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Ask HN: What are your favorite non-tech podcasts?

19 points by jklein11 9y ago

Dowwie 9y ago
- "Waking Up" by Sam Harris - "EconTalk" by Russ Roberts - "LSE Talks" by the London School of Economics - "Revisionist History" by Malcolm Gladwell - "Freakonomics" - "Radiolab" - "The Commonwealth Club Talks"
- bewe42 9y ago
  Another vote for sam harris. I'm not a big podcast listener, be he is exceptional
- framebit 9y ago
  Upvote for Revisionist History. I rarely revisit episodes from a podcast, but there are several episodes from Revisionist History that I've listened to 3 or 4 times apiece.
Morgangeek 9y ago
"you are not so smart"
t1k3 9y ago
small town murder
soneca 9y ago
- "EconTalk" (economy) - "Conversations with Tyler" (economy) - "99% Invisible" (real-world design) - "Radiolab" (journalistic stories) - "Cosmic Vertigo" (astronomy) - "The Dice Tower" (boardgames) - "Common Sense" (political commentary) - "Welcome to Night Vale" (fiction, surreal sci-fi) - "Leviathan Chronicles" (fiction, epic fantasy)
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csnewb 9y ago
Iron Radio, Barbell Shrugged, Running Rogue, The Tim Ferris Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, This American Life, Radiolab.
gallerdude 9y ago
"Hello Internet," it's a weird meta-podcast, and I'd just call it "a love letter to the internet." Various science/philosophical topics, but mostly it's just about the new world that the internet has enabled. Also, they released a vinyl episode, so I don't think I have to say anymore.
ameyades 9y ago
The Joe Budden Podcast. It may be a somewhat inane pop culture podcast, but there's something endearing about Joe.
hvd 9y ago
planet money and freakonomics. Helps me understand how the world actually works.
phakding 9y ago
The daily by NY Times Radiolab Real time with Bill Maher Wait wait dont tell me snap judgement Freaknomics
Jemaclus 9y ago
POLITICS: "Pod Save America" - politics podcast by funny guys (former Obama staffers) "Lovett or Leave-it" - comedy show about politics "Pod Save the World" - serious podcast about world issues Anything by Crooked Media, basically. Also, "Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara" - serious, smart look at current events by former US attorney "FiveThirtyEight Politics" - insight into current events, with an emphasis on polls and facts. Politico's "Nerd Cast" - not my favorite, but actually winds up being a bit more conservative than the other podcasts I listen to SORTA RANDOM: "99% Invisible" "The Way I Heard it" - by Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame. They're short, about 10 minutes each "Freakonomics" "This American Life" "You are Not So Smart" - dives into human biases and ways in which we really aren't that smart "Stuff You Should Know" - random trivia SERIALS: "Serial" - murder mystery "S-Town" - mystery in Alabama "Steal the Stars" - scifi ARTS: "Splathouse" - B-movie / horror "Writing Excuses" - for writers, hosted by authors such as Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Taylor, and Mary Robinette Kowal "Country Gold" - a podcast about 90s country (my guilty pleasure) hosted by Terri Clark
hitsurume 9y ago
"Art of Charm" - Used to be just about dating but now its a lifestyle podcast that involves interviewing many different people from different fields. Love their content and been listening for years.
matt_the_bass 9y ago
Of all the podcasts listed so far radiolab is hands down my favorite. I also like “wait wait don’t tell me”
saroele 9y ago
The Becoming SuperHuman Podcast https://becomingasuperhuman.com/podcast/ https://becomingasuperhuman.com/podcast/
jetti 9y ago
How I Built This - This is a podcast from NPR that interviews founders of businesses. They have had the founder of Southwest Airlines to the founder of Atari to the founder of Chipotle. There are some tech companies involved but it is always interesting hearing the stories of the founders on how they built their business.
Random_Person 9y ago
The only one I don't see alreadly listed: LORE
open-source-ux 9y ago
50 things that made the modern economy This was a radio programme from the BBC which is also available to download: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads The BBC has a ton of podcasts available, although some are only available to UK listeners http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts
HeyLaughingBoy 9y ago
Freelance Transformation 99% Invisible already got a few mentions, but it's so good that it's worth mentioning again.
jfaucett 9y ago
1. Waking up - Sam Harris 2. You are not so Smart (Psychology, Bias, Cogsci) 3. All in the mind BBC (Psychology) 4. Buenos Dias America (north, central, and south american news, with. focus on usa) 5. More or less behind the statistics BBC 6. WDR 5 Profit (west german radio, pretty neutral economics/finance summaries and topics) 7. Medizin und Gesundheit (Deutsche Welle) 8. Francias Authentique (great podcast for keeping up that rusty french, with a really great host)
HiroshiSan 9y ago
Hardcore History for those long drives.
fiftyacorn 9y ago
Marathontalk - running, IMtalk - ironman triathlon, Lance Armstrongs podcast
playing_colours 9y ago
Jocko Willink podcast http://jockopodcast.com http://jockopodcast.com on discipline, leadership. I am trying to follow some of his leadership ideas and started to do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and take care of my body.
pizza 9y ago
chapo trap house, zero books podcast, the nostalgia trap

19 points by jklein11 9y ago

- "Waking Up" by Sam Harris - "EconTalk" by Russ Roberts - "LSE Talks" by the London School of Economics - "Revisionist History" by Malcolm Gladwell - "Freakonomics" - "Radiolab" - "The Commonwealth Club Talks"

bewe42 9y ago
Another vote for sam harris. I'm not a big podcast listener, be he is exceptional
framebit 9y ago
Upvote for Revisionist History. I rarely revisit episodes from a podcast, but there are several episodes from Revisionist History that I've listened to 3 or 4 times apiece.

