12 RESOURCES ✣
Podcasts.
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Podcasts specifically about DevRel as a discipline (a small set) plus the broader developer-podcast landscape that DevRel professionals consume. For a broader treatment of developer podcasts in general, see ../09-platforms/podcasts.md.
DevRel-specific podcasts
Community Pulse
The DevRel community’s own podcast. Long-running, multi-host format. Rotating hosts have included Mary Thengvall, PJ Hagerty, Jason Hand, Wesley Faulkner, Erin Mikail Staples, and others. Topics span advocacy, community management, career development, burnout, and industry shifts.
Why listen. Practical, peer-to-peer; addresses the hard parts of the work.
DevRelX Podcast
Operated by SlashData. Often features industry leaders discussing developer marketing and developer relations.
Why listen. Data-grounded analysis; connects the field to underlying survey research.
Hoopy / DeveloperRelations.com Podcast
Matthew Revell’s podcast covering DevRelCon talks and DevRel topics.
Why listen. Conference-talk archive in audio form; good way to consume DevRelCon retrospectively.
The Stack Overflow Podcast
Broader than DevRel but frequently covers community, developer-experience, and platform topics. The show has cycled through multiple host pairs.
Why listen. Industry-wide perspective on developer trends.
Adjacent: developer-marketing and craft
Latent Space
Shawn “swyx” Wang and Alessio Fanelli. The defining AI-engineering podcast. Frequently features senior DevRel and developer-product leaders at AI companies.
Why listen. Standard reference for the AI-engineering category.
The Changelog
Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo. Long-running open-source and software-industry podcast.
Why listen. Founder-and-builder interviews; broad industry context.
Software Engineering Daily
Founded by the late Jeff Meyerson; continued by a team. Vast archive of long-form interviews.
Why listen. Reference archive of software-industry conversations.
Software Engineering Radio
IEEE Software’s podcast. More academic-flavoured than most. Hosts include long-running tech-industry voices.
Why listen. Deeper technical depth than the average interview podcast.
Hanselminutes
Scott Hanselman, weekly since 2006. Broad tech topics with a strong educational flavour.
Why listen. Curated guests; consistent quality.
Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal. Tech-company histories.
Why listen. Strategic context for the companies your product competes with or partners with.
CoRecursive
Adam Gordon Bell. Programming stories — long-form conversations with engineers about specific projects.
Why listen. Craft-focused; the kind of context that informs better technical writing and advocacy.
Domain-specific
JS Party
Changelog network’s JavaScript podcast.
Syntax.fm
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski. Front-end / full-stack.
Go Time
Changelog network’s Go podcast.
Talk Python To Me
Michael Kennedy. Python.
Real Python Podcast
Real Python team.
Kubernetes Podcast from Google
Long-running; covers Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystem.
PodCTL
Red Hat / OpenShift.
The Cloudcast
Cloud computing.
Screaming in the Cloud
Corey Quinn; AWS-focused; mixes news with humour and pointed analysis.
Last Week in AWS
Same Corey Quinn franchise; weekly AWS news.
Arrested DevOps
Long-running DevOps podcast.
Practical AI
Daniel Whitenack and Chris Benson; practitioner-focused AI podcast.
The TWIML AI Podcast (This Week in Machine Learning & AI)
Sam Charrington; one of the longest-running AI podcasts.
No Priors
Sarah Guo and Elad Gil; AI and startup focus.
Cognitive Revolution
Nathan Labenz; AI deep dives.
Lex Fridman Podcast
Wide-ranging, AI-heavy, very long-form. Reach is enormous; quality varies by guest.
Data Engineering Podcast
Tobias Macey. Data engineering.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Gergely Orosz. Tech industry / engineering management. Companion to the newsletter.
CodeNewbie
Saron Yitbarek. Aimed at newer developers; helpful frame of reference for DevRel teams whose product serves beginners.
How DevRel professionals use podcasts
Three modes:
- Listening for context. Stay current on industry conversations.
- Appearing as a guest. Direct audience reach via others’ shows.
- Producing your own. A high-cost, high-failure-rate option; works best for individuals with strong existing audiences.
For most DevRel professionals, guest appearances on the right shows are higher-leverage than producing original podcast content. A handful of well-chosen guest spots per year can produce substantial brand effect.
How to choose guest appearances
Quality of audience matters more than absolute size. A 5,000-listener podcast whose audience is your exact ICP often outperforms a 100,000-listener podcast whose audience overlaps yours by 5%.
Before accepting a guest spot:
- Audience match. Does the listenership match your target?
- Host preparation. Will the host actually research you, or will it be a generic interview?
- Promotion. Does the podcast actively promote new episodes?
- Cross-platform. Is there a video version, transcript, and social distribution?
For DevRel teams, guest podcasting is one of the most efficient awareness activities available. Treat it accordingly.