Ask HN: What are your favourite podcasts?
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I was a huge fan of "The History of Rome" by Mike Duncan and loved his new series "Revolutions". If you like history, these are both fantastic.
Huge caveat: He got his start with "The History of Rome" so it takes him a while to warm up and relax. The first 25 or so episodes are a little more "here is the story as we know it" where as after that he adds some humor and it becomes the story of Rome instead of a list of facts.
Other ones I have enjoyed:
Listen Money Matters - a great no nonsense podcast about personal finance. It is a great jumping off point. They talk about all kinds of topics related to personal finance so you won't get bored.
The Finance Independence Podcast - This is not as regular as other podcasts but I feel the interviews on this one are a lot more engaging and thought provoking.
How I Built This - Fun show about how CEOs and founders came up with the idea that took them to the moon. Its little self congratulatory but also fun to hear the stories.
Huge caveat: He got his start with "The History of Rome" so it takes him a while to warm up and relax. The first 25 or so episodes are a little more "here is the story as we know it" where as after that he adds some humor and it becomes the story of Rome instead of a list of facts.
Other ones I have enjoyed:
Listen Money Matters - a great no nonsense podcast about personal finance. It is a great jumping off point. They talk about all kinds of topics related to personal finance so you won't get bored.
The Finance Independence Podcast - This is not as regular as other podcasts but I feel the interviews on this one are a lot more engaging and thought provoking.
How I Built This - Fun show about how CEOs and founders came up with the idea that took them to the moon. Its little self congratulatory but also fun to hear the stories.
EconTalk. Many different subjects viewed through the lens of economics. Generally free market outlook but incredibly thoughtful and always interesting guests.
The History of Byzantium. Follows Mike Duncan’s The History Of Rome and carries the story on in the eastern empire.
Hardcore History
The Editors. If anyone is looking for the steel man (as opposed to straw man) version of the conservative perspective on the news of the day, this podcast from National Review fits the bill.
The History of Byzantium. Follows Mike Duncan’s The History Of Rome and carries the story on in the eastern empire.
Hardcore History
The Editors. If anyone is looking for the steel man (as opposed to straw man) version of the conservative perspective on the news of the day, this podcast from National Review fits the bill.
+1 Russell Roberts(*EconTalk).
I find a lot of my creative balance gets refilled by listening to improv comedy podcasts on Earwolf and Headgum networks. Earwolf in particular has been in the game for over a decade, they took production quality very serious early on, and managed to spinoff into an ad network that got bought out by a huge media conglomerate while still keeping their shows pretty niche. improv4humans and Teacher's Lounge are two shows that just put me in a completely different mental space than I am typically in, and that makes a huge difference when I'm switching gears on a coding project or trying to start making a new design for marketing.
The Artificial Intelligence podcast by Lex Fridman. It's mostly focused on science tech and philosophy with a lot of high-profile guests from different fields.
I just listed to the Stephen Wolfram episode - gotta say, I had some preconceptions about Stephen but I loved their discussion.
Exponent, a weekly podcast covering a topic from Stratechery, Ben Thompson and James Allworth on business and technology strategy.
Friday Night Comedy from the BBC. If you like satirical comedy and an English sense of humour then The News Quiz and The Now Show are the best there is.
The Art of Product , Build Your SaaS and Out of Beta are great if following along as people build bootstrapped start-ups is your thing.
Startups for the Rest of Us is the OG bootstrapped start-up podcast.
Planet Money and The Indicator, both from PBS, cover business, economics and society and make it interesting.
Flash Forward, by Rose Eveleth, a trip to a possible future then a walk through how we get there.
Friday Night Comedy from the BBC. If you like satirical comedy and an English sense of humour then The News Quiz and The Now Show are the best there is.
The Art of Product , Build Your SaaS and Out of Beta are great if following along as people build bootstrapped start-ups is your thing.
Startups for the Rest of Us is the OG bootstrapped start-up podcast.
Planet Money and The Indicator, both from PBS, cover business, economics and society and make it interesting.
Flash Forward, by Rose Eveleth, a trip to a possible future then a walk through how we get there.
Quick correction, Planet Money / The Indicator are a product of NPR, as opposed to PBS.
