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Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?
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#123Comedy panel shows
Do the right thing - UK comedy panel show hosted by Danielle Ward and team captains Michael Legge and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Pappy's flatshare slamdown - Comedy panel show hosted and captained by UK sketch comedy group Pappy's.
InKredulous - Skeptical comedy panel show.
News and current affairs
Citizen radio - Independent left-wing political show.
The Bugle - Satirical news podcast hosted by Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver.
Skepticism
Be reasonable - A skeptic interviews people whose ideas are "outside of the mainstream" in a polite and respectful way.
InKredulous - Skeptical comedy panel show.
Skeptics with a K - UK based skeptical podcast. Light-hearted, with a focus on scientific skepticism.
Skeptoid - US based skeptical podcast. Each episode dives into debunking a single topic.
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe - US based skeptical podcast.
Science
The Infinite Monkey Cage - Comedic panel discussion show about science hosted by Robin Ince and Brian Cox.
Factual entertainment
The Allusionist - A podcast about words and language hosted by Helen Zaltzman.
Answer me this! - The hosts Helen Zaltzman (sister of Bugle's Andy Zaltzman), Ollie Mann and Martin the Soundman answer questions submitted by the general public.
No such thing as a fish - Some of the QI Elves that research for the TV show get together to discuss their favourite facts they've discovered in the past week.
Serial - Each series is an ongoing story/documentary. Season 1 is an investigation into the murder of a young woman and whether the correct person was convicted for the crime.
The Struggle Bus - An advice show.
Programming/Technology
Hanselminutes - Scott Hanselman interviews people about programming/technical related things.
Factual Comedy
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast - UK comedian Stuart Goldsmith interviews other comedians about comedy, performing and their writing process. The majority of the guests are UK based, but with a good number of Australian, New Zealand and US comics.
Michael Legge - UK based stand-up comic Michael Legge sporadically reads out his blogs.
Richard Herring's Warming Up - UK comedian Richard Herring reads out his daily blogs.
Richard Herring
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast - Richard Herring interviews comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Richard Herring interviews various celebrities.
Richard Herring's As It Occurs to Me - UK comedian Richard Herring performs a mix of stand-up and sketch comedy based on the past week with co-performers Dan Tetsell, Emma Kennedy and Christian Reilly.
Richard Herring's Warming Up - UK comedian Richard Herring reads out his daily blogs.
Tabletop Gaming
Ludology - In depth discussions around the topic of table-top gaming. Occasional interview with board game designers.
Dudes Talking
The Collings and Herrin podcast - UK comedian Richard Herring and presenter Andrew Collins in the "two dudes talking" genre.
Harmontown - Dan Harmon (creator of Community) and Jeff Davis chat on stage in front of an audience, often get drunk, interview guests, and play Dungeons and Dragons.
Hello Internet - CGP Grey (CGP Grey YouTube channel) and Brady Haran (Numberphile, Periodic Videos, Computerphile, BackstageScience, Bibledex, BradyStuff, Deep Sky Videos, FavScientist, Foodskey, Nottingham Science, Objectivity, PsyFile, PhilosophyFile, Sixty Symbols, Words of the World + more YouTube channels) in the "two dudes talking" genre.
Matt & Mattingly's Ice Cream Social - Two Vegas based improv comics and a sound engineer in the "dudes talking" genre.
Penn's Sunday School - Magician Penn Jillette and co-hosts Matt Donnelly and Michael Goudeau in the "dudes talking" genre.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?
#124For programming/design, download youtubes from Pando and convert to mp3s. easy. Same for the sam altman/ycombinator lectures. For real thought, Long Now. http://longnow.org/projects/seminars/SALT.xml For current thought, the RSA (including design). https://www.thersa.org These are good because you get great question sessions at the end of the talk. Interviews with "spiritual" leaders Sara Trippet's On Being http://ww…
If you enjoy stuff which deals with spirituality you may want to check out Tapestry http://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry . The subject is not my cup of tea, but I have heard many rave reviews of it.
A quick look suggests the rave reviews are justified. I'll add it to my rotation and see if I like the tea.
Thanks for the tip.
