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Podcasts for Hackers

197 points by joshuacc 15y ago

petercooper 15y ago
Thanks for including some that I'm involved in! :-) I want to suggest two others (which are not mine): Founders Talk - http://5by5.tv/founderstalk http://5by5.tv/founderstalk - a frequent interview podcast with founders, true HN style. The guests are often programmers. Mixergy - http://mixergy.com/ http://mixergy.com/ - same as above but with more of a business slant. Mixergy is huge though and Andrew is perhaps as much a "friend of HN" as we could get IMHO :-)
- joshuacc 15y ago
  Not a problem. I really enjoy your shows. smacks head Not sure how I missed Mixergy. Thanks for the suggestions! I'll add them momentarily.
  - petercooper 15y ago
    Oh, and can't believe I forgot http://thechangelog.com/ http://thechangelog.com/ also :-) And.. http://herdingcode.com/ http://herdingcode.com/ http://hackermedley.org/ http://hackermedley.org/ was one of my all time faves for.. 5 episodes. Sadly they stopped doing it but every episode was awesome.
    - starfox 15y ago
      The pilot episode on GSM security was my favorite one.
platzhirsch 15y ago
Software Engineering Radio http://www.se-radio.net/ http://www.se-radio.net/
- doncote 15y ago
  +1
feedelli 15y ago
Quintessential hackers podcast: Thomas Gideon's Command Line Podcast http://thecommandline.net/ http://thecommandline.net/
eliam 15y ago
Don't forget about the Java Posse - http://javaposse.com/ http://javaposse.com/
polyfractal 15y ago
Stanford's "Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar" is pure gold if you are looking for high-level business, innovation and entrepreneurial discussions. http://etl.stanford.edu/ http://etl.stanford.edu/
ndubya 15y ago
ThisWeekInStartups.com Jason's show and network is what gave me my entrepreneurial spark a year ago. Great guests and great content. He does need to move the show to SF though. You can only interview LA founders for so long. I've really enjoyed the shows the past few weeks @ CNet and Waze because he has interviewed some of the most prominent tech startups.
- phil303 15y ago
  Completely agree. The show itself has great content. Jason is a smart guy who is humble enough to be engaging and relatable, and confident enough to ask the right questions and make poignant comments. (Only caveat to this statement is the mailchimp ads. The "eee eee eee" part of these ads make me cringe every time.) I really would like him to move up to the bay area too but part of me think he's able to take a more critical perspective on startups because he's not physically immersed in the SV culture. It would be really cool to run into him in a starbucks or something though.
- timjahn 15y ago
  I enjoy that he didn't start in SF and am sad he's considering moving the show there. It's great to discover entrepreneurs beyond the usual suspects in the usual ecosystems. There's more to success in this industry than the valley.
cjm 15y ago
NodeUp! http://nodeup.com http://nodeup.com
bootload 15y ago
how could "StackOverflow" not be listed here? love listening to this show because it is a) technical & b) funny in a "Statler and Waldorf" sort of way ~ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ and also ByteIntoIt, a real radio show also podcasted & streamed ~ http://www.rrr.org.au/program/byte-into-it/ http://www.rrr.org.au/program/byte-into-it/
- VMG 15y ago
  will there still be a stack overflow podcast though after Jeff quit stack exchange? the last episode is from december 8th 2011
  - bootload 15y ago
    that's a question Jeff could answer.
  - scorpion032 15y ago
    No. It was mostly on open discussion between Jeff and Joel (There are so many "Let's discuss this after the podcast") about stackoverflow. It is not going to be. In fact, it has not been ever since Jeff discussed his exit with Joel. (2 months since)
jgroome 15y ago
Perhaps not for "hackers" per se, but Shop Talk (http://shoptalkshow.com/ http://shoptalkshow.com/) is worth a listen if you're a front-end developer type.
joelrunyon 15y ago
The Lifestyle Business Podcast - http://www.lifestylebusinesspodcast.com/ http://www.lifestylebusinesspodcast.com/ Great podcast about the intersection between business & lifestyle - focused on bootstrapping and hacking your own business to get them off the ground.
spacemanaki 15y ago
99% Invisible is in the same category of general nerdy podcasts like Radiolab (i.e. not just meant for programmers). I think this show specifically would be interesting to hackers, on manufactured sounds for digital interfaces, but there's a lot of good stuff in the archives. http://99percentinvisible.org/post/3230995265/episode-15-the-sound-of-the-artificial-world http://99percentinvisible.org/post/3230995265/episode-15-the...
- jorde 15y ago
  Absolutely agree on 99% Invisible. Roman Mars does a fantastic job and episodes are really well produced. If you're interested on design, this is the show to listen. Episodes are short, 5-15mins. I actually discovered this during the Christmas break and listened all the episodes in few days. Now it's the highlight of my week.
- radicalbyte 15y ago
  The podcast might be nice, but for some reason they don't publish links to the mp3 in their podcast RSS feed. Ironic to see a podcast about design making a simple UX mistake like that.
