Best Computer Science Podcasts (2025)

Cisco recently announced a major evolution to its certification roadmap: starting February 2026, the popular DevNet certifications will transition to a brand-new Automation track. Joining us today is Francois Caen, Product Manager at Cisco, also an expert in network automation and a recognized voice in the Cisco Learning and Certification Community…

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PP069: A Quantum Primer: It’s More Than Cracking Crypto 41:44

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Quantum computing is here, and it’s being used for more than cracking encryption. On today’s Packet Protector we get a primer on quantum, how it differs from classical computing, its applications for difficult computing problems, why quantum will be the death of blockchain, and how to think about quantum risks. Our guest, Johna Johnson, is... Read …

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HS107: Your (Late) New Years Resolution: Follow Your (Amended) Strategy 32:18

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Here we are, a bit more than halfway through the year. How’s your execution against your strategy going? Roiled by the economy? Disrupted by tariffs? Thrown off by staff retirements? If you built a proper technology strategy in the first place, driven by the business strategy, then no matter what is happening don’t ignore it,... Read more »…

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NB533: HPE Settles With DoJ to Buy Juniper; Juniper Must Auction Mist Source Code 47:05

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Take a Network Break! HPE and Juniper have settled with the US Department of Justice, allowing HPE’s $14 billion purchase to move forward. However, as part of the deal, Juniper must grant a full license to its AI Ops for Mist source code to one, or perhaps two, companies via an auction to be overseen... Read more »…

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NB533: HPE Settles With DoJ to Buy Juniper; Juniper Must Auction Mist Source Code 47:05

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Take a Network Break! HPE and Juniper have settled with the US Department of Justice, allowing HPE’s $14 billion purchase to move forward. However, as part of the deal, Juniper must grant a full license to its AI Ops for Mist source code to one, or perhaps two, companies via an auction to be overseen... Read more »…

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TCG000: The Cloud Gambit Podcast Joins the Packet Pushers Network! 10:42

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The Cloud Gambit is joining the Packet Pushers network! Launched in 2023 as an independent podcast, The Cloud Gambit cuts through the hype to deliver what actually matters in cloud and AI. Hosts William Collins and Eyvonne Sharp decode the strategies, technologies, and market forces reshaping enterprise infrastructure. Built for engineers who lead,…

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HN787: Are We In a Post-SNMP Era? 58:27

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SNMP is still widely used in today’s networks. But modern telemetry and network observability are bringing changes to network monitoring. Today’s Heavy Networking is a roundtable discussion about alternatives to SNMP and real-world use cases for those alternatives. This episode was inspired by a request from listener Nikolay. He says… While telemet…

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TNO034: Doing the Work of Workflows With Greg Freeman 1:07:51

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On today’s show we talk about NetDevOps and AI Ops with Greg Freeman, VP of Network and Customer Transformation at Lumen. Greg spearheads network automation, orchestration ,and AI strategy, guiding the highest technical tier in operations and championing NetDevOps methodologies. We talk about the people and work culture that’s influenced the develo…

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Henrique Malvar - Episode 71 46:12

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In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Rashmi Mohan hosts Henrique Malvar, a signal processing researcher at Microsoft Research (Emeritus). He spent more than 25 years at Microsoft as a distinguished engineer and chief scientist, leading the Redmond, Washington lab (managing more than 350 researchers). At Microsoft, he contributed to the development of a…

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N4N032: OSPF Basics 56:47

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By popular request (and now that we have some other background topics covered) we start our series on the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol. We kick off the series with OSPF basics including Link State Advertisements, Link State Database, and other related essentials. We’ll explore additional OSPF topics over subsequent episodes. Thi…

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IPB178: Remembering Fred Baker 28:17

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Today’s show is in memory of Fred Baker, who passed away on June 18, 2025. Fred was a pivotal figure in the IPv6 community. He was the long-time chair of the v6ops working group, and had a distinguished career at Cisco as a Technical Fellow. To honor Fred and his contributions, we’re sharing our interview... Read more »…

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Professor Messer's Security+ Study Group After Show - June 2025 1:07:30

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It's open Q&A on the Security+ After Show!By Professor Messer

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Professor Messer's Security+ Study Group - June 2025 1:14:22

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Are you ready to get Security+ certified? Watch our free training course: In this month's Security+ Study Group, you'll learn about: Finding the right Security device Maintaining uptime during a failure The benefits of NetFlow Documentation and agreement types Securely storing private keys And more Keep the study process going! Watch additional Sec…

