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

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Post by claudiawerner »

willis936 wrote: post #143
arikr wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's one way to view it, certainly. The other way is that downvotes are a great tool for ensuring high quality discussion, and if the thread is about podcast episodes, then downvoting full podcasts helps keep the thread organized. Downvotes aren't necessarily bad, they may just mean - hey, this doesn't belong as much in this thread, so I'm voting on it to help organize the thread for other readers.

HN’s rules seem like they fall in line with positive psychology tenants. In the spirit of HN, downvotes seem like something reserved for mean spirited or inaccurate posts. If everyone downvotes for differences in purely subjective opinion, well, I’d just stick to reddit in that case.

dang and sctb have stated several times that it's OK to downvote for disagreement on HN. On the other hand, on Reddit it goes against Reddiquette (as published by Reddit) to do that - though of course it's very common.

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

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Post by neotek »

charliepark wrote: post #163
neotek wrote: post #158

So this probably isn't quite what you're looking for, but my favourite podcast discovery in 2019 was Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast. Each week Jess McKenna, Zach Reino, and their band are joined by a special guest and together they improvised an entire hour-long musical from scratch without anything prepared ahead of time, including the music. It's just utterly remarkable how good and clever and funny it is…

If you ever get the chance to see them, the Improvised Shakespeare Company does something in the same vein, and it’s absolutely incredible.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check them out!

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

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Post by shanecleveland »

krtkush wrote: post #9

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

13 Minutes was incredibly well done. A limited series best listened to from start to finish, so fair to recommend it in its entirety. For those in this audience looking for a gem: Episode 5 is about the Apollo Guidance Computer.

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Post by shanecleveland »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #88
arikr wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's one way to view it, certainly. The other way is that downvotes are a great tool for ensuring high quality discussion, and if the thread is about podcast episodes, then downvoting full podcasts helps keep the thread organized. Downvotes aren't necessarily bad, they may just mean - hey, this doesn't belong as much in this thread, so I'm voting on it to help organize the thread for other readers.

Agreed. I wish everyone who posted an entire podcast would have at least recommended a single impactful episode, especially as a place to start for those of us who haven't listened to the podcast at all.

Many podcasts are now released as a limited series or as seasons, best consumed from start to finish. “13 Minutes to the Moon,” “Man in the Window” and “In the Dark.” Come to mind. No less impactful and would be strange to recommend anything but the entire podcast, particularly since OP suggested full podcasts.

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Post by cprayingmantis »

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #93

There's two FoundMyFitness podcasts that positively impacted my life. I've been telling everyone I know to try a broccoli sprout smoothie because of the outstanding effect it's been having on my health. I suspect a fair number of HN readers might also benefit from giving it a try. Since this is still an active research topic I think it prudent to remind readers to take all health or medical claims with a grain of sal…

Could I just eat the sprouts in a salad of sorts? Smoothies aren't really my thing.

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Post by jfengel »

cprayingmantis wrote: post #186
TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #93

There's two FoundMyFitness podcasts that positively impacted my life. I've been telling everyone I know to try a broccoli sprout smoothie because of the outstanding effect it's been having on my health. I suspect a fair number of HN readers might also benefit from giving it a try. Since this is still an active research topic I think it prudent to remind readers to take all health or medical claims with a grain of sal…

Could I just eat the sprouts in a salad of sorts? Smoothies aren't really my thing.

Yes, you absolutely can. They make a sharper alternative to cabbage in a slaw. I tend to slice then fairly thin, as they can be tough to chew, but having done that you can use them in a lot of raw applications.

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

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Post by P_I_Staker »

guzey wrote: post #173
TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.…

>sleep is incredibly important for your health. do you have a citation on that? Sleep deprivation makes people sleepy and it does seem to have negative cognitive effects, but I'm not aware of evidence of negative health effects of lack of sleep.

Right, this is more controversial than people think. I've seen studies that you don't actually see a higher rate of mortality until the hours are ridiculously low. Like less than 4 hours, on average

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

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Post by cdaringe »

spikepuppet wrote: post #117

For me it's got to be the podcast "On The Metal" by the guys over at Oxide Computer Company. I was a big fan of a lot of the talks by Bryan Cantrill and Jess Frazelle, but hearing these two talk to people who worked on such interesting problems at some amazing points in history makes me so happy. It was also such a good reminder of why i wanted to do software, and re-ignited my love of working closer to the metal. In…

Agreed. The content recently on the Titan was super interesting. I'd like to here more from Jess! As much as I love Bryan, his incredible enthusiasm (awesome) dominates a lot of the convo.

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

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Post by zeendo »

WMCRUN wrote: post #168
Bilters wrote: post #74

If you're a history geek you should definitly check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. This year he only made 2 episodes. 'Supernova in the east' II & III. At a whopping 4 hours each these feel more like an audiobook crammed with history rather than a Podcast. But I can definitly recommend them both & the complete works of him of course.

So good. The Wrath of the Khans episodes are some of my favorites.

Agreed. I named my cat Ogodei because I got her while listening to that series. In fact, I just went and paid for those 4 eps to re-listen.

I really can't recommend HH enough and that series in particular.

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