Podcast Episodes

Radia Perlman: You’re Solving the Wrong Problem

What if the biggest problem in networking is that we’re solving the wrong one?

In this episode of The Art of Network Engineering, Andy and Lexie sit d…

4 months, 1 week ago

Wi-Fi 7 Explained: What Network Engineers Need to Know

In this episode, Andy sits down with Gregory Grimes to unpack the world of Wi-Fi 7 and what it means for network engineers.

If wireless has ever felt …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The ABCs of AI

“AI Won’t Replace You, But Someone Using AI Might”

AI is everywhere; stickers, marketing, hype. Network engineers are understandably skeptical.

In this…

5 months, 1 week ago

Life-Saving Networks

What does “mission-critical networking” really mean?

At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, it’s not about uptime SLAs or dashboard metrics; it’s a…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Learn to Code With AI

Erika Dietrick (aka “Erika the Dev”) is back on the show, and she’s days away from a major life change (welcome, Baby Dev). In this follow-up convers…

6 months, 1 week ago

Why Projects Fail

We've all worked on those technical projects that felt doomed from the start. 

In this episode, we're joined by Eyvonne Sharp and Mike Bushong to dig …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Engineers Struggle to Communicate (And How to Fix It Fast)

Recorded on-site in Austin, Texas, at AutoCon 4 (Network Automation Forum), Andy sits down with Colin Doyle to talk about the human side of technical…

7 months ago

What is IS-IS?

Most network engineers know BGP, OSPF, and maybe EIGRP, but far fewer have hands-on experience with ISIS. In this episode of The Art of Network Engin…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Building the Right Network

In this special on-location episode of The Art of Network Engineering, Andy Lapteff sits down in person with Kevin Myers for a conversation that pull…

8 months ago

Resilience, Reputation, and MCP

Andy sits down with longtime friend William Collins to unpack three big themes shaping modern NetOps. 

First: the AWS US-East-1 outage and the myth th…

8 months, 2 weeks ago