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Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by prosaic-hacker on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:09PM (#31418513)
During commutes and chores. Mostly really geeky tech podcast. Computer Security, embedded systems, networking. Twit.tv, packetpushers.net, theamphour.com embedded.fm, unnamedre.com. www.cbc.ca/radio/spark. Grazed through dozen more worldsgreatestcon.fireside.fm www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes(a season or 2 behind). Audio books don't really do it form me. All of the podcast I listen to have RSS feeds. Don't use podcast services
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by annagrigoryan2 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:29AM (#31421934)
RSS is sooo cool! There are so many rss readers launching, but they stop being active eventually because there's not a lot of people that still actively use it.

I use RSS for my newsletters, gather all of them in one place with Zapier.

Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by derbOac on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @08:42PM (#31417955)
Yes, but mostly when traveling or commuting. A few times a year at most I'll look through "best of the year" lists at various places or responses to "what podcasts do you like?" at places like here or Reddit. If I come across an article highlighting a podcast that sounds interesting, I'll add it to my subscription list.

I get behind on them and then feel swamped.

Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by annagrigoryan2 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:28AM (#31421925)
on what app you listen to your podcasts? is it spotify?
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by derbOac on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:07AM (#31422291)
AntennaPod
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by thorin on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @06:08AM (#31420955)
Podcasts get recommended internally through the podcast mafia :-)

My favs are Joe Rogan (used to have very high quality guests, seems to have dipped a bit since he hit the news), Lex Friedman (excellent tech/science/CS guests), Jocko (inspiring), Broken Record ( Rick Rubin and friends ), Darknet Diaries ( securities )

Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by kleer001 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:08PM (#31418137)
Sometimes, when I can't find any good audio books. I'm pretty ossified in my tastes and only listen to the same hand full for a decade now. And even then only about 1/2 of their episodes are to my liking.
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by annagrigoryan2 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:27AM (#31421918)
where are you looking for audiobooks? I'm constantly torn to get audible
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by softwarebeware on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @07:55PM (#31417631)
Yes. Mostly through word of mouth and occasionally by search for topics
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by 2rsf on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @04:43AM (#31420519)
Yes, during commute. I mostly find them through mentions in other podcasts or articles- most of the podcasts I listen to are around the same subject.
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by annagrigoryan2 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:27AM (#31421913)
how many podcasts do you listen on regular bases?
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by 2rsf on Friday May 20, 2022 @03:37AM (#31444418)
I would say 15, they release from weekly to monthly with random breaks in the middle
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by anon2020dot00 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @12:42PM (#31436924)
No, because I prefer reading instead of listening for most content.

Listening just feels too passive for me.

Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by mikewarot on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @02:23AM (#31419791)
Mostly, I start them up in Youtube, then listen to them.

I've also been listening to a lot of talks at NDC and GOTO

Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by bediger4000 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @07:33PM (#31417479)
I do listen to podcasts, mainly palaeontology, like Palaeocast.

I used to find them as word-of-mouth on Twitter, but then I deleted my Twitter account because Twitter is already overrun with bots and weird political posts. I also realized that even if Elon Musk, the Richest and therefore the Smartest man in the world, took over, I was still Twitter's product. I wasn't getting paid to be on Twitter, so Goodbye!

Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by theandrewbailey on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @08:14PM (#31417757)
I used to.
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by annagrigoryan2 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:27AM (#31421919)
why you stopped?
Re:Ask HN: Do You Listen to Podcasts? by awsrocks on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:15PM (#31418877)
Oh yeah: Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz Flagrant 2 when I work out.