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Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?

36 points by leonagano 8y ago

lihaciudaniel 8y ago
http://developeronfire.com/ http://developeronfire.com/ - great podcast
jger15 8y ago
In no particular order: Conversations with Tyler Cowen The Peter Attia Drive a16z Podcast EconTalk Exponent with Ben Thompson & James Allworth Akimbo with Seth Godin Sam Harris Joe Rogan Unchained Podcast Dan Carlin's Hardcore History + HH Addendum + Common Sense Deviate with Rolf Potts Jocko Podcast The After On Podcast with Rob Reid North Star with David Perell Invest Like The Best Cool Tools with Kevin Kelly Between The Covers STEM Talk Greymatter Revolution Health Radio Filmspotting + The Next Big Picture Show Recode Media with Peter Kafka Bill Simmons Rationally Speaking FoundMyFitness with Rhonda Patrick Very Bad Wizards Big Think: Think Again Podcast Revolution Health Radio Femsplainers The Terrible Podcast (Steelers/NFL)
ArtWomb 8y ago
Radio Drama Revival was recommended here on HN. But I still prefer the old-time corniness of a good X-Minus-One or Suspense episode from the Golden Age ;) http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ http://www.radiodramarevival.com/
carusooneliner 8y ago
Some of my favorites organized by category: Interviews on a broad bange of topics BBC: In Our Time Conversations with Tyler Hidden Forces Econtalk The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish Startups and Tech a16z Exponent Finance and Economics Bloomberg Surveillance Bloomberg: Masters In Business Bloomberg: Odd Lots General Topics ABC Big Ideas The Reith Lectures Current Affairs BBC: The Briefing Room Thinktanks Carnegie Council Audio Podcast World Class Science Leakey Foundation: Origin Stories BBC: The Life Scientific BBC: The Curious Case of Rutherford and Fry ABC: All in the Mind Bitcoin/Ethereum Epicenter Indie Future thinkers
- gadders 8y ago
  I'd recommend The Naked Scientists as well for the Science category.
mujtaba223 8y ago
Embedded.fm The Engineering Commons Undiscovered RadioLab
m3tr0s 8y ago
I don't. I tried it several times, but I love music so much I can't spend my "listening time" on human voice. Honestly, I don't even understand how you all do that - when? At work? In public transport/car? While having a shower?
- SyneRyder 8y ago
  For me, it's while mowing the lawn, gardening, and washing the dishes. I used to on public transport, but that's my Duolingo & music time now. Sometimes I'll listen to a few minutes of a podcast in the morning while shaving & getting ready - Leo Laporte's "The Tech Guy" podcast is great for this, because each support call is usually just a few minutes long. I sometimes listen to podcasts while exercising or have a long walk somewhere, but I'm more likely to listen to music for that. Oh - and some of the podcasts I listen to are about music production / music technology. One of my new favorites is the Sonic Talk podcast (even though their website looks terrible), and Pensado's Place is also good sometimes: http://www.pensadosplace.tv/ http://www.pensadosplace.tv/ https://sonicstate.com/sonictalk https://sonicstate.com/sonictalk
kamphey 8y ago
Fruitful Just my friend eating fruit and talking with friends. Listened to his first 3 episodes.
valiant-comma 8y ago
Risky Business, if for nothing else than the news segment. https://risky.biz/RB506/ https://risky.biz/RB506/
iKSv2 8y ago
Software Engineering Daily How I built this Business Wars Scaling Postgres Startup Secrets Lecture Series These pretty much have me occupied on all my commute time.
andrei_says_ 8y ago
Framelab on framing, metaphors, linguistics, psychology, how the brain works and how it is hacked by politicians and con men. George Lakoff is pretty amazing.
Sachash1234 8y ago
Tim ferris
richerlariviere 8y ago
Joe Rogan. Really interesting point of views and opinions. Some like the guy, some hate him.
estilos 8y ago
Fiction: Welcome to Nightvale (community radio for a friendly-creepy desert town) The Hidden Almanac (ursula vernon trice-weekly 5min gardening and saints) Non-Fiction: RadioLab (sciency stories) Bad With Money with Gaby Dunn (notionally personal finance, actually social commentary) The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps (does what it says on the tin)
EnderMB 8y ago
I'm a big fan of the Distraction Pieces podcast with Scroobius Pip. http://www.scroobiuspip.co.uk/distraction-pieces-podcast/ http://www.scroobiuspip.co.uk/distraction-pieces-podcast/ You probably won't get much from it if you're not a UK resident, but I find him to be a great host, despite his issues with stuttering. I highly recommend the Matt Willis episode. While not strictly a podcast, I'm a huge fan of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. In similar vein, he does a great job of interviewing fellow comedians, and makes episodes with people you might not like very enjoyable.
gadders 8y ago
