Systematic

Systematic

Brett Terpstra explores the idea that all work is creative work, welcoming a different guest each week.

Episodes

261: Kids in the System with Jeff Severns Guntzel

June 5, 2021 • 54 mins
This week's guest is Jeff Severns Guntzel an investigative researcher with 20 years of journalism and humanitarian work under his belt. He joins Brett to talk about the juvenile detention system, prison abolition, activism, good deeds through hardware hacking, and trips to the garbage dump.
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260: Autism and Women with Betty and Colleen McCluskey

May 14, 2021 • 54 mins

This week’s guests are Betty and Colleen McCluskey. Betty is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Wisconsin with a special interest in Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Colleen McCluskey is a graduate student with Asperger’s Syndrome attending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) and pursuing an English Master’s Degree. They join Brett to talk about autism in females, living with autism, and where resea...

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259: Restoration with Patrick Rhone

April 22, 2021 • 79 mins
This week's guest is Patrick Rhone, writer, blogger, technology consultant, mental health advocate and home restoration enthusiast. He joins Brett to talk mental health, home restoration, and some of his favorite tools.
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258: Stuff of Lore with Aaron Mahnke

April 15, 2021 • 46 mins
This week's guest is Aaron Mahnke, the creator of the Lore podcast and the small empire that's grown up around it. He joins Brett to talk about Lore, podcasting, and how life can change when you least expect it.
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257: A Freewheeling Conversation with Tris Hussey

April 1, 2021 • 56 mins
This week's guest is Tris Hussey, a freelance content marketer. He joins Brett for a wide-ranging discussion about writing, mind mapping, software tools, and Cadbury Cream Eggs.
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256: Just Build Things with Tiffany White

March 25, 2021 • 35 mins
This week's guest is Tiffany White, an independent software developer. She joins Brett to talk about getting started in a tech career, some indie filmmaking, and some classy Top 3 Picks.
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255: A Weighty Discussion with April Herndon

March 19, 2021 • 60 mins
This week's guest is April Herndon, an English professor and author (and many other things). She joins Brett to talk about fat advocacy, her Appalachian roots, and the joys of punching bags.
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254: The Psychology of Addiction with Steve Daviss, MD

March 11, 2021 • 66 mins
This week's guest is Dr. Steve Daviss, a consultation laison psychiatrist. He joins Brett to talk about pandemic psychology, addiction, ADHD, note taking, and a bit of making music with code.
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253: The Thing About Poker with Victor Agreda Jr.

March 4, 2021 • 41 mins
This week's guest is Victor Agreda Jr, a polymath for hire. He joins Brett to talk startups, poker, comedy, and mental health.
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252: Quarantine Comedy with David Wain

February 11, 2021 • 54 mins
This week's guest is David Wain, a writer, director, actor, comedian, talented musician and amateur magician, among other things. He and Brett talk about getting a show to Netflix, quarantine content production, and some great Top 3 Picks.
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251: Coding Talk with Jesse Grosjean

February 4, 2021 • 59 mins
This week's guest is Jesse Grosjean, an independent developer known for WriteRoom, TaskPaper and a love of plain text. He joins Brett to talk coding, coffee, and board games.
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250: Crossovertired with Christina Warren

January 28, 2021 • 66 mins
This week's guest is Christina Warren, senior cloud advocate at Microsoft. She's also my co-host on Overtired, so consider this a rare crossover episode.
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249: Fully Functional with Jesse Atkinson

January 21, 2021 • 60 mins
This week's guest is Jesse Atkinson, a software engineer at Credit Karma. He joins Brett to discuss modern web development, keyboards, movies, and the rabbit holes of new hardware.
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248: Organizing ADHD with Nikki Kinzer

December 31, 2020 • 52 mins
This week's guest is Nikki Kinzer, ADHD coach and co-host of Taking Control: The ADHD podcast. She joins Brett to talk about ADHD coaching, the transition from organization professional to ADHD coach, and the joys of online grocery shopping, and more.
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247: Attention, Memory, and Anxiety with Howard Buddin

December 24, 2020 • 61 mins
This week's guest is Howard Buddin, a neuropsychologist and four-time guest on Systematic. He joins Brett to talk offer his perspectives on psychological health in and out of quarantine.
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246: Sane Is a Relative Term with Ashley Esqueda

December 17, 2020 • 55 mins
This week's guest is Ashley Esqueda, senior producer at CNET and woman about the internet. She joins Brett to talk about producing video at home, gaming, and some media picks worth talking about.
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245: Give Me That Panic Attack with Pete Wright

December 10, 2020 • 60 mins
This week's guest is Pete Wright, podcaster, producer, and photographer. You may know him as the co-host of Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast. He joins us to talk about podcasting, movies, music, COVID-19 and a dizzying array of topics that only two ADHD podcasters could fit into an hour.
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244: Fidget Knitting with Kelly Guimont

November 5, 2020 • 58 mins
This week's guest is Kelly Guimont operations manager at Technolutionary in Washington DC, as well as doing the Daily Observations podcast at The Mac Observer, The Incomparable with Don Melton, and The Aftershow with Mike Rose. She joins Brett to talk about remote work, tech support, and her love of crochet.
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243: People Who Build Things with Jay Miller

October 22, 2020 • 61 mins
This week's guest is Jay Miller, a podcaster, developer, and, as of recently, a developer advocate for Elastic. We chat about what a developer advocate does, adventures in productivity, and the joy of building things that help people who build things build things.
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242: People Will Save Us with Alex Cox

October 15, 2020 • 60 mins
Alex Cox, Senior AV Producer at Cards Against Humanity and prolific podcaster, joins Brett to talk about gender, bipolar disorder, and the wonders of virtual reality.
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