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D2DO276: MCP: Capable, Insecure, and On Your Network Today 33:47

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MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is an open-source project originally created by Anthropic. MCP is designed to let AI agents to connect to data repositories, applications, business and developer tools, and other agents to execute tasks and carry out instructions. Day Two DevOps explores the capabilities and pitfalls of MCP, how the protocol works, a…

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NB532: HPE Deploys AI Agents Into GreenLake; Wi-Fi 7 Drives Q1 Switch Sales 52:07

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert is a remote code execution vulnerability in Roundcube. On the news front, HPE announces GreenLake Intelligence, which will bring agentic AI capabilities to the HPE portfolio, Pure Storage brings cloud-like operations for on-prem storage, and Juniper Networks adds predictive analytics to its data center ops platfo…

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NB532: HPE Deploys AI Agents Into GreenLake; Wi-Fi 7 Drives Q1 Switch Sales 52:07

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert is a remote code execution vulnerability in Roundcube. On the news front, HPE announces GreenLake Intelligence, which will bring agentic AI capabilities to the HPE portfolio, Pure Storage brings cloud-like operations for on-prem storage, and Juniper Networks adds predictive analytics to its data center ops platfo…

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Tech Bytes: New From HPE Discover—Networking, AI, and More (Sponsored) 20:59

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Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by HPE, we get a preview of HPE Discover. We talk about networking, security, and agentic AI announcements coming out of the event. We’ll also talk about how HPE is converging network and security in its product portfolio, and HPE’s approach to AI both as a tool being... Read more »…

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PP068: Common Kubernetes Risks and What to Do About Them 39:09

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Today’s Packet Protector digs into risks and threats you might encounter in a Kubernetes environment, what to do about them, and why sometimes a paved path (or boring technology) is the smartest option. My guest is Natalie Somersall, Principal Solutions Engineer for the Public Sector at Chainguard. We talk about risks including identity and access.…

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HW055: Improving Wireless Design With AI 27:56

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AI is already widely used for wireless network operations. On today’s show, we look at how AI and machine learning are also being applied to wireless design and site surveys. My guest is Jussi Kiviniemi, Founder and CEO of Hamina Wireless. We talk about how Hamina is developing and implementing AI tools to help designers... Read more »…

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HN786: From Intent-Based to Autonomous Ops With Cisco Crosswork and Provider Connectivity Assurance (Sponsored) 49:38

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Service provider networks face a couple of difficult challenges: how to map service level agreements to actual network health and performance, and how to deliver service assurance to customers regardless of what happens on the network. On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking we talk with Cisco Systems about its approach to service assurance, how Cisc…

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TNO033: Maximum Impact: Leverage Your Network to Advance Your Career (Sponsored) 42:57

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At AutoCon 3 in Prague, Scott Robohn sat down with Ernest Lefner from sponsor Gluware to talk about lessons learned throughout his career: from his early days of pulling cable to becoming Chief Product Officer at Gluware and helping to found ONUG. Ernest talks about being a continuous technology learner, and also about the need... Read more »…

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TL016: When It Comes To Product Design, Don’t Trust Your Gut 39:08

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People consistently overestimate their ability to predict whether a new product or feature will be a success. Instead of blithely going forward with a project that takes up lots of resources and yields minimal results, today’s guest says we should get our ideas into contact with external reality as quickly as possible, and maybe do... Read more »…

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N4N031: When Is It Time For a Routing Protocol? 54:39

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If you need to route in your network, you can program static routes into all your routing-capable devices. And this can work. But at some point, you’re probably going to want to switch to a dynamic routing protocol. On today’s N Is For Networking, Ethan and Holly discuss the differences between static and dynamic routes,... Read more »…

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Professor Messer's N10-009 Network+ Study Group After Show - June 2025 1:03:25

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We take your questions about certifications, technology, and anything else!By Professor Messer

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Professor Messer's N10-009 Network+ Study Group - June 2025 1:16:43

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Are you ready to get Network+ certified? Watch our free N10-009 training course. In this month's Network+ Study Group, you'll learn about: Network troubleshooting at the command line Access point configurations Finding an FQDN NAC implementations Automatic IP address assignments Keep the study process going! Watch additional Network+ Study Group vi…

