Let's talk about the Steering Council, running a small consultancy business, the Walrus, and pet peeves with our special guest today!

## Outline

(00:00:00)  INTRO
(00:00:56)  PART 1: Emily Morehouse
(00:02:15)  Running a small consultancy business
(00:04:39)  What features of JS do you miss in Python?
(00:05:50)  Łukasz outnumbered in a world of Steering Council members
(00:06:12)  Upgrading to new Python versions
(00:07:00)  It depends on who deployed the project
(00:09:44)  Second term as a Steering Council member
(00:11:33)  Barry, play some bass for us
(00:13:04)  Let's hear a recent war story
(00:15:17)  Is this progress bar even working?
(00:17:40)  The Villain Origin Story
(00:21:37)  Emily, The Bringer of Doom
(00:22:37)  Consensus within the Steering Council
(00:25:52)  Syntax changes in Python are rare, right? Right?
(00:28:22)  On implementing PEP 572
(00:32:52)  How would PyCon 2020 in Pittsburgh feel?
(00:34:18)  How can you be mad about the Walrus?
(00:36:10)  Favorite parts of the standard library
(00:38:10)  Is hacking on Python a good experience to newcomers?
(00:40:26)  Emily's pet peeve about Python, take 1
(00:42:17)  Emily's favorite change in Python in recent years
(00:44:34)  Emily's pet peeve about Python, take 2
(00:46:34)  Łukasz's pet peeve
(00:48:25)  Surprise extra question
(00:49:42)  At core.py we are professionals
(00:51:00)  PART 2: PR of the Week
(00:54:00)  CALL TO ACTION: Upgrade Python.org to Django 4!
(00:56:22)  PART 3: What's Going On in CPython?
(00:56:38)  Faster Python updates
(01:00:10)  Free threading: GIL can be disabled but we're not done yet!
(01:04:17)  New defaults for SSL context flags
(01:05:39)  python -m asyncio and sys.__interactivehook__
(01:06:24)  Surprise question: what is sys.__interactivehook__ even doing?
(01:08:11)  OUTRO