Best Python Podcasts (2024)

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Pydantic Data Validation & Python Web Security Practices 59:20

3h ago59:20

59:20

How do you verify and validate the data coming into your Python web application? What tools and security best practices should you consider as a developer? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We discuss the recent Real Python tutorial “Pydantic: Simplifying Data Valida…

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#458: Serverless Python in 2024 1:00:22

2d ago1:00:22

1:00:22

What is the state of serverless computing and Python in 2024? What are some of the new tools and best practices? We are lucky to have Tony Sherman who has a lot of practical experience with serverless programming on the show. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Mailtrap Talk Python Courses Links from the show Tony Sherman on T…

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#458: Serverless Python in 2024 1:00:22

2d ago1:00:22

1:00:22

What is the state of serverless computing and Python in 2024? What are some of the new tools and best practices? We are lucky to have Tony Sherman who has a lot of practical experience with serverless programming on the show. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Mailtrap Talk Python Courses Links from the show Tony Sherman on T…

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#458: Serverless Python in 2024 1:00:22

2d ago1:00:22

1:00:22

What is the state of serverless computing and Python in 2024? What are some of the new tools and best practices? We are lucky to have Tony Sherman who has a lot of practical experience with serverless programming on the show. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Mailtrap Talk Python Courses Links from the show Tony Sherman on T…

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219: Building Django Apps & SaaS Pegasus - Cory Zue 49:00

3d ago49:00

49:00

I'm starting a SaaS project using Django, and there are tons of decisions right out of the gate. To help me navigate these decisions, I've brought on Cory Zue. Cory is the creator of SaaS Pegasus, and has tons of experience with Django. Some of the topics discussed: Building Django applications SaaS Pegasus placecard.me What boilerplate projects ar…

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#380 Debugging with your eyes 24:07

3d ago24:07

24:07

Topics covered in this episode: NumFOCUS concerns leaping pytest debugger llm Extra, Extra, Extra, PyPI has completed its first security audit Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkenn…

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Decoupling Systems to Get Closer to the Data 1:09:00

7d ago1:09:00

1:09:00

What are the benefits of using a decoupled data processing system? How do you write reusable queries for a variety of backend data platforms? This week on the show, Phillip Cloud, the lead maintainer of Ibis, will discuss this portable Python dataframe library. Phillip contrasts Ibis’s workflow with other Python dataframe libraries. We discuss how …

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#457: Software Supply Chain Security with Phylum 1:08:21

7d ago1:08:21

1:08:21

We've spoken previously about security and software supply chains and we are back at it this episode. We're diving in again with Charles Coggins. Charles works at a software supply chain company and is on to give us the insiders and defender's perspective on how to keep our Python apps and infrastructure safe. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitori…

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#457: Software Supply Chain Security with Phylum 1:08:21

7d ago1:08:21

1:08:21

We've spoken previously about security and software supply chains and we are back at it this episode. We're diving in again with Charles Coggins. Charles works at a software supply chain company and is on to give us the insiders and defender's perspective on how to keep our Python apps and infrastructure safe. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitori…

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#457: Software Supply Chain Security with Phylum 1:08:21

7d ago1:08:21

1:08:21

We've spoken previously about security and software supply chains and we are back at it this episode. We're diving in again with Charles Coggins. Charles works at a software supply chain company and is on to give us the insiders and defender's perspective on how to keep our Python apps and infrastructure safe. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitori…

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218: Balancing test coverage with test costs - Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya 28:48

8d ago28:48

28:48

Nicole is a software engineer and writer, and recently wrote about the trade-offs we make when deciding which tests to write and how much testing is enough. We talk about: Balancing schedule vs testing How much testing is the right about of testing Should code coverage be measured and tracked Good refactoring can reduce code coverage Is it worth te…

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#379 Constable on the debugging case 20:13

10d ago20:13

20:13

Topics covered in this episode: How to Set Up Pre-Commit Hooks A step-by-step guide to installing and configuring pre-commit hooks on your project. difftastic Quarto constable Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Conne…

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#456: Building GPT Actions with FastAPI and Pydantic 1:05:20

10d ago1:05:20

1:05:20

Do you know what custom GPTs are? They're configurable and shareable chat experiences with a name, logo, custom instructions, conversation starters, access to OpenAI tools, and custom API actions. And, you can build them with Python! Ian Maurer has been doing just that and is here to share his experience building them. Episode sponsors Sentry Error…

