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Re: Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2022?

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Post by mrleggs »

dvirsky wrote: post #60
mkaic wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh, it's interesting to see someone else's perspective here! Personally, I think Lex is a particularly remarkable/interesting/entertaining interviewer! He's one of the few where I don't feel like I'm wasting my time listening to his work. I can't speak for everyone, but I feel that his rise to prominence comes from his exceptional skill in navigating difficult conversations with esoteric or difficult people.

I listen to a lot of his episodes, but it's always because of the guest. He has amazing guests, no doubt about it.

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Post by mrleggs »

ryanklee wrote: post #115
dvirsky wrote: post #33

As an aside, I really wish Lex Fridman would make his interviews shorter and edit them a bit. Plus, I'm not trying to diss him but genuinely asking - he's not a particularly remarkable or interesting or entertaining interviewer (he's okay, and smart, but nothing out of the ordinary), how did he become such a prominent podcaster?

After he had the horrible judgement to interview Kanye West, I feel he lost credibility. He was never very insightful in the first place. Largely a veneer of sincerity papering over poor discernment of bad actors who don't deserve a seat at the table.

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Post by mrleggs »

rg111 wrote: post #112
dvirsky wrote: post #33

As an aside, I really wish Lex Fridman would make his interviews shorter and edit them a bit. Plus, I'm not trying to diss him but genuinely asking - he's not a particularly remarkable or interesting or entertaining interviewer (he's okay, and smart, but nothing out of the ordinary), how did he become such a prominent podcaster?

How he became a prominent podcaster- that I don't know. I can tell you why I like him. It's because he gives so much space to his guests, and these podcasts are solely structured as interviews. Many other podcasters think highly of themselves and talk too much- like an equal conversation. That annoys me. And I like his long-form content. I find the era of tiktok and short-everything distasteful. There should be long-…

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Post by mrleggs »

mkaic wrote: post #63
asadlionpk wrote: post #30

I really loved Lex's episodes with Carmack and Karpathy

To my surprise, his interview with Shapiro was also really good! I strongly disagree with Shapiro on many fronts, but his appearance on Lex's podcast is the most pleasant I've seen him act in any situation. It was fascinating.

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Post by mrleggs »

the_third_wave wrote: post #109

Well, there's... - the by now ubiquitous Lex Friedman because of the interesting guests he manages to snare. - James Lindsay's 'New Discourses' because he dares to shine a light on the cesspit which is academia nowadays - rather important for me seeing how as my daughter is intent on taking up English language and literature, a discipline which has become infested with the type of critical theory nonsense Lindsay has…

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Re: Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2022?

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Post by mosiuerbarso »

I love my history but it seems most of my fav podcasts have already been mentioned on here. However, no one has mentioned this one which is a podcast of lectures from the late great Joseph Campbell:

https://pathways-with-joseph-campbell.simplecast.com/episode...

If you enjoy superb analysis of ancient myths and religion check it out. Campbell was a major influence on people like George Lucas and others.

The audio is surprisingly good considering some of lectures are from the 60s and 70s.

I honestly can't get enough of this podcast.

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Post by lilsoso »

akudha wrote: post #26

I really enjoy this one - https://callingbullshitpodcast.com/episodes/ It is about the gap between companies' stated goals and their actual behavior. Citations needed - https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/ I think I found it on HN. Well worth your time Behind the bastards - exactly what it says on the title. Every episode is about a shitty human being (some alive, most dead). Listen to the episodes on Henry Kissinger…

There's a bizarre formula that Citations Needed uses in their titles to describe something they seem to disagree with in a way to immediately distance it from truth. They'll use the following words as synonyms: narrative, cliche, talking points, media, machine, stories, mythmaking, discourse, sentiment, framing, messaging, notions, theater, demagoguery, dogma, rhetoric, diatribe.

Pointing this out helps diminish whatever propaganda they might be distributing. Curiously, they seem to refrain from applying the word 'propaganda' to whatever it is they're describing, as that would reveal them as biased and their trick.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2022?

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Post by rsj_hn »

I enjoy all of these:

* Geopolitics - "The Duran" [realist foreign policy school] (on youtube). Two Greeks, one a reporter and one a former lawyer/civil servant in the UK. Alexander Mercouris is fantastic and has his own daily short videos.

* History - "Revolutions" podcast [Academic/liberal]. Formerly "The History of Rome" A great series on the transition of the West towards liberalism, and very well researched. On Spotify and perhaps other platforms.

* History/Education -- "Historia Civilis" [Academic/Educational]. A great podcast with animations suitable for educational use. Very entertaining and well researched. On youtube. If you want to know about the Constitution of Sparta or the Battle of Actium, this is the series for you!

* Music/Education -- "Everything Music" by Rick Beato [Music theory]. A great podcast where musical theory is applied to contemporary music, the structure of songs is often analyzed. On youtube.

* Journalism/Foreign Affairs -- "The Grayzone" [UK Independent Alt Media]. A group of independent journalists in the spirit of "The Intercept", if you want to know about what's going on in Burkina Faso, or ties between British Intelligence and various troll armies, then this is the podcast for you. A thorn in the side of Perfidious Albion and constantly under investigation in the UK. Episodes on youtube and they also have a media site online.

* Politics/Book Reviews -- "The Worthy House" by Charles Haywood [Hard Right Politics]. A series of 20 minute book reviews featuring primarily right politics but also some history and philosophy. On youtube. Charles reads each book and then critiques their ideas.

Non-podcast but off the beaten path online sources:

* Journalism/Foreign Affairs -- "MROnline" [Socialist/Alt Media]. Old School New York commie publication that was a platform for I. F. Stone and others. If you want to know why capitalism is slavery or the latest Western offenses against Venezuela, then this is the website for you. They have some high quality content that makes it worthwhile even though there is lots of cliche stuff as well.

* Diplomacy/Geopolitics -- "Indian Punchline" [Geopolitics/Non-Aligned] https://www.indianpunchline.com/ - A former Indian Diplomat covers geopolitcs, very interesting. Often covers important events ignored in Western media (e.g. the recent killing of 100 children in Kabul) and puts them in a larger geopolitical context from the Indian perspective.

* News/Geopolitics - "AZGeopolitics" [Eurasian Geopolitics] https://azgeopolitics.com If you want to know about the latest negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, or what China is doing in Pakistan, or how Russia is organizing a gas cartel similar to OPEC with Uzbekistan, then this is the news source for you. Also has Africa coverage. All from a pro-Eurasia/anti-West perspective.

Let me also make a shout out to the "Deadliest Roads" documentary series on youtube, which was originally produced by France Television, and is absolutely fantastic.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2022?

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Post by lamchob »

The Filmanalysis[0] - originally a German podcast, now also publishes episodes in english. While superficially a movie critic, the host Wolfgang M. Schmitt digs deep on the ideology side. He analyses the world view proposed by the creators of a piece, referencing works from sociology, psychology and philosophy.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/@thefilmanalysis2044

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