Sustain brings together practitioners, sustainers, funders, researchers and maintainers of the open source ecosystem. We have conversations about the health and sustainability of the open source community. We learn about the ins and outs of what ‘open source’ entails in the real world. Open source means so much more than a license; we're interested in talking about how to make sure that the culture of open source continues, grows, and ultimately, sustains itself. Newsletter
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Nov 13, 2026 · 31:19
Guests Megan Forbes | Ashwathi Iyer Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes What happens to open source projects when the research funding runs out? Universities are responsible for…
Oct 30, 2026 · 34:51
Guest Jingna Zhang Panelists Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard and Eriol talk with Jingna Zhang about Cara, AI copyright, and protecting…
Oct 16, 2026 · 34:09
Guest Jiayi Sun | Shurui Zhou Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer is joined by University of Toronto researchers Jiayi Sun and…
Oct 2, 2026 · 45:23
Guest Carol Willing | Hugo Bowne-Anderson Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Richard is joined by guests Carol Willing and Hugo Bowne-Anderson for a conversation about AI, open…
Aug 21, 2026 · 37:56
Guest Daniel Roe | Matias Capeletto Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer sits down with Daniel Roe and Matias “Patak” Capeletto to…
Aug 7, 2026 · 35:58
Guest Vlad-Stefan Harbuz Panelist Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox | Abby Cabunoc Mayes Show Notes “Today we’re launching the Software Stewardship Lab .” - Vlad-Stefan In this…
Jul 24, 2026 · 29:27
Guest Chelsea Finnie Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard talks with Chelsea Finnie, Chairperson of Python New Zealand and a Senior Network…
Jul 20, 2026 · 16:10
At UN Open Source Week in New York, Richard hosts a short, on-the-fly Sustain mini-episode from IBM’s offices with Andrew Nesbitt of Ecosyste.ms, a registry-of-registries built…
Jun 12, 2026 · 30:58
Guest Courtney Miller Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard welcomes back Courtney Miller to unpack her PhD research on one of open source’s…
May 15, 2026 · 33:48
Guest Jeff Young | Daniel Shown Panelists Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer and Eriol Fox talk with Jeff Young from Georgia…
Apr 17, 2026 · 39:51
Guest Alan Rubin Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes On this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer sits down with computational biologist Alan Rubin to explore how open source…
Mar 13, 2026 · 40:05
Guest Jack Skinner Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Jack Skinner, PyCon AU organizer and freelance…
Mar 6, 2026 · 44:11
Guest Miranda Heath Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by PhD student Miranda Heath to discuss her research on…
Feb 27, 2026 · 28:29
Guest Trent Van Epps Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown are at the Devconnect Conference in…
Feb 20, 2026 · 17:33
Guest Nuno Loureiro Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown are live with Nuno Loureiro, Lead Designer…
Feb 13, 2026 · 21:13
Guest Lucas Fada Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown speak with Lucas Fada, the head of…
Feb 6, 2026 · 23:07
Guest Devansh Mehta Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown are at Devconnect Conference in Buenos…
Jan 30, 2026 · 19:12
Guest Nixo Rokish Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this live episode of Sustain from Devconnect in Buenos Aires, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown sit…
Jan 23, 2026 · 23:58
Guest Shubhranshu Choudhary Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown speak with Shubhranshu “Shu”…
Jan 16, 2026 · 25:06
Guest Mário Havel Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown are live at Devconnect Conference in Buenos…
Dec 19, 2025 · 38:57
Guests Rynn Mancuso | Maryblessing Okolie | Mo McElaney Panelist Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard and Eriol talk with members of the…
Dec 12, 2025 · 44:16
Guests Dawn Wages | Loren Crary Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer talks with Dawn Wages, former Chair of the Python Software…
Jun 27, 2025 · 31:03
Guest Richard J. Acton Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer speaks with Richard J. Acton, a research data outputs manager at the…
Jun 20, 2025 · 33:53