  - mmahemoff 15y ago
    I'm not sure which feed you're looking at. http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ does have mp3 enclosures.
  - mmahemoff 15y ago
    I'm not sure which feed you're looking at. http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ does have mp3 enclosures.
alain94040 15y ago
It may be time to start a news podcast, the "hacker new podcast", where 3 of the top HN users discuss the day's headlines and comments on HN - 5 minutes/day. Think of it as a summary of HN for HN fans who don't have the time to read all the comments.
- leot 15y ago
  Slate's Gabfests would probably be a good model for these. They're really entertaining to listen to, and very insightful. They've never discussed it explicitly, but their "formula" seems to include: - usually at most three main topics (occasionally more) - a closing bit of silliness - they make sure everyone has had time to prepare something to say on the topics to-be-discussed - each person has a computer handy (but I never hear anyone typing, which is nice) - they have some facility for including external audio (for discussion, e.g., music or ads) - one person leads the discussion, trying to keep people on topic, and making sure that a transition happens to the next one at the right time - keep the podcast between 45 and 60 minutes, fairly consistently - they release it at a regular time - it's weekly, and comes out at a regular time
  - mmahemoff 15y ago
    As another Gabfest fan, I'll add: - Community involvement. Live shows and a facebook fan page which they stay active on, and refer to during the show. - Good mix of regulars, semi-regulars (usually other Slate people), and occasional guests.
- petercooper 15y ago
  TechZing was doing something similar with its panel shows but.. definitely not 5 minutes or each day ;-) I give your idea a thumbs up but podcast production is pretty hard work so it would take some rather dedicated souls to pull it off well.
rmason 15y ago
There's a new one called http://deductivedevelopers.com http://deductivedevelopers.com with Matt Woodward and Peter Farrell who both have a long history with open source.
joshuacc 15y ago
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I will try to update the post soon.
Jare 15y ago
Creative Coding Podcast: http://creativecodingpodcast.com/ http://creativecodingpodcast.com/ - Flash, HTML5, Processing, OpenFrameworks, or anything graphics and interaction-related. Frequent interviews with developers. Irregular. LostCast: http://www.lostdecadegames.com/ http://www.lostdecadegames.com/ - HTML5 game development. Fairly recent and not terribly hardcore. Irregular.
2arrs2ells 15y ago
NPR's Planet Money Podcast: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ Lots of examples of people hacking various economic systems (i.e. buying dollar coins to get airline miles) as well as the occasional economics behind tech podcast (Marco Arment & JoCo were both featured recently), and a great way to get a sense of the macroeconomic landscape.
- firefoxman1 15y ago
  I also love the Motley Fool podcast. They have a lot of great info packed into each episode, while staying true to the Motley Fool style of humor and amazingly simplified explanations of complex topics.
stevofolife 15y ago
Thanks for the link!
sergioramos 15y ago
Think Vitamin Radio: http://thinkvitamin.com/podcast/ http://thinkvitamin.com/podcast/ { cast }: http://www.curlybracecast.com/ http://www.curlybracecast.com/ A Minute With Brendan: http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/ http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/ FunctionSource Show: http://functionsource.com/tags/podcast/ http://functionsource.com/tags/podcast/
awolf 15y ago
I highly recommend Back to Work. The signal to noise ratio is a problem, but we're talking about some pretty high quality signal and some pretty hilarious noise. Yes: Merlin can be _extremely_ rambly and he often has a hard time staying on topic, but when he is on, he's on. The last three episodes have been especially great on topics such as risk, valuing yourself, and looking at the big picture in determining how to live your life and career. They resonated very well with me as someone who has taken the plunge of quitting my job and working on my own apps and projects.
pacemkr 15y ago
Software Engineering Radio: http://www.se-radio.net/ http://www.se-radio.net/
biafra 15y ago
2600's Off the Hook - http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ And there are several very good german podcasts: Chaosradio - http://chaosradio.ccc.de/ http://chaosradio.ccc.de/ Chaosradio Express (CRE) - http://cre.fm/ http://cre.fm/ mobilemacs - http://mobilemacs.de/ http://mobilemacs.de/
- Derbasti 15y ago
  Funny how German podcasters pretty much unanimously decided not to do ads or sponsoring while american podcasts are often littered with ads to the point where it gets unbearable. Compare and contrast the TWiT network or 5by5 with Tim Pritlove or BitsUndSo
  - Radix 15y ago
