Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?

Sam Harris

Freakonomics

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Revisionist History

Blogginheads.tv: The Glenn Show

Masters of Scale

Side Hustle School

Indie Hackers

Most of these comments here just list the names of the podcasts. Please include a description and your personal comments so that others can consider if they might also be interested.

I will just mention a few:

Hardcore History: The name is pretty good description of what it contains. If 2-4 hour episodes that dig into the why and how of a particular topic in history is not for you, then neither is this podcast.

Dan Carlin focus on ideas and not so much on dates. His pods are infrequent and long.

Martyr Made: Started out with the best, most indepth description of the history of the creation of Israel (from about 1880 to 1949) in the form of over 25 hours of content, some of which is seriously depressing. A good showcase for some of the worst humans can do (on both sides of the conflict). Best enjoyed with a pause button and so not for children.

Joe Rogan: (only added here because others have mentioned it). I subscribe but have only listened to a couple episodes. My main complaint is that they are way too frequent and the title is just whomever he interviews so if the name doesn't ring a bell you will have spend a couple hours figuring out if it is worth listing to.

How it began: Stories of how we got particular techs, from refrigiation to computers. Contains music and background sounds so it fells more like a radio documentary than a podcast. Highly recommended, have listened to several episodes multiple times.

Contex: Same author as how it began, but simpler in production and focuses more on the context of something: like Guns Germs and Steel; the wealth and poverty of nations and so on. The podcast is only a few episodes in.

Marketplace

In addition to may that others have mentioned such as JRE, Waking Up, Convos with Tyler, my main go-to is:

The Fifth Column - A weekly libertarian-ish take on the news and media, with lots of hilarity, generally while the hosts finish a bottle of listener-supported bourbon. Kmele Foster runs it along with Matt Welch (Reason) and Michael Moynihan (Vice News).