Identity at the Center
Editorial pickHosted by Jeff Steadman & Jim McDonald
The trade podcast for identity and access management practitioners.
Editorial take
The only podcast dedicated specifically to IAM as a discipline. Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald are working IAM consultants, and the show reflects that, episodes cover IGA implementations, MFA rollout patterns, ITDR maturity, IDP vendor selection, and the politics of getting IAM funded inside an enterprise. Coverage skews enterprise on-prem-to-cloud rather than developer-facing CIAM, which is a feature if you live in that world and a bug if you don't.
Last hand-checked 2026-05-09.
Listen if you …
- you work in workforce IAM, IGA, or PAM
- you want vendor-agnostic discussion of identity programs at enterprise scale
- you're preparing for an IAM-related certification or new role
Skip if you …
- developer-facing CIAM is your beat, coverage is mostly enterprise IGA
- you want news synthesis, this is structured topical conversation, not news
About the show
Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald's identity and access management podcast. Both are working IAM consultants, which sets the show's character: practical, vendor-agnostic, and oriented around the realities of running IAM programs.
Episodes alternate between two-host topical discussion and guest interviews with vendor executives, customer practitioners, and analysts.
Notable guests
- Ian Glazer
- Eve Maler
- Andre Durand
- Phil Windley
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