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Hacker Podcasts

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

139shows
4,912HN comments
2007–2026of HN
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Storytelling

Ranked by how many separate months someone on HN recommended it

Freakonomics Radio
#2

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
540 people · 172 months
Radiolab
#3

Radiolab

WNYC Studios
417 people · 166 months
99% Invisible
#6

99% Invisible

Roman Mars
315 people · 138 months
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
#7

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin
280 people · 135 months
This American Life
#8

This American Life

This American Life
224 people · 117 months
Reply All
#14

Reply All

Gimlet
164 people · 87 months
The History of Rome
#16

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan
120 people · 86 months
Darknet Diaries
#18

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider
171 people · 78 months
Behind the Bastards
#31

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
98 people · 64 months
Serial
#32

Serial

Serial Productions & The New York Times
137 people · 63 months
Revisionist History
#37

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries
93 people · 59 months
Fall of Civilizations
#47

Fall of Civilizations

Fall of Civilizations Podcast
95 people · 50 months
StartUp
#48

StartUp

Gimlet
130 people · 48 months
Hidden Brain
#55

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
56 people · 42 months
The Moth
#67

The Moth

The Moth
47 people · 35 months
If Books Could Kill
#71

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
57 people · 32 months
No Such Thing As A Fish
#75

No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As A Fish
37 people · 31 months
Invisibilia
#95

Invisibilia

NPR
39 people · 25 months
The Rest Is History
#96

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger
34 people · 25 months
Criminal
#97

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network
32 people · 25 months
Welcome to Night Vale
#98

Welcome to Night Vale

Night Vale Presents
27 people · 25 months
Chapo Trap House
#113

Chapo Trap House

Chapo Trap House
35 people · 22 months
S-Town
#119

S-Town

Serial Productions
30 people · 21 months
You're Wrong About
#125

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall
24 people · 21 months
Futility Closet
#127

Futility Closet

Greg Ross
18 people · 21 months
Search Engine
#142

Search Engine

PJ Vogt
27 people · 18 months
Omnibus
#149

Omnibus

Omnibus
17 people · 18 months
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
#154

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Pushkin Industries
21 people · 17 months
The Memory Palace
#155

The Memory Palace

Nate DiMeo
20 people · 17 months
Sleep With Me
#156

Sleep With Me

Silver Sleeper Productions LLC
20 people · 17 months
Writing Excuses
#158

Writing Excuses

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
16 people · 17 months
Well There's Your Problem
#162

Well There's Your Problem

WTYP is Justin Roczniak, November Kelly, Liam McAnderson, and friends.
25 people · 16 months
The Program
#165

The Program

The Program
17 people · 16 months
Retronauts
#171

Retronauts

Retronauts
11 people · 16 months
The Anthropocene Reviewed
#177

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Complexly, John Green
17 people · 15 months
Song Exploder
#179

Song Exploder

Hrishikesh Hirway
16 people · 15 months
The Allusionist
#190

The Allusionist

Helen Zaltzman
16 people · 14 months
Snap Judgment
#202

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX
15 people · 13 months
Empire
#213

Empire

Goalhanger
17 people · 12 months
Heavyweight
#215

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries
15 people · 12 months
Scriptnotes
#217

Scriptnotes

John August and Craig Mazin
14 people · 12 months
Imaginary Worlds
#225

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky | Daylight Media
11 people · 12 months
Last Podcast on the Left
#240

Last Podcast on the Left

The Last Podcast Network
12 people · 11 months
Escape Pod
#241

Escape Pod

Escape Artists Foundation
11 people · 11 months
Switched on Pop
#243

Switched on Pop

Vulture
11 people · 11 months
Our Fake History
#244

Our Fake History

PodcastOne
11 people · 11 months
Damn Interesting
#260

Damn Interesting

DamnInteresting.com
11 people · 10 months
The Adventure Zone
#262

The Adventure Zone

The McElroys
11 people · 10 months
History on Fire
#270

History on Fire

Daniele Bolelli
10 people · 10 months
The Missing Cryptoqueen
#279

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds
16 people · 9 months
The Lazarus Heist
#280

The Lazarus Heist

13 people · 9 months
12 Byzantine Rulers
#293

12 Byzantine Rulers

Lars Brownworth
9 people · 9 months
Decoder Ring
#297

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts
9 people · 9 months
Critical Role
#303

Critical Role

Critical Role
8 people · 9 months
Martyr Made
#312

Martyr Made

Darryl Cooper
7 people · 9 months
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
#319

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries
10 people · 8 months
All Songs Considered
#330

All Songs Considered

NPR
8 people · 8 months
Literature and History
#335

Literature and History

Doug Metzger
8 people · 8 months
Longform Podcast
#341

Longform Podcast

Longform
7 people · 8 months
Swindled
#343

Swindled

Swindled
7 people · 8 months