I’ve tried building a habit to listen to podcasts but to no avail. I don’t feel like I’ve found the right ones yet that fit into my sweet spot. I’m interested in a few topics: biographies, software design, and learning about advanced financial investing (e.g. private equity).
What are you listening to? Would love recommendations.
The way I listen to podcasts is similar to how I consume web contents:
Search by topics/people, and Find podcast episodes to listen, then move on, not subscribing to podcasts. Search by topics/people, and Find web pages to read, then move on, not bookmarking websites.
For podcast recommendations, I’d suggest focusing on topics/people that you’d like to learn more. You can search and find individual episodes [2]. At this moment, there are at least 140,000,000 podcast episodes [3] - vs there were 25,000,000 web pages indexed by google in 1998 [4]
[1] https://www.listennotes.com/playlists/wenbin-fangs-podcast-p...
[2] https://www.listennotes.com/
[3] https://www.listennotes.com/podcast-stats/
[4] https://www.thinglink.com/scene/452856351543001090
I get sharing your stuff when it's relevant, but couldn't you at least share some podcasts you've enjoyed before pitching your site?
Fall of Civilizations -- 2-4 hour histories of various societies.
History of Napoleon -- I like to have a long-form on the go, this is my current one. Adds a lot of context to modern Europe. Previously History of Rome.
https://ageofnapoleon.com/
1) Rational Reminder (Ben Felix & Cameron Passmore) : This is hands down the best in equity investing (start with Nobel Prize winner Eugene Fama in Episode 200)
2) Flirting With Models (Corey Hoffstein) : Deep dives with guests on Factor investing and quantitative finance in general
3) Bogleheads on Investing (Rick Ferri) : Discussion on advanced investing topics from a individual investor perspective (also covers financial planning topics)
Not everyone likes Tim. He's kind of seen as a self help guy.
But that isn't important, because the show is not about Tim. The conversation is often streered towards his interests, but you may share those.
I think Ferriss is widely curious about the world and a good interviewer, so the show has great variety.
Just cherry pick guests you want to hear, and I also recommend trying some you're not sure about. The couple episodes I liked best were completely unknown names to me.
BSD Now - everything *BSD. Quality has declined quite a bit since Benedict joined, though.
Corecursive - some really great stories on software development. The recent one on debugging LISP in deep space is great.
Changelog - Sometimes decent interviews with founders and in-depth tech interview. Avoid JS Party though, it’s really daunting.
Cyber - stories on hacking and cyber security from Vice / Motherboard.
2600: Off the hook - legendary.
The Guardian Long Read - excellent long-form investigatory journalism from my favourite news source
The Guardian Today in Focus - analysis of news topics; keeps me up to date
Wall Street Breakfast - Recent headlines on financial markets by Seeking Alpha
Oxide and Friends - stories from low-level programming world (firmware, operating systems, etc.): <https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/oxide-and-friends/>
On The Metal (discontinued) - same as above, from the same people: <https://oxide.computer/podcasts>
(edited: I thought Oxide and Friends was discontinued, but I was wrong. Removed the misinformation.)
Risky Business - news from the cybers
Darknet Diaries - tales from the dark side of the internet (for h4x0rs)