Let's Talk: The Anchor Podcast

This week's episode of Let's Talk highlights the best of a recent Q&A session held on Anchor with Allison Esposito, founder of Tech Ladies. Find out more about Tech Ladies at hiretechladies.com. --- Let's Talk is brought to you by Anchor, the easiest way to record audio and start conversations with people from all around the world. Visit anchor.fm for more information about how you can join the conversation. 

A cool breeze flows through a large oak tree in your neighbor's backyard. You never consciously noticed until the tree was forcibly removed to make room for some tiki torches and a pool with no deep end and a gross octopus mosaic. Suddenly, you miss the tree. Suddenly, the tree is the only thing that matters. Suddenly, you're purchasing tons and tons of Jello mix to pour into your neighbor's pool. Suddenly, you speak for the tree. This week's episode features waves by Chris-Anne, Ivan Gomez, Nataleigh Kohn, JMack, Bernie @topgold, Kevin Gnome Alone, Jason-Paul, Klaudia Jurewicz, Chase Parker, @scottslone and John Kitto. Let's Talk is brought to you by Anchor, the easiest way to record audio and start conversations with people from all around the world. Visit anchor.fm for more information about how you can join the conversation. 

A new host! A new format! A new crushing question about recurring existential dread! All this and more in the thirteenth episode of Let's Talk, the podcast highlighting some of the internet's best conversations. This week's episode features waves by Hayato Nakamura, Joe Bigelow, Klaudia Jurewicz, Naomi, Christian Payne (aka Documentally) and Cameron M. Thompson.  Let's Talk is brought to you by Anchor, the easiest way to record audio and start conversations with people from all around the world. Visit anchor.fm for more information about how you can join the conversation. 

According to a poll by Quinnipiac University, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have greater than 50% unfavorable ratings among Americans. Anchor's co-founder Nir Zicherman kicks off a conversation about the upcoming U.S. election's presumptive presidential nominees. This episode was created with Anchor's new Exporting tool, which makes it easy to turn any Anchor conversation into a podcast. Add your opinion to the conversation: https://anchor.fm/w/A1A23D Featuring waves by: Nir Zicherman John M. Craig Tim Ereneta Max Wendkos Colin Flynn Kosher Derek Markham Neil Hopkins @scottslone

Is art for the artist? The people? Is it simply a product to be bought and sold, driven by market forces? Stephen Horst discusses these questions about art and more with the Anchor community. Join this conversation. Featuring waves by: Stephen Horst Kristin Myers Lee Martin Todd Jordan H A R D V A P O U R Nikola danie schoch LiLi Loves

Everyone is talking about bots, including the Anchor community. At this year's F8 conference, Facebook announced their new Messenger Platform, enabling developers to build bots for Messenger. Will bots take off? What is the future of bots? If you're only half sure what bots are, or what they could become, this is the conversation for you.  Listen to this conversation on Anchor Download Anchor to start your own conversation Featuring waves by: Michael Mignano Barbara KB Colin Flynn Reckless Recess / Dave Lara Andrew Gregory Vicky Mac Michael Deiner Ingrid Lan Pham Rob Hom Zvi Weiss      

Are we all waiting for the red pill? Does an infinite universe mean we're most likely a simulation? Does it matter? Or is everyone their own individual universe?  Jump into the conversation and share your perspective -- we'll be creating a special Director's Cut of this episode with new voices, so chime in!    Listen to this conversation on Anchor Download Anchor to start your own conversation   Featuring waves by: Patrick Metzger Ray Renati John Kitto Laura Moscatello Michael Mignano Jake Chapman Ingrid Jehanne

Anchor launches a brand new product... an ingenious and not at all facetious wearable. On an unrelated note, Anchor also introduces a new hashtag: #prAnchor.   Listen to this conversation on Anchor Download Anchor to start your own conversation   Featuring waves by: FUNfromAtoZ Tosh Polak Dolores Jeff Nartic Justin Finkelstein Roger Isaacson Stefan Thomas Ivan Temelkov Jenafer Elin Andrew Jones Rachel Miller Brad Jonathan Holborn Caroline Lesley Skematica Kristin Myers  

