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A roundtrip between formatted tables and spreadsheets is now very much possible, how {shinyreact} represents a new path for user interface development in Shiny, and a candid take on ownership of code and the products we build from it (including very awesome art). Episode Links  This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)From spreadsheet to gt and back againIntroducing shinyreact: React UI backed by a Shiny serverAperiodic tilings with the de Bruijn methodEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W41 Supplement Resources {forgts} - Formatted spreadsheets to gts https://luisdva.github.io/forgts{gtxlsx} - Write gt and HTML tables into {openxlsx2} workbooks https://janmarvin.github.io/gtxlsxBold indicates negative? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJz0779Seto{shinyreact} - Shiny UI infrastructure for React-based component rendering https://posit-dev.github.io/shinyreact/r/index.htmlAgent skills vignette for {shinyreact} https://posit-dev.github.io/shinyreact/r/articles/agent-skills.htmlR + AI conference https://rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_website/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix J-Type - Tetris - Nostalvania - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04401Smoke & Marbles - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Emunator, ZackParrish, Lucas Guimaraes - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04714

After a massive backlog issue sprint, the foundational {knitr} gains terrific updates to supercharge SQL code chunks. The R Project moves to an open source platform for asynchronous communication, and a key technique for bringing the user's perspective on error messages when you test your R package.  Episode Links  This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter)The knitr SQL Engine Grows UpZulip Chat for the R ProjectSnapshotting error messagesEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W40 Supplement Resources A Four-Day {knitr} Issue/PR Backlog Sprint https://yihui.org/en/2026/09/knitr-backlogZulip R-Project signup https://r-project.zulipchat.comA Practical Introduction To Reproducible R with Nix & {rix} https://b-rodrigues.github.io/r_pharma_26/#/title-slide Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Brinstar Bonsai Garden - Super Metroid - Red Tailed Fox - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01473Dark World Jazz - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Gux - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00156

Have you found a rogue line of rm(list=ls()) in your R scripts? Then we have a terrific update to a package to find those environment issues and much more. Plus a candid take on the lifecycle of spreadsheet-creating packages, and how to take matters to your "R" hands when faced with a perplexing reviewer comment. Mike and I also share our takeaways from an eventful posit::conf(2026)!  Episode Links  This week's curator: Colin Fay - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @colinfay.bsky.social (Bluesky) & [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (X/Twitter)Release: sessioncheck 0.2Ghosts of spreadsheets pastObserved power tells you nothingEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W39 Supplement Resources {sessioncheck} https://sessioncheck.djnavarro.net/Why Every R Package Wrapping External Tools Needs a sitrep() Function https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2026/sitrep-functions/Marimo https://docs.marimo.io Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix A View from the Top (of Shinra HQ) - Final Fantasy VII Remake - TheManPF, Andre Beller, jnWake, Kev Ragone, Michelle Dreyband, newmajoe, Ronin Op F - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04777Hotel Rhumba (I Want to Go Home) - Earthbound - The Pancake Chef - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00526

A data-driven investigation on how September is a dangerous month for bikers in Wisconsin, a novel look at the distribution of castles across the globe, and the fundamentals behind an influential analysis method commonly used in experimental designs. Episode Links  This week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (Bluesky)Madison bike crashes peak in SeptemberAn Atlas of StoneRepeated measures ANOVA in REntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W37 Supplement Resources  Madison Bikes https://www.madisonbikes.orgTidy Tuesday Castlemap dataset https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/tree/main/data/2026/2026-09-01Deepali's GitHub repository https://github.com/deepdk {rstatix}: Pipe-friendly Framework for Basic Statistical Tests in R https://rpkgs.datanovia.com/rstatix/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Relm's Weepy Loop - Final Fantasy 6 - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00178Cammy's London Drizzle - Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00453

The newest linter on the R block gains a bold new feature in version 0.6.0, and a new package documentation framework altdown enters the world.  Episode Links  This week's curator: Jon Calder - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Jarl 0.6.0: A fast R linterA new take on documentation sites for R packagesEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W36 Supplement Resources Ark: An R kernel https://github.com/posit-dev/arkArf: Alternative R Frontend https://github.com/eitsupi/arf Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Super Buck II - Super Mario Brothers 2 - Estradasphere - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00577

