[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?
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Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?
Mine was Fall of Civilizations Episode 12, about the Inca empire:
https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/2021/01/12/episode-12-is-
now-live/
Author : hnu0847
Score : 135 points
Date : 2021-12-27 16:02 UTC (6 hours ago)
| thricegr8 wrote:
| Undoubtedly that personal award goes to Citations Needed Episode
| 73: Western Media's Narrow, Colonial Definition of 'Corruption'.
| You can read the transcript on Medium [1] or listen on Spotify
| [2].
|
| It may seem a bit bromide for HN, but it really shattered my
| world view. Or at least was the impetus of a rather radical shift
| in how I viewed global power structures, old wealth, and the evil
| systems in place today that continue to perpetuate global
| inequality. In the episode, they dig into these popular
| "corruption" indices, why the Global South is always painted as
| the "most corrupt", true sources of institutionalized corruption,
| where the real tax havens and how they operate. It even
| highlights a (previously unknown to me at least!) stark and
| admittedly macabre distinction between London, the city in
| England and the ancient The City of London [3]. Yes there is a
| huge difference with the latter being a 1,000 British colonial-
| era holdover that's home to the largest tax haven hub in the
| world.
|
| As a bonus, it features Jason Hickel, an economic anthropologist
| who wrote The Divide [4]. Which, for reasons outlined above, is
| also one of my favorite books ever. If you find my poor attempt
| of summary or the article/podcast interesting, I'd implore you to
| buy the book and learn something new.
|
| All the world is a stage and indeed we are merely players.
|
| [1] - https://citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-73-western-
| medias...
|
| [2] -
| https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cf3g7670FYKrD9OE6vHQd?si=v...
|
| [3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
|
| [4] - https://www.jasonhickel.org/the-divide
|
| Edit: Just to clarify, this episode is from 2019. I did not
| interpret the question clearly and assumed it was in the spirit
| of "Favorite podcast episode you listened to this year". Hope
| this helps.
| istjohn wrote:
| I'm intrigued, but this episode is from April 2019.
| thricegr8 wrote:
| Ya know, you're right. I guess I assumed the OP meant more
| along the lines of "What was your favorite podcast episode
| you listened to this year" vs the more literal translation.
| I'll throw in an edit to clarify.
| bernardom wrote:
| The CGP Grey videos on the city of London are pretty great too:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
| Brakenshire wrote:
| > Yes there is a huge difference with the latter being a 1,000
| British colonial-era holdover that's home to the largest tax
| haven hub in the world.
|
| In what sense is it a colonial-era holdover? Unless you mean
| Norman colonialism.
| wodenokoto wrote:
| I'm guessing this is not the same citation needed as when Tom
| Scott does citation needed with the technical difficulties.
|
| Here's a link to one of their episodes:
| https://youtu.be/1nd5HsxWXTI
| akudha wrote:
| Thank you for recommending episode 73, it was very interesting.
| I had _some_ idea from this book
| https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-of-Economic-Hitman-audiob...
| but this is even more interesting. I read this book more than
| 15 years ago, I suppose things are much more sophisticated,
| crooked and hidden now :(
|
| This is all soooooo depressing :(
| timdaub wrote:
| I loved Lex Friedman and Brandon Eich this year.
|
| I was astonished by the intellect and wisdom of Eich. I always
| understood him to be rather smart inventing JS in a matter of
| days, but his insight in the history of the web paint an even
| more impressive picture.
|
| He's been much more influential to our lives than many might
| guess and it's shocking to hear it from himself and his
| authority.
| hasheddan wrote:
| The second round of Jim Keller on the Lex Friedman podcast was my
| top episode of the year
|
| https://lexfridman.com/jim-keller-2/
| pitched wrote:
| I've yet to ever listen to a podcast episode twice, but this
| Akira the Done album is basically Naval's podcast set to music
| and I've listened to it too many times now:
| https://open.spotify.com/album/4SGFW7Rig34Me2NPPA7Eur
| stunt wrote:
| I enjoyed many of the "The Rest Is History" episodes but oddly
| not any of the ones that they did in December.
|
| https://play.acast.com/s/the-rest-is-history-podcast
| marcinpikusa wrote:
| My favorite podcast discovery of the year! massive lads! ;)
| borkenstein wrote:
| THE PRIVATDOZENT PODCAST Episode 2: Kurt Godel's Brilliant
| Madness
|
| https://www.privatdozent.co/p/episode-2-kurt-godels-brillian...
| bbu wrote:
| I enjoy Developing Leadership a lot. So much good content:
| https://www.developingleadership.co/
| _ttg wrote:
| Ezra Klein's interview with Noam Chomsky -
| https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id154...