Anchor discusses one of the oldest questions to plague mankind, touching on spirituality, biology, habit, instinct, and social pressure -- to name a few. Where do we land? Feel "free" to find out.  Listen to this conversation on Anchor Download Anchor to start your own conversation   Featuring waves by: Jackie Perkovic Jacob Wolfman Greg Dickson RC Wheeler Muhammad Chance Dite Jenafer Elin Neil Hopkins Ben V @Dayngr Shabaz Mallick Willem Van Zyl Kristin Myers Erik Valdman Nisshy Urizandi Steven Leaney Rob Tyson Gina/Virtual NLP Rob Tyson Nisshy Urizandi Justin Miyamoto Aniket Gune Ben Syzek Tate Hunter    

The world is lousy with platitudes and advice on waiting, but what does "waiting" really mean to us? Anchor asks the question: What are you waiting for? Featuring waves by: Jeremy Melloul Erika Spitler Sophia Jackson Jacob @WolfmanMedia Heath Brandon William Lorenzo Lily Sanders Eve Waverly Antonio Vereen James Jefferson J Zach Hoke James David Rachel (Just_Rachel) Andrew Donovan Dillan DiGiovanni Brian Mains Andy Lara Matt McClard Gary Stockton Wendy Lennett Doneil Buchanan Dvcdank Christina sp? (WNOPtribe) Jessica Joy Andre Wiley (Andre Wiley Music) Aaron Wirtz Lauren LeCloux Jesse Gardner Zach McCrite Indishor Productions Ryan Owens Miss Fe' Kristin Myers Listen to this conversation on Anchor Download Anchor to start your own conversation

Scott Belsky, General Partner at Benchmark and founder of Behance talks with the Anchor community about the rarity of great design vs. the commoditization of the tech stack. Featuring waves by Reggie, Cyrus Henderson, Joel Thompson, Dan Storms, Keith Schneider, Armando Duran, Ingrid, Miss Fe, Jim K, Michael Mignano, David Diamond, Shvetank Jain, and Jonathan Moore. Join this conversation on Anchor. To start your own conversation, down the Anchor app.

Ryan Hoover, founder of Product Hunt, starts an Anchor conversation about role models. The community chimes in to share thoughts on the people who helped shape their lives. Featuring waves by Anchor community members Luke Harris-Gallahue, Caitlin Schiller, pauliedigi, Laz Alberto, Kristin Myers, Adam Leidhecker, Austin Hunter, Stephan Ango, Dan Edwards, Hans Peter Godiksen, Steve Schlafman, Miss Fé, Jay Woodford, Michael Doran, Aaron L. M. Goodwin, SaveThyme, and Delia Socorro. Join this conversation on Anchor. To start your own conversation, down the Anchor app.

Hunter Walk, Homebrew partner and former product lead at YouTube, Google, and Second Life, answers tough questions about Product Management. Featuring Dan Storms, Avi Muchnick, Emmi Hintz, Alex Manthei, and other members of the Anchor community. Listen to this conversation on Anchor. To start your own conversation, down the Anchor app.

Maya Prohovnik and Christian Rocha, co-founders of Glitter, talk to the Anchor community about managing fear and doubt about your product, and ultimately deciding to shut down your company. Featuring Jesse Neil, Avi Muchnick, Timothy T.C. McGhee, Matt Hartman, Ricky Silver, Jenn Tardif, NickYorkCity, Emmi Hintz, Ian, Chad Thiele, Rob McManus, Dan Rockwell, orangeLabs, Kristin Myers, Mike Mignano, and Nir Zicherman Join this conversation on Anchor. To start your own conversation, down the Anchor app.

betaworks' head of investment Matt Hartman asks the Anchor community about their first screen names on AOL. Featuring waves by Allison Behringer, Nathan Bashaw, and a dozen other members of the Anchor community.  Join this conversation on Anchor.  To start your own conversation, down the Anchor app.