[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?
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Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022?
What were your favorite podcast episodes of 2022? 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.
Author : hnu0847
Score : 50 points
Date : 2022-12-26 16:01 UTC (7 hours ago)
| madspindel wrote:
| Jesse Michels interview with Graham Hancock:
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| https://youtu.be/dfPfPB601hw
| jolancer wrote:
| [dead]
| mushbino wrote:
| Blowback seasons 2 & 3 were both great. If you're into history at
| all.
| aato wrote:
| 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.
| solardev wrote:
| How so? Didn't he move to Meta to manage/lead their VR efforts,
| then left that for his own startup?
|
| That doesn't mean he never gets to code anymore, but he's not
| really just an IC anymore, is he?
| rahimnathwani wrote:
| I don't know the specifics of this case, but someone can be a
| technical leader with significant impact, without having a
| large number of direct or indirect reports.
| solardev wrote:
| > someone can be a technical leader with significant
| impact, without having a large number of direct or indirect
| reports.
|
| Can you explain what you mean by this?
|
| In my (limited) knowledge of Carmack, he is both a
| craftsman and a businessperson... he founded several
| companies and was the CTO of Oculus for a while. Hard to
| imagine there not being direct or indirect reports in that
| case.
|
| In either case, he's definitely better known as a thought
| leader and rockstar developer rather than an effective
| executive, I suppose. I think he left Meta in part because
| he couldn't really get past all the red tape and move the
| company where he thought Oculus needed to go.
| rahimnathwani wrote:
| "In either case, he's definitely better known as a
| thought leader and rockstar developer rather than an
| effective executive, I suppose"
|
| Yes, this is what I mean.
| binarynate wrote:
| Acquired's episode on the history of Enron:
|
| https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/enron
| digianarchist wrote:
| There have been a few good episodes this year:
|
| Walmart - https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/walmart
|
| Amazon - https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/amazon-com
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| AWS - https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/amazon-web-services
| gmassman wrote:
| 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!
| birdymcbird wrote:
| 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
| ezhux wrote:
| Bjork - Sonic Symbolism is blowing me away at the moment, it's
| hard to pick a single episode.
|
| https://pod.link/bjork
| jolancer wrote:
| [dead]
| youniverse wrote:
| 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!
| theturtletalks wrote:
| The stuxnet one blew my mind. All these US departments coming
| together secretly to knee-cap Iran's nuclear program. And the
| irony being that the worm was so good, it leaked into the
| outside world and wreaked havoc. Only when a malware specialist
| looked at the code, did he see the sophistication and the
| multiple zero-days exploits used. The journalist who uncovered
| all of this rightfully won the Pulitzer.
| TotoHorner wrote:
| 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.
| kranke155 wrote:
| Pretty sure r/AskHistorians considers Hardcore History to be
| really innacurate.
|
| BBC's In Our Time podcast is a far superior counterpart, where
| academics from leading universities discuss a chose topic. It's
| well moderated and beautifully informative.
| yoaviram wrote:
| I love hard core history, but I recently discovered The Rest
| is History and it takes the number one spot for me.
| meheleventyone wrote:
| Yeah I'd second In Our Time, it's a long running Radio show
| and covers culture, science, religion, philosophy and
| history. Really great nuggets on loads of topics. Plus they
| provide a full reading list for each show.
| TotoHorner wrote:
| source?
| bennysonething wrote:
| It's on Spotify. And on BBC sounds. And I think it's on
| iTunes. You might just be able to download it for free too.
| It used to be available like that years ago.
| flappyeagle wrote:
| Thank you for this! Exactly what I needed
| nicbou wrote:
| Martyrmade. I knew nothing about the history of Israel.
|
| If you like Hardcore History, you'll like Martyrmade too.
| srge wrote:
| What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health by Huberman Lab
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| thorin wrote:
| 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)
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