Podcast Episodes

A lively chat about influence without authority, from asking better questions and telling clearer risk stories to navigating stakeholders, careers, and community visibility.

A squiggly conversation about tech careers, authentication security, agentic AI risks, and the excitement and woes of a fast changing world.

A hot-takes episode where the crew debates AI skepticism, manual testing’s staying power, whether AI agents really speed delivery, and why quality ultimately lives (or dies) with leadership decisions.

An honest conversation about care, influence, and the ripple effects of doing quality work when nobody has to listen to you.

A chaotic-but-fun start with 'Diana 404' turns into a big community update: SQEC milestones, the MoTaCon lineup reveal, and why MoT Pro membership is the simplest way to be part of it all.

Alan Page joins the Motaverse to discuss why curiosity is the most critical skill for the modern knowledge worker.

With SQEC now fully live, the community swaps stories about new roles, flaky tests, accessibility audits, and why shared language, pairing, and “being the duck” can make quality work easier.

Explore the widening gap between software development at the speed of AI and core quality engineering principles.

Andrew Easter explores the radical shift from manual coding to 80% AI-driven development at Claimer.

Simon and Judy celebrate “joy scrolling” in the MoTaverse, swap stories on time-zone chaos and quality moments, and spotlight how community content, chapters, and AMAs turn learning into momentum.

An exploration of the multiplier gap reveals the growing friction between AI-accelerated code production and the human-centric leadership required to maintain quality and team cohesion.