    Isn't the TWiT network a bit of a special case with Leo Laporte trying to monetize and self produce the same niche of programming he was doing with the Screen Savers back on ZDTV? There isn't much of a choice when the point of the screen casts are that they should be your job. Also it helps that we're conditioned to see adverts everywhere.
    - haakon 15y ago
      There was a time when TWiT was funded exclusively by donations, making a point of not taking ads in order to stay independent. At some point I guess the temptation become too big.
- kahlil 15y ago
  Another german one is Working Draft. Mostly front-end development http://workingdraft.de http://workingdraft.de.
gdg92989 15y ago
YayQuery! http://yayquery.com/ http://yayquery.com/
schlecht 15y ago
Forgive me, but what has "This Developer's Life", and "The Ruby Show" got to do with "hacking" exactly?
- dalke 15y ago
  "This Developer's Life" is my new favorite podcast. It's introspective, and covers the mental, emotional, and personal side of the life of hackers. And it has great background music.
  - schlecht 15y ago
    I think you have the term "hackers" mixed up with Fortran/AJAX/.Net developers.
    - dalke 15y ago
      You say this on a forum titled "Hacker News"? What definition of hacker are you using? I'm using definition 3 from Merriam-Webster, "an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer", and that is the most compatible meaning for this forum.
      - schlecht 15y ago
        I see.
alexholehouse 15y ago
Not specifically "hackery" but Buzz Out Loud is a pretty fantastic tech podcast; http://www.cnet.com/buzz-out-loud-podcast/ http://www.cnet.com/buzz-out-loud-podcast/
jchrisa 15y ago
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ has some classic stuff. worth searching their archives. (Woz is good, and Jon Udell)
marcospolanco 15y ago
Steve Blank's Customer Development Podcast http://clearshore.net http://clearshore.net
rookiejet22 15y ago
The Morning Stream (http://frogpants.com/tms http://frogpants.com/tms) is a particularly good podcast, although the subject matter does not usually contain any programming or indeed tech related material. The banter, and chemistry between the show's co-hosts, and the interesting assortment of trivia that is often on stock brightens my mornings, and the time that I spend on drudge work. I usually listen to silence, or music with no lyrics, mostly jazz and electronica when I have to concentrate on the task at hand. Podcasts are a huge distraction vector for me personally, or at least were till I banned them from my assigned work hours. Nonetheless `The Morning Stream' is highly recommended.
HiredGuns 15y ago
Landing Page Optimization by Tim Ash http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/landing-page-optimization/id308016010 http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/landing-page-optimization... Thou not as frequently updated lately, it's extremely informative podcast on landing pages, data analysis and consumer behavior in relation to web pages.
aaronmoodie 15y ago
Thanks for the list. A friend recently did one as well, which was a bit more general, though has some good tips. http://makenosound.com/2012/01/06/podcasts-worth-my-time.html http://makenosound.com/2012/01/06/podcasts-worth-my-time.htm...
daniel_iversen 15y ago
More related to startups than hackers (but so is Mixergy which is on the list), This Week in Startups (or TWiST), is very entertaining!
abdelm 15y ago
Aren't there any Python-related podcasts? Seems like everything is either Ruby or JS.
- SammyRulez 15y ago
  here a good one to add to the list http://radiofreepython.com/ http://radiofreepython.com/
DodgyEggplant 15y ago
techzing
theone 15y ago
I was just wondering, if there is any equally great podcast for HTML/HTML5/CSS/CSS3 hackers.
theone 15y ago
I was just wondering, if there is any equally great podcast for HTML/HTML5/CSS/CSS3 hackers.
znake 15y ago
I´d suggest: Hypercritical: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/ http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/ The Big Web Show: http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/ http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/ The Critical Path: http://5by5.tv/criticalpath/ http://5by5.tv/criticalpath/ This Week in Startups: http://www.thisweekinstartups.com/ http://www.thisweekinstartups.com/
mahmud 15y ago
EconTalk
densh 15y ago
I would definitely add The Changelog [1] to the list. [1] http://thechangelog.com/ http://thechangelog.com/
Mad_Dud 15y ago
€uroTr@sh: Information Security Podcast - http://www.eurotrashsecurity.eu/index.php/Main_Page http://www.eurotrashsecurity.eu/index.php/Main_Page Using this opportunity I would like to propose to organize some kind of streaming channel (on twitch.tv or similar) about hacking/coding.
Ecio78 15y ago
Thanks for this article and comments, I usually listen to Justin and Jason's TechZing but here there are some links very interesting (i.e. http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/, i've seen they put a transcript of every episode so it's useful for me, i use podcasts also to improve my english) A suggestion for podcast authors: if you cant put a full transcript, at least try to have an abstract (with link,s people, societies etc..)
bromagosa 15y ago
I love James Robertson's Independent Missinterpretations podcast about Smalltalk: http://www.jarober.com/rss/blog_podcast.xml http://www.jarober.com/rss/blog_podcast.xml
