# Making Electronics Culture Cool Again: The Circuit Pulse Show

- Show: [OnTrack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack)
- Published: 2024-05-21
- Length: 34m
- Episode: 267
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show
- Listen: https://podcast.altium.com/e/making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show/

## Summary

Inga Woods-Waight and Joel Higgins, co-hosts of the Circuit Pulse Show on the Octopart YouTube channel, discuss their mission to make electronics culture accessible and engaging for a diverse audience. They explain how their conversational format, featuring segments on supply chain news, guest interviews, and component deep-dives, contrasts with traditional corporate communications to attract younger students, women, and international viewers. The hosts highlight the importance of representation and community building in addressing the industry's talent shortage and fostering a more inclusive engineering culture.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show#t=0) Introduction and Guest Backgrounds
- [2:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show#t=151) Inga's Journey from TikTok to Electronics Education
- [5:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show#t=347) The Origin and Format of the Circuit Pulse Show
- [13:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show#t=806) Show Segments: News, Guests, and Component Corner
- [18:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show#t=1089) Attracting Female Viewers and Addressing Industry Culture
- [24:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show#t=1458) Global Accessibility and the Future of Electronics Talent
- [27:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-05-21-making-electronics-culture-cool-again-the-circuit-pulse-show#t=1648) Long-term Vision: Octopart as a Cultural Hub

## Topics

- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Octopart (company)
- Circuit Pulse Show (product)
- Altium (company)
- Altium Academy (product)
- PCB East (other)
- PCB West (other)
- Arduino (product)
- SMTA (other)
- Chips Act (other)

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