for Technology - April 04, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
A factory that works independently, that produces even the smallest batch sizes without human assistance, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and all this at significantly lower unit costs and much more efficiently than before – that is the vision of autonomous production. But how close is industry re...

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Jon Armstrong, Part 1: The Highly-Creative and Innovative Jazz Saxophonist, former LA Freelancer, Bandleader, Composer and current Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at Idaho State University

Anthony Plog on Music - March 29, 2024 21:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Jon Armstrong is an amazingly versatile performer, composer, educator and thinker. Perhaps that should come as no surprise, since as a young man in his home town in Oregon, Jon not only played in a Buddhist marching band but also worked 12 hour shifts in a diaper factory! After a highly successf...

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Matilda Lloyd, Part 1: The International Trumpet Soloist, Philanthropist and Podcast Host!

Anthony Plog on Music - March 15, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Matilda Lloyd has already had an exceptional career at a very young age. Her first album, Casta Diva, released on Chandos Records, was BBC Music Magazine's Recording of the Month in June of 2023. She will also be a European Concert Hall Organization "Rising Star" for the 2024/2025 season. But in...

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Factory Automation – a challenge for functional safety?

Passion for Technology - March 07, 2024 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In the smart factory, machines communicate with each other, control themselves and processes are becoming increasingly agile. At the same time, man and machine are working ever more closely together – the keyword being cobots. This also changes the requirements for functional safety – i.e. the p...

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Episode 38 - Contents of Article 310: Conductors for General Use

Code Talk - March 05, 2024 20:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Today we explore one of the most used Articles: 310 Conductors for General Use. This podcast is a summary of lectures that I give for Electrical Continuing Education based in Spokane WA, USA. If you would like the lecture notes for the podcasts, visit our website at www.inw-training.com and sel...

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Lynn Larsen, Part 1: Personnel and Orchestra Manager of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Anthony Plog on Music - March 01, 2024 05:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
During the series of conversations I've had with people in the music business over the past 3 1/2 year, I've spoken with guests representing many aspects of music. But I haven't spoken with anybody about the give and take between orchestra management and musicians. So, who better to have on the ...

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Energising a sustainable industry – efficient, renewable and self-sufficient?

Passion for Technology - February 29, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
As part of the Paris Climate Agreement, Europe has committed to limiting global warming to 1.5°C, if possible. To achieve this goal, industry must also make a substantial contribution to reducing emissions. In recent years, the focus has been on improving energy efficiency: according to Eurostat...

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Article 305 - Wiring Methods over 1000V AC, 1500V DC

Code Talk - February 22, 2024 22:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Today we cover the first half of Article 305 - Wiring Methods that apply over 1000V AC or 1500V DC. This podcast is a summary of lectures that I give for Electrical Continuing Education based in Spokane WA, USA. If you would like the lecture notes for the podcasts, visit our website at www.inw-...

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Code Talk - February 22, 2024 22:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Today we cover the first half of Article 305 - Wiring Methods that apply over 1000V AC or 1500V DC. This podcast is a summary of lectures that I give for Electrical Continuing Education based in Spokane WA, USA. If you would like the lecture notes for the podcasts, visit our website at www.inw-...

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Richard Antoine White, Part 1: The highly inspirational Professor of Tuba at The University of New Mexico, Principal Tubist of the New Mexico Philharmonic and Santa Fe Symphony, and author. Listen in to his incredible story!

Anthony Plog on Music - February 16, 2024 23:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Richard Antoine White (RAW Tuba) is principal tubist with the New Mexico Philharmonic, principal tuba of the Santa Fe Symphony, and a full professor of tuba at the University of New Mexico. But for more reasons than those, he has been an inspiration for those of us familiar with his life and wor...

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Episode 36: Wrapping Up Article 300 - Wiring Methods

Code Talk - February 15, 2024 03:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Today we cover the first half of Article 300 - Wiring Methods and the fundamental requirements that are common to most installations. This podcast is a summary of lectures that I give for Electrical Continuing Education based in Spokane WA, USA. If you would like the lecture notes for the podca...

