HN would probably hate it but I've been digging Panic World. They investigate mostly modern media or internet-driven moral panics and discuss how they've led us to our current moment. Lots of 90s/2000s internet deep dives, but I mostly appreciate how well the host connects the dots between cultural/political zeitgeist (of any recent era) with some seemingly minor niche movement or idea seeded years prior.
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#62The Economics of Everyday Things Podcast. These are ~20 mins podcast and talk about the products we use daily.
Too bad it's over. Great show.
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#63Lions led by Donkeys https://www.llbdpodcast.com/
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#64I’ve been really impressed by how much I’ve learned listening to Panic World. At first I thought it was a humor show but it’s basically internet anthropology detailing all the ways the internet makes us insane.
This episode about eating disorders was harrowing and sad but really informative to how toxic communities form https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-eating-disorder-co...
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#65HN would probably hate it but I've been digging Panic World. They investigate mostly modern media or internet-driven moral panics and discuss how they've led us to our current moment. Lots of 90s/2000s internet deep dives, but I mostly appreciate how well the host connects the dots between cultural/political zeitgeist (of any recent era) with some seemingly minor niche movement or idea seeded years prior. https://www…
Ah I just read your comment after posting the same rec!
I went into panic world with low expectations and they’ve blown me away. It’s really, really good if you’re interested in internet cultures.
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#66Ladybug podcast is back!
Looove that it is back. They grew up with their content. Beginner friendly content was their thing. And I enjoyed them as a beginner. Looks like they all have become managerial level now. And the seniority shows. I found they all dive deep into things I already know and bring this gem of tips and thoughts on their topics. I am catching up on their show now.
Corecursive is an amazing podcast as well. Interesting coding stories. It's catching up up on my majority of podcast hours.
Then "How I write" by David Perell. I love his old show and this. As a blogger who don't use LLM for articles, I love listening to it. David Perell's contents are of unbelievable quality and is the only podcast that I never ever miss.
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#67Victor David Hanson, but only his Saturday episodes as he dives deep into history. He covered different fighter plane engines of WW2 on one episode.
Diary of a CEO has some really interesting business guests.
The Koe Cast has some deep insights into doing your own thing.
The AI Daily Brief is great if you want a quick update on the latest AI news.
The Knowledge Project is just a great overall discussion on decision making.
Latent Space for deep dives with different AI industry guests.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just because you listen to them doesn't mean you agree with everything they say -- I listen to Ezra Klein too and read Slow Boring, even though I disagree with almost everything they publish.
Of course not, it would be strange to agree with everything anyone says. I listen to Shapiro and his Daily Wire brethern even though I hardly agree with everything they say and consider most of them to be far too eager with the God hammer - Shapiro is one of the better ones in that respect, probably because Judaism doesn't proselytise - mostly because I want to get their perspective as a counterweight to the mostly '…
I basically feel the same way about Sam Harris also. I said "everything" but I probably turn off half of them at this point. I like when he interviews authors, I have found a lot of good books from his interviews. I'm atheist I naturally seem to agree with almost all his religious takes but the minute he starts talking about Trump it's a broken record.
Ill check out the other names. Thanks
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
His podcast has gotten a lot worse over the years. It feels over-produced now and he doesnt have a lot of interesting guests on anymore. 90% of it is useless policy wonks no one has heard of pumping their latest shitty book no one will read. Andrew Sullivan (Dish Cast) is doing a much better job and isnt associated with a main stream media org.
Klein is a smart liberal journalist and Sullivan is a smart conservative journalist. They both get guests from think tanks/mainstream media/academia. They both book guests that are on book tours. The distinction you're making is not really true.
Andrew Sullivan isnt conservative in 2025