User Defenders: Podcast – UX Design and Personal Growth

User Defenders: Podcast – UX Design and Personal Growth

103 episodes

Being a great UX designer begins and ends with being a great human. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by superheroes. Early on, it was their amazing superpowers that drew me in. As I grew older, it was the realization of a very tangible connection between us and them. Superheroes typically possess a strong moral code, including a willingness to risk one’s own safety in the service of good without expectation of reward. Even though they still fall and fail often, they always get back up, learn, and continue to make things better. Sound a little like UX? I also discovered this little-known, world-changing link between UX Design and personal growth after beginning my own personal growth journey in 2015 (just before starting this podcast & community) that quite literally changed my life. The reality is, we cannot pour an empty cup into another. There’s a reason why on every flight we’re told to put our oxygen mask on first…we can’t help others unless we first help ourselves. We can’t lead others where we are not. What the world needs now is not just love, but especially more empathy. We live in some of the most divided times in human history. It’s true empathy isn’t everything, but please don’t design or ship a product or experience meant for other human beings without it! This UX podcast will help you become the best, most powerful UX designer (and human) you can be. As you listen to the most inspiring and influential UX superheroes in the world tell impactful stories, reveal their design superpowers/kryptonite and offer game-changing advice–you’ll be moved and inspired to unleash your growth mindset, grow in your empathy for others, all while being enlightened, informed and even entertained as you learn about the most important issues facing our UX community today. Yes, you’ll discover how-to’s, but much more importantly you’ll discover why-to’s Every episode is sure to inspire and equip you on how to better fight for your users and business, and dare I say change the world (even if only for one human at a time) in a much deeper and more tangible way than you ever thought possible.

Podcasts

074: Designers, Mind Your Business with Pek Pongpaet

Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 8 seconds

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073: The Unstoppable Designer with Jeff Gothelf

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 24 seconds

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072: Everyone's a UX Designer with Jared Spool

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 5 seconds

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What the Next Season is Looking Like...

Published: June 21, 2020, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 57 seconds

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070: Harnessing Life Experiences in Design with Shaheena Attarwala

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 2 seconds

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069: We Are All Pioneers with Sophia Prater

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 39 seconds

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068: People May be the Most Important Thing You Build as a Designer with Braden Kowitz

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 36 seconds

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067: Design for How People Think with John Whalen

Published: Oct. 14, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 17 seconds

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066: Is Web Design Dead? with Jeffrey Zeldman

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 10 seconds

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Advertise on User Defenders (Only One Spot Left Until Spring 2020)

Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 10:13 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds

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065: Yes, AI will Replace Designers with Jasmine Oh

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 3 seconds

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064: How to Become Indistractable with Nir Eyal

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 seconds

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063: Mindset & Learning How to Learn with Jessica Ivins

Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 26 seconds

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[Encore] Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the Stars: The True Story of a Real Rocket Man with G.A. “Jim” Ogle

Published: July 6, 2019, 5:51 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 41 minutes 55 seconds

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062: UX School of No B.S. with Joe Natoli

Published: June 24, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 3 seconds

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061: Empathy as a Design Superpower with Jason Ogle

Published: June 10, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 20 seconds

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060: Improv & UX?! Yes, and...with Mike Gorgone

Published: May 27, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 41 seconds

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059: Writing for Designers with Scott Kubie

Published: May 13, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 4 seconds

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Help me keep User Defenders: Podcast on the air...

Published: May 3, 2019, 10:53 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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058: Finding the Right Cultural Fit with Justin Dauer

Published: April 29, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 35 seconds

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057: Interviewing Like a Boss with Andy Vitale

Published: April 15, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 23 seconds

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056: Building an Effective UX Portfolio with Sarah Doody

Published: April 1, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 13 seconds

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055: How to Get Your Foot in the Door with Andy Budd

Published: March 18, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 23 seconds

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UD Community is Live! Join Us!

Published: Jan. 16, 2019, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds

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Radical Empathy with Seth Godin

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 36 seconds

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054: UX Research on a Budget with Becca Kennedy

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 12 seconds

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Imposter Syndrome: Why We Have it, and How to Kick it in the Privates!

