Podcast Recommendations

Users share links to, recommend, and discuss various podcasts ranging from science and history to business and rationality topics, often discovered through Hacker News threads.

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pipes Sep 12, 2024 View on HN

Found that podcast through hacker news. It really is fantastic.

pushkar2911 Aug 20, 2020 View on HN

The podcast you mentioned sounds interesting. Could you please link it?

kylelibra Jan 18, 2011 View on HN

The podcast mentioned in the article is excellent. I think the HN crowd would really enjoy listening.

radicalbyte Oct 12, 2021 View on HN

I can strongly recommend the recent In Our Time podcast (subscribe, it's a hidden gem!!) episode over this very subject:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zmhf

johnthuss Jun 26, 2022 View on HN

This was a very interesting podcast series from the BBC.https://overcast.fm/+smMNGrg0w

eglover Sep 19, 2014 View on HN

Awesome, I'll have to sign up.Just as a side note, here are a few other interesting podcasts that may not fall into this category.Intelligence Squared (Debates) - https://soundcloud.com/intelligence2/Joe Rogan Experience - http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/StarTalk Radio (Neil DeGrasse Tyson) - <a href=

lukejduncan May 4, 2014 View on HN

a16z has a great podcast. It's not listening to HN, but it's in the same spirit =)

carvking Jul 28, 2022 View on HN

Worth a listen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwK_XLFOm_II was captivated - went through it in one setting. The more recent stuff is nearer the end of the podcast. (2:20 or so)

hackerdood Oct 18, 2025 View on HN

You’ve probably already listened to it but in the event you haven’t: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id3...He seems to share your sentiment

thepete2 May 2, 2020 View on HN

I quite like http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org if you can get past the very annoying intro music. Whether it's stimulating or simulating is for you to judge.