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Re: Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly?

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My favorite story format podcast is RadioLab. Their recent story, "Punchline" deserves a Webby Award.

For economics and society, I listen to EconTalk.

Sam Harris's show (Making Sense) uses a long interview format that works really well for his show, which explores controversial subjects.

Brian Lehrer on WNYC is my source for local NYC and NJ interests.

The other hundred podcast shows I subscribe to are occasionally listened to.

Re: Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly?

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I will listen to every episode of:

* 99% Invisible

* Hardcore History

* Hello Internet

* No Such Thing as a Fish

* Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me

Close are Deutschlandfunk Hintergrund, Planet Money, Reply All, SRF Digital, Echo der Zeit, Reply All, Revisionist History and The New Yorker Radio Hour.

If I have time to catch up or need to fill some time, The Moth, Making Sense, Radiolab, Fresh Air, Ask me Another and Hello from the Magic Tavern.

Re: Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly?

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a16z: long and sometimes overwhelming but in a positive way, with great guests from the tech industry

FT Alphachat: my favorite finance-focused podcast with the least buzz, covering one topic in-depth each time

Global News Podcast: daily from the BBC, great for educating yourself on world issues that you otherwise wouldn't hear about, with lots of primary sources and interviews

Stuff You Should Know: two super easy-to-listen-to geeks, geeking out about various topics from ancient history to dyslexia to how things work :)

Y Combinator: solid tech podcast with top-notch guests, and more focused on practicalities and experiences than a16z's abstract, macro-level ideas

Re: Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly?

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Mindscape with Sean Carroll. Interview format with a wide range of accomplished guests and interesting topics -- including physics from time to time, as the host is a physicist.

Making Sense with Sam Harris (formerly called Waking Up). He has some really great episodes with intellectually stimulating content and guests, but occasionally he misses the mark or gets caught up in some unnecessary controversy. The episode summaries are very helpful for choosing which episodes are valuable to listen to.

Meta note: I'm a huge fan of the long-interview format which gives a unique opportunity to have these expansive discussions on complex and interesting in the public space. I'd love to find more like the above.

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