Best Mostly Nitpicking Podcasts (2025)

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 3:42:03

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It's Hutchmas in December! This week Nando and Diggins ventured into Minnesota and inexplicably found another opportunity to watch the movie that makes Willy's Wonderland look better every day, Five Nights at Freddy's 2. They nitpick the toys, the teachers, and of course the eugenics. Recommendations: Diggins - When Harry Met Sally... (movie) Nando…

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#463 2025 is @wrapped 43:19

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Topics covered in this episode: Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? More on Deprecation Warnings How FOSS Won and Why It Matters Should I be looking for a GitHub alternative? Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon S…

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Merrily We Roll Along Pro Shot: Full Review & Reactions From OnStage Blog 59:31

10d ago59:31

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Rachel and Jax dive into the Merrily We Roll Along pro shot, breaking down what worked for them, what didn’t, and how this filmed version compares to the stage experience. onstageblog.com facebook.com/onstageblog twitter.com/onstageblog instagram.com/onstageblog https://www.youtube.com/@onstageblog8213…

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#462 LinkedIn Cringe 35:40

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Topics covered in this episode: Deprecations via warnings docs PyAtlas: interactive map of the top 10,000 Python packages on PyPI. Buckaroo Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) Brian: @[email protected] / @brianokken.bsky.social Show: @pythonbytes@fosstod…

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Zootopia 2 4:06:33

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Bark bark meow ribbit This week Nando and Diggins hop down to the city that never sheeps and watch the movie that launched a thousand shippers, Zootopia 2. They nitpick the snakes, the pigs, and of course the horse. Recommendations: Diggins - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (movie) Nando - The Most Hated Children's Book (video) Plugs Mostly …

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#461 This episdoe has a typo 28:50

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Topics covered in this episode: PEP 798: Unpacking in Comprehensions Pandas 3.0.0rc0 typos A couple testing topics Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] / @mkenned…

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Wicked: For Good 4:00:46

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We don't know if we've been changed for the better. This week Nando and Diggins tornado down to the Land of Oz to watch the sequel that will remind you that the good songs are almost all in the first one, Wicked: For Good. They nitpick the witches, the lions, and of course the Boq. Recommendations: Diggins - The Running Man (movie), Hamnet (movie),…

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The 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Broadway Recap with Marc Bonanni! 35:13

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Rachel, Jax, and special guest Marc Bonanni break down all of the Broadway spotlights in the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Find Marc Bonnani on Instagram @bwayghostlight and on YouTube @broadwaybyghostlight. onstageblog.com facebook.com/onstageblog twitter.com/onstageblog instagram.com/onstageblog https://www.youtube.com/@onstageblog8213…

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#460 Overlooked Python Typing 24:28

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Topics covered in this episode: Advent of Code starts today Django 6 is coming Advanced, Overlooked Python Typing codespell Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] /…

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Now You See Me: Now You Don't 3:34:59

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Now with 100% more people and 50% less magic. This week Nando and Diggins jump into a helicopter but actually no it isn't a helicopter. It's a picture of a helicopter and they're in a boat behind the picture on their way to watch a movie about magicians sort of, Now You See Me: Now You Don't. They nitpick the halls, the cops, and of course the Merr…

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Is "Wicked: For Good" A Good Movie? Reactions, Reviews, And Nitpicks, with OnStage Blog's Greg Ehrhardt! 59:17

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Rachel and Jax sit down with OnStage Blog’s Greg Ehrhardt to break down the highs and lows of Wicked: For Good—and to debate the big question: is it actually a good movie? It's an hour breaking down one of the biggest movies of 2025; read all of OnStage Blog's coverage of "Wicked: For Good" on onstageblog.com! onstageblog.com facebook.com/onstagebl…

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#459 Inverted dependency trees 32:54

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Topics covered in this episode: PEP 814 – Add frozendict built-in type From Material for MkDocs to Zensical Tach Some Python Speedups in 3.15 and 3.16 Extras Joke About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosst…

