Give your top three, and optionally a summary of what they're about and why you love them.

They don't have to be programming related podcasts (but those are certainly welcome). I am mostly interested to hear about podcasts of any genre, but I am posting it here as I'm keen to get the opinions of other tech workers, fans and hobbyists.

  • Spunky Monkey@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago
    1. Behind the Bastards
    2. The Dollop
    3. Hardcore History

    ...

    1. Darknet Diaries
    2. Linux Unplugged
    3. Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
  • Toda@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    My favourite three are:

    • Darknet Diaries
      I imagine this one is familar to most podcast fans that might stumble upon this post. The host is a fantastic interviewer, storyteller and producer. He interviews incredibly interesting people and shares their stories about all things dark net: hacking, social engineering, dark web, darknet markets and more.

    • Self-Hosted
      A podcast about all things self-hosted. The two hosts are passionate self-hosters who like to discuss open-source solutions, self-hostable products and technical setups. They are highly experienced and have a ton of useful information to share. They have great guests on the show, and have built a brilliant community around the topic.

    • Coding Blocks
      A general software engineering podcast. I find some episodes a bit hit or miss, but the three hosts are hilarious, informative and very entertaining. You can tell they are three very close friends who absolutely vibe off of one another. They cover all sorts of topics including programming languages, development tools, books, conferences, frameworks, companies and more.

  • varsock@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    Hard Fork: for keeping up with the biggest tech news. they do dissecting of potential impact if stuff.

    Lex Fridman: He interviews really interesting subjects. I'll listen to subjects I'm interested in based on who they are or the subject matter they are an expert in. Lot's interesting tech folks. My favorite episode so far is with John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets. Epsidoe is 5 f***king hours but broke it up into several sessions and Carmack is so good in articulating, it flew by.

    Huberman Lab: before software I liked biology and medicine. I like these occasionally because I get to learn how systems outside of software/hardware work. These I will watch/listen in a sitting as one would to a movie. It demands your attention to follow along. (I don't like when doctors have podcasts with all the "alternative medice" BS. But Huberman is an active researcher at Stanford and in charge of a lab that cranks out sweet research. Def credible dude and very methodic and tries to rule out bias).

    • Wakmrow [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      The constant push from Spotify to follow the Fridman podcast was one of the final straws for me to cancel my membership

      • varsock@programming.dev
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        10 months ago

        Yeah I was not a fan of paying for Spotify and them cramming ads of podcasts down my throat when I wanted to listen to music. Plus their shuffle is a joke. Music discovery was pretty sweet though

  • Asthmatic_Goose@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    1. The Dollop- one comedian tells another comedian about crazy shit from American (or sometimes Australian) history

    2. My Brother, My Brother, and Me- an "advice" show with three goofballs

    3. Darknet Diaries- stories about hackers. Well researched, often with interviews of the people involved

  • angelsomething@lemmy.one
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    10 months ago
    • The daily zeitgeist
    • stuff they don’t want you to know
    • the skeptics guide to the universe

    bonus

    • SRLSY wrong

    Edit: yeah I got the wrong sub.

  • GrappleHat@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    • Making Sense: Centrist & atheist host talks politics, ethics, philosophy issues with guests.

    • Huberman Lab: Science-based health advice

  • Threen@aussie.zone
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    10 months ago
    1. Soft Skills Engineering - Software engineering advice podcast
    2. If Books Could Kill - Criticising reviews of bestselling books
    3. CoRecursive - Stories about software
  • asyncrosaurus@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    To list some good ones that haven't already been ssid:

    Stop podcasting yourself

    A problem squared

    Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

  • EchoCranium@lemmy.zip
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    10 months ago

    The Dirtbag Diaries, The Moth, This American Life

    None of these are programming related. I think quite a few people know about the last two, but Dirtbag Diaries probably less so. If you enjoy the outdoors, hiking, climbing, biking, whatever, it's worth checking out.

  • flappy@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    WAN show

    Safety Third

    Asianometry (audio version of Youtube episodes)