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#456: Building GPT Actions with FastAPI and Pydantic 1:05:20

10d ago1:05:20

1:05:20

Do you know what custom GPTs are? They're configurable and shareable chat experiences with a name, logo, custom instructions, conversation starters, access to OpenAI tools, and custom API actions. And, you can build them with Python! Ian Maurer has been doing just that and is here to share his experience building them. Episode sponsors Sentry Error…

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#456: Building GPT Actions with FastAPI and Pydantic 1:05:20

10d ago1:05:20

1:05:20

Do you know what custom GPTs are? They're configurable and shareable chat experiences with a name, logo, custom instructions, conversation starters, access to OpenAI tools, and custom API actions. And, you can build them with Python! Ian Maurer has been doing just that and is here to share his experience building them. Episode sponsors Sentry Error…

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Avoiding Error Culture and Getting Help Inside Python 1:05:03

14d ago1:05:03

1:05:03

What is error culture, and how do you avoid it within your organization? How do you navigate alert and notification fatigue? Hey, it’s episode #200! Real Python’s editor-in-chief, Dan Bader, joins us this week to celebrate. Christopher Trudeau also returns to bring another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We discuss an article serie…

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217: Podcasting / SaaS / Work Life Balance - Justin Jackson 57:13

15d ago57:13

57:13

If you've ever thought about starting a podcast or a SaaS project, you'll want to listen to this episode. Justin is one of the people who motivated me to get started podcasting. He's also running a successful SaaS company, transistor.fm, which hosts this podcast. Topics: Podcasting Building new SaaS (software as a service) products Balancing work, …

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#378 Python is on the edge 31:24

17d ago31:24

31:24

Topics covered in this episode: pacemaker - For controlling time per iteration loop in Python. PyPI suspends new user registration to block malware campaign Python Project-Local Virtualenv Management Redux Python Edge Workers at Cloudflare Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Pyt…

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Leveraging Documents and Data to Create a Custom LLM Chatbot 1:08:12

21d ago1:08:12

1:08:12

How do you customize a LLM chatbot to address a collection of documents and data? What tools and techniques can you use to build embeddings into a vector database? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Parker is back to discuss developing an AI-powered, Large Language Model-driven chat interface. Calvin is the co-founder and CTO of Six Feet Up, a P…

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#455: Land Your First Data Job 59:33

23d ago59:33

59:33

Interested in data science but you're not quite working in it yet? In software, getting that very first job can truly be the hardest one to land. On this episode, we have Avery Smith from Data Career Jumpstart here to share his advice for getting your first data job. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Posit Talk Python Course…

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#455: Land Your First Data Job 59:33

22d ago59:33

59:33

Interested in data science but you're not quite working in it yet? In software, getting that very first job can truly be the hardest one to land. On this episode, we have Avery Smith from Data Career Jumpstart here to share his advice for getting your first data job. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Posit Talk Python Course…

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#455: Land Your First Data Job 59:33

23d ago59:33

59:33

Interested in data science but you're not quite working in it yet? In software, getting that very first job can truly be the hardest one to land. On this episode, we have Avery Smith from Data Career Jumpstart here to share his advice for getting your first data job. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Posit Talk Python Course…

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#377 A Dramatic Episode 32:55

24d ago32:55

32:55

Topics covered in this episode: justpath xz back door LPython dramatic Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience.…

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Build a Video Game With Python Turtle & Visualize Data in Seaborn 49:50

28d ago49:50

49:50

Can you build a Space Invaders clone using Python’s built-in turtle module? What advantages does the Seaborn data visualization library provide compared to Matplotlib? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, along with special guest Real Python core team member Bartosz Zaczyński. We’re sharing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles a…

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Episode 129: Quickbite: Live Coding and Codealongs 26:26

28d ago26:26

26:26

Join Sean and Kelly in this QuickBites episode as they explore the technique of live coding presentations in education. They highlight the cognitive benefits, such as active learning and enhanced understanding, as well as the engagement and communication fostered through this teaching method. The conversation covers the importance of error normaliz…

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#376 Every dunder method in a Python Lockbox 32:04

