# identity-unlocked

Source: https://startwithidentity.com/podcasts/identity-unlocked/
License: content by Start with Identity. Cite the source URL.

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## What it is

Identity, Unlocked was hosted by [Vittorio Bertocci](https://startwithidentity.com/experts/vittorio-bertocci/), Principal Architect at [Auth0](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/ciam/auth0/), and produced in partnership with the OpenID Foundation and IDPro. Across 26 episodes in four seasons, from August 2020 to September 2022, he interviewed the people who wrote the specifications: [Mike Jones](https://startwithidentity.com/experts/mike-jones/) on OpenID Connect, [John Bradley](https://startwithidentity.com/experts/john-bradley/) on WebAuthn, [Aaron Parecki](https://startwithidentity.com/experts/aaron-parecki/) on OAuth 2.1, [Daniel Fett](https://startwithidentity.com/experts/daniel-fett/) on the OAuth security best current practice and SD-JWT, and a SAML history episode with Joni Brennan, Paul Madsen, and Prateek Mishra.

## Who it suits

Engineers and architects who want to understand why the standards are shaped the way they are, from the authors.

## Editor note

Bertocci died in October 2023, and the show is complete. It remains the best audio archive on identity specifications, and its episodes anchor several of our [learning paths](https://startwithidentity.com/podcasts/learn/), including [OAuth and OpenID Connect](https://startwithidentity.com/podcasts/learn/oauth-oidc/) and [SAML](https://startwithidentity.com/podcasts/learn/saml/). Warning: the original show website and feed now redirect to unrelated sites, and so does the audio Apple Podcasts plays, because it ran through the defunct Chartable tracking service. Spotify still serves its own copy; the episode links here go there. Some older episodes we could not locate on Spotify are left off our paths for now.