The Pluralsight Podcast

Every company wants to announce it's "AI-first" — but what does that actually signal to the customers and employees you depend on? In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Bipasha "B.G." Ghosh — business school professor, C-suite advisor, and community educator who demystifies AI for boardrooms, classrooms, and towns alike — makes the case that "AI-first" is the wrong North Star, and that build...

Everyone is selling AI security — so when the threats are AI-generated and never look the same twice, can the tools built to match known attacks even see them? In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Zack Korman — co-founder of AI-native security startup Embroidery and former CTO — argues that the answer is no, and that most of what's being sold to close that gap doesn't work the way the marke...

Wayne Hoggett — prolific Pluralsight author of 40+ courses across cloud, Kubernetes, and AI — joins Josh Burkhead to talk about what changes when AI moves from a tool you reach for to something embedded in every part of how you work. Wayne shares a striking admission: despite a heavy cloud-engineering background, he hasn't written code by hand in nearly a year — and what that shift signals for the...

What does it mean to be irreplaceable on a cloud infrastructure team when AI can write your Terraform, parse your logs, and troubleshoot your architecture — all before your second cup of coffee?   In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Ned Bellavance — infrastructure engineer, Pluralsight author, and host of the Day 2 DevOps podcast — argues that the answer isn't about the tools you know. It'...

What does good instruction really look like? Amy Coughlin has authored nearly 50 courses on Pluralsight covering Azure, AI, and cloud architecture — and she's spent years figuring out exactly what makes technical training land versus what makes learners tune out.   In this episode, Amy pulls back the curtain on her approach to course design: why storytelling and real-world experience beat slide de...

Most organizations are excited about AI. Far fewer are actually ready for it. In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, host Josh Burkhead sits down with Faye Ellis — AWS Hero and Pluralsight Author Fellow, cloud architect turned educator, and AI upskilling strategist — to talk about what separates organizations that are stuck in AI curiosity mode from those that are building real, measurable ca...

What does it take to write code that's actually ready for an AI-powered world — and what happens when it isn't? In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Maaike Van Putten — software developer, Pluralsight author, and instructor known for making technical concepts genuinely approachable — makes the case that clean code has never mattered more than it does right now. Not because the standard has...

What if the reason your AI adoption isn't working has nothing to do with the technology — and everything to do with how you prepared your people? In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Jose Ramirez — L&D strategist and former research analyst who spent a decade advising CIOs on building high-performing tech teams — makes the case that most organizations are solving the wrong problem. It's not...

What happens when the data you feed an AI system is already broken — and no one stops to ask why?   In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Kesha Williams — AI ethicist, AWS Hero, and 30-year tech veteran — makes the case that building powerful AI systems isn't enough. Building responsible ones is the only real standard that matters.   Kesha traces her focus on AI ethics back to a single proje...

What does it take to stay curious, keep learning, and stay relevant when the technology landscape keeps shifting beneath your feet? In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Frank La Vigne — Principal AI Product Marketing Manager at Red Hat and one of Pluralsight's most dedicated learners — makes the case that adaptability isn't just a career skill. It's the only real career strategy. Frank brea...

Most security failures aren't technical — they're human. So why do we keep designing security programs that ignore how people actually think and behave?   In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, John Elliott — Pluralsight author fellow, PCI DSS contributor, and specialist in regulated security and data protection — makes the case that the language, culture, and psychology behind your security...

In a world where AI can generate code, automate tasks, and accelerate innovation, what skills still set great technologists apart?   In this episode of The Pluralsight Podcast, Dr. Lyron Andrews shares his unconventional path into technology — from working before finishing high school to building a career through certifications, teaching, and eventually earning his doctorate at 49. Along the way,...

Most L&D teams rely on learner satisfaction surveys to gauge training effectiveness. The problem? Happy learners and competent learners aren't the same thing. Dr. Will Thalheimer, learning researcher and author of The CEO's Guide to Training, E-Learning, and Work, breaks down why traditional evaluation methods send organizations in the wrong direction — and shares the four learning sciences (retri...