A collection of techniques to unlock creativity for your next visualisation, a look at the exciting present and future of the futurize transpiler package, and how to avoid an all-to-common pitfall managing database connections in mirai daemons. Episode Links  This week's curator: Eric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter)Why creativity matters in data visualisationuseR! 2026: Futurize - Tearing Down Parallelization Barriers in R with TranspilersTricky Parts of Async Mirai MagicEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W35 Supplement Resources When creativity meets code slides and abstract https://nrennie.rbind.io/talks/ross-ihaka-lecture/When creativity meets code recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAiyiE8Pm8s{futurize} documentation https://futurize.futureverse.orgUseR! 2026 {futurize} slides https://henrikbengtsson.github.io/talk-user2026-futurize/{mirai} documentation https://mirai.r-lib.org Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Warriors of Light - Final Fantasy - Darangen - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01339Ice Cap Zone (Pulse Mix) - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04400

A collection of tips to ensure reproducibility for R-based clinical submissions, a modern architecture lands in R-Universe, and going beyond the built-in mtcars set to educate students with NYC Open Data.  Episode Links  This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)Making R Submissions Reviewable for FDAWindows ARM64 comes to R-universeThe Journey of {nycOpenData}: From Classroom to CommunityEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W33 Supplement Resources R Consortium Submissions Working Group https://rconsortium.github.io/submissions-wgSimpleEnglish Agent skill https://github.com/AminBlg/SimpleEnglishNew R tooling https://r-devs.com/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Chillout - Mega Man 2 - sedure - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01175Brushwork - Mario Paint - Fratto, Wiesty, The OC Jazz Collective - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04389

Orchestrating multiple package quality checking frameworks all within a single R package, and how learning in the world of AI has fundamentally shifted once you get over that initial hump (inspired by a quick quote from one of your hosts).  Episode Links  This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter)rsonar: The R equivalent of SonarQube - centralizes code quality analysis into a single interactive reportCognitive Courage: The Real Bottleneck to Learning AI Tools - Learning a new AI workflow no longer means studying it first. The platform you work in is the platform you learn in, and the only thing between you and your first skill is the nerve to say ‘I don’t know – show me.’Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W32 Supplement Resources {rsonar} documentation https://ddotta.github.io/rsonar/{rsonar} examples repository https://github.com/ddotta/rsonar-examples{rsonar} presentation (French) https://ddotta.github.io/rsonar_presentation/#/title-slideR Weekly Highlights episode 232 https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/r-weekly-highlights/232 Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Lost in a Nightmare - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Palpable - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03001

The value of community and sustainability in full view at UserR 2026, a new tool ready to equip reproducibility and more for command-line utilities built with R, and the conclusion to LLM-prompting black magic that draws upon the awesome glue package.  Episode Links  This week's curator: Colin Fay - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @colinfay.bsky.social (Bluesky) & [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (X/Twitter)What Makes R Strong: Reflections from useR! 2026ir 0.1.0: self-describing R scripts and Quarto documentsBuilding our own glue with REntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W31Supplement Resources Matrix operators in R https://019b2dbc-0ac6-3185-aa9f-0bea50e3da6d.share.connect.posit.cloud/matrix-operators.html{golem} 1.0.0 is here https://golemverse.org/news/golem-1.0.0-release-on-cran/Package Tools with ir https://r-lib.github.io/ir/tools.html Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Snow Cone Heaven - Ice Climber - Mazedude - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01176Salut Voisin! - Final Fantasy IV - Colorado Weeks, Aeroprism - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04553

The first wave of 2026 R Consortium technical grants has arrived, how the new ggchord2 can round out your next process visualizations, and a clever take on supplementing your prompts with R objects.  Episode Links  This week's curator: Eric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter)R Consortium Awards First Round of 2026 Technical GrantsChord diagrams in R with ggchord2R Blackmagic for LLM PromptingEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W30 Supplement Resources igvShiny demo app https://gladkia-igvshiny-demo.share.connect.posit.cloud/ggchord2: Chord diagrams with ggplot2 https://nrennie.gitlab.io/ggchord2/Generic Functions: The Underrated R Technique Fixing Your Worst Problems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p00um9ezh74 Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix The Unnamed Frontier - Metroid II: Return of Samus - Pyro Paper Planes, Viking Guitar - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02892Super Buck II - Super Mario Brothers 2 - Estradasphere - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00577