glennwiz 15y ago
PaulDotCom Security Weekly http://www.pauldotcom.com/ http://www.pauldotcom.com/ Good podcast discussing tech, hacking, sec , exploits and more
radicalbyte 15y ago
In the same way that Planet Money is being recommended, I have to suggest Dan Carlin's excellent Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh
oliverdamian 15y ago
I recommend Econtalk http://www.econtalk.org/ http://www.econtalk.org/ In addition to the good topics on economics, they also cover technology, e.g. Kelly on Technology and What Technology Wants - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/11/kelly_on_techno.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/11/kelly_on_techno.htm... or Hazlett on Apple vs. Google - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/10/hazlett_on_appl.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/10/hazlett_on_appl.htm... My latest favourite is Taleb on Anti-fragility - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/taleb_on_antifr.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/taleb_on_antifr.htm...
stevepdp 15y ago
There's a great collection of podcasts here: http://hackermedia.org/ http://hackermedia.org/ and here: http://www.thelinuxlink.net/ http://www.thelinuxlink.net/ The 2600 family of shows: http://www.2600.com/offthehook http://www.2600.com/offthehook, http://www.2600.com/offthewall http://www.2600.com/offthewall and the Hackers On Planet Earth conference archives: http://blip.tv/2600magazine/rss http://blip.tv/2600magazine/rss Security now: http://twit.tv/sn http://twit.tv/sn This Developer's Life: http://thisdeveloperslife.com/ http://thisdeveloperslife.com/ The Linux Action Show: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linuxactionshow/ http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linuxactionshow/ Techsnap: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/ http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/ Ubuntu-UK Podcast: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ Free As In Freedom (The Software Freedom Law Show): http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/ http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/
mmahemoff 15y ago
A few podcasts I like which focus more on broad technology trends, tech in society, and the future: * Seminars About Long Term Thinking: http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/ A little like TED, but longer talks and more focused on tech and long-term thinking. Don't miss Brewster Kahle's recent talk about the Internet Archive (http://longnow.org/seminars/02011/nov/30/universal-access-all-knowledge/ http://longnow.org/seminars/02011/nov/30/universal-access-al...). * Triangulation: http://twit.tv/tri1 http://twit.tv/tri1 Interviews with tech luminaries on the TWIT network * Technometria: http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/series/technometria.html http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/series/technometria.html Interview/conversations led by Phil Windley, creator of IT Conversations, which is also worth checking out (http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ ; the original home of the StackOverflow/StackExchange podcast).
hepek 15y ago
I cannot recommend more the BBC Radio4 In Our Time talks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/ They cover different topics, from philosophy to history, and they always have the most interesting guests.
boxysean 15y ago
CBC's Spark podcast: http://www.cbc.ca/spark/ http://www.cbc.ca/spark/ Recent stories: Limor Fried on Open Source Hardware, Cory Doctorow on the War on General Computing, Don Tapscott on the Future of Crowdsourcing.
AbyCodes 15y ago
No Podcast list is complete without mentioning Software engineering radio: http://se-radio.net http://se-radio.net This compilation of podcasts by Skilldrick has some real good ones: http://skilldrick.co.uk/2011/08/podcasts-i-listen-to/ http://skilldrick.co.uk/2011/08/podcasts-i-listen-to/ Especially, The Changelog and FLOSS weekly. Also another small compilation from infoq: http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/archcasts http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/archcasts I especially enjoy On Architecture with Grady Booch: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/onarchitecture http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/onarchitectu... Stack Overflow (now stackexchange, you can find the old episodes on itconversations), and techzing podcasts are packed with wit and humor. Listening to Joel, Justin and Jason, brightens any day. I also subscribe to Compucast: http://computersciencepodcast.com/podcasts.html http://computersciencepodcast.com/podcasts.html and Channel9: http://channel9.msdn.com/ http://channel9.msdn.com/ Herding Code: http://herdingcode.com/ http://herdingcode.com/ and radio free python: http://www.radiofreepython.com/ http://www.radiofreepython.com/ are on my "to listen" list.
waterloomatt 15y ago
php and java would be excellent!
dscape 15y ago
This is obviously missing nodeup: * Got all the core team members talking about where nodejs is going * Does live events with 150 people nerding out and drinking beer. It's an obvious miss.

