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The Real Python Podcast

The Real Python Podcast

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A weekly Python podcast hosted by Christopher Bailey with interviews, coding tips, and conversation with guests from the Python community. The show covers a wide range of topics including Python programming best practices, career tips, and related software development topics. Join us every Friday morning to hear what's new in the world of Python programming and become a more effective Pythonista.© 2020 Real Python
Episodes
  • Navigating Silent Failures in AI: Strategies for Effective Oversight
    Aug 21 2026
    Why do AI systems silently fail? How can you set up a system that produces results while also reviewing and validating the work? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Parker returns to discuss his recent talk "Orchestrate Agentic AI: Context, Checklists, and No-Miss Reviews."
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Improving NumPy Performance on Free-Threaded Python
    Aug 14 2026
    What bottlenecks were preventing NumPy from scaling on free-threaded Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    46 mins
  • Programmatically Developing LLM Prompts With DSPy
    Aug 7 2026
    How can you move from manually writing prompts for an LLM application toward defining them programmatically? This week on the show, Brett Kennedy returns to discuss his new book "Building LLM Applications with DSPy."
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    1 hr and 6 mins
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