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Sensitive.Ep. 17: Content SEO Strategies for HSP + Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs with Mckayla SpencerIn this episode with Mckayla Spencer, SEO Strategist + Blog Writer, we discuss:
-what exactly is SEO and why it's helpful for HSP and neurodivergent business owners specifically
-why there is less "convincing" when you use SEO for marketing
-what content SEO is
-how you can meet your client at different points "in the funnel" using SEO
-what off-page SEO is and why it's a great option if you're short on time
-how you can use your podcast to improve SEO by turning the episodes into blog posts2025-03-0356 min
Screaming in the CloudLooking at the Current State of Resilience with Spencer KimballSpencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, joins Corey Quinn to discuss the evolving challenges of database resilience in 2025. They discuss the State of Resilience 2025 report, revealing widespread operational concerns, costly outages, and gaps in failover preparedness. Modern resilience strategies, like active-active configurations and consensus replication, reduce risks but require expertise and investment. Spencer highlights growing regulatory pressures, such as the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act, and the rising complexity of distributed systems. Despite challenges, Cockroach Labs aims to simplify resilience, enabling organizations to modernize while balancing risk, cost, and customer trust.Show Highlights(0:00) Intro...2024-12-1038 min
Zero Prime PodcastE26: Balancing Open Source and Business with Spencer Kimball (Cockroach Labs)In this new episode of the 0P podcast, we welcome back Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, to discuss the evolving landscape of software licensing in the cloud era. Spencer shares insights on how companies are innovating with new licensing models to bridge the gap between open source ideals and sustainable business growth.Drawing from his experience leading Cockroach Labs, a distributed database company, he offers a unique perspective on finding equilibrium between community collaboration and commercial success.-- 👉 Data Council 2025 brings together the brightest minds in AI and dat...2024-12-0537 min
The Great BattlefieldPublic Opinion Research with Spencer Kimball of Emerson CollegeSpencer Kimball joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role as director of polling at Emerson College, where they work hard to be accurate and innovative in how they obtain their information on public opinion.2024-12-0252 min
The Megyn Kelly ShowTrump's Garbage Truck Moment, Biden Biting Babies, and Swing State Polls, with Stu Burguiere, Stephen L. Miller, and Spencer Kimball | Ep. 932Megyn Kelly is joined by Spencer Kimball, director of Emerson Polling, to discuss the where the polls show Donald Trump currently in key swing states, which Sun Belt states are best for Trump, how Kamala Harris is looking in the states Biden won in 2020, how Trump is performing in Wisconsin and Michigan, the crucial state of Pennsylvania, whether the polls can be trusted after misses in past cycles, and more. Then BlazeTV's Stu Burguiere, host of "Stu Does America," and Stephen L. Miller, host of the "Versus Media" podcast, join to discuss the current mood among Trump supporters as w...2024-10-311h 36
Get With ITREPLAY: Preventing massive traffic spikes for Black Friday and beyond (with Cockroach Labs' Spencer Kimball)What do Taylor Swift concerts and Black Friday have in common? Both events can overwhelm systems when those platforms are built on legacy technology. Join David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of ITOps Times, as he talks with guest Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, about using cloud technology and planning to make sure massive spikes in traffic don't swamp your systems. 2024-10-1118 minThe Megyn Kelly ShowDeep Dive: How Kamala Harris is Polling Against Donald Trump So Far... and What To Watch For, with Spencer Kimball | Ep. 847Megyn Kelly is joined by Spencer Kimball, director of Emerson College Polling, to discuss Emerson's new poll in swing states looking at Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump, how Trump still outperforms Harris in most states, whether Harris is able to perform better than Biden did, the key constituencies of minority voters and young voters, the potential polling impact of Harris being anointed by top Dems rather than the American voters, which party has the momentum now and will in the next few weeks, whether Trump or Harris have the upperhand in 2024, and more.More from Kimball a...2024-07-2527 minThe Megyn Kelly ShowBiden's Rough "Big Boy" Night, Elites' Whisper Campaign, and Trump's Polling Advantage, with Michael Knowles and Spencer Kimball | Ep. 836Megyn Kelly is joined by Michael Knowles, host of The Daily Wire's "Michael Knowles Show,” to talk about Biden’s “big boy” press conference last night, his confusion about Zelensky and Putin and Trump and Harris, how the elites and establishment want him out but he won't listen, why Biden won't leave the race, how the press conference wasn't bad enough to force him to leave, what the establishment media is focused on now, prominent left-wing elites leaking to the media instead of publicly making a statement urging Biden to step aside, Biden's odd habit of whispering suddenly, and more. Then...2024-07-121h 33
Envisioning BYU: BYU SpeechesInstallation of and Charge to the President | Spencer W. Kimball | November 1980Spencer W. Kimball was president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he delivered this charge to new BYU president Jeffrey R. Holland. He repeated many key points from his address “The Second Century of Brigham Young University,” thus fixing his prophetic expectations about BYU’s mission even more deeply into the university. In one paragraph of particular note, President Kimball altered slightly the language from his second-century address, changing become unique to remain unique. You can access the full talk here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-07-1113 min
RealClearPolitics PodcastThe RealClearPolitics Poll Position: Spencer Kimball of The Emerson College Polling CenterJoin us for a brand new podcast from RealClearPolitics. "RCP Poll Position" looks at the state of American political polling and features in-depth discussions with some of America's top pollsters and public opinion experts. On this inaugural program, RCP president and co-founder Tom Bevan talks with Spencer Kimball, founding Director of the Emerson College Polling Center.2023-12-1321 min
"World of DaaS"Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs: Future of Open SourceSpencer Kimball is the founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, a $5 billion company that makes the CockroachDB database used by Netflix, Nubank, Shipt, and many other leading tech companies. Spencer was building and contributing to major open source projects before he graduated from college. In this episode of World of DaaS, Spencer and Auren do a deep dive on open source companies: How they make money, what the ecosystem looks like in 2023, and competing with the giants like AWS and Oracle. Auren and Spencer open with an in...2023-11-0743 min
