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Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?

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Post by w4tson »

ioddly wrote: post #37
art0rz wrote: post #14

Hardcore History!

I enjoy this and History on Fire, but I've had a hard time getting into other history podcasts. Any recommendations welcome.

Not exactly a podcast but America: Empire of liberty by David Renoylds is a masterpiece.

It can be listened like a podcast as each chapter is self contained and 10 mins or so with first hand accounts from actors etc.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?

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Post by zapperdapper »

nbaksalyar wrote: post #15

Radical Personal Finance - a non-traditional view on the topic of personal finance, with a goal of providing listeners with the knowledge they need to build financial freedom "in 10 years or less": https://radicalpersonalfinance.com/archive/ Crypto-Gram - a monthly security-themed digest podcast (it is actually an audio version of the identically titled Bruce Schneier's newsletter): http://crypto-gram.libsyn.com/ And…

Thanks for this. I tried radical personal finance, the episode 'what's wrong with radical personal finance' is very good!

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?

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Post by observation »

riku_iki wrote: post #44

I recently started listening to some fiction podcasts, and they are amazing! Limetown, Message, Black tapes.

You should check out Reddit's /r/audiodrama subreddit.

Some recommendations:

Mabel - Mysterious ghost story.

We're Alive - High quality Zombie TEOTWAWKI.

Our Fair City - Dystopian adventure with comic momments. Stay with it until Season 2, it takes a while to warm up but is one of the best.

EOS-10 - Scrubs in Space.

Wolf 359 - Space mystery adventure.

Liberty - There are two related series: I recommend starting with 'Critical Research' for the worldbuilding and then proceeding onto 'Tales from the Tower', which is extraordinary.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?

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taprun wrote: post #18

In Our Time (BBC) The host and a panel of professors talk about subjects ranging from ancient history to nuclear physics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl

Found it too easy to zone out into a biltz of phrases and names, not certain if I were truly grasping what was being said. Typically finding that a guest is trying to encapsulate something and then Melvin butts in to speed things along.

It is good though, but I find subjects I knew something about already were dealt with in a somewhat obscurantist manner that didn't really impart a high level understanding.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?

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Post by phewvvg »

swrobel wrote: post #36
taprun wrote: post #18

In Our Time (BBC) The host and a panel of professors talk about subjects ranging from ancient history to nuclear physics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl

Any favorite episode i should start with?

An episode that really stood out for me when I first heard it was about Imaginary Numbers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tt6b2
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