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Predator: Badlands 3:16:12

1M ago3:16:12

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If it nits, we can pick it. This week Nando and Diggins fall down to the podcasting planet to watch the deadliest movie in the galaxy, Predator: Badlands. They nitpick the trees, the guns, and of course the legs. Recommendations Diggins - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (movie), The Mastermind (movie), Pluribus (series) Nando - Pluribus (series)…

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#458 I will install Linux on your computer 22:47

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Topics covered in this episode: Possibility of a new website for Django aiosqlitepool deptry browsr Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) …

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Now You See Me 2 2:56:42

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2 Woody 2 Harrelson This week Nando DJ and Diggins jump down a tube and end up somewhere unexpected to watch the magical sequel that somehow makes less sense than the first, Now You See Me 2. They nitpick the wigs, the teeth, and of course the Eye. Recommendations: DJ - The Outer Worlds 2 (game) Diggins - Frankenstein (movie), Bugonia (movie), I Lo…

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#457 Tapping into HTTP 28:01

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Topics covered in this episode: httptap 10 Smart Performance Hacks For Faster Python Code FastRTC Explore Python dependencies with pipdeptree and uv pip tree Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts …

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Now You See Me 3:11:09

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The more you think, the less sense it makes. This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins magically appear in a bank vault to steal the movie that answered the question, what if everybody in the Ocean's movies had Scott Caan's vibe, Now You See Me. They nitpick the tricks, the traps, and of course the bubbles. Recommendations: DJ - Radlands (board game), Dispa…

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Picking the Best Broadway Shows from Every Year of Our Lives (Since 1981) 1:07:46

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Rachel and Jacklyn make their picks for the best Broadway (and off-Broadway) shows that debuted during every year that they have been alive (since 1981). Subscribe today to never miss an episode and visit onstageblog.com for all your Broadway content needs! onstageblog.com facebook.com/onstageblog twitter.com/onstageblog instagram.com/onstageblog h…

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#456 You're so wrong 25:46

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Topics covered in this episode: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program A Binary Serializer for Pydantic Models T-strings: Python's Fifth String Formatting Technique? Cronboard Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete …

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Red Dawn (2012) 2:47:46

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The few. The proud. The Hutch. This week Nando DJ and Diggins parachute into Anytown USA and force the capitalist pigs to enjoy a very affordable sandwich and watch the movie that didn't have anything to say about China, 2012's Red Dawn. They nitpick the guns, the guys, and of course the football. Recommendations: DJ - The Chair Company (series) Di…

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#455 Gilded Python and Beyond 38:53

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Topics covered in this episode: Cyclopts: A CLI library The future of Python web services looks GIL-free Free-threaded GC Polite lazy imports for Python package maintainers Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect …

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Ethan Hawke Stuns as Lyricist Lorenz Hart in Blue Moon! (Rodgers and Hammerstein talk) 51:54

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Rachel and Jax react after watching Ethan Hawke's incredible performance as Broadway Lyricist Lorenz Hart on the opening night of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma". Subscribe to the podcast today and visit onstageblog.com for more Broadway and Theatre content! onstageblog.com facebook.com/onstageblog twitter.com/onstageblog instagram.com/onstage…

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Tron: Ares 3:14:41

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The movie's actual tagline is "No going back" which like...yeah This week Nando DJ and Diggins jack into the grid to appreciate the Honda Civic 2.0 with a 4 cylinder engine and 138 horsepower and also watch the third movie out of three to underpreform and kill this franchise, Tron: Ares. They nitpick the red, the blue, and of course the white. Reco…

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#454 It's some form of Elvish 29:07

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Topics covered in this episode: djrest2 - A small and simple REST library for Django based on class-based views. Github CLI caniscrape - Know before you scrape. Analyze any website's anti-bot protections in seconds. 🐴 GittyUp Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training T…

