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

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Post by hestefisk »

1over137 wrote: post #54
hestefisk wrote: post #31

2.5 Admins - with Jim Salter from Ars. It’s a great sys admin podcast BSD Now - everything *BSD. Quality has declined quite a bit since Benedict joined, though. Corecursive - some really great stories on software development. The recent one on debugging LISP in deep space is great. Changelog - Sometimes decent interviews with founders and in-depth tech interview. Avoid JS Party though, it’s really daunting. Cyber - s…

Wow, Off The Hook is still on? I listened like 25 years ago. Is it still good?

Yeah except when they do fundraising.

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

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Post by digianarchist »

LocalPCGuy wrote: post #75

I like the following, in no particular order: - Hardcore History (Dan Carlin, one of my few drop everything listens generally) - Behind the Tech (tech history interviews from Microsoft VP) - Security Now - The Secure Developer - Darknet Diaries - Intelligence Squared (oxford-style debate show) - Indie Hackers (bootstrapping business) - SyntaxFM (web dev, front end focused) - BaseCS (not sure if it's still going, but…

What am I missing about Dan Carlin? I'm 12 episodes [0] in and it's OK but not seeing why it's so revered.

[0] https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-12-steppe...

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

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Post by Fnoord »

Arkadin wrote: post #72
Fnoord wrote: post #25

Speak The Truth, to get proper, verified updates and assessments about the war in Ukraine by a former US army sniper.

Why would a former US army sniper have interesting insights into war in Ukraine? Unclear on both what a sniper’s perspective would bring to the discussion and why US army combat xp would be relevant to a war where the US army is not deployed.

Because he has recent combat experience, and therefore better tactical experience than the average Russian soldier. Also because the US army is less hierarchical and top-down than the Russian he has more operational and strategic insight. He filets the Russian army, with precision.

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

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Post by simooooo »

johnturek wrote: post #90

No Agenda Show https://www.noagendashow.net ITM! Welcome to the home of The No Agenda Show, an award-winning podcast where Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak, two experts from the media industry, discuss news & politics. Twice a week they deconstruct the news cycle and give insights into the narrative of the mainstream media, governments and political campaigns. For more information, please read our mission statement.

very fun podcast, just take it with a grain of salt

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

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Post by BossingAround »

ripplefringe wrote: post #14

A suggestion I would have is treat the podcast a library to choose from and not a subscription. For example: * maybe you don’t love Marc Maron but you LOVE David Sedaris. Just listen to that interview. * maybe you hate news but you’re curious about a specific current event. See if “The Daily” has an episode on that. I’d recommend finding high quality podcasts and looking through their archive. There is no better podc…

The daily is an absolute must listen (on a daily basis)

Today explained is a poor cousin of the daily, but it is worth the listen if you get over the "we're cool and hip" nonsense.

This american life is great if an episode lines up with your interests.

OP, don't sleep on these.

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

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Post by BossingAround »

digianarchist wrote: post #102
LocalPCGuy wrote: post #75

I like the following, in no particular order: - Hardcore History (Dan Carlin, one of my few drop everything listens generally) - Behind the Tech (tech history interviews from Microsoft VP) - Security Now - The Secure Developer - Darknet Diaries - Intelligence Squared (oxford-style debate show) - Indie Hackers (bootstrapping business) - SyntaxFM (web dev, front end focused) - BaseCS (not sure if it's still going, but…

What am I missing about Dan Carlin? I'm 12 episodes [0] in and it's OK but not seeing why it's so revered. [0] https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-12-steppe...

You probably don't like audiobooks on history. He's just great at telling captivating historical stories and finding interesting historical angles. If that's not your thing (or if you have a PhD in historical studies and think he's crazy/wrong/too reductive/...), that's totally OK.

By the way, he also has a podcast called Common Sense, which is focusing on politics (as the name suggests).

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

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Post by BossingAround »

LocalPCGuy wrote: post #75

I like the following, in no particular order: - Hardcore History (Dan Carlin, one of my few drop everything listens generally) - Behind the Tech (tech history interviews from Microsoft VP) - Security Now - The Secure Developer - Darknet Diaries - Intelligence Squared (oxford-style debate show) - Indie Hackers (bootstrapping business) - SyntaxFM (web dev, front end focused) - BaseCS (not sure if it's still going, but…

I used hardcore history as a fun way to study boring topics at uni. It's not suitable as the only source, but it was definitely the most fun source to study.

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

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Post by BossingAround »

notatoad wrote: post #49

I find podcasts a terrible format for anything technical, where I want to be able to read tangential material as necessary. But I’ve had a few long drives recently and have been the sort of pop-infotainment genre. 99% invisible and various podcasts highlighted on there

Agreed, I too find podcasts to be fairly bad at with deeply technical topics. The best I found are podcasts like Linux after dark or Stack Overflow Podcast. Anything more technical than that and I just zone out. Might be just me.
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