Some less popular ones that I think people should give a try to: - The Naked Scientists - hour long popular science show - Chemistry in its Element - 10 minute podcasts about various compounds and elements - Naked Astronomy - Monthly podcast about space science and business - The Forum (BBC World Service) - World Service equivalent of In Our Time - The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4 - Scientists discussing their career and works - Last Word - BBC Radio 4 - Obituaries of notable people that have died that week - Crowd Science - BBC World Service - Investigating user-submitted science questions And if you're into MMA: - Believe you Me by Michael Bisping. He is genuinely funny.
amorphous 8y ago
Sam Harris. The way he thinks and talks brings me some kind of tranquillity at the end of the day. A "be at home" feeling.
ryanchants 8y ago
* All Songs Considered * Coding Blocks * Common Sense * The Daily * Developer on Fire * Developer Tea * Embed * Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders * Politico * Fresh Air * HBR Ideacast * Indie Hackers * The Infinite Monkey Cage * Intelligence Squared * Intelligence Squared US * The Joe Rogan Experience * Manager Tools(Basics) * Masters of Scale * Nerd Cast * More Perfect * Reply All * Reveal * Sidedoor * Tiny Desk Concerts * Up First
sadema 8y ago
Sam Harris Freakonomics Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Revisionist History Blogginheads.tv: The Glenn Show
cattlefarmer 8y ago
I have only one to recommend: Boagworld - https://boagworld.com/show/ https://boagworld.com/show/ They've been doing the web/design/ux thing for about 10 years now and it's still fun to listen too. More design, less tech.
leonagano 8y ago
Masters of Scale Side Hustle School Indie Hackers
leepowers 8y ago
Long Now Seminars podcast: http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/ http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/
tomjen3 8y ago
Most of these comments here just list the names of the podcasts. Please include a description and your personal comments so that others can consider if they might also be interested. I will just mention a few: Hardcore History: The name is pretty good description of what it contains. If 2-4 hour episodes that dig into the why and how of a particular topic in history is not for you, then neither is this podcast. Dan Carlin focus on ideas and not so much on dates. His pods are infrequent and long. Martyr Made: Started out with the best, most indepth description of the history of the creation of Israel (from about 1880 to 1949) in the form of over 25 hours of content, some of which is seriously depressing. A good showcase for some of the worst humans can do (on both sides of the conflict). Best enjoyed with a pause button and so not for children. Joe Rogan: (only added here because others have mentioned it). I subscribe but have only listened to a couple episodes. My main complaint is that they are way too frequent and the title is just whomever he interviews so if the name doesn't ring a bell you will have spend a couple hours figuring out if it is worth listing to. How it began: Stories of how we got particular techs, from refrigiation to computers. Contains music and background sounds so it fells more like a radio documentary than a podcast. Highly recommended, have listened to several episodes multiple times. Contex: Same author as how it began, but simpler in production and focuses more on the context of something: like Guns Germs and Steel; the wealth and poverty of nations and so on. The podcast is only a few episodes in.
hsavit1 8y ago
Intercepted by The Intercept is great. So is the sister "Deconstructed" podcast
kull 8y ago
Marketplace
yur3i__ 8y ago
Linux Unplugged and Security Now are top podcasts
jiscariot 8y ago
In addition to may that others have mentioned such as JRE, Waking Up, Convos with Tyler, my main go-to is: The Fifth Column - A weekly libertarian-ish take on the news and media, with lots of hilarity, generally while the hosts finish a bottle of listener-supported bourbon. Kmele Foster runs it along with Matt Welch (Reason) and Michael Moynihan (Vice News).
mlthoughts2018 8y ago
Hollywood Handbook. The funniest satirical podcast I’ve found.
noddy1w 8y ago
Agree with above, my faves are econtalk, conversations with tyler.. RedScare is 3 new york russian girls talking about issues like #metoo from a socialist/anti-liberal perspective, its great
a-saleh 8y ago
Most often: * Tim Ferris show - kinda like the interviews, and really like the experimental mind-set of Ferris Less often: * Magic Readalong - Two guys talking 20 minutes about interesting functional programming and life. These are the conversations I wish I would be having with my friends over beer. * Intelligence Squared - really good traditional british-style panel debates. Often geopolitical in nature. These are the topics we actually do like to discuss over beer. Sometimes, mostly game-podcasts: * The Short Game podcast - finally a podcast aobut short-enough games I actually am able to finish :) This is how I found out about Bithell-games {Subsurface,Quarantine}-Circular * Dad 'n Sons - i.e. the Superbunnyhop and friends * Cooptional Podcast - still like them, they seem to be holding the course with Genna Bain taking over after John Bain's death