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#453 Python++ 36:17

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Topics covered in this episode: PyPI+ uv-ship - a CLI-tool for shipping with uv How fast is 3.14? air - a new web framework built with FastAPI, Starlette, and Pydantic. Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with…

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RV 3:16:16

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Starring the wife of the current United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. This week, Nando DJ and Diggins race out of the house and crash into a bunch of things on their way out of the driveways to watch the Hutchest movie of 2006, RV. They nitpick the ball, the brakes, and of course the soda. Recommendations: DJ - The Great British Ba…

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#452 pi py-day (or is it py pi-day?) 40:36

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Topics covered in this episode: Python 3.14 Free-threaded Python Library Compatibility Checker Claude Sonnet 4.5 Python 3.15 will get Explicit lazy imports Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/452By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Zathura: A Space Adventure 3:24:27

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Prepare for Hutch...IN SPACE! This week Nando DJ and Diggins blast off of the normal movie release schedule for a galaxy spanning trip starting with the least ramakable Jumanji movie so far, Zathura: A Space Adventure. They nitpick the robots, the aliens, and of course the cheating. Recomendations DJ - Love is Blind Season 9 (series) Diggins - Prin…

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Pitching Our Best Broadway Investment Ideas! 54:22

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Rachel, Jax, and special guest Marc Bonanni each develop 5 ideas for new or revived Broadway Shows that they think would be worth the producer's investment. Subscribe to the podcast today to never miss an episode! onstageblog.com onstageblog.com facebook.com/onstageblog twitter.com/onstageblog instagram.com/onstageblog https://www.youtube.com/@onst…

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HIM 3:45:53

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but like...him? This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins suit up and touch down with the most Jordan Peele movie of the year, if you ignore Weapons (like his agents did), HIM. They nitpick the hits, the shots, and of course the mascots. Recomendations: DJ - Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (series) Diggins - The Lowdown (series) Nando - Gen V (series), The Power …

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#451 Databases are a Fad 23:54

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Topics covered in this episode: PostgreSQL 18 Released Testing is better than DSA (Data Structures and Algorithms) Pyrefly in Cursor/PyCharm/VSCode/etc Playwright & pytest techniques that bring me joy Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/451By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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#450 At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling 32:55

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Topics covered in this episode: pandas is getting pd.col expressions Cline, At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling uv cheatsheet Ducky Network UI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/450By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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The Home 2:41:37

3M ago2:41:37

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Let me guess. This is the first you're hearing about this movie. Is that a good sign? This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins take the ferry to Staten Island to watch what, for reasons you may not expect, ends up being one of the most disturbing movies of 2025, The Home. They nitpick the paint, the parents, and of course the websites. Recommendations DJ -…

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Ranking Musicals Based on True Stories – Is Hamilton #1? 36:44

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Rachel and Jax reveal their rankings of the best Broadway musicals based on true stories. Where does Hamilton fit in? Listen to find out! onstageblog.com facebook.com/onstageblog twitter.com/onstageblog instagram.com/onstageblog https://www.youtube.com/@onstageblog8213By OnStage Blog

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#449 Suggestive Trove Classifiers 31:29

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Topics covered in this episode: Mozilla’s Lifeline is Safe After Judge’s Google Antitrust Ruling troml - suggests or fills in trove classifiers for your projects pqrs: Command line tool for inspecting Parquet files Testing for Python 3.14 Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/449…

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#448 I'm Getting the BIOS Flavor 39:14

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Topics covered in this episode: prek tinyio The power of Python’s print function Vibe Coding Fiasco: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/448By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 3:01:45

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Finally! A third Lupin movie! This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins answer Nic's call to watch the movie that was so nice, they dubbed it twice, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro. They nitpick the cars, the planes, and of course the gears. Recommendations DJ - Bluey Scavenger Hunt Board Game (board game), Miami Dolphins Under the Sun (video) Diggins -…

