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Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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The "David Tennant Does a Podcast With…" episode where he interviewed George Takei, talking about his imprisonment as a child during WWII because he is Japanese-American was very interesting. https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIRA3698D3E3VB3

This is a really good interview podcast, I also recommend the episodes with Olivia Colman & the one with Ian McKellen. Honestly most of the episodes are worth checking out.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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I loved this interview Lex Fridman had with George Hotz. He's very opinionated original thinker with the credentials to back it up. He runs comma.ai, sellers of a device that can plug into many cars and drive for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwcYp-XT7UI&list=PLrAXtmErZg...

had to give up on that one at about 1:30:00 even Lex seems tired. No offense but the ratio of trolling and content with Hotz is way too high. I enjoyed Lex episodes with his father and Alex Garland though.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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My absolute favorite of this year is in my native tounge Swedish and is about fires in our perhaps dystopian future: https://podd.app/podcast/p3-dystopia/brandernas-tidsalder On second place, it got to be Notpetya, by Darknet Diaries ( https://podd.app/podcast/darknet-diaries/54-notpetya ). Technically released in late december 2019, but I listened to it in januari 2020. It's about Notpetya, the virus/worm that attac…

Yes! Darknet diaries. Episode 67 - The Big House, where he gets his mum to break into a prison for him, it was just so well done. Made me want to change careers ;)

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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Completely non Hacker News fit but I really like listening to the German Gemischtes Hack podcast.

It's essentially just two funny guys talking trash with little space for serious topics.

With a media landscape that's become increasingly geared towards always showing you the extremes, listening to Gemisches Hack is simply relaxing.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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To me it was the conclusion of a series rather than a single episode: the 5-part "How to duck up an airport" podcast [1] explaining what went wrong with Berlin's long-delayed BER airport published their last episode this year.

The airport is a master class in how not to plan a project. The airport spent more than 5 times it's budget, it opened 9 years late, and may already be too small. There was talk that they may already be broke, and that was before Corona brought down air traffic to a halt. The podcast goes through everything that went wrong, starting in the early 90s.

[1] https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/ber/

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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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…

I will be launching a podcast soon and would love to listen to you about this. Can promise nothing regarding audience size but do guarantee a good interview (used to have a radio show back in the day). This subject has begun to haunt me. Deets in profile.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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post #14

I loved this interview Lex Fridman had with George Hotz. He's very opinionated original thinker with the credentials to back it up. He runs comma.ai, sellers of a device that can plug into many cars and drive for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwcYp-XT7UI&list=PLrAXtmErZg...

I really enjoyed the this one with Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbdRIVCBqNI

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?

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I loved this interview Lex Fridman had with George Hotz. He's very opinionated original thinker with the credentials to back it up. He runs comma.ai, sellers of a device that can plug into many cars and drive for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwcYp-XT7UI&list=PLrAXtmErZg...

Credentials? Lex has no such thing. Hes an imposter leveraging his association with MIT. His work was never peer reviewed and he shills for tesla. When he was called out on this he started to sensor people on twitter for highlighting these facts. Lex is a fraud. I can't believe how easily some people are duped into belief. But then I remember Joe rogan probably has the biggest podcast flowing on earth.
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