a program produced by palmdigitalz
Conversations with the people who run, open, and leave the world’s most important legacy systems. Sixty years of empire. The stories were never told. Now they are.
episode 01 · premiere
july 18, 2026 · 8:00 pm ist
Episode 01 · Nick Becker
with judah
the premise
Behind every national bank, every airline, every registry is an empire of code — and a person who kept it alive. This program sits them down and lets them talk.
the keepers
The engineers who ran the estates the world forgot it depends on.
the openers
The architects and researchers cracking sixty-year-old logic open.
the leavers
The leaders who bet their careers on the exit — and lived to tell it.
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Someone who has run, opened, or left a legendary estate belongs on this program. Tell us who.
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