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Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

16 points by superfresh 14y ago

I'm thinking of getting into a few more podcasts in the new year. What were some of your favorites in 2012?

karolisd 14y ago
It's not technical, the only podcast I listen to is: WTF with Marc Maron - http://www.wtfpod.com/ http://www.wtfpod.com/ - he's a comedian who usually interviews comedians and they can go pretty deep sometimes
- superfresh 14y ago
  Yeah, I've heard some great episodes of WTF. It's one of the few I listened to this past year as well. Its interesting hearing a more serious side of comedy, the guests he has on are pretty well-known too.
- davelope911 14y ago
  i hear http://www.nerdist.com/podcast/you-made-it-weird/ http://www.nerdist.com/podcast/you-made-it-weird/ and http://www.comedybangbang.com/ http://www.comedybangbang.com/ are also great for comedy that can veer into the deep end.
keiferski 14y ago
NPR's Planet Money Lapham's Quarterly
dmschulman 14y ago
Seconding Planet Money (http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/), in fact the whole Marketplace team is pretty stellar (http://www.marketplace.org/marketplace-podcasts http://www.marketplace.org/marketplace-podcasts) TWIT is always pretty fun as well (http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/ http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/) Smithsonian puts out an interesting presentation every so often too (http://www.si.edu/podcasts/ http://www.si.edu/podcasts/) Granted these are all great podcasts, but they've been around and entertaining way before 2012.
noselasd 14y ago
The http://packetpushers.net/ http://packetpushers.net/ guys are great.
jarek-foksa 14y ago
I was listening to Mohammed Abshaun's videlog [1] most often this year. It helped me a lot in getting stuff done and kept me motivated to work on my startup. I also like Mixergy, but I guess everybody here knows about it. [1] http://www.youtube.com/user/mohammedabshaun/videos?view=0 http://www.youtube.com/user/mohammedabshaun/videos?view=0
brudgers 14y ago
Philosophy Bites. Du Nord Football Show. Responsible sports. I prefer to read about tech.
appliance 14y ago
I've enjoyed Systematic, http://5by5.tv/systematic/ http://5by5.tv/systematic/.
nacker 14y ago
http://sixgun.org/linuxoutlaws/ http://sixgun.org/linuxoutlaws/ http://anarchast.com/ http://anarchast.com/ http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/ http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/ http://www.corbettreport.com/podcasts/ http://www.corbettreport.com/podcasts/ http://prn.fm/shows/lifestyle-shows/the-expat-files/#axzz29V062jtk http://prn.fm/shows/lifestyle-shows/the-expat-files/#axzz29V...
unemployed 14y ago
What are the podcasts you're already listening to? Also, Personal favorites this year: http://www.creativemornings.com/ http://www.creativemornings.com/ http://unity3d.com/unite/archive/2012 http://unity3d.com/unite/archive/2012 Old School Toughness from Hardcore history. feed://feeds.feedburner.com/dancarlin/history?format=xml
adamors 14y ago
Q http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/qpodcast.xml http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/qpodcast.xml Not technical at all, it focuses mostly on music, culture and art with some politics.
RDDavies 14y ago
The Industry, by Adam Stacoviak, Jared Erondu, and Drew Wilson. Great group of folks talking about design-focused startups and a lot of cool front-end tech.
zardoz90 14y ago
Not really tech focused, but great nonetheless - Skeptics Guide to the Universe ( http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ ) - Cognitive Dissonance ( http://dissonancepod.com/ http://dissonancepod.com/ )
mdaniel 14y ago
99% Invisible http://99percentinvisible.org/rss http://99percentinvisible.org/rss This American Life http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast BackStory with the American History Guys http://feeds.feedburner.com/BackStoryRadio http://feeds.feedburner.com/BackStoryRadio Freakonomics Radio http://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio http://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio Fresh Air Podcast http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13 http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13 Here's The Thing http://feeds.wnyc.org/wnycheresthething/ http://feeds.wnyc.org/wnycheresthething/ The Moth Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/themothpodcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/themothpodcast On the Media http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen (man, I miss "The Ethicist") http://personplacething.org/?feed=rss2 http://personplacething.org/?feed=rss2 Planet Money Podcast http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510289 http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510289 WNYC's Radiolab http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab To the Best of Our Knowledge http://feeds.feedburner.com/ttbook http://feeds.feedburner.com/ttbook With Good Reason Radio http://feeds.feedburner.com/WithGoodReasonRadio http://feeds.feedburner.com/WithGoodReasonRadio I was tempted to put them in preferential order, but to be honest the go-to podcast depends on how much time I have (length of commute, how tired before bed, that kind of thing).
mcrider 14y ago
As posted previously, IMO the best podcast (episodes) of the year for Web devs: http://flapcast.com/playlist/16 http://flapcast.com/playlist/16 Entrepreneurs: http://flapcast.com/playlist/18 http://flapcast.com/playlist/18 There are a variety of podcasts in there, just click on each episode link to see the rest of the podcast's archive.
mrlyc 14y ago
Management: HBR (Harvard Business Review) Podcast http://hbsp2.libsyn.com/rss http://hbsp2.libsyn.com/rss Interviews: Conversations with Richard Fidler http://abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/conversationspodcast.xml http://abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/conversationspodc...
ApolloRising 14y ago
I've been enjoying http://techzinglive.com/ http://techzinglive.com/ lately
klaut 14y ago
Ruby Rogues: http://rubyrogues.com/ http://rubyrogues.com/ Ruby Tapas: http://devblog.avdi.org/rubytapas/ http://devblog.avdi.org/rubytapas/

16 points by superfresh 14y ago

I'm thinking of getting into a few more podcasts in the new year. What were some of your favorites in 2012?

