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Ask HN: What podcasts do you watch regularly?

45 pointsby SRSimkoabout 14 years ago
I'm a big fan of podcasts and I'm always looking to discover new shows. I'm curious what shows do you watch / listen to on a regular basis? I'm a big fan of:<p>Mixergy, TWiT, This Week in Venture Capital, This Week in Startups, Sitepoint, Standford Entrepreneurship Videos (not sure if that is considered a podcast), Reporters' Roundtable<p>You?

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tomjen3about 14 years ago
Hardcore History. It's a very good show about various fascinating topics in history, such as the fall of the Roman Republic, the war on the eastern front in WWII, Apache Culture and it's demise, etc.<p>It's obviously very far from startups, but I think every curious hacker would be interested and there is such a huge break between the episodes that it doesn't take too much time to follow it.<p>You can download the episodes here [<a href="http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php?page=hharchive" rel="nofollow">http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php?page=hharchive</a>]. If you don't know where to start either try show 32 since it is a self contained episode or shows 27 through 30 if you have more time (and the stomach).
jsm386about 14 years ago
Hardcore History: <a href="http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh" rel="nofollow">http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh</a> - Best way to describe it is 'geeking' out on History. The host is a journalist - not a historian - but he does his research.
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dsurianoabout 14 years ago
5by5's shows: The Talk Show, Hypocritical, Build and Analyze.<p><a href="http://5by5.tv/" rel="nofollow">http://5by5.tv/</a>
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yanabout 14 years ago
I always keep up with: This American Life (thisamericanlife.org), Radiolab (radiolab.org), Planet Money (npr.org/blogs/money/) and The Brain Science Podcast (brainsciencepodcast.com). Others are more on a per-episode bases.
barapaabout 14 years ago
RadioLab from NPR in NYC. Interesting stories from a science perspective, with a very cool story-telling format.<p><a href="http://www.radiolab.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.radiolab.org/</a>
zumbojoabout 14 years ago
37signals Podcast, This Developer's Life, Freakonomics Radio, Hanselminutes (in addition to several already mentioned by others).
DomainNoobabout 14 years ago
In addition to many of those already mentioned I like... Bookworm! Deep interviews with authors: <a href="http://feeds.kcrw.com/kcrw/bw" rel="nofollow">http://feeds.kcrw.com/kcrw/bw</a> Stewart Brand's Long Now Foundation talks: <a href="http://longnow.org/projects/seminars/SALT.xml" rel="nofollow">http://longnow.org/projects/seminars/SALT.xml</a> This Week In Venture Capital w Mark Suster: <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisWeekInVentureCapital-audio" rel="nofollow">http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisWeekInVentureCapital-audio</a> Stuff Mom Never Told You: <a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-mom-never-told-you.rss" rel="nofollow">http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-mom-never-told-y...</a> LA Public Library ALOUD talks: <a href="http://events.lapl.org/podcasts/rss/itunes/aloudrss.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://events.lapl.org/podcasts/rss/itunes/aloudrss.aspx</a> Futures in Biotech: <a href="http://leo.am/podcasts/fib/" rel="nofollow">http://leo.am/podcasts/fib/</a> Fora.tv audio podcast of the week: <a href="http://fora.tv/media/rss/podcasts/featured_audio.xml" rel="nofollow">http://fora.tv/media/rss/podcasts/featured_audio.xml</a> Econ Talk with Russ Roberts: <a href="http://www.econlib.org/library/EconTalk.xml" rel="nofollow">http://www.econlib.org/library/EconTalk.xml</a> C-SPAN After Words: <a href="http://www.c-span.org/XML/podcast/aw_feed.xml" rel="nofollow">http://www.c-span.org/XML/podcast/aw_feed.xml</a> Big Ideas: <a href="http://feeds.tvo.org/tvobigideas" rel="nofollow">http://feeds.tvo.org/tvobigideas</a> Automate My Small Business: <a href="http://automatemysmallbusiness.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow">http://automatemysmallbusiness.com/podcast/</a> A Prairie Home Companion: <a href="http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/podcasts/xml/prairie_home_companion/news_from_lake_wobegon.xml" rel="nofollow">http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/podcasts/xml/prai...</a>
zdwabout 14 years ago
<a href="http://packetpushers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://packetpushers.net/</a><p>It's a networking podcast mainly focused on high end datacenter stuff, but also they have a wireless specific podcast periodically. If you're into hardware and systems engineering, it's quite interesting. They also get a lot of vendors on and really grill them.
nerdywormabout 14 years ago
<a href="http://castcurator.com/" rel="nofollow">http://castcurator.com/</a> Mostly just the music stuff I listen to and a few recommendations that I got over the past few days. I will go ahead and add all the podcasts that pop up in this thread and create a HN feed for them.
haroldabout 14 years ago
The Changelog, The Dev Show, Floss Weekly, Linux Outlaws, No Agenda, Startups for the Rest of Us
joeguilmetteabout 14 years ago
I listen to 'Stuff You Should Know' by Chuck and Josh at HowStuffWorks.com. The topic is usually very interesting and the hosts are very entertaining. While it is usually very well researched, I like that it is light enough that I don't have to pay attention to every sentence.<p>Who Charted and Doug Loves Movies are pretty good 'brain off' entertainment as well. And I've listened to Planet Money and This American Life for years and years and years.
