Episode 253 - The Future of Voice? Exploring Gemini 2.5's TTS Model
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Two Voice Devs, Mark and Allen dive into the new experimental Text-to-Speech (TTS...
Episode 252 - GPT-5 First Look: Evolution, Not Revolution
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen and Mark as they take a first look at the newly released GPT-5 from OpenAI. They dive int...
Episode 251 - AI Agents: Frameworks and Concepts
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Allen in this episode of Two Voice Devs as they explore the fascinating world of AI ag...
Episode 250 - Five Years Up, Up, and Away in Voice & AI
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Allen for a very special 250th episode as they celebrate five years of Two Voice Devs!...
Episode 249 - Cracking Copilot and the Mysteries of Microsoft 365
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, guest host Andrew Connell, a Microsoft MVP of 21 years, joins Allen to unravel the ...
Episode 248 - AI Showdown: Gemini CLI vs. Claude Code CLI
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and guest host Isaac Johnson, a Google Developer Expert with a deep backgroun...
Episode 247 - Apple's AI Gets Serious
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Gillilan, our official Apple correspondent, returns to Two Voice Devs to unpack the major annou...
Episode 246 - Reasoning About Gemini 2.5 "Thinking" Model
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker as they dive into Google's latest Gemini 2.5 models and t...
Episode 245 - From Python to TypeScript: Coding JCrew AI to Build Better Agents
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever find that the best way to understand a new framework is to build it yourself? In this episode o...
Episode 244 - What's New With Anthropic?
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do Anthropic's latest announcements mean for developers? In this episode, Allen is joined b...
Episode 243 - AI Agents: Exploits, Ethics, and the Perils of Over-Permissive Tools
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Michal Stanislawek in this thought-provoking episode of Two Voice Devs as...
Episode 242 - From the Creatives Corner at I/O 2025
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Linda Lawton of Two Voice Devs as they record live from Google I/O 2025! ...
Episode 241 - Google I/O 2025: AI Highlights, Human Augmentation, and The AGI Debate
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live from the podcast space at I/O, Allen Firstenberg and Roya dive into the overwhelming, ...
Episode 240: I/O Eyewear - From Google Glass to Gemini
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The buzz from Google IO 2025 is deafening, especially about the new smart glasses announcement! On t...
Episode 239 - MCP: Hype, Security, and Real-World Use
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on Two Voice Devs as Allen Firstenberg talks with Rizel Scarlett, Tech Lead for Open Source ...
Episode 238 - LLM Benchmarking: What, Why, Who, and How
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you know if a Large Language Model is good for your specific task? You benchmark it! In this ...
Episode 237 - Building Bridges with Developers
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg from Google Cloud Next 2025 as he sits down with Ankur Kotwal, Google's G...
Episode 236 - AI, Agents, and Sphere Magic Live from Cloud Next 2025
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Alice Keeler, the Two Voice Devs, live from Day 1 of Google Cloud Next 20...
Episode 235 - A Developer's Dive into MCP
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following up on our recent conversation about the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Mark and Allen take ...
Episode 234 - Decoding MCP: Revolution or Confusion?
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Michal Stanislawek on Two Voice Devs as they dive deep into the Model Con...
Episode 233 - Generative UI & Fine-Tuning: Turning Magic into Tech
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following up on last week's captivating discussion, Allen Firstenberg and Noble Ackerson dive deeper...
Episode 232 - Generative UI: The Future of Dynamic User Interfaces?
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Allen and Noble dive deep into the fascinating world of Generative UI, a concept that goes beyond si...
Episode 231 - DeepSeek AI: Beating the Odds with Older Tech
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DeepSeek AI is turning heads, achieving incredible results with older hardware and clever techniques...
Episode 230 - Is AI Making Alexa Development Fun Again?
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon has announced Alexa Plus, powered by large language models (LLMs), and developers are buzzing...