BYU StudiesA Prophet’s Journey: The Journals of Spencer W. KimballThis article by Brandon J. Metcalf and Jeffery L. Anderson explores the life and legacy of President Spencer W. Kimball, the twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His journals span decades and document his personal growth, his health challenges, his ministry as an Apostle and a prophet, and his role in some of the most significant events in Church history. His journals rank among the very best kept by Church leaders and compare in importance to the Wilford Woodruff journals. The Woodruff journals stand as an essential source for nineteenth-century Latter-day Saint hi...2023-10-0332 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 681: Scaling to $5B with Cockroach Labs' CEO Spencer Kimball's Formula for Sustained Growth and ResilienceWhether you’re going from nothing to something or already scaling and thriving beyond $10-100M, healthy, sustainable growth in SaaS is on every founder’s mind. Cockroach Labs’ CEO Spencer Kimball shares hard-won lessons from scaling from $0 to $5B and his time as an angel investor for more than 80 different startups. He’ll walk you through the three stages of growth: 0-$1M — From nothing to something $1M-$10M — Building, innovation, and customers $10M-$100M+ — Scaling and thriving And what sustainable growth strategies you can implement (and pitfalls to avoid) whereve...2023-08-0938 min
The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckCockroach Labs: A Cloud SQL Database Built for Survival with CEO Spencer KimballRelational databases, data cloud's effect on infrastructure, serverless databases, and GTM strategies: Matt Turck and CockroachDB's Spencer Kimball cover it all in today's episode.2023-08-0244 min
Zero Prime PodcastE14: From Google Engineer to Cockroach Labs Co-Founder -- a Conversation with Spencer KimballIn this episode, I have the pleasure of hosting Spencer Kimball, a former Google engineer turned tech entrepreneur, and now the Co-Founder & CEO of Cockroach Labs. Spencer shares his journey from working at Google to creating his project, Viewfinder, which eventually led to the birth of CockroachDB. Spencer discusses his advice for founders as they approach the challenge of starting a company, finding co-founders, and more. We also delve into the decision to change CockroachDB's licensing to protect it from being monetized by other companies. Highlights[00:00] - From Google engineer to tech entrepreneur, Spencer...2023-08-0229 min
The Mixtape with ScottE2S23: Interview with Miles Kimball, Professor and EconomistThis week’s episode of the Mixtape with Scott is with a man I have gotten to become friends somewhat unexpectedly: Miles Kimball (Wikipedia). Miles is currently the Eugene D. Eaton Jr. professor in the economics department University of Colorado Boulder. And we got to know each other through a mutual friend, and discovered that we had many of the same somewhat eccentric interests around mental health, self improvement and a desire to serve the profession in our own personal ways. This is a long interview, but I found it fascinating. I wanted to talk to Miles ab...2023-07-112h 11
ForwardCEO coaches and their value for a startup founder - Spencer Kimball, Cockroach LabsWe sat down with Cockroach Labs’ (last valued at $5B) Spencer Kimball to talk about the value of the CEO coach to a startup founder, the key factors making this relationship effective, and why being honest with your team is critical for the company’s success.
Cockroach Labs is the creator of CockroachDB, the most highly evolved, cloud-native, distributed SQL database on the planet. Helping companies of all sizes — and the apps they develop — to scale fast, survive failures, and thrive everywhere. CockroachDB is in use at some of the world’s largest enterprises across all...2023-06-1230 min
VMware PodcastsS2:E22 - Building for Indestructible, with Spencer KimballSpencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, discusses building a next-generation distributed database that can efficiently use commodity hardware found in the cloud and scale rapidly. He emphasizes the importance of distributed databases for businesses operating across multiple regions with diverse databases to maintain continuity and protect information. Kimball also talks about the importance of consistent replication and how CockroachDB can help push the envelope for multi-region operations. He advises starting off at a company where there's a lot to learn.2023-04-2756 minEnvisioning BYU: BYU SpeechesThe Second Century of Brigham Young University | Spencer W. Kimball | October 1975Spencer W. Kimball was president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he gave this seminal address at the Founders Day commemoration on October 10, 1975—almost a hundred years to the day after the university’s founding. Speaking prophetically, President Kimball envisioned a remarkable destiny for BYU in its second century. His talk drew upon his visionary 1967 speech “Education for Eternity”; it also became the basis for his inaugural charge to Jeffrey R. Holland in 1980. This speech was unique as a major address by a president of the Church in that it was entirely focused on BYU’s mission...2023-02-1644 min
Don’t Break the Bank: Run IT, Change ITBuilding for Indestructible, with Spencer KimballSpencer talks with us about building a next generation database with Cockroach Labs. He discusses the importance of distributed databases to use effectively and efficiently the commodity hardware found in the cloud, that can’t be specialized and can scale rapidly. Spencer explains about the new realities of doing business across multiple regions with diverse databases, and what is being done to protect information and maintain continuity. He also sheds light on how CockroachDB on what they can do to help them push the envelope.3 Takeaways:In the modern era, certainly since the advent of the we...2023-02-0256 min
Traction3 Steps to Scale, Multiply and Thrive with Spencer Kimball, Cockroach LabsOn this episode, Spencer Kimball, CEO at Cockroach Labs shares his tips for innovating and evolving your business and discusses how to develop a growth mindset to come out the other side of a downturn as an even stronger contender. During turbulent times, all companies focus on survival. But many make the mistake of pulling most (if not all) resources out of innovation, growth and research, to hunker down on the bottom line and wait out the troubles. However, that approach is not helping your long-term survival, it...2023-01-0921 min
Payne on PoliticsSpencer Kimball, Recap of 2022 Midterms and a Decade of Distinction for Emerson PollingDr. Payne sits down with Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson Polling, and discusses a recap of the 2022 midterms and a Decade of Distinction for Emerson College Polling. 2022-12-2111 minPayne on PoliticsSpencer Kimball, Updates as we close in on Midterms from Emerson College PollingDr. Payne sits down with America's favorite pollster and executive director of Emerson College Polling, Spencer Kimball.Spencer shares what the data is showing as we close in on the Nov. 8 midterm elections. The two of them also discuss the upcoming Emerson-Blanquerna Global Communication Summit, taking place in D.C. on Nov 4 at the Watergate, where Spencer will be sharing the most up-to-date details on their midterm polls. 2022-10-2514 min
WARD RADIOSpencer W. Kimball Inspired YODA! (feat. Leilani Shiu aka "Teeka the Jawa")Spencer W. Kimball Inspired YODA! (feat. Leilani Shiu aka "Teeka the Jawa")2022-09-1438 minPayne on PoliticsSpencer Kimball, Updates on 2022 Elections from Emerson PollingSpencer Kimball, Director of Emerson Polling, joins the podcast to give us an update on the 2022 Elections and what the polls are telling us. 2022-09-0519 min
