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SPaMCAST 516 features our interview with Nishi Grover Garg. \xa0Nishi and I started by discussing the major differences in agile and non-agile testing and ended with a discussion of agile pods. This is a wonderfully idea-rich interview. Note: \xa0I am recording part of this episode remotely from a hotel in Brazil! Nishi\u2019s Bio: Nishi is a Consulting Agile and Software testing trainer. With a decade of experience working in an Agile environment in different product-based companies, she has had a chance to work in all stages of software testing life cycle from a White box, Black box to Automation testing and Usability testing. Having now extended it to her full-time job, Nishi is a coach, trainer, and mentor in areas of Agile and software testing, specializing in conducting QA Induction boot-camps, ISTQB workshops, DevOps Foundation and Selenium Automation courses. She is certified by Agile Testing Alliance (ATA) as a CP-DOF, CP-SAT, CP-AAT, CP-MAT and by ISTQB as a Foundation and Advanced Test Analyst and likes to keep updating her skills periodically. She is also a passionate freelance writer and contributes to many online forums about new topics of interest in the industry like Techwell community\u2019s AgileConnection.com, Stickyminds.com and many more. Check out her blog at www.testwithnishi.com to find her articles and catch up on her latest professional activities! Contact information: Blog: Email: Re-Read Saturday News This week we begin our read of Bad Blood (buy your copy today \xa0and support the blog and the author). \xa0Bad Blood is a new book for me, therefore a \u201cread\u201d rather than a re-read. We begin with the introductory material and a proposed plan for the read. Week 1 \u2013 \u2013\xa0https://bit.ly/2J1pY2t\xa0 Conferences and More! ISMA 16 Sao Paulo, Brazil October 16 Register Now; https://bit.ly/2PXH8A5 Presentation: Product Owners In Agile \u2013 The Really Hard Role! ITMPI Webinar Virtual October 31 Register Now: https://bit.ly/2zo8MAV Webinar: \xa0Agile, Where Agile Fears to Tread Next SPaMCASTSPaMCAST 517 will feature our essay on a code of ethics for agile coaches. \xa0I am also considering a call to action to begin banding together to support a code of ethics. \xa0 We will also have a discussion with Jon M. Quigley.