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Cisco Podcast Network
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The Cisco Podcast Network is a collective of podcasts from across Cisco spanning technology to culture and everything in between. Hear from Cisco customers, partners, and Cisco insiders on the topics that matter most to you. Email us with your feedback and suggestions. Discover your favorite playlists today!
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404 Script Not Found: Kat's AI Agent
Ian's training for a marathon (well now ran it...), Kat's got an AI agent basically stalking her own accounts, and somehow they still end up debating handwriting. But for real, they're picking up where last week left off—actually using AI at work, not just talking about it. We're talking morning...
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404 Script Not Found: Working in Tech in 2026
Ian and Kat set out to talk about AI this week. They do not talk about AI. Instead, they end up defending their sweatshirts, debating when your camera actually needs to be on, and wrestling with a surprisingly heated question: can you protect a lunch break, or will someone always schedule right...
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Cisco Optics Podcast Ep67: The Hidden Intelligence Inside Every Ethernet Link - John Calvin, Part 4 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical...
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Beyond the Fiber - S1E6 - Voice of the Customer with ERC Broadband
In this episode Robin Olds interviews Bradley Cain, General Manager of ERC Broadband, about the destruction Hurricane Helene caused in Western North Carolina and how ERC responded. Brad describes the physical damage to fiber, power and facilities, the team and partner efforts to restore service,...
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Cisco Tech Stories - ep 39 - Inside ThingQubator Soldering Benches
In this episode Marcin, leader of the ThinkCubator in Krakow, describes a creative tech space at Cisco where people learn electronics, 3D printing and hardware prototyping. The space includes soldering stations (training required), measurement tools, power supplies, modules, cables and many 3D...
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AI Insights - Ep.9: How Rogue AI Agents Hacked Hugging Face
In this episode of The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco’s Director of AI Incubation, Dr. Tom Heseltine, to examine the startling realities of autonomous agent coordination revealed in the METR investigation of the recent OpenAI and Hugging Face...
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Why Resilience Needs the Human Element | Tech Unscripted
Host and guest Evan Mintzer (Director of Production Infrastructure, Customers Bank) discuss how banks build digital resilience through network design, redundancy, data visibility and governance. The episode covers practical challenges around third-party services, AI-assisted monitoring, and…
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Cisco Optics Podcast Ep66: Confronting the Physics of 400G per Lane - John Calvin, Part 3 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical...
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404 Script Not Found: Cisco Kool-Aid
Ian's got two bone-to-pick this week: a guy lifting in slides, and a CVS receipt that could legitimately double as a scarf. Kat's here to talk him down from both grievances, and once she does, they pivot to something actually important: why all the shiny AI everyone's losing their minds over…
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404 Script Not Found: Social Selling with a Purpose
Ian is flying solo BUT is joined by LinkedIn expert Darren McKee this week—founder of 531 Social and Darren McKee Co. Darren's been posting on LinkedIn almost every single day since March 2020, and yeah, he's got the receipts. He walks us through his journey from mail carrier and pizza guy to...
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Efficient IT Management with AI | Tech Unscripted
This episode explores how AI agents, network sensors, and cloud-managed Meraki solutions are transforming workplaces across industries—from stadiums and events to critical infrastructure. Leaders share real-world use cases on security, hybrid work, real-time visibility, and practical deployments...
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Cisco Optics Podcast Ep65: The Tradeoffs Shaping the Race to 3.2T - John Calvin, Part 2 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical...
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404 Script Not Found: The Learning Curve
This week, Kat is speaking Spanish, Ian is preparing to run an ungodly number of miles, and they’re both making fun of men with guitars—so naturally, it’s time to talk about onboarding. With Ian’s new hire starting this week, he shares his plan for helping her learn the role, navigate Cisco, and...
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404 Script Not Found: Career Changes
Our best friend (and career coach) Sammy Brenner is back with a new role, a new language to learn, and approximately six months before she’s ready to teach any of it to us (her words). Sammy and Kat share what it’s really like to start over in a new part of the business: drinking from the fire...
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Beyond the Fiber - S1E5 - Tech Talk: Broadband Assurance & Observability - When Milliseconds Matter
In this episode Robin Olds interviews Tom Footitt, Cisco Senior Director of Product Management for Crosswork Assurance, about how AI — especially agentic systems and faster LLMs — is changing network traffic patterns and why observability and assurance are critical. They discuss new KPIs like...
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Scaling AI: What Trace3, WWT, and Presidio Know That You Don't
Across Cisco's partner ecosystem, AI adoption isn't new — it's already happening at scale. So how do partners turn that momentum into trusted, real-world outcomes for their customers? In this episode of Scaling AI in the Enterprise, we bring together an all-star partner panel featuring Trace3,...
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Meraki Magic: How AI Agents and Sensors Are Rewriting the Workplace
This episode explores how AI agents, network sensors, and cloud-managed Meraki solutions are transforming workplaces across industries—from stadiums and events to critical infrastructure. Leaders share real-world use cases on security, hybrid work, real-time visibility, and practical deployments...