The Stack Overflow PodcastA conversation with Spencer Kimball, creator of GIMP and CockroachDBSpencer was one of the original creators of open-source, cross-platform image editing software GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), authored while he was still in college. He went on to spend a decade at Google, plus two years as CTO of Viewfinder, later acquired by Square.In 2014, he cofounded Cockroach Labs to back his creation CockroachDB, a cloud-native distributed SQL database.Database sharding is essential for CockroachDB: “a critical part of how Cockroach achieves virtually everything,” says Spencer. Read up on how sharding a database can make it faster.Like many engineers who find them...2022-08-1230 minPayne on PoliticsUnlocking the Hispanic Vote with Guest Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson Polling. Texas, South Carolina, and Nevada Primaries + Public Opinion on Election Fraud, Borders, and Economic ConcernsSpencer Kimball, Director of Emerson Polling, joins us to further discuss their ongoing project called, "Unlocking the Hispanic Vote."How did the economy, gas price, and Trump endorsement impact the recent primary results in Texas, South Carolina, and Nevada? What are the differences between the Hispanic vote in Texas vs Florida and how do those demographics view the idea of election fraud and immigration? Find out what America's Favorite Pollster has to say about it.2022-06-1614 minPayne on PoliticsGuest Alba Ramirez, Blanquerna Professor and Marketing Expert, talks the Politics of Food! Also Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson Polling, updates us on John Fetterman, More Primaries, and the Louisana's Jungle Primary!Our first guest on the Podcast visiting from Barcelona! Blanquerna Universitat Marketing Professor Alba Ramirez discusses the politics of food, gastrodiplomacy, and more!Spencer Kimball, director of Emerson Polling, joins us again to talk about Dr. Oz and his ceiling, John Fetterman and his Yinzer popularity, and the Louisiana Jungle Primary!Dr. Payne and Spencer Kimball also give their input on the Netflix series, Stranger Things, featuring a 1980s Emerson College shirt. 2022-06-0322 minPayne on PoliticsEmerson College Past, Present, and Future with Alum and MSNBC Political Analyst Susan Del Percio along with More Primary Updates with guest Spencer Kimball of Emerson PollingPolitical Analyst, Susan Del Percio, discusses her time at Emerson College along with her journey as a moderate Republican and how it led her to MSNBC. America's favorite Pollster, Spencer Kimball, dives into the Georgia and Alabama Primaries and what the numbers are telling them at Emerson Polling. Spencer shares his thoughts on what some take-home points are for the Republican Party. Dr. Payne and Spencer Kimball also discuss the recent shootings and what Spencer has seen with over a decade of polling public opinion on gun control/background checks.2022-05-2623 minPayne on Politics2022 PA Primaries and More! Featuring Guest Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson PollingGuest Spencer Kimball (Director of Emerson Polling at Emerson College) talks Pennsylvania primary results/race, Trump endorsements and their effect on public opinion, Madison Cawthorn going down in his primaries, AIPAC and outside money in politics + much more!2022-05-2007 min
The BreakLine ArenaSpencer Kimball: Executing as an EntrepreneurJoin us at the BreakLine Arena for a conversation with Spencer Kimball, CEO at Cockroach Labs, Inc.Spencer shares his insights on some of the key pillars that helped him build a successful business. He discusses the importance of strong early investors, establishing credibility in yourself and in your company, building company culture to strengthen cooperative resilience, and how to effectively capitalize on product market fit.Spencer highlights how important it is to be flexible and keep an open mind to fully maximize growth potential. "My perspective on everything is that ideas are cheap. Execution...2022-03-281h 00
The Daily GardenerMarch 28, 2022 Spencer Woolley Kimball, Jean Galbraith, Margarita Grace Phipps, Aquascaping by George Farmer, and Sylvia PlathSubscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Historical Events 1895 Birth of Spencer Woolley Kimball, American business, civic, and religious leader. He was the twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was also a gardener and wrote, Where you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul. 1906 Birth of Jean Galbraith, Australian botanist, gardener, writer, and poet. Jean is remembered for her books on Australian botany including t...2022-03-2813 min
The BreakLine ArenaSpencer Kimball: Executing as an EntrepreneurJoin us at the BreakLine Arena for a conversation with Spencer Kimball, CEO at Cockroach Labs, Inc.Spencer talks about his passion for democratizing large-scale SQL databases and shares his insights on some of the key pillars that helped him build a successful business. He discusses the importance of strong early investors, establishing credibility in yourself and in your company, building company culture to strengthen cooperative resilience, and how to effectively capitalize on product market fit.Spencer highlights how important it is to be flexible and keep an open mind to fully maximize growth potential. "...2022-03-221h 01
Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 81 - Farewell to NormHyrum wants a sung intro, St. George Ut may be a good spot to attempt murder, Jeremy didn't mean to bring Covid home to his grandparents, Hyrum has a new - stable - girlfriend, Hyrum is starting to work on a loan to get a new house, Hyrum's aggressive Haiku, Tiger King updates, Hurym wants to rework "A Christmas Carol" - where is the most shameful place you have masturbated?, if you're racist - you're probably homophobic, another two Agressive Haikus, Bruce Campbell's "Bruce Fest", Kimball's youngest child is getting into sports (and Kimball got roped into being coach), members...2021-10-051h 40
Open Source Archives - Software Engineering DailyDistributed Open Source Databases with Jonathan Ellis and Spencer Kimball
By most accounts, the first databases came on line in the 1960s. This class of software has continued to evolve alongside the technology it runs on and the applications it supports. In the early days, databases were typically closed source commercial products.
Today, databases run in the cloud on distributed systems. Increasingly, the leading tools are open source yet frequently supported by a related commercial entity offering managed services and white glove support.
In this episode, we interview Jonathan Ellis, CTO of DataStax and Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs about the current...2021-09-081h 00
Software Engineering DailyDistributed Open Source Databases with Jonathan Ellis and Spencer KimballBy most accounts, the first databases came on line in the 1960s. This class of software has continued to evolve alongside the technology it runs on and the applications it supports. In the early days, databases were typically closed source commercial products.Today, databases run in the cloud on distributed systems. Increasingly, the leading tools are open source yet frequently supported by a related commercial entity offering managed services and white glove support.In this episode, we interview Jonathan Ellis, CTO of DataStax and Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs about the current state of di...2021-09-0857 min
The Swyx MixtapeJourney to CockroachDB [Spencer Kimball]Listen to the full episode on SERadio: https://www.se-radio.net/2020/06/episode-413-spencer-kimball-on-cockroachdb/Previous two parter on Spencer: https://swyx.transistor.fm/episodes/consistent-synchronous-replicationhttps://swyx.transistor.fm/episodes/spencer-kimball-pt-2-competing-with-big-clouds2021-09-0210 min
Data Archives - Software Engineering DailyCockroachDB: Distributed Databases and Containerization with Spencer Kimball
In 2003, Google developed a robust cluster management system called Borg. This enabled them to manage clusters with tens of thousands of machines, moving them away from virtual machines and firmly into container management. Then, in 2014, they open sourced a version of Borg called Kubernetes, or K8s.