197 points by joshuacc 15y ago

Thanks for including some that I'm involved in! :-) I want to suggest two others (which are not mine): Founders Talk - http://5by5.tv/founderstalk http://5by5.tv/founderstalk - a frequent interview podcast with founders, true HN style. The guests are often programmers. Mixergy - http://mixergy.com/ http://mixergy.com/ - same as above but with more of a business slant. Mixergy is huge though and Andrew is perhaps as much a "friend of HN" as we could get IMHO :-)

joshuacc 15y ago
Not a problem. I really enjoy your shows. smacks head Not sure how I missed Mixergy. Thanks for the suggestions! I'll add them momentarily.
- petercooper 15y ago
  Oh, and can't believe I forgot http://thechangelog.com/ http://thechangelog.com/ also :-) And.. http://herdingcode.com/ http://herdingcode.com/ http://hackermedley.org/ http://hackermedley.org/ was one of my all time faves for.. 5 episodes. Sadly they stopped doing it but every episode was awesome.
  - starfox 15y ago
    The pilot episode on GSM security was my favorite one.

platzhirsch 15y ago

Software Engineering Radio http://www.se-radio.net/ http://www.se-radio.net/

doncote 15y ago
+1

feedelli 15y ago

Quintessential hackers podcast: Thomas Gideon's Command Line Podcast http://thecommandline.net/ http://thecommandline.net/

eliam 15y ago

Don't forget about the Java Posse - http://javaposse.com/ http://javaposse.com/

polyfractal 15y ago

Stanford's "Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar" is pure gold if you are looking for high-level business, innovation and entrepreneurial discussions. http://etl.stanford.edu/ http://etl.stanford.edu/

ndubya 15y ago

ThisWeekInStartups.com Jason's show and network is what gave me my entrepreneurial spark a year ago. Great guests and great content. He does need to move the show to SF though. You can only interview LA founders for so long. I've really enjoyed the shows the past few weeks @ CNet and Waze because he has interviewed some of the most prominent tech startups.

phil303 15y ago
Completely agree. The show itself has great content. Jason is a smart guy who is humble enough to be engaging and relatable, and confident enough to ask the right questions and make poignant comments. (Only caveat to this statement is the mailchimp ads. The "eee eee eee" part of these ads make me cringe every time.) I really would like him to move up to the bay area too but part of me think he's able to take a more critical perspective on startups because he's not physically immersed in the SV culture. It would be really cool to run into him in a starbucks or something though.
timjahn 15y ago
I enjoy that he didn't start in SF and am sad he's considering moving the show there. It's great to discover entrepreneurs beyond the usual suspects in the usual ecosystems. There's more to success in this industry than the valley.

cjm 15y ago

NodeUp! http://nodeup.com http://nodeup.com

bootload 15y ago

how could "StackOverflow" not be listed here? love listening to this show because it is a) technical & b) funny in a "Statler and Waldorf" sort of way ~ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ and also ByteIntoIt, a real radio show also podcasted & streamed ~ http://www.rrr.org.au/program/byte-into-it/ http://www.rrr.org.au/program/byte-into-it/

VMG 15y ago
will there still be a stack overflow podcast though after Jeff quit stack exchange? the last episode is from december 8th 2011
- bootload 15y ago
  that's a question Jeff could answer.
- scorpion032 15y ago
  No. It was mostly on open discussion between Jeff and Joel (There are so many "Let's discuss this after the podcast") about stackoverflow. It is not going to be. In fact, it has not been ever since Jeff discussed his exit with Joel. (2 months since)

jgroome 15y ago

Perhaps not for "hackers" per se, but Shop Talk (http://shoptalkshow.com/ http://shoptalkshow.com/) is worth a listen if you're a front-end developer type.

joelrunyon 15y ago

The Lifestyle Business Podcast - http://www.lifestylebusinesspodcast.com/ http://www.lifestylebusinesspodcast.com/ Great podcast about the intersection between business & lifestyle - focused on bootstrapping and hacking your own business to get them off the ground.

spacemanaki 15y ago

99% Invisible is in the same category of general nerdy podcasts like Radiolab (i.e. not just meant for programmers). I think this show specifically would be interesting to hackers, on manufactured sounds for digital interfaces, but there's a lot of good stuff in the archives. http://99percentinvisible.org/post/3230995265/episode-15-the-sound-of-the-artificial-world http://99percentinvisible.org/post/3230995265/episode-15-the...

