The usual Testers’ Island Discs schedule is back on track, and we’re resuming things this month with Callum Akehurst-Ryan, who chats about activities during the recent Pride Month, the importance of embracing people’s authentic selves, and espousing love for the joy of exploratory testing.

Along the way, we get into discussions about videogame crushes, tactical tattoo selections, watery mammals, using Dungeons & Dragons to help with healing from trauma, and there’s a little light excerpt of Callum’s DM storytelling which is perfect for ASMR fans.

In Callum’s musical selections, there are covers, AI recommendations, songs with videogame connections, and a track which allows Neil to share a peculiar punctuation-related statistic.

Podcast Links:

Adarga

Dungeons & Dragons

TestBash Brighton 2018: 99-Second Talks (Callum’s is at the 8min mark)

Library of Congress: About LGBTQ Pride Month

Twitter: Nicola Martin (namechecked by Callum)

Season One Tattoo, Preston (as demonstrated on Callum’s arms)

Instagram photo showcasing Callum's sleeve 

Resident Evil Wiki: Leon Kennedy

Amazon UK: Explore It! by Elisabeth Hendrickson

Callum’s blog: Why I’m Talking To Developers About Exploratory Testing

Ministry of Testing: The Awesome Power Of The Debrief: Why Debriefing Is The Key To Successful Exploratory Testing

Wowpedia: Kobold

YouTube: BCS - Being LGBTQ+in Tech and STEM (Callum's talk)

Callum’s blog: I Am Proud

Callum’s blog: I Get So Emotional - The time I got dismissed for being myself in engineering

LinkedIn: TED Talk by Christine Porath - The emotional and financial cost of working with jerks

Twitter: Callum and Ramone sharing tips on slide design

Ministry of Testing: The Awesome Power of Hosting Test.bash(); 2021

The Addams Family @ Richmond Theatre, October 2022

Callum’s blog: Introducing Ramone, Our Testing Mascot!

Callum’s blog: How Dungeons and Dragons helped me to become a better agile team member

Chaotic Adequate podcast

SurvivorsUK: Using Dungeons and Dragons therapeutically

Emma Hopkinson-Spark: Agile 101

TestBash UK 2022 - Manchester Lowry, 22nd-23rd September

Callum’s interview with Nicola Lindgren

Callum on Twitter: @CAkehurstRyan

Regular Links:

Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud

Sign up to be a guest on the show

Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify

Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads

Follow us on Twitter