|
| Even though I was familiar with most of Chomsky's spiel, this was
| a total joy to listen to and I was very inspired by the great
| righteous indignation and moral clarity that Chomsky still speaks
| with and only he can summon. Lots of provocative thoughts on
| capitalism, class, American politics and a breadth of other
| topics, as a bonus.
| bradlys wrote:
| I'm not a fan of the podcast normally but I was sent this one
| because my ex-wife knew it would be good for me. Spark Bird by
| This American Life. First off - I've tried to pick up birding a
| little bit. But most importantly - about 35 minutes in - there's
| a story about Birdly. This family that sounds utterly insane and
| has six imaginary birds as part of their family. It's a really
| well told story - much better than the podcast normally has.
|
| Well - anyway - it turns out there are other couples/families out
| there that do this. We had this with our "family." In our case
| (my ex's and I) we had three stuffed animal children. The podcast
| really will show the full gradient of how far you can push what
| is "real". We took our children across the world and they had
| stories, purpose, meaning, and lots of love to share. I don't
| spend as much time with "the children" now. They live in
| different but sharable dimensions/realities/universes more often
| now since their mom and dad aren't together. It's rough being a
| single dad of 3. Get a lot of questions but is what it is. She
| asks about them when she calls.
|
| We planned to have children the more traditional way as well. We
| just never got there before we split up.
|
| https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fm0Ntx2IxuWEM2ieYZasv?si=n...
| simonbarker87 wrote:
| Two really stand out to me 1. Matt Wensing on a life of
| entrepreneurship and software dev. Pretty recent but I've
| listened twice already.
|
| https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/236_matt_wensing
|
| 2. Ben Carpenter on the James Smith podcast. Two PTs talking
| about massive life changes seeking happiness and the downsides of
| life in the UK and mental health. Have listened to this three
| times now.
|
| https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ben-carpenter/id144472...
| metabagel wrote:
| PT? Personal Trainer?
| simonbarker87 wrote:
| Sorry, yes. Personal trainer.
| fredoliveira wrote:
| I assumed physical therapists, but did not validate.
| majewsky wrote:
| I'm guessing "psychotherapist".
| swayson wrote:
| I find it challenging to choose one but Andrew Huberman's podcast
| is exceptional. Latest in neuroscience/neurobiology which is
| accessible to the general public. From topics like sleep,
| anxiety, learning, performance etc. I have learned so much and
| applying the protocols have been great.
| ismail wrote:
| +1 on Huberman. Specifically the episodes on sleep.
| bwanab wrote:
| Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast has been the Russian Revolution
| in 2021 and as always, is very detailed and informative.
| Jolter wrote:
| Which episode? URL?
| sixo wrote:
| https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/revolutions_podcast/ All
| of season 10, it's a lot, it's great.
| sofixa wrote:
| I particularly enjoyed it. It's like listening to a slow train
| crash, there are just so many wrong moves by so many people
| it's terrifying.
|
| Also it changed my perception of many of the participants.
| tmsh wrote:
| Steve Yegge's tech predictions for the next 10-30 years:
|
| https://youtu.be/8xwSRB3eGXY
| f0e4c2f7 wrote:
| I didn't know Steve had a podcast. I've read some of his
| writing and really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing I'll check it
| out.
| mvo wrote:
| Many good ones this year, maybe "Short History Of..." - Space
| race and Moon landing
|
| https://podfollow.com/short-history-of/episode/2966a9d948fb7...
|
| https://podfollow.com/short-history-of/episode/8588f87525136...
| karmanyaahm wrote:
| World's Greatest Con: 0101: How To Fool Hitler
| https://worldsgreatestcon.fireside.fm/2
|
| The whole season is really good, but this is the first episode
| drcode wrote:
| Sean Carroll and David Wallace, who know their sh*t, doing a deep
| dive on entropy and how it relates to time and the "past
| hypothesis".
|
| https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/08/02/158-...
| rossvor wrote:
| I would also add episode with Michael Levin as a worthy
| candidate for this year.
|
| https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/02/01/132-...
| fitblipper wrote:
| I really enjoyed listening to Dark Net Diaries - The Spy
| https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/99/
| egman_ekki wrote:
| Unexpectedly, Lex Fridman's interview with Richard Wrangham about
| the role of violance in human history and how we're similar and
| different from other big apes was really thought provoking and
| introduced some new interesting concepts/distinctions to me.
|
| https://open.spotify.com/episode/3txWhPWf2YuGN25cIJxm0e?si=J...
