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Re: Ask HN: Which podcasts do you listen to/watch?

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Post by rustybailey »

Mostly comedy, but...

* Comedy Bang Bang - http://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-bang-bang/

* Who Charted? - http://www.earwolf.com/show/who-charted/

* WTF with Marc Maron - http://www.wtfpod.com/

* The Indoor Kids - http://www.nerdist.com/podcast_channel/the-indoor-kids-chann...

* Brainy Gamer (hasn't been updated in a while): http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/podcast/

Re: Ask HN: Which podcasts do you listen to/watch?

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Post by shrikant »

I'm loving the suggestions.

I compiled a list of the podcasts I listen to in a series of posts here: http://tech.theswamp.in/blog/categories/podcast/

For people who don't want to click through, or just want the list:

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1. NEWS & ANALYSIS

a. BBC Analysis

b. BBC Any Questions & Any Answers

c. Freakonomics Radio

d. KCRW's Left, Right & Center

e. NPR Series Weekends on All Things Considered

f. BBC A Point Of View (Started listening to this since after I wrote the post)

g. NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour (Started listening to this since after I wrote the post)

2. QUIZZES

a. Do The Right Thing

b. BBC Friday Night Comedy - The News Quiz

c. International Waters

d. NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

e. NPR’s Ask Me Another

3. GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT

a. BBC 7 Day Sunday#

b. Answer Me This!

c. BBC Friday Night Comedy - The Now Show

d. Ian Collins Wants A Word

e. BBC Mark Kermode & Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews

f. BBC Newsjack

g. BBC Confessions

h. The Bugle

4. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

a. BBC Let’s Talk About Tech

b. BBC The Infinite Monkey Cage

c. Radiolab

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This may seem like a lot, but not all of them run throughout the year, and some of them only do a few shows a year. I hope you find this useful!

Tangentially, I've noticed that the highest quality podcasts come from publicly funded outlets like the BBC and NPR.

Re: Ask HN: Which podcasts do you listen to/watch?

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Post by NortySpock »

Omega Tau -- "Science and Engineering in your headphones" -- technically oriented interviews with scientists (often physicists), engineers and technical workers by a German software engineer, in both English and German. Often leans towards aerospace due to host also being an amateur glider pilot.

http://omegataupodcast.net/

Re: Ask HN: Which podcasts do you listen to/watch?

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Post by simmons »

* Software Engineering Radio. This podcast has great guests and isn't afraid to cover quite technical topics. Although, I think it has a bias towards enterprise software development, which isn't one of my major interests. http://www.se-radio.net/

* BBC's Infinite Monkey Cage. Each installment of this lighthearted show is a panel discussion among various scientists and comedians about a particular topic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc

* The Command Line. A one-man podcast about technology issues. http://thecommandline.net/

I'm always on the lookout for any good podcasts covering hard technical topics or items of interest to the HN crowd, although they seem to be hard to come by. I miss the short-lived HNpod show!

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