DevOps can be challenging because there aren’t standard approaches to it. Your DevOps approach can be vastly unique to your organization’s needs, including the DevOps engineering talent and budget you have available.
This also means it’s easy to get caught up in doing your own thing and not knowing what others are doing that you can adopt. To help you keep up with DevOps developments, we’ve compiled this roundup of the best DevOps podcasts to listen to in 2026.
The topics covered in these shows range from cloud infrastructure management and cloud cost optimization to security strategies, platform engineering, and productivity tips.
1. Cloud Atlas
Biologically speaking, humans are a terrestrial species. But in terms of how we live, work, learn, and play, we’re really a cloud-native species. The cloud revolutionized human life. But outside the tech community, people have a limited understanding of what the cloud is.
In Cloud Atlas, CloudZero demystifies the cloud — including the story of the cloud, from prehistoric times (i.e., the 1990s) to the present day, where it came from, what it enabled, and how universally it’s used on a day-to-day, hour-to-hour, moment-to-moment basis.
Cloud Atlas includes interviews and stories from Allan Vermeulen (proposed S3, led the team who built it), Matt Round (former director of Amazon’s Personalization Department), Andy Jassy (former AWS CEO, current Amazon CEO), and more. Check out the podcast here.
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2. The CloudCast
Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely have been at this for over a decade, and The CloudCast remains one of the most consistently valuable cloud computing podcasts in the space. With 700+ episodes and counting, the show now positions itself where cloud meets AI — covering everything from platform engineering and Kubernetes to generative AI infrastructure and open source.
The CloudCast Basics series is especially useful for teams ramping up on new topics. Each season covers a collection of related concepts, structured so beginners can confidently take the next steps. Episodes run 15–20 minutes, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more than 10 other platforms.
3. Screaming in the Cloud
Host Corey Quinn, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, brings a sharp mix of wit and deep expertise to Screaming in the Cloud. With over 700 episodes, the weekly show covers developments across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Oracle Cloud — not just what’s happening, but why it matters and how you can use it.
Quinn’s interview style is direct and entertaining, and the guest roster regularly includes founders, CTOs, and engineers tackling real-world cloud challenges. Recent episodes have covered topics from cloud security automation to AI-generated pull request chaos. Each episode runs 35–45 minutes — easy to fit into a commute or lunch break.
4. Arrested DevOps
Arrested DevOps remains one of the longest-running and most respected DevOps podcasts in the space. Hosted by a rotating panel that includes Matt Stratton (global chair of DevOpsDays), Bridget Kromhout (Principal Program Manager at Microsoft Azure), and others, the show covers everything from open source to security to team structures.
Episodes clock in at 60 minutes or less and feature expert guests from around the world. The show’s strength is its breadth — whether it’s automation strategies, platform engineering best practices, or the cultural side of DevOps adoption, Arrested DevOps has covered it.
5. DevOps and Docker Talk
DevOps and Docker Talk, hosted by Bret Fisher and Nirmal Mehta, is essential listening for anyone working with containers, Kubernetes, or DevSecOps. The show combines practical advice with in-depth interviews — covering Docker, cloud-native development, GitOps, platform engineering, and the full software lifecycle.
Fisher’s guest roster is impressive. Recent episodes have featured Solomon Hykes (founder of Docker) discussing the future of CI/CD automation. Episodes run about 45 minutes and are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. If you work with containers in any capacity, this belongs in your rotation.
6. The Changelog
The Changelog, hosted by Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo, is one of the most respected developer podcasts in the industry — and it’s deeply relevant to the DevOps audience. The weekly show covers open source, infrastructure, cloud-native development, and the people building the tools that teams depend on.
Episodes typically run 45–60 minutes, and the hosts have a natural rapport that makes technical topics accessible without dumbing them down. If you only have time for one broad developer podcast, this is the one. Changelog also produces Go Time and Ship It! (both on this list), making their network a one-stop shop for DevOps-adjacent listening.
7. Software Engineering Daily
Software Engineering Daily shares tips, news, and information about building, scaling, and optimizing large software projects. Episodes run under 50 minutes, and the diverse guests bring perspectives from across the industry — from MLOps systems to pipeline architecture to cloud management strategies.
The show’s archive is enormous and well-organized, making it a useful reference when you’re ramping up on a specific topic. Subscribe to their RSS feeds for regular updates.
8. Command Line Heroes
Command Line Heroes, produced by Red Hat and hosted by Saron Yitbarek, takes a different approach than most podcasts on this list. It’s a narrative-driven, award-winning series that tells the stories of the developers, open source contributors, and technologists who shaped the industry.
