Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?

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Post by appwiz » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 8:35 PM UTC

I’ve tried building a habit to listen to podcasts but to no avail. I don’t feel like I’ve found the right ones yet that fit into my sweet spot. I’m interested in a few topics: biographies, software design, and learning about advanced financial investing (e.g. private equity).

What are you listening to? Would love recommendations.

Re: Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?

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Post by stop50 » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 9:29 PM UTC

Season 5 of command line heroes has a few bios of people nobody knows: https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes

Re: Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?

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Post by laptop-man » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 9:41 PM UTC

no sleep podcast the lucky die dark dice gray rooms stuff you should know white vault this week in tech

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Post by qamorgan » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 9:53 PM UTC

If you haven’t listened to Acquired, I highly recommend checking it out. Really great startup history podcast.

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Post by piecerough » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 10:02 PM UTC

Are you interested in biographies of... anyone? Personally, I like to hear stories behind people interviewed which I listen to.

Somewhat related to your interests could be Planet Money, Freakonomics, Robot Brains, Business Wars

Re: Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?

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Post by liamwire » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 10:35 PM UTC

For casual listening, I really like Connected, and Cortex, from Relay FM—the former being an Apple-centric podcast, the latter being anything productivity-adjacent, and co-hosted by CGP Grey.

For more niche, ‘serious’ interests, Peter Attia’s podcast, The Drive, and it’s short-form counterpart, The Qualies, are fantastic. Truly world-class conversations. Another in the same league is Sam Harris’ podcast, Making Sense.

Finally, for sheer entertainment value that intersects the world of technology, Darknet Diaries has been a favourite for years.

Re: Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?

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Post by LorenDB » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

This Week in Linux and Destination Linux, both by the TuxDigital network.

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Post by r0fl » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 10:43 PM UTC

All in Podcast has really grown on me.

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Post by jpm_sd » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 10:45 PM UTC

If you like Star Trek and dumb jokes, I enjoy:

The Greatest Generation

https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/greatest-generation/

The Greatest Discovery

https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/the-greatest-discovery/

Other good ones that are more serious:

Triple Click

The Ezra Klein Show

Ear Hustle

BBC In Our Time

BBC 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy

The Amp Hour

PCB Chat

On Track PCB Design Podcast

Internet History Podcast

Smartless

The Well

Song Exploder

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Post by Luke800 » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 10:48 PM UTC

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