| gringoDan wrote:
| The Sam Bankman-Fried episode of Odd Lots:
| https://open.spotify.com/episode/2p2Mfr20nDNmRxdNjCcmJe?si=2...
|
| Specifically, the 7 minutes from ~19:40 - 26:30 where he talks
| about the $30M/day profit he made in 2017 by arb-ing the
| different prices of Bitcoin on Japanese vs. US exchanges. This
| demonstrated the difference between complex and complicated
| problems and how much of success in business is simply
| schlepping.
|
| (Obligatory pg post: http://paulgraham.com/schlep.html)
| dannyeei wrote:
| There's an episode on Acquired with him where he talks about
| FTX. Would definitely recommend!
| dijit wrote:
| I enjoyed being part of one (if that counts)...
|
| https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-265-sharkmob-games-w...
| filippp wrote:
| Jordan Peterson's interviews with Roland Griffiths and Iain
| McGilchrist.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGIP-3Q-p_s
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zld-MX11lA
| polytely wrote:
| 1. The Dan Harmon episode of _Good One - a podcast about jokes_.
|
| If you like Community, Rick and Morty & love comedy writing this
| is a fantastic episode, it starts off being about a specific
| joke, but after that it goes into his writing philosophy/method,
| being a bad boss and getting better after fucking everything up,
| and story structure.
|
| https://podtail.com/en/podcast/good-one-a-podcast-about-joke...
|
| 2. _Interdependence_ episode 39: World Fairs, WorldBuilding, the
| bicameral mind, the nightmare of organizing research and the art
| of memory with Kantbot
|
| A dizzying interview with Kantbot (the Adam Curtis of weird
| twitter) by musical artist's/technologists Holly Herndon and Mat
| Dryhurst. Hard to describe but gives you a lot of threads to
| investigate further.
|
| https://interdependence.fm/episodes/world-fairs-worldbuildin...
|
| 3. _True Anon_ Episode 181: 9 /11: Twenty Years On the Road
|
| Hosts Brace Belden & Liz Franczak discuss the 20th anniversary of
| 9/11 with writer Prof. Peter Dale Scott (Deep Politics and the
| Death of JFK) and editor of Covert Action magazine Aaron Good.
|
| https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/911-twenty-years-on-the-r...
|
| 4. _Wong Notes_ - Michael League
|
| Rhythm guitarist & producer Cory Wong (Vulfpeck, Cory Wong and
| the Wongnotes) interviews jazz-fusion bassist / band leader
| Michael League (Snarky Puppy) about music, artistry, self-worth.
|
| https://wongnotes.captivate.fm/episode/michael-league
|
| 5. WTF with Marc Maron episode 1278 - "Cancelled Comedy" w/ Kliph
| Nesteroff and David Bianculli
|
| Gives some needed historical perspective on comedians complaining
| about being cancelled. Talks about the history of censorship in
| comedy. With comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff and Smothers
| Brothers biographer David Bianculli.
|
| https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1278-canceled-comedy-...
|
| PS: It's not freely accessible, but I would also highly recommend
| the Episode 292 of _Radio War Nerd: No Plan for Afghanistan, or
| "Always Bet Against the American Elite"_ and _Episode 293: The
| Forever Analogy: Saigon vs Afghanistan._ , for a superb breakdown
| of America's involvement in Afghanistan and the reasons it was
| doomed to fail.
| TOMDM wrote:
| My favorite is easily Rationally Speaking by Julia Galef.
|
| The episode that pulled my in initially was "Are Boomers to blame
| for Millenials' struggles?" from November of last year, but all
| episodes since have the same features that enamoured me
| initially. The episode was a master class in talking beyond the
| rhetoric and digging into the meat beyond. In the aforementioned
| episodes, she digs into policies that may have affected
| Millenials', as well as looking into voting demographics that
| brought about said policies. It resulted in an incredibly nuanced
| view (For the Boomers here on HN who may be put off by the title,
| it's not the typical generational hitpiece, but an addressal of
| them).
|
| Julia puts in a lot of work for these episodes, making sure to
| read up extensively on the topics before the episode, and
| inviting guests of varying stances with meaningful experience to
| contribute. Going as far as inviting multiple guests for an
| episode, and reading all of said guests published books on the
| topic before recording. She will often go back after the
| interviews to offer clarifications to hanging questions that
| occured during the conversation.
|
| http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/245-are-boomers-to-blam...
|
| Julia for me sets the bar for what empathetic and reasoned
| conversation can be if one is willing to put in the effort.