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SHIFT HAPPENS - EP. 41: Deal Registration: Stop Selling Alone
Deal registration isn’t paperwork. It’s partnership—and a powerful lever for growth. In this episode of Shift Happens, Jeff Edwards is joined by Tim Coogan, Gary DePreta, and Raminder Mann, CEO of ANM, Cisco’s 2025 Security Partner of the Year, for a candid look at what happens when Cisco and...
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404 Script Not Found: Cisco Charcuterie
This week is a true charcuterie board of an episode: a little career news, a little AI, and a surprisingly serious debate about crackers. Kat recaps her trip to San Francisco, shares some news about her new role, and explains why a tea leaf salad earned “best bite of the weekend.” Meanwhile, Ian...
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Cisco Tech Stories - ep 38 - AI, IPv6, Dataplanes and RFC
In this month episode we interview Andrew Yourtchenko, old timer from TAC Firewall, who also was a Technical Marketing Engineer for IPv6, who was also a release manager for the VPP dataplane and who now is working with standards body around AI and IPv6.
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AI Insights - Ep.8: The AI Ergonomics Framework for Trustworthy LLMs
In this episode of The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco’s Technical Leader in Machine Learning Engineering, Dr. Catarina Carvalho, to explore her pioneering concept of "AI Ergonomics," which frames human engagement as a fundamental design...
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Cisco Optics Podcast Ep64: Building the Standards Behind Tomorrow’s AI Networks - John Calvin, Part 1 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical...
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The evolution of good technology | Tech Unscripted
In this episode, industry leaders discuss how to redefine “good” technology today — weighing speed, agility and AI against security, ethics and human impact. Panelists share real examples, from digital avatars for pediatric care to network and industrial use cases, and explore how AI can enhance...
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Scaling AI: The Playbook for IT Services Delivery
Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) manages 1.4 million SRs annually, and today, 97% are touched by AI. As we shift from task-based automation to Agentic AI, some of these interactions are becoming "no-touch"—driving higher customer satisfaction and faster resolution. How did Cisco transform...
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404 Script Not Found: Part 2! AI Deep Dive with Annie Hardy
Back for part two of our split episode with the founder of Split Futures, Annie Hardy and jump right in where we left off...getting practical about choosing the right AI model—because apparently not every task requires the AI equivalent of a Nobel Prize winner. Annie breaks down when to use…
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404 Script Not Found: AI Deep Dive with Annie Hardy
Your company bought all the AI tools and now nobody knows what to do with them. Sound familiar? Kat and Ian sit down with Annie Hardy, founder and Chief AI Architect at Split Futures, to unpack why leaders aren't listening, why measuring employees by "lines of code" is quietly torching…
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Cisco Tech Stories Season 4 Kickoff: Top Episodes & Wild Tech Tales
Episode 37 kicks off Cisco Tech Stories' fourth season with a highlights reel of the best episodes from the past three years. Hosts Nico and Tristan revisit standout interviews and mini‑series, sharing short snippets that cover troubleshooting adventures, accessibility and disability in…
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Shaping Cisco’s Portfolio Strategy with Jeetu Patel and Jeff Schultz
Jeff Schultz joins Jeetu Patel to delve into the evolution of the Cisco Portfolio and how this focus on critical business outcomes for the AI era is delivering real results for the ecosystem.
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Building Future-Proofed Workplaces with Jeetu Patel and Anurag Dhingra
Jeetu and Anurag Dhingra explore the transformation of physical infrastructure and intelligent software as the foundation for the workplace. As the nature of work continues to evolve, the demand for environments that are both seamless and secure has never been higher.
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Scaling AI: Enterprise Requirements of Agentic AI
95% of enterprise IT leaders plan to launch agentic AI projects — but 69% aren't ready. So, what's standing in the way? In this episode of Scaling AI in the Enterprise, we bring together an expert panel to tackle the real engineering and organizational challenges of AI deployments: the...
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10. Observability in the Age of AI with Jeetu Patel, Atin Sanyal, and Yash Sheth
As enterprise environments become increasingly distributed and complex, the volume of telemetry data has outpaced human capacity to analyze it. This has been future compounded by the challenges of tokenomics. Jeetu Patel sits down with the founders of Galileo to discuss how we are moving beyond...
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9. Hyperscalers, NeoClouds, Sovereign Clouds, and Service Providers with Jeetu Patel and Guru Shenoy
Jeetu Patel and Guru Shenoy discuss the evolution of how Cisco is working with some of its largest and most innovative customers as they transform to address the challenges and opportunities of AI.
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8. The Opportunity and Challenge of Agentic Security with Jeetu Patel, DJ Sampath, and Matt Caulfield
Jeetu Patel, Matt Caufield and DJ Sampath tackle the shift toward a landscape where AI agents are no longer just assisting humans but are actively executing critical security tasks. As these agents take on more autonomy, the traditional pillars of cybersecurity, particularly identity, must…
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7. The Evolution of Cisco’s Silicon Architecture with Jeetu Patel, Nick Kucharewski, and Mohammad Issa
Jeetu Patel, Nick, and Mohammad delve into our custom silicon strategy. While many see networking as a software-driven game, we discuss why many of the most significant breakthroughs are happening at the physical layer. We explore how Cisco’s unique approach to co-designing silicon alongside our...
