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Civic Tech Chat

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About this Podcast:

Civic Tech Chat is a podcast about the civic technology movement. We seek to harness the power technology has to improve the delivery of public services to people everywhere.

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Booking probability

34%

Guest openness

Selective

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80/100
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What is Civic Tech Chat about?

Civic Tech Chat is a podcast about the civic technology movement. We seek to harness the power technology has to improve the delivery of public services to people everywhere.

What has Civic Tech Chat covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Gauge Wars: What Railroads Teach Us About Data Standards" (26 October 2026, 32 minutes), "Six Weeks to Launch: How Nava built Document AI in response to H.R. 1" (6 October 2026, 67 minutes), and "AI Governance: Who's Accountable When the Machine Decides?" (13 August 2026, 24 minutes).

How often does Civic Tech Chat publish?

Civic Tech Chat publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 113 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Civic Tech Chat?

Booking probability for Civic Tech Chat is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Civic Tech Chat requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Civic Tech Chat's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Civic Tech Chat?

The strongest fits for Civic Tech Chat are IT Services & Software Development. Civic Tech Chat has a technology audience.

About the host

Civic Tech Chat is a technology podcast with 113 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #108

    Legacy Lockpicks

    Jul 14, 202651 min

    We're joined by David D'Silva, Principal Product Manager at Nava, for a conversation about legacy lockpicks: the reusable tools, playbooks, and patterns that help government teams move out of legacy systems faster and...

  • Jun 3, 202653 minS0

    <p>In this interview, Brian Chidester from Adobe discusses the importance of AI readiness in government, data governance, and the future of AI in public sector transformation. Learn how organizations can start small...

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  • Apr 29, 202641 minS0

    <p>Christian Martinez shares his journey from cognitive neuroscience to civic tech, highlighting the importance of open data, reproducible research, and building accessible tools like R packages. Discover how relevance...

  • Apr 9, 202616 minS0

    <p>Ryan Koch discusses the importance of understanding supply chain attacks in cybersecurity, illustrating how they exploit trust in software components and build systems, and offering practical strategies to mitigate...

  • Episode #104

    The SpecOps Method

    Mar 18, 202655 minS0

    <p>We're joined by Mark Headd author The SpecOps Method: A New Approach to Modernizing Legacy Technology Systems. We talk about good modernization practices like the strangler fig pattern as well as ways teams can use...

  • Feb 19, 202631 minS0

    <p>We’re joined by Ed Mullen, Technical Solutions Director and Lauren Ciferri Director of Product, over at Nava PBC. We’ll have a conversation about open source government technology, using Nava’s Strata project as a...

  • Jan 28, 202645 minS0

    <p>We're joined by Mike Paciello (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-paciello-1231741/), Chief Accessibility Officer at AudioEye (https://audioeye.com) for a conversation about web accessibility standards. We'll talk...

  • Episode #101

    Nexperia Crises

    Dec 3, 20259 minS0

    <p>Our host Ryan Koch talks about the Dutch Government's invocation of the 1952 Good Availablity Act. This action recently led to what's been referred to as the 'Nexperia Crises' creating a scenario where technical...

  • Oct 20, 202545 minS0

    <p>We’re joined by Senongo Akpem (https://www.linkedin.com/in/senongoakpem/) Vice President of Design and Research at Nava PBC (https://navapbc.com/). Together we talk about shifts in the direction of the design and...

  • Episode #99

    99 FormFest

    Sep 29, 202523 minS0

    <p>We're joined by Amanda Renteria (https://codeforamerica.org/people/amanda-renteria/) CEO of Code for America (https://codeforamerica.org). We dive into a conversation about what's needed to make 'good' government...

  • Jul 29, 202531 minS0

    <p>We're joined by Brett Ferrin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-ferrin-8504b8346/) VP of Sales at Traffic Logix. Together we have a conversation about how technology and data can be used to proactively improve...

  • May 30, 202536 minS0

    <p>We're joined by Ami Yares (https://www.amiyares.com/) songwriter and Executive Director of Build a Bridge (https://buildabridge.org), a non-profit that focuses on transforming lives through art-making, and by...

  • May 23, 202527 minS0

    <p>We're joined by Amanda Renteria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-renteria/), CEO of Code for America to discuss their upcoming Summit event. We'll cover a bit about the event itself, the state of the civic tech...

  • Apr 2, 202516 minS0

    <p>Our host, Ryan Koch, does a breakdown of infinite scrolling. We talk about what this design technique is, why it gets used, and the potential effects it could have on folks using applications. Music Credit...

  • Feb 20, 202544 minS0

    <p>We're joined by Mike Gifford (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgifford), Open Standards and Practice Lead at CivicActions (https://civicactions.com/). We'll dig deep into what it takes to build accessible web services...

  • Jan 21, 202532 minS0

    <p>We reach back into the archives to re-release episode 84. In it we were joined by Marina Nitze (https://twitter.com/MarinaNitze) to talk about their book Hack Your Bureaucracy (https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/)...

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