Best Prog Report Podcasts (2025)

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Alex Lifeson on the new Envy of None album, playing guitar, and jamming with Geddy Lee 28:28

4d ago28:28

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Guitar legend Alex Lifeson joins the podcast to talk about his new band Envy of None and their new album Stygian Waves, as well as his love of playing guitar, getting together to jam with Geddy Lee, and what the future might hold for them. Stygian Wavz is out now.By The Prog Report

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The role of AI in software testing - Anthony Shaw 58:07

3d ago58:07

58:07

AI is helping people write code. Tests are one of those things that some people don't like to write. Can AI play a role in creating automated software tests? Well, yes. But it's a nuanced yes. Anthony Shaw comes on the show to discuss the topic and try to get AI to write some test for my very own cards project. We discuss: The promise of AI writing…

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Neal Morse and Chester Thompson on the new Cosmic Cathedral album 'Deep Water' 23:59

7d ago23:59

23:59

Neal Morse and Chester Thompson join the podcast to talk about the new band Cosmic Cathedral and their debut album 'Deep Water.' We also talk about Genesis, songwriting and more.By The Prog Report

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Cruise to the Edge 2025 Recap! 28:11

14d ago28:11

28:11

Roie and Dan talk about their experience on Cruise to the Edge 2025!By The Prog Report

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pytest-repeat - works fine on Python 3.14 8:04

18d ago8:04

8:04

pytest-repeat is a pytest plugin that makes it easy to repeat a single test, or multiple tests, a specific number of times. works fine on Python 3.14 is tested on Python 3.9-3.14 probably works fine still on 3.7 & 3.8 This episode also discusses the attempted April Fools episode. Links: pytest-repeat The April Fools episode: Python 3.14 won't repea…

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Roine Stolt on the new album LOVE by The Flower Kings 26:43

18d ago26:43

26:43

Roine Stolt returns to talk about the new 17th studio album from The Flower Kings titled Love.By The Prog Report

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Reaction: New music from The Flower Kings, Echolyn, Altesia, Solstice and more. 29:25

26d ago29:25

29:25

Roie, Vic, and Dan check out new music from The Flower Kings, Echolyn, Altesia, Solstice, Cosmic Cathedral and Nad Sylvan.By The Prog Report

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Python 3.14 won't repeat with pytest-repeat 4:38

27d ago4:38

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pytest-repeat is a pytest plugin that makes it easy to repeat a single test, or multiple tests, a specific number of times. Note: This was an April Fools attempt, so the statement ... "Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with Python 3.14, even though there is no rational reason why it shouldn't work." ... is NOT true. Listen to the NEXT episode …

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pytest-html - a plugin that generates HTML reports for test results 6:49

1M ago6:49

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pytest-html has got to be one of my all time favorite plugins. pytest-html is a plugin for pytest that generates a HTML report for test results. This episode digs into some of the super coolness of pytest-html. pytest-html repo readme with screenshot enhancing reports pytest-metadata Sponsored by: The Complete pytest course is now a bundle, with ea…

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Wolfgang Flür (Kraftwerk) 43:58

1M ago43:58

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Wolfgang Flür was born in Frankfurt in 1947 but moved to Düsseldorf in the early ‘50s, which has been home ever since. As a young man he played in the band The Sprits Of Sound, and studied to be an architect, hoping to get into interior design. Wolfgang joined Kraftwerk in 1973 and plays on one of the most remarkable album runs in pop music history…

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The Overview Reaction Podcast: How good is the new Steven Wilson album? 29:13

2M ago29:13

29:13

Roie, Dan, Vic, and Geoff discuss the highly-anticipated new album from Steven Wilson - The Overview.By The Prog Report

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Andy Glass from Solstice on the band's new album Clann, their renewed popularity, and more. 31:10

2M ago31:10

31:10

Guitarist Andy Glass of Solstice joins Roie to talk about the band's latest album Clann, their history, their resurgance, and more. Clann is out on April 4th, 2025.By The Prog Report

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Wendy James (Transvision Vamp) 37:42

2M ago37:42

37:42

Wendy James is tied up with some of my earlier memories of music. She fronted the band Transvision Vamp, who were hard to ignore in the late 80s. Songs like “I Want Your Love” and “Baby I Don’t Care” were pretty big hits over here. Transvision Vamp split in the early 90s and since then Wendy has persuaded various solo projects. Interestingly her fi…