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NAN094: Automate and Iterate With the NetBox Labs Community 44:56

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On today’s show, we’re joined NetBox Labs co-founders Mark Coleman and Kris Beevers. They recount how they founded NetBox Labs and discuss its growth and how it’s being used. We also delve into the NetBox Labs community and its importance for users. And of course, there’s the ever-present AI discussion. Mark and Kris also talk... Read more »…

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PP067: Protecting Secrets With Vault and TruffleHog 35:35

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Secrets trickle out through misconfigurations, poor tooling, and rushed Git commits. Today’s guest, John Howard, joins us on Packet Protector to walk through practical secrets management with Vault and TruffleHog to help make sure you don’t expose your privates. John discusses work he’s done to build an automated process in his organization for dev…

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HS106: Planning for the Epochalypse 28:15

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IT teams deal with technology lifecycle issues all the time–including Y2K, which enterprises across the world grappled with for years. The Epochalypse, or Year 2038 Problem, is similar. Specifically, some Linux systems’ date-time counters will go from positive to negative at a specific date in 2038, potentially wreaking havoc on embedded systems an…

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NB531: Cisco Spotlights AI, Unified Management at CLUS; Ultra Ethernet 1.0 Unveiled 21:42

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert for the week is a remote code execution vulnerability in open-source XDR platform Wazuh. In tech news, we dig into several announcements from Cisco Live US including: unified management of Meraki and Catalyst gear, new switches, an AI Assistant for the Meraki dashboard, a Deep Network Model LLM,... Read more »…

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NB531: Cisco Spotlights AI, Unified Management at CLUS; Ultra Ethernet 1.0 Unveiled 21:42

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert for the week is a remote code execution vulnerability in open-source XDR platform Wazuh. In tech news, we dig into several announcements from Cisco Live US including: unified management of Meraki and Catalyst gear, new switches, an AI Assistant for the Meraki dashboard, a Deep Network Model LLM,... Read more »…

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HN785: How To Take Your First Steps Into Network Automation 55:50

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There’s an old saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. On today’s show, we talk about taking your first step into network automation with guest Joseph Nicholson. He’s been automating at NTT Data for many years now and has some perspective to share. He’s a network engineer by trade,... Read more »…

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Professor Messer's CompTIA 220-1202 A+ Study Group After Show - June 2025 57:32

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Your questions and more!By Professor Messer

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Professor Messer's CompTIA 220-1202 A+ Study Group After Show - June 2025 57:32

28d ago57:32

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Your questions and more!By Professor Messer

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IPB177: Introducing the IPv6 Compatibility Checker 15:27

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The Hexabuild team is providing a new community resource, an IPv6 compatibility checker, for those trying to figure out IPv6 network hardware and software compatibility. It’s currently in an alpha version. We talk about what inspired it, what it does, and possible future updates. We also want to get your feedback on whether this is... Read more »…

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Professor Messer's CompTIA 220-1202 A+ Study Group - June 2025 1:17:40

28d ago1:17:40

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Join me for CompTIA 220-1202 A+ Q&A, your questions, and more!By Professor Messer

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Professor Messer's CompTIA 220-1202 A+ Study Group - June 2025 1:17:40

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Join me for CompTIA 220-1202 A+ Q&A, your questions, and more!By Professor Messer

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TNO032: Automation First: NetOps at Megaport 1:01:12

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Today we chat with Megaport’s Mitchell Warden, Founding Engineer; and Alexis Bertholf, Global Technical Evangelist, to find out what NetOps is like at Megaport, a company that provides scalable internet connections for all types of organizations. We look at the origins of Megaport and how the company started with the intention of network automation…

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N4N030: Network Shapes and Sizes 1:03:06

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What shape is your network? In other words, what is its topology? On today’s episode, we discover the different types of network topologies and designs used in the enterprise, data center, and service provider networks. We cover leaf/spine, hub and spoke, point to point, mesh, and others. We also talk about how topologies affect traffic... Read mor…

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D2DO275: WebAssembly – The Next Big Thing? 37:00

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Is WebAssembly the next big thing? Here to help us understand what WebAssembly (WASM) is and what it can and can’t do is Michael Levan, a consultant and WASM trainer. He also dives deeper into WASM details such as hosting, security, monitoring, and the ever-present influence of AI. AdSpot: Spacelift Founded by the creator of... Read more »…