Guest Qianqian Ye Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard hosts a conversation with Qianqian “Q” Ye, an artist, creative technologist, and…
Jun 13, 2025 · 46:11
Guest Federico Mena Quintero Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this special Maintainer Month episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer chats with Federico Mena Quintero, a…
Jun 6, 2025 · 39:46
Guest Sarah Rainsberger Panelists Richard Littauer | Abby Mayes | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this special Maintainer Month episode of Sustain, hosts Richard, Abby, and Eriol talk…
May 30, 2025 · 37:47
Guest Kade Morton Panelists Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this Maintainers Month episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer and co-host Eriol Fox talk with…
May 23, 2025 · 44:26
Guests Ben Nickolls | Andrew Nesbitt Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard is joined by guests Ben Nickolls and Andrew Nesbitt to discuss…
May 16, 2025 · 44:16
Guests Marianne Bellotti | Greg Wilson Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Marianne Bellotti, author of *Kill It…
May 9, 2025 · 34:18
Guest Dirkjan Ochtman Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this special Maintainer Month episode of Sustain, host Richard speaks with Dirkjan Ochtman, a long-time open source…
May 2, 2025 · 34:47
Guest Michelle Barker Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer welcomes Michelle Barker, Director of the Research Software Alliance…
Apr 18, 2025 · 22:11
Guests Eriol Fox | Allen “Gunner” Gunn | Leslie Hawthorn | Abby Cabunoc Mayes Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this special episode of Sustain, Richard has a discussion…
Mar 28, 2025 · 41:20
Guest Sean Goggins Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer chats with guest Sean Goggins, a tenured full Professor of Computer…
Mar 21, 2025 · 39:19
Guest Neil Chue Hong Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, hosts Richard Littauer and Justin Dorfman talk with Neil Chue Hong,…
Jan 24, 2025 · 40:26
Guest Alison Hill Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes We’re kicking off the new year of Sustain with host Richard Littauer discussing sustaining open source software with guest,…
Jan 3, 2025 · 33:07
Guest Brian Muenzenmeyer Panelists Richard Littauer | Abbigail Cabunoc Mayes Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by co-host Abigail Cabunoc…
Dec 20, 2024 · 36:21
Guest Alexander Petros Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Join host Richard Littauer as he dives into the world of open source sustainability with Alexander Petros, core…
Dec 13, 2024 · 32:55
Guest Robert Douglass Panelist Richard Littauer | Abby Cabunoc Mayes Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, hosts Richard Littauer and Abby Cabunoc Mayes speak with Robert…
Dec 6, 2024 · 42:21
Guest Giulio Carvalho Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Giulio Carvalho, a civic tech practitioner and program…
Nov 29, 2024 · 37:53
Guest Devin Stein Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Devin Stein, CEO and Founder of Dosu. Today, they discuss the…
Nov 22, 2024 · 36:11
Guest Kailash Nadh Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer sits down with Kailash Nath, CTO of Zerodha, to delve into the dynamics…
Nov 15, 2024 · 38:36
Guest Thomas Karagianes | Jonathan Romano Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer discusses the journey and impact of Eterna with developers…
Nov 8, 2024 · 37:00
Guests Caleb Connolly | Pablo Correa Gómez Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by guests Pablo Correa Gómez and Caleb…
Nov 1, 2024 · 32:29
Guest Batool Almarzouq Panelist Richard Littauer | Amanda Casari Show Notes In this episode, hosts Richard Littauer and Amanda Casari are joined by Batool Almarzouq, Honorary…
Oct 25, 2024 · 44:31
Guest Juan Pablo Alperin | John Willinsky Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard discusses the importance of maintaining open access to…
Oct 18, 2024 · 36:33
Guest Nolan Lawson Panelist Richard Littauer | Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard, Justin, and Eric revisit an unreleased interview with…
Oct 11, 2024 · 33:43
Guest Gina Häußge Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard chats with guest Gina Häußge, the creator and maintainer of OctoPrint, a web interface…
Oct 4, 2024 · 39:11
Guest Juliana Barros Lima Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer talks with Juliana (Jules) Barros Lima, a full-stack developer and…
