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Re: Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?

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Post by jeanlucas »

aorth wrote: post #7
hnu0847 wrote: post #5

Hardcore History 73 - Mania for Subjugation III [1] Fall of Civilizations 20 - Persia - An Empire in Ashes [2] [1] https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-73-mania-... [2] https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/

Thanks. I didn't realize Dan Carlin was still producing new episodes. Ten years ago I was enthralled by his series on the Persian Empire and then I forgot about him. Fall of Civilizations is excellent too.

10 years? Then you need to check Supernova in the East. He did a deep dive on why and how Japan got and went through WW2.

Re: Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?

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Post by bzb »

biophysboy wrote: post #35
TRiG_Ireland wrote: post #27

My favourite podcast right now is Let's Learn Everything, three science geeks taking turns to explain things to each other. In a standard episode, there's a deep dive into a science topic, followed by a lighter miscellaneous segment. Special episodes, such as the yearly HaLearnDays or the occasional guest episode, take a different format. The three all have science degrees, and do proper research for their deep dives…

I'll have to give this a shot. I am a scientist and have never found a good science podcast ever. I think its because the topic doesn't lend itself as well to the format; papers are hard to digest and communicate in an entertaining way.

A micro recommendation for This Week in Virology (TWiV). Essentially a journal club for virology papers, I think they nail the conversational/technical balance that’s so hard to get right.

Incidentally, TWiV changed my life. I was working as a cabinet maker with no college degree when I gave it a shot, on a whim. The host’s refusal to shy away from technical depth convinced me that I could learn hard things. 10 years I have a biochemistry degree and work as a machine learning engineer.

Re: Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?

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Post by misiti3780 »

misiti3780 wrote: post #16

Dwarkesh - AI + some history Lex = AI + some history Dishcast - politics + books Sam Harris - everything All In - tech news Tyler Cowen - random good shows Pirate Wires - news (coming back I heard) Joe Rogan - famous interesting guests at least once a month Ben Shapiro - if you want to hear the opposite of what you're reading in the NYT (Surgey Brin approved)

why am i being downvoted lol ?

Re: Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?

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Post by mFixman »

jeanlucas wrote: post #42
aorth wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. I didn't realize Dan Carlin was still producing new episodes. Ten years ago I was enthralled by his series on the Persian Empire and then I forgot about him. Fall of Civilizations is excellent too.

10 years? Then you need to check Supernova in the East. He did a deep dive on why and how Japan got and went through WW2.

I was very disappointed with Supernova in the East. What started as a telling of the Pacific War from the point of view of the Japanese empire morphed into the usual "war is bad but American soldiers are heroes" that's very common for this period.

I tuned out when he spent 30 minutes describing a famous photo-op of General MacArthur going ashore to the Philippines. That is the complete opposite of the original promise of the podcast.

Re: Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?

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Post by biophysboy »

bzb wrote: post #43
biophysboy wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll have to give this a shot. I am a scientist and have never found a good science podcast ever. I think its because the topic doesn't lend itself as well to the format; papers are hard to digest and communicate in an entertaining way.

A micro recommendation for This Week in Virology (TWiV). Essentially a journal club for virology papers, I think they nail the conversational/technical balance that’s so hard to get right. Incidentally, TWiV changed my life. I was working as a cabinet maker with no college degree when I gave it a shot, on a whim. The host’s refusal to shy away from technical depth convinced me that I could learn hard things. 10 years…

That's great! I'll have to give them a shot again - for some reason, I bounced off this show

Re: Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?

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Post by mindcrash »

From a intrigue POV:

After Skool: https://www.youtube.com/afterskool | https://open.spotify.com/show/36mIOrFwTKIDER8KF0aGrx | https://www.afterskool.net/

Academy of Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/academyofideas | https://open.spotify.com/show/2dio7KUNuDHErlMumZtNt6 | https://academyofideas.com/

Re: Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?

#50

Post by Hule »

jandeboevrie wrote: post #25

I would have put Coder Radio on this list but ever since Mike took over without Chris the show has lost its appeal for me. And sadly, there are no more Jupiter Broadcasting shows left without crypto or mostly inside baseball. Anyone know of shows in the category of two or three lads discussing computing, coding, devops, but in the style of two older guys crumudging that everything used to be better in the old days?

I love 2.5 Admins.

The rest of Late Night Linux is okay too.

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