1M ago32:04

32:04

Topics covered in this episode: 🤖 On Robots.txt niquests Every dunder method in Python Lockbox Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to …

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Episode 128: From Blocks to Code with PickCode 41:46

1M ago41:46

41:46

In episode 128 of Teaching Python, hosts Sean Tibor and Kelly Schuster-Paredes dive into the world of coding education, focusing on the journey from block to text coding. They are joined by Charlie Meyer, co-founder and CEO of Pick Code, to discuss strategies and tools that make learning to code an engaging and enjoyable experience for students. Th…

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Using Python in Bioinformatics and the Laboratory 50:46

1M ago50:46

50:46

How is Python being used to automate processes in the laboratory? How can it speed up scientific work with DNA sequencing? This week on the show, Chemical Engineering PhD Student Parsa Ghadermazi is here to discuss Python in bioinformatics. Parsa provides background on his research and the bioinformatic techniques used to discover gut microbes’ rol…

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#454: Data Pipelines with Dagster 58:25

1M ago58:25

58:25

Do you have data that you pull from external sources or is generated and appears at your digital doorstep? I bet that data needs processed, filtered, transformed, distributed, and much more. One of the biggest tools to create these data pipelines with Python is Dagster. And we are fortunate to have Pedram Navid on the show this episode. Pedram is t…

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#454: Data Pipelines with Dagster 58:25

1M ago58:25

58:25

Do you have data that you pull from external sources or is generated and appears at your digital doorstep? I bet that data needs processed, filtered, transformed, distributed, and much more. One of the biggest tools to create these data pipelines with Python is Dagster. And we are fortunate to have Pedram Navid on the show this episode. Pedram is t…

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#454: Data Pipelines with Dagster 58:25

1M ago58:25

58:25

Do you have data that you pull from external sources or is generated and appears at your digital doorstep? I bet that data needs processed, filtered, transformed, distributed, and much more. One of the biggest tools to create these data pipelines with Python is Dagster. And we are fortunate to have Pedram Navid on the show this episode. Pedram is t…

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#375 Pointing at Countries 24:56

1M ago24:56

24:56

Topics covered in this episode: pycountry Does Python have pointers? ingestr Make your terminal nice Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/li…

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Exploring Duck Typing in Python & Dynamics of Monkey Patching 50:46

1M ago50:46

50:46

What are the advantages of determining the type of an object by how it behaves? What coding circumstances are not a good fit for duck typing? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. Christopher covers a recent Real Python tutorial by Leodanis Pozo Ramos titled Duck Typing …

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#453: uv - The Next Evolution in Python Packages? 1:14:21

1M ago1:14:21

1:14:21

Have you ever been wait around for pip to do its thing while installing packages or syncing a virtual environment or through some higher level tool such as pip-tools? Then you'll be very excited to hear about the tool just announced from Astral called uv. It's like pip, but 100x faster. Charlie Marsh from Ruff fame and founder of Astral is here to …

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#453: uv - The Next Evolution in Python Packages? 1:14:21

1M ago1:14:21

1:14:21

Have you ever been wait around for pip to do its thing while installing packages or syncing a virtual environment or through some higher level tool such as pip-tools? Then you'll be very excited to hear about the tool just announced from Astral called uv. It's like pip, but 100x faster. Charlie Marsh from Ruff fame and founder of Astral is here to …

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#453: uv - The Next Evolution in Python Packages? 1:14:21

1M ago1:14:21

1:14:21

Have you ever been wait around for pip to do its thing while installing packages or syncing a virtual environment or through some higher level tool such as pip-tools? Then you'll be very excited to hear about the tool just announced from Astral called uv. It's like pip, but 100x faster. Charlie Marsh from Ruff fame and founder of Astral is here to …

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216: ruff, uv, and Astral: Python tooling, much faster, with Rust 48:44

2M ago48:44

48:44

Charlie Marsh and team are using Rust to make Python tooling faster. Ruff can take the place of Flake8, isort, and Black, and so much more. uv can take the place of pip, pip-tools, and virtualenv Astral is Charlie's venture backed company, and what they have with `ruff` and `uv` is just the start. Since uv is the newest tool, there's quite a bit of…

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#374 Climbing the Python Web Mountain 32:50

2M ago32:50

32:50

Topics covered in this episode: 6 ways to improve the architecture of your Python project (using import-linter) Mountaineer Why Python's Integer Division Floors Hatchet Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show…

