This is a podcast devoted to all things Information Technology related and talk of how to pursue a career in IT through classes from Mountwest Community & Technical College.
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The American healthcare system is one of the most innovative in the world. But it’s also riddled with complex challenges, such as access to affordable medications, inefficiency and administrative burdens, and communication barriers between providers. There’s clearly a better way—and at Surescripts, we have a unique sightline into what that may be. In this series, host Melanie Marcus, Chief Marketing Officer of Surescripts, sits down with today’s most inspiring and innovative leaders in healt ...
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FDA’s Troy Tazbaz is Changing the Narrative of Healthcare Technology
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Troy Tazbaz has long worked at the intersection of business and technology. And while it may not seem like a typical background for working at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it may be just what is needed to push healthcare technology forward. On our podcast, Tazbaz recounts his thoughts as he accepted the position of Director of the Digita…
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For Alexandra Drane, Caregivers Are the Unsung Angels of Healthcare
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Alexandra Drane is a bona fide change agent in healthcare. Not content with being an entrepreneur, she became a serial entrepreneur, and founded multiple healthcare ventures that have ranged from health IT to support for unpaid (and often unsung) caregivers. Drane’s unique mix of irreverence and optimism has brought her from one challenge to the ne…
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Dr. Eric Weidmann’s History of Embracing New Tech & Expanded Care Teams
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Care teams are evolving to break down silos and prioritize collaboration in patient care. Is healthcare ready? Dr. Eric Weidmann, a former chief medical officer and primary care physician, stops by our podcast to share his perspective on some of the most pressing questions in healthcare today, including: How can an expanded care team help make up f…
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The Rebel’s Guide to Navigating American Healthcare with Susannah Fox
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In the early days of her career, Susannah Fox fell in love with the democratization of data and the rebalancing of power. Today, that passion has taken the form of helping empower patients with their care. Fox wrote her observations of the shift toward patient-led care in her new book, Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Me…
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The Government’s Role in Healing Healthcare with Catharine Young
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When Catharine Young, Ph.D., decided to become a scientist, she had no idea she would ever work for government agencies like the Department of Defense. But by working at such influential organizations, she learned about their power to solve some of healthcare’s biggest problems. Young’s career path led her to the White House’s Cancer Moonshot initi…
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The Pharmacist as Changemaker with ONC’s Tricia Lee Rolle
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From her initial dreams of becoming a pharmacologist to her current role as an advisor for national health IT efforts, Tricia Lee Rolle has always been interested in research and getting stuff done. As Rolle says, “What is really fulfilling about being in government is that you realize what you're doing is affecting not just one or a few or a handf…
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Pooja Babbrah’s Legacy of Supporting Pharmacy Interoperability
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Pooja Babbrah has secured a trifecta in healthcare: She’s the Practice Lead for Pharmacy and PBM Services at Point-of-Care Partners, is a board member of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs and was recently a member of the HITAC Pharmacy Interoperability and Emerging Therapeutics Task Force at ONC. Babbrah’s work at these organizati…
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The Evolving Role of Pharmacy with NCPA’s Doug Hoey
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As the son of a pharmacist and a licensed pharmacist himself, Doug Hoey is intimately familiar with the importance of community pharmacies. As Hoey notes, “People will come to their community pharmacies with issues that they just can't get served in other venues. I personally think that they are kind of a healthcare safety net, if you will.” Hoey h…
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Season 3 Trailer: Smart talk on healthcare and technology
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The American healthcare system is one of the most innovative in the world, but it’s also riddled with complex challenges. On Season 3 of “There’s a Better Way,” we’re taking a closer look at ways in which healthcare can heal itself—through innovation that prioritizes collaboration and positive impact, through intelligence sharing that improves the …
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Aneesh Chopra Blazes Trails from Industry to Government and Back Again
