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For a while it felt like it would never happen, but 2020 did, finally, come to an end. Still, in the midst of a difficult year, we still managed to connect, listen and learn from a wide variety of interesting guests. This is a selection of just some of the conversations that educated and inspired us. Listen to the full podcasts if you like what you hear.

Gavin King discusses his evolution from computer programmer to renowned music innovator, DJ Aphrodite, and how he learned to trust that what makes him want to dance will make the world dance too.

The creator of STILL discusses her journey from aerospace engineering to artist, and how she learned the difference between a rich career and a rich life.

Bitstream and Clockwork founder, Chuck Hermes, talks about how saying “yes” to challenges helped him evolve from a musician, to a graphic designer for Prince, to a successful entrepreneur… and he takes a moment to geek out with Ivan over Kenji López-Alt.

Whitney and Ivan discuss how we need to bring intimacy to work, how Buddhist principles apply to people and companies, and how dignity might be more important than empathy right now.

Gareth van Onselen returns for another chat with Ivan about politics, COVID response and elections in South Africa and the U.S.

Clementine Jacoby tells us how her nonprofit, Recidiviz, is helping state governments make timely, data based decisions to reduce incarceration rates.

Food writer, cookbook author and restaurateur J. Kenji López-Alt discusses his science-based cooking, how the pandemic is changing restaurants and his “say yes” approach to life.

Bob Collins, a 27-year veteran of Minnesota public radio, talks about his career, how he discovers a good story, his love of baseball, and building airplanes in his retirement.

Waldo Jaquith talks about the challenges of promoting and implementing best practices for federal and state government procurement of custom software, including open source.

Rob Dalton, friend and colleague, talks about his long career in the advertising industry, his product line, his new book, and his current career as a “brand therapist.”

Johannes vom Dorp explains the results of his team’s 2020 Home Router Security Report (spoiler alert: it doesn’t look good).

Self-described know-it-all and founder of many Minneapolis things, Michael Koppelman chats with Ivan about his multiple careers and plethora of interests.

In this podcast we’re catching up with two TEN7 alumni, Jack Probst and Coleman Rollins.

We discuss Tractorbeam, our open source multi-tier website backup solution that backs up the database and files to any S3-compatible storage provider.

Lee Munnich, Jr. discusses his career in public policy, usage-based infrastructure taxes and how forced remote work due to COVID-19 is changing transportation and productivity.

Adam Bradley, engineer by day, computer historian by night, tells us of his adventure buying an IBM 360 from German eBay and bringing it back to the U.K. for restoration.

Heather Rocker and Tim Lehnen discuss the multiple missions of the Drupal Association, DrupalCon Global 2020, and the upcoming Drupal 9 release.

Digital strategist Lynn Winter discusses how the pandemic affects our work, children’s education, and sporting events.

Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Team (one of our favorite products) discusses how they aim to educate, inspire and empower managers to become better leaders.