Episode 229 - Imagen 3: Image Editing Powers for Artists and Developers
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Allen Firstenberg and Linda Lawton dive deep into the power of Google's Imagen 3 Editing API. Di...
Episode 228 - AI Ethics: How Developers Can Build Fairer Systems
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you building AI models and systems? Then you need to understand AI ethics! In this episode of Tw...
Episode 227 - LLM Evaluation: Choosing the RIGHT Model
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you overwhelmed by the sheer number of Large Language Models (LLMs) available? Choosing the righ...
Episode 226 - Examining Google's Perspective on Agents
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google's white paper on AI Agents has sparked debate – are they truly the next leap in AI, or ...
Episode 225 - AI, Personalization, and the Future of UX
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg as he welcomes Lee Mallon, a first-time guest host, for an in-depth discussio...
Episode 224 - AI is Coming for Your Code! (Is That a Bad Thing?)
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hold onto your keyboards, folks! AI is shaking up the software engineering world, and in this electr...
Episode 223 - Grounding Gemini with Google Search and LangChainJS
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Allen, your favorite Two Voice Devs, as they explore the exciting (and sometimes frust...
Episode 222 - 2024 Recap / 2025 Predictions: AI, Agents, Voice Assistants, and More
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year from Two Voice Devs! Join Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker as they recap the whirlwi...
Episode 221 - AI Holiday Gift Guide: Amazon, Meta, Google, OpenAI, and MORE!
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the holiday season, and the AI world has been showering us with gifts! Join Mark and Allen on T...
Episode 220 - How to Actually Explain Complex Tech Without Being Boring
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever felt like your tech presentations, tutorials, or even code explanations are falling flat? You'r...
Episode 219 - The Ethics of Data Scraping and LLMs
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Allen on Two Voice Devs this week as they delve into a critical discussion about data ...
Episode 218 - Jovo's Sunset: A Celebration and Look Ahead
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Jovo open-source framework, a beloved tool for building cross-platform voice applications, is be...
Episode 217 - A Thanksgiving Tradition: Gratitude, Community, and the Ever-Changing World of Development
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker in this heartwarming Thanksgiving episode of Two Voice Devs! ...
Episode 216 - DevAI: Threat or Enabler? Live Q&A from Voice & AI 2024
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Noble Ackerson, hosts of the Two Voice Devs podcast, for a lively and ins...
Episode 215 - Unlock Cross-Platform Machine Learning Model Deployment
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tired of wrestling with platform-specific machine learning model formats? Join Allen Firstenberg and...
Episode 214 - NotebookLM: The Future of Personalized AI Learning for Developers?
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into the world of AI-powered learning with Allen and Mark as they explore Google's innovative N...
Episode 213 - Scary Developer Stories: A Halloween Special
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Boo! Join Two Voice Devs for a special Halloween episode filled with chilling tales from the softwar...
Episode 212 - Data Labeling for Developers
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Allen, your Two Voice Devs, as they delve into the crucial world of data labeling for ...
Episode 211 - Apple Intelligence and Siri's Future (and Beyond)
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a fascinating conversation with John G, a seasoned voice developer, as he shares his ins...
Episode 210 - Simplifying Generative AI Development with Firebase GenKit & GitHub Models
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Xavier on Two Voice Devs as they dive into the world of generative AI development with...
Episode 209 - AI-Powered Pronunciation: Conquering Tricky TTS
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Two Voice Devs, recorded before the exciting announcement of OpenAI's GPT-4o Realtim...
Episode 208 - O1: Reasoning Engine or Agent's Brain?
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we dive deep into OpenAI's latest model, O1, with special guest host Michal Stanislav...
Episode 207 - Mentorship in Software Development
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Allen on this episode of Two Voice Devs as they dive into the often overlooked but cru...
Episode 206 - Building Powerful AI Agents with LangGraph
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into the world of agentic AI development with Allen and Mark as they explore LangGraph, a power...
