Simple Talks

By: Louis Davidson Ryan Booz Grant Fritchey and Steve Jones
  • Summary

  • Simple Talks, a Redgate Software podcast, features hosts Louis Davidson, Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, and Ryan Booz discussing technology adoption, career stories, and industry challenges. From database management to DevOps, data and programming techniques, it's a must-listen for professionals in the tech industry.
    2024
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Episodes
  • Redgate Advocates: Their Origin Stories
    Apr 3 2025
    The Redgate Advocates (Kellyn Gorman, Ryan Booz, Steve Jones, and Grant Fritchey) sat down at the PASS Summit last year and spent some time telling how they went from working directly in tech, to helping others work with tech - both inside and outside of Redgate and their products. Check out other Simple Talks episodes at https://rd.gt/3TJocZ9 Connect with the hosts: Kellyn Gorman Web: https://dbakevlar.com BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dbakevlar.bsky.social Grant Fritchey Web: https://scarydba.com X: https://x.com/GFritchey Steve Jones X: https://x.com/Way0utwest Web: https://voiceofthedba.com/ Ryan Booz X: https://x.com/ryanbooz Web: https://www.softwareandbooz.com/
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    24 mins
  • Coffee chat with Kellyn Gorman
    Mar 20 2025

    In this Coffee Chat episode, Louis sits down with Redgate Advocate Kellyn Gorman. Kellyn tells her origin story of becoming a leader in the data community, which is as inspiring as it is interesting, and the conversation also covers security (and the inherent trust issues data professionals have!), fact-checking ourselves, aging DBAs, Lego obsession, and Raspberry Pi.

    Also, ever wondered why Kellyn’s social media handle is dbakevlar? Listen in to find out!

    Kellyn’s website: https://dbakevlar.com

    Kellyn’s Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dbakevlar.bsky.social

    Check out other episodes of Simple Talks, including the Coffee Chats with Scott Stauffer and Erik Darling mentioned in this episode, at https://rd.gt/3TJocZ9

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    47 mins
  • State of the Database Landscape 2025
    Mar 6 2025
    In this episode of Simple Talks, Louis, Steve, Kellyn and Grant get together to discuss the recently released State of the Database Landscape Report 2025, delving into topics around security, professional development and AI. Download the full report here: https://www.red-gate.com/solutions/state-of-database-landscape/2025/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mc-202501-t1-navigating-the-database-landscape-in-2025-report-gc-all For more Simple Talks, visit https://rd.gt/3TJocZ9 Connect with the hosts: Kellyn Gorman Web: https://dbakevlar.com BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dbakevlar.bsky.social Grant Fritchey Web: https://scarydba.com X: https://x.com/GFritchey Steve Jones X: https://x.com/Way0utwest Web: https://voiceofthedba.com/ Louis Davidson X: https://x.com/drsql Web: https://drsql.org
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    31 mins

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