Now, in 2021, CockroachDB is a distributed database designed with Kubernetes architecture in mind. CockroachDB uses regular SQL and scales by automatically distributing data and workload demands. Their databases survive machine, datacenter, and region failures, and provide guaranteed ACID compliant transactions.
In this episode, we talk to Spe...2021-07-2152 minSoftware Engineering DailyCockroachDB: Distributed Databases and Containerization with Spencer KimballIn 2003, Google developed a robust cluster management system called Borg. This enabled them to manage clusters with tens of thousands of machines, moving them away from virtual machines and firmly into container management. Then, in 2014, they open sourced a version of Borg called Kubernetes, or K8s. Now, in 2021, CockroachDB is a distributed database designed with Kubernetes architecture in mind. CockroachDB uses regular SQL and scales by automatically distributing data and workload demands. Their databases survive machine, datacenter, and region failures, and provide guaranteed ACID compliant transactions. In this episode, we talk to Spencer Kimball, CEO...2021-07-2155 min
Changelog InterviewsMassive scale and ultra-resilienceThis week we’re sharing a recent episode from Founders Talk that we continuously hear about from listeners. Listen and subscribe to Founders Talk at founderstalk.fm and anywhere you listen to podcasts.
On Founders Talk #75 — Adam talks with Spencer Kimball, CEO and Co-founder of Cockroach Labs — makers of CockroachDB an open source cloud-native distributed SQL database. Cockroach Labs recently raised $160 million dollars on a $2 billion dollar valuation. In this episode, Spencer shares his journey in open source, startups and entrepreneurship, and what they’re doing to build CockroachCloud to meet the needs of applications that require massive...2021-07-091h 12The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceMassive scale and ultra-resilience (Interview)This week we’re sharing a recent episode from Founders Talk that we continuously hear about from listeners. Listen and subscribe to Founders Talk at founderstalk.fm and anywhere you listen to podcasts.
On Founders Talk #75 — Adam talks with Spencer Kimball, CEO and Co-founder of Cockroach Labs — makers of CockroachDB an open source cloud-native distributed SQL database. Cockroach Labs recently raised $160 million dollars on a $2 billion dollar valuation. In this episode, Spencer shares his journey in open source, startups and entrepreneurship, and what they’re doing to build CockroachCloud to meet the needs of applications that require massive...2021-07-091h 12
Changelog Master FeedMassive scale and ultra-resilience (The Changelog #448)This week we’re sharing a recent episode from Founders Talk that we continuously hear about from listeners. Listen and subscribe to Founders Talk at founderstalk.fm and anywhere you listen to podcasts. On Founders Talk #75 — Adam talks with Spencer Kimball, CEO and Co-founder of Cockroach Labs — makers of CockroachDB an open source cloud-native distributed SQL database. Cockroach Labs recently raised $160 million dollars on a $2 billion dollar valuation. In this episode, Spencer shares his journey in open source, startups and entrepreneurship, and what they’re doing to build CockroachCloud to meet the needs of applications that require massive scale and ultra-re...2021-07-091h 12Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 75Episode 75 - Kimball has the intro. Update - Hyrum moved away. Jeremy's hair really bugs Hyrum. Jeremy used to have skinhead hair. Hyrum has gotten tired of Ricky Gervais (misses Karl Pilkington - Kimball is our Karl Pilkington). Hyrum abuses another student. Hyrum watches '1000 Pound Sisters'. Kimball reviews the countries listening to our podcast. Why is someone from Iran listening)? Spencer is beating us all on weight loss. Jeremy brings in the Austrian crowd. Hyrum resonates with the Mongolians. Hyrum wants to get our podcast into North Korea. Hyrum reviewing his trip to Disneyland on Gay Days. Jeremy's gay...2021-04-301h 32
Sand Hill RoadE22 Engineering the atomic cockroach of databases with Cockroach Labs co-founder Spencer KimballIn this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs about building a database unicorn backed by some of Silicon Valley's top venture firms, incl. Benchmark, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. After recording the episode, Cockroach Labs raised $160m on a $2bn valuation in January 2021, reflecting the explosive growth and product innovation of 2020.
00:00 Intro
00:56 Cockroach Labs elevator pitch
04:29 Getting the band together
09:24 Exit to Square and paddling back into the startup surf
11:44 First version of CockroachDB
14:17 Open core model
20:43 Relicensing Cockr...2021-04-131h 04The Swyx MixtapeSpencer Kimball Pt. 2: Competing with Big CloudsAdopting BSL to defend against AWSa "truly serverless" experience for CockroachA perpetually free relational database - what Gmail did to email4 scales for cloud: Free tier -> sustained throughput -> sole tenancy for scale -> dedicated multitenancy cluster (for the big enterprise)it turns out that developing a multitenant hosted service also helps develop for large enterprise that wants dedicated multitenant serviceAudio source: https://changelog.com/founderstalk/75Blogpost: Why we're relicensing CockroachDBShare/Comment via Tweet: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1376470276918050818Spencer Kimball: [00:00:00] The real challenge is how do you build...2021-03-3009 minThe Swyx MixtapeSpencer Kimball Pt 1: Consistent Synchronous ReplicationI enjoyed learning about how Cockroach is leaderless and synchronous and that makes it a lot more resilient than alternatives.Audio source: https://changelog.com/founderstalk/75Spanner paper: https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/spanner-osdi2012.pdfShare/Comment via Tweet: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1376470276918050818Adam Stacoviak: [00:00:00] So when did you encounter the problem that you're solving today? Spencer Kimball: [00:00:04] Yeah, so databases it turns out that they have been extraordinarily central in my career. Back as early as the.com startup. I did, we g...2021-03-2905 min
Changelog Master FeedThe journey to massive scale and ultra-resilience (Founders Talk #75)This week Adam talks with Spencer Kimball, CEO and Co-founder of Cockroach Labs — makers of CockroachDB an open source cloud-native distributed SQL database. Cockroach Labs recently raised $160 million dollars on a $2 billion dollar valuation. In this episode, Spencer shares his journey in open source, startups and entrepreneurship, and what they’re doing to build CockroachCloud to meet the needs of applications that need massive scale and ultra-resilience.2021-03-261h 10Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, LeadershipThe journey to massive scale and ultra-resilienceThis week Adam talks with Spencer Kimball, CEO and Co-founder of Cockroach Labs — makers of CockroachDB an open source cloud-native distributed SQL database. Cockroach Labs recently raised $160 million dollars on a $2 billion dollar valuation. In this episode, Spencer shares his journey in open source, startups and entrepreneurship, and what they’re doing to build CockroachCloud to meet the needs of applications that require massive scale and ultra-resilience.