Episode 205 - Gemini + LangGraph Agents + Google Sheets = Vodo Drive
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we explore Vodo Drive, an innovative project that leverages Google's Gemini AI to rev...
Episode 204 - Alexa Skill Sunset Strategies
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Two Voice Devs, Allen and Mark discuss the considerations and strategies for shut...
Episode 203 - Imagen 3: Stunning Realism & Ethical Questions
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen and Linda as they dive into Google's Imagen 3 and Imagen 3 Fast, a powerful new set o...
Epsiode 202 - Hosting and Large Language Models
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker on Two Voice Devs as they discuss the challenges and solution...
Episode 201 - Introduction to KitOps for MLOps
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen and Mark in this episode of Two Voice Devs as they dive into the world of MLOps and explo...
Episode 200 - Four Years and Looking Forward
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Tucker and Allen Firstenberg celebrate 200 episodes and four years of Two Voice Devs! In this s...
Episode 199 - Is the Future of AI Local?
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and Roger Kibbe as they delve into the exciting world of local, embedded LLMs...
Episode 198 - Wisdom from Unparsed: LLMs are Hammers, Not Silver Bullets
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on Two Voice Devs as we welcome back Roger Kibbe. Fresh off emceeing the developer track at ...
Episode 197 - Alexa Skill Development in the Age of LLMs
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What should people developing with LLMs learn from a decade of experience building Alexa skills? How...
Epsidoe 196 - Is GPT 4o a Game Changer?
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI's ChatGPT 4o and GPT 4o announcements have sent shockwaves through the developer communit...
Episode 195 - Android, Agents, and the Rabbit R1
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Allen Firstenberg chats with fellow Google Developer Expert (GDE) Mike Wolfson about his career, the...
Episode 194 - Google AI/O 2024
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen and Roya as they dissect the major AI announcements from Google I/O 2024. From Gemini upd...
Episode 193 - Revolutionizing Intent Classification
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen and Mark as they delve into Voiceflow's groundbreaking new feature: intent classifica...
Episode 192 - Google Cloud Next 2024 Recap
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and guest host Stefania Pecore on Two Voice Devs as they delve into the excit...
Episode 191 - Beyond the Hype: Exploring BERT
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Two Voice Devs takes a closer look at BERT, a powerful language model with applicati...
Episode 190 - Google Gemma's Tortoise and Hare Adventure
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Embark on a wild race with Gemma as we explore the exciting (and sometimes slow) world of running Go...
Episode 189 - Farewell, ADR: The Impact on Alexa Developers
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Alexa Developer Rewards Program (ADR) is shutting down, leaving many developers wondering about ...
Episode 188 - Building Responsible AI with Gemini
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As large language models (LLMs) become increasingly powerful, ensuring their responsible use is cruc...
Episode 187 - LLMs in Developer Tools
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Two Voice Devs, Mark and Allen discuss how developers can leverage AI tools like ...
Episode 186 - Conversational AI with Voiceflow Functions
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on Two Voice Devs as we chat with Xavi, Head of Cloud Infrastructure at Voiceflow, about the...
Episode 185 - Cloud vs Local LLMs: A Developer's Dilemma
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Two Voice Devs, Allen Firstenberg and Roger Kibbe explore the rising trend of loc...
Episode 184 - Large Action Models: The Future of Conversational AI?
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen and Mark on Two Voice Devs as they dive into the world of Large Action Models (LAMs) and ...
Episode 183 - Gemini 1.5: One Million Tokens, Endless Possibilities? 🤯
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Google's Gemini 1.5 is here, boasting a mind-blowing 1 million token context window! 🤯 Join A...
Episode 182 - Bard Becomes Gemini: Why Devs Care
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Two Voice Devs, hosts Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker discuss Gemini, Google...
Episode 181 - Let Your Web Pages Talk With CSS
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Two Voice Devs, hosts Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker discuss the CSS Speech Mo...
