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Latest Episodes
Seen and Unseen: Building Civic Tech Under Pressure
Ryan Koch speaks with Josh, the independent developer behind Antifreeze and Flockwatch, about building civic-tech tools that help people see public law-enforcement ac...
Gauge Wars: What Railroads Teach Us About Data Standards
Ryan Koch explores the parallels between historical railroad gauge conflicts and modern data infrastructure challenges, emphasizing the importance of standardization a...
Six Weeks to Launch: How Nava built Document AI in response to H.R. 1
Summary When H.R. 1 put new pressure on states to cut SNAP payment error rates, Nava PBC had six weeks to help Pennsylvania stand up a way to catch bad document upload...
Proudly Serving: Writing a Book in the Open
Rebecca Woodbury and Luke Fretwell discuss their collaborative process in writing 'Proudly Serving,' a book aimed at making civic tech and government more accessible, ...
AI Governance: Who's Accountable When the Machine Decides?
AI tools have quietly moved out of isolated dev environments and into the middle of how real work gets done. That shift is genuinely exciting, and it brings a fresh se...