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Aneesh Chopra is President of CareJourney, an open data and analytics platform delivering a trusted, transparent rating system for physicians, networks, facilities and markets on the move to value. Prior to CareJourney, Chopra served as the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer (2009–2012) and as the fourth Virginia Secretary of Technology (2006–2009…
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Dr. G Battles Misinformation in Healthcare—and Builds Trust with Patients
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In an age of misinformation and doubt, Geeta Nayyar, M.D., is a builder of trust. “Dr. G,” as she is known, recognizes that trust is the key to having a successful relationship between patients, providers and payers. “If I don’t trust you, I certainly won’t listen to you or take your advice,” says Dr. G. In this episode, Dr. G describes how she wit…
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Lili Brillstein’s Masterclass on How to Be Collaborative
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This episode features Lili Brillstein, founder and CEO of Bcollaborative, who works to lead the transition from fee-for-service care models to value-based care models in American healthcare. Brillstein says that when she was studying business in college, value-based care models weren’t even a blip on the radar. We were paying for units of care—and …
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Transforming the Patient Experience with Cris Ross at Mayo Clinic
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This episode features Cris Ross, Chief Information Officer, Mayo Clinic. At Mayo, Cris’s job is to provide reliable technology for one of the best hospitals in the nation. He works to figure out how to use technology in new ways, and to inspire physicians and scientists to explore new technological ideas. “If you could just pick one thing you’re pa…
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Channeling Leonardo Da Vinci to Solve Healthcare’s Biggest Challenges
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This episode features George Van Antwerp, who leads Deloitte’s future of pharmacy strategy. In the episode, Van Antwerp unpacks his vision for the future of pharmacy, such as how disruption will create transformative opportunities and challenges. He also shares his thoughts on interoperability and health equity. “Pharmacy is the most used benefit,”…
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A Journey in Serendipity: Didi Davis Rides the Wave of Interoperability
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This episode features Didi Davis, Vice President of Informatics, Conformance & Interoperability at The Sequoia Project. Davis has over three decades of experience in the healthcare industry and is nationally known as a subject matter expert in healthcare standards and interoperability design and strategy. Davis describes the arc of her career as a …
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The COVID-19 Testing Tsar on Fighting the Pandemic, Serving with Purpose and Why Pharmacists Are Angels from Heaven
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This episode features Dr. Brett Giroir, CEO of Altesa BioSciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm working to develop new medications for viral respiratory infections with a focus on vulnerable populations. And Dr. Giroir knows plenty about infections, having served as the COVID-19 “testing tsar” on the White House Coronavirus Task Force. I…
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Talking the Future of Pharmacy with Rina Shah
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Innovative, Compassionate, Future-Focused. Those three words characterize Rina Shah and what she wants for her patients, for the care Walgreens delivers, and for the industry at large. In this episode, we talk with Shah, who is Walgreens Group Vice President of Pharmacy of the Future and Segment Strategy, about just how she envisions the FUTURE of …
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Getting to Interoperability 2.0 with ONC’s Micky Tripathi
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Healthcare interoperability has been a buzzword for years. After decades of incremental progress, the industry is making traction. Information is being exchanged—and in massive quantities; clinicians and healthcare leaders are now pushing for it to be consumable. Meanwhile, we’re still not far along in interoperable systems to allow for national in…
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Welcome to the second season of There's a Better Way: Smart Talk on Healthcare and Technology, an award-winning podcast series from Surescripts. In each episode, host Melanie Marcus, Chief Marketing Officer of Surescripts, sits down with some of the most inspiring leaders in healthcare today for in-depth and personal conversations about the industr…
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Envisioning the Future of Healthcare with Kroger Health President Colleen Lindholz
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As President of Kroger Health, Colleen Lindholz leads a team of 23,000 healthcare professionals in nearly 2500 pharmacies in 37 states who care for more than 14 million patients annually. In this episode, Colleen shares passion for wellness and nutrition, and health and how Kroger is working to deliver whole patient care. Melissa and Colleen also d…
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Health IT Guru & Bowtie Aficionado: Talking Trusted & Protected Data Exchange with EHNAC’s Lee Barrett