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Careeriosity#12 Mary Kimball: Agriculture & FarmingIn this episode, Spencer speaks with Mary Kimball (she/her) about the critical shortage of farmers in this country, the ways that people get pushed away from agriculture-related careers, and the growing collaboration between the farming community and the sustainability community.
Mary is the Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Land-Based Learning, whose mission is to cultivate the next generation of farmers, agricultural leaders, and natural resource stewards. She was raised on a small farm in Yolo County, CA and has been involved in food and agricultural education at the local, regional, state, and national levels f...2021-03-1826 min
Devious Motives with Brett WinterbleThe Final Days of 2020 and Spencer Kimball PollingIn Devious Motives 28 we talk branding the Presidential Candidates and a very very deep dive into the current pollingwith Spencer Kimball from Emerson College Polling and we save the Hunter Biden question for last! Check it out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2020-10-3032 min
Prospect TalkEpisode 11: Adam & Luca Fantilli join the showMark and I are finally back after a few long months! We had two very special guests join on us on the show last week, two brothers who in fact will be taking both of their talents to Chicago with the Chicago Steel (USHL) for the upcoming season, but both Adam and Luca Fantilli were kind enough to take the time to talk some hockey with both of us. We asked both of the guys how last season went with Kimball Union, playing together for consecutive seasons both as brothers and with KUA teammate Tomas Mazura, how both of them...2020-09-0835 min
Shoe-InBehind the Campaign Curtain - 2020 Polling and Election Preview with Dr. Spencer KimballThe 2020 presidential election is upon us so it was only right that we invited Dr. Spencer Kimball, Director of Polling at Emerson College for this week's episode. Listen as Dr. Spencer give us some insight on polling, breaks down the big miss of the 2016 polling, voting during a pandemic, forecasting for November, and much more! We encourage our shoe lovers and shoe-in supports to get educated and vote.2020-08-1046 min
Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software DevelopersEpisode 413: Spencer Kimball on CockroachDBSpencer Kimball talks to Akshay Manchale about CockroachDB which is a distributed, resilient, SQL database system. He talks about challenges of using single node databases and features and principles behind CockroachDB that make it a better alternative open source database.2020-06-1754 minSoftware Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developersEpisode 413: Spencer Kimball on CockroachDBSpencer Kimball talks to Akshay Manchale about CockroachDB which is a distributed, resilient, SQL database system. He talks about challenges of using single node databases and features and principles behind CockroachDB that make it a better alternative open source database.2020-06-1754 min
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developersEpisode 413: Spencer Kimball on CockroachDBSpencer Kimball talks to Akshay Manchale about CockroachDB which is a distributed, resilient, SQL database system. He talks about challenges of using single node databases and features and principles behind CockroachDB that make it a better alternative open source database.2020-06-1754 min
LeifmTeachings: Spencer W KimballTeachings of the Presidents of the Church: Spencer W Kimball2020-06-081h 45Prospect TalkEpisode 10: Tomas Mazura joins the showIn our tenth episode of Prospect Talk, Mark Citron and I chatted with a new member of the Chicago Steel, Providence College commit, and Edmonton Oilers prospect, Tomas Mazura. We talked with Tomas about his senior season with Kimball Union Academy, how he first became a difference-maker on that team his junior year, getting drafted, and much more! Thanks to Tomas for joining us on the show this week!2020-06-0632 min
Light and TruthCovenants
This lecture by Denver Snuffer entitled “Covenants” was originally recorded in Centerville, Utah on October 6, 2013, in front of a live audience.
Transcript
It’s almost serendipitous: 40 years ago—tonight—I was in Centerville, Utah. Elder Brian Black (who baptized me) had a family in Centerville, Utah, that was still here. And the fellow who gave the opening prayer, Mel, was in the military with me. He got baptized the same year as I did, and he and I—I think we were barracks roommates at the time.
The way that the military operates is that they only dea...2020-01-231h 5640 Years in Mormonism 10 Talk Series Archives - Restoration Archives BlogCovenants
This lecture by Denver Snuffer entitled “Covenants” was originally recorded in Centerville, Utah on October 6, 2013, in front of a live audience.
Transcript
It’s almost serendipitous: 40 years ago—tonight—I was in Centerville, Utah. Elder Brian Black (who baptized me) had a family in Centerville, Utah, that was still here. And the fellow who gave the opening prayer, Mel, was in the military with me. He got baptized the same year as I did, and he and I—I think we were barracks roommates at the time.
