Podcasts I love

Podcasts are great. I use podcasting as a kind of geek radio. It's a great way to hear from the pros on some very specific topics. The sheer number of podcasts makes finding the hidden gems a real chore so I thought it might be useful if I list out a few of the podcasts which I think are great.

Health and Wellness

ZOE podcast - Hosted by ZOE CEO Jonathan Wolf, the world's top scientists explain the latest health, nutrition, and gut health research in an accessible way to help you improve your weight and health.

Clean Energy

  • Catalyst with Shayle Kann - A weekly podcast with climatetech veteran Shayle Kann interviewing experts about the future of decarbonization.
  • The Energy Gang - Stephen Lacey, Katherine Hamilton, Jigar Shah host a weekly digest on energy, clean-tech and the environment.
  • A Matter of Degrees - Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change — and the tools we have to fix it.

Product Management

  • The Everyday Innovator - Chad McAllister, PhD interviews different Product Managers and shares their lessons learned
  • Exponent - a podcast about tech and society hosted by Ben Thompson, of Stratechery fame, and James Allworth

Technology

  • This Week In Google - Leo Laporte & friends deal with everything Google. The Google fanboy-dom is impressive
  • Talk Python To Me - Michael Kennedy interviews all sorts of cool folks from the Python Community
  • Python Bytes - Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken run through news and headlines related to the Python Community
  • Cool Tools - Mark Frauenfelder and Kevin Kelly interview amazingly creative people about the uncommon, and uncommonly good tools they use

Business

Story Telling

  • The Moth podcast - true stories told without notes, just great story telling
  • This American Life - social commentary and story telling from the always likeable Ira Glass

Archived

My tastes change and time is limited. Podcasts I used to listen to:

  • The Bugle - hysterical satire starring John Oliver
  • All About Android - Jason Howell & friends discuss all the latest and greatest surrounding the Android platform & the mobile space in general
  • Tech Weekly from the Guardian - great for keeping up to date with tech current affairs
  • Killer Innovations - Phil McKinney talks on a range of tech topics. All interviews have an innovation theme
  • WordPress Community podcast - Joost de Valk talks to some awesome WordPress geeks. Great if you use WordPress
  • Six Pixels of Separation - Mitch Joel does some great interviews with a whole slew of Internet geeks. I'd avoid the media hacks edition

Last updated: Sun 04 May 2025