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In this episode, Melanie sits down with Lee Barrett, Executive Director and CEO of EHNAC, a national healthcare accreditation organization. Previously, he was the President and CEO and sat on the board of directors at HealthEC, a consulting and solutions provider of products for ACOs, Population Health, HIEs, web portals, EMR and transactional plat…
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Coming Out from Behind the Bench: NCPA President Michele Belcher Talks About Community, the Future of Pharmacy and the Best Soda Fountain in the West
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In this episode, Melanie sits down with community pharmacist Michele Belcher. Michele is president of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the owner of Grants Pass Pharmacy, which dates to 1904 and is the last independent pharmacy in Grants Pass, Oregon. Elected president of NCPA in 2022, Michele has long been active in state a…
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Dr. Nele Jessel on Clinician Burnout, the Power of HIT and Why She's an EHR Cheerleader
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In this episode, Melanie sits down with Dr. Nele Jessel, the Chief Medical Officer of athenahealth. With two medical licenses—one to practice in Germany and one to practice in the U.S.—Dr. Jessel is a board-certified clinical informaticist and pediatrician with a passion for improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes through technology. A s…
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More Is Not Always Better: Making Interoperability Work for Patients & Clinicians
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As other guests have shared, there’s often a strong link between a parent’s professional world and the career their child chooses. In other words: “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” In this episode, Melanie sits down with someone who understands this connection firsthand: Sam Lambson, the Vice President of Interoperability at Oracle Cerner…
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Innovation, Please: What's Next and What's Needed in Specialty Therapy
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As the U.S. population ages, it’s also getting sicker: According to the CDC, more than a quarter of U.S. adults face multiple chronic conditions. An ever-increasing number of Americans are on a specialty therapy or medication—more than 66 million in 2022. The good news? Conditions that were untreatable decades ago now have effective therapies. The …
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In this episode, Melanie sits down with Tina Grande, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Healthcare Leadership Council. In her role, Tina helps to advocate for consumer-centered healthcare reform, emphasizing the value of private-sector innovation as well as public-private partnership. Tina has healthcare and policy in her blood: her fat…
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Are We There Yet? Advancing Real-World Interoperability
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In this episode, Melanie sits down with Mariann Yeager, the Chief Executive Officer of The Sequoia Project, an independent advocate for nationwide health information exchange. Beginning her career in health IT in Nashville, Mariann eventually made her way to Washington, D.C., where she’s remained on the forefront of the digital healthcare transform…
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How COVID-19 Has Upended Assumptions About Care
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TIME recently named Walgreens one of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022, noting that as of March 2022, the company had administered 60 million COVID-19 vaccines and 26 million tests. In this episode, host Melanie Marcus, Chief Marketing Officer of Surescripts, sits down with a guest who has had a truly noteworthy career, beginning as a cash…
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Welcome to "There's a Better Way: Smart Talk on Healthcare & Technology", a new podcast series by Surescripts. In each episode, host Melanie Marcus, Chief Marketing Officer of Surescripts, sits down with some of the most inspiring leaders in healthcare today for in-depth and personal conversations about the industry’s challenges and opportunities. …
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Talk on Tech 43: Cory Brown, Animation and Game Developer program
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Patrick talks with Cory Brown, Mountwest professor and game designer, about the technologies and skills that students learn in the Animation and Game Developer program at Mountwest. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 42: Cory Brown, Getting started in game design
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Patrick talks with Cory Brown, game designer and studio owner, about advice on how to get started in game design/development. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 41: Cory Brown, A game designer's journey
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Patrick talks with Cory Brown, Mountwest and Marshall graduate and game designer, about his personal journey into the game designer field. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 40: Justin McElroy, WVGDE2017 Keynote
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This episode is the keynote speech given by Justin McElroy, the host/co-host of numerous podcasts and co-founder of Polygon. The keynote was given at the second annual WV Game Developers Expo on Oct 27, 2017. @TalkonTechMCTC or talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech: WVGDE 2017 Announcement
