Podcast Index

Podcasts

Browse podcasts by category, open recent episodes, and download audio to listen offline.

The Fat Pipe - Most Popular Packet Pushers Pods

Technology

The Fat Pipe - Most Popular Packet Pushers Pods

Packet Pushers

N4N059: Twisted Pair Cabling

June 25, 2026 2:00pm 57 min

Copper twisted pair cabling serves as a fundamental component of Ethernet infrastructure and Ethan and Holly are here to break down how it works. They discuss the technical differences between cabling categories, how wir...

D2DO305: Scaling Human Connection in Tech Communities

June 24, 2026 12:49pm 41 min

Kyler and Ned are joined by former AWS Community Program Manager Jason Dunn to discuss what it takes to build and maintain a thriving tech community. Jason shares his “benevolent dictatorship” philosophy on community man...

PP115: Palo Alto Networks: Reality of 109 to 1: Securing Machine Identities and AI Agents (Sponsored)

June 23, 2026 11:54am 39 min

Machine identities now outnumber human identities in the enterprise 109 to 1 — and most of them are running without the governance controls you’d never skip for a human employee. Service accounts, API keys, tokens, workl...

NB580: Project Glasswing on Hold – or Not; Why You Should Hold In-Person Background Checks

June 22, 2026 12:35pm 36 min

Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert covers critical vulnerabilities found in OpenClaw, the open-source AI assistant. On the news front, we discuss the status of Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and examine the Korean Electr...

TNO065: The Operational Reality of Modern Wireless Networks

June 19, 2026 12:19pm 55 min

Scott sits down with Wi-Fi engineer Eva Santos to explore the realities of modern wireless operations. Eva shares insights on navigating site surveys, the differences between Wi-Fi bands, and the challenges of troublesho...

HN832: AI Agents Are Just Another Tool: How to Integrate With Your Network Automation Strategy (Sponsored)

June 19, 2026 12:11pm 45 min

AI has complicated network automation. It has created questions: If AI generates code for me, do I need to learn Python? Should I be writing a script to gather network information if I can dispatch an AI agent to gather ...

LIU017: Chris Lapp: Becoming “THE GUY” (or GIRL)

June 18, 2026 10:49am 1:02

Chris Lapp is an Emmy award-winning network engineer, focused on AI, media, and entertainment. Chris is also known as “The Guy”, the one you call when the problem is sitting between broadcast networking and media and the...

N4N058: Future-Proofing Your Career for the AI Era (Sponsored)

June 18, 2026 10:23am 50 min

In this sponsored episode by Cisco we explore how agentic AI is transforming network operations and what it means for your career. Robert Barton, an AI Distinguished Engineer at Cisco Systems, joins Ethan and Holly to he...

NAN125: Inside the Packet Pushers 2026 Salary Survey

June 17, 2026 10:01am 58 min

Early in 2026, Drew Conry-Murray authored the first Packet Pushers Salary Survey, offering a transparent look into compensation in the network engineering industry. Drew joins Eric to discuss the results of the survey, t...

PP114: MACsec Overview

June 16, 2026 10:56am 49 min

MACsec (IEEE 802.1AE) encrypts Ethernet frames hop-by-hop at Layer 2 — before traffic even hits IP — making it one of the strongest protections you can put on wire. It’s been in the standards for years, hardware support ...

NB579: Datadog Unleashes Autonomous Agents; SpaceX Launches IPO

June 15, 2026 1:05pm 50 min

Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert covers critical vulnerabilities in Ivanti Sentry, including OS command injection and authentication bypass, for which patches are now available. On the news front, we dig into Arista’s...

HN831: The Sum, Not Just the Parts: How and Why to Think Holistically About Your Network

June 12, 2026 7:50am 55 min

Your network is an interconnected system. A change you make on one device has consequences beyond that device. Therefore, to do your job well, you must think about the network as a whole. That’s the big idea behind a blo...

N4N057: The Art of Troubleshooting

June 11, 2026 10:44am 1:22

As a network engineer, you’ll end up with a lot of weird problems to solve. Many times, the problems will not be with the network at all, and it’ll be up to you to figure it all out. But how? Ethan and Holly discuss tech...

D2DO304: Observability in the Age of AI

June 10, 2026 9:28am 44 min

As AI matures, it becomes increasingly important to know how it’s performing and what it actually costs. Ned and Kyler are joined by Anuj Tyagi, Senior Site Reliability Engineer for RingCentral, to discuss the critical s...

PP113: Patch Gaps, Pretexting, and AI Use for Crimes and Crimefighting: 2026 Verizon DBIR Highlights

June 09, 2026 9:40am 54 min

The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is a postmortem of a year’s worth of cyber incidents and breaches, and a snapshot of how well organizations are responding to actual threats. Drew and JJ share highlig...

NB578: Cisco Goes All-In on AI Ops with Cloud Control; China Floats Underwater Data Center

June 08, 2026 10:26am 38 min

Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert covers a critical Android vulnerability that could lead to local privilege escalation to root. On the news front, we dig into Cloud Control, Cisco’s ambitious AI ops platform that span...

HN830: Tailscale CEO on WireGuard, Zero Trust, and Securing AI (Sponsored)

June 05, 2026 2:18pm 56 min

If you think Tailscale is just a VPN for the home lab, think again. On today’s sponsored episode Ethan and Drew are joined by Tailscale CEO Avery Pennarun. Avery explains how the company has evolved into an enterprise-gr...

TNO064: The Realities of Running SONiC at Scale

June 05, 2026 1:54pm 56 min

Scott is joined by Brett Lykins, a Senior Systems Development Engineer at Amazon. Brett works with software-defined infrastructure built around SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud). Together they dig into wh...

LIU016: Michael Keith Lewis: The Network Behind the Show

June 04, 2026 10:58am 1:11

Today’s guest takes us behind the scenes of modern concert venues, which rely on wired and wireless IP networking. Michael Keith Lewis is a front-of-house engineer, tour manager, audio creator, and co-founder of Truck Pa...

NAN124: AI and Trust in Modern Network Automation

June 03, 2026 1:46pm 54 min

Sif Baksh joins Eric Chou to share his professional experience and resources to help engineers get their arms around using AI in network automation. They discuss practical advantages of AI over standard Python scripts an...

Submit Your Favorite Station

Fill in the form below. Make sure to select both Country and Genres.

Name
Category
Hold Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) to select multiple.
Streaming URL
Logo (JPG, JPEG or PNG)

Contact us

Send us a message below. We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Subject
Your name
Email address
Station or page URL
Message
What is 10 plus 11?
We also attach your country, browser, current page, and device details to help us investigate issues.