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#452: Top Quart (async Flask) Extensions 55:42

2M ago55:42

55:42

Have you heard of Quart? It's the fully-async version of Flask created by Philip Jones who is working closely with the Flask team on these parallel projects. The TL;DR; version is that if you want to take advantage of async and await and you're using Flask, you want to give Quart a solid look. We've spoken to Philip previously about Quart. This tim…

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#452: Top Quart (async Flask) Extensions 55:42

2M ago55:42

55:42

Have you heard of Quart? It's the fully-async version of Flask created by Philip Jones who is working closely with the Flask team on these parallel projects. The TL;DR; version is that if you want to take advantage of async and await and you're using Flask, you want to give Quart a solid look. We've spoken to Philip previously about Quart. This tim…

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#452: Top Quart (async Flask) Extensions 55:42

2M ago55:42

55:42

Have you heard of Quart? It's the fully-async version of Flask created by Philip Jones who is working closely with the Flask team on these parallel projects. The TL;DR; version is that if you want to take advantage of async and await and you're using Flask, you want to give Quart a solid look. We've spoken to Philip previously about Quart. This tim…

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Building a Healthy Developer Mindset While Learning Python 1:00:41

2M ago1:00:41

1:00:41

How do you get yourself unstuck when facing a programming problem? How do you develop a positive developer mindset while learning Python? This week on the show, Bob Belderbos from Pybites is here to talk about learning Python and building healthy developer habits. Bob created the Pybites learning platform with his friend Julian Sequeira. They initi…

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#373 Changing Directories 26:33

2M ago26:33

26:33

Topics covered in this episode: zoxide Smart CLIs with Typer Python recommended officially by the US Government Textual tutorials at Mouse vs Python Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosst…

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Episode 127: Setting Goals 25:48

2M ago25:48

25:48

This episode of Teaching Python is a quick bite about setting goals. Sean Tibor and Kelly Schuster-Paredes discuss the importance of goal setting and how it can lead to personal and professional growth. They explore different types of goals, such as accomplishment goals and transformative goals, and share strategies for setting and achieving them. …

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Automate Tasks With Python & Building a Small Search Engine 44:36

2M ago44:36

44:36

What are the typical computer tasks you do manually every week? Could you automate those tasks with a Python script? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We discuss a recent Hacker News thread about frequently used automation scripts. We share the kinds of tasks we’ve a…

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#451: Djangonauts, Ready for Blast-Off 58:33

2M ago58:33

58:33

Are you interested in contributing to Django? Then there is an amazing mentorship program that helps Python and Django enthusiasts, because contributes and potentially core developers of Django. It's called Djangonauts and their slogan is "where contributors launch." On this episode, we have Sarah Boyce from the Django team and former Djangonaut an…

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#451: Djangonauts, Ready for Blast-Off 58:33

2M ago58:33

58:33

Are you interested in contributing to Django? Then there is an amazing mentorship program that helps Python and Django enthusiasts, because contributes and potentially core developers of Django. It's called Djangonauts and their slogan is "where contributors launch." On this episode, we have Sarah Boyce from the Django team and former Djangonaut an…

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#451: Djangonauts, Ready for Blast-Off 58:33

2M ago58:33

58:33

Are you interested in contributing to Django? Then there is an amazing mentorship program that helps Python and Django enthusiasts, because contributes and potentially core developers of Django. It's called Djangonauts and their slogan is "where contributors launch." On this episode, we have Sarah Boyce from the Django team and former Djangonaut an…

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215: Staying Technical as a Manager 40:49

2M ago40:49

40:49

Software engineers that move into leadership roles have a struggle between learning leadership skills, maintaining technical skills, and learning new leadership and technical skills. Matt Makai went from individual contributor to developer relations to leadership in devrel. We discuss how to stay technical, as well as dive into some results of his …

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Wes McKinney on Improving the Data Stack & Composable Systems 1:09:20

2M ago1:09:20

1:09:20

How do you avoid the bottlenecks of data processing systems? Is it possible to build tools that decouple storage and computation? This week on the show, creator of the pandas library Wes McKinney is here to discuss Apache Arrow, composable data systems, and community collaboration. Wes briefly describes the humble beginnings of the pandas project i…

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