36 points by leonagano 8y ago

http://developeronfire.com/ http://developeronfire.com/ - great podcast

In no particular order: Conversations with Tyler Cowen The Peter Attia Drive a16z Podcast EconTalk Exponent with Ben Thompson & James Allworth Akimbo with Seth Godin Sam Harris Joe Rogan Unchained Podcast Dan Carlin's Hardcore History + HH Addendum + Common Sense Deviate with Rolf Potts Jocko Podcast The After On Podcast with Rob Reid North Star with David Perell Invest Like The Best Cool Tools with Kevin Kelly Between The Covers STEM Talk Greymatter Revolution Health Radio Filmspotting + The Next Big Picture Show Recode Media with Peter Kafka Bill Simmons Rationally Speaking FoundMyFitness with Rhonda Patrick Very Bad Wizards Big Think: Think Again Podcast Revolution Health Radio Femsplainers The Terrible Podcast (Steelers/NFL)

ArtWomb 8y ago

Radio Drama Revival was recommended here on HN. But I still prefer the old-time corniness of a good X-Minus-One or Suspense episode from the Golden Age ;) http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ http://www.radiodramarevival.com/

carusooneliner 8y ago

Some of my favorites organized by category: Interviews on a broad bange of topics BBC: In Our Time Conversations with Tyler Hidden Forces Econtalk The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish Startups and Tech a16z Exponent Finance and Economics Bloomberg Surveillance Bloomberg: Masters In Business Bloomberg: Odd Lots General Topics ABC Big Ideas The Reith Lectures Current Affairs BBC: The Briefing Room Thinktanks Carnegie Council Audio Podcast World Class Science Leakey Foundation: Origin Stories BBC: The Life Scientific BBC: The Curious Case of Rutherford and Fry ABC: All in the Mind Bitcoin/Ethereum Epicenter Indie Future thinkers

gadders 8y ago
I'd recommend The Naked Scientists as well for the Science category.

mujtaba223 8y ago

Embedded.fm The Engineering Commons Undiscovered RadioLab

m3tr0s 8y ago

I don't. I tried it several times, but I love music so much I can't spend my "listening time" on human voice. Honestly, I don't even understand how you all do that - when? At work? In public transport/car? While having a shower?

SyneRyder 8y ago
For me, it's while mowing the lawn, gardening, and washing the dishes. I used to on public transport, but that's my Duolingo & music time now. Sometimes I'll listen to a few minutes of a podcast in the morning while shaving & getting ready - Leo Laporte's "The Tech Guy" podcast is great for this, because each support call is usually just a few minutes long. I sometimes listen to podcasts while exercising or have a long walk somewhere, but I'm more likely to listen to music for that. Oh - and some of the podcasts I listen to are about music production / music technology. One of my new favorites is the Sonic Talk podcast (even though their website looks terrible), and Pensado's Place is also good sometimes: http://www.pensadosplace.tv/ http://www.pensadosplace.tv/ https://sonicstate.com/sonictalk https://sonicstate.com/sonictalk

kamphey 8y ago

Fruitful Just my friend eating fruit and talking with friends. Listened to his first 3 episodes.

valiant-comma 8y ago

Risky Business, if for nothing else than the news segment. https://risky.biz/RB506/ https://risky.biz/RB506/

iKSv2 8y ago

Software Engineering Daily How I built this Business Wars Scaling Postgres Startup Secrets Lecture Series These pretty much have me occupied on all my commute time.

andrei_says_ 8y ago

Framelab on framing, metaphors, linguistics, psychology, how the brain works and how it is hacked by politicians and con men. George Lakoff is pretty amazing.

Sachash1234 8y ago

Tim ferris

richerlariviere 8y ago

Joe Rogan. Really interesting point of views and opinions. Some like the guy, some hate him.

estilos 8y ago

Fiction: Welcome to Nightvale (community radio for a friendly-creepy desert town) The Hidden Almanac (ursula vernon trice-weekly 5min gardening and saints) Non-Fiction: RadioLab (sciency stories) Bad With Money with Gaby Dunn (notionally personal finance, actually social commentary) The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps (does what it says on the tin)

EnderMB 8y ago

I'm a big fan of the Distraction Pieces podcast with Scroobius Pip. http://www.scroobiuspip.co.uk/distraction-pieces-podcast/ http://www.scroobiuspip.co.uk/distraction-pieces-podcast/ You probably won't get much from it if you're not a UK resident, but I find him to be a great host, despite his issues with stuttering. I highly recommend the Matt Willis episode. While not strictly a podcast, I'm a huge fan of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. In similar vein, he does a great job of interviewing fellow comedians, and makes episodes with people you might not like very enjoyable.

