On Podcasts
2026-08-28
On Podcasts
I haven’t owned a TV set for over 20 years but I have always been an avid consumer of podcast shows. As I shower in the morning or commute to work, or board a 8h flight overseas, I enjoy listening to fresh news, latest episodes on Linux, HAM radio, Python programming, or even Mindfulness.
Apps
There are many apps available, most of them cheap or even free (e.g. see Downcast, Snipd, Radio Public, etc.). Downcast has been my favorite for a long time, because of its playlists management and automatic “Play next in the list”. I have also explored Snipd a bit, but could really not fit its (automatic) speech-to-text transcript in my routine, despite being cool. I am currently testing the free version of Overcast.
Which podcasts?
Here are some of the Podcasts I subscribed to, spanning from news to science outreach, from technology to meditation, from mental flossing to hobbies.
International News
(BBC’s) Global News Podcast (NYTs’) The Daily (BBC’s) The Global Story (BBC’s) Americast
Learning English (Immersive Listening)
The Documentary Podcast Thinking Allowed World Wise Web (BBC’s) The English we Speak (The Voice of America’s) Learning English
Mindfulness & Philosophy
Secular Buddhism Secular Buddhism for Skeptical Atheists Making Sense with Sam Harris Huberman Lab
Hobbies: Amateur Radio, Tech & Maker Culture
Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast DitDit.fm Foundations of Amateur Radio QSO Today Podcast SolderSmoke Podcasts Make:cast Talk Python To Me LINUX Unplugged
Science
Nature podcast (BBC’s) The infinite monkey cage Brain stuff The Joy of x CodeNewbie Command Line Heroes Talk Python to Me
I hope this might be of help.