Sep 27, 2024 · 40:57
Guest Jenn Turner Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer interviews Jenn Turner, a content strategist at Fastly and part of the…
Sep 20, 2024 · 35:18
Guest Lorenzo Sciandra | Mirko Swillus Panelist Richard Littauer | Abby Mayes Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer and co-host Abby Mayes are joined by…
Sep 13, 2024 · 38:36
Guest Chad Whitacre Panelists Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer and co-host Eriol Fox interview Chad Whitacre, a key figure in the…
Sep 6, 2024 · 28:36
Guest Divya Mohan Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer welcomes guest Divya Mohan, Principal Technology Advocate at SUSE, as they discuss…
Aug 30, 2024 · 43:20
Guest Brian Douglas Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Brian “bdougie” Douglas, founder and CEO of Open Sauced.…
Aug 23, 2024 · 44:38
Guests Jan Lehnardt | Alba Herrerías Ramírez Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer engages with Jan Lehnardt and Alba Herrerías…
Aug 16, 2024 · 39:03
Guests Elizabeth Barron | Luis Cañas-Diaz | Dawn Foster Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by three guests, Dawn…
Aug 9, 2024 · 44:09
Guest Ben Cotton Panelist Leslie Hawthorne Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Leslie Hawthorn is joined by guest, Ben Cotton, the Open Source Community Lead at Kusari…
Jul 12, 2024 · 40:53
Guests Tracy Hinds | Ashley Williams Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes On today’s episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by guests, Tracy Hinds and Ashley…
Jul 5, 2024 · 36:57
Guest Yo Yehudi Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by Yo Yehudi, Executive Director of Open Life Science (OLS), who…
Jun 28, 2024 · 39:07
Guest Deb Goodkin Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes This episode of Sustain features host Richard Littauer having a conversation with guest Deb Goodkin, the Executive Director…
Jun 21, 2024 · 33:37
Guest Julia Evans Panelists Richard Littauer | Amanda Casari Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer and co-host Amanda Casari talk to Julia Evans, a zine…
Jun 14, 2024 · 29:27
Guest Max Jones Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this first ever cross-over episode of Sustain and Open Source for Climate, host Richard welcomes guest Max Jones, a data…
Jun 7, 2024 · 39:58
Guests Eva Maxfield Brown | Boris Veytsman Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer engages with guests Eva Maxfield Brown and Boris…
May 31, 2024 · 37:26
Guest Emmy Tsang Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer welcomes Emmy Tsang, the Engagement Lead at Invest in Open Infrastructure…
May 24, 2024 · 29:38
Guest Simon Vansintjan Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer and guest Simon Vansintjan dive into the topic of open-source sustainability in…
May 17, 2024 · 38:15
Guest Dr. Carlotta A. Berry Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer engages in a conversation with Dr. Carlotta Berry, a Professor in the…
May 10, 2024 · 36:48
Guest Susan Kennedy Panelists Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this episode, hosts Richard Littauer and Eriol Fox chat with Susan Kennedy, a program manager at the Open…
May 3, 2024 · 19:48
Guest Velda Kiara Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Today, host Richard has a conversation with guest Velda Kiara, a passionate open source developer. Velda discusses how open…
Apr 26, 2024 · 36:20
Guest Kari L. Jordan Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard welcomes guest Dr. Kari L. Jordan, the Executive Director of The Carpentries,…
Apr 19, 2024 · 13:47
Guest Stephen Okonkwo Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, the OSCA 2023 series, host Richard welcomes Steve Okonkwo, a multidisciplinary designer who…
Apr 12, 2024 · 44:56
Guest Yani Bellini Saibene Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard welcomes guest Yani Bellini Saibene from Argentina. Yani, with a rich…
Apr 5, 2024 · 13:43
Guest Adewale “Ace” Abati Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer sits down with Adewale “Ace” Abati, a staff developer advocate at TBD and…
Mar 29, 2024 · 33:35
Guest Jacob Kaplan-Moss Panelist Richard Littauer | Amanda Casari Show Notes This episode of Sustain explores the challenges and dynamics of funding open source projects. Host…
Mar 22, 2024 · 13:58
Guest Subomi Oluwalana Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes On today’s episode, Richard engages in a conversation with Subomi Oluwalana, Co-founder and CEO of Convoy, an…