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Patrick and Josh talk about the upcoming West Virginia Game Developers Expo 2017 that will take place Friday, October 27th at Mountwest Community and Technical College's campus. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 38: Jack Daniels, Lasso Games
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Patrick and Josh talk to Jack Daniels of Lasso Games, a local Huntington game studio, about the road from music teacher to game developer and what it takes to run a game studio. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 37: Tanner Webb, a plethora of technology focuses
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Patrick and Tanner Webb talk about the abundance of technology focuses at Mountwest and how to make the most of your internship and climb the technology ladder. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 36: Mountwest and Marshall Programming Articulation Agreement
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Patrick, Josh, and Brian Morgan talk about the new programming articulation between Mountwest and Marshall University that allows for an Associate and a Bachelor in Science in four and half years. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 35: Brian Morgan, Managing Advice
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Patrick and Josh talk with Brian Morgan, who has worn several managing hats over the years, about the unique skill set needed to manage subordinates or even your own business. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 34: Brian Morgan, Programming Extraordinaire
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Patrick and Josh talk with Brian Morgan, Marshall University graduate and programmer, about his personal story of self-motivation and what skills are needed to be successful in the programming field. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 33: Andrea Emmanuel and Greg Shoemaker, IT Fast Track graduates
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Patrick and Scott talk with Andrea Emmanuel and Greg Shoemaker, recent graduates of the IT Fast Track - Network Security option, about why they chose IT, the Fast Track option, and the Networking Practicum and Internship classes. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTCAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 32: Elisha Meadows, Graphic Design graduate
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Patrick talks with Elisha Meadows, one of the first graduates of Mountwest's new Graphic Design program, about returning to school, self-promoting, and breaking into the graphic design field. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 31: Network Systems Security - IT Fast Track option
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Patrick Smith and Scott Nicholas talk about Mountwest's Network Systems Security - IT Fast Track option. For questions on how to enroll, email smith288@mctc.edu or nicholas@mctc.edu Feedback for the podast @TalkonTechMCTCAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 30: Joe Haun, IST, and Technology Management
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Patrick talks with Joe Haun, Marshall University IST grad and fellow Technology Management grad, about his career and education in the technology field. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 29: Rick Bledsoe, David Kalinoski, and Scott Nicholas - Windows 2000 reunion
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Patrick and Scott talk with Rick Bledsoe and David Kalinoski, two former Windows 2000 Network Administration students, about their trials and tribulations with Information Technology. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 28: Randy Bazell, the winding IT road
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Patrick interviews Randy Bazell about his winding and curvy IT history. Randy's IT life reads like a hollywood movie! Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 27: Women in IT
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Patrick interviews several female professors about their career paths. Afterwards, Patrick, Scott, and Josh talk about new Apple products, snaggeless Cat5 cable snafus, and DarkHotel. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 26: Jared Staten, the tech of television transmissions
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In part two of a two part podcast, Patrick asks Jared Staten about syndication, switchers, graphics engines, live remotes, IFBs, simulcasts and more! Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 25: Jared Staten, doing what you love
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In part one of a two part podcast, Patrick and Jared Staten talk about finding the profession you want before finishing college and always being prepared. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 24: Windows 95's 20th birthday
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Patrick and Scott Nicholas reminisce about life before Windows 95 and the huge impact Windows 95 has had (especially on the Rolling Stones' bank ledger) in 20 years. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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Talk on Tech 23: Chris Phelix and security compliance
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Patrick talks with Chris Phelix about protecting PII, personally identifiable information. Patrick and Chris talk about tales of locking down wireless and virtual networks, disaster recovery, and licensing. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC talkontech@gmail.comAv Talk on Tech
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