+1 For Flash Forward, by Rose Eveleth
1) The Archers (BBC) - to improve English
2) Reluctant Persuaders (BBC) - Comedy
3) EastEnders - just started
4) Intelligence Matters
5) Software Engineering Daily
2) Reluctant Persuaders (BBC) - Comedy
3) EastEnders - just started
4) Intelligence Matters
5) Software Engineering Daily
I'm curious as to why you chose The Archers to learn English.
For those who don't know, The Archers is a long running radio soap opera in a rural setting and featuring lots of aspects of rural life.
For those who don't know, The Archers is a long running radio soap opera in a rural setting and featuring lots of aspects of rural life.
There's a YouTube channel called "English with Lucy"
She suggested listening to The Archers daily for 12 min can improve listening skills
She suggested listening to The Archers daily for 12 min can improve listening skills
Inside the Ethics Committee BBC Radio 4. Not many episodes, and getting quite old now, but still an interesting look at medical ethics and UK law. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007xbtd
There's a bunch of audio comedy that I love, but it comes and goes -- BBC Radio 4 don't keep it up on their website. (Party, Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Cabin Pressure, Bleak Expectations, Don't Start -- most of these are available to buy or from other sources).
They've also put this page up and some of these look interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5Jrn1bynjTc6tPj3SV...
There's a bunch of audio comedy that I love, but it comes and goes -- BBC Radio 4 don't keep it up on their website. (Party, Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Cabin Pressure, Bleak Expectations, Don't Start -- most of these are available to buy or from other sources).
They've also put this page up and some of these look interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5Jrn1bynjTc6tPj3SV...
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My favorite podcast is No Dumb Questions. It has Destin from Smarter Every Day and his friend Matt Whitman (from the YouTube channel “Ten Minute Bible Hour”)
They do really awesome episodes on History or aspects of history that they’re interested in. The best one of these imo is ‘Siege Warfare’ episode. Other than that they talk about books and friendship. It’s a fun podcast.
They do really awesome episodes on History or aspects of history that they’re interested in. The best one of these imo is ‘Siege Warfare’ episode. Other than that they talk about books and friendship. It’s a fun podcast.
Reply All & Startups for the Rest of Us are a couple of my favorites.
Startups for the Rest of Us :: One of the longest running podcast. A must-listen for every one building a software company without venture capital. *(https://www.producthunt.com/posts/startups-for-the-rest-of-u...)
Soft skills engineering - because it takes more than great code to be a great engineer
No such thing as a fish - Comedy podcast talking about unusual facts produced by the QI researchers (QI is a popular BBC comedic quiz show)
The Economist morning briefing
Some football/soccer podcasts (Totally football show, Zonal marking)
Some foreign language podcasts (Italian Scientificast)
No such thing as a fish - Comedy podcast talking about unusual facts produced by the QI researchers (QI is a popular BBC comedic quiz show)
The Economist morning briefing
Some football/soccer podcasts (Totally football show, Zonal marking)
Some foreign language podcasts (Italian Scientificast)
+1 for soft skills engineering.
Invisibilia. Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia/
99% Invisible. A podcast about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. https://99percentinvisible.org/
99% Invisible. A podcast about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. https://99percentinvisible.org/
Looks like Business Wars by Wondery hasn’t been mentioned here yet, but I’ve become a fan of late.
+1 for Business Wars By Wondery, great podcast.
The Art of Charm to increase my emotional intelligence, self-confidence and social skills.
Sounds interesting. Can you tell us more about it?
+1 it does look interesting.
+1 for the The Art of Charm.
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Portal
Stratechery’s podcast (Exponent)
Tyler Cowen’s podcast
+1 for conversations with Tyler, no matter your opinions on his politics, he's one of the best interviewers out there.
Thanks, I was unaware of the fact that Stratechery’s maintains a podcast option. Moreover, conversations with Tyler seem a great addition to my list.
Snacks Daily - The best podcast so far about finacial news. They comment on all industries that move the market - being milk and dairy to banks and tech. Short but very fun!
New York Times The Daily
The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet
Financial Times Banking Weekly
New York Times The Daily
The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet
Financial Times Banking Weekly
Thanks, I just listened to an episode after your reference. A way to get smart faster.
