{"podcast":{"title":"Past Present Phuture: 3 Questions","slug":"past-present-phuture-3-questions-7079767","podcast_index_feed_id":7079767,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3274456.rss","website_url":"https://pastpresentphuture.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3274456/29616ae7fb4277a9fafa084e1b38cd5d.jpg","author":"Peretz Cohen","episode_count":30,"summary":"This blog is a space to share and connect over career journeys and personal goals.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-phuture-3-questions-7079767"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 018: Manu Cornet - Cartoonist & Occasional Engineer","slug":"episode-018-manu-cornet-cartoonist-occasional-engineer","published_at":"2026-01-23T16:43:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-phuture-3-questions-7079767/episode-018-manu-cornet-cartoonist-occasional-engineer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-phuture-3-questions-7079767","url":"https://pastpresentphuture.substack.com/p/episode-018-manu-cornet-cartoonist","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185552226/33edc04dbfababdc9519697ac17a2474.mp3","summary":"After spending way too much time acquiring a master's in physics and another in applied math, Manu worked at Google (15 years) and Twitter (1.5 years) as a software engineer, while spewing a constant flow of satire through his cartoons. Since the day Elon Musk fired him for being too much of a troublemaker, he decided to step away from tech and now spends most of his time drawing. You can find Manu’s work across software, art and music at: ma.nu . Credits Music: ‪@Pumpupthemind‬ Stock Footage: https://www.pexels.com/@edmond-dantes , https://www.pexels.com/@ketut-subiyanto , ‪@pixabay8237‬ Background: ‪@freepik‬ Logo: ‪@canva‬ Get full access to Past Present Phuture: 3 Questions at pastpresentphuture.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"After spending way too much time acquiring a master's in physics and another in applied math, Manu worked at Google (15 years) and Twitter (1.5 years) as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1509,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/past-present-phuture-3-questions-7079767/episodes/episode-018-manu-cornet-cartoonist-occasional-engineer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-phuture-3-questions-7079767/episode-018-manu-cornet-cartoonist-occasional-engineer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}