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Ask HN: What's your favourite podcast?

• brandonkm 16y ago
  I've been enjoying the 'A minute with Brendan Eich' podcasts. They're short, insightful, and always about very recent technology topics surrounding JavaScript. http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com
• sahillavingia 16y ago
  Mixergy.
• hardik 16y ago
  This American Life; this is how an audio programme should be! (and I am not even an American :) )
• hardik988 16y ago
  I've having a lot of fun with WNYC's RadioLab podcast. It's more of an experience when you listen to them, you feel like you're in the world they're describing. Every episode is really well done, and the guys put a lot of effort into it. http://www.radiolab.org/ http://www.radiolab.org/
• staunch 16y ago
  The History of Rome. By far my favorite non-startup/tech podcast. I have a long held fascination with ancient Roman history, but even others who don't seem to really enjoy it.
• karanbhangui 16y ago
  Hey you wanna car pool? I'm going from Toronto to mountainview! Email is karan.bhangui@gmail.com
• Raisin 16y ago
  Techzing hands down. 2 guys just talking about startups and trying to make it. The guest are fantastic and they always drill down into topics.
• doorhammer 16y ago
  I definitely second The History of Rome. I haven't kept up with it lately, but I loved it when I listened to it. My favorite programming podcast is se-radio ( http://www.se-radio.net/ http://www.se-radio.net/ ) I especially like this one for getting a general overview of a variety of coding related categories and practices. Being self-taught, it's been been an invaluable source for broadening my basic understanding of the field. The guys that run the podcast definitely strike me as being more involved in the corporate space, but the topics are relevant to just about every topic in software construction, from episodes on embedded real-time systems, an interview on the internals of the gcc compiler, clojure, and tons of others. I listen to This American Life frequently. The stories are always fascinating and well-produced. Stuff You Should Know has always been one of my favorites. It's like spastically browsing the internet in audio form. You learn all kinds of super-interesting things, but never really learn much about any one subject. I'd suggest this for long car-trips when you're not trying to accomplish anything, heh. Love it, though. howstuffworks.com has a lot of interesting ones outside of Stuff You Should Know, but I'd hit that one first. those are my favorites, off the top of my head History of Rome, Software Engineering Radio, This American Life, Stuff You Should Know
  • odyniec 16y ago
    +1 for Software Engineering Radio, I listen to it on a regular basis and like it a lot. For other software-related podcasts, I recommend FLOSS Weekly (http://twit.tv/FLOSS http://twit.tv/FLOSS). They cover interesting open source projects and interview their creators, as well as other influential people of the open source world.
• rguzman 16y ago
  NPR's Planet Money. The Moth. I also +1'd This American Life, and Radio Lab. At some point I liked You Look Nice Today -- it is really funny, but intellectually vacuous. Econtalk is quite good, but a bit dry.
• drRoflol 16y ago
  Mysterious Universe (Plus+) for a healthy dose of paranormal entertainment. The hosts are (most of the time) aware of the fact that alot of the things they cover are pretty dumb, and they do laugh of it. It's one of the more professional podcasts I've ever listened to, sound quality is excellent, the music is good, and the hosts are really funny. Check it out! Also, to feed my hunger for gadgetery, "The 404" and "Buzz out loud" from cNet. And if you're into history Dan Carlin has two podcasts, "Common sense", about US politics, and "Hardcore History" on history. Good shows by a smart host. Drive safely, and merry christmas!
• xpaulbettsx 16y ago
  This has nothing to do with startups or tech, but Dan Savage's Savage Love podcast is excellent. Anyone who is in a relationship or wants to be in one should listen to it and save themselves a lot of stress and heartache learning things the hard way.
• butayni 16y ago
  Security Now - with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm A nice weekly round-up of current security issues. As well as some in-depth explanation of some aspect of security - like the inner workings of ssl certificates.
• unignorant 16y ago
  Econtalk - deeply interesting interviews/conversations about economics Radiolab - unique stories (often science-based) and great production values
• J3L2404 16y ago
  ThisWeekInScience: http://www.twis.org/ http://www.twis.org/ Science, humor and World Robot Domination.
• rick_2047 16y ago
  My favourites are: Decoder Ring Theatre at http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/ http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/ Bells in the batfry at http://thebatfry.com/ http://thebatfry.com/. Both are low frequency (DRT is twice a month, and batfry is when ever john bell feels like doing it), but I think they will remain my favourites.
• salemh 16y ago
  For those along the lines of "History of Rome," I would recommend Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (which has a 3 part series on the Fall of the Roman Empire (which goes back several hundred years). He also has a 4 part series on the Eastern Front of WWII, "Toughness" in generations in History, and many other interesting podcasts. He is very engaging and informed (he was / is an investigative journalist and a history buff, taking from multiple sources and citing biases or clashes with alternative sources.) http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive He has a separate podcast "Common Sense" for politics. Phil Windley (of Kynetx, local to UT) has diverse tech podcasts: http://www.windley.com/ http://www.windley.com/
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• shadowpwner 16y ago
  Check out MIT Course Ware, they have lectures online. I'm currently subscribed to Biology 101 and introduction to psychology. Anything in iTunesU is usually good.
• veb 16y ago
  Someone make software to turn these podcasts into lovely readable texts for me. /hearingimpairmentsucks
• sga 16y ago
  B.S. Report by Bill Simmons
• protomyth 16y ago
  Red centre @ fxguide if you are interested in digital video (they have expanded well past the Red Camera). Know Tech is basically a geek conversation, but is biased towards Mac and video. Independent Misinterpretations is the new podcast by James Robertson formerly of Cincom about Smalltalk and episodes about other dynamic languages.
• knowsnothing613 16y ago
  NPR Fresh Air with Terry Gross
• dmazin 16y ago
  The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is fascinating, and you can trust that the information you hear is valid. http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ http://www.theskepticsguide.org/