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 6 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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Banish Your Inner Critic with Denise Jacobs (Part I)

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 12 seconds

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The State of UX in AI with Josh Clark

Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 31 seconds

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053-2: Be a Good Ancestor with Alan Cooper (Part II)

Published: Sept. 17, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 30 seconds

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053-1: Be a Good Ancestor with Alan Cooper (Part I)

Published: Sept. 10, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 53 seconds

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052: Shining a Light on Black Designers with Tim Hykes

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 18 seconds

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Season 5 Teaser Reel

Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 7:58 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Show Update: Days of Future & Past

Published: July 6, 2018, 9:51 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 3 seconds

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051: Accessible Design = Better Design with Derek Featherstone

Published: April 23, 2018, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 14 seconds

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Mindful Technology with Liza Kindred

Published: April 9, 2018, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 43 seconds

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050: We Can Be Heroes with Jason Ogle

Published: March 26, 2018, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 55 seconds

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049: User Research War Stories with Steve Portigal

Published: March 12, 2018, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 39 seconds

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048: Pick Yourself with Cassie McDaniel

Published: Feb. 26, 2018, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 58 seconds

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Live Recording at An Event Apart Denver with Luke Wroblewski, Cassie McDaniel and Chris Coyier

Published: Feb. 19, 2018, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 47 seconds

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047: The Web is Neither Good or Bad…nor is it Neutral. It’s an Amplifier with Jeremy Keith

Published: Feb. 12, 2018, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 36 seconds

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046: Good Design Favors the Curious with Joe Johnston

Published: Jan. 29, 2018, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 12 seconds

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Designing for Designers: Building InVision Studio with Tom Giannattasio

Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 18 seconds

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045: Criticize by Creating with Alexa Roman

Published: Jan. 15, 2018, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 37 seconds

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Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the Stars: The True Story of a Real Rocket Man with G.A. “Jim” Ogle

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 5:49 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 38 minutes 22 seconds

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044: Different Inputs = Different Outputs with Joshua Oluwagbemiga

Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 30 seconds

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An Episode Apart with Eric Meyer and Jeffrey Zeldman

Published: Oct. 20, 2017, 4:49 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 35 seconds

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Animation at Work with Rachel Nabors

Published: Oct. 16, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 18 seconds

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043: Making New Designers with Laura Klein

Published: Oct. 2, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 32 seconds

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042: Practical Design Discovery with Dan Brown

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 9:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 27 seconds

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041: Everything’s Terrible, and That’s Great with Matt Griffin

Published: Sept. 4, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 18 seconds

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040: Should Developers Design with Laura Elizabeth

Published: Aug. 21, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 36 seconds

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039: Good Designers are Good at Business with Joe Leech

Published: Aug. 6, 2017, 5:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 5 seconds

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Part II: Mixed Reality & the Future of Design with Austin Knight

Published: July 31, 2017, 9:47 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 35 seconds

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Part I: Mixed Reality & the Future of Design with Austin Knight

Published: July 26, 2017, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds

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038: We Need More Crappy Work with Femke

Published: July 24, 2017, 11:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 53 seconds

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037: Design in Life or Death Situations with Andy Vitale

Published: July 10, 2017, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 37 seconds

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Cultivating a Creative Culture with Justin Dauer

Published: June 30, 2017, 7 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 1 second

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036: No Designer Left Behind with Nick Finck

Published: June 26, 2017, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 41 seconds

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035: Minding the Product Gap with Samuel Hulick

Published: June 12, 2017, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 24 seconds

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New Season Teaser Reel

Published: June 5, 2017, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds

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034: Great Products Start with Empathy with Jonathan Pimento

Published: March 20, 2017, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Demystifying Public Speaking with Lara Hogan

Published: March 6, 2017, 8:55 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds

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033: Design is About People with Andrea Picchi

Published: March 1, 2017, 4:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 19 seconds

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032: There is No There with Sarah Doody

Published: Feb. 6, 2017, 9 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 15 seconds

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031: Getting Scrappy with Mat Marquis

Published: Jan. 18, 2017, 4:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 24 seconds

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030: Content for All with Aaron Gustafson