jorde 15y ago
Absolutely agree on 99% Invisible. Roman Mars does a fantastic job and episodes are really well produced. If you're interested on design, this is the show to listen. Episodes are short, 5-15mins. I actually discovered this during the Christmas break and listened all the episodes in few days. Now it's the highlight of my week.
radicalbyte 15y ago
The podcast might be nice, but for some reason they don't publish links to the mp3 in their podcast RSS feed. Ironic to see a podcast about design making a simple UX mistake like that.
- mmahemoff 15y ago
  I'm not sure which feed you're looking at. http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ does have mp3 enclosures.
- mmahemoff 15y ago
  I'm not sure which feed you're looking at. http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ http://invisible99.podbean.com/feed/ does have mp3 enclosures.

alain94040 15y ago

It may be time to start a news podcast, the "hacker new podcast", where 3 of the top HN users discuss the day's headlines and comments on HN - 5 minutes/day. Think of it as a summary of HN for HN fans who don't have the time to read all the comments.

leot 15y ago
Slate's Gabfests would probably be a good model for these. They're really entertaining to listen to, and very insightful. They've never discussed it explicitly, but their "formula" seems to include: - usually at most three main topics (occasionally more) - a closing bit of silliness - they make sure everyone has had time to prepare something to say on the topics to-be-discussed - each person has a computer handy (but I never hear anyone typing, which is nice) - they have some facility for including external audio (for discussion, e.g., music or ads) - one person leads the discussion, trying to keep people on topic, and making sure that a transition happens to the next one at the right time - keep the podcast between 45 and 60 minutes, fairly consistently - they release it at a regular time - it's weekly, and comes out at a regular time
- mmahemoff 15y ago
  As another Gabfest fan, I'll add: - Community involvement. Live shows and a facebook fan page which they stay active on, and refer to during the show. - Good mix of regulars, semi-regulars (usually other Slate people), and occasional guests.
petercooper 15y ago
TechZing was doing something similar with its panel shows but.. definitely not 5 minutes or each day ;-) I give your idea a thumbs up but podcast production is pretty hard work so it would take some rather dedicated souls to pull it off well.

rmason 15y ago

There's a new one called http://deductivedevelopers.com http://deductivedevelopers.com with Matt Woodward and Peter Farrell who both have a long history with open source.

joshuacc 15y ago

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I will try to update the post soon.

Jare 15y ago

Creative Coding Podcast: http://creativecodingpodcast.com/ http://creativecodingpodcast.com/ - Flash, HTML5, Processing, OpenFrameworks, or anything graphics and interaction-related. Frequent interviews with developers. Irregular. LostCast: http://www.lostdecadegames.com/ http://www.lostdecadegames.com/ - HTML5 game development. Fairly recent and not terribly hardcore. Irregular.

2arrs2ells 15y ago

NPR's Planet Money Podcast: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ Lots of examples of people hacking various economic systems (i.e. buying dollar coins to get airline miles) as well as the occasional economics behind tech podcast (Marco Arment & JoCo were both featured recently), and a great way to get a sense of the macroeconomic landscape.

firefoxman1 15y ago
I also love the Motley Fool podcast. They have a lot of great info packed into each episode, while staying true to the Motley Fool style of humor and amazingly simplified explanations of complex topics.

stevofolife 15y ago

Thanks for the link!

sergioramos 15y ago

Think Vitamin Radio: http://thinkvitamin.com/podcast/ http://thinkvitamin.com/podcast/ { cast }: http://www.curlybracecast.com/ http://www.curlybracecast.com/ A Minute With Brendan: http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/ http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/ FunctionSource Show: http://functionsource.com/tags/podcast/ http://functionsource.com/tags/podcast/

awolf 15y ago

I highly recommend Back to Work. The signal to noise ratio is a problem, but we're talking about some pretty high quality signal and some pretty hilarious noise. Yes: Merlin can be _extremely_ rambly and he often has a hard time staying on topic, but when he is on, he's on. The last three episodes have been especially great on topics such as risk, valuing yourself, and looking at the big picture in determining how to live your life and career. They resonated very well with me as someone who has taken the plunge of quitting my job and working on my own apps and projects.

pacemkr 15y ago

Software Engineering Radio: http://www.se-radio.net/ http://www.se-radio.net/

biafra 15y ago

2600's Off the Hook - http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ And there are several very good german podcasts: Chaosradio - http://chaosradio.ccc.de/ http://chaosradio.ccc.de/ Chaosradio Express (CRE) - http://cre.fm/ http://cre.fm/ mobilemacs - http://mobilemacs.de/ http://mobilemacs.de/

