Perspectives on WordPress and the Open Web

Hosted by Luke Carbis and Jonathan Wold. 15 minute standard episodes and occasional guest interviews. New episodes weekly, most weeks.

Season 10 is underway, brought to you by BigScoots, EventKoi, and Independent Analytics.

Dodgy Themes

FAIR 1.0 has been released! Jonathan and Luke discuss the implications of the project, modifying the WordPress admin’s “featured plugins”, and the impact of a federated ecosystem. Luke thinks Jonathan failed the challenge.

Perspectives with Matt Mullenweg

Jonathan and Luke speak with Matt. Yep, that Matt. They talk about jazz, blogging, photography, and the infuriating, heartbreaking, grey-hair-making drama that’s engulfed the WordPress community over the last year.

Yorker

Jonathan and Luke discuss their nervousness going in to their recording with Matt Mullenweg. They share the preparation process, the questions they wrestled with, the approach they decided to take, and how the experience went.

Teleportation

Luke and Jonathan are back for Season 10 of Crossword. They open with a recap of WordCamp US and Matt’s “State of the Word” address. They discuss their approach to guests for the upcoming season, introduce this season’s sponsors, and look ahead to the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release.