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

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jkingsbery wrote: post #80
maxxxxx wrote: post #38

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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 ext…

Maybe I should give it another try. What turned me off was one episode about health care where they talked about free markets, the evils of regulation and socialized health care but couldn’t acknowledge how f...ed up the US systems is versus other developed countries. They seemed more interested in the purity of their ideology vs actually making life better for real people.

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

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Post by lucy_gatenby »

bbsimonbb wrote: post #62

Late Night Live, Phillip Adams. The smartest people in the world, all of them, 3 a night, 4 nights a week for 20 years, with humour. This is the most remarkable lifetime achievement in radio anywhere - better than Studs Terkel.

I completely agree. It deserves to be better known.

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

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Post by ykevinator »

_eze_ wrote: post #21
cushychicken wrote: post #13

I can't say I've listened to many podcasts that have been influential in the sense of improving my career or productivity, but I've listened to a few that I enjoyed a whole lot. Startup by Gimlet Media is quite good. I really enjoyed the first season. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is a fun dramatic reading of all sorts of history. I've heard it called "pop history" as a jibe, but I think that's a pretty good descript…

Hardcore History takes you for a ride. Even if it's "pop history" I feel like it gets me closer to the events then I've ever been before. Blueprint for Armageddon does a fantastic job of convincing you that war is bad. Don't do war.

This is by far the highest quality media I've ever consumed in my life. He is amazingly hard working and skilled.

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

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Post by ykevinator »

sphinxpy wrote: post #76
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.

Thanks, going to try this on my walk to work today.

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

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Post by cryptonode »

So I'm a bit late to the party, but I do habe some recomendations.

The podcast that recently has been important to me is: Conversations with Tyler. Some people may have issues with hjs background, being a libertarian. But he has the best interview style I have ever heard. He asks the most thoughtful questions on so many different topics. I always come away learning something new.

One that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is The Moth. It's very liberal, but helps with keeping me compassionate. The way people tell their stories often makes me emotional.

Hello internet is fun, for some reason. Somebody else said. It's like hanging out with friends. With all of the in jokes, it might take a whike to get into.

Radiolab's More Perfect. The first teo seasons are fantastic. It's all about the US supreme court. I don't live in the US but it still grips me.

The Ezra Klein show. Some times hit or miss. But still worth for some of his guests with which Ezra manages to gell with.

The numberphile podcast. A more slow interviewing style, mostly about the personalities behind the world of mathematics.

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