There are about 3 or 4 Darknet Diaries, but here's my fav. OK it's a tie:
https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/90/
Jenny
Meet Jenny Radcliffe, the People Hacker. She’s a social
engineer and physical penetration tester. Which means she
gets paid to break into buildings and test their
security. In this episode she tells us a few stories of
some penetration testing jobs she’s done.
https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/95/
Jon & Brian's Big Adventure
Jon and Brian are penetration testers who both worked at
a place called RedTeam Security. They’re paid to break
into buildings and hack into networks to test the
security of those buildings. In this episode they bring
us a story of how they prepare and execute a mission like
this. But even with all the preparation, something still
goes terribly wrong.
Episodes 84 and 81 also. GREAT stuff. But 90 and 95 are my faves. I don't have time for other podcasts so its DND for me.
Given the insane brutality of the Pacific war, the stranglehold the Japanese military had on its society, and the utterly unbreakable Japanese will that just kept going loss after brutal loss even when it was clear to everyone involved that there was no possible way left for them to win, Carlin makes it clear that the leaders of the day certainly felt justified with their decisions to first firebomb and then atomic bomb Japanese civilians and cities.
A couple of weeks later a friend told me that he believed that you should be willing to fight to the death, and even the death of others, for what you believe is right. I think morally of course you should be committed to your beliefs, but if you replicate that to that extent on a society-wide scale, you might end up with another Imperial Japan.
(Of course, as Carlin will often tell you, he's not a historian and is more interested in an emotional story than 100% true facts. I'll also recommend Ian Toll's Pacific War book trilogy for a more accurate take on events. Plus, it covers the incredibly brutal Battle of Manila that Carlin leaves out.)
I loved this podcast (and all of Carlin's really). One of my granddads faught extensively in the Pacific and I really felt it when Dan described what a land invasion on mainland Japan would've looked like.
Undoubtedly that personal award goes to Citations Needed Episode 73: Western Media’s Narrow, Colonial Definition of ‘Corruption’. You can read the transcript on Medium [1] or listen on Spotify [2].
It may seem a bit bromide for HN, but it really shattered my world view. Or at least was the impetus of a rather radical shift in how I viewed global power structures, old wealth, and the evil systems in place today that continue to perpetuate global inequality. In the episode, they dig into these popular "corruption" indices, why the Global South is always painted as the "most corrupt", true sources of institutionalized corruption, where the real tax havens and how they operate. It even highlights a (previously unknown to me at least!) stark and admittedly macabre distinction between London, the city in England and the ancient The City of London [3]. Yes there is a huge difference with the latter being a 1,000 British colonial-era holdover that's home to the largest tax haven hub in the world.
As a bonus, it features Jason Hickel, an economic anthropologist who wrote The Divide [4]. Which, for reasons outlined above, is also one of my favorite books ever. If you find my poor attempt of summary or the article/podcast interesting, I'd implore you to buy the book and learn something new.
All the world is a stage and indeed we are merely players.
Edit: Just to clarify, this episode is from 2019. I did not interpret the question clearly and assumed it was in the spirit of "Favorite podcast episode you listened to this year". Hope this helps.
Thank you for recommending episode 73, it was very interesting. I had some idea from this book https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-of-Economic-Hitman-audiob... but this is even more interesting. I read this book more than 15 years ago, I suppose things are much more sophisticated, crooked and hidden now :(
Is Bach well-regarded in the AI community? I found this podcast a very interesting listen and checked out many of his others. He is a compelling speaker, but I am in not any way qualified to verify his claims. He also seems somewhat categorical in his statements about things that perhaps don't warrant such confidence: e.g. his view of the nature of mind, consciousness, the self, dreams, etc.
This one for me as well. I found myself having to pause and contemplate some of the ideas in that one several times. It's fascinating to hear Joscha describe how he models everything around us. Definitely worth a (patient, attentive) listen.
I’m not a fan of the podcast normally but I was sent this one because my ex-wife knew it would be good for me. Spark Bird by This American Life. First off - I’ve tried to pick up birding a little bit. But most importantly - about 35 minutes in - there’s a story about Birdly. This family that sounds utterly insane and has six imaginary birds as part of their family. It’s a really well told story - much better than the podcast normally has.
Well - anyway - it turns out there are other couples/families out there that do this. We had this with our “family.” In our case (my ex’s and I) we had three stuffed animal children. The podcast really will show the full gradient of how far you can push what is “real”. We took our children across the world and they had stories, purpose, meaning, and lots of love to share. I don’t spend as much time with “the children” now. They live in different but sharable dimensions/realities/universes more often now since their mom and dad aren’t together. It’s rough being a single dad of 3. Get a lot of questions but is what it is. She asks about them when she calls.
