Episodes 104
Avg. Duration 38m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (18)
Since Feb 2018
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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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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Nava Strata: Open Source Government Technology

Feb 19, 2026 31m

Nava Strata: Open Source Government Technology by Ryan Koch

Digital Accessibility

Jan 28, 2026 44m

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…

Nexperia Crises

Dec 03, 2025 9m

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…

Evolution of Design and Research in Civic Tech

Oct 20, 2025 45m

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…

99 FormFest

Sep 29, 2025 23m

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…

98 Proactive Traffic Safety

Jul 29, 2025 30m

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…

97 Pioneering Progress: Advocating for Experimentation in Government with Nava Labs

Jun 25, 2025 53m

We're talking about experimentation in government services with two experts from Nava Labs, a philanthropically funded part of Nava PBC: Genevieve Gaudet (Director) and Martelle Esposito…

96 We the Songwriters

May 30, 2025 35m

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…

95 Code for America Summit 2025

May 23, 2025 27m

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…

94 Infinite Scrolling

Apr 02, 2025 16m

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…

93 Building an accessible web

Feb 20, 2025 43m

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…

92 Archives: Hack Your Bureaucracy

Jan 21, 2025 32m

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…

91 Innovation Fellowships 🧑‍💻

Dec 10, 2024 49m

We're joined by Sarah Schacht (https://smartercivic.squarespace.com/), Senior Data Fellow at Data Foundation and author of a new report called Innovation Fellowship Career Outcomes. We'll dive in and…

90 Politics Recoded 🗳️

Nov 26, 2024 1h 8m

We're joined by Aure Schrock (https://aschrock.com/), academic editor and writing coach at their company Indelible Voice and author of the book Politics Recoded. We'll talk about the book and their…

89 Alliance of Civic Technologists 🏛️💻

Oct 29, 2024 37m

We're joined by Christopher Whitaker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwhitaker/), Executive Director of the Alliance of Civic Technologists (ACT) (https://www.civictechnologists.org/) to talk…

88 Humans of Public Service

Oct 25, 2024 31m

We're joined by Brian Whittaker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwhtt/) to talk about their work with Humans of Public Service (https://humansofpublicservice.org/). A non-profit that shares the human…

87 Crowdstrike Outage

Oct 09, 2024 10m

Our host Ryan Koch (https://linkedin.com/in/kochryan) gives a quick briefing about the Crowdstrike outage. We talk about why you should care about it, what happened, as well as a couple of lessons we…

86 Thinking at Systems Scale

Jun 21, 2024 56m

We're joined by Greg Jordan-Detamore (https://www.gregjd.com/) to talk about digital services in operations, how applying civic tech practices happen where resources are constrained, and overcoming…

85 The AI Generated Episode

Jun 24, 2023 14m

In this episode, our host Ryan Koch demystifies Generative AI and large language models, discussing their potential, risks, and ethical implications. We confront misinformation, privacy issues, and…

84 Hack Your Bureaucracy

Apr 13, 2023 32m

We're joined by[Marina Nitze(https://twitter.com/MarinaNitze) to talk about their book Hack Your Bureaucracy(https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/). We'll discuss tactics you can use to get things…

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