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Show HN: Help me launch a weekly HN podcast

105 points by AlexMuir 15y ago

asselinpaul 15y ago
Good luck, followed on Twitter (I believe follower number 1).
- AlexMuir 15y ago
  Thanks. I've been doing nothing with this domain for months. This morning I finally got down to something and got this up. So many things that I could have procrastinated on but I thought I'd just get it up and out there.
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skeptical 15y ago
The first thing you need: a podcast rss feed. No way I'm putting my email address in there.
jiakeliu 15y ago
You are only a couch and some beer away from being the next Diggnation :P Seriously though, have you thought about instead of having a few guests talking about stories, make it open mic so everyone listening to the show could also participate, open mic style? That could be fun. I'm also writing a tool that helps podcasters organize sound clips and coordinate broadcasting with multiple guests: https://github.com/jiakeliu/Cobra https://github.com/jiakeliu/Cobra Please excuse the svn to git transfer mess, but maybe this tool would come in handy one day. Best of luck!
- ianterrell 15y ago
  Turntable.fm + Twilio voice api = Live panel chats, 3 minutes per person to speak, vote up or boo off.
- 46Bit 15y ago
  By associating speakers with HN accounts, you could filter out below a certain karma. Not to make it a clique, but more to just stop junk callers to some extent. Not too sure what I think of the open concept, but thought I should point it out.
10098 15y ago
That is a good idea. I'll listen to that podcast.
rollypolly 15y ago
I'm looking forward to this. Thanks Alex!
kvikramg 15y ago
Great idea , looking forward to your podcast.
bcjordan 15y ago
[...] I'll bow out and sign the site over to someone more suitable. I want the show, not the glory - but I'll take the risk and get the ball rolling. Love that you genuinely want to simply make this happen. You've got my ears. Other podcasts I've found so far to fill the void: * This Developer's Life - http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/this-developers-life/id389727545 http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/this-developers-life/id38... * Pragmatic Programmers - http://pragprog.com/podcasts http://pragprog.com/podcasts * Stack Overflow - http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ * Teach Me to Code - http://teachmetocode.com/podcast/ http://teachmetocode.com/podcast/ * SO request for podcasts - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2149537/recommendations-for-technical-programming-podcasts-or-audio-books http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2149537/recommendations-f...
- AlexMuir 15y ago
  Thanks. Some great listening there, some that I've listened too, and others that are new.
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gjulianm 15y ago
I lose too much stories on HN, sometimes because of lack of time, sometimes because I check HN without paying attention. A podcast would be a great idea, I would be the first to subscribe. Too bad I can't help. Best of luck!
voidfiles 15y ago
Just please, please, please, don't BS in an unscripted manner for the first 5 minutes. Get to the meat.
- mmahemoff 15y ago
  Great point. I get that people want to inject some personality, but listener's time is precious and there's enough "what did you have for breakfast" shows out there! I like podcasts which leave the chitchat to the pros and let their personality and views shine through the content you're covering. (With the exception of those where they can actually pull off banter and comedy well. IMO The Verge is one such podcast.)
- tgrass 15y ago
  Seconded. Roberts at EconTalk is a great model for how to avoid this.
- AlexMuir 15y ago
  I absolutely agree with this. Hopefully with different guests each week it becomes easier to start with who people are, rather than some inane nonsense.
johnpolacek 15y ago
My current favorite podcast: TechZing Live - http://techzinglive.com http://techzinglive.com They discuss HN stories, but mostly talk very honestly about working on their startups and have great interviews with people like Patrick Collison (Stripe founder), Anthony Goldbloom & Jeremy Howard (Kaggle founders), Alex MacCaw, etc.
mmahemoff 15y ago
Happy to see this. A couple of previous round-up threads here shows there's plenty listeners in this community. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3580367 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3580367 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406319 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406319 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565140 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565140 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2839438 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2839438 Would love to get involved in some way, will drop you a line.
grigy 15y ago
Great initiative. Will definitely listen to this podcast. And I would reply if I was native English speaker.
kahfei 15y ago
Great idea. Am not really opinionated nor a native English speaker, but couldn't wait to be a keen listener to the podcast if this take off :-)
klaut 15y ago
Great idea! If I was a native speaker I would sign up for being a guest, but for now I think I will limit myself to listen to it :)
noinput 15y ago
I'd be happy to whip up an iOS/Android app to stream the episodes.
ForrestN 15y ago
I think this is a great idea. One suggestion would be a process for nominating or voting on speakers from the HN community. If you send someone an email saying you've got 100 people who've said they would love to hear them do a podcast, that could be a great way to get them involved. It could be nice to have a mix of regulars who do well and guests (especially guests who have some relevance to a big story from that week). Thanks for working on this!
- shellehs 15y ago
  yes, this is too a great idear. Or ask HNers directly during podcasting.
- mwsherman 15y ago
  I am more attracted to the idea that it’s simply based on HN activity, without a separate vote. Decide on the # of guests, say 2-3, go down the list of top stories, and reach out to the OP’s until there is a “quorum” of those who agree to participate. I think a method like this would be more likely to expose lesser-known folks.
ekianjo 15y ago
Good idea. Half an hour on 3 different subjects may not be the right format. I'd rather listen to ONE subject I am interested in for 20 minutes with the right participants, than 3 subjects with less depth and less relevant members.
sainttex 15y ago
This could definitely be an interesting podcast. My only bit of feedback is that the chosen topics seem to be the events and topics that have already been discussed to death already. How are the featured topics being decided upon? There have been some other very interesting topics I'm sure people would like at least an overview of within the week you based the outline on. There have even been some Show HN posts with peak scores higher than the Instagram acquisition. If this is going to be an HN based podcast I think it'd be very important to include some things like this directly from our community. Here is a list of the top posts from week 2 of april, and week 3 (this week) http://postheat.com/top/hacker_news/ http://postheat.com/top/hacker_news/
dylanhassinger 15y ago
This is really cool! Props You might think about reaching out to @jason, I bet he'd love to partner on a "This Week in Hacker News" for the This Week In network. Who knows, it could turn into a real job. Not tech related, but my favorite podcast is the LBP baby! Check it out - http://lifestylebusinesspodcast.com http://lifestylebusinesspodcast.com
huragok 15y ago
I'm sure a show like this would fit in the 5by5 network (5by5.tv)?
tylermenezes 15y ago
Awesome! Social news podcasts are actually surprisingly interesting. I hosted 6 episodes of a Stumble Upon podcast like 6 years ago; we got a few hundred users or so before SU banned me for using their name in our title.
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seltzered_ 15y ago
an earlier attempt at this was coder talk: http://codertalkshow.com/about/ http://codertalkshow.com/about/ For some reason I just didn't like listening to the first episodes, but those were largely recorded skype conversations.
rb2k_ 15y ago
In case there are any people understanding German and are looking for a podcast: Me and a few friends run "binärgewitter": http://blog.binaergewitter.de/ http://blog.binaergewitter.de/ It's probably one of the technically more in-depth podcasts out there. It's a weekly mix of news and topics and usually covers the top x hacker news items seeing as we're all avid HN readers. It also sounds a bit unorganized and might not be politically correct from time to time, just a fair warning :)
spoiledtechie 14y ago
I know this might be off topic, but can you please submit your podcast to the Zune market place too?

