# Ep. 40 - Influential Media

- Show: [Open Hardware Manufacturing Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast)
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Length: 1h 21m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media
- Listen: https://opulo.io/

## Summary

Hosts Steven Hawes and Thea Flowers of Opulo discuss the books, documentaries, and creators that shaped their engineering and entrepreneurial journeys. They highlight Steven's early inspiration from Everett Bradford's flamethrower and Thea's foundational experience with a NoPix Linux live CD. The conversation covers influential media like the book 'Schiit Happened', Bunnie Huang's 'The Hardware Hacker', and the documentary 'Developing Hell: Launching Hades', drawing parallels between open source hardware development and video game early access models.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=0) Introduction and Engineering Backgrounds
- [5:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=348) Steven's Early Hardware Inspirations
- [9:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=570) Thea's Linux Live CD and Code
- [22:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=1331) Schiit Happened and Company Philosophy
- [26:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=1612) Bunnie Huang and Open Source Hardware
- [28:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=1730) Gordon Ramsay as an Engineering Mentor
- [36:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=2194) Developing Hell and Early Access Parallels
- [41:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=2505) Mayday Air Disasters and Failure Analysis
- [47:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=2835) The Social Network and Silicon Valley
- [56:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=3360) Print the Legend and Freddie Wong
- [1:01:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media#t=3707) Lightning Round: Books and Podcasts

## Topics

- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Opulo (company)
- Everett Bradford (other)
- Schiit Audio (company)
- Bunnie Huang (other)
- Gordon Ramsay (other)
- Super Giant Games (company)
- MakerBot (company)
- Formlabs (company)
- RocketJump (company)
- NoClip (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Open Circuits with Eric Schlaepfer and Windell Oskay](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-11-14-open-circuits-with-eric-schlaepfer-and-windell-oskay) (The Amp Hour)
- [Books in the Box V](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2025-10-31-books-in-the-box-v) (Oxide and Friends)
- [Open Hardware and Self Publishing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-09-28-open-hardware-and-self-publishing) (The Amp Hour)
- [82: I Was a Chewbacca Person](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-12-31-82-i-was-a-chewbacca-person) (Embedded.fm)
- [Musing with Changelog's Adam Stacoviak](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-06-17-musing-with-changelogs-adam-stacoviak) (Oxide and Friends)

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