{"podcast":{"title":"Postgres FM","slug":"postgres-fm-5565051","podcast_index_feed_id":5565051,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/postgres-fm","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/F-bi_aUNst-Ey8rEcRiURSNfKPb3cxsaDOvekkdqtR8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyMTQ3LzE3MTA3/OTEzODMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Nikolay Samokhvalov and Michael Christofides","episode_count":184,"summary":"A weekly podcast about all things PostgreSQL","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:17:17.794402+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051"},"episode":{"title":"What's new in EXPLAIN","slug":"what-s-new-in-explain","published_at":"2025-11-21T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051/what-s-new-in-explain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/1c1a3d09","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/1c1a3d09/820813ab.mp3","summary":"Nik and Michael discuss the various changes to EXPLAIN that arrived in Postgres 18. Here are some links to things they mentioned: EXPLAIN (official docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-explain.html Using EXPLAIN (official docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/using-explain.html EXPLAIN glossary (pgMustard site) https://www.pgmustard.com/docs/explain Postgres 18 release notes https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/18.0/ Enable BUFFERS with EXPLAIN ANALYZE by default (commit) https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=c2a4078eb Our (first) BUFFERS by default episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/buffers-by-default Show index search count in EXPLAIN ANALYZE (commit) https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=0fbceae841cb5a31b13d3f284ac8fdd19822eceb Our episode on Skip scan with Peter Geoghegan https://postgres.fm/episodes/skip-scan What do the new Index Searches lines in EXPLAIN mean? https://www.pgmustard.com/blog/what-do-index-searches-in-explain-mean pg_stat_plans presentation by Lukas Fittl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26coQV3f-wk Improve EXPLAIN's display of window functions (commit) https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=8b1b34254 Show Parallel Bitmap Heap Scan worker stats in EXPLAIN ANALYZE (commit) https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=5a1e6df3b Add information about WAL buffers being full (commit) https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=320545bfc ~~~ What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc ! ~~~ Postgres FM is produced by: Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai With c…","meta_description":"Nik and Michael discuss the various changes to EXPLAIN that arrived in Postgres 18. Here are some links to things they mentioned: EXPLAIN (official docs)…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2713,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/postgres-fm-5565051/episodes/what-s-new-in-explain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051/what-s-new-in-explain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}