seancabout 14 years ago
Many good podcasts at the CBC! (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation):<p>Dispatches: Former international correspondent Rick MacInnes-Rae talks to his international correspondent friends - <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/dispatches/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/dispatches/</a><p>Ideas: One hour lectures and discussions with people who think deep thoughts about a wide variety of topics - <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/</a>
stevenpabout 14 years ago
For politics with some humor injected, I like to keep up with the Majority Report (majority.fm), and the Stephanie Miller Show (stephaniemiller.com).<p>I also regularly keep up with the Slate Political and Pop Culture "Gabfest" podcasts, although they can be a bit dry and elitist at times.<p>For pure entertainment, I like Marc Maron's WTF podcast, and The Moth is also great if you like shows like "This American Life" but can't always commit to a whole hour.
jhonnycanoabout 14 years ago
I listen regularly <a href="http://eslpod.com" rel="nofollow">http://eslpod.com</a> and is a very good help for us non native-english speakers
mcriderabout 14 years ago
Just checked out startups for the rest of us from harold's recommendation.. Looks good. Anyone have any other good recommendations about startup podcasts? Other than This week in startups--I can't stand Calacanis.<p>Also, I recommend Too Much Information (<a href="http://tmipodcast.com/" rel="nofollow">http://tmipodcast.com/</a>) -- Interesting topics and wry humor, its a good listen.
swansonabout 14 years ago
I try out a few new podcasts every quarter. The three that have stuck (in order of enjoyment): TechZing, Changelog, Founders Talk<p><a href="http://techzinglive.com/" rel="nofollow">http://techzinglive.com/</a> <a href="http://thechangelog.com/" rel="nofollow">http://thechangelog.com/</a> <a href="http://5by5.tv/founderstalk" rel="nofollow">http://5by5.tv/founderstalk</a>
3dFlatLanderabout 14 years ago
Astronomy Cast -- They have a pretty big show archive that has aged very well.<p>In Our Time, a BBC radio podcast focusing on history.<p>PBS Frontline (a tv show, not a podcast) streams all their shows online. Great for current events.<p>The Economist Audio Edition requires subscription to magazine, but if you want to catch up on the entire world in a couple of hours, this is the way to go.
staunchabout 14 years ago
The History of Rome. <a href="http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/</a><p><i>"A weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending (someday) with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire."</i>
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stuartjmooreabout 14 years ago
For something a little different, my choice for non-Hacker Newsesque podcast would have to be Comedy Death Ray Radio (<a href="http://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-death-ray-radio-scott-aukerman" rel="nofollow">http://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-death-ray-radio-scott-auk...</a>).<p>The single funniest thing I've ever heard.
russjhammondabout 14 years ago
WTF w/ Marc Maron - he is a comedian that has been around forever, though I had never heard of him but interviews other comedians every week. The best episodes so far are the ones with Carlos Mencia, Robin Williams and Louis CK.<p>Also - Monocle Weekly - These are the guys that make Monocle magazine.
fsainzabout 14 years ago
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe it's pretty good, they promote critical thinking with humor and they give some nice insights into the mechanisms we usually use to judge information.
KeepTalkingabout 14 years ago
1.This American Life 2.Wait Wait Dont tell me 3. RadioLab 4.Stanford Entrep Videos 5.The moth 6. MarketPlace Money 7.Both sides of the table 8. Freakanomics radio
craigdeakinabout 14 years ago
I've recently stumbled across <a href="http://www.founderly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.founderly.com/</a> which seems like a great project.
mikecarlucciabout 14 years ago
For any baseball people, from more of a stats angle, both Up and In: The Baseball Prospectus Podcast and FanGraphs Audio are pretty good.
closedbracketabout 14 years ago
HPR, Peter Day's World of Business, New Yorker Comment, Changelog, Onion Radio News, Front Page, Read'n'Code (had to plug this)
joeyblakeabout 14 years ago
I listen to: <a href="http://thechangelog.com/" rel="nofollow">http://thechangelog.com/</a> and a lot of the 5by5 stuff
daimyoyoabout 14 years ago
TWiT, This week in iPad, TWiST, Kevin Pollaks chat show, and Kevin Rose's podcast(not Digg Nation, the other one).
gnosisabout 14 years ago
Radiolab and Erik Davis' Expanding Mind. More recently I've started to listen to Magic Newswire.
AndrewWarnerabout 14 years ago
Sal Kahn's programs rock. I listen to them in the background on my iPhone, instead of watching.
reustleabout 14 years ago
<a href="http://doctype.tv" rel="nofollow">http://doctype.tv</a>
Dramatizeabout 14 years ago
Mixergy, TWiST, TWiVC, Radiolab &#38; 5by5 podcasts.
kirpekarabout 14 years ago
The Moth Podcast