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**Python People**

Python People is about getting to know the people who help make the Python community great.

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Barry Warsaw - OG Python, Bass Guitar, Tai Chi Aug 04, 2023

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Barry Warsaw has been with Python almost from the beginning, and is still at it.

The early days of Python
The tone and feel of the Python community came from Guido
Tai Chi
Meditation
Bass Guitar

Stick around until the very end of the show for a special treat, Barry Warsaw and The Zen of Python.

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Brett Cannon - Core Python, Fountain Pens Jul 25, 2023

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Topics:

“I don't know about the rest of you... I came for the language, but I stayed for the community." Brett Cannon, Python Core Dev, Pycon US 2014 Opening remarks
Public speaking
Being encouraging to others
Why Canada
Meanings of Back Bacon, Toque, and Pop
Walking in Vancouver
Snowshoeing
Philosophy and thinking logically
Proving the existence of God
Rewriting code. “You’re probably going to have to write this 3 times before you’re happy with it.”
1 week per month on technical debt.
Fountain pens
Writing a gratitude journal
Books
“What goes on in your brain is not the same as everyone else’s.”
"Steeped in the world of tea." - nice pun

Links from the show:

Podcast interviews
- Django Chat - 20 Years of Python - Brett Cannon
- The Changelog - There’s a whole PEP about that - Brett Cannon
Tim Urban’s TED talk which is about procrastination and not public speaking, so I have no idea what Brett is talking about. Good talk though.
Brett’s PyCascades talk: Python's Syntactic Sugar
Brian’s PyCascades talk: Sharing is Caring: Sharing pytest Fixtures

Paul Everitt - Early Python, Coaching Jul 18, 2023

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Paul Everitt is a developer advocate for JetBrains and PyCharm.
Covered topics include:

The transition of Python from BDFL to steering committee
Brainstorming topics for this podcast
Django, function based vs class based views, and Nancy Pelosi
Coaching Lacrosse, "we're not in the lacrosse business, we're in the leadership business"
Sports, if done the right way, can be a positive influence
We don't need heroes, we need the next generation of heroes
Volunteering work is a lot like open source
Skateboarding and collaboration over competition

Michael Kennedy - Talk Python and Motorcycles Jul 06, 2023

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Michael is the host of the podcasts Talk Python to Me and Python Bytes and runs the Python online course site Talk Python Training.
He is also pretty serious about motorcycling, spends some time with simulated racing, and used to play billiards for cash.

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