Shows, talks, and guest spots
Appearances
Every entry links to the show, recording, or episode page.
Now and then playing
Shows I host or hosted
Lawrence Systems
Networking, open source, storage, and security.
Sunday Morning Linux Review
A weekly Linux and open source news podcast, on Forrester's 2021 list of the 100 best channel podcasts. The show has ended.
The Homelab Show
A podcast about running your own lab at home.
Business Technicalities
The business side of running an MSP.
Streaming Security
A security news podcast.
Threat Level Throttle
Off-road motorcycle videos.
On stage
Talks
45Drives Creator Summit 2026
Security and the Hermes Agent
How AI agents actually work, Meta's Agents Rule of Two, and building a sysadmin helper with the Hermes agent while keeping a human in the lead. Wilmington, North Carolina.
GrrCON 2026
Giving Swords to Our Future AI Overlords
With Matt Lee
Agentic AI and MCP security: prompt injection, agent-to-agent communication, OAuth abuse, and LLM supply chain risk.
45Drives Creators Summit 2025
Featured creator
The third summit, at 45Drives' U.S. headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina.
45Drives Creators Summit 2024
45Drives Creators Summit 2023
Featured creator
The first summit, at 45Drives headquarters in Nova Scotia. I have been part of every one since.
LA2M 2020
YouTube: Getting Started and How the Platform Works
A talk for Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing, a nonprofit marketing education group, given virtually in May 2020.
Empath MSP webinar
AI and Social Engineering
With Wes Spencer and Dean Trempelas
How attackers use AI for phishing and impersonation, and what MSPs can do about it.
Also spoke at
Talks from before I kept records, so no dates or links.
- ConnectWise IT Nation
- Penguicon, on open source, firewalls, and Linux
- Linux user groups and meetups
- Local chamber of commerce events on technology for business owners, starting in 2008
Guest star
Guest appearances
- September 2025 TrueNAS Tech Talk Episode 39: Talking TrueNAS and Tech with Tom Lawrence
- May 2025 IT in the D 514: Open Source Insights with Tom Lawrence
- March 2025 Packet Protector (Packet Pushers) PP054: Understanding WireGuard and Overlay VPNs
- April 2024 Unraid Uncast A ZFS Masterclass with Tom Lawrence
- March 2024 2GuysTek Podcast The Case for Open Source Hypervisors
- July 2023 IT in the D 461: YouTube Success, Business Merger, Social Networks, and AI
- February 2022 IT in the D 426: Tom Lawrence of Lawrence Systems
- September 2021 Graylog PodLog We interview Tom Lawrence from Lawrence Systems
- May 2021 IT in the D 396: Tom Lawrence of Lawrence Systems
- 2020 Crosstalk Solutions Podcast 014: Special Guest Tom Lawrence
- May 2019 MSP Voice Episode 48: Talking YouTube with Tom Lawrence
- June 2017 Daily Detroit Detroit Can Be Better Than Silicon Valley
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