| lettergram wrote:
| How to save the world, in three easy steps. Bret Weinstein |
| DarkHorse Podcast
|
| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-save-the-world-...
|
| I personally find this to be my favorite because I found it to be
| the most impactful. Particularly to myself, I ended up reaching
| out because I saw the jump in heart related issues (likely
| related to vaccines) while tracking COVID19. I reached out as I
| saw this podcast and was able to validate several of the items
| discussed via CDC data.
|
| That put me on a whirlwind journey of being connected to quite a
| few different people and on conference calls with highly regarded
| scientists and billionaires, which I never expected -_-
|
| There's a lot more recent and relevant information, particularly
| on Joe Rogan's podcast (#1747 - Dr. Peter A. McCullough):
|
| https://open.spotify.com/episode/0aZte37vtFTkYT7b0b04Qz?si=A...
|
| Anyway, I don't know generally about favorite in terms of content
| to others, but it did put me on quite an adventure.
| danr4 wrote:
| these threads always bring the worst of my FOMO.
| jot wrote:
| This example customer interview on The Software Social Podcast:
| https://softwaresocial.dev/episodes/customer-interview-part-...
|
| It inspired my to create a podcast dedicate to more like it.
| tailspin2019 wrote:
| I've listened to too many to pick a favourite but this one from
| Lex Friedman is a random pick. Difficult subject matter but quite
| moving:
|
| #220 - Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of
| 9/11
|
| https://pca.st/episode/cb175a0c-b0c1-4200-a8e3-9702ebf0525c
|
| Edit: and here's an oddball recommendation on the other end of
| the spectrum, and outside of the normal HN bubble. For the Brits
| here and those who may enjoy extremely juvenile British humour
| (like me):
|
| RHLSTP 268 - Charlie Brooker
|
| https://pca.st/episode/57ee8b54-2d47-4506-924a-bb7636362f9e
|
| (Charlie Brooker is the British writer behind Black Mirror.)
| andreilys wrote:
| Tim Ferriss's second episode with Balaji was great. It was around
| 4-5 hours, and Tim just steps aside letting Balaji brain dump on
| all sorts of interesting topics and ideas.
|
| https://tim.blog/2021/11/15/balaji-srinivasan-2/
| f0e4c2f7 wrote:
| Hopefully posting this doesn't get it taken down...
|
| I really enjoyed that interview on Tim's podcast and I've been
| working my way through some of Balaji's other interviews and
| videos online.
|
| I'm currently watching this one someone posted of his coursera
| course from 2012 all pasted together into one video over 7
| hours long. I have come to like this format more and more on
| youtube becuase you just resume and don't have to worry about
| finding the next video etc.
|
| Anyway, watching this in the context of it being from 2012 is
| pretty mindblowing and the advice has seemed like it would have
| been quite good back then (some of it still now too I'm sure.)
|
| The name of the course was Startup Engineering. I don't believe
| it's available on Coursera or anywhere else anymore.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QC1FK2_pqg
| guidovranken wrote:
| I used to follow Balaji on Twitter, he frequently had original
| and eloquent perspectives on things, but his incessant web3
| evangelism turned me off.
| m_ke wrote:
| He's the Jordan Peterson of tech, profound sounding with zero
| substance.
| dnautics wrote:
| The crazy thing to me is that he gave an interview? once in
| how genomics is not "big data" in the same way that
| anything else is big data in tech and that interview seems
| to have been memory holed, even though imo it's the most
| profound analysis I think he has ever given (I used to work
| in genomics and now I work in ml), and there is a real sub
| community of the tech sector that needs to understand what
| he said but doesn't.
| tailspin2019 wrote:
| Just started listening to this on your recommendation.
| (Thanks!) I wasn't familiar with Balaji before now but he's
| clearly a smart guy and a deep thinker.
|
| I find myself disagreeing with quite a lot of what he's saying
| (to the extent that I'm educated enough on some of the topics
| to even have an opinion), but will keep listening as it's
| interesting to hear a viewpoint that's perhaps slightly outside
| of my normal bubble.
| andreilys wrote:
| That's probably my favorite part about Balaji, is his
| thinking is so multi-faceted and original that you're
| naturally going to come across things you agree with him and
| disagree.
| jkeat wrote:
| TrueAnon's trilogy on Tesla
|
| https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/lamest-show-1
|
| > how a nerdy dot-com gold chaser hacked the self-satisfied
| neoliberal green political regime and orchestrated a cacophonous
| symphony of thirsty social media marketeers, auto industry
| executives, captured and bought off media, and the bull market
| ride of the century. At the center of all of this is the pied
| piper of the redditmen, our very own epic bacon PT Barnum -- Elon
| Musk -- who rightly understands that branding really is
| everything and that so long as you can keep the music going the
| party doesn't have to end.
