I’m a longtime This Week in Tech listener and I’ve realized that downloading the new episode every Monday morning has become a habit I could never imagine quitting.
As I was thinking about that, I’ve started wondering which other tech podcasts are people listening to, and if that’s second nature for them, too.
So, what’s your favorite technology podcast? (And why should I start listening to it? I would love some recommendations!)
Darknet Diaries.
Only recently started to listen to podcasts in my car. Spotify recommended me Darknet Diaries, I’m at episode 10 so far and liking it! Does it maintain that quality, does the content shift by episode 100 or does it more or less stay consistent?
In the same vein, Malicious Life is also good, though Ram is a bit difficult to understand.
I also love Smashing Security and Hacking Humans for the news side of Cyber Security
This one for sure. The hosts rarely make mistakes (at least when they cover tech topics) and when they’re corrected (during recording or after it’s released) they strictly start the next episode with a detailed correction.
They have good chemistry and are well spoken, and unlike most podcasts, they don’t ruin the show by bringing on mediocre guests.
When they make an exception, it’s always an exceptional guest. In several hundred episodes they have had three guests if you don’t count a couple brief entertaining side cameos that were somewhat off topic.
They limit the show to interesting (or entertaining) content. Boring news stories are skipped (get your news elsewhere) and if it’s a slow news week they have a list of timeless subjects ready and waiting to have an episode recorded. If a topic needs five seconds, they give it five seconds. If it needs five hours, they’ll cover it over several episodes.
Finally, one of the hosts is both an audiophile and the developer of a major podcasting client and various podcast editing tools. The audio quality is absolutely perfect, and the editing is even better. Even the ads are well done (and there aren’t many, and you can subscribe to remove them).
JB Labs has good shows. My favorite is the Self Hosted show.
I don’t listen to a ton of podcasts but I really enjoy https://selfhosted.show/
My top 3 are:
Foss Podd - Has interviews with open source devs from some pretty large projects
Self Hosted - If you’re interested in self hosting, you’ve probably come across some of their resources, why not listen to them?
Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast - Interviews with hardware hackers and talking about the tools they use. Very interesting.
To add to Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast,
Embedded.fm @ https://embedded.fm/
The Amp Hour @ https://theamphour.com/
Both podcasts have regular interviews with industry folks and “just two folks chatting about their subject” episodes