Think less “interview with an expert” and more “well-produced documentary episode.” Topics span the history and future of open source, DevOps culture, programming languages, and the people behind the tools. It’s a refreshing change of pace from the standard format, and each episode is produced at a level most tech podcasts can’t match.
9. DevOps Paradox
Darin Pope (developer advocate at CloudBees) and Viktor Farcic (Google Developer Expert and Docker Captain) bring strong opinions and deep experience to DevOps Paradox. Topics range from OpenTelemetry and test-driven development to Kubernetes, CI/CD best practices, and why companies get stuck on legacy systems.
The show has earned a loyal audience for good reason — as one listener put it, it’s the “best podcast on keeping up with industry along with valid viewpoints but opinions I trust.” Recent episodes have tackled writing test cases for microservices, automated database tuning, and practical career advice for aspiring DevOps architects.
10. Software Defined Talk
Hosts Brandon Whichard, Cote, and Matt Ray dissect the latest news, views, and events on topics DevOps professionals care about — Kubernetes, serverless, security, coding, and enterprise software. Software Defined Talk has passed 400 episodes and continues to release weekly.
The show’s strength is its banter. The hosts strike a balance between substance and lighthearted commentary that makes it an easy listen even when covering dense topics like cloud computing architecture and open source governance. Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Overcast, and other platforms.
11. Ship It!
Ship It!, part of the Changelog network, is hosted by Justin Garrison and Autumn Nash. The show explores everything that happens after git push — DevOps, infrastructure, cloud-native development, and running apps in production.
Whether you’re cloud-native, Kubernetes-curious, a seasoned SRE, or just running a VPS, Ship It! covers the practical side of getting software into users’ hands. Guests share real-world war stories — like migrating monolithic apps to serverless architectures with incremental improvements rather than risky big-bang rewrites.
12. AWS Podcast
The Official AWS Podcast is a go-to source for news on feature launches, service updates, and best practices across the AWS ecosystem. Topics span security, infrastructure, serverless computing, and more.
With well over 500 episodes, you won’t run out of material. The show regularly features expert interviews alongside product announcements, giving you both the “what” and the “how” for new AWS capabilities. AWS also offers other listens, including Fix This and AWS TechChat, if you want to go deeper on specific topics.
13. Day Two Cloud
In DevOps, “Day Two” means the product has shipped — and now you’re monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing it. Day Two Cloud focuses squarely on this phase of the software development lifecycle.
Hosts Ethan Banks (co-founder of Packet Pushers Interactive) and Ned Bellavance (Microsoft MVP, founder of Ned in the Cloud) chat with architects and engineers about developments in public, private, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. The show also covers ongoing training and certifications — useful for DevOps professionals looking to level up.
14. The Cloud Pod
With over 200 episodes, The Cloud Pod features cloud insights through news, interviews, and discussions about multi-cloud deployments. If you need to stay current on announcements from AWS, GCP, Azure, and the Kubernetes ecosystem, this podcast consolidates it into a single feed.
The hosting team brings complementary expertise: Justin (CEO of SaaS 11), Ryan (container specialist — Amazon ECS, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate), Peter (CTO at Foghorn Consulting), and Jonathan (serverless evangelist). Together they cover cloud security, DevOps best practices, and cloud management strategies.
15. Kubernetes Podcast from Google
The Kubernetes Podcast from Google is a biweekly show focused on developments in the Kubernetes community and the broader cloud-native ecosystem. Hosts Kaslin Fields and Abdel Sghiouar are veteran Google Cloud engineers with deep expertise in Kubernetes, serverless, and service mesh.
Each episode covers community news and features guests from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Google, and the open source Kubernetes community. If Kubernetes is central to your infrastructure, this is required listening.
16. Dev Interrupted
Dev Interrupted, hosted by Andrew Zigler, Ben Lloyd Pearson, and Dan Lines, sits at the intersection of engineering leadership and DevOps. Each week, the show explores the strategies, struggles, and stories behind high-performing software teams — paired with weekly industry news coverage.
This is the podcast for DevOps professionals moving into leadership roles, managing platform teams, or trying to bridge the gap between engineering execution and business outcomes. Conversations dive into the real challenges that define excellence in modern tech, with top experts providing frameworks you can actually apply.
17. On Cloud (Deloitte)
Deloitte’s On Cloud podcast brings together cloud professionals to discuss the technology, business, and DevOps culture required to thrive in the cloud. With 250+ episodes, the show consistently delivers in-depth discussions on the state of cloud computing, DevOps tooling, and lessons learned.
Hosted by Gary Arora (Chief Architect for Cloud & AI Solutions at Deloitte) and Mike Kavis (Managing Director and published author), the episodes run under 30 minutes — making them easy to fit into a busy schedule. Recent topics have included AI-driven edge computing, generative AI at enterprise scale, and the evolving FinOps landscape.