Episode 180 - Run Rabbit One
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Forget Apps! Talking to this Orange Cube Could Change Everything Is the app model broken? The creat...
Episode 179 - What's New With APL 2023.3
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of 'Two Voice Devs', hosts Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker discuss updates...
Episode 178 - Looking Forward to 2024
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In their New Year's discussion, Mark and Allen explore their hopes and predictions for technolog...
Episode 177 - Looking Back at 2023
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker, hosts of Two Voice Devs, reflect on the year 2023, discussing sig...
Episode 176 - The Night Before Tech-mas
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Allen get into the Tech-mas spirit, with a little help from Bard. Hoping you all have the h...
Episode 175 - Gemini: A First Look
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-depth chat between Allen Firstenberg and Linda Lawton, they dive into the functionalities...
Episode 174 - Live and In Person at Voice+AI 2023
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allen Firstenberg and guest host Noble Ackerson, at the Voice and AI 2023 conference. They disc...
Episode 173 - Thanksgiving Thoughts 2023
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark Tucker and Allen Firstenberg on Thanksgiving Day for a sincere heart-to-heart on the highs...
Episode 172 - VoiceFlow Changes and Solutions
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Tucker and Allen Firstenberg delve into the recent changes made by VoiceFlow. We explore how Vo...
Episode 171 - Ups and Downs of the OpenAI DevDay Roller Coaster
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Mark Tucker and Allen Firstenberg dive deep into the latest announcements by OpenAI...
Episode 170 - At the Hub of MakerSuite and LangChain
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allen and Mark discuss the practical uses and advantages offered by MakerSuite, an API currently ava...
Episode 169 - First Thoughts on TypeChat
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Allen explore TypeChat - a new library from Microsoft that makes prompt engineering for fun...
Episode 168 - Defining Retrieval Augmented Generation
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What started as a casual conversation between Mark and Allen turned into a brief exploration of what...
Episode 167 - What Does Bard Have to Say to Devs?
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, before Google's annual hardware event, Allen teased part of his prediction about Goog...
Episode 166 - What's Next at Google Cloud Next 2023
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Google Cloud Next conference is a massive display of the latest technologies and products availa...
Episode 165 - Speaking of LLMs and Alexa...
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark shares the exciting news that Amazon Alexa will soon have a #VocieFirst #ConversationalAI LLM c...
Episode 164 - VOICE + AI 2023 Recap
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Noble and Allen take a look back at our experiences at this years VOICE + AI conference. What were t...
Episode 163 - Using Google's MakerSuite PaLM API for Analytics
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allen and guest host Linda have a wide ranging conversation, from Linda's career path and her ex...
Episode 162 - Previewing Voice+AI 2023
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're just days away from the annual VOICE+AI conference, hosted this year in Washington, DC. Bo...
Episode 161 - LangChain JS + Matching Engine = ?
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allen and Mark revisit a conversation from episode 146 where they discovered Google had a Vector Dat...
Episode 160 - So You Downloaded an LLM. Now what?
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This seems like an easy question, right? If you want to do #ConversationalAI or #GenerativeAI on you...
Episode 159 - What's New With APL 2023.2?
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon has made some changes to the Alexa Presentation Language, dubbing this version 2023.2, and Al...
Episode 158 - Picture an Embedding, If You Will
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the neat features we've seen come out of the #GenerativeAI and #ConversationalAI explosio...
Episode 157 - Three Years... and Still Going!
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three years of Two Voice Devs! There's no doubt that the #VoiceFirst industry has changed over t...
Episode 156 - Go with the Dialogflow CX Flow
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Host Xavier Portilla returns to chat with Allen about some of the latest additions to Dialogfl...
Episode 155 - New Alexa Slot Type is Wild!
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Xavier Portilla joins Allen to take a look at a new slot type that the Alexa team has in ...
Episode 154 - The Philosophical Developer
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Host Leslie Pound joins Allen to discuss her perspective on software development and #Generati...