| BrissyCoder wrote:
| +1 came here to post this.
|
| I knew Musk was a bit of an asshole but didn't realize to what
| extent he was an absolute fraud.
| 4monthsaway wrote:
| doot
| geocrasher wrote:
| There are about 3 or 4 Darknet Diaries, but here's my fav. OK
| it's a tie:
| https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/90/ Jenny Meet
| Jenny Radcliffe, the People Hacker. She's a social
| engineer and physical penetration tester. Which means she
| gets paid to break into buildings and test their
| security. In this episode she tells us a few stories of
| some penetration testing jobs she's done.
| https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/95/ Jon & Brian's Big
| Adventure Jon and Brian are penetration testers who both
| worked at a place called RedTeam Security. They're paid
| to break into buildings and hack into networks to test
| the security of those buildings. In this episode they
| bring us a story of how they prepare and execute a
| mission like this. But even with all the preparation,
| something still goes terribly wrong.
|
| Episodes 84 and 81 also. GREAT stuff. But 90 and 95 are my faves.
| I don't have time for other podcasts so its DND for me.
| Bobbleoxs wrote:
| Mine were:
|
| 77 Olympic Destroyer 78 Knaves out 86 The LinkedIn Incident 97
| The Pizza Problem
| more_corn wrote:
| One more for Darknet. The NSO group episodes are my favorite.
| 99 and 100 I think they are. The episode about the Puerto Rico
| lottery is amazing too.
| tailspin2019 wrote:
| I picked up on Darknet Diaries from recommendations in a
| previous HN podcast thread.
|
| Some of the physical pen test episodes are totally gripping!
| Well worth a listen.
|
| Great podcast.
| paranorman wrote:
| Echo the love for this podcast, one of the easiest subscription
| purchases I've ever made. Jack is a great storyteller.
| bijant wrote:
| Odd not to see an episode from the Odd Lots podcast here (going
| by how often it gets cited in economic/supply chain discussions
| around here)
|
| My favorite would certainly be an Amp Hour Episode if I knew
| which one to pick. Have still held out for the annual Keyzermas
| Episode so that one could easily take the title.Chris Gammell is
| just an all-around cool dude who's always asking the right
| questions to get the most out of his guests.
|
| Honorable Mention goes to some reverse engineering podcast that
| must remain unnamed. Its great but far to infrequent.
| baldgeek wrote:
| why not name it?
| mhb wrote:
| Darknet Diaries: Money Maker
| https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/102/
| nikivi wrote:
| I liked one with Kevin (first CEO of Instagram)
|
| https://overcast.fm/+eZyDZHzsI
| pawelwentpawel wrote:
| Same here, that was my favourite!
| throwtaway wrote:
| Same here
| serjester wrote:
| Peter Attia's podcast with Tom Catena. He's a doctor in war torn
| Africa and I'd argue one of most inspirational people alive.
| Turned down money, resources and a comfortable life in the US to
| make a greater impact in Africa. Peter Attia being a fellow
| doctor adds tons to the discussion.
| gxqoz wrote:
| A recent 99% Invisible episode on alphabetical order was pretty
| fascinating. It's based on Judith Flanders's new book about
| alphabetical order, A Place for Everything. Among things I hadn't
| considered is how in Chinese "alphabetical order" is based on the
| number of strokes in the character.
|
| https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/alphabetical-order/
|
| Two other goods ones from the always enjoyable Decoder Ring:
|
| Truly Tasteless Jokes - How "free speech" moved from being a
| largely left-wing phenomenon to a right-wing phenomenon through
| an '80s joke book: https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-
| ring/2021/12/decoder-ring...
|
| The Tootsie Shot - About filming in New York and an iconic shot
| you've seen from countless films -
| https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2021/06/tootsie-shot
|
| Finally, both seasons of TMC's The Plot Thickens that aired this
| year were good listens. Season 2 is on the failed film adaptation
| of The Bonfire of the Vanities. Season 3 is on Lucille Ball.
| https://theplotthickens.tcm.com/
|
| And heck, one more film podcast. The Mubi Podcast's episode on
| the Chinese film "Dream Factory" and how it basically built up
| that country's film industry was a great story I had never heard
| before: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mubi-
| podcast/id1569229...
| starik36 wrote:
| Lex Fridman talks to Jamie Metzl about the Lab Leak theory.
| Absolutely fascinating.