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Episode 35: Intro to Article 300 - Wiring Methods

Code Talk - February 08, 2024 02:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Today we cover the first half of Article 300 - Wiring Methods and the fundamental requirements that are common to most installations. This podcast is a summary of lectures that I give for Electrical Continuing Education based in Spokane WA, USA. If you would like the lecture notes for the podc...

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Katharina Kegler, Part 1: The Versatile Piano Pedagogue and Dozentin at the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik

Anthony Plog on Music - February 02, 2024 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
I first met pianist Katharina Kegler in 1992 when I auditioned for the position of trumpet professor at the Freiburg Musik Hochschule. Katharina was assigned to me as the accompanist for the short concert I would have to play and, unbeknownst to me, it was her first service since being hired at ...

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How to design a digital motor control solution

Passion for Technology - January 25, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
When thinking of digital motor control, many will conjure up images of the television adverts where the “digital motor” of a vacuum cleaner is composed of a motor and lots of electronic components… So what exactly do you need in terms of electronics to implement digital motor control? And what d...

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David Bilger: Former Principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Trumpet Professor at Northwestern University and the Curtis Institute of Music

Anthony Plog on Music - January 20, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Trumpeter Dave Bilger has had a stellar career as both a performer and also as an educator. He was principal trumpet with the Dallas Symphony, and following that, principal trumpet with the Philadelphia Orchestra for many years. In addition to the 27 years he's taught at the Curtis Institute of ...

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EBV and Infineon: Bringing SiC to the market together with Milan Ivkovic and Peter Friedrichs

Passion for Technology - January 08, 2024 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The industry no longer looks at silicon carbide (SiC) as it did just a few short years ago. In this episode, EBV’s Milan Ivkovic and Infineon’s Peter Friedrichs discuss how the two companies have been working together to accelerate the adoption of SiC in a variety of applications. 

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Andreas Neubronner, Part 1: The multi-Grammy Award winning recording producer of the San Francisco, London, Vienna (and more!) Symphonies

Anthony Plog on Music - January 05, 2024 21:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Andreas Neubronner is a record producer and engineer who has won 8 Grammy awards. He has recorded great orchestras around the world and is known for his recordings of the Mahler Symphonies with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, his work with Baroque and Ren...

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Nick Norton: The inspirational, huge-hearted former Principal Trumpet of the Utah Symphony

Anthony Plog on Music - December 24, 2023 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In his thirty-eight years with the Utah Symphony, Nick Norton experienced all aspects of what it means to be an orchestral trumpet player. He began his career with the orchestra as second trumpet and after nine years auditioned for, and won, the newly vacated position of principal trumpet. Towar...

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Bill Williams: International Trumpeter, Former Dean of the New World Symphony, and Optimal Performance Coach!

Anthony Plog on Music - December 12, 2023 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Bill Williams is a musician who has had a stellar career as a symphony musician, chamber musician, and soloist. But in addition to his performing, he is also a consultant with a wide range of clients, including elite performers and institutions, focusing on the tools needed to perform well consi...

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EBV and Infineon: Looking back at 3 years of SiC partnership with Slobodan Puljarevic and Pierre-Yves Ferrard

Passion for Technology - December 11, 2023 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Over the past three years, EBV and Infineon have been working closely together to make the transition to silicon carbide (SiC) smoother for our customers. In this episode, EBV's Slobodan Puljarevic and Infineon’s Pierre-Yves Ferrard discuss how their partnership has evolved to achieve success – ...

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How Silicon Carbide (SiC) is revolutionising power efficiency

Passion for Technology - November 20, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Electricity plays a key role in sustainable development, because on the one hand a large proportion of the primary energy used remains unused due to conversion losses, and on the other hand new application technologies – for example e-mobility or heat pumps – lead to increased electricity consum...

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