The Aspiring STEM Geek

The Aspiring STEM Geek

Hi everyone, welcome to The Aspiring STEM Geek! The podcast is a casual conversation with a guest about science, technology and other related topics.

Episodes

October 13, 2025 136 mins

In this episode we have a repeat guest, Shawn Dutill. Shawn is a Systems Engineer and programmer. In the episode we talk about the latest trends and news in tech including the newly released iPhone Air, digital content consumption, Microsoft ending support for Windows 10, open source versus proprietary technology, data centers, music we are listening to and more. I hope you enjoy!


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In this episode I talk to Yaroslav Stanchak. Yaroslav is a mechanical engineer with over 40 years of experience. In the episode we talk about how Yaroslav and his family immigrated to the U.S. after World War 2, how he became interested in science fiction and mechanics as a kid, attending Northeastern University for his mechanical engineering degree, working at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Rhode Island, then moving onto a s...

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In this episode I talk with Bradley Knutson and BrittanyHuber. Both Bradley and Brittney work in tech; Bradley is a full stack developer and Brittany is a support engineer. In the episode we talk about the coding bootcamp Bradley and Brittany attended, breaking into the tech field,full stack development, debugging complex systems, AI’s potential disruption in the job market, nerd pop culture and we finish off with Bradley taste tes...

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In this episode I talk to Carl Denis. Carl is a Cybersecurity Engineer. In the episode we talk about Carl’s experience growing up in Haiti, moving to the United States, joining the US Army, working as a helicopter repairer & crew chief, cloud computing, programming, cybersecurity and music recommendations. I hope you enjoy!

Haitian Non-Profit P4H Global: https://p4hglobal.org/

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POWER OF AI: Wild predictions of power d...

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In this episode I talk to Jeffin Johnykutty who is a graduate student studying Computer Science at Temple University. In the episode we talk about Jeffin got into programming, sports analytics, WWE, holding a leadership position at University and an AI paper Jeffin and his colleagues wrote at Temple University. I hope you enjoy!Jeffin’s AI Paper - "All Roads Lead to ChatGPT": How Generative AI is Eroding Social Interactio...

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In this episode I talk with Shawn Dutill who is a Systems Engineer and a programmer. In the episode we talk about how we navigated community college, how we were introduced to programming, meeting at a computer science club at Temple University, dealing with work stressors, DevOps, virtualization, video games and much more. I hope you enjoy!


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Big Stepper by BigXthaPlug


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In this episode I talk with Matthew Taylor. Matt is a portfolio manager with over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. We discuss how Matt became interested in finance & economics, Bell Labs, Matt's time as a consultant in the Utilities industry, investing during the Russian default & Asian currency crisis, private equity, hedge funds, the business of AI and book recommendations. Hope you enjoy!


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In this episode I talk to Jacob Snarr who is a software engineer. In the episode we talk about learning programming languages at a young age, Jacob’s experience with programming robots, computer science, software engineering, the challenges of remote learning, 3d printing, retro electronics, and as always video games. I hope you enjoy!


Little Horse GitHub Repo: https://github.com/littlehorse-enterprises/littlehorse


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In this video I talk with Nate Wooding who runs the channel,  @themcbobgorge . We talk about how Nate got into creating YouTube videos,  economics, MrBeast's leaked memo, the YouTube algorithm, hiking, exploring new locations and much more. I hope you enjoy! CONNECT WITH NATE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themcbobgorge X: https://x.com/barstoolsyria?lang=en Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@barstoolsyria?lang=en NATE'S VIDEO...

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In this episode I talk with Ronald Anderson. Ron was the Dean of the Fox School of Business at Temple University, taught finance for over 20 years and worked as an engineer and project manager at a Fortune 500 Company. We discuss a variety of topics including: pursuing a degree in engineering, innovation in the energy industry, the pivot to alternative energy, project management, Ron's research into family led companies and AI disr...

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In this episode I talk with Evan McIntyre and Chris Krochak, the founding members of the band Torn Boots. In the episode we talk about the instruments and equipment the band uses, software programs to edit songs and how to prep a venue for a live event, the music writing process and the artists, albums and songs we love. Music videos were spliced in throughout the podcast, we hope you enjoy the discussion and the music from the epi...

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In this episode I talk with Ben Kofman, a Offensive Security Engineer. We talk about Ben's introduction to Cybersecurity, offensive vs. defensive cyber, cybersecurity tools every aspiring analyst should know, an exploit Ben found at a tech company and some good EDM artists to study to. Hope you enjoy! CYBERSECURITY READING: Recursive Amplification Attacks: Botnet-as-a-Service (Ben’s Article): https://www.praetorian.com/blog/recurs...

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In this episode I talk with Taziamoma Abraham, a software engineer and cloud developer at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We talk about how Taz got into tech, AI's disruptive power in industries, Roblox servers with AAA quality games, wild crypto bets, Taz's experience with an unruly professor and cloud services amongst many other topics. Hope you enjoy! FROM THE PODCAST: phpBB Forum: https://www.phpbb.com/ MyBB Forum: https://mybb....

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In this episode Adrian goes over recent tech new including: the release of Black Myth Wukong & Space Marines 2, Spatial Intelligence in AI Systems, AI companies becoming unicorns, OpenAI becoming a for profit company, Microsoft's deal for energy generation and the Rust/C debate in Linux Kernel development. Hope you enjoy!

VIDEO GAME REVIEWS: Black Myth: Wukong - Before You Buy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnywm2XgJg...

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In this episode I talk with Damian Kozak who has worked in the robotics field for over 6 years. We discuss his introduction to robotics at Northeastern University, robots Damian has worked with at Amazon, the challenges of automating warehouses, our wild running competition and more. Hope you enjoy our conversation!


GOFUNDME DONATION LINK: https://gofund.me/c9411590


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Welcome to the first episode! Here I talk with my friend Matthew Handzy a Data Engineer about a variety of topics including his internship at Bell Labs, a Wordle solver he programmed, video games we enjoy, building computers in Minecraft, speed running LeetCode and our dogs. Hope you enjoy!


FROM THE PODCAST: Matt's Wordle Program on GitHub: https://github.com/mhdzy/wordle Solving Wordle using information theory by 3Blue...

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