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Responsive Web Design


About the Podcast

This was a Responsive Web Design Podcast, co-hosted by Karen McGrane and Ethan Marcotte.

The podcast ended in 2018, but you can still browse the entire podcast archive below. In each episode, Karen and Ethan interview the people who make responsive redesigns happen.

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The podcast may have ended in 2018, but you can still subscribe! If you want the latest episodes, fire up your favorite podcasting app and subscribe via RSS, Google Play Music, or on iTunes.

  1. The most professional podcasters decide after 157 episodes that this experiment hasn’t worked out and podcasting just isn’t right for them…or do they?

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    Filed under: ethan and karen

  2. This week’s spotlight shines on Cleve Gibbon, who talks to Karen about the facts and fiction of developing more personalized content.

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    Filed under: spotlight

  3. Hold your horses and rein in your enthusiasm for this episode with the United States Dressage Federation. Ben de Jesus and Chad Compton remained stable despite all our lame puns.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  4. Fans of libraries and information architecture will love hearing from Ann Arbor District Library executive director Josie Parker and information architect Peter Morville.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  5. Episode 153: IBM Carbon

    How does a massive organization manage to unify countless responsive products? Mari Johannessen and Bethany Schwanke tell us how IBM created its Carbon design system.

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    Filed under: technology

  6. Yale Environment 360 covers news about climate change, energy policy, and other environmental news. Kat Bagley and Keri O’Brian tell us why they went responsive with their redesign.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  7. Ethan puts the spotlight on Chris Ferdinandi, a web developer helping people get over the “complete overwhelmingness” of JavaScript.

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    Filed under: spotlight

  8. Fans of responsive web design (and unicorn makeup) will want to hear Chrissie Webster and Linda Bustos explain how they met the needs of Lime Crime’s mobile audience.

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    Filed under: retail

  9. Episode 149: WHYY

    Public radio station WHYY serves the Philadelphia region with local programming and community events—and with a website that works across all devices. Rebecca Smith and Mark Llobrera tell us more.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

Work With Us

If you’re grappling with some of the responsive design challenges discussed on the show, Karen and Ethan offer a workshop on responsive design. Why not bring it to your company?

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The podcast may have ended in 2018, but you can still subscribe! If you want the latest episodes, fire up your favorite podcasting app and subscribe via RSS, Google Play Music, or on iTunes.



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