Louis Flies Solo
Simple Talks
In this special solo episode, host Louis Davidson stays ‘full screen’ for the entire show and answers the very questions he asks of others! Where it all started, what tech he loves, the one obvious thing he loves to do outside of working with databases (which has been mentioned before)...it’s all covered here! Check out other Simple Talks episodes at Download Redgate’s 2025 State of the Database Landscape report at Find Louis on: X: Web: Visit Simple Talk at
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Redgate Advocates: Their Origin Stories
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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 Connect with the hosts: Kellyn Gorman Web: BlueSky: Grant Fritchey Web: X: Steve Jones X: Web: Ryan Booz X: Web:
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Coffee chat with Kellyn Gorman
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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: Kellyn’s Bluesky: Check out other episodes of Simple Talks, including the Coffee...
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State of the Database Landscape 2025
Simple Talks
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: For more Simple Talks, visit Connect with the hosts: Kellyn Gorman Web: BlueSky: Grant Fritchey Web: X: Steve Jones X: Web: Louis Davidson X: Web:
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Coffee chat with Erik Darling
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This week's show is with "definitely not a folk music artist" Erik (with a k) Darling from Darling Data. Erik weaves a tale of a decidedly non-data focused start to his career, solving the same problems over and over, spicy foods, family life, all while dropping some great names along the way. https://sqlsaturday.com/2025-05-10-sqlsaturday1105/ X: YouTube: Web: LinkedIn: TikTok: Redgate's 2025 State of the Database Landscape report: https://www.red-gate.com/solutions/state-of-database-landscape/2025/ For more Simple Talks episodes, visit
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Introducing a new PostgreSQL book!
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In this week's podcast, we are doing our very first "special episode". Two of the Redgate Advocates (Ryan Booz and Grant Fritchey) have written a book on PostgreSQL titled "Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional". So Louis sat down with them and asked them about the book, the process of creating it, and much more. For more about the book, visit More on the authors: Ryan Booz X: Web: Grant Fritchey: X: Web: For more podcast episodes visit
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Coffee chat with Scott Stauffer
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It is the start of season 2, and we are kicking it off with Scott Stauffer talking about coffee, video games, the glorious innovation of technology over our years, guide dogs, AI, and so much more. Without giving away too much, in the show there is a discussion about guide dogs. This part of the recording went on too long, so it was cut for the main show, but as our first Simple Talks Extra, if you want to see a more complete version of this section, you can view it here: , and see our entire discussion on the topic! Scott can be followed or contacted at https://www.linkedin.com/scottstauffer/...
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Ending the Season Together
Simple Talks
Today, all the hosts (Louis Davidson, Ryan Booz, Kellyn Gorman, Steve Jones, and Grant Fritchey) get together for a festive adjacent discussion about AI, content, books, community, vector, PIVOTing, observability, and we end up with a brief discussion on gluten-free gingerbread men (because we did!) All this, though absolutely none of us broke into song like a Hope/Crosby musical! For more episodes of Simple Talks, visit Check out Simple Talk at www.simple-talk.com
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Coffee chat with Mala Mahadevan
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In this coffee chat episode of Simple Talks, Louis spends nearly an hour chatting with SQL Server community champion Mala Mahadevan. Learn how Mala got into computing despite her passion for horticulture, her favorite thing about working in technology, and a love for national parks. And stick around to the end where Mala and Louis share their frustrations about a SQL Server feature they both love but really want to see enhanced, so it will be a great feature worthy of use by everyone, everywhere. You can find Mala online on: LinkedIn: Website:...
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How is Oracle different from other data platforms?
Simple Talks
In this Advochats episode of Simple Talks, we welcome a new Advocate to the podcast - Kellyn Gorman! And since Kellyn is the Oracle Advocate, this week's show focuses on how Oracle differs from other data platforms that the advocates have used. More episodes of Simple Talks can be found at: https://www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/podcasts/ Check out Simple Talk at: www.simple-talk.com
info_outlineIn this episode of Simple Talks, Steve, Ryan and Grant delve into the latest happenings in their world of travel and events. From major conferences to smaller user groups, here’s an overview of recent and upcoming events such as PASS Data Community Summit, PGConf, THAT conference, SQL Bits and local developer meetups. They discuss key takeaways, the impact these gatherings have on the industry and the benefits of building a diverse professional network and how it can open doors to new opportunities.
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PASS Data Community Summit 2024: https://passdatacommunitysummit.com
THAT Conference: https://thatconference.com
Redgate Summits: https://www.red-gate.com/hub/events/redgate-events/redgate-summit/
SQL Saturday: https://sqlsaturday.com/2024-07-27-sqlsaturday1076/
PGConf: https://2024.pgconf.nyc/tickets/