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#447 Going down a rat hole 35:46

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Topics covered in this episode: rathole pre-commit: install with uv A good example of what functools.Placeholder from Python 3.14 allows Converted 160 old blog posts with AI Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/447By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Don't Do That High School Show, Do This Instead! 57:16

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Rachel and Jax weigh in on High School shows that schools should stop performing and give their recommendations for what should be performed instead. For more on this topic, check out Rachel and Jax's thoughts on the 11 most performed school musicals and what under-performed musicals should be given a chance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyA79z3…

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#446 State of Python 2025 31:24

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Topics covered in this episode: pypistats.org was down, is now back, and there’s a CLI State of Python 2025 wrapt: A Python module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching. pysentry Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/446By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Weapons 3:37:52

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what the fuuuuck? This week Nando, DJ, and Diggins cover their eyes while they watch the second movie of 2025 involving Julia Garner and kids who everyone is looking for, Weapons. They nitpick the doors, the cars, and of course the hot dogs. Recommendations: DJ - Bachelor in Paradise (series) Diggins - Air, Land & Sea (board game) Nando - and Roger…

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"The Most Popular Shakespeare Play?" and Other Insights At The Annual Utah Shakespeare Festival! 1:06:05

4M ago1:06:05

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On the latest episode of The OnStage Blog Theatre Podcast, Rachel and Jacklyn recap the festival, including the Shakespeare shows they saw (Macbeth, As You Like It, Antony, and Cleopatra). They also discuss Shakespeare's most popular plays, why he remains relevant in 2025, and more. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform or YouTube for all the…

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#445 Auto-activate Python virtual environments for any project 29:46

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Topics covered in this episode: pyx - optimized backend for uv Litestar is worth a look Django remake migrations django-chronos Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/445By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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War of the Worlds (2025) (with Ice Cube) (the bad one) 3:52:27

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Get outta there!!! This week Nando DJ and Diggins log onto the web to open windows and zoom in and zoom out of an window on Amazon dot com to watch what genuinely might be the worst movie of 2025, War of the Worlds. They nitpick the computers, the lightning, and of course the Disruptor. Recommendations DJ - Bill Maher: An Autopsy (video) Diggins - …

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#444 Begone Python of Yore! 25:44

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Topics covered in this episode: Coverage.py regex pragmas Python of Yore nox-uv A couple Django items Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/444By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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OnStage Blog Previews The New Broadway Shows Coming Fall 2025! 49:37

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Rachel and Jacklyn preview and rate their excitement for the new slate of Broadway shows and revivals coming in Fall 2025! Shows discussed include Mamma Mia, Waiting For Godot, Chess, Ragtime, and more. Subscribe to The OnStage Blog Theatre Podcast today for all our episodes and visit onstageblog.com for all of our editorials on Broadway-related! o…

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps 4:08:01

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You know what's more fantastic than four? Family. This week Nando DJ and Diggins hang ten over to watch the third movie of the year that needs to save the MCU, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. They nitpick the robots, the tubes, and of course the super apes. Recommendations DJ - WWE: Unreal (series) Diggins - Before Sunrise (movie), Rome (series) N…

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#443 Patching Multiprocessing 26:13

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Topics covered in this episode: rumdl - A Markdown Linter written in Rust Coverage 7.10.0: patch aioboto3 You might not need a Python class Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/443By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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#442 Cloud bills in scientific notation 22:34

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Topics covered in this episode: Open Source Security work isn't “Special” uv v0.8 Extra, Extra, Extra Announcing Toad - a universal UI for agentic coding in the terminal Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/442By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Jurassic World: Rebirth 3:00:10

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It's one big pile of...did I do this one already...let me check...I guess not. Look at that. This week Nando DJ and Diggins take an inexplicable fourth trip to the cinematic void that is Jurassic World to watch the movie that asks the question, can one of these about absolutely nothing make money?: Jurassic World: Rebirth. They nitpick the boats, t…