I've listened to a ton more, but I tend to get tired of some and move onto others. I used to love radiolab and this american life, but find them kind of annoying now.
1. Undone (by Gimlet Media) : A one season show about less known historical happenings.
2. The Daily (by NYTimes) : A daily show covering what’s most important in the world on that day.
3. NPR Politics Podcast (by NPR) : Covers the political headlines of the US. They’re all really smart people who really know the ins and outs of politics.
4. FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast (by ESPN) : Mostly news about politics , but from a more data driven approach. Really funny too.
5. Pod Save America (by Crooked Media) : Hilarious talk show from a group of former Obama administration speechwriters. Obviously left and democratic leaning, but absolutely hilarious.
6. Pod Save The World (by Crooked Media) : A more serious show about American Foreign Policy.
7. Civics 101 (by NHPR) - The name says it all, but I want every American citizen to be locked in a chamber and forced to listen to this. Absolutely essential to understanding the basics of how the US government works.
8. The New Yorker Politics Podcast (by WNYC Studios/The New Yorker) : Really well rounded show, a recent episode on Mattis is a must listen.
I don't listen to tech podcasts. Since it's E3 time of year, I've got a bunch of Giant Bombcasts slated for next week. I'm also listening to Kevin Smith do commentary on Frasier episodes...
* "Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night; all day!"
* StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson
* Adam & Dr. Drew Show
* NPR Up First
* How Stuff Works
* Darn Carlin's Hardcore History
* Michael Blanks' Apartment Investing Podcast
* Reasonable Doubt with Mark Garagos and Adam Carolla
* Weekly Infusion
- Planet Money
- My Dad Wrote a Porno (NSFW, obviously, but wickedly funny)
- Startup
- Radiolab
- Entreprogrammers (original, not the spinoffs)
- The Daily (only when they aren't doing US politics)
No developer podcasts have engaged me enough for them to be must-listens every week though there are lots of good ones such as The Changelog and Developer Tea that I dip into time to time. The typical 1-2 hour interview format does not work for me at all, I need tight editing and some pace and structure around stories.
Hardcore History
History of the Crusades
History of the Papacy
Revolutions
The British History Podcast
The Civil War: A History Podcast
The History of Byzantium
The History of Egypt
The History of England
The History if Islam
Maritime history Podcast
When Diplomacy Fails
Video Games:
Gamers with Job Conference Call
Crucible Radio (Destiny)
Giant Bombcast
Idle Weekend
Rebel FM
The Dive LoL Podcast
The Giant Beastcast
The Magic Hour
The Bungie Podcast
Three Moves Ahead
Waypoint Radio
Wild Weasel
Random:
Shift+F1
The Steve Austin Show
I'm sure you can draw some conclusions about my hobbies/interests.
The People's Pharmacy -- A pharmacologist and a medical anthropologist host an hour long show each week, usually on one medical topic (sometimes, a melange). Their guests are top notch experts, e.g. head of whatever cardiological at the Cleveland Clinic (one of the top cardiovascular centers in the U.S.). They also cover topics/changes sometimes years before they filter into "general knowledge" and reporting. Such as the problems with statins. Or, lately, how "Lyme Disease" is not always a simple diagnosis nor treatment and also the symptomology and sometimes diagnosis is really capturing a variety of infections by a variety of pathogens -- ticks carry many, and individual responses vary.
On the Media -- an hour long show each week. Much of it is "meta", about what is appearing in the media, and what isn't, and why. Helping listeners know and understand "why they are saying that" and "why aren't they talking about this other thing -- hey, there's this other thing!"
I've not been so attentive to it of late, but there's also WBEZ's "Worldview". Extended interviews with experts about world topics. You'll often get information and perspective you won't find anywhere in the mainstream media.
P.S. If you're on Android, the AntennaPod app is a nice, open source podcast app.
- Radio Lab
- Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History
- Linear Digressions
- Hidden Brain
- FiveThirtyEight's Hot Takedown
- FiveThirtyEight's Politics
- Freakonomics
- Planet Money
- 99% Invisible
- Neil Tyson's StarTalk
- NYT's The Daily
- Talk Python To Me
- The Changelog
- Hello Internet
There's a few other Machine Learning/Data Science-ish "podcasts", some other NPR ones, and This American Life.
I didn't realize that I spend so much time on this.
Talking Machines. It's definitely a bit over my head, but it's a really good podcast about Machine Learning, with heaps of interviews and pretty in depth conversations.
Surprised no one has mentioned The Tim Ferris Show. That's my #1 right now. He's got a really eclectic but also well thought out guest list and I learn something useful every episode. His recent episode with Nick Szabo was the crash course on cryptocurrency that I always wanted. Highly recommended.