The way that the military operates is that they only dea...2020-01-231h 56
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(Spencer loves it). ... but it's a dry heat, 1880's list of what puts you in the insane asylum, All countries which have listened to the podcast - Greece, Brazil, Norway, Russia, Japan, Germany, China, Myanmar, France, Bangladesh, Spain, India, Australia, Iran, UK (thanks for listening internationally friends). News Bender, Condom glows in the dark when partner has STD..., condiments black markets rise in elementary schools thanks to Michelle Obama food rules, Toad liker locked up on trespass charge, Kimball compares a "good looking ape" to a High School associate Mike Gangemi. The Stain...2015-06-301h 28Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 61We open with Jesus Jones, We are available on iTunes, Stitcher and the Website!!! Went through and looked at HVSE stats and locations of our listeners - We are international now!!! 2 Kia Stories, Jonah got sick at football camp, move to Wed is good for getting great news stories for us. Cute kitten videos make people happy... News bender, Hamilton off the $10 - Kimball votes Caitlynn - Spencer wants Harriet Tubman or Dolly Madison because he loves the little cakes. Evil eyes Osama Bin Ladin Doll, Spencer is drinking when Kimball starts with headline - "Village named Camp Kill Jews...2015-06-241h 09Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 59The Return - Kimball's intro - a creepy omage to Bingo the Clowno (look it up on YouTube). Jeremy will not get involved in an intervention for family members. First time we tried to record blew chunks. The return of the famous karaoke. Kimball's late news stories. Tim Curry had a stroke in 2012, Kimball's new blast - Bart Simpson to die on Halloween Special this year. Warner Brothers is remaking Akira. Kimball destroys a Caitlyn Jenner Joke. Utah, Texas and San Diego County is the enemies in a training exercise. Jeremy blew his horn. HVSE origins, Piss Bob off game...2015-06-091h 18Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 57We start with Michael Land and the map theme from The Secret Monkey Island. No stain again. All 4 High Schools are in Salt Lake City for playoffs. Family is fun sucking vampires. Dad's new diet with Up Down diet vs. Atkins or.... screw the diet until after the holidays. Spencer is willing to loose a leg for See's Candy. Kimball kills the mood with a bad joke in stead of Spencer. Hyrum blows up 15 min. in. The best mastrubatory story ever. Kimball's Honey Boo Boo's update. Do NOT admit to reading the Daily Mail. Movie Money - Dance Films. Bungled...2014-11-131h 23Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 56We open with Tone Loc 'Wild Thing", Hyrum has a correction - he's afraid that he might come off as just a little racist - other celebs that looks like monkeys. Hyrum is going to send more disturbing pics to Spencer. Kimball goes right into Honey Boo Boo - the creepy never ending saga of Mama June and Honey Boo Boo... Stories of dad destroying our fragile egos. Movie Money - Arnold Schwarzenegger. Spencer gets a double pumped double hand gesture from Hyrum. Up / Down diet. Kimball's News Bender, Bungled Baja. Video Game review - Good old Games - Mom's...2014-11-061h 56Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 55Crappy recording beginning... Katy Perry to be performing in the Super Bowl. Kimball is rejected by Apple. Hyrum's iPhone. No one should be excited about celebrity phone nudes over the age of 30. Proof God is Dead - Tim Burton is directing a remake of Mary Poppins - God's alive MST3K is getting a comeback as a different show. "The Quest" - larping reality show. Hyrum sends the MOST DISTURBING pics via text just before bed. Spencer and dad exercise at the local rec. center for Spencer's entertainment. Kimball's news bender. Animal sex isn't evil, only illegal - in Denmark...2014-10-162h 07Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 54We start with Chumbawumba - Mother sends pics of Hyrum looks exactly like Kimball's child. Hyrum hands out seamencicles or seacicles. Hyrum is a twat that tweeted today. Hyrum tweets a cleaver Ferguson joke. Hyrum reveals his last few tweets. Hyrum recalls a story about a friend on a date on acid. Kimball's "I knew he was gay!" story. Spencer kills the mood again... Spencer's Architect is in a very nasty divorce. Kimball's News Bender... Hyrum breaks down Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones. Movie Money - Movies about disease. Spencer is off tonight because our Father and...2014-10-091h 44Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 53Bad open - Spencer is George Castanza - unemployed, moved in with parents. Hyrum's hell - goes to Salt Lake City against his will for a visit to the Circus - Hyrum plays with PETA protesters at the Circus - Brother in law is terrified of Clowns. Kimball's Ambien story. Kimball has a cold... Kimball's news bender, Orrin Hatch is bad. Movie Money, scary movies aren't as scary anymore, Harmons sucks. Bungled Baja, Netflix threw in the towel, what animated series would you bring back. The stain shows up for the last 10 minutes, eating peanut butter. Spencer's daughter might be...2014-10-021h 40Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 50(This one is a little brutal with the audio - HardDrive problems) Intro - Hyrum and Jeremy mistake Queen's Under Pressure for Vanilla Ice and rolls into a too soon Robin Williams joke 30 seconds in... and the ultimate Mrs. Doubtfire joke (too soon, too soon). Jeremy has a crappy shirt (see the website). Summer sucks when working outside. Robin Williams death is personal for Spencer and Kimball, Loren Becall watched Mrs. Doubtfire too. Hyrum moved out and Spencer moved in to Mom and Dad's house. Kimball's news bender. Norm MacDonnal's super classy tribute to Robin Williams - the funniest man...2014-08-141h 22Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 49Open with Oingo Boingo - The Walrus... Netflix Woes - just because it's a cartoon it's not necessarily for kids (i.e. Bob's Burgers) ties to The Villages in Florida and the Viagra Black Market... Hyrum's favorite twitter feeds #yesallwomen and #yesallmormonwomen. - stickers for not touching yourself on the calendar... Kimball confuses Spencer being accusation of rape with having sex with a teen gal in high school... Dixie Downs Elementary School changed to "THANK YOU"... Senior Stain thinks he's getting some... Kimball's News Bender - Hyrum's first full breast experience... Casey Casem's death, the mansion is already on the...2014-06-191h 29Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 47Start with Bruce Campbell and Old Spice, The Shame Stick learns he's 'The Stain', Kimball has his total deuche move and Spencer is super passive aggressive, Hyrum embarrasses himself with a Philippina woman, Spencer has to start taking care of dad - Struggles against Kimball and Hyrum to tell the tale, Spencer swings into autoerotic asphyxiation - comic