We planned to have children the more traditional way as well. We just never got there before we split up.
Tim Ferriss's second episode with Balaji was great. It was around 4-5 hours, and Tim just steps aside letting Balaji brain dump on all sorts of interesting topics and ideas.
Just started listening to this on your recommendation. (Thanks!) I wasn’t familiar with Balaji before now but he’s clearly a smart guy and a deep thinker.
I find myself disagreeing with quite a lot of what he’s saying (to the extent that I’m educated enough on some of the topics to even have an opinion), but will keep listening as it’s interesting to hear a viewpoint that’s perhaps slightly outside of my normal bubble.
This was an incredibly broad ranging episode though I think Balaji throws out a lot of ideas with an unwarranted level of certainty. The parallel of historical centralization-decentralization-recentralization cycles (ie the Protestant reformation-Catholic counterreformation) to the internet was pretty interesting.
Hopefully posting this doesn't get it taken down...
I really enjoyed that interview on Tim's podcast and I've been working my way through some of Balaji's other interviews and videos online.
I'm currently watching this one someone posted of his coursera course from 2012 all pasted together into one video over 7 hours long. I have come to like this format more and more on youtube becuase you just resume and don't have to worry about finding the next video etc.
Anyway, watching this in the context of it being from 2012 is pretty mindblowing and the advice has seemed like it would have been quite good back then (some of it still now too I'm sure.)
The name of the course was Startup Engineering. I don't believe it's available on Coursera or anywhere else anymore.
Specifically, the 7 minutes from ~19:40 - 26:30 where he talks about the $30M/day profit he made in 2017 by arb-ing the different prices of Bitcoin on Japanese vs. US exchanges. This demonstrated the difference between complex and complicated problems and how much of success in business is simply schlepping.
Hart claims that the inherent addictiveness of even the most addictive drugs (he talks mostly about heroin) is exaggerated, because most of the worst addicts are dealing with psychological, social, and financial difficulties in addition to drug addiction, and drugs are often unfairly blamed for all their problems. I don't necessarily agree with everything he says, but he has a very interesting perspective.
Personal anecdote. I tried (smoking) heroin once, out of curiosity, and I beg to disagree. It was really nice and calming. Then 30 minutes laters I got the urge and wanted more. Then felt nice again. Then 20 minutes later I wanted more. Then 10 minutes later. Then 5. Then the bag was empty and I felt like crap. Then the car wouldn't start and we had to push it to jump start - felt like one of the most physically demanding things I've ever done.
If you were to shoot it in the vein those effects would be exacerbated to a point I can't even imagine what the cravings and after-effects would be like.
Granted I might not have been in the best state of mind back then, but still. It's by far the most addictive (short-term) substance I've ever tried. I still use others irregularly but that one I'll never touch again.
Remember the story about the off leash dog walker and the bird watcher in central park that went viral right around the time when the murder of George Floyd took place? In all of the ensuing frenzy I had personally believed the horrible portrait the media painted of this woman, but this podcast showed just how wrong that portrayal was.
Edit: and here’s an oddball recommendation on the other end of the spectrum, and outside of the normal HN bubble. For the Brits here and those who may enjoy extremely juvenile British humour (like me):
I was astonished by the intellect and wisdom of Eich. I always understood him to be rather smart inventing JS in a matter of days, but his insight in the history of the web paint an even more impressive picture.
He's been much more influential to our lives than many might guess and it's shocking to hear it from himself and his authority.
I find it challenging to choose one but Andrew Huberman's podcast is exceptional. Latest in neuroscience/neurobiology which is accessible to the general public. From topics like sleep, anxiety, learning, performance etc. I have learned so much and applying the protocols have been great.
Peter Attia’s podcast with Tom Catena. He’s a doctor in war torn Africa and I’d argue one of most inspirational people alive. Turned down money, resources and a comfortable life in the US to make a greater impact in Africa. Peter Attia being a fellow doctor adds tons to the discussion.
Tim Ferris #542 with Chris Dixon and Naval was the podcast that made me think maybe there might be something to web3 and it was at least worth investigating.
2 months later I'm still not yet sure. So take that for what it's worth.
As an honorable mention I'll also say that I've been listening to Dan Carlin's series on Japan in WW2 and it has been incredible as I've come to expect from his work.
