by adamredwoods on 12/27/2022, 12:42:15 AM
Sewage Sleuths:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/aug/15/sewage-sl...
Two professors noticed their streams in England and Wales had less fish, and through their persistence and interesting detective work, uncovered a massive private wastewater fraud, and government inadequacies. Was really good to listen to for both the detective work and navigating politics.
by aato on 12/26/2022, 5:01:36 PM
The John Carmack interview with Lex Friedman - it reminded me that becoming a specialized IC can be a viable terminal career state; that moving into management needn’t be the ultimate goal.
by binarynate on 12/26/2022, 9:50:48 PM
Acquired's episode on the history of Enron:
by hardwaresofton on 12/27/2022, 2:17:29 AM
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by youniverse on 12/26/2022, 6:49:05 PM
Darknet Diaries is wonderful podcast overall and very entertaining to me.
The latest two part episodes of Gollumfun #128 and #129 were great. He interviews 'Gollumfun' who was one of the biggest players in the online underground. His story is just wild!
by gmassman on 12/26/2022, 7:38:24 PM
Anaka Harris on Lex’s podcast was fascinating. I loved hearing her perspective on consciousness and the limits of scientific inquiry. Second to that was the John Carmack interview which lots of folks on HN seemed to enjoy!
by thorin on 12/26/2022, 6:06:17 PM
The first one I thought of was John Carmack. Also the broken record podcast of rick rubin doing interviews of all of the red hot chili peppers had some fantastic stories.
Edit, the lex episode with Jack Barsky too ( spy)
by mushbino on 12/26/2022, 8:28:14 PM
Blowback seasons 2 & 3 were both great. If you're into history at all.
by Philipp0205 on 12/27/2022, 8:14:28 AM
Not episodes but Podcasts:
Hunting Warhead: Follows a journalist and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/387-hunting-warhead
Death in ice valley: Podcast investigating a mystery about a dead women in Norway unsolved for almost half a century.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttp4
The Outlaw Ocean: A seven-part series that explores a gritty and lawless realm rarely seen, populated by traffickers and smugglers, pirates etc.
by srge on 12/26/2022, 9:02:11 PM
What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health by Huberman Lab
by ezhux on 12/26/2022, 9:25:57 PM
Bjork - Sonic Symbolism is blowing me away at the moment, it's hard to pick a single episode.
by topicseed on 12/31/2022, 4:57:01 PM
BBC Sounds — F1 Spygate (Sport's Strangest Crimes)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dg9kj4
And quite a few from Darknet Diaries, as always.
by nicbou on 12/26/2022, 10:57:43 PM
Martyrmade. I knew nothing about the history of Israel.
If you like Hardcore History, you'll like Martyrmade too.
by vallove on 12/27/2022, 12:11:03 AM
Episode with Carmack definitely!!
I’d also recommend The Changelog #484 - with Brian Kernighan ( https://changelog.com/podcast/484 )
by TotoHorner on 12/26/2022, 4:24:44 PM
How do you compare Fall of Civilizations to Hardcore History?
Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.
by birdymcbird on 12/26/2022, 5:31:29 PM
Hard to pick specific episodes but all in and this week in tech were my favorite podcasts.
Lex Friedman interviews with Robin Hanson on “grabby aliens” and Carmack were also really god
by madspindel on 12/26/2022, 10:13:05 PM
Jesse Michels interview with Graham Hancock:
by kyriakos on 12/27/2022, 5:57:21 AM
Hot Money by Financial Times
Think of it as a brief history of online adult content industry. Not the best execution but reveals some good information.
by ParadisoShlee on 12/27/2022, 6:40:59 AM
Every episode of Trash Future has given me more insight than fud.
by jolancer on 12/26/2022, 10:45:38 PM
I will check out Missing Cryptoqueen right now.
I can't remember if it came out this year or last year but the Exit Scam series about Gerald Cotten, the bitcoin guy that everyone thought faked his death in India, is my all time fav. https://www.exitscam.show/
Mine were:
Hardcore History Blitz 68 - Human Resources (https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-68-blitz-human-resources/) - discusses the history of the Atlantic slave trade
Fall of Civilizations 16: https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/ - discusses the rise and fall of the Bagan Empire of Myanmar
Lex Fridman #309 - John Carmack (https://lexfridman.com/john-carmack/)
The Missing Cryptoqueen 11: Operation Satellite (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads) - this is the latest episode in an ongoing BBC series that investigates the whereabouts of Ruja Ignatova, founder of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam. I recommend starting from episode 1 if you're not familiar with the story.