Hacker News with Generative AI: Podcasts

Ask HN: What podcast episodes changed the way you think about startups? (ycombinator.com)
I am asking for episodes here and not the entire podcast.<p>I feel like there are a lot of podcasts and in case of audio is very hard to find specific episodes that are really good or skim their content to assess if it is high-quality.<p>I want to improve or better say upgrade my general knowledge about business/marketing/sales/startups.
Pocket Casts makes its web player free, takes shots at Spotify and AI (arstechnica.com)
To push that point forward, Pocket Casts, owned by the company behind WordPress, Automattic Inc., has made its web player free to everyone.
The DevTools Ceiling: Great as Open Source, and a Terrible Business (dx.tips)
I had a very familiar pang of empathy when listening to the Stellate post mortem on the excellent OSS Startups podcast.
Tech and Non-Tech Stacks to Run Listen Notes (2025) (listennotes.fm)
I wrote about the tech stack of Listen Notes in early 2018 (with a slight update in 2019) in a blog post that got shared several times on Hacker News. It’s 2025 now, and with the evolution of our product lineup, my mindset, and technology itself (plus the decay of outdated tools), I think it’s time for a refresh.
My brother explains what it's like to run an AI startup (understandingai.org)
I’m pleased to present this cross-posted episode of AI Summer, a podcast I co-host with Dean Ball of the Mercatus Center. Most episodes of AI Summer are not cross-posted here, so if you enjoy this conversation please subscribe to the newsletter or search for “AI Summer” in your favorite podcast app.
Podcast: Clojure in Product. Would you do it again? (youtube.com)
Show HN: A New Way to Learn Languages (langturbo.com)
Learn faster with podcasts and the latest language learning research.
Show HN: HackerVoice – An Experimental AI Podcast Covering Hacker News (vercel.app)
Every day (0 16 * * * on UTC), an LLM-powered host covers the top five trending topics from HackerNews in a fully automated podcast.
The DevTools Ceiling: Great as Open Source, and a Terrible Business (dx.tips)
I had a very familiar pang of empathy when listening to the Stellate post mortem on the excellent OSS Startups podcast.
Show HN: Curatrs – Scheduled Programming for Podcasts (curatrs.com)
Programming in Go Is Fun (bitfieldconsulting.com)
I recently had the privilege of being a guest on the Cup o’ Go podcast, where I chatted with hosts Jonathan Hall and Shay Nehmad about teaching and learning Go. You can listen to the full interview here: Cup o’ Go #21: John Arundel interview
Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket (defn.io)
I made a podcast player for iOS. It's called Podcatcher and it's live on the iOS App Store!
AI isn't going to build your startup (justinjackson.ca)
My friend Brian Casel and I have a new podcast. In it, we invite other founders to discuss (and debate) the realities of building a business.
Why Northern England is poor (tomforth.co.uk)
Buying an old and neglected house in Leeds and working on its renovation for two years has increased and broadened my podcast listening. A series that has provided the soundtrack to stripping the stairs and priming the window frames has been Conversations with Tyler.
Perl Weekly Issue #704 – Perl Podcast (perlweekly.com)
Do you know of any active Perl Podcast?
The Philosophy of Ghost in the Shell (reddit.com)
I'm considering doing a podcast episode on the philosophical themes within the anime versions of Ghost in the Shell. Could extend to the manga, though I haven't read them yet.
My AI/LLM predictions for the next 1, 3 and 6 years (simonwillison.net)
The Oxide and Friends podcast has an annual tradition of asking guests to share their predictions for the next 1, 3 and 6 years.
Show HNL: Upload resume, get a motivational audio (adauris.ai)
Turn your 2025 goals into a motivational podcast. Start your year off strong!
The 'Blog' of 'Unnecessary' Quotation Marks (unnecessaryquotes.com)
A few months ago I had the delightful experience of a recorded conversation with Kyle and Emily from the language podcast Butter No Parsnip...
Show HN: GitHub repository through a Podcast (gitpodcast.com)
Turn any GitHub repository into an engaging podcast in seconds.
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation in Diary of CEO podcast (bbc.com)
Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett is amplifying harmful health misinformation on his number-one ranked podcast, a BBC investigation has found.
The Program, my fiction podcast launched on HN, 5 years and 1M downloads later (programaudioseries.com)
The world survived for another year, and The Program audio series with it.
Debanking (and Debunking?) (bitsaboutmoney.com)
Recently, noted VC Marc Andreessen kicked off a discussion about debanking, in a podcast with his co-founder Ben Horowitz (begins at 7:42) and in an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. The venture firm they founded, a16z, also published a brief on this topic.
Podcast on Go to market – who needs to be on it? (ycombinator.com)
hey everyone, I am thinking of launching a dedicated GTM Podcast. Who should be a guest?
Why NSA Rules Say No to Smartphones, No to Texting, Yes to Podcasts (newyorker.com)
The National Security Agency’s new podcast takes its name from the clandestine organization’s own nickname, No Such Agency, and its hosts—Cam Potts, Christy Wicks, Brian Fassler, and John Parker—are all N.S.A. employees.
Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2024? (ycombinator.com)
It's that time of the year again. The Economist has released their best podcasts of 2024 list - https://archive.ph/Bh2Y0#selection-977.4-977.25
Factorio with Michal Kovařík (softwareengineeringdaily.com)
Factorio is a construction and management simulation game focused on resource-gathering with real-time strategy and survival elements.
Learning not to trust the All-In podcast (passingtime.substack.com)
My coworker and I enjoy having debates about whether the American economy is in the express lane to collapse or cruising in the good times (I’m really fun at parties). For the two-and-a-half years I’ve worked at my current company, one of us has been a bull while the other has been a bear. I’ll let you guess which one is me.
Voting from Space (nasa.gov)
From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible.
From molecule to medicine, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo (complexsystemspodcast.com)
What happens between academic research and patients getting access to new drugs, and how we can improve it.