Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

#1

Post by superfresh » Sat, Dec 29, 2012, 7:06 PM UTC

I'm thinking of getting into a few more podcasts in the new year. What were some of your favorites in 2012?

Re: Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

#2

Post by karolisd » Sat, Dec 29, 2012, 7:13 PM UTC

It's not technical, the only podcast I listen to is: WTF with Marc Maron - http://www.wtfpod.com/ - he's a comedian who usually interviews comedians and they can go pretty deep sometimes

Re: Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

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Post by superfresh » Sat, Dec 29, 2012, 7:28 PM UTC

karolisd wrote: post #2

It's not technical, the only podcast I listen to is: WTF with Marc Maron - http://www.wtfpod.com/ - he's a comedian who usually interviews comedians and they can go pretty deep sometimes

Yeah, I've heard some great episodes of WTF. It's one of the few I listened to this past year as well. Its interesting hearing a more serious side of comedy, the guests he has on are pretty well-known too.

Re: Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

#4

Post by keiferski » Sat, Dec 29, 2012, 7:58 PM UTC

NPR's Planet Money

Lapham's Quarterly

Re: Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

#5

Post by dmschulman » Sat, Dec 29, 2012, 8:19 PM UTC

Seconding Planet Money (http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/), in fact the whole Marketplace team is pretty stellar (http://www.marketplace.org/marketplace-podcasts)

TWIT is always pretty fun as well (http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/)

Smithsonian puts out an interesting presentation every so often too (http://www.si.edu/podcasts/)

Granted these are all great podcasts, but they've been around and entertaining way before 2012.

Re: Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

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Post by noselasd » Sat, Dec 29, 2012, 8:36 PM UTC

The http://packetpushers.net/ guys are great.

Re: Ask HN: Best podcasts in 2012?

#7

Post by jarek-foksa » Sat, Dec 29, 2012, 8:42 PM UTC

I was listening to Mohammed Abshaun's videlog [1] most often this year. It helped me a lot in getting stuff done and kept me motivated to work on my startup. I also like Mixergy, but I guess everybody here knows about it.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/user/mohammedabshaun/videos?view=0