Derbasti 15y ago
Funny how German podcasters pretty much unanimously decided not to do ads or sponsoring while american podcasts are often littered with ads to the point where it gets unbearable. Compare and contrast the TWiT network or 5by5 with Tim Pritlove or BitsUndSo
- Radix 15y ago
  Isn't the TWiT network a bit of a special case with Leo Laporte trying to monetize and self produce the same niche of programming he was doing with the Screen Savers back on ZDTV? There isn't much of a choice when the point of the screen casts are that they should be your job. Also it helps that we're conditioned to see adverts everywhere.
  - haakon 15y ago
    There was a time when TWiT was funded exclusively by donations, making a point of not taking ads in order to stay independent. At some point I guess the temptation become too big.
kahlil 15y ago
Another german one is Working Draft. Mostly front-end development http://workingdraft.de http://workingdraft.de.

gdg92989 15y ago

YayQuery! http://yayquery.com/ http://yayquery.com/

schlecht 15y ago

Forgive me, but what has "This Developer's Life", and "The Ruby Show" got to do with "hacking" exactly?

dalke 15y ago
"This Developer's Life" is my new favorite podcast. It's introspective, and covers the mental, emotional, and personal side of the life of hackers. And it has great background music.
- schlecht 15y ago
  I think you have the term "hackers" mixed up with Fortran/AJAX/.Net developers.
  - dalke 15y ago
    You say this on a forum titled "Hacker News"? What definition of hacker are you using? I'm using definition 3 from Merriam-Webster, "an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer", and that is the most compatible meaning for this forum.
    - schlecht 15y ago
      I see.

alexholehouse 15y ago

Not specifically "hackery" but Buzz Out Loud is a pretty fantastic tech podcast; http://www.cnet.com/buzz-out-loud-podcast/ http://www.cnet.com/buzz-out-loud-podcast/

jchrisa 15y ago

http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ has some classic stuff. worth searching their archives. (Woz is good, and Jon Udell)

marcospolanco 15y ago

Steve Blank's Customer Development Podcast http://clearshore.net http://clearshore.net

rookiejet22 15y ago

The Morning Stream (http://frogpants.com/tms http://frogpants.com/tms) is a particularly good podcast, although the subject matter does not usually contain any programming or indeed tech related material. The banter, and chemistry between the show's co-hosts, and the interesting assortment of trivia that is often on stock brightens my mornings, and the time that I spend on drudge work. I usually listen to silence, or music with no lyrics, mostly jazz and electronica when I have to concentrate on the task at hand. Podcasts are a huge distraction vector for me personally, or at least were till I banned them from my assigned work hours. Nonetheless `The Morning Stream' is highly recommended.

HiredGuns 15y ago

Landing Page Optimization by Tim Ash http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/landing-page-optimization/id308016010 http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/landing-page-optimization... Thou not as frequently updated lately, it's extremely informative podcast on landing pages, data analysis and consumer behavior in relation to web pages.

aaronmoodie 15y ago

Thanks for the list. A friend recently did one as well, which was a bit more general, though has some good tips. http://makenosound.com/2012/01/06/podcasts-worth-my-time.html http://makenosound.com/2012/01/06/podcasts-worth-my-time.htm...

daniel_iversen 15y ago

More related to startups than hackers (but so is Mixergy which is on the list), This Week in Startups (or TWiST), is very entertaining!

abdelm 15y ago

Aren't there any Python-related podcasts? Seems like everything is either Ruby or JS.

SammyRulez 15y ago
here a good one to add to the list http://radiofreepython.com/ http://radiofreepython.com/

DodgyEggplant 15y ago

techzing

theone 15y ago

I was just wondering, if there is any equally great podcast for HTML/HTML5/CSS/CSS3 hackers.

theone 15y ago

I was just wondering, if there is any equally great podcast for HTML/HTML5/CSS/CSS3 hackers.

znake 15y ago

I´d suggest: Hypercritical: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/ http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/ The Big Web Show: http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/ http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/ The Critical Path: http://5by5.tv/criticalpath/ http://5by5.tv/criticalpath/ This Week in Startups: http://www.thisweekinstartups.com/ http://www.thisweekinstartups.com/

mahmud 15y ago

EconTalk

densh 15y ago

I would definitely add The Changelog [1] to the list. [1] http://thechangelog.com/ http://thechangelog.com/

Mad_Dud 15y ago

€uroTr@sh: Information Security Podcast - http://www.eurotrashsecurity.eu/index.php/Main_Page http://www.eurotrashsecurity.eu/index.php/Main_Page Using this opportunity I would like to propose to organize some kind of streaming channel (on twitch.tv or similar) about hacking/coding.

