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Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

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Re: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

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Fighter Pilot Podcast - 1) B-52 Stratofortress 2) Mig-29 Fulcrum 3) SR-71 Blackbird The Seen and The Unseen - 1) Our Colorful Past 2) The 2019 Elections 3) The India-Pakistan Conflict 4) Kashmir and Article 370 Lapham's Quarterly - 1) William Dairymple The Joe Rogan Experience - 1). Edward Snoweden NPR Throughline - 1) The Dark Side Of The Moon Podcast series - 1) 13 Minutes To The Moon 2) The Chernobyl Podcast

There's a fighter jet podcast?! My inner jet-obsessed child is very excited for this.

Yes! And a very good one at that.

Re: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

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The Assembly Line[0] is a podcast from the NES Home brew scene. Was fun to learn that NES development continues using 6502 assembly. Can be supported via Patreon[1]

[0] https://open.spotify.com/show/2VsQ6qauI2R8yqbfNTnIk7 [1] https://www.patreon.com/nesassemblyline

Re: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

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Matthew Walker, PhD on sleep - part I and II on The Peter Attia Drive podcast. It was really a wake up call for sleep hygeine, and prompted me to get a sleep study, which has changed my life after getting a sleep device.

I really enjoyed his book Why We Sleep, but I think it important to inform people about the criticisms that have been been raised against some of his claims [0]. If you listen to him remember to take claims with a grain of salt. HN discussion from two months ago [1].

The thesis is still solid though: sleep is incredibly important for your health.

[0] https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21546850

Re: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

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Matthew Walker, PhD on sleep - part I and II on The Peter Attia Drive podcast. It was really a wake up call for sleep hygeine, and prompted me to get a sleep study, which has changed my life after getting a sleep device.

I really enjoyed his book Why We Sleep, but I think it important to inform people about the criticisms that have been been raised against some of his claims [0]. If you listen to him remember to take claims with a grain of salt. HN discussion from two months ago [1]. The thesis is still solid though: sleep is incredibly important for your health. [0] https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.…

Has walker responded to this?

Re: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

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I'm not sure what is meant by impactful, but for me the most interesting podcasts this year have all been miniseries, namely

* 13 Minutes to the Moon (13 episodes) - a documentary about the 13 minutes leading up to the first moon landing

* The Drop Out (8 episodes) - a documentary about Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes

* The Missing CryptoQueen (10 episodes) - a documentary about the OneCoin scam and how far it has reached, along with the disappearance of its founder.

In terms of stand out episodes:

* Supernova in the East III (Hardcore History) - a continuation of the 'Supernova' series, I recommend listening to the first 2 though.

Re: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

#30
The episode of Michael Taft's excellent 'Deconstructing Yourself' podcast featuring Douglas Tataryn was definitely a 2019 highlight.

Excellent exploration of the intersection of psychotherapy and meditation. With bonus Circling practise and Integral theory talk thrown in.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/meditation-emotions-bi...

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