Published: Dec. 27, 2016, 6:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 26 seconds

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029: Be Relentless with Ling Lim

Published: Dec. 9, 2016, 12:11 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds

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028: Be Persistent with Chris Coyier

Published: Nov. 23, 2016, 11:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 25 seconds

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Hitting Pause…

Published: Sept. 24, 2016, 2:35 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 40 seconds

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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products with Nir Eyal

Published: Sept. 12, 2016, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 39 seconds

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027: Looking Down the Road with Aarron Walter

Published: Aug. 30, 2016, 7:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 21 seconds

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026: We Are Not Our Users with Nikkel Blaase

Published: Aug. 15, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 5 seconds

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025: UX Designers Work with Users with Ashley Karr

Published: Aug. 1, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 10 seconds

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024: Seeing the Invisible with Francisco Inchauste

Published: July 18, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 29 seconds

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023: Good Design is Humble with Austin Knight

Published: July 4, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 17 seconds

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022: The Little Details can Make a Big Difference with Jordan Dobson

Published: June 20, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 35 seconds

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021: Designing for Happiness with Drew Lepp

Published: June 6, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 41 seconds

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020-2: Stay Enchanted with Jeffrey Zeldman (Part II)

Published: May 23, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 13 seconds

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020-1: Stay Enchanted with Jeffrey Zeldman (Part I)

Published: May 9, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 4 seconds

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Design for Real Life with Eric Meyer & Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Published: May 3, 2016, 6:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 39 seconds

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019: The Power of Design Patterns with Pek Pongpaet

Published: April 25, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 57 seconds

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018: The Beauty of Simplicity with David Demaree

Published: April 11, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 54 seconds

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017: The Value of the Theory is in the Application with Victor Yocco

Published: March 28, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 45 seconds

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016: Meaning Comes from Making with Alexa Leigh Herasimchuk

Published: March 14, 2016, 8 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 14 seconds

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015: Going the Distance with Rachel Andrew

Published: Feb. 29, 2016, 9 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 54 seconds

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014: Design Write with Khoi Vinh

Published: Feb. 15, 2016, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 3 seconds

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013: Practice What You Do with Dan Mall

Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 11 seconds

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012: You Can Only Keep What You Have if You’re Willing to Give it Away with KaL MichaeL

Published: Jan. 18, 2016, 9 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 13 seconds

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011: The Best Interface is No Interface with Golden Krishna

Published: Jan. 4, 2016, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 31 seconds

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2015 Year End Review

Published: Dec. 28, 2015, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 43 seconds

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010: Pay Attention to the Unseen with Jeff Barnaby

Published: Dec. 21, 2015, 2 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds

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009: There is No “Big Time”, There’s Always Something Ahead with Josh Clark

Published: Dec. 14, 2015, 3 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 55 seconds

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008: There’s a Lot of Opportunity for Those Who Are Willing to Take Some Risks with Ben Callahan

Published: Dec. 7, 2015, 2 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 16 seconds

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007: Focus More on Solving Problems and Less On Dribbble Likes with Rafal Tomal

Published: Nov. 30, 2015, 12:16 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds

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006: Let Go of the Things You Can’t Control…Focus On The Things You Can with Chloë Bregman

Published: Nov. 23, 2015, noon
Duration: 44 minutes 40 seconds

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005: Surround Yourself with People That Reflect Who You Want to Become with Andi Galpern

Published: Nov. 16, 2015, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 58 seconds

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004: Use the Materials You’re Given with Christopher Schmitt

Published: Nov. 9, 2015, noon
Duration: 44 minutes 57 seconds

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003: Don’t Launch Anything. Validate and Test Everything with Craig Morrison

Published: Nov. 2, 2015, 6:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 seconds

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002: Don’t Let Anything Get in the Way of What You Want to Build with Josh Tucker

Published: Nov. 2, 2015, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 3 seconds

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001: The Lines Between Designer and Developer are Starting to Blur with Daniel Hooper

Published: Oct. 28, 2015, 6:55 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 4 seconds

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Welcome to the User Defenders Podcast!

Published: Sept. 9, 2015, 4:16 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 6 seconds

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