Mar 15, 2024 · 39:30
Guest Ciarán O’Riordan Panelist Richard Littauer | Leslie Hawthorne Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer and co-host Leslie Hawthorne engage with Ciarán O’Riordan,…
Mar 8, 2024 · 19:00
Guest Mannie William Young Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard invites guest Mannie Young from Ghana’s Python community to share his experiences in…
Mar 1, 2024 · 36:38
Guest Nathan Schneider Panelist Richard Littauer | Leslie Hawthorne Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard is joined by Leslie Hawthorne, and features a discussion…
Feb 23, 2024 · 38:29
Guest Malvika Sharan Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard has a conversation with guest Malvika Sharan, a senior research associate and open source…
Feb 16, 2024 · 13:31
Guest Angie Byron Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is…
Feb 9, 2024 · 17:29
Guest Bolaji Ayodeji Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard has a conversation with and guest, Bolaji Ayodeji, Software Engineer, Content Creator,…
Feb 2, 2024 · 41:24
Guests Karthik Ram | James Howison Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this captivating episode of Sustain, host Richard welcomes returning guest, Karthik Ram, Senior…
Jan 26, 2024 · 42:48
Guest Heather Meeker Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer welcomes renowned author and open source lawyer, Heather Meeker, in our first…
Jan 19, 2024 · 21:51
Guest Mohammed Shah Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard engages in a conversation with guest Mohammed Shah about open source sustainability and the…
Jan 12, 2024 · 40:46
Guest Joseph Castle Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, Richard welcomes Joe Castle, Executive Advisor for Strategic Partnerships and Technology at SAS, and he…
Jan 5, 2024 · 30:49
Guest Dr. Laura Dornheim Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes On today’s episode of Sustain, Richard welcomes Dr. Laura Dornheim, the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of the city of…
Dec 22, 2023 · 38:08
Guest Chad Whitacre Panelists Richard Littauer | Abby Cabunoc Mayes | Leslie Hawthorne | Justin Dorfman YouTube For this episode, we also recorded video! You can watch here .…
Dec 15, 2023 · 38:56
Guests Carlos Martinez-Ortiz | Shoaib Sufi Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, Richards welcomes his two guests, Carlos Martinez, Scientific Community Manager…
Dec 8, 2023 · 16:23
Guest Kyle Wiens Panelist Richard Littaueropen-source Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly…
Dec 1, 2023 · 33:17
Guest Dr. Bryan G. Behrenshausen Panelist Leslie Hawthorn | Abby Cabunoc Mayes Show Notes In this episode, hosts Leslie Hawthorn from Red Hat and Abby Cabunoc Mayes from GitHub,…
Nov 24, 2023 · 40:39
Guests Amanda Casari | Julie Ferraioli | Juniper Lovato Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In today’s episode of Sustain, Richard is joined by guests, Amanda Casari, devrel…
Nov 17, 2023 · 15:58
Guest Emily Omier Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is…
Nov 10, 2023 · 16:47
Guest Karen Sandler Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that…
Nov 3, 2023 · 42:16
Guest Sophia Vargas Panelist Richard Littauer | Leslie Hawthorn Show Notes In this episode, Richard and Leslie welcome guest Sophia Vargas, a Researcher and Program Manager at…
Oct 27, 2023 · 17:59
Guest Richard Littauer Panelist Karen Sandler Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! In this episode, the tables are turned today as Karen Sandler takes over as host,…
Oct 20, 2023 · 16:21
Guest Adam Monsen Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is…
Oct 13, 2023 · 27:43
Guests Daniel Stenberg | Dan Lorenc Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Today, we are switching things up and doing something new for this episode of Sustain, where we’ll be…
Oct 6, 2023 · 37:59
Guest Ben Hutton Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. In this episode,…
Sep 29, 2023 · 14:39
Guest Josh Simmons Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is…
Sep 22, 2023 · 18:19
Guest Stuart Geiger Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that…
Sep 15, 2023 · 36:43
Guest Ben Hur Pintor Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Today, Richard…
Sep 8, 2023 · 20:11
Guest Aaron Wolf Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is…
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