Snacks Daily - The best podcast so far about financial news.
They comment on all industries that move the market - being
milk and dairy to banks and tech. Short but very fun!The youtube channel from Vinheteiro the brazilian pianist!?!
Intelligence Matters: foreign affairs podcast hosted by former #2 at the CIA. He’s a pretty good interviewer and I’ve learned a ton about how our govt perceives global threats.
Pivot: Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk (mostly tech) business. It’s excellent and Scott is really fun.
Hacks on tap: former chief obama campaign strategist David Axelrod and republican campaign consultant Mike Murphy talk politics for an hour. They know their stuff.
Pivot: Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk (mostly tech) business. It’s excellent and Scott is really fun.
Hacks on tap: former chief obama campaign strategist David Axelrod and republican campaign consultant Mike Murphy talk politics for an hour. They know their stuff.
I haven't listened the podcast.
*Intelligence Matters: foreign affairs podcast hosted by
former #2 at the CIA. He’s a pretty good interviewer and
I’ve learned a ton about how our govt perceives global
threats.*
** The governments don't understand these topics. **
Some of my go to podcasts are:
Bloggingheads.tv/meaningoflife.tv, particularly with Robert Wright, Glenn Loury, DMZ
CoinTalk - commentary of events going on in the crypto space
Lawfare, National security law, cyberlaw podcast
Very Bad Wizards
Sport/team specific podcasts
Bloggingheads.tv/meaningoflife.tv, particularly with Robert Wright, Glenn Loury, DMZ
CoinTalk - commentary of events going on in the crypto space
Lawfare, National security law, cyberlaw podcast
Very Bad Wizards
Sport/team specific podcasts
Marc Maron's WTF, interviews of really interesting people.
NYT The Daily, really good interviews on current topics, by a really annoying interviewer.
Le Show, Harry Shearer. Some people here will like his skepticism of IoT (and some people here will not).
Radiolab.
Science Weekly, The Guardian.
Hidden Brain.
Freakonomics Radio.
Marketplace.
NYT The Daily, really good interviews on current topics, by a really annoying interviewer.
Le Show, Harry Shearer. Some people here will like his skepticism of IoT (and some people here will not).
Radiolab.
Science Weekly, The Guardian.
Hidden Brain.
Freakonomics Radio.
Marketplace.
APM Marketplace
NPR Planet Money
Armchair Expert by Dax Shepard
Joe Rogan Experience
NPR Planet Money
Armchair Expert by Dax Shepard
Joe Rogan Experience
My Favourites are
The Fighter & the Kid -Comedy,
Enjoy the Vue - Anything Vue.js related,
Baz & Andrew House of Rugby - Irish Rugby / Comedy,
No Such thing as a fish - Comedy.
It’s a relatively new one:
Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi and Kati Halper.
Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi and Kati Halper.
If you're interested in Django, Django Chat by Will Vincent and Carlton Gibson is great:
https://djangochat.com
https://djangochat.com
+1 Thank you for suggesting, I regularly use Django for side projects.
Steve Gibson’s Security Now. grc.com/sn.
I'm a founder of a startup[1] that works in the podcasting space and my personal favorites are TigerBelly, Exchange Invest Weekly, JRE, The Indie Hackers podcast!
[1] useCastup.com
[1] useCastup.com
What are some of your favorite startups in the podcasting space and why?
Duncan Trussel Family Hour
Daily Update - Stratechery
Philosophize This!
Daily Update - Stratechery
Philosophize This!
+1 for suggesting, great Options :)
These two podcasts are tech/career podcast.
"Developer Tea" (hosted by Jonathan Cutrell) - because being a great developer is not just write code.
"Frontend Happy Hour" (https://twitter.com/frontendhh) - I like the way they do it, before they start, they will pick a word, and if you say that word, you need to drink. cheers!
"Developer Tea" (hosted by Jonathan Cutrell) - because being a great developer is not just write code.
"Frontend Happy Hour" (https://twitter.com/frontendhh) - I like the way they do it, before they start, they will pick a word, and if you say that word, you need to drink. cheers!
EconTalk and The Fifth Column.
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.
What are your favourite podcasts? (Anything related to Life, philosophy, science, startups, coding, VC, art, marketing, design etc...)