105 points by AlexMuir 15y ago

asselinpaul 15y ago

Good luck, followed on Twitter (I believe follower number 1).

AlexMuir 15y ago
Thanks. I've been doing nothing with this domain for months. This morning I finally got down to something and got this up. So many things that I could have procrastinated on but I thought I'd just get it up and out there.
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skeptical 15y ago

The first thing you need: a podcast rss feed. No way I'm putting my email address in there.

jiakeliu 15y ago

You are only a couch and some beer away from being the next Diggnation :P Seriously though, have you thought about instead of having a few guests talking about stories, make it open mic so everyone listening to the show could also participate, open mic style? That could be fun. I'm also writing a tool that helps podcasters organize sound clips and coordinate broadcasting with multiple guests: https://github.com/jiakeliu/Cobra https://github.com/jiakeliu/Cobra Please excuse the svn to git transfer mess, but maybe this tool would come in handy one day. Best of luck!

ianterrell 15y ago
Turntable.fm + Twilio voice api = Live panel chats, 3 minutes per person to speak, vote up or boo off.
46Bit 15y ago
By associating speakers with HN accounts, you could filter out below a certain karma. Not to make it a clique, but more to just stop junk callers to some extent. Not too sure what I think of the open concept, but thought I should point it out.

10098 15y ago

That is a good idea. I'll listen to that podcast.

rollypolly 15y ago

I'm looking forward to this. Thanks Alex!

kvikramg 15y ago

Great idea , looking forward to your podcast.

bcjordan 15y ago

[...] I'll bow out and sign the site over to someone more suitable. I want the show, not the glory - but I'll take the risk and get the ball rolling. Love that you genuinely want to simply make this happen. You've got my ears. Other podcasts I've found so far to fill the void: * This Developer's Life - http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/this-developers-life/id389727545 http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/this-developers-life/id38... * Pragmatic Programmers - http://pragprog.com/podcasts http://pragprog.com/podcasts * Stack Overflow - http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ * Teach Me to Code - http://teachmetocode.com/podcast/ http://teachmetocode.com/podcast/ * SO request for podcasts - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2149537/recommendations-for-technical-programming-podcasts-or-audio-books http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2149537/recommendations-f...

