Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#1

Post by adilmajid » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:04 PM UTC

Especially curious to hear about any programming or design related podcasts

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#2

Post by dethstar » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:25 PM UTC

I have not listened to it but http://www.thetalkingmachines.com/ is a podcast about machine learning. It was posted on HN some time ago.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#3

Post by icey » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:28 PM UTC

It's not especially programming or design related; but I was recently turned on to EconTalk (http://www.econtalk.org/) and it's been very enjoyable. Especially good talks were:

* Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/12/nick_bostrom_on.htm...

* Piketty on Inequality and Capital in the 21st Century: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/09/thomas_piketty.html

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#4

Post by slamus » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:29 PM UTC

Developer Tea is a short, fresh and very interesting programming podcast: https://www.developertea.com/

It's just a delight.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#5

Post by sboak » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:33 PM UTC

For Design topics, check out 99% Invisible (http://99percentinvisible.org/) and Design Details (http://www.designdetails.fm/). I feel silly mentioning This American Life (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/) since it seems like everyone's heard of it, but the quality of the show is just so incredible I can't leave it out. There's the quality of TAL's storytelling and then there's everything else... Radiolab is also incredible (http://www.radiolab.org/) for more technical/scientific topics, but it's definitely not specific to engineering/software.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

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Post by Red_Tarsius » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:38 PM UTC

I can't recommend anything about programming/design, but I listen to Ask Altucher and The James Altucher Podcast. He interviews successful people – mostly entrepreneurs – from all walks of life. It's very interesting to hear all the past struggles and failures. James somehow makes the guests reveal the most intimate experiences. http://goo.gl/bJBMqN

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

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Post by fredrikcarno » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:40 PM UTC

Not at all tech related, but I like to listen to The Unexplained podcast with the British radio profile Howard Hughes. It's a bit out there, but his voice, and his broadcast pedigree makes it very relaxing to listen to, at least for me.

http://www.theunexplained.tv/

Have a great day Best Fredrik

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#8

Post by Old_Thrashbarg » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:41 PM UTC

dethstar wrote: post #2

I have not listened to it but http://www.thetalkingmachines.com/ is a podcast about machine learning. It was posted on HN some time ago.

The Talking Machines is my favorite machine learning podcast. So far they've had interviews with many of the big names in ML: Yann LeCun, Goeff Hinton, Yoshua Bengio.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#9

Post by kweinber » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:42 PM UTC

Invisibilia is new but sure to be a hit: http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/

Also Startup: http://gimletmedia.com/show/startup/

Both dance around our world regularly enough to include them.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?

#10

Post by kristiandupont » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 6:44 PM UTC

I am a premium member of Mixergy. I forget about it for months and then remember again, listen to a random interview and almost always take away something valuable. I like Andrew Warners interview style. He is very kind and respectful but he is still good at asking questions until you get down to the details that actually matter.