Ecio78 15y ago

Thanks for this article and comments, I usually listen to Justin and Jason's TechZing but here there are some links very interesting (i.e. http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/, i've seen they put a transcript of every episode so it's useful for me, i use podcasts also to improve my english) A suggestion for podcast authors: if you cant put a full transcript, at least try to have an abstract (with link,s people, societies etc..)

bromagosa 15y ago

I love James Robertson's Independent Missinterpretations podcast about Smalltalk: http://www.jarober.com/rss/blog_podcast.xml http://www.jarober.com/rss/blog_podcast.xml

glennwiz 15y ago

PaulDotCom Security Weekly http://www.pauldotcom.com/ http://www.pauldotcom.com/ Good podcast discussing tech, hacking, sec , exploits and more

radicalbyte 15y ago

In the same way that Planet Money is being recommended, I have to suggest Dan Carlin's excellent Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh

oliverdamian 15y ago

I recommend Econtalk http://www.econtalk.org/ http://www.econtalk.org/ In addition to the good topics on economics, they also cover technology, e.g. Kelly on Technology and What Technology Wants - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/11/kelly_on_techno.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/11/kelly_on_techno.htm... or Hazlett on Apple vs. Google - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/10/hazlett_on_appl.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/10/hazlett_on_appl.htm... My latest favourite is Taleb on Anti-fragility - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/taleb_on_antifr.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/taleb_on_antifr.htm...

stevepdp 15y ago

There's a great collection of podcasts here: http://hackermedia.org/ http://hackermedia.org/ and here: http://www.thelinuxlink.net/ http://www.thelinuxlink.net/ The 2600 family of shows: http://www.2600.com/offthehook http://www.2600.com/offthehook, http://www.2600.com/offthewall http://www.2600.com/offthewall and the Hackers On Planet Earth conference archives: http://blip.tv/2600magazine/rss http://blip.tv/2600magazine/rss Security now: http://twit.tv/sn http://twit.tv/sn This Developer's Life: http://thisdeveloperslife.com/ http://thisdeveloperslife.com/ The Linux Action Show: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linuxactionshow/ http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linuxactionshow/ Techsnap: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/ http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/ Ubuntu-UK Podcast: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ Free As In Freedom (The Software Freedom Law Show): http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/ http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/

mmahemoff 15y ago

A few podcasts I like which focus more on broad technology trends, tech in society, and the future: * Seminars About Long Term Thinking: http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/ A little like TED, but longer talks and more focused on tech and long-term thinking. Don't miss Brewster Kahle's recent talk about the Internet Archive (http://longnow.org/seminars/02011/nov/30/universal-access-all-knowledge/ http://longnow.org/seminars/02011/nov/30/universal-access-al...). * Triangulation: http://twit.tv/tri1 http://twit.tv/tri1 Interviews with tech luminaries on the TWIT network * Technometria: http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/series/technometria.html http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/series/technometria.html Interview/conversations led by Phil Windley, creator of IT Conversations, which is also worth checking out (http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ ; the original home of the StackOverflow/StackExchange podcast).

hepek 15y ago

I cannot recommend more the BBC Radio4 In Our Time talks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/ They cover different topics, from philosophy to history, and they always have the most interesting guests.

boxysean 15y ago

CBC's Spark podcast: http://www.cbc.ca/spark/ http://www.cbc.ca/spark/ Recent stories: Limor Fried on Open Source Hardware, Cory Doctorow on the War on General Computing, Don Tapscott on the Future of Crowdsourcing.

AbyCodes 15y ago

No Podcast list is complete without mentioning Software engineering radio: http://se-radio.net http://se-radio.net This compilation of podcasts by Skilldrick has some real good ones: http://skilldrick.co.uk/2011/08/podcasts-i-listen-to/ http://skilldrick.co.uk/2011/08/podcasts-i-listen-to/ Especially, The Changelog and FLOSS weekly. Also another small compilation from infoq: http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/archcasts http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/archcasts I especially enjoy On Architecture with Grady Booch: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/onarchitecture http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/onarchitectu... Stack Overflow (now stackexchange, you can find the old episodes on itconversations), and techzing podcasts are packed with wit and humor. Listening to Joel, Justin and Jason, brightens any day. I also subscribe to Compucast: http://computersciencepodcast.com/podcasts.html http://computersciencepodcast.com/podcasts.html and Channel9: http://channel9.msdn.com/ http://channel9.msdn.com/ Herding Code: http://herdingcode.com/ http://herdingcode.com/ and radio free python: http://www.radiofreepython.com/ http://www.radiofreepython.com/ are on my "to listen" list.

waterloomatt 15y ago

php and java would be excellent!

dscape 15y ago

This is obviously missing nodeup: * Got all the core team members talking about where nodejs is going * Does live events with 150 people nerding out and drinking beer. It's an obvious miss.