Podcasts I Like
I have always felt closer to sound. That's why I stuck with learning a guitar longer than painting on a canvas. When I am not performing cognitively demanding tasks e.g. walking in the evenings or cycling to work or in a Grab, I am usually listening to music or podcasts or audio books.
Before I forget, I wanted to compile some of the engaging podcast shows and episodes which I have found to be more engaging and quite a lot more densely packed with information than YouTube videos OR books.
For listening, I use Pocket Casts for my podcasts. The following features won me over - cross device sync of episode progress, web version available, storage space to side load audio books and use the same progress sync feature. The Plus doesn't add much but is a nice way to support the team.
For listening, I use Spotify now.
Top 1-time Mini Series
- Washington Post - Moonrise
- BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 1
- Maximum Fun - The Outer Reach
Miscellaneous Podcast Shows/Episodes I have loved
- Business Wars - Nintendo vs Sony (Season 34 Episode 1-6), Boeing vs Airbus (Season 33 Episode 1-7)
- Game Scoop - What Are the Most Important Games of the Decade?
- Against the Rules - Season 2 Episode 1-8 about Performance Coaches
- Tech Deciphered - The wonderful world of productivity, Recruiting Primer Part 1-3
- The Portal - Peter Thiel, Werner Herzog, Josh Wolfe, Garry Kasparov, Sir Roger Penrose, What if everyone is simply insane?
- The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard (Existentialism)
- Invest Like the Best - Charlie Songhurst: Lessons from Investing in 483 Companies (Charlie is an angel investor in Transcelestial)
- The Handmade Network Podcast - Handmade Seattle 2020 Special: The Race to Replace C and C++
- Founders - Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters. All of them
- Idea Machines - Focusing on Research with Adam Marblestone, Invention, Discovery, and Bell Labs with Venkatesh Narayanamurti
- Thoughts in Between - Anton Howes: The history of innovation - and how to get more of it
Top Recurring Podcasts with some great episodes below
- Sean Carroll's Mindscape*
- Lex Fridman's Podcast*
- The Tim Ferris Show
- Victory The Podcast (because Entourage!)
*DISCLAIMER: I am a Patreon supporter for Sean Carroll's and Lex Fridman's podcasts
Below are my favorite episodes from the above shows:
Sean Carroll's Mindscape
Solo
- Solo -- Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing?
- Solo -- Finding Gravity Within Quantum Mechanics
- Solo | Life and Its Meaning
- Solo: How Time Travel Could and Should Work
- Solo: Are We Moving Beyond the Standard Model?
Natural Sciences
- Katie Mack on How the Universe Will End
- Karl Friston on Brains, Predictions, and Free Energy
- Kevin Hand on Life Elsewhere in the Solar System
- Lina Necib on What and Where the Dark Matter Is
- Scott Aaronson on Complexity, Computation, and Quantum Gravity
- Nick Bostrom on Anthropic Selection and Living in a Simulation
- Fyodor Urnov on Gene Editing, CRISPR, and Human Engineering
- Netta Engelhardt on Black Hole Information, Wormholes, and Quantum Gravity
- Adam Riess on the Expansion of the Universe and a Crisis in Cosmology
Philosophy
- David Chalmers on Consciousness, the Hard Problem, and Living in a Simulation
- Alan Lightman on Transcendence, Science, and a Naturalist’s Sense of Meaning
- Seth MacFarlane on Using Science Fiction to Explore Humanity
- Philip Goff on Consciousness Everywhere
Miscellaneous
- David Albert on Quantum Measurement and the Problems with Many-Worlds
- Edward Watts on the End of the Roman Republic and Lessons for Democracy
- Adrienne Mayor on Gods and Robots in Ancient Mythology
- Marq de Villiers on Hell and Damnation
Lex Fridman's Podcast
Natural Sciences
- Max Tegmark: Life 3.0
- Sean Carroll: The Nature of the Universe, Life, and Intelligence
- Leonard Susskind: Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and Black Holes
- Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation
- Jim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right
- #78 – Ann Druyan: Cosmos, Carl Sagan, Voyager, and the Beauty of Science
- #79 – Lee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution
- #85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe
- #116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System
- #124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe
- #154 – Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua
Philosophy
- Noam Chomsky: Language, Cognition, and Deep Learning
- David Chalmers: The Hard Problem of Consciousness
- #149 – Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion, and the Nature of Belief
Computing
- Eric Schmidt: Google
- Elon Musk: Tesla Autopilot
- Garry Kasparov: Chess, Deep Blue, AI, and Putin
- Bjarne Stroustrup: C++
- Judea Pearl: Causal Reasoning, Counterfactuals, Bayesian Networks, and the Path to AGI
- Donald Knuth: Algorithms, TeX, Life, and The Art of Computer Programming
- Jim Keller: Moore’s Law, Microprocessors, Abstractions, and First Principles
- #72 – Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing
- #83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence
- #109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
- #130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness
- #160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
- #162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
Miscellaneous
- #82 – Simon Sinek: Leadership, Hard Work, Optimism and the Infinite Game
- #118 – Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown
- #122 – David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering
- #166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media
- #174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
The Tim Ferris Show
Entrepreneurship & Investing
- #97: The Evolutionary Angel, Naval Ravikant
- #367: Eric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach
- #392: Ben Horowitz — What You Do Is Who You Are >> Lessons from Silicon Valley, Andy Grove, Genghis Khan, Slave Revolutions, and More
- #403: Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity
- #473: Naval Ravikant on Happiness, Reducing Anxiety, Crypto Stablecoins, and Crypto Strategy
- #487: Dr. Martine Rothblatt — A Masterclass on Asking Better Questions and Peering Into the Future
- #506: Balaji Srinivasan on The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, How to Become Noncancelable, the Path to Personal Freedom and Wealth in a New World, the Changing Landscape of Warfare, and More
Philosophy
- #444: Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More
- #485: Jerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success
- #502: Jordan Peterson on Rules for Life, Psychedelics, The Bible, and Much More
Natural Sciences
- #445: Janna Levin on Extra Dimensions, Time Travel, and How to Overcome Boots in the Face
- #478: Scott Kelly — Lessons Learned from 500+ Days in Space, Life-Changing Books, and The Art of Making Hard Choices
Ones I have been interviewed on!
- EF's Scaling Ambition - Transforming Communications Technology and Maximising Your Personal Impact
- Founders Unfiltered - Building for Space
Keep Listening!
Wrote a short list of podcast shows and episodes which I have found enrichinghttps://t.co/qjjeBR3cCF
— Rohit Jha (@jharohit) May 16, 2021