Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by hnu0847 » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:01 PM UTC

What were your favorite podcast episodes of 2022?

Mine were:

Hardcore History Blitz 68 - Human Resources (https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-68-blitz-human-resources/) - discusses the history of the Atlantic slave trade

Fall of Civilizations 16: https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/ - discusses the rise and fall of the Bagan Empire of Myanmar

Lex Fridman #309 - John Carmack (https://lexfridman.com/john-carmack/)

The Missing Cryptoqueen 11: Operation Satellite (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads) - this is the latest episode in an ongoing BBC series that investigates the whereabouts of Ruja Ignatova, founder of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam. I recommend starting from episode 1 if you're not familiar with the story.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by TotoHorner » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

How do you compare Fall of Civilizations to Hardcore History?

Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by kranke155 » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:48 PM UTC

TotoHorner wrote: post #2

How do you compare Fall of Civilizations to Hardcore History? Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.

Pretty sure r/AskHistorians considers Hardcore History to be really innacurate.

BBC’s In Our Time podcast is a far superior counterpart, where academics from leading universities discuss a chose topic. It’s well moderated and beautifully informative.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by flappyeagle » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:56 PM UTC

kranke155 wrote: post #3

TotoHorner wrote: post #2

How do you compare Fall of Civilizations to Hardcore History? Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.

Pretty sure r/AskHistorians considers Hardcore History to be really innacurate. BBC’s In Our Time podcast is a far superior counterpart, where academics from leading universities discuss a chose topic. It’s well moderated and beautifully informative.

Thank you for this! Exactly what I needed

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by aato » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 5:01 PM UTC

The John Carmack interview with Lex Friedman - it reminded me that becoming a specialized IC can be a viable terminal career state; that moving into management needn’t be the ultimate goal.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by meheleventyone » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 5:16 PM UTC

kranke155 wrote: post #3

TotoHorner wrote: post #2

How do you compare Fall of Civilizations to Hardcore History? Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.

Pretty sure r/AskHistorians considers Hardcore History to be really innacurate. BBC’s In Our Time podcast is a far superior counterpart, where academics from leading universities discuss a chose topic. It’s well moderated and beautifully informative.

Yeah I'd second In Our Time, it's a long running Radio show and covers culture, science, religion, philosophy and history. Really great nuggets on loads of topics. Plus they provide a full reading list for each show.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by solardev » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 5:16 PM UTC

aato wrote: post #5

The John Carmack interview with Lex Friedman - it reminded me that becoming a specialized IC can be a viable terminal career state; that moving into management needn’t be the ultimate goal.

How so? Didn't he move to Meta to manage/lead their VR efforts, then left that for his own startup?

That doesn't mean he never gets to code anymore, but he's not really just an IC anymore, is he?

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by TotoHorner » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 5:17 PM UTC

kranke155 wrote: post #3

TotoHorner wrote: post #2

How do you compare Fall of Civilizations to Hardcore History? Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.

Pretty sure r/AskHistorians considers Hardcore History to be really innacurate. BBC’s In Our Time podcast is a far superior counterpart, where academics from leading universities discuss a chose topic. It’s well moderated and beautifully informative.

source?

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by birdymcbird » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 5:31 PM UTC

Hard to pick specific episodes but all in and this week in tech were my favorite podcasts.

Lex Friedman interviews with Robin Hanson on “grabby aliens” and Carmack were also really god

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?

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Post by thorin » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

The first one I thought of was John Carmack. Also the broken record podcast of rick rubin doing interviews of all of the red hot chili peppers had some fantastic stories.

Edit, the lex episode with Jack Barsky too ( spy)