- 319
- Episodes
- 104
- Transcribed
- 143
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 10M
- YouTube views
About The Real Python Podcast
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.
- Publisher
- Real Python
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Mar 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
104 of 319 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Free-Threaded Python: Why Python Devs Should Know About the ABI
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Demystifying Python Memory Management & Choosing a Project Layout
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Future of Python Security: Trends, Challenges, and Solutions
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Free-Threaded Python: Why Python Devs Should Know About the ABI
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so if you look in the object.h header for Python, actually all of these details are publicly exposed in that header, and you can see there's one code path that is true if PyGill disabled is set, that's the free-threaded layout, and there's another code path that's true if it's not set. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Real Python Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Nathan Goldbaum
- Christopher Trudeau
- Seth Larson
- Geir Arne Hjelle
- Bartosz Zaczyński
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 10,046,510
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 143 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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