- 111
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 29
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 130K
- YouTube views
About defn
The world's greatest vegetarian Clojure podcast. Support us on https://patreon.com/defn Hosted by Josh Glover and Ray McDermott
- Publisher
- defn
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 17 May 2016
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 111 episodes have a transcript.

18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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ed1f0d5f66f6 Joanne Cheng
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Especially in these really technical, theoretical classes. I really enjoyed this sort of way of looking at programming. But I think it also fostered that in the community as well. I remember going to a Ruby conference here in Europe in Berlin, just everyone being so friendly and warm. It was my first time in Europe. It was kind of an amazing experience. And wow, I have not thought about that or talked about that in years. That is a flashback. I'm having a lot of memories right now. One of the things that, again, maybe these are my Ruby-tented spectacles or whatever, but One of the things I remember from the Ruby community is like, I don't recall anybody ever telling me when I like asked for help online, you're doing it wrong. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on defn
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Joanne Cheng
- Drew Raines
- Eric Normand
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 130,258
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 58
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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