I have really enjoyed listening to CoRecursive with Adam Gordon Bell. The “Apple 2001” episode is a great one to get started with. It features a David Shayer, who worked on a secret project at Apple for a US Government contractor: http://corecursive.com/063-apple-2001
Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2021?
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#42All In pod.
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#43One very unconventional suggestion for HN but I really enjoyed the "Trash Taste Podcast". The three hosts have really funny stories and talk about a variety of interesting topics, more than just Anime, despite being branded as an Anime podcast. They also bring in a great selection of guests.
I don't usually listen to podcasts but I find myself sitting through 2 hours of Trash Taste every week
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeonmi Park has been caught lying and exaggerating so many times that it’s appropriate to consider her stories as entertainment rather than witness statements. https://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-strange-tale-of-yeonmi-p...
I'd be careful that you yourself don't try exaggerate your claims either. In the exact source your article links describing "serious inconsistencies in her story": > https://thediplomat.com/2014/10/north-korea-defectors-and-th... The rebuttals come from a Swiss-born businessman, Felix Abt, who I would say is an "interesting" guy himself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Abt https://twitter.com/felixabt He has capi…
Hey thanks for your thoughtful engagement on this!
I grew up behind the Iron Curtain, in the middle of Siberia, and witnessed the “glory” of a totalitarian communist government first hand. It was a different government, but also to a much more mature age than what Park saw herself. Since move abroad, I’ve seen “testimonials” from people with my background that were not technically wrong, but certainly were purified to fall into a specific spectrum of truth that is rewarded by the Western media. What strikes me the most is the way Park responded to the article - essentially she didn’t deny/engage any objections, and said she needs to review her (primary) sources. This position is as strong of an admission of “I don’t actually know what I’m talking about; these are folk stories I heard from someone else” as I’ve seen from my fellow countrymen and women. It’s not wrong, it’s “not even wrong”.
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#45Best is https://malicious.life/ and other good ones. https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ https://theintelligence.economist.com/ https://www.theskepticsguide.org/ https://www.newscientist.com/podcasts/ https://twit.tv/shows/security-now https://www.hanselminutes.com/ and here https://www.securitydegreehub.com/best-cybersecurity-podcast...
I used to listen to This Week in Virology every week, but I found that their scientific, er, restraint and skepticism of results unless and until they were Peer Reviewed and Randomly Controlled with huge sample sizes meant the info I was getting from the podcast was perpetually 1~4 months behind.
Granted you listen to TWiV exclusively for hits, not for misses, but since I’m not a doctor myself and I was listening to keep abreast of the pandemic, wildly out-of-date info and dismissive attitudes toward anything without an RCT weren’t doing it for me.
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#46Have to recommend the podcast from No Agenda. No Agenda, a show where former VJ Adam Curry and columnist John C. Dvorak, two experts from the media industry, have a conversation about politics. Twice a week they deconstruct the news cycle and give insights into the narrative of the mainstream media, political campaigns and the government. https://www.noagendashow.net/
This is not a great. I used to listen to it late 2000s-early 2010s era and honestly it was one of the worst podcasts I have heard when it comes to begging for money. Think the Wikipedia call to donations banner times 20. Whenever there used to be a week where they didn't get as many donation as they expected the hosts (esp Adam) would literally throw a fit on air acting pissy and threatening to quit the show. All the…
That whole 30 minutes of “call for donations” is actually them reading letters from donors - most of which are entertaining and informative.
Spinning the call for donations into a segment of content this way is pretty brilliant.
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#47EconTalk is still great after all these years.
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#48Daily I like: snacks daily, recode, today explained, and up first. If they have an interesting guest I do WTF (Marc Maron) and Smartless (Jason Bateman, Will Arnet and Sean Hayes)
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#49Fall of civilizations has the history of many: https://www.youtube.com/c/FallofCivilizationsPodcast I especially enjoyed https://youtu.be/d2lJUOv0hLA , as I had no idea the first cities were already so advanced and lasted for so many centuries.
Fall of Civilizations podcast is great, and I also loved the Sumerian episode. I had no idea they predated even Egypt for so much; giving us writing, accounting, base-60 numbers for time and angles, and so many myths (especially the flood) that seeped into all western religion.
I started contributing to a cuneiform Python repo. With Unicode, it’s incredible to see symbols from 5000+ years ago in your terminal!
𒉢𒁓𒆷 𒆠 𒆤!
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#50I listened to every episode of the Lex Fridman podcast in about 4 months.