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Hacker Podcasts

The podcasts Hacker News keeps telling each other to listen to.

114shows
4,234HN comments
2008–2026of HN
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Science

Ranked by how many separate months someone on HN recommended it

Radiolab
#3

Radiolab

WNYC Studios
417 people · 166 months
The Joe Rogan Experience
#5

The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan
978 people · 141 months
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#11

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris
256 people · 100 months
Mindscape
#19

Mindscape

Sean Carroll
117 people · 78 months
Omega Tau
#20

Omega Tau

Markus Voelter, Nora Ludewig
87 people · 78 months
Huberman Lab
#44

Huberman Lab

Scicomm Media
265 people · 53 months
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
#46

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella
47 people · 51 months
This Week in Virology
#49

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello
63 people · 46 months
Volts
#70

Volts

David Roberts
29 people · 34 months
You Are Not So Smart
#73

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart
34 people · 32 months
More or Less
#82

More or Less

BBC Radio 4
30 people · 29 months
Lexicon Valley
#86

Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley
29 people · 28 months
Rationally Speaking Podcast
#87

Rationally Speaking Podcast

New York City Skeptics
29 people · 28 months
Welcome to Night Vale
#98

Welcome to Night Vale

Night Vale Presents
27 people · 25 months
Science Vs
#102

Science Vs

Spotify Studios
32 people · 24 months
Arms Control Wonk
#106

Arms Control Wonk

Jeffrey Lewis & Aaron Stein
24 people · 24 months
DarkHorse Podcast
#108

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
41 people · 23 months
COMPLEXITY
#118

COMPLEXITY

Santa Fe Institute
11 people · 22 months
StarTalk
#120

StarTalk

Neil deGrasse Tyson
28 people · 21 months
Talking Machines
#122

Talking Machines

Tote Bag Productions
26 people · 21 months
Science Talk
#124

Science Talk

Scientific American
25 people · 21 months
The Infinite Monkey Cage
#133

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4
23 people · 20 months
Feeling Good Podcast
#135

Feeling Good Podcast

David Burns, MD
14 people · 20 months
Cooking Issues with Dave Arnold
#139

Cooking Issues with Dave Arnold

Cooking Issues
14 people · 19 months
Gastropod
#159

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley
16 people · 17 months
Maintenance Phase
#160

Maintenance Phase

Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
14 people · 17 months
Sean Carroll's Mindscape
#163

Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Sean Carroll
18 people · 16 months
The Program
#165

The Program

The Program
17 people · 16 months
Data Skeptic
#180

Data Skeptic

Kyle Polich
16 people · 15 months
Ologies with Alie Ward
#188

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward
17 people · 14 months
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD
#194

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD

Ginger Campbell, MD
8 people · 14 months
Skeptoid
#212

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning
11 people · 13 months
The Numberphile Podcast
#216

The Numberphile Podcast

Brady Haran
14 people · 12 months
Imaginary Worlds
#225

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky | Daylight Media
11 people · 12 months
The Song of Urania
#230

The Song of Urania

Joe Antognini
5 people · 12 months
Programming Throwdown
#236

Programming Throwdown

Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci
13 people · 11 months
The After On Podcast
#239

The After On Podcast

Rob Reid
13 people · 11 months
MeatEater
#245

MeatEater

MeatEater
11 people · 11 months
Drilled
#251

Drilled

Pushkin Industries
8 people · 11 months
Barbell Medicine Podcast
#252

Barbell Medicine Podcast

Barbell Medicine
8 people · 11 months
13 Minutes to the Moon
#254

13 Minutes to the Moon

21 people · 10 months
Astronomy Cast
#257

Astronomy Cast

Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay
12 people · 10 months
Very Bad Wizards
#271

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
10 people · 10 months
Quirks and Quarks
#286

Quirks and Quarks

CBC
10 people · 9 months
The Kevin Rose Show
#287

The Kevin Rose Show

Kevin Rose
10 people · 9 months
Decouple
#291

Decouple

Dr. Chris Keefer
10 people · 9 months
Nature Podcast
#299

Nature Podcast

Springer Nature Limited
8 people · 9 months
Psychedelic Salon
#309

Psychedelic Salon

Lorenzo Hagerty
7 people · 9 months
Science Friday
#323

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios
9 people · 8 months
Theories of Everything
#340

Theories of Everything

Theories of Everything
8 people · 8 months
How to Save a Planet
#349

How to Save a Planet

Gimlet
6 people · 8 months
The Stronger By Science Podcast
#351

The Stronger By Science Podcast

StrongerByScience.com
5 people · 8 months
The Truth
#355

The Truth

The Truth
9 people · 7 months
The End of the World with Josh Clark
#358

The End of the World with Josh Clark

iHeartPodcasts
9 people · 7 months
Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project
#360

Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project

8 people · 7 months
Long Now Seminars
#366

Long Now Seminars

8 people · 7 months
The Energy Gang
#372

The Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie
7 people · 7 months
Voices of VR
#389

Voices of VR

Kent Bye
6 people · 7 months
Lingthusiasm
#392

Lingthusiasm

Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne
6 people · 7 months
The Life Scientific
#406

The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4
7 people · 6 months