TECH TAKES

About TECH TAKES

Tech Takes podcast knows what matters to you. Thought-provoking interviews with industry leaders, government officials, academia and influencers on hot topics relevant to the engineering and applied science profession and the technologies that shape the world around us.

Publisher

OACETT

Category

education · science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Oct 2022

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 24 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Click Before You Dig: Ensuring Safety with Ontario Dig Authority

   Host David Terlizzi interviews Mitch Panchuk, CEO of the Ontario Dig Authority, about ensuring safety by understanding underground infrastructure before digging in Ontario.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Moonlighting Risks: Protecting Your Professional Liability

   ProLink Insurance practice leader Allison MacLennan discusses with guest host David Terlizzi the professional liability risks engineers face when moonlighting.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Inside Ontario's Battery Boom

   David Terlizzi interviews Iman Yavari about Ontario's burgeoning battery boom and the critical rise of energy storage systems.

Inside a recent episode

Protecting Your Career: The Essentials of Professional Liability Insurance

Published 6 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Uh, they probably go to great lengths, uh, to make sure that you look like an independent contractor. And therefore when something goes wrong, every party in that, in that lawsuit is going to act like you were an independent contractor independent from them. So if you are an independent contractor, you absolutely need to carry your own insurance. It's, it's kind of part of the cost of being an independent contractor, frankly. And kind of to address an earlier question that you have, which is what coverage should I carry? Well, we've been talking primarily at this point about professional liability, but there's also another coverage that's important to consider, which is commercial general liability. […]

Who has been a guest on TECH TAKES

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mitch Panchuk
• Allison MacLennan
• Iman Yavari
• Karen Korellis Reuther
• Sarah Yazdi

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

257,237

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

18

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

68

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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