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Re:Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly? by anonu on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @07:35AM (#18074832)
I'm an "ETF Guy" so I listen to a lot of the wonky ETF and Finance-related podcasts:

- Behind the Markets with Jeremy Schwartz

- Invest like the Best - with O'Shaughnessy - not just finance stuff. example: Recent podcast on "Tracking" wild animals in the bush was great.

- The Curious Investor - AQR's new Podcast on financial factors and the like

- The Meb Faber Show - Meb Faber runs a fund and has interesting guests

- The Monthly Dirtcast - ex-Lehman guy who started a popular daily financial newsletter. Still OK - needs help editing and more frequency.

- Trillions - ETF-Focused Bloomberg podcast with Eric Balchunas. Trillions refers to the $5tr in ETF assets today

Other Stuff

- 99% Invisible - interesting random stuff - well produced

- Bowery Boys - NYC history

- Desert Island Discs - long running radio interviews on the BBC

- How I Built This - interviews with Entrepreneurs - highly recommended (NPR)

- Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman

- Pod Save America - Ex-Obama guys discussing the past week's news

- Real Time with Bill Maher - audio of his HBO show - never actually seen the show - you miss out on some visuals but fun to listen to his ranting.

- Wait Wait Dont Tell Me, This American Life, The Moth - 3 well-produced NPR podcasts. Wait Wait is a game show with the latest week's news - fun background noise for me. This American Life has interesting stories but can get a bit slow.

- Radiolab - the audio formatting bothers me - but they have interesting stories.

- Freakonomics - declined in quality a bit from a few years ago - but still nice to listen to.

- Joe Rogan Experience - Long (1-3 hour) podcasts - But Im always amazed at Joe Rogan's ability to connect with guests. I like his interview style, the cadence of his questions and how he gets people to open up. See Elon Musk's latest interview - also on Youtube.

Edit & Request for Podcasts (RFP): I note that either a lot of podcasts - or at least the ones I get recommended to me - tend to be "left-leaning" politically. I'm on the lookout for more right-leaning podcasts that balance this out a bit. I see one comment below suggesting "Left Right & Centre" may help... Other ideas?

Re:Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly? by glenra on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @09:01AM (#18075465)
> I'm on the lookout for more right-leaning podcasts that balance this out a bit...Other ideas?

If you want news, politics and culture from a perspective that is libertarianish and/or right-wing-ish, try:

* The Fifth Column - An editor of Reason Magazine + friends discuss news once a week

* Penn's Sunday School - Libertarian/atheist/skeptic magician Penn Jillette + comedian friends discuss news

* Coffee with Scott Adams - Will amusingly discuss from a "persuasion" frame why whatever Trump just did/said is, like, totally awesome and you just didn't get it :-)

* The Ben Shapiro Show - A very-Jewish conservative anti-abortion pro-Israel take on the news

* Honey Badger Radio - Outrage from a female-led Mens Rights Activist / anti-feminist perspective.

(To balance that last one: if you want outrage from an explicitly PRO-feminist perspective try Feminist Frequency. )

Re:Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly? by poke111 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:02PM (#18079703)
If you're looking for something on the right - Ricochet has a number of excellent podcasts. They are trying to be like the NPR of the center right.