{"podcast":{"title":"Identity at the Center","slug":"identity-at-the-center-344918","podcast_index_feed_id":344918,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c5fefcc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://idacpodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/1976139/1976139-1687984222617-91fa1466c536c.jpg","author":"Identity at the Center","episode_count":437,"summary":"Identity at the Center is a weekly podcast all about identity security in the context of identity and access management (IAM). With decades of real-world IAM experience, hosts Jim McDonald and Jeff Steadman bring you conversations with news, topics, and guests from the identity management industry. Do you know who has access to what?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T16:17:04.945231+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918"},"episode":{"title":"#434 - Identiverse 2026 - IdentiBeer Las Vegas","slug":"434-identiverse-2026-identibeer-las-vegas","published_at":"2026-07-13T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918/434-identiverse-2026-identibeer-las-vegas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/identity-at-the-center/episodes/434---Identiverse-2026---IdentiBeer-Las-Vegas-e3laq52","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c5fefcc/podcast/play/122037858/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-26%2F3ae1e154-d168-b7ec-aa25-a13be22eff5d.mp3","summary":"Recorded the night before Identiverse 2026 at BrewDog in Las Vegas, Jeff hosts a roundtable of IdentiBeer chapter leaders and community members from around the world. Espen Bago (Oslo), Marco Venuti (Rome and Milan), Heiko Klarl (Munich), Craig Ramsay (Nashville), Tina Srivastava and Elie Azerad (San Francisco), Bertrand Carlier (Paris, in planning), Ole Shved (Detroit, forming), and Roland Baum (Frankfurt) share what makes IdentiBeer work, how chapters get started, and what draws people in. First-time Identiverse attendee Varshith Reddy joins mid-conversation for some live conference tips. The group celebrates going 35 minutes without mentioning AI and closes with everyone's drink of choice and an impromptu MFA rap. Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at http://idacpodcast.com 0:00 Welcome and intro 0:41 What is IdentiBeer? Espen Bago explains 2:31 Marco Venuti and the Italian chapters 5:07 Could there be an IdentiBeer conference? 6:03 Heiko Klarl and IdentiBeer Munich 7:09 Craig Ramsay and the new Nashville chapter 9:53 Beer is just clickbait and vendor neutrality 12:45 Tina Srivastava and the IDPro Slack connection 13:18 Ole Shved and the future Detroit chapter 14:14 Advice for new chapter organizers 16:33 Keep the momentum: do another one soon 17:01 What draws people to IdentiBeer? 17:37 The IdentiBeer charter and inclusivity 18:20 Elie Azerad and the San Francisco chapter 21:08 Tina and the South Bay satellite idea 25:50 Bertrand Carlier and plans for Paris 29:31 Varshith Reddy: tips for first-time Identiverse attendees 34:12 35 minutes without saying AI 36:20 Roland Baum and the Frankfurt Identivier 39:06 What is your drink of choi…","meta_description":"Recorded the night before Identiverse 2026 at BrewDog in Las Vegas, Jeff hosts a roundtable of IdentiBeer chapter leaders and community members from aroun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2566,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/identity-at-the-center-344918/episodes/434-identiverse-2026-identibeer-las-vegas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/identity-at-the-center-344918/434-identiverse-2026-identibeer-las-vegas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}