book character jizz, Bastardy brothers - Jeremy's obsession with Cat Woman (and him wearing her costume), Kimball shares story that no one cares, Movie Game - Jennifer Aniston, advise to Jeremy - give her the Bowler's Grip, Hyrum is going to Phil...2014-05-291h 41Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 46Spencer opens with Dancing Queen by Wing, Hyrum is NOT amused, shocking numbers for Podcast #44, we almost double our listeners - WOW, didn't podcast last week because Hyrum had to work, shame stick's new nick name is "the Stain", school's out, Grad nights Such, Hyrum's Grad Night Hypnotist, Kimball watches 6-8 graders pedo style, Walmart makes you feel like a 10 when you are really a 6, Hyrum smacks the tard, Hyrum's girth keeps him out of fights, Hyrum has a Super Nintendo Video Game review - Home Improvement, Emo Phillips was married to Judy Tenuda, Celebrity Nude Reality Shows, Sorry about...2014-05-211h 46Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 41Kimball opens with "The Bartman" wrap because he was listening to a 90's radio station, the Obama's separate vacations (vamp), Spencer is on jury duty and not serving, Local Judge Schumate tales, Spencer's second perfect comedic timing, Kimball watches REALLY BAD T.V., Radio Shack and Staples are closing stores, Shamer is gone due to homework negligence, Bobcat Goldthwaite is chunky which leads us to the inevitable Police Academy movies, News Suite, Movie Money w/ Harold Ramis, Pioneer Shopper magic, we talk local radio - Mike McGary, Devin Dixen and Brian Hyde, Dr. Demento, the obscure Dennis Day reference, Hyrum...2014-03-061h 29Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 40We start off of with IceJJFish - can't decide if he's a retard or not, Blackface is BIG in Germany, Kimball's news stories - Ambassador Shirley Temple died, Spencer's Platitudes, Kimball's kids have no chance at being straight - and Jessica is a Hoovarian, Hyrum's adventure in Mexico, Kimball the Anglophile, Vicky's anatomy class, Barbara Walters uses adult toys, Movie Money (Victoria doesn't help) w/ Tom Cruise, we talk a little Top Gun, Political Quote Game.2014-02-201h 10Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 39A verbal fist fight over the opening song... Jeremy has a Justin Bieber haircut, finally start with Santana, we make Phillip Seymour Hoffman jokes, too soon jokes, Sharknato 2 is a go, "Special" guest Victoria joins us, Selfies are horrible, Victoria is taking an anatomy class, Kimball friends retarded, It's the Doorbell Milker!!!, the rules of Anatomy, Shamer got stood up on a man date with Braxton, Hyrum's balls are totally busted with Ambian, the no "Lover" rule, Hyrum and Vicky's song is Hash Pipe by Weizer, Kimball was there for Leopard (Def), Kimball's, Shame stick's new theme song from Wham...2014-02-061h 41Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 35(Christmas Episode) Spencer screws up the open - changes to Happy Birthday Jesus by Mike Douglas, Kimball finds the worst Karaoke ever, sharing Amish friendship bread for Christmas, Justin Bieber retires - NOT, a slightly haunted house for sale, the frozen pole story, a reboot Gillian's island, the next Terri Schivo story, Politics Game, I'll show you mine - you show me yours game, Movie Trivia and theater commercials sucks, The problem with Back to the Future III, Cabbage Patch kid at Kimball's daycare, Delta has problems, Superbad is a line of F-bombs, Phil Robertson (Duck Dynasty) is a huge...2013-12-191h 33Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 34We open with Blade, Kimball is forbidden from playing Christmas parodies, Rebecca Black has a new single - Saturday, can't careless about Neilson Mandela dying, Obama selfie and fake sign language interpreter, it's BUTT FREEZING COLD!!!, ice and snow wreak havoc in Southern Utah, Kimball is plagued with mic problems, Kimball's car slides an icy driveway while parked, shame stick gets rear ended, porn star goes Hitler nuts, we revive Terri Schivo and Christopher Reeves, we talk Johny Cash, Spencer can't afford Christmas, we talk Christmas presents for our wives, Hyrum erupts over Adam Sandburg, New Bender, can't do 50's...2013-12-121h 27Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 33Kimball opens with Christmas Parody, dry hump your way to the temple, it's only in the teens with nut numbing cold, just had Thanks Giving - the free spirit hippies were well behaved - it was quite tame, Kimball's news bender, Spencer wants to die via arsenic poisoning from 400 burgers, Al-Jizzeria porno, Brady - our one fan, Sesame Street Character's psychological disorders, Sobserbation - making sausage, Kimball gets the Albino Rhino buried to the axles, Kimball is on a soft food/liquid diet, Kimball the walking scar, Friends, Parodies of 'What did the Fox say', Mesquite is a weird place...2013-12-051h 23Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 32Spencer opens us up with the Beatles, Shame Stick is back - why?, pedophile joke in the first 2 min., a little Frankie Boyle, Jeremy quit his job - for a retarded reason, Jeremy gets unasked to Sadie's Hawkins dance, Karaoke is only fun when drunk, Taxi and Cosby Show don't have lasting power, Jeremy rides a wave like a Canoe, rice and flour, Al-Jizz-eera - Arabic Porn, Jeremy got a 'kiss' or two, batting average, Attorney General John Swallow resigns, Lobster tail jokes, no national roll out for McRib - McDonalds 'healthy' menu, Spam, Ribwich beaten to death, and batting...2013-11-211h 17Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 28Kimball pisses off everyone right away with Enter Sandman, Kimball's acrophobia at the barn, Hyrum's harrowing family reunion (while Vicky is still in the middle of chemo) Red Iguana reduex - Must Listen, Special Children - Vitamin Water Bottle, Ellena Kagen, Spencer got 15 yards (after a few weeks of nothing), Tom Delay, Jeremy is missing... again, Football scores, Football Pics, Hyrum pulls out Al Jolson's Mammy in black face, Spencer's ex-wife was bat-shit insane, Hyrum's friends, the Willard Family campout with mom's co-worker and dogs, we go over podcast download numbers, Kimball gives himself points, Mom joins us for a...2013-09-191h 25Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 27We open with the original theme from Dr. No (James Bond), new rule - free to open pressurized soda bottles, Hyrum's adventures with ComicCon the gay bar the restaurant The Red Iguana, Kimball's news bender - starts with uber geek news Viking1 is leaving the solar system, Kimball never look at our podcast download numbers, Obama is Putin's Bitch, Jeremy missing again - trying for the attentions of the fairer sex at his school, Spencer's Foster daughter is moving out, Pual McCartney jokes, farmersonly.com. - connecting farmers with farmers (hmm... not normal), Kimball starts taking AIDS with 4 pornstars confirmed...2013-09-121h 29Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 25Rolly Polly - daddy's little fatty... Jeremy is at a rival HS