Latest Tracing Podcast Episodes
Commuting to Pro Cyclist in 14 Months - Mason Schofield
Coaches on Couches - April 13, 2023 00:27 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsMason Schofield didn't grow up with dreams of becoming a pro cyclist. He really didn't even play sports growing up. But when the pandemic hit and life was in flux, he found joy in getting out on a beater road bike. Soon he found himself working at bike shops and getting into his first Cat 4 race...
DevOpsify with Sasha Rosenbaum of Ergonautic
On-Call Me Maybe - April 11, 2023 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Sasha Rosenbaum is Principal at a new venture, Ergonautic. With a degree in Computer Science, an MBA, and two decades of experience across development, operations, product management, and technical sales, Sasha brings a unique perspective to optimizing the organizational flow o...
Episode 284 - Duane Is Back!
Dirt Nerds Podcast - April 11, 2023 00:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week Duane returns! He's back to talk about the results from around the area and the country. Then we talk about All Stars and the Attica rain date interfering with Fremont's season opener. We also talk about the unfortunate news from Lawerenceburg where sprint car driver Justin Owen lost h...
Waxing Chains with Cole McDaniel of 901 Wax
Coaches on Couches - April 05, 2023 14:46 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsTo wax or not to wax, that is the question. Of all the trends in cycling right now, chain waxing seems to be the one we get asked about the most. So, we called on our local chain waxing guru (and engineer) Cole McDaniel to school us all on the pros and cons of waxing your chain. Some of the bene...
Swinging on the Engineer/Manager Pendulum with Jewel Darger-Sacher of Reddit
On-Call Me Maybe - April 04, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Jewel has been shitposting and sadtweeting her way to a comfortable tech career for over a decade in community and consumer product engineering as a software engineer, manager, and all-the-hats start-upper. She hasn't accidentally taken down production in a whole month, mostly...
Episode 283 - Devin Shiels and Ryan Missler Return
Dirt Nerds Podcast - April 04, 2023 00:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week Duane was down and out for the podcast so we reached out and got ourselves and interview. We welcome back dirt late model drivers and friends of the podcast Devin Shiels and Ryan Missler.
Happy Accidents with Jenny Gee-Link of Tangerine
On-Call Me Maybe - March 28, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Jenny Gee-Link is a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at Tangerine. She has an extensive background in Mobile Applications, Wireless Technologies, and Telecommunications, having previously worked at large Telecommunications companies such as Motorola. When she’s not working...
Episode 282 - What We Look Forward To Start The Season
Dirt Nerds Podcast - March 28, 2023 00:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about the few races that happened as mother nature is still wreaking havoc on the race season. Then we talk about 3 things that we look forward to start the race season.
Building for Developers with Daniel Kim of New Relic
On-Call Me Maybe - March 21, 2023 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Daniel Kim (He/Him) is a Principal Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic and the founder of Bit Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to making technology accessible to underserved communities. He wants to inspire generations of students in tech to be the best they can b...
Episode 281 - Mother Nature Is Not a Race Fan
Dirt Nerds Podcast - March 21, 2023 00:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we cover some of the minimal racing that happened over the weekend as the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars were able to get a race in at Lincoln Speedway in PA. We also talk suspensions that were handed out to G.R. Smith and Ashton Winger as well some other news from the racing world. Then ...
The Crooked Path to Tech with Jen Shute of Slalom Build
On-Call Me Maybe - March 14, 2023 04:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Jen Shute Benson (she/her/hers) is a Senior Director of Platform Engineering at Slalom Build. She has worked for over 25 years in the tech industry. Her early career included quality engineering, application support engineering, and systems engineering. She moved into leadershi...
Episode 280 - Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
Dirt Nerds Podcast - March 14, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about all of the drama coming out of the dirt racing world. We saw some interesting comments after the Xtreme Midget race in DuQoin and arrests in Florida. After we discuss all of that we take on some fan questions.
Security is Thy Friend with Michael Kehoe of Confluent
On-Call Me Maybe - March 07, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Michael Kehoe is an author, speaker and Sr Staff Security Engineer at Confluent. Previously he was a Sr Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at LinkedIn architecting LinkedIn’s move to Microsoft Azure. Before graduating with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Univer...
Episode 279 - Debating The Best Local Tracks
Dirt Nerds Podcast - March 07, 2023 02:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about some of the racing action that took place in PA and through the South. We also talk about some news from the dirt racing world which saw a crew chief change and some new rides announced. Then we finish by debating the top 3 weekly tracks in the country.
Illness and Endurance Training - How To Handle It
Coaches on Couches - March 02, 2023 19:05 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAs cyclists, runners, and triathletes, one of the reasons we train is to stay healthy. But let's face it, this winter has sucked in terms of staying at full capacity. We've had athletes who have been sick 3 and 4 times in 3 months. It's the worst we've seen in 14 years of coaching. So today, we ...