Morgangeek 9y ago

"you are not so smart"

t1k3 9y ago

small town murder

soneca 9y ago

- "EconTalk" (economy) - "Conversations with Tyler" (economy) - "99% Invisible" (real-world design) - "Radiolab" (journalistic stories) - "Cosmic Vertigo" (astronomy) - "The Dice Tower" (boardgames) - "Common Sense" (political commentary) - "Welcome to Night Vale" (fiction, surreal sci-fi) - "Leviathan Chronicles" (fiction, epic fantasy)

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csnewb 9y ago

Iron Radio, Barbell Shrugged, Running Rogue, The Tim Ferris Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, This American Life, Radiolab.

gallerdude 9y ago

"Hello Internet," it's a weird meta-podcast, and I'd just call it "a love letter to the internet." Various science/philosophical topics, but mostly it's just about the new world that the internet has enabled. Also, they released a vinyl episode, so I don't think I have to say anymore.

ameyades 9y ago

The Joe Budden Podcast. It may be a somewhat inane pop culture podcast, but there's something endearing about Joe.

hvd 9y ago

planet money and freakonomics. Helps me understand how the world actually works.

phakding 9y ago

The daily by NY Times Radiolab Real time with Bill Maher Wait wait dont tell me snap judgement Freaknomics

Jemaclus 9y ago

POLITICS: "Pod Save America" - politics podcast by funny guys (former Obama staffers) "Lovett or Leave-it" - comedy show about politics "Pod Save the World" - serious podcast about world issues Anything by Crooked Media, basically. Also, "Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara" - serious, smart look at current events by former US attorney "FiveThirtyEight Politics" - insight into current events, with an emphasis on polls and facts. Politico's "Nerd Cast" - not my favorite, but actually winds up being a bit more conservative than the other podcasts I listen to SORTA RANDOM: "99% Invisible" "The Way I Heard it" - by Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame. They're short, about 10 minutes each "Freakonomics" "This American Life" "You are Not So Smart" - dives into human biases and ways in which we really aren't that smart "Stuff You Should Know" - random trivia SERIALS: "Serial" - murder mystery "S-Town" - mystery in Alabama "Steal the Stars" - scifi ARTS: "Splathouse" - B-movie / horror "Writing Excuses" - for writers, hosted by authors such as Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Taylor, and Mary Robinette Kowal "Country Gold" - a podcast about 90s country (my guilty pleasure) hosted by Terri Clark

hitsurume 9y ago

"Art of Charm" - Used to be just about dating but now its a lifestyle podcast that involves interviewing many different people from different fields. Love their content and been listening for years.

matt_the_bass 9y ago

Of all the podcasts listed so far radiolab is hands down my favorite. I also like “wait wait don’t tell me”

saroele 9y ago

The Becoming SuperHuman Podcast https://becomingasuperhuman.com/podcast/ https://becomingasuperhuman.com/podcast/

jetti 9y ago

How I Built This - This is a podcast from NPR that interviews founders of businesses. They have had the founder of Southwest Airlines to the founder of Atari to the founder of Chipotle. There are some tech companies involved but it is always interesting hearing the stories of the founders on how they built their business.

Random_Person 9y ago

The only one I don't see alreadly listed: LORE

open-source-ux 9y ago

50 things that made the modern economy This was a radio programme from the BBC which is also available to download: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads The BBC has a ton of podcasts available, although some are only available to UK listeners http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts

HeyLaughingBoy 9y ago

Freelance Transformation 99% Invisible already got a few mentions, but it's so good that it's worth mentioning again.

jfaucett 9y ago

1. Waking up - Sam Harris 2. You are not so Smart (Psychology, Bias, Cogsci) 3. All in the mind BBC (Psychology) 4. Buenos Dias America (north, central, and south american news, with. focus on usa) 5. More or less behind the statistics BBC 6. WDR 5 Profit (west german radio, pretty neutral economics/finance summaries and topics) 7. Medizin und Gesundheit (Deutsche Welle) 8. Francias Authentique (great podcast for keeping up that rusty french, with a really great host)

HiroshiSan 9y ago

Hardcore History for those long drives.

fiftyacorn 9y ago

Marathontalk - running, IMtalk - ironman triathlon, Lance Armstrongs podcast

playing_colours 9y ago

Jocko Willink podcast http://jockopodcast.com http://jockopodcast.com on discipline, leadership. I am trying to follow some of his leadership ideas and started to do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and take care of my body.

pizza 9y ago

chapo trap house, zero books podcast, the nostalgia trap