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Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?
what are you listening to during work or any other time of the day?
- fern12 9y agoNPR's Fresh Air. Terry Gross has a very soothing voice. She covers a wide range of topics, but my favorites are those relating to politics, history and science. She definitely does her research, and knows how to ask thoughtful questions.
- gigatexal 9y agoTalk python to me - Patrick Kennedy’s highly polished podcast on my favorite language The cppcast Syntax - web front end stuff Software engineering daily Mac OS ken Brent Ozar Office Hours -SQL server q and a Coder radio (and pretty much anything from Jupiter Broadcasting) - Linux and OSS oriented banter regarding development work
- Godel_unicode 9y agoTalk Python to Me is actually Michael Kennedy, if you like that checkout Python Bytes. Less polished, greater breadth in less depth, much shorter.
- gigatexal 9y agoRight I am going to fix my typo
- gigatexal 9y agoMichael Kennedy not Patrick Kennedy of Servethehome.com
- BrentOzar 9y agoAwww, thanks for the mention, and glad you like the podcast.
- sotojuan 9y agoDark Pixel Gaming podcast (and YT channel) - discussion on gaming news focused on JRPGs.
- cjoy 9y agoOmega Tau. Science and engineering topics in the form of interviews with domain experts (often on site). Some episodes in German language, many in English. If you want to spend 2h learning about fusion and plasma or how batteries work or how airbus builds planes or what goes into a radar satellite... this is for you. ---- AB Testing. Alex and Brent, 2 managers at Microsoft, discuss how not to lead teams and how not to do testing. By discuss, I mean rant along in a productive manner. ---- Javascript Jabber. Good podcast, has lost some steam for me lately, but many early episodes are good for people who are new to the show. ---- Software Engineering Radio. Has a great backlist of episodes on topics like architecture, type systems, database systems ... definitly one where it makes sense to look through the archive instead of just subscribing. ---- Software Engineering Daily. Used to subscribe, but lately the episodes feel more like infomercials where 50% of the time is spent by the guests pitching their product. Did enjoy the earlier episodes though.
- maxxxxx 9y agoOmega Tau is great.
- ianleeclark 9y agoI have never successfully found a software engineering podcast that I've liked, so this will be a bit different from most here: A Cast of Kings -- Game of Thrones episode discussion My Favorite Murder -- Semi-descriptive title, but they talk about their favorite murders Not Alone Podcast -- Podcast about things going bump in the night Startups for the Rest of Us -- A marketing podcast aimed at micropreneurs Last Podcast on the Left -- Comedy/oddly well researched show about Aliens, Murder, and anything else macabre or strange The Adventure Zone -- A podcast about 3 brothers and their dad playing DnD Strange Matters -- Another "things that go bump in the night" sort-of podcast I have about 30 podcasts that I follow, but some of them I won't listen to if the subject doesn't interest me. These, however, I will listen to every episode (I'm putting off the final episode of "The Adventure Zone...") as soon as they come out.
- Max_Mustermann 9y ago* Skeptic's Guide to the Universe: Science and Skeptiscism weekly Podcast * Savage Lovecast: Frank Sex and Relationship Advice * 99 Percent Invisible: Design
- tapestrieshere 9y agoChapo Trap House
- evanlivingston 9y agoSecond this. Usually very good critique of both conservative and liberal politics, sometimes inane.
- dfaga 9y agoThey just copied The Daily Shoah which is better anyway.
- maxxxxx 9y agoScale your code podcast is quite good.
- curiousgal 9y agoPlanet Money
- efm 9y agoGreater than Code - software development from a humanist perspective
- JRutherford 9y agoMixergy, How I Built This, Startup, Criminal, Savage Lovecast, Dear Sugars, On Being, James Altucher Show, Planet Money, Fresh Air, Just the Right Book, Masters of Scale, The Distance, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
- draw_down 9y agoHollywood Handbook, Chapo Trap House, Your Kickstarter Sucks, No Goals, Cum Town Pretty much all are comedy except Chapo, which is a leftist political show.