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6. The Path to Digital Resilience with Jeetu Patel and Kamal Hathi on Digital Resilience
Jeetu Patel and Kamal Hathi dive into how the addition of Splunk to the Cisco family is about more than just portfolio expansion; it’s about providing our customers with the most comprehensive platform for security and observability in the industry. By breaking down the barriers between the…
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Reimagining Cisco Security with Jeetu Patel and Peter Bailey
Reimagining Cisco Security with Jeetu Patel and Peter Bailey by Cisco
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4. Building AI-Ready Data Centers w/ Jeetu Patel, Tom Gillis, Kevin Wollenweber, and Will Eatherton
Jeetu, Tom Gillis, Kevin Wollenweber, and Will Eatherton discuss why the "AI revolution" is fundamentally a networking challenge and how Cisco has evolved its portfolio to serve as backbone for the next generation of enterprise intelligence. By aligning our networking, compute, and security...
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3. Cisco AI and Cisco Cloud Control with Jeetu Patel and DJ Sampath
3. Cisco AI and Cisco Cloud Control with Jeetu Patel and DJ Sampath by Cisco
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2. Building Future-Proofed Workplaces with Jeetu Patel and Anurag Dhingra
Jeetu and Anurag Dhingra explore the transformation of physical infrastructure and intelligent software as the foundation for the workplace. As the nature of work continues to evolve, the demand for environments that are both seamless and secure has never been higher.
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1. Shaping Cisco's Portfolio Strategy with Jeetu Patel and Jeff Schultz
Jeff Schultz joins Jeetu Patel to delve into the evolution of the Cisco Portfolio and how this focus on critical business outcomes for the AI era is delivering real results for the ecosystem.
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AI Insights - Ep.7: Building Better Memory for Smarter AI Agents
This month on The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco software engineer João Costa to explore Andrej Karpathy’s GitHub Gist on the LLM wiki pattern concept. It imagines how Large Language Models can move beyond one-off chat sessions and help build…
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404 Script Not Found: Resumes and Interviews
Welcome to another episode of 404 Script Not Found, where we start with sports betting, pivot to the emotional rollercoaster of a new fidget toy, and somehow land on the serious business of hiring. Ian and Kat dive into the wild world of corporate recruiting, where Ian admits he doesn’t read…
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Operational AI Insight | Tech Unscripted
This episode of Tech Unscripted explores how agentic AI, advanced networks like Wi‑Fi 7, and automation are transforming workplaces in higher education and live sports production. Leaders from Georgetown University and NBCUniversal discuss using AI to reduce administrative load, enable real‑time...
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S 07 E 09: Talking women in tech leadership, customer experience, and marketing in the AI era with Carrie Palin
AB sits down with Carrie Palin, Cisco’s Chief Marketing Officer, for a spirited conversation on a variety of topics, from her journey as a marketing leader across several tech giants, to the skills she looks for when building an incredible organization, to how AI is positively reshaping the...
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404 Script Not Found: How to Beat Linkedin
I'm sure the algorithm will love this one! This week on 404 Script Not Found, Ian and Kat tackle the wild world of LinkedIn-but only after settling the truly pressing issues first (like whether Messi is undeniably the GOAT). Once they finally stop getting distracted, they break down what makes a...
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S7 E8: Talking humanitarian aid, World Central Kitchen, and food as a unifying human experience, with Chef José Andrés and Brian Tippens
AB joins Chef José Andrés and Brian Tippens for a powerful talk on food, disaster relief, and how technology helps World Central Kitchen deliver hope globally
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CISCO SHIFT HAPPENS - EP. 40: The CSAP Episode
What do law school, Monster.com, the San Francisco 49ers, Baby Spice on roller skates, and one accidental conversation with Cisco's CFO have in common? They're all part of the incredible stories behind Cisco's Sales Associate Program (CSAP). In this special panel episode, Jeff Edwards sits down...
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Why Universities Must Master AI Now | Tech Unscripted
In this episode of Tech Unscripted Season 3, leaders Dr. José-Marie Griffiths and Dr. Kristina Johnson discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education across learning, research, and campus operations. They explore infrastructure needs like data modernization, emerging teaching…
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404 Script Not Found: Change Management
This week, Sammy is back with Ian and Kat, which means the episode starts exactly where you’d expect: haircut commentary, a brief discussion about dating, and Kat casually considering a move to San Francisco by lunchtime. Somewhere in the middle of all that, they do eventually get to the actual...
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SHIFT HAPPENS EP.39: Beside Every Great Leader w/Samantha Ha
What Great Leaders Do That Most People Never See The best leaders aren't defined by what happens on stage—they're shaped by what happens behind the scenes. In this episode of Shift Happens, Samantha Ha shares lessons from decades spent alongside some of Cisco's most senior leaders. Through…
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