Python Bytes

Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken deliver Python news headlines directly to your ears every week, and they do it efficiently. With nearly 400 episodes, Python Bytes has established itself as the go-to news podcast for the Python community. The format is tight: each episode covers multiple topics, with Michael and Brian each bringing a few items they found interesting that week. They'll cover new library releases, important CPython updates, community discussions, data science tools, and web framework news. Episodes typically wrap up with an extras segment and a joke, which is a nice way to end. What makes this show valuable is the curation. If you use Python professionally but don't have time to scroll through Reddit, Twitter, and mailing lists every day, Michael and Brian do that scouring for you and present the highlights. They know the ecosystem deeply. Michael runs Talk Python to Me and the Talk Python Training platform, while Brian literally wrote the book on pytest. So when they flag something as noteworthy, it usually is. The conversational dynamic between them is comfortable and efficient. They don't spend twenty minutes on small talk before getting to the content. Episodes usually drop on Mondays, with video versions available on YouTube for older episodes. It's the kind of podcast you can listen to during a morning commute and arrive at work knowing what happened in Python that week. Simple, focused, and consistently useful.