The Real Python Podcast
Technology Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Technology Podcasts
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@realpython
Language:
English
Email:
info@realpython.com
Episodes
Exploring MCP Apps & Adding Interactive UIs to Clients
2/20/2026
How can you move your MCP tools beyond plain text? How do you add interactive UI components directly inside chat conversations? This week on the show, Den Delimarsky from Anthropic joins us to discuss MCP Apps and interactive UIs in MCP.
Duration:01:09:18
Running Local LLMs With Ollama and Connecting With Python
2/13/2026
Would you like to learn how to work with LLMs locally on your own computer? How do you integrate your Python projects with a local model? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
Duration:00:45:27
Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience
2/6/2026
What are ways to improve how you're using GitHub? How can you collaborate more effectively and improve your technical writing? This week on the show, Adam Johnson is back to talk about his new book, "Boost Your GitHub DX: Tame the Octocat and Elevate Your Productivity".
Duration:00:59:55
Testing Python Code for Scalability & What's New in pandas 3.0
1/30/2026
How do you create automated tests to check your code for degraded performance as data sizes increase? What are the new features in pandas 3.0? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
Duration:00:49:13
Continuing to Improve the Learning Experience at Real Python
1/23/2026
If you haven't visited the Real Python website lately, then it's time to check out a great batch of updates on realpython.com! Dan Bader returns to the show this week to discuss improvements to the site and more ways to learn Python.
Duration:00:45:04
Considering Fast and Slow in Python Programming
1/16/2026
How often have you heard about the speed of Python? What's actually being measured, where are the bottlenecks---development time or run time---and which matters more for productivity? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
Duration:00:55:19
Coding Python With Confidence: Beginners Live Course Participants
1/9/2026
Are you looking for that solid foundation to begin your Python journey? Would the accountability of scheduled group classes help you get through the basics and start building something? This week, two members of the Python for Beginners live course discuss their experiences.
Duration:01:18:39
PyCoder's Weekly 2025 Top Articles & Hidden Gems
1/2/2026
PyCoder's Weekly included over 1,500 links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and projects in 2025. Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week to help wrap up everything by sharing some highlights and uncovering a few hidden gems from the pile.
Duration:00:32:40
Moving Towards Spec-Driven Development
12/19/2025
What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? Are these recent trends a move toward declarative programming? This week on the show, Marc Brooker, VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to discuss specification-driven development and Kiro.
Duration:01:01:54
Exploring Quantum Computing & Python Frameworks
12/5/2025
What are the recent advances in the field of quantum computing and high-performance computing? And what Python tools can you use to develop programs that run on quantum computers? This week on the show, Real Python author Negar Vahid discusses her tutorial, "Quantum Computing Basics With Qiskit."
Duration:00:50:24
Building a FastAPI Application & Exploring Python Concurrency
11/21/2025
What are the steps to get started building a FastAPI application? What are the different types of concurrency available in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
Duration:00:35:07
Preparing Data Science Projects for Production
11/14/2025
How do you prepare your Python data science projects for production? What are the essential tools and techniques to make your code reproducible, organized, and testable? This week on the show, Khuyen Tran from CodeCut discusses her new book, "Production Ready Data Science."
Duration:00:59:12
Advice for Writing Maintainable Python Code
11/7/2025
What are techniques for writing maintainable Python code? How do you make your Python more readable and easier to refactor? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
Duration:00:54:53
Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure
10/31/2025
How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new book, "Talk Python in Production."
Duration:01:20:25
Benchmarking Python 3.14 & Enabling Asyncio to Scale
10/24/2025
How does Python 3.14 perform under a few hand-crafted benchmarks? Does the performance of asyncio scale on the free-threaded build? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
Duration:00:47:24
Evolving Teaching Python in the Classroom
10/17/2025
How is teaching young students Python changing with the advent of LLMs? This week on the show, Kelly Schuster-Paredes from the Teaching Python podcast joins us to discuss coding and AI in the classroom.
Duration:01:04:59
Python 3.14: Exploring the New Features
10/10/2025
Python 3.14 is here! Christopher Trudeau returns to discuss the new version with Real Python team member Bartosz Zaczyński. This year, Bartosz coordinated the series of preview articles with members of the Real Python team and wrote the showcase tutorial, "Python 3.14: Cool New Features for You to Try." Christopher's video course, "What's New in Python 3.14", covers the topics from the article and shows the new features in action.
Duration:00:56:13
Advice on Beginning to Learn Python
10/3/2025
What's changed about learning Python over the last few years? What new techniques and updated advice should beginners have as they start their journey? This week on the show, Stephen Gruppetta and Martin Breuss return to discuss beginning to learn Python.
Duration:00:52:11
Managing Feature Flags & Comparing Python Visualization Libraries
9/26/2025
What's a good way to enable or disable code paths without redeploying the software? How can you use feature flags to toggle functionality for specific users of your application? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
Duration:00:42:17
Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP
9/19/2025
When converting an existing REST API to the Model Context Protocol, what should you consider? What anti-patterns should you avoid to keep an AI agent’s context clean? This week on the show, Kyle Stratis returns to discuss his upcoming book, "AI Agents with MCP".
Duration:01:24:25