# TestGuild Automation Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740.md RSS feed: https://testtalks.libsyn.com/rss Official site: https://testguild.com Author: Joe Colantonio Episodes: 596 ## Resource TestGuild Automation Podcast (formally Test Talks) is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe Colantonio, which geeks out on all things software test automation. TestGuild Automation covers news found in the testing space, reviews books about automation, and speaks with some of the thought leaders in the test automation field. We'll aim to interview some of today's most successful and inspiring software engineers, and test automation thought leaders. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/testguild-automation-podcast-318740 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740.md ## Episodes - [The AI Illusion: Why Testing Still Needs Humans with Joe Colantonio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/the-ai-illusion-why-testing-still-needs-humans-with-joe-colantonio) — 2026-06-09T15:47:00+00:00 - [AI Agents in QA: How to Keep Up with AI-Driven Dev Velocity with Vilhelm von Ehrenheim](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-agents-in-qa-how-to-keep-up-with-ai-driven-dev-velocity-with-vilhelm-von-ehrenheim) — 2026-06-02T16:48:00+00:00 - [Maestro MCP, AI Mobile Testing That Fixes Its Own Tests with Leland Takamine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/maestro-mcp-ai-mobile-testing-that-fixes-its-own-tests-with-leland-takamine) — 2026-05-19T17:55:00+00:00 - [AI Testing Costs, How to Prevent Runaway Token Bills with Arthur Hicken](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-testing-costs-how-to-prevent-runaway-token-bills-with-arthur-hicken) — 2026-05-12T22:26:00+00:00 - [Stop Rewriting Tests: How to Add AI to Selenium and Playwright Without Starting Over with Alex Rodionov](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/stop-rewriting-tests-how-to-add-ai-to-selenium-and-playwright-without-starting-over-with-alex-rodionov) — 2026-05-05T21:13:00+00:00 - [Claude AI Mobile Testing, Run Real Device Tests with AI with Frank Moyer and Chris Faulhaber](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/claude-ai-mobile-testing-run-real-device-tests-with-ai-with-frank-moyer-and-chris-faulhaber) — 2026-04-28T16:13:00+00:00 - [AI Testing Is Breaking Your Pipeline. Fix Quality Before It's Too Late with Eric Minick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-testing-is-breaking-your-pipeline-fix-quality-before-it-s-too-late-with-eric-minick) — 2026-04-15T15:39:00+00:00 - [Scaling Quality Engineering: How to Deliver Faster Across Global Teams with Sunita McCoy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/scaling-quality-engineering-how-to-deliver-faster-across-global-teams-with-sunita-mccoy) — 2026-04-07T16:05:00+00:00 - [Mobile Test Automation is Broken. Here's How QApilot Fixes It with Aditya Challa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/mobile-test-automation-is-broken-here-s-how-qapilot-fixes-it-with-aditya-challa) — 2026-03-31T15:29:00+00:00 - [AI Testing: How Solo Testers Stay Confident in Releases with Christine Pinto](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-testing-how-solo-testers-stay-confident-in-releases-with-christine-pinto) — 2026-03-25T07:31:00+00:00 - [AI Testing from Production Logs: Generate Smarter Regression Tests with Tanvi Mittal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-testing-from-production-logs-generate-smarter-regression-tests-with-tanvi-mittal) — 2026-03-17T21:56:00+00:00 - [AI Testing: How to Ensure Quality in Non-Deterministic Systems with Adam Sandman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-testing-how-to-ensure-quality-in-non-deterministic-systems-with-adam-sandman) — 2026-03-10T22:33:00+00:00 - [Test Automation Tools That Scale: From Zero to 1.6M Users with Sanjay Kumar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/test-automation-tools-that-scale-from-zero-to-1-6m-users-with-sanjay-kumar) — 2026-03-03T21:42:00+00:00 - [AI Test Automation: Ship Twice as Fast with 10x Coverage with Karim Jouini](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-test-automation-ship-twice-as-fast-with-10x-coverage-with-karim-jouini) — 2026-02-24T22:58:00+00:00 - [Performance Testing with AI w/ Akash Thakur](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/performance-testing-with-ai-w-akash-thakur) — 2026-02-17T16:40:00+00:00 - [Spec2TestAI: Stop Defects Before They Reach Production with Missy Trumpler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/spec2testai-stop-defects-before-they-reach-production-with-missy-trumpler) — 2026-01-27T22:12:00+00:00 - [Locust Performance Testing with AI and Observability with Lars Holmberg](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/locust-performance-testing-with-ai-and-observability-with-lars-holmberg) — 2026-01-13T20:54:00+00:00 - [Top 8 Automation Testing Trends for 2026 with Joe Colantonio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/top-8-automation-testing-trends-for-2026-with-joe-colantonio) — 2026-01-06T20:40:00+00:00 - [Automation Testing Podcast 2026: New Schedule, Events, Discounts with Joe Colantonio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/automation-testing-podcast-2026-new-schedule-events-discounts-with-joe-colantonio) — 2025-12-28T16:54:00+00:00 - [AI Testing LLMs & RAG: What Testers Must Validate with Imran Ali](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-testing-llms-rag-what-testers-must-validate-with-imran-ali) — 2025-12-21T15:10:00+00:00 - [AI Codebase Discovery for Testers with Ben Fellows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-codebase-discovery-for-testers-with-ben-fellows) — 2025-12-14T23:07:00+00:00 - [Gatling Studio: Start Performance Testing in Minutes (No Expertise Required) with Shaun Brown and Stephane Landelle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/gatling-studio-start-performance-testing-in-minutes-no-expertise-required-with-shaun-brown-and-stephane-landelle) — 2025-12-07T16:00:00+00:00 - [AI-Driven Manual Regression: Test Only What Truly Matters With Wilhelm Haaker and Daniel Garay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/ai-driven-manual-regression-test-only-what-truly-matters-with-wilhelm-haaker-and-daniel-garay) — 2025-12-01T03:39:00+00:00 - [Top Automation Guild Survey Insights for 2026 with Joe Colantonio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/top-automation-guild-survey-insights-for-2026-with-joe-colantonio) — 2025-11-24T06:41:00+00:00 - [Testing AI Vibe Coding: Stop Vulnerabilities Early with Sarit Tager](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/testing-ai-vibe-coding-stop-vulnerabilities-early-with-sarit-tager) — 2025-11-16T12:45:00+00:00 - [4 Free TestGuild Tools Every Tester Should Be Using with Joe Colantonio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-automation-podcast-318740/4-free-testguild-tools-every-tester-should-be-using-with-joe-colantonio) — 2025-11-09T15:17:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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