- relics443 9y agoADB - Android Developers Backstage (it's actually the only podcast I listen to)
- peacetreefrog 9y agoecontalk - quite good, been going since 2006. two episodes with paul graham and sam altman from back in the day too http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2009/08/graham_on_start.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2009/08/graham_on_start.htm... http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/07/sam_altman_on_s.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/07/sam_altman_on_s.htm...
- drcongo 9y agoCrime stuff: Accused, Someone Knows Something, Up and Vanished, Criminal, Sword and Scale, Convicted, Beyond Reasonable Doubt. General: Radiolab, 99% Invisible, Revisionist History, Snap Judgement, This American Life Amusing: No Such Thing as a Fish, RHLSTP, Adam Buxton Podcast Listening to with my daughter: The Tumble, Brains On!
- dfaga 9y agoRadical Agenda https://radicalagenda.com/ https://radicalagenda.com/ Radio Derb https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-derb/id1077349299?mt=2 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-derb/id1077349299?... American Renaissance Podcast https://www.amren.com/category/podcasts/ https://www.amren.com/category/podcasts/
- phillnom 9y agoUhh Yeah Dude, Chapo Trap House, Bodega Boys, Comedy Bang Bang, Cum Town, How Did This Get Made?, With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus
- 0xbadf00d 9y agohttp://packetpushers.net/ http://packetpushers.net/ - great podcast for network-related industry news & opinion. Nice mix of useful information and personality bombast.
- oatsandsugar 9y agoStory Club - brief (often humorous) vignettes of Australian life The Adventure Zone - funny people playing DnD Song Exploder - bands rip apart their music and explain their process, often channel by channel And ... Planet Money, Reply All, This American Life, More Perfect, What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law, Data Skeptic, Arms Control Wonk, The Mystery Show
- tyenl 9y agoNo Agenda
- theelfismike 9y agoAcquired - history of (mainly) tech mergers/acquisitions/IPOs
- thingschanged 9y agoSam Harris - Waking up Podcast. Dan Carlin - Hard Core History Econtalk
- 3stacks 9y agoComedy Bang Bang, Monday morning podcast, Chapo Trap House, and Cum Town. I take it as a chance to shut off
- joekunin 9y agoDan Carlin's "Hardcore History" is perhaps my favorite .
- oatsandsugar 9y agoBut it is so slow to come out with new episodes! The WW1 series he made - amazing!
- Blackstone4 9y agoThe Bottom Line - Excellent business podcast Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman How I built this - Interviews with entrepreneurs Freakonomics - Very good The Tim Ferriss Show - Lots of interesting people come on the show
- epmatsw 9y agoAccidental Tech Podcast - Apple and random tech discussion. Super fun listen. One of the hosts is also the author of Overcast, which is my favorite podcast app. The Talk Show - Similar to ATP, but slightly more serious and with rotating guests Pardon My Take - a humorous sports podcast. It’s kind of juvenile, but it’s growing on me. Best of Mike and Mike - a semi-serious sports podcast. This one’s about to end, unfortunately. Stuff You Should Know - funny but informative info about random topics you never realized you wanted to know about Hardcore History - super long and rarely released episodes, but he gives an amazing in depth look at various historical battles. WWI, the Persian Wars, the Cold War 1945-1965, and the Anabaptist uprising are free now, and are all awesome.
- oatsandsugar 9y agoSYSK also has hilarious but terrible puns. I remember the episode they had on termites: "They Bore, but they aren't Boring" <-- Elon would approve
- devmpk 9y agoHow I Built This by NPR They interview founders of successful companies and talk about the very beginnings of their companies and how they started them. You hear about the humble beginnings of AirBnB, Mark Cuban, WeWork, Lyft. All really cool stories of starting businesses.
