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- 🇨🇦CA · Technology#1455K to 30K
- 🇮🇳IN · Technology#1951K to 10K
- 🇸🇦SA · Technology#103500 to 3K
- 🇹🇼TW · Technology#112500 to 3K
- 🇳🇿NZ · Technology#177500 to 3K
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2.4K to 16K🎙 Daily cadence·250 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
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8K to 52K🇨🇦58%🇮🇳19%🇸🇦6%+3 more - Active Followers
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3.2K to 21K
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HN833: The State of Packet Pushers 2026
Jun 26, 2026
Unknown duration
HN832: AI Agents Are Just Another Tool: How to Integrate With Your Network Automation Strategy (Sponsored)
Jun 19, 2026
Unknown duration
HN831: The Sum, Not Just the Parts: How and Why to Think Holistically About Your Network
Jun 12, 2026
55m 59s
HN830: Tailscale CEO on WireGuard, Zero Trust, and Securing AI (Sponsored)
Jun 5, 2026
56m 39s
HN829: EVPN/VXLAN Vs. TradCore
May 29, 2026
54m 15s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/26/26 | HN833: The State of Packet Pushers 2026 | Ethan and Drew gather the rest of the Packet Pushers team to discuss the State of the Packet Pushers Network. Together they provide a behind the scenes look into current initiatives like adding video and raising the standards of our audio. They also share the details of the workflows behind all your favorite shows and... Read more » | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | HN832: AI Agents Are Just Another Tool: How to Integrate With Your Network Automation Strategy (Sponsored) | AI has complicated network automation. It has created questions: If AI generates code for me, do I need to learn Python? Should I be writing a script to gather network information if I can dispatch an AI agent to gather that information for me instead? What new skills can I skip obtaining if AI stands... Read more » | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | HN831: The Sum, Not Just the Parts: How and Why to Think Holistically About Your Network✨ | networkingholistic thinking+3 | Jason Gintert | — | — | networkholistic+5 | — | 55m 59s | |
| 6/5/26 | HN830: Tailscale CEO on WireGuard, Zero Trust, and Securing AI (Sponsored)✨ | VPNZero Trust+3 | Avery Pennarun | Tailscale ApertureWireGuard+1 | — | TailscaleVPN+4 | Tailscale | 56m 39s | |
| 5/29/26 | HN829: EVPN/VXLAN Vs. TradCore✨ | EVPNVXLAN+5 | Tony Bourke | — | — | EVPNVXLAN+6 | Auvik | 54m 15s | |
| 5/22/26 | HN828: How Selector Unifies Cloud and On-Prem Network Observability (Sponsored)✨ | network observabilitycloud integration+3 | — | Application Performance Monitoring | — | network observabilitycloud telemetry+3 | Selector | 46m 24s | |
| 5/15/26 | HN827: When Buffers Attack: Understanding Buffers to Better Diagnose Network Weirdness✨ | networkingbuffers+3 | John HowardRob Sherwood | Packet Pushers | — | buffersnetworking+5 | — | 1h 12m 55s | |
| 5/8/26 | HN826: An Inside Look at Palo Alto Networks Prisma Browser for Business (Sponsored)✨ | cybersecuritybusiness impact+3 | Shivam Srivastava | Mastercard | — | cyberattackbankruptcy+4 | Palo Alto Networks | 34m 46s | |
| 5/1/26 | HN825: Faster Than Dijkstra? Exploring a New Shortest-Path Algorithm with Bruce Davie✨ | shortest path algorithmlink state routing+3 | Bruce Davie | Dijkstra’s algorithm | — | shortest pathDijkstra+4 | — | 54m 43s | |
| 4/24/26 | HN824: That’s Not a Job for an LLM: The Right Way to Apply AI to Network Operations (Sponsored)✨ | AI in network operationsartificial intelligence+3 | Avi Freedman | Packet Pushers | — | AInetwork operations+5 | — | 1h 01m 11s | |
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| 4/17/26 | HN823: Defining A Modern Network Service✨ | network servicesnetwork automation+3 | Mark Prosser | Network Operator AdvocateNetwork Automation Dreamer | — | network servicenetwork automation+3 | — | 51m 10s | |
| 4/10/26 | HN822: Now I Understand. You Mean an AI-Safe Zero-Trust Network Automation Approach (Sponsored)✨ | network automationAI+3 | David Gee | — | — | network automationAI+3 | Curvium | 1h 12m 08s | |
| 4/3/26 | HN821: Boring Network Design Is Good✨ | network designnetwork automation+3 | Ryan Hamel | Zayo Group | — | network designautomation+3 | — | 55m 52s | |
