Ask YC: What podcasts do you subscribe to?

14 points by sbraford ↗ HN
Educational, entrepreneur-oriented, hacking / geekery?

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Since I don't have a commute or other dead time, sitting around listening to someone talk is maddeningly slow and or distracting compared to being able to glance over a written article.
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I like to listen while I eat, do errands, do laundry...
Podcasts aren't just about news. I listen to the podcasts at ChinesePod.com and SpanishPod.com. Already speak Chinese and am learning Spanish. Fun.
I am the same, but I do them when walking/at the gym (or running, sometimes).
"Off the hook" and "off the wall" from 2600.org
If you're a nerd/geek/dork (like me) you'll love Radiolab. Simply the best radio show ever.
Thanks for bringing attention to this. I just started listening to one of the shows; aside from the interesting content it's also really well produced.
www.radiolab.org (just pure awesome)

www.audible.com (audiobooks for long drives and flights)

yeah venturevoice rocks

some of the webmaster radio shows are good - Net Income, SEO Rockstars

This American Life, NPR Shuffle, The Economist, The Ethicist, the Welch Way...

The Bugle from the Guardian is hysterical.

"... What podcasts do you subscribe to? ..."

I don't so much subscribe as dip into these links every once and a while when I need to vegetate or want to do something away from the keyboard. There are a few others but they are pretty much listed (npr, edcorner ... etc).

ITConversations ~ http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/

ABC Science show ~ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/

BBC Science ~ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/genre/science/

TED (vid + mp3) ~ http://www.ted.com

None, though I occasionally download individual recordings when the topic and/or speaker interests me.
escapepod.org All work and no play, etc.
Just of note: I'm not surprised that nobody here subscribes to TWiT. MIT's online lectures are quite good, but I wouldn't call them a podcast I suppose.
Fun & Enjoyment:

CBC's The Vinyl Cafe (8/10) The Merlin Show (on extended hiatus) (8/10) PopTech conference (8/10) TED conference (10/10) This American Life (9/10) Tiki Bar TV (video podcast) (8/10)

Tech: Diggnation (8/10) The GigaOm Show (6/10) MacBreak Weekly (obviously only for macheads...) (8/10) net@night (7/10) TWiT (9/10)

Entrepreneurship: DJF Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar (6/10) Chicago GSB (graduate school of business) (8/10) Venture Voice (on extended hiatus) (9/10) O'Reilly web 2.0 conference (7/10)

I normally listen to these entrepreneurship blogs. I don't download them.

1. Will Schroter's blog http://blogbard.com/blodio/blogmainpage?type=blogbard&pl...

2. Ask the wizard

http://blogbard.com/blodio/blogmainpage?type=blogbard&pl...

3. Ashish's world http://blogbard.com/blodio/blogmainpage?type=blogbard&pl...

4. A lot of people lissten to blog.pmarca.com.

Techy/geeky blogs to listen to:

Techdirt, readwriteweb, gigaom, techcrunch (There are links for them on their main page http://blogbard.com)

Pod casts i like: CNET - Buzz out loud - Keeps me up to date with tech news TWiT - This week in Tech (Leo Laporte) Security Now (Also from TWiT) - Excellent Security podcast. very educational BBC Documentry archive - Excellent documentries Learn French By Podcast
I recommend www.podiobooks.com if you are interested in hearing some non-geeky stories. I have really enjoyed listening to some of their content over the last few years. adf471587879rzq