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Steven Wilson on The Overview, the upcoming tour, the future of AI, and more. 32:04

2M ago32:04

32:04

Steven Wilson returns to the podcast to talk with Roie and Nick about his new album The Overview, the upcoming tour, the future of AI, and more. The Overview is out on March 14th, 2025.By The Prog Report

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Peter Nicholls and Mike Holmes from IQ on their new album 'Dominion', their long career and more. 25:30

2M ago25:30

25:30

Singer Peter Nicholls and guitarist Mike Holmes from legendary UK prog group IQ join Roie Avin to talk about their new studio album 'Dominion', their long career, songwriting, picking setlists, and more. Dominion is out on March 28th.By The Prog Report

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pytest-md and pytest-md-report: Markdown reports for pytest 10:41

2M ago10:41

10:41

Markdown reports as either text or markdown tables. Two fun plugins discussed. Links: pytest-md-report pytest-md Top pytest Plugins Sponsored by: The Complete pytest course is now a bundle, with each part available separately. pytest Primary Power teaches the super powers of pytest that you need to learn to use pytest effectively. Using pytest with…

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Echolyn's Brett Kull, Christopher Buzby & Ray Weston on the new albums 'Time Silent Radio' II & vii 38:24

2M ago38:24

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Echolyn members Brett Kull, Christopher Buzby & Ray Weston join the podcast to talk about the pair of new albums 'Time Silent Radio' II & vii, the band's history, songwriting process, and more.By The Prog Report

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Reaction: New music from Neal Morse/Cosmic Cathedral, Nospūn, IQ, Karmkanic and more! 34:01

2M ago34:01

34:01

Roie, Vic, and Kyle check out new music from Neal Morse/Cosmic Cathedral, Nospūn, IQ, Karmakanic, Phase Transition, and Dim Gray.By The Prog Report

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P.P. Arnold 39:11

2M ago39:11

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Pat Arnold has had quite a life. Born in 1946 she grew up in LA, and was in an abusive marriage with two kids while still a teenager. In 1965 she got a chance to audition for Ike and Tina Turner’s band as an “Ikette”. She got the gig and left her children in the care of her parents. This eventually took her to London where she fell into the orbit o…

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Ian Anderson on the new Jethro Tull album 'Curious Ruminant', songwriting, reissues and more. 21:37

2M ago21:37

21:37

Rock icon Ian Anderson joins Roie and Geoff to talk about the new Jethro Tull album 'Curious Ruminant', songwriting, reissues, his views on social media, and more. Curious Ruminant is out on March 7th.By The Prog Report

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Jonas Reingold - Karmakanic Interview 32:41

2M ago32:41

32:41

Bassist Jonas Reingold joins the podcast to talk about the new Karmakanic album 'Transmutation', touring with Steve Hackett, Cruise to the Edge & more. Transmutation releases on 7th March 2025 and will be available on CD, vinyl, and streaming platforms. Celebrating independent artistry, all formats will be released on Jonas’s own label, Reingold Re…

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Nadia Reid 37:10

3M ago37:10

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Nadia Reid is a singer-songwriter born and raised in New Zealand, before recently relocating to Manchester. She’s just released her fourth album “Enter Now Brightness”. We take a deep dive into the album, and our conversation ends up encompassing motherhood, relocation, generational trauma, faith; it goes to some deep places. I really hope you enjo…

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Mocking in Python with unittest.mock - Michael Foord 47:49

3M ago47:49

47:49

This episode is a replay of a 2021 interview I did with Michael Foord. We lost Michael in January, and I'd like to revisit this interview as a tribute. Michael Foord was a pivotal figure in the Python community and the creator of the mock library that's now unittest.mock. But he did so much more as well. His contributions continue to resonate withi…

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John Petrucci & Mike Portnoy on Parasomnia, the Dream Theater 40th Anniversary Tour & more. 29:56

3M ago29:56

29:56

John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy take some time from rehearsals to chat about their new album 'Parasomnia', the Dream Theater 40th-anniversary tour, all those Drumeo videos, songwriting, and more. Parasomina is out on Feb 7th, and the US leg to the tour kicks off on Feb 7th, as well. Host: Roie AvinBy The Prog Report

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pytest-mock : Mocking in pytest 11:41