- ISL 9y agoA niche offering: Slide, the avalanche podcast. It may be too technical/specific for the general listener, but there's a lot there regarding risk management and personal awareness, which applies broadly. Daily listening: Marketplace, Planet Money.
- peckrob 9y ago1. Hardcore History [0]. Even if you're not a fan of history, check it out because Dan really grips you with the story. I can't say enough good things about this podcast and look forward to each new episode. The episodes are LONG; they're more like audiobooks in a way. The series on World War I (Blueprint for Armageddon) [1] was six episodes and 24 hours long. Perfect for road trips, but the downside is there's only 2-4 a year. 2. The British History Podcast [2]. Fills the gaps between Hardcore History releases. Jamie does a weekly, very deep dive into the whole of British history, starting from prehistory up through (currently) Alfred the Great. He's a bit more funny and sarcastic than Dan is, but you still end up learning a great deal. 3. Escape Pod [3]. Science fiction short stories covering a wide range within the genre. [0] http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ [1] http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-blueprint-for-armageddon-i/ http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-bluepri... [2] https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/ https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/ [3] http://escapepod.org/ http://escapepod.org/
- oatsandsugar 9y agoMy fav thing about Escape Pod is their reviews of previous stories. Quite frank, and usually give an interesting perspective.
- smallhands 9y ago+1 for Hardcore History his world war 2 eastern front still haunts me
- icebraining 9y agoI like Hardcore History, but I find Dan Carlin's style a bit over the top, which gets tiring. I have since found Mike Duncan's History of Rome[1] and Revolutions[2], and I much prefer his writing and delivery, including his occasional dead pan humor. I can listen to him for hours on end. (Note: the early episodes of History of Rome are not representative, he and his equipment have much improved in the first year). [1] http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2007/07/index.html http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2007... [2] http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/2013/09/index.html http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/2013/09/index.html
- j_s 9y agoMaybe this should be a monthly feature like Who is Hiring: Podcasts to make you smarter (49 comments 10 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14737772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14737772 Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why? (77 comments 28 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14616998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14616998 Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to? (62 comments 40 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14529759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14529759
- rsendv 9y agoThe DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar from Stanford eCorner, This American Life, and Democracy Now!
- Cerium 9y agoADV China, a talk show on two wheels. SerpentZA and C-Milk ride motorcycles through rural china while discussing China.
- daveilers 9y agoThe Hilarious World Of Depression (THWOD) 99% Invisible Accidental Tech Podcast Reconcilable Differences Do By Friday Cortex Writer's Almanac Radiolab Note To Self MBMBAM The Incomparable (as topics interest me)
- kyle_martin1 9y agoThe Tesla Show - http://theteslashow.com http://theteslashow.com
- kyle_martin1 9y agoThis Week In Machine Learning - https://twimlai.com https://twimlai.com
- chasely 9y agoInterview Format: EconTalk, Conversations with Tyler, The Ezra Klein Show News or weekly roundup: Slate's Political Gabfest, Slate Money Others: Two Dope Queens (comedy), History of Japan, Dan Carlin
- kaa2102 9y agoEconTalk is awesome.
