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Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why?

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Re: Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why?

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Post by eddyg »

I listen to the SANS Internet StormCast ("daily 5-10 minute information security threat updates") every morning: https://isc.sans.edu/podcast.html

Many of my other favorites have already been mentioned, but I also listen to:

Twenty Thousand Hertz ("stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds") https://www.20k.org

and have started listening to this new NPR podcast:

Wow in the World ("a new way for families to connect, look up and discover the wonders in the world around them. Every episode, hosts Mindy and Guy guide curious kids and their grown-ups away from their screens and on a journey. Through a combination of careful scientific research and fun, we'll go inside our brains, out into space, and deep into the coolest new stories in science and technology") http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510321/wow-in-the-world

Re: Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why?

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Post by mgamache »

arcticfox wrote: post #9

In addition to what I consider the usual suspects (Startup [Gimlet] / Radiolab / This American Life), I just added two a little more off the beaten path: The Pitch - Shark Tank on a podcast essentially. Somewhat deeper. The more recent episodes are way better than the first ones so just skip to the end. Waking Up - so refreshing to hear someone as thoughtful as Sam Harris on a regular basis. I love that he is so calm…

Waking Up (Sam Harris) is excellent. I'm a Patreon supporter.

Re: Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why?

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Post by swah »

dejawu wrote: post #38

- Accidental Tech Podcast (Marco Arment's podcast about Apple tech) - Harmontown - Obsessed with Joseph Scrimshaw

+1 for ATP. I don't even have any Apple hardware but I like their style, not so much technical, but focusing on other aspects engineers tend to care about (UX, product quality, economics, etc).

Re: Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why?

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Post by torbjorn »

kageneko wrote: post #58

I listen to a lot of horror fiction podcasts like Darkest Night, the No Sleep Podcast, some other fiction stuff like Rabbits and Alice Isn't Dead, and then some other stuff. Planet Money -- my favorite 99% Invisible Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal History Honeys Six Feats Under My wife is more into Sunday School Dropouts than I am, but I listen to it occasionally. She also listens to some other history podcasts but I do…

Another great podcast from the Marketplace team is Make Me Smart with Molly Wood and Kai Ryssdal

Re: Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why?

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Post by Dowwie »

arcticfox wrote: post #9

In addition to what I consider the usual suspects (Startup [Gimlet] / Radiolab / This American Life), I just added two a little more off the beaten path: The Pitch - Shark Tank on a podcast essentially. Somewhat deeper. The more recent episodes are way better than the first ones so just skip to the end. Waking Up - so refreshing to hear someone as thoughtful as Sam Harris on a regular basis. I love that he is so calm…

+1 for Waking Up. Sam could not have chosen a better title for his show.

Re: Ask HN: What Podcasts are you listening right now and why?

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Post by teh_klev »

georgespencer wrote: post #24

Two which I really enjoy: - In Our Time. Legendary BBC Radio 4 show in which four experts discuss a topic (e.g. 'enzymes', 'The Egyptian Book of the Dead', 'The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum') in terms a layperson can understand for about an hour, guided by a host who asks all the dumb questions for the listener. - Norm Macdonald Live. Former SNL castmember spends a couple of hours interviewing e.g. Billy Bob Thor…

I couldn't agree more about In Our Time. It's my weekly go-to programme on Radio 4 regardless of what subject they're discussing. On many subjects they've discussed I've usually picked up one or two books to learn more about events, people and things I didn't even know existed.
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