18. Cloudonaut
Cloudonaut has been sharing free, deep-dive AWS knowledge for over seven years. Brothers Andreas and Michael Wittig deliver biweekly episodes covering DevOps, container security, serverless, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), CI/CD, and AWS services (RDS, VPC, S3, and more).
The show’s format is practical and focused — each episode unboxes or reviews new AWS services in under an hour. The Wittig brothers also share lessons they’ve learned the hard way (so you don’t have to) and provide code examples for IaC and serverless use cases you can apply to your own projects.
19. Go Time by Changelog
Changelog’s Go Time covers diverse topics relevant to the Go community, including cloud infrastructure, microservices, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and Docker. The show airs live each Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern, and you can interact with the Golang community during the show via Slack.
Panelists include Mat Ryer, Natalie Pistunovich, Jon Calhoun, Johnny Boursiquot, Angelica Hill, Kris Brandow, and Ian Lopshire. If Go is part of your stack — and given its dominance in cloud-native tooling, there’s a good chance it is — this podcast keeps you current on the language and its ecosystem.
20. Azure DevOps Podcast
The Azure DevOps Podcast helps Microsoft Azure DevOps professionals ship software reliably and faster. Hosted by Jeffrey Palermo (Microsoft MVP) and sponsored by Clear Measure, the show features guests from Microsoft, GitHub, Developer Express, and the .NET community.
With over 230 episodes, the show releases weekly and is accessible via Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, and social media channels. If you’re working in the Azure ecosystem, this is one of the most focused and consistently useful resources available.
21. DevOps Radio
Sponsored by CloudBees, DevOps Radio offers over 100 episodes covering the full spectrum of software delivery. Expect real-world perspectives, lesson-packed stories, actionable tips, and industry scoops from CloudBees’ own experts and speakers from across the industry — including the likes of Steve Wozniak.
The show is a solid resource for teams looking to improve their software delivery pipelines, whether you’re focused on CI/CD, release management, or DevOps culture transformation.
22. Humans of DevOps
Humans of DevOps, produced by the DevOps Institute, fills a lane that most technical podcasts miss entirely — the people side of DevOps. The show focuses on digital transformation, career development, and the cultural shifts required to make DevOps actually work inside an organization.
If you’re navigating the human challenges of DevOps adoption — team structures, hiring, upskilling, leadership buy-in — this podcast provides deep, practical knowledge from practitioners who’ve done it. It’s not about the tools. It’s about the people using them.
23. VMware Communities Roundtable
Now operating under the Broadcom umbrella, the VMware Communities Roundtable has maintained its consistent live recording schedule every Wednesday at noon Pacific — and its signature “Late Night Show” vibe — through the Broadcom acquisition and beyond.
With nearly 700 episodes, it remains one of the most prolific podcasts for DevOps engineers in the virtualization space. Recent episodes have covered VCF 9, private AI infrastructure, VMUG Connect events, and the evolving security landscape post-acquisition. Each episode runs about an hour.
24. Cloud Architects Podcast
If you’re looking for a podcast with a tight focus rather than one that’s all over the place, The Cloud Architects Podcast delivers expert insights specifically on Microsoft cloud technologies. With 79 episodes, hosts Nicholas Blank, Warren du Toit, and Chris Goosen — all Microsoft MVPs — cover best practices, news, and deep technical dives.
Each host brings a specialized strength: Nicholas on Office 365 and Azure, Warren on open source solutions, and Chris on Microsoft solutions architecture. It’s a strong pick for teams heavily invested in the Microsoft ecosystem.
What next: take practical steps to optimize your cloud spend
The more we talk to CTOs, FinOps professionals, and passionate DevOps engineers, the more we see their struggle to promote a cost-conscious culture among their technical staff. Many SaaS and technology companies are struggling to reduce cloud waste — especially as AI workloads add new layers of complexity to cloud cost management.
The most valuable DevOps engineers are those that treat cloud cost as a first-class metric.
By understanding how cloud spending impacts the bottom line and competitiveness of the entire organization, engineers can speak the same language as finance. Finance and engineers can then work together to maximize cloud value without spending millions on cloud providers.
CloudZero presents cloud cost insights in your engineers’ language, helping you shift cost decisions left. Think granular and immediately actionable insights such as cost per product feature, cost per customer, environment, project, dev team, Kubernetes cost analysis, and more.
That way, your technical team can tell how their architectural decisions — such as their choice of AWS instance types and sizes — impact your cloud costs. Your engineers also receive noise-free alerts about cost anomalies so they can prevent costly technical issues and decisions from going over your budget.
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