Transform Thyself with Shingi Kanhukamwe
On-Call Me Maybe - February 28, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Shingi Kanhukamwe is an Executive Transformation Advisor working with Export Development Canada. He has 11 years of Agile experience and 9 years focused on leading transformation initiatives in large, complex organizations. He has worked at various financial organizations and h...
Everyone Deserves A Properly Fit Bike - A Bike Fitter's Rant
Coaches on Couches - February 23, 2023 05:09 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIn this episode, Coach D has a lot to get off his chest when it comes to bike fitting. As someone who has been fitting bikes professionally and studying human physiology and biomechanics for over a decade, he sees a lot of trends in the industry that just don't make sense! Even things "elite lev...
Philo-SLO-phy with Alex Hidalgo of Nobl9
On-Call Me Maybe - February 21, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout the guest: Alex Hidalgo is the Principal Reliability Advocate at Nobl9 and the author of "Implementing Service Level Objectives." During his career, he has developed a deep love for sustainable operations, proper observability, and using SLO data to drive discussions and make decisions. A...
Episode 278 - Dirt Rules Daytona
Dirt Nerds Podcast - February 21, 2023 01:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about the racing from Florida and how dirt drivers ruled the week at the Daytona 500. We also talk about some recent team announcements and some other series announcements.
New Year, Same Us with Adriana Villela and Ana Margarita Medina
On-Call Me Maybe - February 14, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout us: Adriana Villela is a Sr. Developer Advocate at Lightstep, based in Toronto, Canada, with over 20 years of experience in technology. She focuses on helping companies achieve reliability greatness by leveraging Observability, SRE, and DevOps practices. Before Lightstep, she was a Sr. Ma...
Episode 277 - We Talk With Trey Jacobs
Dirt Nerds Podcast - February 14, 2023 02:12 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we sit down and to talk to 410 sprint car driver Trey Jacobs. Trey comes from a long line of racers and has an Attica Raceway Park track championship under his belt. Trey tells us about some of his early days in racing and talks about racing with his family. We then get into discussion...
Episode 276 - Bad Calls and Ventura Fighting to Stay Open
Dirt Nerds Podcast - February 07, 2023 01:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about some of the racing going on in Florida, specifically the modifieds at East Bay where Drake Troutman got hosed on a jumped start call. We also talk about the news from Ventura Raceway where they are getting pushed into a corner by a development firm. We also talk about the...
Episode 275 - The Start of GA/FL Speedweeks
Dirt Nerds Podcast - January 31, 2023 01:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about the beginning of Georgia/Florida Speedweeks at Golden Isle Speedway and Bubba Raceway Park. We also talk about some of the other racing news from around the country and even some local schedule releases.
Episode 274 - Sunshine Nationals and Fan Questions
Dirt Nerds Podcast - January 24, 2023 02:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week the only racing game in town was the Sunshine Nationals down at Volusia County Speedway for the World of Outlaw Late Model series. After we covert those results we go into a long episode of fan questions!
Episode 273 - Chili Bowl Madness and Getting Back to Normal
Dirt Nerds Podcast - January 17, 2023 01:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we get back to normal as Duane is back to the studio for this weeks podcast. We recap the Chili Bowl and the madness that took place. We also cover the Wild West Shootout at Vado Speedway, where Jonathan Davenport tried to cash in on a $300k sweep!
Episode 272 - Duane's Rough Holiday
Dirt Nerds Podcast - January 10, 2023 01:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we return after a couple of week hiatus. Duane tells us about his rough holiday week as he unfortunately lost his dad. We talk about his dad and the memories we had as his dad had been a long time racer. We also cover some of the events that happened while we were off.
Episode 271 - The Eldora Million III
Dirt Nerds Podcast - December 21, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about the big announcement of the return of the Eldora Million, this time featuring winged sprint cars in 2023! We also talk about the release of the High Limit Sprint Car schedule, the racing results from the weekend and some news from the late model world. Brandon Sheppard an...
Episode 270 - High Limit Schedule and PRI News
Dirt Nerds Podcast - December 13, 2022 01:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week talk about all of the news coming out of the annual PRI show. We cover the USAC schedules, the Xtreme Midgets schedule and the Summer Nationals schedules. We also cover the news from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announcing their new points format with big money. We also wait ar...
An OCMM Retrospective with Adriana & Ana
On-Call Me Maybe - December 06, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout us: Adriana is a Sr. Developer Advocate at Lightstep, based out of Toronto, Canada, with over 20 years of experience in tech. She focuses on helping companies achieve reliability greatness by through Observability and Incident Response practices. Before Lightstep, she was a Sr. Manager at...
Episode 269 - Duane's Major Award, The Gateway Dirt Nationals and Sprint Car Schedules
Dirt Nerds Podcast - December 06, 2022 03:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week we talk about Duane receiving his major award and his experience at the annual DARF banquet. We then talk about the Gateway Dirt Nationals where Tyler Erb got an emotional victory in his first late model visit to the dome. We also talk about the World of Outlaws Sprint Car schedule as ...
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