3M ago11:41

11:41

pytest-mock is currently the #3 pytest plugin. pytest-mock is a wrapper around unittest.mock. In this episode: Why the pytest-mock plugin is awesome What is mocking, patching, and monkey patching What, if any, is the difference between mock, fake, spy, stub. Why we might need these in testing Some history of mock in Python and how mock became unitt…

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BIZARRE WEATHER INCREASING, NEW 2nd GENERATION BIO-WEAPONS COMING - MFBTV52 1:05:00

3M ago1:05:00

1:05:00

MESSAGES FROM BEYOND THE VEIL 52 Augusto's Websites... http://theappearance.com http://theappearance.net Augusto on iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast//id1123053712?mt=2 Augusto on MediaFire... https://www.mediafire.com/folder/byndkxqfq7ohj/The_Appearance Augusto on Rumble... https://rumble.com/user/theappearance Augusto on Bitchute... h…

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Reaction: New music from Dream Theater, Tiktaalika, Pattern-Seeking Animals and more for Jan 2025. 35:26

3M ago35:26

35:26

Roie, Vic, and Dan check out new music from Tiktaalika, Jason Bieler, Sometime in February, Royal Sorrow, Pattern-Seeking Animals, and of course, Dream Theater. Watch on YouTube to see the videos.By The Prog Report

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Say Bye bye To WHO, FEMA AND DEI - Say Welcome To Iron Dome and 8,000 Troops 1:44:00

3M ago1:44:00

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MAILBAG SHOW * 1.28.2025 FBI BEGINS NUCLEAR INCIDENT DRILL IN NEW YORK https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14330069/FBI-begins-nuclear-incident-drill-New-York-amid-fears-WWIII.html 100K PEACEKEEPERS TO UKRAINE https://www.independentsentinel.com/100k-peacekeepers-to-ukraine-putin-can-see-nato-from-his-house/ SUSPECTED MEXICAN DRUG CARTE…

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Top 5 Pattern-Seeking Animals Songs with Dave Meros and John Boegehold 43:16

3M ago43:16

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Dave Meros and John Boegehold of prog group Pattern-Seeking Animals join host Roie to pick their top 5 Pattern-Seeking Animals songs from the band's 5 albums, including the new album Friend of All Creatures, which is out on Feb 14th, 2025.By The Prog Report

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Trump Releases JFK Assassination Files, Bans CBDC, Withdraws From WHO & Stargate 39:00

3M ago39:00

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ETNR * 1.24.2025 JFK FILES RELEASED https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics/jfk-assassination-files-trump/index.html TRUMP BAN CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY https://www.infowars.com/posts/breaking-trump-signs-executive-order-banning-central-bank-digital-currency TRUMP'S INCOMING SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR CLEANS HOUSE https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/…

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Exploring Micro Frontend Architecture with Florian Rappel - RRU 283 53:32

3M ago53:32

53:32

Welcome to React Roundup, the podcast where we keep you updated on all things React related! In today's episode, we have an enlightening discussion featuring Paige Nedringhaus as host, our panelist TJ Van Toll, and our special guest, Florian Rappel, a solution architect from Munich, Germany. Florian, a noted figure in the web community, especially …

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NEMESIS SYSTEM APPROACHING-BIZARRE WEATHER PATTERNS-TRUMP TAKING ACTION-MFBTV51 1:00:00

3M ago1:00:00

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MESSAGES FROM BEYOND THE VEIL 51 Augusto's Websites... http://theappearance.com http://theappearance.net Augusto on iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast//id1123053712?mt=2 Augusto on MediaFire... https://www.mediafire.com/folder/byndkxqfq7ohj/The_Appearance Augusto on Rumble... https://rumble.com/user/theappearance Augusto on Bitchute... h…

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pytest-cov : The pytest plugin for measuring coverage 13:01

3M ago13:01

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pytest-cov is a pytest plugin that helps produce coverage reports using Coverage.py. In this episode, we'll discuss: what Coverage.py is why you should measure code coverage on both your source and test code what pytest-cov is extra features pytest-cov gives you over and above coverage.py and generally why using both is awesome Links: coverage.py p…

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Tamara Lindeman (The Weather Station) 1:05:15

3M ago1:05:15

1:05:15

You know how every now and then, an album comes along that just gets into your bones, and it’s hard to describe just how grateful you are it exists? (If you don’t know that feeling, I’m sorry, but keep searching for it). Tamara Lindeman working as The Weather Station has make two such records I feel that way about; 2019’s “Ignorance” and 2025’s “Hu…

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