An exciting new way to search and discover R packages wrapping novel technology, how the new checktor package finds the key issues standard checks will miss, and yes, you can play Doom in R (what?) Episode Links  This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @rbyryo.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @R_by_Ryo) (X/Twitter)Searching the R Ecosystem by Function, Not Package NameThe Check Passed. The Reviewer Didn’t.{rdoom} is a playable version of Doom for R.Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W29 Supplement Resources The Warehouse https://rwarehouse.netlify.app/Warehouse GitHub repository https://github.com/kylieainslie/warehousechecktor https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/checktor/tigerfb Interactive Framebuffer for R https://github.com/coolbutuseless/tigerfb Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix On Wings of Steel - After Burner - Juan Medrano - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03405Black Genesis - Final Fantasy 6 - Brandon Strader, Rexy - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02796

A set of principles to enhance testing APIs created inside R, and the engine behind automatic reloading of rendered Shiny apps becomes available for new use cases. Episode Links  This week's curator: Jon Calder - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Testing Your Plumber APIs from Rwatcher 0.2.0: filesystem watching for R, and the engine behind Shiny auto-reloadEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W28 Supplement Resources {plumber2}: https://plumber2.posit.co/{httr2}: https://httr2.r-lib.org/index.html{mirai}: https://mirai.r-lib.org/index.html{nanonext}: https://nanonext.r-lib.org/index.htmlroxygen2 @exampleIF tag https://roxygen2.r-lib.org/articles/rd-functions.html#examples{watcher}: https://watcher.r-lib.org/fswatch https://emcrisostomo.github.io/fswatch/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Relm's Weepy Loop - Final Fantasy 6 - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00178

The R Core team receives a prestigious award in the world of Statistics, a month-long recognition of the rOpenSci package maintainers, and a collection of helpful tips for obtaining robust R code from AI agents.  Episode Links  This week's curator: Eric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter)2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics Awarded to R Core Team for Transforming Statistics Computing WorldwideCelebrating Our Maintainers during Maintainers Month10 tips for getting better R code from your AI coding agentEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W26 Supplement Resources The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics 2026 https://www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026{btw} A complete toolkit for connecting R and LLMs https://posit-dev.github.io/btw/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Super Buck II - Super Mario Brothers 2 - Estradasphere - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00577Escape Route - Cave Story - Corran - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01513

The evolution of Posit's data science agents, robust approaches to unnamed parameters in R functions, and the power of math and visualization collide in an unexpected way. Episode Links  This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)A brief and biased history of Posit data science agentsThree small dots for more readable codeLittle useless-useful R functions – Ulam Prime SpiralEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W25Supplement Resources Ulam Spiral Animation Function https://github.com/tomaztk/Useless_R_functions/blob/main/functions/ulam_spiral_animation.REric's new Quarto Terminal Theme https://github.com/rpodcast/quarto-revealjs-terminalSupporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Suco de Melancia - Final Fantasy 7 - Red Tailed Fox - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01671The Quick and the Blue - Mega Man 2 - The Megas - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090

A friendly reminder on checking customization when upgrading R, how refactoring may not be so tedious when using the Jarl utility, and honest takes on various code smells you can prevent in your next testing suite.  Episode Links  This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter)The Lurking Dangers of the R Version UpdateRefactoring with Jarl: a coffee chat11 Test Smells That Make Your Tests Lie to YouEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W24 Supplement Resources {renv} - Project environments in R https://rstudio.github.io/renv/index.htmlrig - The R installation manager https://github.com/r-lib/rig Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)  Music credits powered by OCRemix Vamo alla Django - Final Fantasy 9 - AndyP, Dan Bryant, Fishy - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03579Gurgling Desert Pond - Final Fantasy 1 - blackguitar - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02555