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Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by abnry » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 5:03 PM UTC

muzzio wrote: post #68

abnry wrote: post #35

This is a hard question to answer because there are two possible interpretations to this question. The first is that is asking only for podcasts that have made a significant impact on your life. The second is to simply go through your podcasts and pick the one that has impacted your life the most, however small. I'll answer according to the latter. --Astonishing Legends has stretched my mind with the unexplained and…

I really enjoy Hello Internet as well, but in what way has it expanded your hobbies?

Well, I'm more interested in design than I used to be. For instance, my interest in flags is greater. I've entertained the idea of designing my own flag. A lot of the books Grey recommends I like to look into as well.

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by FeloniousHam » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

p_roz wrote: post #66

maxxxxx wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to get into EconTalk but I found most guests mindnumbingly oblivious to real world concerns. It felt to me that they were just sitting in their offices making up things about the world but never bothered to check their theories.

Not every episode is like that. Take [0], where John Allison of BB&T discusses his business philosophy, and as an aside mentions that his bank doesn’t issue negative amortization mortgages (a cause of the recession) in 2007. Or [1], where Michael Lewis discusses Moneyball and The Blind Side . Or [2], where Christopher Hitchens discusses George Orwell. Or [3], where Paul Graham talks about Hackers and Painters . EconT…

Also the Frito Lay executive talks about the snack food industry: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/08/odonohoe_on_pot.htm...

Here's a list of one guy's ranked favorites: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TejVbFNWkAaqRYQ4UaZfwNDK...

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by FeloniousHam » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

lghh wrote: post #54

My Brother, My Brother, and Me. No other podcast has helped shape my humor and general positive outlook on life. I know that a lot of the fans of the podcasts fall into the trap of just repeating the jokes and phrases from the podcast over and over, but if you avoid doing that you'll hopefully find you humor being more cheery and light-hearted than it was before. The brothers all seem like genuinely good dudes who tr…

If you are into RPGs, I highly recommend the 3Ts[0]. Exuberant and (very) irreverent, their "dramatic actual play" is a great Saturday afternoon chore-cast (I also enjoy their regular show episodes).

Also The Grognard Files[1]

Also Fear of a Black Dragon[2]

[0] https://www.patreon.com/TableTopTwats

[1] https://thegrognardfiles.com

[2] https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/fear-of-a-black-dragon

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by misiti3780 » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 6:30 PM UTC

refrigerator wrote: post #64

Radiolab, specifically "The Rhino Hunter" ( https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/rhino-hunter ) Made me realise that I'm not qualified to hold an opinion on... well, almost anything. This completely changed the way I think.

that was a great episode

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by wdbbdw » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 6:50 PM UTC

_eze_ wrote: post #8

https://samharris.org/podcast/ Sam's podcast. The goal of finding the _best_ answer, not _your_ answer changes the conversation completely. If you want to see clear thinking in practice, this is where you should spend your time.

That's his brand, but I am not convinced that he lives up to that standard. Dude lacks intellectual humility big time, and seems to support scientific racism[0].

[0]: https://samharris.org/ezra-klein-editor-chief/

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by sphinxpy » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 7:04 PM UTC

humantiy wrote: post #69

No Agenda. I was looking for something different after starting to get burned out from Tech news stuff a few years back. I enjoy the deconstruction of media coverage and events that they do especially when its stuff that the media isn't covering because they are too busy with "Trump did/said today" sensationalism that has taken over the media as of late.

I am shocked I didn't see more love for the greatest podcast in the universe. This show has been extremely important to me for years as well.

In the morning.

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by warunsl » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 7:15 PM UTC

nickthegreek wrote: post #16

I love Hidden Brain, but I find NYT's The Daily to be a great deeper dive on a current issue for my morning commute.

Probably a controversial opinion, but I find the NYT Daily to be too left leaning. I find NPR's politics podcast a little more balanced.

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by altairiumblue » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 7:26 PM UTC

gerardes wrote: post #2

Hello Internet :)

It's hard to pin it down as influential but when a new episode comes out, it feels like you're about to hang out with friends that you haven't seen for a few weeks.

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Post by thorin » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 7:52 PM UTC

This year definitely jockopodcast. Really helps to put a lot of stuff in perspective.

If you are interested in rock climbing and enjoy british/ Irish humour jamcrack podcast is entertaining.

Also desert islands discs, not a podcast but episodes going back decades with everyone who's anyone on the BBC website

Re: Ask HN: What podcast has been most influential on your life?

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Post by jkingsbery » Wed, Feb 06, 2019, 8:15 PM UTC

maxxxxx wrote: post #38

jkingsbery wrote: post #27

EconTalk. Early in my career, I was a regular listener to three tech podcasts: Java Posse, StackOverflow podcast, and Software Engineering Radio. All three were valuable to my career in different ways, but EconTalk has most affected the way I think. For those who aren't familiar, the host of EconTalk is a professor of economics, so many of his conversations revolve around the world of economics, but since economics t…

I tried to get into EconTalk but I found most guests mindnumbingly oblivious to real world concerns. It felt to me that they were just sitting in their offices making up things about the world but never bothered to check their theories.

I can see where you're coming from, but particularly for episodes the past year or two, the host has emphasized two themes worth noting: (1) the inability for models to really explain actual reality (as in how things really are for people), and (2) the importance of understanding that even if economic theory says on the whole things might be better, that they are often worse off for particular people.

Even to the extent that guest are oblivious to real world concerns (or alternate Ivory tower theories, which also happens sometimes), Russ Roberts is pretty good at respectfully challenging guests, and I feel like I at least understand where the guest is coming from.