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102 episodes
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Lars WikmanExplicit
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Date created
2021/01/26
Latest episode
2025/12/11
Average duration
59 min.
Release period
27 days
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A packed panel of Elixir experts and experienced developers who make the complicated interesting and fun. We talk about Elixir, Erlang and all things related to the BEAM virtual machine ecosystem. Featuring a panel of hosts including Alex Koutmos, Andrew Ek, Bruce Tate, Lars Wikman, and Meryl Dakin. Edited by Maggie Tate Sponsored by Grox.io and Underjord
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Episode 97: Gleam! A Chat with Peter Saxton
2025/12/11
In this episode of Beam Radio, Lars and Andrew welcome Peter Saxton, a key figure in the Gleam programming language community. They discuss Peter's journey into the BEAM ecosystem, the philosophy and features of Gleam, and how it compares to other languages like Elm.
Check out the Gleam Gatherining - 21 February 2026 - Bristol, UK
https://gleamgathering.com/
Check out Gleam
https://gleam.run/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 96: Take the Elixir Survey and Other Topics with Lars Wikman and Michał Buszkiewicz of Curiosum
2025/10/30
This episode of Beam Radio features a conversation between Lars Wikman and Michał Buszkiewicz, discussing the adoption and impact of the Elixir programming language. They explore the Elixir Hub initiative, Elixir survey results, and the language's role in the tech community.
Take the Survey: https://elixir-survey.typeform.com/2025-edition
Curiosum: https://www.curiosum.com/
Elixir Hub: https://elixir-hub.com/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 95: Erik Stenman and The BEAM Book
2025/09/18
Erik Stenman joins the BeamRadio pod to discuss The BEAM Book (you can read it for free!). Erik started programming in 1980 and has a rich history in tech and shares his journey with the BEAM.
Follow Erik: @erik_stenman and @HappiHacking on X.com
https://www.happihacking.com/
https://stenmans.org/happi_blog/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 94: Mike Hostetler and Jido: The Future of Elixir Agents
2025/07/23
In this episode Mike Hostetler shares his journey into the Elixir ecosystem and the development of Jido, the Elixir autonomous agent framework.
Find Mike: https://mike-hostetler.com/ and https://x.com/mikehostetler
Learn more about Jido: https://agentjido.xyz/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 93: Chris Nelson and a Riveting Convo on Elixir
2025/07/10
In this episode, Lars, Andrew, and Chris discuss various aspects of Elixir development,
including the journey of transitioning to Elixir (you'll never guess), the aesthetics of programming languages, and the
importance of community engagement through meetups.
Keep up with Chris!
Twitter: @superchris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-nelson-038875/
https://launchscout.com/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 92: German Velasco and the Advantages of Elixir
2025/06/27
In this episode of BeamRadio, hosts Andrew Ek and Alex Koutmos are joined by German
Velasco. They chat about the complexities and advantages of using Elixir and Phoenix
for software development and explore the onboarding process for developers transitioning
from other languages.
Get in touch with German:
Bluesky: @germsvel.com
Twitter: @germsvel
https://www.germanvelasco.com/
https://www.elixirstreams.com/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 91: BeamRadio Talks Igniter with Zach Daniel
2025/06/02
In this episode of Beam Radio, Andrew Ek and Bruce Tate welcome Zach Daniel to
discuss his journey with Elixir, the impact of the Ash framework, and the introduction of Igniter, a
code generation and patching tool.
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 89: BeamRadio talks AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices
2025/04/22
A fabulous converstation with Davide Bettio and Paul Guyot about AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices.
https://www.atomvm.net/
https://github.com/bettio
https://github.com/pguyot
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 90: Josh Price: Ash and the Greater Elixir Community
2025/04/22
In this episode of Beam Radio, hosts Andrew Ek and Lars Wikman welcome Josh Price from Alembic. They discuss the recent AlchemyConf, the value of smaller conferences, and the importance of community in the Elixir ecosystem. Josh shares insights on how Ash simplifies the process of building applications, integrates with AI, and future-proofs projects.
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 88: Unlocking the Power of NX with Paulo Valente
2025/03/07
NX provides a powerful framework for machine learning in Elixir and Lars, Andrew and Paulo Valente take a deep dive into it!
Connect with Paulo on Bluesky - @polvalente.social
Come join us!
GigCityElixir and NervesConf US - May 8-10, Chattanooga, TN
GigCityElixir.com
Goatmire Elixir and NervesConf - Sept 10-12, Varburg, Sweden
Goatmire.com
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 87: Chris Grainger talks Data Science and Engineering and Elixir
2025/02/21
In this conversation, Lars and Chris delve into the intersection of Elixir, data engineering, and data science. They explore the significance of data pipelines, the role of Elixir in transforming data, and the challenges faced in data processing.
Find Chris on [Bluesky](@cigrainger.bsky.social) and on the Elixir Forum.
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 86: The Future of Gleam: Innovations and Insights with Giacomo Cavalieri
2025/02/05
Jak and Lars have a delightful conversation about Gleam, the language's type safety, adoption and ecosystem growth.
Find Jak:
[giacomocavalieri.me](giacomocavalieri.me)
@giacomo_cava
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 85: James Gray II and Innovative Education
2025/01/22
In this conversation, Bruce, Andrew, and James discuss their experiences with Elixir programming, the importance of exploring and modeling in software development, and innovative educational approaches using Livebook.
James E. Gray II
@[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-edward-gray-ii/
Upcoming Conferences:
https://codebeamamerica.com/
https://www.gigcityelixir.com/
https://goatmire.com/
Designing Elixir Systems with OTP (Gray/Tate)
https://www.pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts:
Twitter:
@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 84: Peter Ullrich: Making Elixir Easy to Learn
2025/01/08
The panel chats about making Elixir easy to learn for devs from other languages and how to talk about Elixir in the greater development community. This the episode to share with all your friends that need to learn Elixir and companies that should be using it.
https://peterullrich.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/peterullrich.com
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
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@akoutmos
@ektastrophe
@meryldakin
@redrapids
Bluesky
@akoutmos.bsky.social
@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
Episode 82: The B in Beam - A Chat with Björn Gustavsson
2024/12/11
How it started and how it's going - an enlightening chat with Björn Gustavsson about Erlang/Elixir history.
Read the Erlang/OTP blog
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@redrapids
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@ektastrophe.bsky.social
@lawik.bsky.social
@RedRapids.bskysocial
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord
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