
Simple Talks
Hosted by Steve Jones and Kellyn Gorman and Steve and Grant Fritchey · Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Kellyn Gorman, Pat Wright
5.0from 4 ratings
- 51
- Episodes
- 44
- Transcribed
- 4
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 519K
- YouTube views
About Simple Talks
The Simple Talk Podcast, brought to you by Redgate Software's Simple Talk site, features hosts Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Kellyn Gorman and Pat Wright as they discuss technology adoption, career stories, industry challenges and more. From database management and DevOps, to data security and programming techniques, it's a must-listen for tech industry professionals and enthusiasts. www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/ www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/podcasts/
- Publisher
- Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Kellyn Gorman, Pat Wright
- Category
- news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Jul 2024
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
44 of 51 episodes have a transcript.

14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The hidden cost of inconsistency in engineering teams

1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The hidden costs of AI (and who ends up paying them)

15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fabric, agents, and security gap nobody's aware of (with Heidi Hasting)
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The hidden cost of inconsistency in engineering teams
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I can't remember how many engineers are on the call, but that's a lot of time waste. And that costs money, productivity, efficiency, all kinds of things. I was going through that, too. As we said, I'm living in Oracle world right now, and I have developers that are coming up to speed. And it was Oracle RAC that most of us know. It just is really hard for folks, if they're learning to jump right into RAC, it's hard for them to wrap their brain around. And as I was watching them all trying to build out their own RAC environments to start development, I said, we're just going to have me write a script. […]
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- The Redgate Advocates
- Heidi Hasting
- Hari Kiran
- Franck Pachot
- Hugo Kornelis
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- YouTube views
- 519,180
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 67
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 32
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Who hosts Simple Talks?
Steve Jones and Kellyn Gorman and Steve and Grant Fritchey host the show. Published by Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Kellyn Gorman, Pat Wright.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Simple Talks take guests?
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