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#125* For most things: All Financial times podcasts. Especially 'World Weekly with Gideon Rachman'.
* Foreign Affairs. Only updated every few weeks, but mostly interesting.
* New Yorker Comment podcast.
* If you are (like me) trying to learn German: 'Bayern 2 - radioWissen', 'DW Wirtschaft'.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?
#126For in depth world news and technology trends I listen to the no agenda show with John c Dvorak and Adam curry; their weekly Hunt through the news and c-span broadcasts saves me endless time and the voluminous show notes will be your handy reference too! http://www.noagendashow.com In the words of the great Kenneth Robinson: "neither a bayer or lender be!" Enjoy No agenda!
Woah, John C. Dvorak is still alive and podcasting? I remember listening to him on Leo LaPorte's podcast back in like 2004 (before I got kinda sick of LaPorte) and thinking Dvorak was the entertaining cranky old man of tech back then.
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#127I get enough tech in my daily life, so I look to podcasts to enrich my life in other dimensions and teach me new things. Here are some of my favorites: * Cooking, food, and molecular gastronomy; Cooking Issues: http://www.heritageradionetwork.org/programs/51-Cooking-Issu... * Outdoor adventure; Dirtbag Diaries: http://dirtbagdiaries.com * Music and poetic music breakdown (uniquely well-suited to audio as a medium); S…
These are good too (non tech)
http://inspiringadventurer.com/
Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?
#128I take a slightly different approach to podcasting, follow people not podcasts.
Have someone you want to hear from, get a list of podcasts they've been on.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?
#129I get enough tech in my daily life, so I look to podcasts to enrich my life in other dimensions and teach me new things. Here are some of my favorites: * Cooking, food, and molecular gastronomy; Cooking Issues: http://www.heritageradionetwork.org/programs/51-Cooking-Issu... * Outdoor adventure; Dirtbag Diaries: http://dirtbagdiaries.com * Music and poetic music breakdown (uniquely well-suited to audio as a medium); S…
Agreed. I listen to very few tech podcasts, for the same reason: I'm exposed to it so much elsewhere (HN, RSS etc).
But yeah, as you'll see by this list, I LOVE podcasts.
Here's what's in my 'Listen First' feed, which I listen to as soon as they're published:
* Do You Link Prince Movies?
* The BS Report w/ Bill Simmons
* Grantland NFL Podcast
* Grantland Pop Culture
* Grantland Sports
* Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin
* Hollywood Prospectus
* Jalen & Jacoby
* Rembert Explains
* Serial
* Startup
* Adam & Drew Show (Adam Carolla & Dr Drew)
* Upvoted by Reddit
* This American Life
* 1 Day Business Breakthrough (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed)
* 99% Invisible
* Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
* Criminal (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed)
* Deadcast (Sports, from deadspin.com)
* Entreprogrammers (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed)
* Here Be Monsters (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed)
* Kalzumeus Podcast (patio11 & others)
* Mixergy (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
* NPR Fresh Air (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
* NPR Invisibilia (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed)
* PO'd with Dennis Miller & Adam Carolla (probably going to remove this soon)
* Reply All (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed)
* Startups for the Rest of Us (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
* Adam Carolla Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
* Andy Greenwald Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
* Dr Drew Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
* The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
* WTF w/ Mark Maron (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
* You Made it Weird w/ Pete Holmes (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)Re: Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?
#130Invisibilia is new but sure to be a hit: http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/ Also Startup: http://gimletmedia.com/show/startup/ Both dance around our world regularly enough to include them.
+1 for Startup. I listened to the last episode of season 1 this weekend -- the first half is the most honest discussion of entrepreneurship I've encountered.
I really like Startup and I'm an avid listener. But, while Alex does a great job of trying to present an honest view of starting a company, I don't think his experiences translate to the everyday entrepreneur.
Sure listening to his initial pitch to Chris Sacca is horrifying and hilarious, but eventually people just start throwing money at him. Everywhere he turns someone is trying to invest. I'm not saying this doesn't happen, but because of who he is the "money" side of things neatly works itself out for him.
Again, I love the podcast and I think Alex is completely honest in it, but he never has to confront the issue of runway which is probably the most nerve-wracking part of being starting a company.