girls soccer game trying to "get some", Jeremy's gay shirt - a 'swag fag', Miley Cyrus - No one cares, Jeremy got scoped and we are not talking colonoscopy, Jessica's friend just might... MIGHT be gay, One Direction poster, George Noory vs. Art Bell, Tim Conway Jr. on KFI, Ben Afleck - Batman - what could possibly go wrong? - Ben Afleck will be the Val Kelmer of Batman, What's up with NASA?, Snow Mexicans? how Eskimo's started, Russia bands Gays, Planes sucked (cars in the air...2013-08-291h 29Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 21Hyrum and Spencer hate The Humpty Dance, we haven't gotten any emails yet at podpeople@happyvalleyspeakeasy.com, decided no more podcast recording if Spencer Hyrum and Kimball can't be there, Kimball promises to never talk about "Derailed Band" again - now called "Conjuring Ghosts", more stories of Shatner, politics with Jeremy: Boston schools supplying condoms in schools, Jeremy's microphone is now "The Shame Stick", Spencer assumes Massachusetts does a lot of incest, Hyrum would have used condoms a lot in high school, Jeremy claims we're 'Grouped Groomed', Spencer likes it in the trees, Hyrum avoids porta potties because he can't...2013-06-201h 44Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 20'Some Kind Of Wonderful' screams for jazz hands, email us at podpeople@happyvalleyspeakeasy.com, Vickie gets 6 months of chemo, Kimball's Father-In-Law died, Keano Reeves can't act (Kristen Stewart method of acting), Hyrum's cake - 'You're All Dead To Me', Spencer finally picking up some work, Spencer needs a $115 oil change, Atari 2600 E.T. game, Hyrum gets angry dealing with Vickie's cancer, what guy.s name their penis's, caffeine withdrawal is considered a mental disorder, 65 year old man discovers he's a woman, Steven Soderbergh's movie is to gay for Hollywood, Michael Douglas's cancer caused by sexually transmitted disease, best Emilio Estevez...2013-06-061h 13Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 19Lousy intro, Hyrum didn't turn off his ringer (pulls the cancer card), Disneyland dry ice bomb (Disney owns Orange County), Vicky's brother married the worst person in the world (her Dad is not allowed to talk about suicide and politics around her), Hyrum watched a neighbor O.D., the disaster of last week's recording, Hyrum questions why Kimball's kids don't have respect for adults, Kimball drops off his kids with our parents (where Hyrum lives) and goes with his wife to Costa Rica, Hyrum and Jeremy and albino Siamese twin hookers, the adventures of Cancer Woman, Hyrum reeeaaalllyyy didn't want...2013-05-301h 32Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 18This recording is crap. 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Red Hot Chili Peppers, KISS FM and Rick Dees, Breaking and Entering, Favorite Comic Book Hero s (Spencer: Batman, Kimball: Spider Man 2099, Jeremy: Dare Devil Hyrum: Green Lantern - only the rebirth character), Favorite Comic Book Team (Spencer: Excalibur, Kimball: any X-Men with Wolverine, Hyrum: Justice League - Tower Of Babel storyline), The History of Comics, Hyrum's Comic Book Idea: "The Go Tards", "Tad And Bink", Robot Chicken and Dane Cook, Hyrum's reading of a Sorority letter as the "Church Chick", Hyrum's discussion of Nicki Minaj, Tijuana Bestiality show, Overweight teen suing Rachael Ray, Biggest...2013-04-181h 40Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 14Happy Valley Speak Easy Episode 14. No one added Jeremy on facebook, kickstarter has started, Spencer ticked off some racers, Politics with Jeremy: Gun control (using Connecticut family for politics), Hatch meets Obama, Obama finally put out a budget, local AM radio programming, tradio, Spencer goes to NAB and awful Japanese gas, noticeable deaths: Annette Funichello and Lucas Arts, Hyrums kids on 5 hour energy, Hyrum brings up Thatchers Death and Johnny Rotten, Hyrum's no longer cooking for Jeremy, Anthony Wiener to rise again, Spencer's Johnson, More of Frankie Boyle, An Angry Fat White Man, Special Effects in movies, Braxton's Bitch-Mobile (Darth...2013-04-111h 18Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 13Happy Valley Speak Easy Episode 13. Spencer loves Abba, Whitest group of all time, racism, Star Wars questions and local advertising, Mash, Jew jokes, Gay Marriage, Jeremy's lack of a girlfriend, dating tips from Hyrum (two in the pink one in the stink), Hyrum talks about politics (I thought we weren't that show), Venereal Disease, "Porno Dave", porno music and basketball, Jock Jams 2, Man Sports in High School (an asshole is just like a pussy), Kimball's ex girlfriends, Chick-fil-la opening, can't beat your kids anymore (alternate discipline), ODM Depech Mode and Justin Timberlake, Samoa Girl Scout Cookies, new flavored Lays Potato...2013-03-281h 45Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 12Happy Valley Speak Easy Episode 12. Confessions of Spencer, Hyrum molests Kimball due to his bad habits, New segment: politicians are dumn (including Charlie Rangel, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Bloomburg), Facebook ads, Conspiracy Theory video, New Game: What's more uncomfortable: Michael Richards or quentin Tarantino, Jay Leno's and late night talk show issues, divorse bilbord in North Carolina, Pranks, chugging our Homemade Rootbeer, Harry Reams died, stupid politicians part two: John Kerry, Kickstarter shameless promotion, bronies, trending hail video, "The Incredible Burt Wondersone", Andy Kaufman, Jim Belushi, Voyager I has left our solar system, Hyrum's Facebook updates, Obama's Secret...2013-03-211h 26Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 11Happy Valley Speak Easy Episode 11. Dumb and Dumber, Traveling stories, Grandpa Stories (including Viagra), Bad Breast Implants, Judged Documentaries, Children with OCD, Grocery Stores and the Special Olympics, Wasted Packaging and renewable resource, Plastic Wrap and rubber bands, Middle Eastern influence in local colleges, A dinner evening with "The Gays" and white old republican Texan, Choir Boys and the new Pope, Facebook Friends, Beat Boxing, Enya and DubStep, 80's rock, What's Jeremy listening to?, Bad signs when Pat Benitar looks manlier than your boy band, Good comedians, Who's Line Is It Anyways is coming back, Spencer and the pool key...2013-03-161h 31Happy Valley Speak Easy PodcastHVSE Episode 10Happy Valley Speak Easy Episode 10. Comedy, Pop Culture, News Commentary. Jeremy got pulled over, Braxton's in football, st. george cops and SpaceJam, Steven Hawking, Honey Boo Boo goes to Europe, Octamon and marijuana, Hyrum's jail story, Kimball's work at Call Centers, More of Hyrum's brother-in-laws and cops tazing, Star Wars spin off movies, Spencer does bad impressions, Info on "Girls Gone Wild", Lindsey Lohan, Aliens, Hyrum's juice diet, Wing music, Evil Dead update, The Oscars, Riff Tracts, Saturday Night Live VS SCTV, USA Up All night, Kimball's 80's B-Rate Movies, "The Incredible Melting Man", Jeremy recaps his Denny's Date, Kimball's...2013-03-011h 38