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Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by devchix » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 3:44 AM UTC

mercury_craze wrote: post #20

I found the Planet Money episode Big Rigged surprisingly moving. It covered the business model of American trucking company Prime through the story of Kimberly. It was the all too familiar story of employee rights being eroded through a shady business model. Prime were exploiting workers by encouraging them to operate as independent contractors with an exclusive contract whilst also loaning them their truck, setting…

Planet Money does some great reporting, the things they uncover, man, it's depressing. The episode about plastic recycling and advertising, the episode about REDMAP, the episode about the black woman who had her traffic ticket dismissed and still owed the courts $300. There are happy jems too but right now I can't think of any.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by Balgair » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 3:59 AM UTC

Art Of Manliness Podcast #619: What Driving Tells Us About Agency, Skill, and Freedom

Self-driving cars are the future of transportation, right? No more car maintenance, no more traffic, no more accidents. It may sound great on the face of it, but in this thought-provoking conversation, Matthew Crawford argues that shifting from being a driver to being a mere passenger represents a kind of existential risk.

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-619-what-dri...

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by TheRealWatson » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 4:23 AM UTC

mercury_craze wrote: post #20

I found the Planet Money episode Big Rigged surprisingly moving. It covered the business model of American trucking company Prime through the story of Kimberly. It was the all too familiar story of employee rights being eroded through a shady business model. Prime were exploiting workers by encouraging them to operate as independent contractors with an exclusive contract whilst also loaning them their truck, setting…

Good call. That one was memorable.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by jjj123 » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 4:46 AM UTC

newbie789 wrote: post #40

TrueAnon podcast episode 100: Brat Camp. It's about "therapy boarding schools" or "residential treatment facilities" that purport to help teens with behavioral or emotional issues, drug addiction etc. but often are absolutely horrifying dens of severe child abuse and borderline cult-like brainwashing techniques to get kids in line. I can personally attest to the accuracy of their description of what goes on at these…

Wow. Thank you for sharing. That was super fascinating, I’ve never heard of these schools.

I’ve never really listened to TrueAnon but the host is pretty interesting. He fought with some socialists against isis in syria and helped unionize anchor steam brewery here in sf.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by nus07 » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 4:49 AM UTC

American Rehab

Reveal exposes how a treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid, shadow workforce.

https://revealnews.org/american-rehab/

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by reffaelwallen » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 5:26 AM UTC

Checkout https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25553772

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by prabhupant » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 5:43 AM UTC

Joe Rogan Brett Weinstein

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 5:46 AM UTC

alangibson wrote: post #42

lawn wrote: post #17

Hardcore History: Supernova in the East, part 5. It's about Japan during the second world war and there's something about the absolutely insane Japanese mentality that lead civilians to commit mass suicide that captivated me. The whole series, and really the whole of Hardcore History is absolutely amazing and even if you think you don't like history you absolutely should give it a try. Blueprint of Armageddon is stil…

I'm a big fan too, but beware of his pretty bog standard reading of history. For instance, he makes plenty of insinuations in the Supernova series about how the US basically had to nuke Japan because they were so fanatical.

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Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by sun_bear » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 5:49 AM UTC

alangibson wrote: post #42

lawn wrote: post #17

Hardcore History: Supernova in the East, part 5. It's about Japan during the second world war and there's something about the absolutely insane Japanese mentality that lead civilians to commit mass suicide that captivated me. The whole series, and really the whole of Hardcore History is absolutely amazing and even if you think you don't like history you absolutely should give it a try. Blueprint of Armageddon is stil…

I'm a big fan too, but beware of his pretty bog standard reading of history. For instance, he makes plenty of insinuations in the Supernova series about how the US basically had to nuke Japan because they were so fanatical.

There are quite a lot of arguments supporting this view, see e.g. "Jon Stewart, War Criminals & The True Story of the Atomic Bombs" [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylMbvf3sn_g

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Post by mongol » Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 6:00 AM UTC

crispyambulance wrote: post #7

Oops it was from July 2019, but I heard it in 2020... 13 Minutes to the Moon. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2 A magnificent BBC podcast series that covers in extreme detail the Apollo 11 mission, including explanations of the busy chatter that you hear from mission control audio.

They had a series about Apollo 13 this year. It needed to be paused because one of the producers were a doctor that needed to help with Covid, but later it was completed.