AlexMuir 15y ago
Thanks. Some great listening there, some that I've listened too, and others that are new.
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gjulianm 15y ago

I lose too much stories on HN, sometimes because of lack of time, sometimes because I check HN without paying attention. A podcast would be a great idea, I would be the first to subscribe. Too bad I can't help. Best of luck!

voidfiles 15y ago

Just please, please, please, don't BS in an unscripted manner for the first 5 minutes. Get to the meat.

mmahemoff 15y ago
Great point. I get that people want to inject some personality, but listener's time is precious and there's enough "what did you have for breakfast" shows out there! I like podcasts which leave the chitchat to the pros and let their personality and views shine through the content you're covering. (With the exception of those where they can actually pull off banter and comedy well. IMO The Verge is one such podcast.)
tgrass 15y ago
Seconded. Roberts at EconTalk is a great model for how to avoid this.
AlexMuir 15y ago
I absolutely agree with this. Hopefully with different guests each week it becomes easier to start with who people are, rather than some inane nonsense.

johnpolacek 15y ago

My current favorite podcast: TechZing Live - http://techzinglive.com http://techzinglive.com They discuss HN stories, but mostly talk very honestly about working on their startups and have great interviews with people like Patrick Collison (Stripe founder), Anthony Goldbloom & Jeremy Howard (Kaggle founders), Alex MacCaw, etc.

mmahemoff 15y ago

Happy to see this. A couple of previous round-up threads here shows there's plenty listeners in this community. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3580367 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3580367 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406319 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406319 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565140 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565140 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2839438 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2839438 Would love to get involved in some way, will drop you a line.

grigy 15y ago

Great initiative. Will definitely listen to this podcast. And I would reply if I was native English speaker.

kahfei 15y ago

Great idea. Am not really opinionated nor a native English speaker, but couldn't wait to be a keen listener to the podcast if this take off :-)

klaut 15y ago

Great idea! If I was a native speaker I would sign up for being a guest, but for now I think I will limit myself to listen to it :)

noinput 15y ago

I'd be happy to whip up an iOS/Android app to stream the episodes.

ForrestN 15y ago

I think this is a great idea. One suggestion would be a process for nominating or voting on speakers from the HN community. If you send someone an email saying you've got 100 people who've said they would love to hear them do a podcast, that could be a great way to get them involved. It could be nice to have a mix of regulars who do well and guests (especially guests who have some relevance to a big story from that week). Thanks for working on this!

shellehs 15y ago
yes, this is too a great idear. Or ask HNers directly during podcasting.
mwsherman 15y ago
I am more attracted to the idea that it’s simply based on HN activity, without a separate vote. Decide on the # of guests, say 2-3, go down the list of top stories, and reach out to the OP’s until there is a “quorum” of those who agree to participate. I think a method like this would be more likely to expose lesser-known folks.

ekianjo 15y ago

Good idea. Half an hour on 3 different subjects may not be the right format. I'd rather listen to ONE subject I am interested in for 20 minutes with the right participants, than 3 subjects with less depth and less relevant members.

sainttex 15y ago

This could definitely be an interesting podcast. My only bit of feedback is that the chosen topics seem to be the events and topics that have already been discussed to death already. How are the featured topics being decided upon? There have been some other very interesting topics I'm sure people would like at least an overview of within the week you based the outline on. There have even been some Show HN posts with peak scores higher than the Instagram acquisition. If this is going to be an HN based podcast I think it'd be very important to include some things like this directly from our community. Here is a list of the top posts from week 2 of april, and week 3 (this week) http://postheat.com/top/hacker_news/ http://postheat.com/top/hacker_news/

dylanhassinger 15y ago

This is really cool! Props You might think about reaching out to @jason, I bet he'd love to partner on a "This Week in Hacker News" for the This Week In network. Who knows, it could turn into a real job. Not tech related, but my favorite podcast is the LBP baby! Check it out - http://lifestylebusinesspodcast.com http://lifestylebusinesspodcast.com

huragok 15y ago

I'm sure a show like this would fit in the 5by5 network (5by5.tv)?

tylermenezes 15y ago

Awesome! Social news podcasts are actually surprisingly interesting. I hosted 6 episodes of a Stumble Upon podcast like 6 years ago; we got a few hundred users or so before SU banned me for using their name in our title.

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seltzered_ 15y ago

an earlier attempt at this was coder talk: http://codertalkshow.com/about/ http://codertalkshow.com/about/ For some reason I just didn't like listening to the first episodes, but those were largely recorded skype conversations.

rb2k_ 15y ago

In case there are any people understanding German and are looking for a podcast: Me and a few friends run "binärgewitter": http://blog.binaergewitter.de/ http://blog.binaergewitter.de/ It's probably one of the technically more in-depth podcasts out there. It's a weekly mix of news and topics and usually covers the top x hacker news items seeing as we're all avid HN readers. It also sounds a bit unorganized and might not be politically correct from time to time, just a fair warning :)

spoiledtechie 14y ago

I know this might be off topic, but can you please submit your podcast to the Zune market place too?