Podcasts
I love listening to podcasts with Overcast especially when commuting or traveling somewhere.
I have Top and Other smart playlists in Overcast. Here is how the Top playlist looks for me:
It includes:
MIT Artificial Intelligence - Conversations at MIT and beyond about the nature of intelligence and AI.
Corecursive - Learn from software development experts. Hosted by Adam Gordon Bell.
Cortex - CGP Grey and Myke Hurley discuss their working lives.
Design Details - Weekly conversation about design process and culture.
The Diff: A Podcast from Facebook Open Source - Showcases the program, the projects and the people that drives the team’s mission of building community through open source technology.
EconTalk - Economics Brought to Life, Library of Economics and Liberty.
FoundMyFitness - Podcast about health, science, nutrition, aging, and fitness.
Hello Internet - CGP Grey and Brady Haran in Conversation.
Hidden Forces - Exploring the hidden forces responsible for driving the most powerful changes we see in the world.
Kevin Rose Show - Kevin Rose interviews and explores new ways to reach peak personal and professional performance.
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish - Mastering the Best of What Other People Have Figured Out.
Kubernetes Podcast from Google - Weekly podcast focused on what’s happening in the Kubernetes community.
Made You Think - Conversations that Stretch Your Brain Muscles.
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Neuroscientist, philosopher and best selling author.
Rationally Speaking - Exploring the borderlands between reason and nonsense.
React Podcast - Conversations about React with your favorite developers.
Reply All - Podcast about the internet’ that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it.
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - Sean Carroll hosts conversations with the world’s most interesting thinkers.
StackTrace - Apple news & rumors from a developer's perspective.
Swift by Sundell - Answering your questions about Swift development.
The Swift Community Podcast - Podcast for the Swift Community, by the Swift Community.
Talking machines - Human conversation about machine learning.
The Tim Ferriss Show - Interesting interviews focused on life improvement.
The Undefined Podcast - The only engineering podcast with a 2 drink minimum.
Venture Stories - Partner and co-founder Erik Torenberg takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology.
For other awesome podcasts you can see here. I also export a list of all the podcasts I am subscribed to (can be imported to Overcast).
Inventing the Future - Josh Wolfe, co-founder of Lux Capital discusses how to unearth the unexplored ideas that will reshape our future.
A podcast is just people talking. Nothing magical.
Can use QuickTime to record.
Great opportunity to meet up with others - makes for a more fun show.
Since it's a rather new format, there's lots of room for new concepts and new ideas.
You don't need expensive recording studio. It's just recording conversations.
Basic audio editing is easy to learn. You can use free tools like GarageBand and Audacity.
Podcasts are not necessarily live. You can edit out the parts that go off topic.