gadders 8y ago

Some less popular ones that I think people should give a try to: - The Naked Scientists - hour long popular science show - Chemistry in its Element - 10 minute podcasts about various compounds and elements - Naked Astronomy - Monthly podcast about space science and business - The Forum (BBC World Service) - World Service equivalent of In Our Time - The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4 - Scientists discussing their career and works - Last Word - BBC Radio 4 - Obituaries of notable people that have died that week - Crowd Science - BBC World Service - Investigating user-submitted science questions And if you're into MMA: - Believe you Me by Michael Bisping. He is genuinely funny.

amorphous 8y ago

Sam Harris. The way he thinks and talks brings me some kind of tranquillity at the end of the day. A "be at home" feeling.

ryanchants 8y ago

* All Songs Considered * Coding Blocks * Common Sense * The Daily * Developer on Fire * Developer Tea * Embed * Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders * Politico * Fresh Air * HBR Ideacast * Indie Hackers * The Infinite Monkey Cage * Intelligence Squared * Intelligence Squared US * The Joe Rogan Experience * Manager Tools(Basics) * Masters of Scale * Nerd Cast * More Perfect * Reply All * Reveal * Sidedoor * Tiny Desk Concerts * Up First

sadema 8y ago

Sam Harris Freakonomics Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Revisionist History Blogginheads.tv: The Glenn Show

cattlefarmer 8y ago

I have only one to recommend: Boagworld - https://boagworld.com/show/ https://boagworld.com/show/ They've been doing the web/design/ux thing for about 10 years now and it's still fun to listen too. More design, less tech.

leonagano 8y ago

Masters of Scale Side Hustle School Indie Hackers

leepowers 8y ago

Long Now Seminars podcast: http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/ http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/

tomjen3 8y ago

Most of these comments here just list the names of the podcasts. Please include a description and your personal comments so that others can consider if they might also be interested. I will just mention a few: Hardcore History: The name is pretty good description of what it contains. If 2-4 hour episodes that dig into the why and how of a particular topic in history is not for you, then neither is this podcast. Dan Carlin focus on ideas and not so much on dates. His pods are infrequent and long. Martyr Made: Started out with the best, most indepth description of the history of the creation of Israel (from about 1880 to 1949) in the form of over 25 hours of content, some of which is seriously depressing. A good showcase for some of the worst humans can do (on both sides of the conflict). Best enjoyed with a pause button and so not for children. Joe Rogan: (only added here because others have mentioned it). I subscribe but have only listened to a couple episodes. My main complaint is that they are way too frequent and the title is just whomever he interviews so if the name doesn't ring a bell you will have spend a couple hours figuring out if it is worth listing to. How it began: Stories of how we got particular techs, from refrigiation to computers. Contains music and background sounds so it fells more like a radio documentary than a podcast. Highly recommended, have listened to several episodes multiple times. Contex: Same author as how it began, but simpler in production and focuses more on the context of something: like Guns Germs and Steel; the wealth and poverty of nations and so on. The podcast is only a few episodes in.

hsavit1 8y ago

Intercepted by The Intercept is great. So is the sister "Deconstructed" podcast

kull 8y ago

Marketplace

yur3i__ 8y ago

Linux Unplugged and Security Now are top podcasts

jiscariot 8y ago

In addition to may that others have mentioned such as JRE, Waking Up, Convos with Tyler, my main go-to is: The Fifth Column - A weekly libertarian-ish take on the news and media, with lots of hilarity, generally while the hosts finish a bottle of listener-supported bourbon. Kmele Foster runs it along with Matt Welch (Reason) and Michael Moynihan (Vice News).

mlthoughts2018 8y ago

Hollywood Handbook. The funniest satirical podcast I’ve found.

noddy1w 8y ago

Agree with above, my faves are econtalk, conversations with tyler.. RedScare is 3 new york russian girls talking about issues like #metoo from a socialist/anti-liberal perspective, its great

a-saleh 8y ago

Most often: * Tim Ferris show - kinda like the interviews, and really like the experimental mind-set of Ferris Less often: * Magic Readalong - Two guys talking 20 minutes about interesting functional programming and life. These are the conversations I wish I would be having with my friends over beer. * Intelligence Squared - really good traditional british-style panel debates. Often geopolitical in nature. These are the topics we actually do like to discuss over beer. Sometimes, mostly game-podcasts: * The Short Game podcast - finally a podcast aobut short-enough games I actually am able to finish :) This is how I found out about Bithell-games {Subsurface,Quarantine}-Circular * Dad 'n Sons - i.e. the Superbunnyhop and friends * Cooptional Podcast - still like them, they seem to be holding the course with Genna Bain taking over after John Bain's death