|
| https://lexfridman.com/jamie-metzl/
| lhoff wrote:
| Hands down this Lex's interview with Joscha Bach. Very inspiring
| and a lot of interesting viewpoints.
| https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-2/
|
| EDIT For German Speakers i'd also recommend these two episodes: -
| http://www.jungundnaiv-podcast.de/2021/09/535-aladin-el-mafa... -
| https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2021-03/maja-goepel-intervi...
| aspectmin wrote:
| Wow - absolutely the same here. That was an amazing discussion.
| sva_ wrote:
| I may also recommend his appearance on 'Theories of Everything
| with Curt Jaimungal' and
|
| > For German Speakers
|
| Also https://alternativlos.org/42/
| lhoff wrote:
| I actually prefere the Talk on Alternativlos because it was
| easier for me to grasp the complex ideas. I was listening it
| again just last week. But for the mostly English speaking
| community here the talk with LeX is equally good.
| fredoliveira wrote:
| This one for me as well. I found myself having to pause and
| contemplate some of the ideas in that one several times. It's
| fascinating to hear Joscha describe how he models everything
| around us. Definitely worth a (patient, attentive) listen.
| VieEnCode wrote:
| Is Bach well-regarded in the AI community? I found this podcast
| a very interesting listen and checked out many of his others.
| He is a compelling speaker, but I am in not any way qualified
| to verify his claims. He also seems somewhat categorical in his
| statements about things that perhaps don't warrant such
| confidence: e.g. his view of the nature of mind, consciousness,
| the self, dreams, etc.
| [deleted]
| swayson wrote:
| The impression I get is he specialises more around the
| philsophy of AI and cybernetics.
| maneesh wrote:
| By far, The Program Audio Series has been my favorite podcast of
| all time. It's a dys/u/topian story of a world where money, god,
| tech, and society all merge together into one, told in a very
| interesting format.
|
| It's so good that I reached out to the creator and hired him
| haha.
|
| He had a very interesting episode about humanity that was my
| favorite episode of the year:
| https://www.programaudioseries.com/19-abandonware/
|
| As a disclaimer, I sponsored this episode --- but only because
| it's awesome.
| wdella wrote:
| For excellent reporting on a dystopian intersection of tech and
| politics:
|
| Darknet Diaries Episode 100: NSO
|
| On a different note: a whimsical, impossible, and hilarious
| improvised musical:
|
| Mission to Zyxx Episode 507: A Little 'Ditty about Jack and
| Shai'an
| shantara wrote:
| Non-tech related: Anthropocene Reviewed - Orbital Sunrise
|
| https://pod.link/1342003491
| elevenoh wrote:
| sveng wrote:
| This doctor's claims made on that podcast have been largely
| debunked.[0] And his association with a serious-sounding
| medical group is rather revealing.[1]
|
| JRE as Entertainment? Yes. Accurate guidance on important
| science issues? Not so much.[2]
|
| [0]https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-
| rogan-...
|
| [1]https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/rgzvr3/something_
| ...
|
| [2]https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health-and-
| nutrit...
| jetsetgo wrote:
| shimonabi wrote:
| I hope HN bans you for spreading deadly misinformation.
| lwhalen wrote:
| Indeed, deadly misinformation about a disease with a 99.8%
| survival rate. The shame, the horror...
| Bilal_io wrote:
| 809300 deaths out of 51574787 cases is 1.5%. that's nothing
| if you don't care about the people that died, or the many
| that suffered and lived.
| qwerqsdfqw wrote:
| How many deaths does it take be considered deadly?
|
| Based on the survival rate of 99.8% in 7B (approx world's
| population) is about 14M deaths (if we are not there yet,
| we should be tending towards it based on the survival
| rate). Besides, this doesn't consider cases of long covid,
| financial and other impact on people/families etc.
| grae_QED wrote:
| I have two: Darknet Diaries episode 92 on the pirate bay and the
| Huberman Lab episode 22 on hypertrophy.
| dannyeei wrote:
| Can't believe no one has mentioned Acquired! The episode on
| Standard Oil is extremely good
| https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/standard-oil-part-i
| bmcphail wrote:
| Shawn Ryan Show #015 Former Seal Team Six operator goes deep into
| his mental and physical training, injuries, addictions,
| relationships, and more. Powerful is the most apt description.
| Takes him a few minutes to warm up, but is unbelievable after.
|
| Spotify -
| https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ozFFhC6NS5fZcfRXhM2LZ?si=a...
