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The Smartest People in the Room Are All Listening to the Same Podcast

13 points by lxm 2y ago

goryramsy 2y ago
Seems like a very editorialized title. The podcast is called ‘Aquired’ and it’s recently become semi-popular.
- chmod775 2y ago
  Idolizing and elevating some individuals or groups above others in a cringe-worthy fashion isn't exactly a new thing in media. It's not unlike music fandoms. Given this is the Wall Street Journal, the author either really likes Wall Street and Silicon Valley, or writing the press article equivalent of a handjob is just what pays the bills.
faeriechangling 2y ago
I've listened to it to the point of running out of decent new episodes. It's doing an extra-long format that not many people do, there's lots of research, lots of enthusiasm, narratives of some plucky underdog taking over the freaking planet, a mixture of business and history, and it's just executed well. Also a decent chunk of obligatory and shameless shilling. Never struck me as something "the smartest people in the room" would listen to. More seems like it would appeal to the aspirational and/or nerdy set, the crossover with the Hacker News audience has to be huge.
maroonblazer 2y ago
Article is paywalled so I can't read it, but I devour podcasts like potato chips and I've never heard of 'Acquired'. Curious to hear from others if it's worth adding to my pile of podcast shame.
smitty1e 2y ago
I've been binging on https://www.classicalstuff.net/ https://www.classicalstuff.net/ this year. It's not much more than pump priming for the topics on offer, but that lends itself to driving, as one doesn't want to get too enmeshed. But they find the fun in dry material.
- CharleFKane 2y ago
  Oh, wow! Another “Classical Stuff…” fan! Excellent!
  - smitty1e 2y ago
    I'm almost halfway through the series.
k310 2y ago
https://archive.ph/DlCxi#selection-3999.162-4009.70 https://archive.ph/DlCxi#selection-3999.162-4009.70 40% of Acquired’s listeners are C-suite or VP-level executives, they say. Among them are Daniel Ek, Spotify’s chief executive, who says it’s one of his favorite shows, and Eddy Cue, one of Apple’s top executives, who listens during his work commute.
OutOfHere 2y ago
If your goal is to learn information about a topic, AI can orient you about it quite well, assuming it knows the topic or has access to information about it. To this end, I now listen mainly just to https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/podgenai https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/podgenai , although I am also subscribed to regular podcasts to discover new topics.
- GoodJokes 2y ago
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000ooo000 2y ago
Imagine paying for a WSJ sub just to read ads like this.
watersb 2y ago
If I were in that room, I'm not sure this headline would still be true.
smartbit 2y ago
https://archive.is/DlCxi https://archive.is/DlCxi https://www.acquired.fm/episodes https://www.acquired.fm/episodes
politelemon 2y ago
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13 points by lxm 2y ago

goryramsy 2y ago

Seems like a very editorialized title. The podcast is called ‘Aquired’ and it’s recently become semi-popular.

chmod775 2y ago
Idolizing and elevating some individuals or groups above others in a cringe-worthy fashion isn't exactly a new thing in media. It's not unlike music fandoms. Given this is the Wall Street Journal, the author either really likes Wall Street and Silicon Valley, or writing the press article equivalent of a handjob is just what pays the bills.

faeriechangling 2y ago

I've listened to it to the point of running out of decent new episodes. It's doing an extra-long format that not many people do, there's lots of research, lots of enthusiasm, narratives of some plucky underdog taking over the freaking planet, a mixture of business and history, and it's just executed well. Also a decent chunk of obligatory and shameless shilling. Never struck me as something "the smartest people in the room" would listen to. More seems like it would appeal to the aspirational and/or nerdy set, the crossover with the Hacker News audience has to be huge.

maroonblazer 2y ago

Article is paywalled so I can't read it, but I devour podcasts like potato chips and I've never heard of 'Acquired'. Curious to hear from others if it's worth adding to my pile of podcast shame.

smitty1e 2y ago

I've been binging on https://www.classicalstuff.net/ https://www.classicalstuff.net/ this year. It's not much more than pump priming for the topics on offer, but that lends itself to driving, as one doesn't want to get too enmeshed. But they find the fun in dry material.

CharleFKane 2y ago
Oh, wow! Another “Classical Stuff…” fan! Excellent!
- smitty1e 2y ago
  I'm almost halfway through the series.

k310 2y ago

https://archive.ph/DlCxi#selection-3999.162-4009.70 https://archive.ph/DlCxi#selection-3999.162-4009.70 40% of Acquired’s listeners are C-suite or VP-level executives, they say. Among them are Daniel Ek, Spotify’s chief executive, who says it’s one of his favorite shows, and Eddy Cue, one of Apple’s top executives, who listens during his work commute.

OutOfHere 2y ago

If your goal is to learn information about a topic, AI can orient you about it quite well, assuming it knows the topic or has access to information about it. To this end, I now listen mainly just to https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/podgenai https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/podgenai , although I am also subscribed to regular podcasts to discover new topics.

GoodJokes 2y ago
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000ooo000 2y ago

Imagine paying for a WSJ sub just to read ads like this.

watersb 2y ago

If I were in that room, I'm not sure this headline would still be true.

smartbit 2y ago

https://archive.is/DlCxi https://archive.is/DlCxi https://www.acquired.fm/episodes https://www.acquired.fm/episodes

politelemon 2y ago

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