The first podcast for C++ developers, by C++ developers!

With host Jason Turner.

Once a month, Jason sits down with guests from the C++ community to discuss the latest news and what they have been up to.

With host Jason Turner.

Once a month, Jason sits down with guests from the C++ community to discuss the latest news and what they have been up to.


Latest episode

Learning C++ With C++26's Reflection

Episode 413, published Monday, 02 Nov 2026

In this episode, Mathieu and Jason are joined by Ryan Keane to discuss his duck library, which allows polymorphism-like behaviour through reflection, along with his journey of learning C++ through exploring C++26's reflection mechanisms.

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Recent episodes

Safety and Interoperability with Rust and C++

Episode 412, published Monday, 05 Oct 2026

Mathieu and Jason are joined by Jon Bauman to discuss safety and interoperability between Rust and C++. They dig into what "safety" really means (there are several categories of safety), what can and can't be guaranteed, how C++ could become a memory-safe language, and the challenges of making Rust and C++ work well together. Jon is currently looking for sponsorship to continue this important work. You can contact Jon via Joncppcast@shumi.org.

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Running Conferences and Processing Credit Cards with Kevin Carpenter

Episode 411, published Monday, 07 Sep 2026

Mathieu and Jason are joined by Kevin Carpenter to discuss all aspects of being involved with a conference: from regular attendee, to volunteering, to speaker, volunteer coordinator, and catering concerns. Kevin also shares some of his insights into how credit card processing works, along with some of the challenges he's encountered. In this episode Jason also gives the guest some homework assignments for future conferences!

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From Self Taught to Committee Member's First Accepted Paper

Episode 410, published Monday, 10 Aug 2026

Jason and Mathieu are joined by the self-taught Alex (Waffl3x) to discuss the C++ standards committee, defaulted post-fix operators, and self-taught computer engineering. Alex shares his experience of joining the C++ Committee and his efforts to get more people involved.

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40 Years of Programming and Embeddable Programming Languages with Mark Guidarelli

Episode 409, published Monday, 13 Jul 2026

Jason and Mathieu are joined by Mark Guidarelli to discuss the history of C++ and esoteric programming languages, Mark's own development history spanning four decades, and what "merging" used to mean before source control.

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For the complete back catalog of episodes, go to our dedicated episodes page.