I sense a lot of sanctimonious posturing and more-liberal-than-thou attitude when it comes to Sam Harris, and Klein is hardly the first to equivocate over him.
I don't know about other people, but I'm constantly overwhelmed by podcast recommendation threads. People recommend podcasts that each have hundreds of episodes. I certainly won't listen to all of them just to catch up.
What I want is a list of must-listen episodes and short series. Does such a thing exist?
When starting a new podcast I normally listen to the newest one. Then it depends on the style. News/current events podcasts, just listen to new ones. Others, browse the history and cherry pick ones that sound interesting or download them all.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 128 ms ] threadI know its an old post, but I guess you can still listen to most of this stuff.
If you are interested in more recent (but less popular posts) check this out:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14471209
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14403285
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14188018
My brother my brother and me
Hardcore history
Science friday
Software engineering daily
Data skeptic
Linear digressions
Math mutation
Omega tau
I've listened to a ton more, but I tend to get tired of some and move onto others. I used to love radiolab and this american life, but find them kind of annoying now.
2. The Daily (by NYTimes) : A daily show covering what’s most important in the world on that day.
3. NPR Politics Podcast (by NPR) : Covers the political headlines of the US. They’re all really smart people who really know the ins and outs of politics.
4. FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast (by ESPN) : Mostly news about politics , but from a more data driven approach. Really funny too.
5. Pod Save America (by Crooked Media) : Hilarious talk show from a group of former Obama administration speechwriters. Obviously left and democratic leaning, but absolutely hilarious.
6. Pod Save The World (by Crooked Media) : A more serious show about American Foreign Policy.
7. Civics 101 (by NHPR) - The name says it all, but I want every American citizen to be locked in a chamber and forced to listen to this. Absolutely essential to understanding the basics of how the US government works.
8. The New Yorker Politics Podcast (by WNYC Studios/The New Yorker) : Really well rounded show, a recent episode on Mattis is a must listen.
- Foreign Policy's Editor's Round Table (ER)
- Lawfare
- Rational Security
All are conversations with thoughtful, and politically diverse experts speaking on timely topics a few times a week.
Best of the Left -- progressive / liberal talk, twice a week collections on a single topic. Well narrated and produced. Warning. Very liberal.
Dev:
History: Video Games: Random: I'm sure you can draw some conclusions about my hobbies/interests.Foundation (Kevin Rose's podcast)
1. Defensive Security 2. Branding Down Security 3. Risky Business 4. SANS Internet Storm Center 5. Southern Fried Security
Some non security related ones... Hardcore History, Common Sense, and on a much lighter note, The Comedy Button
Random Info - Radiolab - 99% Invisible
Interviews - WTF w/ Marc Maron - Joe Rogan (depending on the guest) - The Nerdist (depending on the guest)
The People's Pharmacy -- A pharmacologist and a medical anthropologist host an hour long show each week, usually on one medical topic (sometimes, a melange). Their guests are top notch experts, e.g. head of whatever cardiological at the Cleveland Clinic (one of the top cardiovascular centers in the U.S.). They also cover topics/changes sometimes years before they filter into "general knowledge" and reporting. Such as the problems with statins. Or, lately, how "Lyme Disease" is not always a simple diagnosis nor treatment and also the symptomology and sometimes diagnosis is really capturing a variety of infections by a variety of pathogens -- ticks carry many, and individual responses vary.
On the Media -- an hour long show each week. Much of it is "meta", about what is appearing in the media, and what isn't, and why. Helping listeners know and understand "why they are saying that" and "why aren't they talking about this other thing -- hey, there's this other thing!"
I've not been so attentive to it of late, but there's also WBEZ's "Worldview". Extended interviews with experts about world topics. You'll often get information and perspective you won't find anywhere in the mainstream media.
P.S. If you're on Android, the AntennaPod app is a nice, open source podcast app.
I didn't realize that I spend so much time on this.
- The Splendid Table: Because food is important.
- Retronauts: Retrogaming in all its glory.
The Good Fight
Rational Security
Bombshell
Risky Business
Waking Up with Sam Harris
Conversations with Tyler
EconTalk
The Ezra Klein Show
The Weeds
The Tim Ferriss Show
Software Engineering Daily
Deep State Radio
I sense a lot of sanctimonious posturing and more-liberal-than-thou attitude when it comes to Sam Harris, and Klein is hardly the first to equivocate over him.
What I want is a list of must-listen episodes and short series. Does such a thing exist?