| 3/27/26 | HN820: Cyber Week 2026 Wrap Up with Palo Alto Networks: Agents, Prisma AIRS and NGTS (Sponsored)✨ | AI securitySASE+3 | — | AI securitySASE+1 | — | Palo Alto NetworksAI security+3 | Palo Alto Networks | 38m 53s | |
| 3/20/26 | HN819: Recipes for Automation – A Look Inside Eric Chou’s AI Networking Cookbook✨ | network automationartificial intelligence+3 | Eric Chou | Network Automation NerdsAI Networking Cookbook | — | AInetwork automation+4 | — | 1h 01m 49s | |
| 3/13/26 | HN818: Introducing LIM: A Large Infrastructure Model for Multi-Cloud Terraform Migration (Sponsored)✨ | multi-cloudTerraform migration+3 | — | Packet Pushers | Cloud Provider ACloud Provider B | multi-cloudTerraform+3 | LIMCODE | 58m 35s | |
| 3/6/26 | HN817: Is There a Better Way to Do Software Defined Networking?✨ | Software Defined Networkingnetwork architecture+3 | — | Software Defined Networking | — | SDNnetworking+3 | — | 57m 29s | |
| 2/27/26 | HN816: Inside the Case: A Hardware Deep Dive with Meter (Sponsored)✨ | networking hardwarehardware design+3 | Joshua Markell | — | — | networkinghardware+4 | Meter | 58m 57s | |
| 2/20/26 | HN815: All About PCE✨ | networkingrouting protocols+3 | — | Path Computation ElementPath Computation Element Protocol+2 | — | routingnetwork paths+5 | — | 1h 14m 10s | |
| 2/13/26 | HN814: Automating Your Network with Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager (Sponsored) | Our topic today is building and running network workflows. If your network workflows live in a spreadsheet, a SharePoint document, or in your head, you really need a workflow manager. A workflow manager brings scalability, repeatability, and consistency to your network operations team. In this sponsored episode, we discuss Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager. Our guests... Read more » | — | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | HN813: What Should Networkers Know About Software Development (and Vice Versa)? | What should network engineers know about software development? What should software developers know about networking? Ethan and Drew sit down with Chris Rapier and Nick Buraglio to discuss why crossing these silos can improve outcomes for everyone. They break down why being a little curious about the infrastructure can help software developers write better code,... Read more » | — | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | HN812: Nokia EDA: AI Ops You Can Trust (Sponsored) | AI is everywhere in networking right now, but most of it feels like hype. In this sponsored episode, we go deeper than buzzwords with Steven Butler from Nokia to explore what it takes to make AI Ops real, reliable, and trustworthy in production environments. If you want AI to deliver value, you need the fundamentals... Read more » | — | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | HN811: What AI Startups Get Wrong | What is the real-world impact of AI on network operations? Drew and Ethan have a chat with Carlos Pignataro, Founder & Principal at Blue Fern Consulting, to cut through the AI hype machine. Carlos offers a thoughtful, balanced take on where the industry is headed, and where it’s missing the mark. Together they discuss Intent-Based... Read more » | — | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | HN810: AI in Network Operations: Pragmatism Over Hype (Sponsored) | Are you an AI skeptic or an enthusiast? Ethan and Drew sit down with Igor Tarasenko, Senior Director of Product Software Architecture and Engineering at Equinix, to break down the reality of AI in the network. In this sponsored episode, Tarasenko discusses why APIs are the new CLI, the critical need for observability in AI,... Read more » | — | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | HN809: EVPN All the Things! | It’s been over a decade since the first Packet Pushers podcast on EVPN. Now, guest Jeff McAdams can legitimately suggest that we “EVPN all the things.” Hosts Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray dig into Jeff’s stance on EVPN/VXLAN. They look at how VXLAN and EVPN work; talk about use cases in the data center, the... Read more » | — | ||||||
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6 placements across 6 markets.
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6 placements across 6 markets.