| YouTube - https://youtu.be/dWJ_WwWSabw
| poo_clown wrote:
| Alison McDowell on THC. Really good primer on web 3.0/spatial
| web, impact investing, ESG, Outcome Based Education, smart
| contracts, human capital markets, and predatory philanthropy. In
| general I can't recommend her work enough at wrenchinthegears.com
| but this episode was a really good starting point.
|
| https://www.thehighersidechats.com/alison-mcdowell-human-cap...
| qntty wrote:
| I'm not usually a Joe Rogan listener, but I keep thinking about
| the interview he did with Carl Hart:
| https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xMbq7gLEjFioOQ5gpSw2l
|
| Hart claims that the inherent addictiveness of even the most
| addictive drugs (he talks mostly about heroin) is exaggerated,
| because most of the worst addicts are dealing with psychological,
| social, and financial difficulties in addition to drug addiction,
| and drugs are often unfairly blamed for all their problems. I
| don't necessarily agree with everything he says, but he has a
| very interesting perspective.
| spurgu wrote:
| Personal anecdote. I tried (smoking) heroin once, out of
| curiosity, and I beg to disagree. It was really nice and
| calming. Then 30 minutes laters I got the urge and wanted more.
| Then felt nice again. Then 20 minutes later I wanted more. Then
| 10 minutes later. Then 5. Then the bag was empty and I felt
| like crap. Then the car wouldn't start and we had to push it to
| jump start - felt like one of the most physically demanding
| things I've ever done.
|
| If you were to shoot it in the vein those effects would be
| exacerbated to a point I can't even imagine what the cravings
| and after-effects would be like.
|
| Granted I might not have been in the best state of mind back
| then, but still. It's by far the most addictive (short-term)
| substance I've ever tried. I still use others irregularly but
| that one I'll never touch again.
| qntty wrote:
| I've heard a couple different stories about trying drugs like
| heroin. Some say that they felt addicted immediately, some
| say it takes a while. Then there's Carl Hart who says that he
| has occasionally done heroin for years without developing an
| addiction and he knows others like him.
|
| If I had to guess, I'd say that there's a significant
| minority of people who can do addictive drugs without getting
| addicted and it's probably related to genetics. Maybe it has
| something to do with sensitivity to pain and executive
| function.
|
| Either way, I don't plan on ever trying anything like that
| myself. I suspect that I'd be one of the unlucky ones.
| spurgu wrote:
| This is highly plausible. Nicotine addiction seems to
| differ from individual to individual as well. I know people
| who smoke for years, then just one day decide to quit and
| do it without any issues[0] and stay off it for a couple of
| months or years and then start again, or not. Me personally
| I go insane within 12-24 hours of abstinence (massive
| anxiety/frustration) and it requires an enormous amount of
| willpower to get past the 48-72 hours until it starts to
| ease.
|
| [0] They mostly cite the "habit" being hard to break
| conductr wrote:
| Most of my family growing up were smokers and always
| trying/going to quit. What always amazed me is many times
| one of them would quit for like a week or two, it was
| hell for them, then they'd just pick it back up saying it
| was just too hard. I'd think the hard part was over but
| then I always connected it to the social part smoking and
| the having something to do with their hands aspect.
| There's something else besides the nicotine addiction
| that's hard to kick.
| spoonjim wrote:
| Yes but what was your life like when you smoked heroin for
| the first time? Were you economically comfortable, employed,
| married, had kids, had a strong social network, had strong
| ties to institutions in your community?
| wbsss4412 wrote:
| The thesis isn't that drugs aren't inherently addictive at
| all, it's that the addictiveness (which I'm defining as the
| degree to which it is difficult for people to stop using) is
| estimated to be higher than the inherent addictive properties
| of the drug would actually imply.
|
| It's not to say that the drugs don't cause cravings, it's
| that people without the aforementioned issues have a much
| more straightforward ability to manage those cravings.
| avgDev wrote:
| I have taken opiates for pain, and first time I took it I
| also experienced calm and euphoria. However, it only lasted
| the first few doses. I would quickly need to up the dosage to
| feel the same effects. I can see how someone could really
| start doing more and more to get that effect. However, if you
| are taking only the prescribed dosage I would argue that the
| risk is quite low for severe addiction, but you would still
| have dependence and would need to ween off. You would just
| need to fight the "need" urge you experienced and be
| conscious about the correct usage.
|
| If I took a few days/weeks off and taken it again I would get
| the same calming and euphoric effect but again it would
| quickly wear off and would require higher dosage to get it,
| but the pain was controlled at the same dosage.
|
| The whole opiate epidemic really fked anyone with chronic
| pain for who SSRIs don't work.
