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Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
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Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#42If it's okay when I've first listened to it in 2023 (if I enjoy a podcast, I listen to the series' previous episodes, so most of my listening is from the last few years, similar to how I don't only read books that were written this year..), provided it's still accurate/contemporary, then these are my recommendations: English: Lingthusiasm 34: Emoji are Gesture Because Internet (can emojis be used as a language? They…
> German: AstroGeo episodes "Asteroseismologie" (starquakes) and "Der Atomreaktor Oklo" (a natural nuclear reactor)
Thanks, always looking for German podcasts! In return, check out Omega Tau: https://omegataupodcast.net/
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#43SBF on Odd Lots describing yield farming [1]. For context, this was before the FTX meltdown or any allegations about Alameda using FTX customer funds. Was honestly stunning to hear someone unintentionally explaining their business as a ponzi scheme. [1] - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-bankman-fried-and-...
>Was honestly stunning to hear someone unintentionally explaining their business as a ponzi scheme.
Technically he was describing tokens for a hypothetical dapp that had questionable/unproven value, whereas the business he ran (FTX) and the associated tokens (FTT) were straightforwardly profitable, but went bankrupt due to bad investments/trades.
Also the interviewer (Matt Levine) came away with a totally different conclusion from that interview:
>People on Twitter now are like “he admitted that FTX is a Ponzi!” but of course that’s not true. He conceded a certain validity to my claim that some crypto businesses — not his — are Ponzis. He is just in the business of trading their tokens.
>In fact, I came away from that conversation bullish on FTX and Bankman-Fried. My view was, and is, that if you talk to a crypto exchange operator and he is like “crypto is changing the world, your old-fashioned economics are just FUD, HODL,” then that’s bad. A wild-eyed crypto true believer is not the person to operate an exchange. The person you want operating an exchange is a clear-eyed trader. You want someone whose basic attitude to financial assets is, like, “if someone wants to buy and someone wants to sell, I will put them together and collect a fee.” You want someone whose perspective is driven by markets, not ideology, who cares about risk, not futurism. A certain cynicism about the products he is trading is probably healthy.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-11-10/ftx-is...
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#44I'm a big fan of listening to Oxide and Friends [1] on my commute. Two of my favorites this year were "On Silicon Valley Bank with Eric Vishria" [1] and "DTrace at 20" [2]. The SVB episode in particular was super interesting to hear from their perspective.
[1] https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1255721
[2] https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1503057
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#45Playdate Podcast on Ratcheteer[1]
I absolutely adore Links Awakening for the Gameboy and it was a lot of fun listening to game designers talk about it and how they made their own game inspired by it. Includes a healthy dose of video game music composing and inspiration too.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#46Steve Coast (OSM founder) on Minds behind Maps [1].
Erik Prince on Shawn Ryan show - the host is a bit cringe but Erik has very unique perspective.
My dream podcast for 2024 would be Erik Prince w/ Dwarkesh (someone a bit smarter to push back and get more insight).
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#47Most (almost all) of Dan Carlin's podcasts are nothing short of excellent. Twilight of the Æsir Parts I and II are top quality. Apart from that I used to listen to Mike Duncan's Revolutions series, even though he finished up that project in 2022. Likewise the BBC produced an Apollo-era podcast called 13 Minute to the Moon, which was excellent, and technical enough to keep even a space nerd like me interested. Shout-o…
Second on all of Dan Carlin's podcasts. I absolutely loved his World War I series called "Blueprint for Armageddon". Even though I listened to quite a few of them while they were free, I recently bought the whole back catalog from his website and have been working through them. Absolute gem and worth every penny. For anyone not familiar, he makes the most recent episodes "free" (he does ask for a standard donation of…
My wife and I had the serendipity of discovering Dan Carlin while we were backpacking through central Europe. Listening to Blueprint for Armageddon while on a train through the German/Austrian countryside was pretty surreal. We even realized in one episode that the street we were staying on in Munich (Hohenzollernstrasse) was named after a famous German involved in WWI.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#48You Are Not So Smart #257 with Celeste Kidd covers her research on conceptual overlap. https://direct.mit.edu/opmi/article/doi/10.1162/opmi_a_00072...
It's psychology for STEM folks.
podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1a5HmrGiV6K8q9HYlhjLnm
Mindscape 229 with Nita Farahany on Ethics, Law, and Neurotechnology is a banger too. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5F2xk9MicNS7mELYoe9rt5
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#49I’ve really been enjoying the “Safety Third” podcasts from William Osman and co - not particularly informational but very entertaining, especially given most of the guys are from a science and engineering background. Darknet Diaries is also one I recommend - Jack is a great host and storyteller.
Darknet diaries is always interesting
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?
#50The Freakonomics series on airlines was really great, probably my all round favourite this year.
Private jets one was good too