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The truth is out West! We’re hopping on the ET Highway and venturing to the most notorious alien hot spots, including Roswell’s infamous crash site, Area 51’s eerie perimeter, and a mysterious desert watchtower. Join us as journalist Laura Krantz, host of the podcast Wild Thing , beams up to share stories from the front lines of UFO reporting—from strange sightings and quirky festivals to a mailbox where people leave letters to extraterrestrials. Maybe you’ll even decide for yourself: Is Earth a tourist stop for spaceships? UFO hot spots you’ll encounter in this episode: - UFO Watchtower (near Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado) - Roswell, New Mexico - Area 51, Nevada - Extraterrestrial Highway (aka State Route 375), Nevada - Little A’Le’Inn, ET Highway, Nevada - E.T. Fresh Jerky, ET Highway, Nevada - Alien Research Center, ET Highway, Nevada - The Black Mailbox, ET Highway, Nevada Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group .…

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On this episode, Rich Steinmetz returns once again for a conversation on working with and testing APIs.

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256 - Dave Farley, Author of Modern Software Engineering 1:08:49

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254 - Amanda Perino, Executive Director of The Rails Foundation 1:12:28

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253 - Dave Thomas, Author of The Pragmatic Programmer and Sin City Ruby 2025 Keynote Speaker 1:27:12

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252 - What is Good Code? with Jerad Gallinger 1:10:10

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246 - John Gallagher 56:50

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244 - Jeff Dwyer, Founder & CEO at Prefab 1:02:38

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217 - Rich Steinmetz 1:16:44

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226 - Ciaran Lee, Co-Founder and Chief Engineer of Intercom 59:59

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224 - Matthew Kaliara, CTO and Co-Founder at Rescale 56:45

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218 - Working with and Testing APIs with Rich Steinmetz 42:43

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On this episode, Rich Steinmetz returns once again for a conversation on working with and testing APIs. Rich Steinmetz on Twitter Rich Stone.io

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216 - Andy Croll, Co-Chair of RailsConf 2024 37:49

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215 - Ran Craycraft, Managing Director at thoughtbot 45:44

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214 - Erik Cameron of The Gnar Company 51:24

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