| m_ke wrote:
| A few related things that I just watched last night:
|
| Opioid Tragedy: Inside the Fentanyl Crisis | Ten Dollar Death
| Trip | ENDEVR Documentary: https://youtu.be/Dfv_tISYl8A
|
| The Solution to the Opioid Crisis | Joe Rogan & Johann Hari:
| https://youtu.be/vVMN3DgcRYk
| coldpie wrote:
| My was this 4-episode mini-series about the development of Halo
| 2's multiplayer component. Links here: https://smarturl.it/H2Pod
| ranger207 wrote:
| Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East VI.
|
| Given the insane brutality of the Pacific war, the stranglehold
| the Japanese military had on its society, and the utterly
| unbreakable Japanese will that just kept going loss after brutal
| loss even when it was clear to everyone involved that there was
| no possible way left for them to win, Carlin makes it clear that
| the leaders of the day certainly felt justified with their
| decisions to first firebomb and then atomic bomb Japanese
| civilians and cities.
|
| A couple of weeks later a friend told me that he believed that
| you should be willing to fight to the death, and even the death
| of others, for what you believe is right. I think morally of
| course you should be committed to your beliefs, but if you
| replicate that to that extent on a society-wide scale, you might
| end up with another Imperial Japan.
|
| https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-67-supern...
|
| (Of course, as Carlin will often tell you, he's not a historian
| and is more interested in an emotional story than 100% true
| facts. I'll also recommend Ian Toll's Pacific War book trilogy
| for a more accurate take on events. Plus, it covers the
| incredibly brutal Battle of Manila that Carlin leaves out.)
| darawk wrote:
| This is pretty different than most of the other recommendations
| on here, but the "Johnny Keys" story from Sammy Gravano's
| podcast, which starts at the end of episode 6, and continues to
| the beginning of episode 8:
|
| https://youtu.be/oEFjWlgOu1k?t=1260 (this is the point in ep. 6
| that the story starts)
|
| It's a little bit ethically questionable to listen to, since the
| guy is a killer, and he's profiting from it. However, the
| storytelling in this thing is leagues better than any movie i've
| seen in the last few years. He's literally sitting in his
| armchair just talking, and it's so much more engaging than most
| professionally written stories.
| jtmetcalfe wrote:
| Felix Biederman interviews former Gov. of Illinois and convicted
| felon Rod Blagojevich on Chapo Trap House:
| https://otter.ai/u/B_VZ8fzEK4S-c0jVmRQ2_wYHCCA
| https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/561-teaser-blago-hat...
| f0e4c2f7 wrote:
| Tim Ferris #542 with Chris Dixon and Naval was the podcast that
| made me think _maybe_ there might be something to web3 and it was
| at least worth investigating.
|
| 2 months later I'm still not yet sure. So take that for what it's
| worth.
|
| https://tim.blog/2021/10/28/chris-dixon-naval-ravikant/
|
| As an honorable mention I'll also say that I've been listening to
| Dan Carlin's series on Japan in WW2 and it has been incredible as
| I've come to expect from his work.
| wenbin wrote:
| It's hard for me to pick one, as I've listened to many :)
|
| Here's my master playlist (the only rss I subscribe on overcast):
| https://lnns.co/3iXVgJq5MRa
| dnissley wrote:
| The Real Story of "The Central Park Karen"
|
| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/honestly-with-bari-wei...
|
| Remember the story about the off leash dog walker and the bird
| watcher in central park that went viral right around the time
| when the murder of George Floyd took place? In all of the ensuing
| frenzy I had personally believed the horrible portrait the media
| painted of this woman, but this podcast showed just how wrong
| that portrayal was.
| CyanDeparture wrote:
| The Off Menu with Bridget Christie as the guest (it has zero to
| do with tech):
|
| https://play.acast.com/s/offmenu/ep130-bridgetchristie
| tailspin2019 wrote:
| Seconded!
|
| Also #112 with Simon Amstell was good as was the recent episode
| with Harry Hill.
| marban wrote:
| Pretty much all early episodes of https://hubermanlab.com --
| Though it's become a bit lengthy and repetitive lately.
| tailspin2019 wrote:
| I agree with the early episodes being very good. I've put quite
| a lot of learnings into action after listening to those.
| (Especially the episodes on sleep).
|
| The biggest takeaway was understanding the impact of body
| temperature on circadian rhythms. I'd known about the impact of
| light before (but he had a lot more information to share on
| that too which I hadn't previously heard), but the body
| temperature stuff was completely new to me and fascinating.
|
| I can't vouch for the later episodes as I haven't listened for
| a while...
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