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Ask HN: Which podcasts do you listen to/watch?

63 points| asaddhamani | 11 years ago | reply

Can be related to either technology or entrepreneurship. An example would be TWiST.

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[+] bliker|11 years ago|reply
Ohh finally something for me You are not so smart - Very nice podcast about cognitive biases, psychology and so on. (Last episode I heard was about dangers of alternative medicine)

99 Percent Invisible - About design of everything. From architecture to industrial design. (Last episode was about fire escapes and their history)

Radiolab - Quite varied but always amazingly produced stories about science (Last one was about brain stimulation using electricity)

Freakonomics - Great podcast about economics, amazing life advice. (Last one was about how to "Make you garden weed itself")

Hello Internet - Two dudes talking genre. Brady (Numberphile and more) and CGP Gray. (Last one was about flags of states of USA, ugh Maryland)

Pragmatic - Also two dudes. But on topic of engineering. (Last was about programming in military)

I also recommend http://www.shiftyjelly.com/pocketcasts for listening. Really great app.

[+] Orthanc|11 years ago|reply
Thank you for listening.
[+] zimbu668|11 years ago|reply
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History(http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh) My favorite so far was the 13 hour series on the decline of the Roman republic. The parallels with current American politics were haunting.
[+] shrikant|11 years ago|reply
I'm loving the suggestions.

I compiled a list of the podcasts I listen to in a series of posts here: http://tech.theswamp.in/blog/categories/podcast/

For people who don't want to click through, or just want the list:

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1. NEWS & ANALYSIS

a. BBC Analysis

b. BBC Any Questions & Any Answers

c. Freakonomics Radio

d. KCRW's Left, Right & Center

e. NPR Series Weekends on All Things Considered

f. BBC A Point Of View (Started listening to this since after I wrote the post)

g. NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour (Started listening to this since after I wrote the post)

2. QUIZZES

a. Do The Right Thing

b. BBC Friday Night Comedy - The News Quiz

c. International Waters

d. NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

e. NPR’s Ask Me Another

3. GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT

a. BBC 7 Day Sunday#

b. Answer Me This!

c. BBC Friday Night Comedy - The Now Show

d. Ian Collins Wants A Word

e. BBC Mark Kermode & Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews

f. BBC Newsjack

g. BBC Confessions

h. The Bugle

4. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

a. BBC Let’s Talk About Tech

b. BBC The Infinite Monkey Cage

c. Radiolab

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This may seem like a lot, but not all of them run throughout the year, and some of them only do a few shows a year. I hope you find this useful!

Tangentially, I've noticed that the highest quality podcasts come from publicly funded outlets like the BBC and NPR.

[+] rustybailey|11 years ago|reply
Mostly comedy, but...

* Comedy Bang Bang - http://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-bang-bang/

* Who Charted? - http://www.earwolf.com/show/who-charted/

* WTF with Marc Maron - http://www.wtfpod.com/

* The Indoor Kids - http://www.nerdist.com/podcast_channel/the-indoor-kids-chann...

* Brainy Gamer (hasn't been updated in a while): http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/podcast/

[+] morley|11 years ago|reply
Doug Loves Movies is also really good, although it's very guest-dependent.

Harmontown is funny too. If you find Dan Harmon abrasive, the Mitch Hurwitz episodes are funny in their own right.

[+] Picard|11 years ago|reply
I can't believe you're the only one who listed wtfpod. I love Maron.
[+] sentenza|11 years ago|reply
Security Now with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte http://twit.tv/sn

Freakshow (German, but best tech podcast I've found so far) http://freakshow.fm/

FLOSS Weekly http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly

Logbuch: Netzpolitik (also German, but best Internet policy podcast I've found so far) http://logbuch-netzpolitik.de/

Of course I listen to many more non-tech related podcasts. What I noticed just now after going through my feed reader, is that I seem to be listening to about as many German ones as English ones, even though the total number of English podcasts out there should be higher.

The only reason I can think of is that (for whatever reason) German podcasters seem to concern themselves more with audio quality. For instance, I just can't listen to TWiST or the kalzumeus podcast, because the audio hurts my ears (at least with headphones on, car is a different matter). There are a bunch of English podcasts that I stopped listening to because of audio quality issues, while I can't remember a single German one for which this was the case.

Curious.

[+] ThomPete|11 years ago|reply
For design related stuff I really only think Iterate has value http://www.imore.com/iterate

For startup related stuff a number of podcasts comes to mind.

"Startups for the rest of us" http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/

Probably still most valuable podcast about bootstrapping I have ever listened too.

"Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders" From Stanford Often has some very interesting speakers.

"From Scratch" http://www.fromscratchradio.org/show/

Really good podcast about a wide variety of entrepreneurs (From etzy to atari, Thomas Keller, the guy who made Highline in Manhatten a reality etc) very inspiring.

"New Books in Big Ideas" http://newbooksinbigideas.com/ Sometimes really good but far between the gold nuggets.

What I haven't been able to find is a good podcast about Game design and good podcasts about Bitcoin/CryptoCurrency.

Most stuff in those two areas is either unbearable to listen to or filled with buzzwords.

If any has any indicator about the last two that would be greatly appreciated.

[+] Fuzzwah|11 years ago|reply
I have these which I enjoy because I'm interested in the subject matter, maybe someone else is too....

Chequered Flag Formula 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/cff1 Skydive Radio: http://www.skydiveradio.com/

Then there are a few which I highly recommend to anyone:

Damn Interesting: http://www.damninteresting.com/ Revolutions: http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/ The British History Podcast: http://thebritishhistorypodcast.com/

If you have any interest in Roman history then you definitely need to check out:

The History of Rome: http://www.thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/

[+] TarpitCarnivore|11 years ago|reply
Since you're an F1 fan checkout Formula1blog.com's podcast. It's often lighthearted and fun, with commentary after races dealing with practices up through the final race.
[+] simmons|11 years ago|reply
* Software Engineering Radio. This podcast has great guests and isn't afraid to cover quite technical topics. Although, I think it has a bias towards enterprise software development, which isn't one of my major interests. http://www.se-radio.net/

* BBC's Infinite Monkey Cage. Each installment of this lighthearted show is a panel discussion among various scientists and comedians about a particular topic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc

* The Command Line. A one-man podcast about technology issues. http://thecommandline.net/

I'm always on the lookout for any good podcasts covering hard technical topics or items of interest to the HN crowd, although they seem to be hard to come by. I miss the short-lived HNpod show!