> how a nerdy dot-com gold chaser hacked the self-satisfied neoliberal green political regime and orchestrated a cacophonous symphony of thirsty social media marketeers, auto industry executives, captured and bought off media, and the bull market ride of the century. At the center of all of this is the pied piper of the redditmen, our very own epic bacon PT Barnum — Elon Musk — who rightly understands that branding really is everything and that so long as you can keep the music going the party doesn’t have to end.
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[+] [-] tailspin2019|4 years ago|reply
Some of the physical pen test episodes are totally gripping! Well worth a listen.
Great podcast.
[+] [-] Bobbleoxs|4 years ago|reply
77 Olympic Destroyer 78 Knaves out 86 The LinkedIn Incident 97 The Pizza Problem
[+] [-] ranger207|4 years ago|reply
Given the insane brutality of the Pacific war, the stranglehold the Japanese military had on its society, and the utterly unbreakable Japanese will that just kept going loss after brutal loss even when it was clear to everyone involved that there was no possible way left for them to win, Carlin makes it clear that the leaders of the day certainly felt justified with their decisions to first firebomb and then atomic bomb Japanese civilians and cities.
A couple of weeks later a friend told me that he believed that you should be willing to fight to the death, and even the death of others, for what you believe is right. I think morally of course you should be committed to your beliefs, but if you replicate that to that extent on a society-wide scale, you might end up with another Imperial Japan.
https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-67-supern...
(Of course, as Carlin will often tell you, he's not a historian and is more interested in an emotional story than 100% true facts. I'll also recommend Ian Toll's Pacific War book trilogy for a more accurate take on events. Plus, it covers the incredibly brutal Battle of Manila that Carlin leaves out.)
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[+] [-] thricegr8|4 years ago|reply
It may seem a bit bromide for HN, but it really shattered my world view. Or at least was the impetus of a rather radical shift in how I viewed global power structures, old wealth, and the evil systems in place today that continue to perpetuate global inequality. In the episode, they dig into these popular "corruption" indices, why the Global South is always painted as the "most corrupt", true sources of institutionalized corruption, where the real tax havens and how they operate. It even highlights a (previously unknown to me at least!) stark and admittedly macabre distinction between London, the city in England and the ancient The City of London [3]. Yes there is a huge difference with the latter being a 1,000 British colonial-era holdover that's home to the largest tax haven hub in the world.
As a bonus, it features Jason Hickel, an economic anthropologist who wrote The Divide [4]. Which, for reasons outlined above, is also one of my favorite books ever. If you find my poor attempt of summary or the article/podcast interesting, I'd implore you to buy the book and learn something new.
All the world is a stage and indeed we are merely players.
[1] - https://citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-73-western-medias...
[2] - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cf3g7670FYKrD9OE6vHQd?si=v...
[3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
[4] - https://www.jasonhickel.org/the-divide
Edit: Just to clarify, this episode is from 2019. I did not interpret the question clearly and assumed it was in the spirit of "Favorite podcast episode you listened to this year". Hope this helps.
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[+] [-] akudha|4 years ago|reply
This is all soooooo depressing :(
[+] [-] wodenokoto|4 years ago|reply
Here’s a link to one of their episodes: https://youtu.be/1nd5HsxWXTI
[+] [-] Brakenshire|4 years ago|reply
In what sense is it a colonial-era holdover? Unless you mean Norman colonialism.
[+] [-] lhoff|4 years ago|reply
EDIT For German Speakers i'd also recommend these two episodes: - http://www.jungundnaiv-podcast.de/2021/09/535-aladin-el-mafa... - https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2021-03/maja-goepel-intervi...
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[+] [-] meowface|4 years ago|reply
Also, you can watch it in video form. I'd argue it's better that way, especially with the way he emotes during certain parts of the discussion.
Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-2P3MSZrBM
Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIpUf-Vy2JA
[+] [-] sva_|4 years ago|reply
> For German Speakers
Also https://alternativlos.org/42/
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[+] [-] bradlys|4 years ago|reply
Well - anyway - it turns out there are other couples/families out there that do this. We had this with our “family.” In our case (my ex’s and I) we had three stuffed animal children. The podcast really will show the full gradient of how far you can push what is “real”. We took our children across the world and they had stories, purpose, meaning, and lots of love to share. I don’t spend as much time with “the children” now. They live in different but sharable dimensions/realities/universes more often now since their mom and dad aren’t together. It’s rough being a single dad of 3. Get a lot of questions but is what it is. She asks about them when she calls.
We planned to have children the more traditional way as well. We just never got there before we split up.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fm0Ntx2IxuWEM2ieYZasv?si=n...