- jandrusk 9y ago- The Changelog Podcast - Talk Python To Me - Podcast.Init
- alanfalcon 9y agoCoffee With Butterscotch - A Game Dev Comedy Podcast. Super entertaining, and also interesting to hear from these brothers (Butterscotch Shenanigans) who managed to build a Game of the Year winner[1] (Awarded by Touch Arcade and others) using Game Maker of all things! Very informative to hear them as they make business mistakes and learn from them, and occasionally make a decision that actually positively affects their bottom line. This is what passion sounds like—the kind of dedicated passion that breeds success against all odds. [1] The game? Crashlands - https://www.crashlands.net https://www.crashlands.net
- kaa2102 9y agoInterview/Comedy: We Got the Jazz gotthejazz.com EconTalk econtalk.org So Money by FARNOOSH farnoosh.tv
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- od0 9y agoData Skeptic (love this podcast) Data Driven Discussions (new podcast) Linear Digressions (good shorter discussions) Pod Save America (awesome) Coaching for Leaders (great interviews, the best soft skills podcast I've found) Software Engineering Daily (a little hard to keep up, mostly listen to specific topics) a16z (general trends)
- nvahalik 9y agoARRL The Doctor is in - http://www.arrl.org/doctor http://www.arrl.org/doctor No Agenda - http://www.noagendashow.com/ http://www.noagendashow.com/ The Dividing Line - http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/webcast/ http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/webcast/ The Adam Morgan Show - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adam-morgan-show/id1088616591 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adam-morgan-show/id1... The Briefing / Thinking in Public - http://www.albertmohler.com/the-briefing/ http://www.albertmohler.com/the-briefing/
- david_blitz1 9y agoIntercepted
- david_blitz1 9y agoIntercepted, Chapo Trap House
- chadgeidel 9y agoIn addition to the ones mentioned here, I like: What Trump can teach us about con law (from Roman Mars of 99PI): https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/trump-con-law https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/trump-con-law 50 Things that made the Modern Economy (Tim Harford): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads Internet History Podcast: http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/ http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/ You are not so smart: https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/ https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/ Unjustly Maligned: https://www.theincomparable.com/ump/ https://www.theincomparable.com/ump/
- jypepin 9y agoFor the french speaking, Nouvelle Ecole is a very nice, humble podcast interviewing people with a non-standard path. Very nice and interesting! http://nouvelleecole.org/ http://nouvelleecole.org/
- ranic 9y agoSome of my favorites: Planet Money - Current events and finance Astronomy Cast - Long-running podcast with each episode about a topic in astronomy Death Sex & Money - Human interest stories On The Media - Current events Love and Radio - Human interest stories Welcome to Night Vale - Weird scifi-ish stories in a newscast format
- tmaly 9y agoIndie Hackers http://indiehackers.com http://indiehackers.com is my current favorite The Startup Chat https://thestartupchat.com/ https://thestartupchat.com/ is a close second. Startup School by Seth Godin was a limited 15 episode production of a event he did, this is also really good.
- khana 9y agoLook no further than: 'Security Now' w/ the impeccable Steve Gibson. 'The Ben Shapiro Show' (obviously) 'The President's Inbox' 'On The Media' w/ my good gal Brook Gladstone - Bob can take a seat 'The Church of What's Happening Now' for the skinny 'Containers' (still like globalization?) 'The Daily' (get informed at the start of the day) 'Exponent' 'The Global Politico' 'Nature Prodcast' 'The Joe Rogan Experience' (duh) 'Software Eng. Daily' (duh)
- jonathansizz 9y agoCouncil on Foreign Relations: The World Next Week, The President's Inbox Financial Times: World Weekly, The Money Show, Alphachat BBC: The World This Week, Analysis, In Our Time, Infinite Monkey Cage, The Public Philosopher, A History of Ideas Philosophy: The Partially Examined Life, Philosophy Bites, The Philosopher's Zone, The History of Philosophy Without any Gaps Others: The Carnegie Podcast Radio Atlantic Guardian Books Guardian Science Weekly
- Arcsech 9y agoThe Magnus Archives is a great horror podcast. It's mostly-independent pieces of short fiction, but start at the beginning because there's definitely a meta-narrative. Also good is The Bright Sessions, also fiction, about a psychologist for people with superpowers. Also start at the beginning of this one. A new one that's quite interesting is Ear Hustle, produced by and about the inmates of San Quentin prison. It's a fascinating look into the reality of prison life. And then I'll second the recommendations for Hardcore History (snag The Prophets of Doom episode while it's still free, it's great) and 99% Invisible.
- _mjk 9y ago"no such thing as a fish", a podcast on four favourite facts of the week. Really fun to listen to :)
- painted 9y agoit's my current favourite :)