It's not technical, the only podcast I listen to is: WTF with Marc Maron - http://www.wtfpod.com/ http://www.wtfpod.com/ - he's a comedian who usually interviews comedians and they can go pretty deep sometimes

superfresh 14y ago
Yeah, I've heard some great episodes of WTF. It's one of the few I listened to this past year as well. Its interesting hearing a more serious side of comedy, the guests he has on are pretty well-known too.
davelope911 14y ago
i hear http://www.nerdist.com/podcast/you-made-it-weird/ http://www.nerdist.com/podcast/you-made-it-weird/ and http://www.comedybangbang.com/ http://www.comedybangbang.com/ are also great for comedy that can veer into the deep end.

keiferski 14y ago

NPR's Planet Money Lapham's Quarterly

dmschulman 14y ago

Seconding Planet Money (http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/), in fact the whole Marketplace team is pretty stellar (http://www.marketplace.org/marketplace-podcasts http://www.marketplace.org/marketplace-podcasts) TWIT is always pretty fun as well (http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/ http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/) Smithsonian puts out an interesting presentation every so often too (http://www.si.edu/podcasts/ http://www.si.edu/podcasts/) Granted these are all great podcasts, but they've been around and entertaining way before 2012.

noselasd 14y ago

The http://packetpushers.net/ http://packetpushers.net/ guys are great.

jarek-foksa 14y ago

I was listening to Mohammed Abshaun's videlog [1] most often this year. It helped me a lot in getting stuff done and kept me motivated to work on my startup. I also like Mixergy, but I guess everybody here knows about it. [1] http://www.youtube.com/user/mohammedabshaun/videos?view=0 http://www.youtube.com/user/mohammedabshaun/videos?view=0

brudgers 14y ago

Philosophy Bites. Du Nord Football Show. Responsible sports. I prefer to read about tech.

appliance 14y ago

I've enjoyed Systematic, http://5by5.tv/systematic/ http://5by5.tv/systematic/.

nacker 14y ago

http://sixgun.org/linuxoutlaws/ http://sixgun.org/linuxoutlaws/ http://anarchast.com/ http://anarchast.com/ http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/ http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/ http://www.corbettreport.com/podcasts/ http://www.corbettreport.com/podcasts/ http://prn.fm/shows/lifestyle-shows/the-expat-files/#axzz29V062jtk http://prn.fm/shows/lifestyle-shows/the-expat-files/#axzz29V...

unemployed 14y ago

What are the podcasts you're already listening to? Also, Personal favorites this year: http://www.creativemornings.com/ http://www.creativemornings.com/ http://unity3d.com/unite/archive/2012 http://unity3d.com/unite/archive/2012 Old School Toughness from Hardcore history. feed://feeds.feedburner.com/dancarlin/history?format=xml

adamors 14y ago

Q http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/qpodcast.xml http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/qpodcast.xml Not technical at all, it focuses mostly on music, culture and art with some politics.

RDDavies 14y ago

The Industry, by Adam Stacoviak, Jared Erondu, and Drew Wilson. Great group of folks talking about design-focused startups and a lot of cool front-end tech.

zardoz90 14y ago

Not really tech focused, but great nonetheless - Skeptics Guide to the Universe ( http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ ) - Cognitive Dissonance ( http://dissonancepod.com/ http://dissonancepod.com/ )

mdaniel 14y ago

99% Invisible http://99percentinvisible.org/rss http://99percentinvisible.org/rss This American Life http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast BackStory with the American History Guys http://feeds.feedburner.com/BackStoryRadio http://feeds.feedburner.com/BackStoryRadio Freakonomics Radio http://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio http://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio Fresh Air Podcast http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13 http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13 Here's The Thing http://feeds.wnyc.org/wnycheresthething/ http://feeds.wnyc.org/wnycheresthething/ The Moth Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/themothpodcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/themothpodcast On the Media http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen (man, I miss "The Ethicist") http://personplacething.org/?feed=rss2 http://personplacething.org/?feed=rss2 Planet Money Podcast http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510289 http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510289 WNYC's Radiolab http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab To the Best of Our Knowledge http://feeds.feedburner.com/ttbook http://feeds.feedburner.com/ttbook With Good Reason Radio http://feeds.feedburner.com/WithGoodReasonRadio http://feeds.feedburner.com/WithGoodReasonRadio I was tempted to put them in preferential order, but to be honest the go-to podcast depends on how much time I have (length of commute, how tired before bed, that kind of thing).

mcrider 14y ago

As posted previously, IMO the best podcast (episodes) of the year for Web devs: http://flapcast.com/playlist/16 http://flapcast.com/playlist/16 Entrepreneurs: http://flapcast.com/playlist/18 http://flapcast.com/playlist/18 There are a variety of podcasts in there, just click on each episode link to see the rest of the podcast's archive.

mrlyc 14y ago

Management: HBR (Harvard Business Review) Podcast http://hbsp2.libsyn.com/rss http://hbsp2.libsyn.com/rss Interviews: Conversations with Richard Fidler http://abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/conversationspodcast.xml http://abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/conversationspodc...

ApolloRising 14y ago

I've been enjoying http://techzinglive.com/ http://techzinglive.com/ lately

klaut 14y ago

Ruby Rogues: http://rubyrogues.com/ http://rubyrogues.com/ Ruby Tapas: http://devblog.avdi.org/rubytapas/ http://devblog.avdi.org/rubytapas/