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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 22/09/2026

Shipping out some stickers for The Bootloader! Rep the show and get your free sticker here: forms.gle/Mf4jPcAXyx6B...

Two stickers, attached together at the bottom and top. It says "The Bootloader Podcast" over a blue circuit board with the circuits coming down

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 01/08/2026

Coming Monday - @todbot.com shares some CircuitPython updates, including I2S In support!

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 31/07/2026

Coming Monday on a new episode: @todbot.com shares the awesome-selfhosted awesome list and he and @paulcutler.org talk about the homelab movement. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 10/07/2026

Catch the latest episode of The Bootloader and hear @todbot.com share one of his favorite topics - pinball!

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 08/07/2026

Catch the latest episode and hear @paulcutler.org share RV Circuit Studio, a new CircuitPython IDE that looks like a capable Mu replacement.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 04/07/2026

Catch a new episode this Monday! Here's a clip of @todbot.com sharing @smallrun.bsky.social, a new selling platform for makers, and one of his favorite features:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 15/06/2026

Catch up on the latest episode and hear @paulcutler.org geek out about the Achordion music community built on #ListenBrainz. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit thebootloader.net

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 07/06/2026

Coming Monday on a new episode: @todbot.com and @paulcutler.org chat about Tod's new project USB Probester, web serial comes to Firefox, a follow-up from last episode, and Tod shares Free Media Heck Yeah:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 05/06/2026

Coming Monday on a new episode: @todbot.com and @paulcutler.org chat about Web Serial coming to Firefox and Paul's surprise it's not a standard. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 02/05/2026

Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader - @todbot.com shares BumpMesh.com to add textures to your 3D prints:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 08/04/2026

Catch up on the latest episode and hear @todbot.com share the Baochip, a 100% open source microcontroller.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 03/04/2026

Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader: @todbot.com and @paulcutler.org discuss an eink eReader, photogrammetry, an open source microcontroller, and a helper for Bambu Labs printers:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 20/03/2026

Catch up on the latest episode and hear @todbot.com share his favorite new dev board, which is a mouthful:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 13/03/2026

In the latest episode, listen to @paulcutler.org geek out over wanting to build an open source record player.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 11/03/2026

Catch up on the latest episode and hear @todbot.com share the latest Eurovision contestant from the UK: Look Mum No Computer!

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 06/03/2026

Catch the latest episode and learn about @todbot.com's new favorite WiFi dev board. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 05/03/2026

Catch up on the latest episode and hear @paulcutler.org geek out over an open source record player. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 15/02/2026

Listen to the latest episode of The Bootloader and hear @todbot.com and @paulcutler.org celebrate the long awaited addition of 5GHz WiFi to ESP32 microcontrollers:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 11/02/2026

In the latest episode of The Bootloader, hear Paul gush over the Fruit Jam and the software available for it. (Spoiler alert: Might have to have an episode of The CircuitPython Show about the Fruit Jam)

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 05/02/2026

Catch up on the latest episode of The Bootloader. Here's @todbot.com introducing us to Benn Jordan and his hacking of Flock cameras:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 08/01/2026

Here's @todbot.com in the latest episode sharing how you can run GitHub Actions locally on macOS, Windows and Linux using act.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 30/11/2025

Coming tomorrow on a new episode: @paulcutler.org and @todbot.com talk about Tod's recent trip to Supercon. And of course they discuss the badge:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 29/10/2025

I have stickers! Want one? Request here (US addresses only, sorry): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My hand holding a roll of stickers. Two are face up that read "The Bootloader Podcast"

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 03/10/2025

Coming Monday on a new episode: @todbot.com shares his impressions of the Framework 12 Laptop -

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 13/08/2025

Catch up on the latest episode with special guest John Park. Here's a clip of @todbot.com sharing the KiCad CLI and its benefits. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 31/07/2025

We had already recorded our new episode when news of the Adafruit Fruit Jam being released yesterday hit. That doesn't mean we weren't already talking about the rp2350 as a mini-computer! Coming Monday on a new episode with special guest @johnpark.bsky.social.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 05/07/2025

Listen to a new episode this Monday as @todbot.com shares an epic rant about STM32 dev tooling.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 05/06/2025

Catch up on the latest episode and learn about the Euroknob - is it a knob or is it a jack? Here's @todbot.com on the Euroknob:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 05/04/2025

Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader: @todbot.bsky.social shares Soundfonts, sample based open source modern instruments:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 13/03/2025

Catch the latest episode of The Bootloader - here’s a clip of @todbot.bsky.social with an update about the clock speed of the rp2040. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit thebootloader.net

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 28/02/2025

A new episode of The Bootloader coming at you this Monday with special guest @brentrubell.bsky.social of Adafruit. We chat about Wippersnapper, Arduino libraries, microcontrollers as mini-computers, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

A screenshot of the Reaper digital audio workstation. It shows 3 voice tracks with the audio waveforms being edited.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 26/02/2025

A new episode of The Bootloader drops next Monday! Until then, catch up on the current episode. Here's a clip of Paul introducing the uCritter:

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 18/02/2025

Catch up on the latest episode and hear @todbot.bsky.social share about his recent visit to the synth show, Buchla and Friends. (Pardon the typos in the transcript!) Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit thebootloader.net

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 01/02/2025

Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader: the return of the tamagotchi?

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 28/01/2025

A new episode of The Bootloader is coming at your earbuds next Monday. Until then, catch up with our latest episode and hear @todbot.bsky.social share about his favorite synth and its community firmware.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 19/01/2025

Catch up with our latest episode and hear @todbot.bsky.social share about one of his favorite pastimes. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 17/12/2024

What was our favorite (and craziest) talk of Supercon? "Microcontrollers are Just Radios in Disguise" by Charles Lohr - listen to the podcast for our take on it or watch the talk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57f...

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 11/12/2024

Our latest episode is all about Hackaday's Supercon. What is it? Here's @todbot.bsky.social answering that question and how long he's been going.

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The Bootloader @thebootloader.net · 23/11/2024

Just over a week until a new episode of The Bootloader! Catch up on the current episode with special guest @architeuthisflux.bsky.social. Here's a clip of @todbot.bsky.social talking about Quake running on a microcontroller.

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