[+] [-] andreilys|4 years ago|reply
https://tim.blog/2021/11/15/balaji-srinivasan-2/
[+] [-] tailspin2019|4 years ago|reply
I find myself disagreeing with quite a lot of what he’s saying (to the extent that I’m educated enough on some of the topics to even have an opinion), but will keep listening as it’s interesting to hear a viewpoint that’s perhaps slightly outside of my normal bubble.
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[+] [-] f0e4c2f7|4 years ago|reply
I really enjoyed that interview on Tim's podcast and I've been working my way through some of Balaji's other interviews and videos online.
I'm currently watching this one someone posted of his coursera course from 2012 all pasted together into one video over 7 hours long. I have come to like this format more and more on youtube becuase you just resume and don't have to worry about finding the next video etc.
Anyway, watching this in the context of it being from 2012 is pretty mindblowing and the advice has seemed like it would have been quite good back then (some of it still now too I'm sure.)
The name of the course was Startup Engineering. I don't believe it's available on Coursera or anywhere else anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QC1FK2_pqg
[+] [-] gringoDan|4 years ago|reply
Specifically, the 7 minutes from ~19:40 - 26:30 where he talks about the $30M/day profit he made in 2017 by arb-ing the different prices of Bitcoin on Japanese vs. US exchanges. This demonstrated the difference between complex and complicated problems and how much of success in business is simply schlepping.
(Obligatory pg post: http://paulgraham.com/schlep.html)
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[+] [-] qntty|4 years ago|reply
Hart claims that the inherent addictiveness of even the most addictive drugs (he talks mostly about heroin) is exaggerated, because most of the worst addicts are dealing with psychological, social, and financial difficulties in addition to drug addiction, and drugs are often unfairly blamed for all their problems. I don't necessarily agree with everything he says, but he has a very interesting perspective.
[+] [-] spurgu|4 years ago|reply
If you were to shoot it in the vein those effects would be exacerbated to a point I can't even imagine what the cravings and after-effects would be like.
Granted I might not have been in the best state of mind back then, but still. It's by far the most addictive (short-term) substance I've ever tried. I still use others irregularly but that one I'll never touch again.
[+] [-] m_ke|4 years ago|reply
Opioid Tragedy: Inside the Fentanyl Crisis | Ten Dollar Death Trip | ENDEVR Documentary: https://youtu.be/Dfv_tISYl8A
The Solution to the Opioid Crisis | Joe Rogan & Johann Hari: https://youtu.be/vVMN3DgcRYk
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/honestly-with-bari-wei...
Remember the story about the off leash dog walker and the bird watcher in central park that went viral right around the time when the murder of George Floyd took place? In all of the ensuing frenzy I had personally believed the horrible portrait the media painted of this woman, but this podcast showed just how wrong that portrayal was.
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[+] [-] tailspin2019|4 years ago|reply
#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
https://pca.st/episode/cb175a0c-b0c1-4200-a8e3-9702ebf0525c
Edit: and here’s an oddball recommendation on the other end of the spectrum, and outside of the normal HN bubble. For the Brits here and those who may enjoy extremely juvenile British humour (like me):
RHLSTP 268 - Charlie Brooker
https://pca.st/episode/57ee8b54-2d47-4506-924a-bb7636362f9e
(Charlie Brooker is the British writer behind Black Mirror.)
[+] [-] timdaub|4 years ago|reply
I was astonished by the intellect and wisdom of Eich. I always understood him to be rather smart inventing JS in a matter of days, but his insight in the history of the web paint an even more impressive picture.
He's been much more influential to our lives than many might guess and it's shocking to hear it from himself and his authority.
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https://youtu.be/8xwSRB3eGXY
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2 months later I'm still not yet sure. So take that for what it's worth.
https://tim.blog/2021/10/28/chris-dixon-naval-ravikant/
As an honorable mention I'll also say that I've been listening to Dan Carlin's series on Japan in WW2 and it has been incredible as I've come to expect from his work.
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[+] [-] sofixa|4 years ago|reply
Also it changed my perception of many of the participants.
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[+] [-] jkeat|4 years ago|reply
https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/lamest-show-1
> how a nerdy dot-com gold chaser hacked the self-satisfied neoliberal green political regime and orchestrated a cacophonous symphony of thirsty social media marketeers, auto industry executives, captured and bought off media, and the bull market ride of the century. At the center of all of this is the pied piper of the redditmen, our very own epic bacon PT Barnum — Elon Musk — who rightly understands that branding really is everything and that so long as you can keep the music going the party doesn’t have to end.
[+] [-] BrissyCoder|4 years ago|reply
I knew Musk was a bit of an asshole but didn't realize to what extent he was an absolute fraud.
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