Tulsi Gabbard on Joe Rogan. I don't agree with her on everything but listening to her ideas on US policy was a like getting into a plunge pool.
Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I also listen to In our time. But maybe it is because I am not native English speaker, but I find the host quite rude to the experts, often interrupts them unnecessarily etc?
I know what you mean, but I think it’s more down to the fact that it’s broadcast live on BBC radio, and they have 45 minutes to cover as much as they can of the week’s topic. The host, Melvyn Bragg, has to run a tight ship to keep the guests from drifting from the topic or going in to too much detail. (The opposite problem — a poor chairperson — is often why meetings at work can drag or seem unfocused.) I love In Our…
I agree with you. I find Melvyn Braggs rudeness quite useful. (And it doesn't seem like the quests mind. I mean, they're adults, they can handle some pressure to be succinct.)
Re: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
#43Episode 3 of the 1619 Project's podcast: The Birth of American Music: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-ameri...
And generally Why Is This Happening is fantastic. Here are three of my favorite episodes from the past year:
Michael Lewis of Moneyball fame: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/how-break-federal-gove...
David Wallace-Wells on climate change: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/fighting-climate-actio...
Jesse Eisinger from ProPublica on the challenges of taxing the super-rich: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/can-we-tax-rich-jesse-...
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#44Every episode of Darknet Diaries[0]. Episode 49 and the two Xbox Underground episodes are excellent, but regardless of where you start you cannot go wrong with Darknet Diaries.
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#45Naval Ravikant on Joe Rogan. Probably the highest wisdom per minute piece of media I've ever consumed.
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#46"The level-up engineering" podcast had some really valuable insights on engineering management
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#47Peter Thiel on Eric Weinstein's The Portal. John Carmack on Joe Rogan - not really impactful but still a really good episode.
I love listening to Carmack babble.
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#48Tyler Cowen interviews Sam Altman — https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/tyler-cowen-sam-...
Naval’s “You Won’t Get Rich Renting Out Your Time” (and the whole series) — https://nav.al/renting-time
The Portal: Werner Herzog — https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eua5iPUKw6Y
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#49All Killa No Feminism. A crossover episode between The Guilty Feminist and All Killa No Filla (crime podcast): http://guiltyfeminist.libsyn.com/the-guilty-feminist-crossov... - Hilarious and eye opening.
I think that one was the episode that really drove home some of what women go through daily. I'd known before, but somehow that particular episode managed to highlight things in a way that really clicked with me.
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#50Waypoint (aka, Vice Games) -- A games podcast that takes a very lefty, critical lens towards the games industry. Covering a wide variety of topics from organizing to reviews of what's happening. It's nice to hear people talk about games as a medium that deserves some thoughtful critique.