Podcasts
The Stack Overflow Podcast
The Stack Overflow Podcast, hosted by Ryan Donovan, publishes two to three times a week with interviews on how software is made and where it is headed.
By Jordan Metzner & Sam Nadler · Facts checked against each show's own listings · Updated October 2026
The Stack Overflow Podcast is hosted by Ryan Donovan and produced by Stack Overflow. It explores what it means to be a developer and how software engineering is changing the world. As of October 2026 it publishes two to three times a week (about 29 episodes in the last 90 days), and episodes usually run about 29 minutes.
| Hosts | Ryan Donovan |
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| Network or producer | Stack Overflow |
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| Schedule | Two to three times a week; about 29 episodes in the last 90 days (as of October 2026) |
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| Typical length | About 29 minutes |
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| Episodes in feed | 995 |
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| Latest episode | October 23, 2026: Rumors of the SaaS demise are greatly exaggerated |
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| Feed goes back to | The feed's oldest date is January 1, 2009, which looks like a placeholder, so we do not treat it as a launch date |
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| Where to listen | Apple Podcasts, official website |
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What The Stack Overflow Podcast covers
The show's description says that for well over a decade it has explored what it means to be a developer and how the art and practice of software engineering is changing our world. It hosts conversations "from creating code to running it in production" to help listeners understand how technology is made and where it is headed.
In recent weeks the interviews have clustered around AI and the developer workflow: OpenAI on a unified ChatGPT and Codex experience, observability for AI agents, formal methods, running agents on phones and AMD on GPU code. There are also language and tooling conversations, such as the Rust borrow checker. Some episodes are marked as sponsored in their descriptions.
Who it's for
Our take: it suits working software engineers and engineering leaders who want short, frequent interviews on tools, languages and the effect of AI on the job. See also our best coding podcasts list.
Best The Stack Overflow Podcast episodes to start with
We found no YouTube view data for this show, so these starting points come from the latest feed episodes, picked by topic:
- October 6, 2026: Tales from the 2026 Developer Survey results - results of the 2026 Annual Developer Survey with Erin Yepis of Stack Overflow.
- October 9, 2026: Taking a look under your agent’s hood - Datadog's Yanbing Li on observability for AI agents.
- October 13, 2026: Keep calm and call clone with Rust - Josh Triplett of the Rust Leadership Team on the borrow checker.
- October 20, 2026: Don't forget about the UI for AI - Andrew Ambrosino of OpenAI at OpenAI Dev Day 2026.
- October 16, 2026: AI says you’re right, formal methods say you’re wrong - Gabriela Moreira of Quint on formal specification and TLA+.
Chosen from the latest 12 feed episodes by topic; we did not rank them by popularity. Descriptions come from the episode titles and feed descriptions.
Latest episodes
- October 23, 2026: Rumors of the SaaS demise are greatly exaggerated
- October 20, 2026: Don't forget about the UI for AI
- October 16, 2026: AI says you’re right, formal methods say you’re wrong
- October 13, 2026: Keep calm and call clone with Rust
- October 9, 2026: Taking a look under your agent’s hood
Where to listen
Podcasts like The Stack Overflow Podcast
- The Changelog: a weekly software development and open source news brief, plus technical interviews and talk show.
- Syntax: Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski on web development topics, explained from their own experience.
- Developer Tea: Jonathan Cutrell, a short show for developers on mindset and career.
- CoRecursive: Adam Gordon Bell with stories of software development from interesting people.
The Stack Overflow Podcast is a frequent interview show for software engineers. Built This Week is our show, with Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler: the hosts build something with AI every week, test new AI tools, interview a founder or operator and cover AI news. Browse the Built This Week episodes, or see best coding podcasts and our podcast guides.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the public listings and feed below, checked October 24, 2026.
FAQ
Who hosts The Stack Overflow Podcast?
Ryan Donovan hosts The Stack Overflow Podcast.
How often does The Stack Overflow Podcast release new episodes?
Two to three times a week: about 29 episodes in the last 90 days, as of October 2026.
How long are The Stack Overflow Podcast episodes?
Episodes usually run about 29 minutes.
What are the best The Stack Overflow Podcast episodes?
We have no YouTube view data for this show, so we suggest recent conversations such as the 2026 Developer Survey results, Datadog on observability for AI agents and the Rust Project's Josh Triplett on the borrow checker.
What podcasts are like The Stack Overflow Podcast?
Similar shows include The Changelog, Syntax, Developer Tea, CoRecursive.
