Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast

Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast

Yaron Koren

Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 1h 8m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Apr 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
97%
Hosting
betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

A podcast about the people and ideas behind the MediaWiki software. Interviews with developers and users of MediaWiki, both for Wikimedia sites (Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc.) and the many uses of MediaWiki in companies, organizations, government agencies, etc.

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Recent Episodes

S1E209 Episode 209: Daniel Dobriy

Jun 02, 2026 1h 28m

🕑 1 hour 28 minutes Daniel Dobriy is the founder and managing director of the company Dobriy AI. He is also a researcher at WU Vienna University and Austria's Bilateral AI Cluster of Excellence.…

S1E208 Episode 208: BTB Digest 33

May 20, 2026 26m

🕑 27 minutes Clips from five recent episodes! Liam Wyatt considers LLMs as a vessel for Wikipedia content; Steve Shattuck weighs Cargo against Semantic MediaWiki; Paul Vodrazka lays out how he became…

S1E207 Episode 207: Ad Strack van Schijndel

May 05, 2026 1h 34m

🕑 1 hour 35 minutes Ad Strack van Schijndel is the founder and CEO of Juggel, a Dutch company whose product, also named Juggel, is an AI-centered MediaWiki distribution. Before founding Juggel, he…

S1E206 Episode 206: Sandra Fauconnier

Apr 21, 2026 1h 2m

🕑 1 hour 3 minutes Sandra Fauconnier is an art historian by training who works on digital projects in the cultural sector. She has worked at different times for Wikimedia Nederland, the Wikimedia…

S1E205 Episode 205: Wandji Collins

Apr 09, 2026 51m

🕑 52 minutes Wandji Collins is a software engineer and engineering manager at Tech Chantier, as well as a volunteer MediaWiki developer. Links for some of the topics discussed: Tech Chantier …

S1E204 Episode 204: Noam Cohen

Mar 24, 2026 1h 14m

🕑 1 hour 15 minutes Noam Cohen is a journalist and writer who has written extensively about Wikipedia since 2007 for publications including The New York Times and Wired. He is the author of the 2017…

S1E203 Episode 203: Paul Vodrazka

Mar 10, 2026 1h 10m

🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Paul Vodrazka is a shift leader in the CNC (computer numerical control) department at the Winnipeg-based company Custom Castings. He manages the internal wikis for Custom…

S1E202 Episode 202: BTB Digest 32

Feb 24, 2026 22m

🕑 23 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Hear clips from five recent episodes. Cormac Parle notes the challenges in structured data in Wikimedia Commons, Vera de Kok reminisces about her early years as…

S1E201 Episode 201: Steve Shattuck

Feb 10, 2026 57m

🕑 58 minutes Steve Shattuck is a retired research assistant who created and runs the wiki AntWiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: AntWiki Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research…

S1E200 Episode 200: Liam Wyatt

Jan 27, 2026 1h 14m

🕑 1 hour 14 minutes It's the (belated) 25th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia - and the 200th episode! For this special episode, we have the return of Liam Wyatt (username Wittylama), a…

S1E199 Episode 199: Shlomit Lir

Jan 13, 2026 1h 11m

🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Shlomit Lir is a writer, editor, and researcher at the University of Haifa, specializing in the politics of knowledge. Since 2024, she has been a public critic of Wikipedia,…

S1E198 Episode 198: Brian Wolff

Dec 30, 2025 1h 34m

🕑 1 hour 35 minutes Brian Wolff is a longtime MediaWiki and Wikimedia developer. He returns to the podcast for (maybe) one last in-person discussion before his move to Calgary, Alberta. We talk about…

S1E197 Episode 197: Between the Brackets 2025 Holiday Special

Dec 16, 2025 57m

🕑 58 minutes It's the holiday special! Special guests, a musical performance (all from the MediaWiki world), and a tale of a life-changing encounter.

S1E196 Episode 196: Stephen Harrison

Dec 02, 2025 1h 36m

🕑 1 hour 37 minutes Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including for Slate and The New York Times. He joins us to talk about all the…

S1E195 Episode 195: BTB Digest 31

Nov 18, 2025 27m

🕑 28 minutes Clips from five recent episodes! Dan Andreescu considers a new "Datawiki" project, Wojciech Pędzich makes use of the Wikipedia sound logo, Thomas Chin retells a piece of Wikimedia…

S1E194 Episode 194: Vera de Kok

Nov 04, 2025 1h 56m

🕑 1 hour 57 minutes Vera de Kok is a freelance photographer, developer and wiki consultant who was named Media Contributor of the Year at the 2025 Wikimania conference for her contributions to both…

S1E193 Episode 193: Cormac Parle

Oct 21, 2025 1h 17m

🕑 1 hour 17 minutes Cormac Parle is a principal software engineer in the Product & Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Foundation Community…

S1E192 Episode 192: Matt Latourelle

Oct 08, 2025 51m

🕑 52 minutes Matt Latourelle is director of technology operations for the wiki-based website Ballotpedia. Links for some of the topics discussed: Ballotpedia "Ballotpedia and MediaWiki" (talk by…

S1E191 Episode 191: SJ Klein

Sep 23, 2025 1h 24m

🕑 1 hour 25 minutes Samuel J. "SJ" Klein is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He co-founded the Knowledge Futures project, served as director…

S1E190 Episode 190: Thomas Chin

Sep 09, 2025 1h 33m

🕑 1 hour 34 minutes Thomas Chin is a software engineer in the Data Platform Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Links for some of the topics discussed: Tea Time with Thomas & Ty…

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Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 8m.

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