Best The Prog Report Podcasts (2025)

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Jakko Jakszyk talks about his new solo album Son of Glen, King Crimson and more. (Interview) 26:25

7d ago26:25

26:25

Guitarist/vocalist Jakko Jakszyk joins Roie Avin and Geoff Bailie to talk about his new solo album Son of Glen, how his book inspired the new music, King Crimson, and more. Son of Glen is out on June 27th, 2025.By The Prog Report

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Ben Kweller 45:56

30m ago45:56

45:56

On February 27th 2023 Ben Kweller received the worst phone call imaginable. His 16 year old son Dorian had died in a car accident. An oncoming truck had veered into Dorian’s lane and a downed tree had gone through his windscreen as he swerved over. Dorian himself was a budding musician, releasing music under the name Zev, and had been due to tour w…

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Avkrvst - Waving at the Sky (Interview) 19:20

14d ago19:20

19:20

Simon Bergseth and Martin Utby of Avkrvst join the podcast to chat about their new album 'Waving At The Sky, which is out on June 13th, working with Ross Jennings, playing live, and more.By The Prog Report

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Reaction: New music from Styx, Big Wreck, Edensong, Ihlo, Nad Sylvan, and Avkrvst. 30:01

17d ago30:01

30:01

Roie, Vic, and Jeremy check out new music from Styx, Big Wreck, Edensong, Ihlo, Nad Sylvan, and Avkrvst.By The Prog Report

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Photographer Tom Sheehan on Oasis, Weller, Springsteen and more. 44:22

20d ago44:22

44:22

Tom Sheehan was born in Camberwell, South London. He was an in-house photographer for CBS Records in the 70s, and went on to be the chief photographer for Melody Maker. He enjoyed long-term working relationships with the likes of REM, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, and Oasis, the subject of a new book of Tom’s work entitled “Roll With It: Oasis …

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Drummer Mark Zonder on the new A-Z album 'A2Z2' (Interview) 24:11

27d ago24:11

24:11

Drummer Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Warlord) returns to talk about the second A-Z album 'A2Z2', working with Ray Alder again, Nick Van Dyke from Redemption and more. The A-Z album is out on June 6th, 2025.By The Prog Report

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pytest-metadata - provides access to test session metadata 8:15

1M ago8:15

8:15

pytest-metadata is described as a plugin for pytest that provides access to test session metadata. That is such a humble description for such a massively useful plugin. If you're already using pytest-html, you have pytest-metadata already installed, as pytest-metadata is one of the dependencies for pytest-html. However, pytest-metadata is very usef…

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Derek Shulman (Gentle Giant) Interview - Playing The Fool Live Reissue 26:20

1M ago26:20

26:20

Derek Shulman returns to the podcast to talk about the new Gentle Giant 'Playing The Fool' The Complete Live Experience’ Reissue, signing Dream Theater and Pantera, and more.By The Prog Report

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pytest-check - allow multiple failures per test 9:56

2M ago9:56

9:56

pytest-check is a pytest plugin that allows multiple failures per test. Normally, a test function will fail and stop running with the first failed assert. That's totally fine for tons of kinds of software tests. However, there are times where you'd like to check more than one thing, and you'd really like to know the results of each check, even if o…

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Reaction: New music from Katatonia, Jakko Jakszyk, Avkrvst, Haken, A-Z, and Lux Terminus! 30:50

2M ago30:50

30:50

Roie, Vic, and Dan check out new music from Katatonia, Jakko Jakszyk, Avkrvst, Haken, A-Z, and Lux Terminus.By The Prog Report

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Nels Cline (Wilco) 53:58

2M ago53:58

53:58

Nels Cline was born in California in January 1956. He started played guitar at the age of 12 and his early career is fairly jazz-based, before stretching into other directions. He has played guitar for Wilco, one of my favourite bands in the world, since 2004. He has a new solo album out on Blue Note Records entitled “Consentrik Quartet”, featuring…

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

2M 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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Alex Lifeson on the new Envy of None album, playing guitar, and jamming with Geddy Lee 28:28

2M ago28:28

28:28

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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

3M 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

3M ago4:38

4:38

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

3M ago6:49

6:49

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 Help support the show AND learn pytest: The Complete pytest cours…

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Wolfgang Flür (Kraftwerk) 43:58

3M ago43:58

43:58

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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

4M 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 Help support the show AND learn pytest: 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 effe…

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

4M ago38:24

38:24

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

4M 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

4M ago39:11

39:11

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

4M 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

4M 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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