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> this list is now archived - look inside https://github.com/sw-yx/brain if you would like an updated list! thank you. 



# awesome-dev-podcasts

a curated list of awesome dev podcasts and why they are awesome. I don't like normal "awesome" lists because they are usually not well maintained and are typically placed without an explanation of awesome, so here i will actually go out on a limb and say what i think. i'm a webdev and former finance guy so those are my biases.



list started in response to [AMA with @lucidsif](https://github.com/sw-yx/ama/issues/3)



_note: links are incomplete because i havent had the time to link stuff up, you're gonna wanna just punch them in to your podcatcher anyway_



# Technical Podcasts



## 1. Javascript



- **Devchat.TV Master feed ([Javascript Jabber](https://devchat.tv/js-jabber), My JS Story)**: for some good JS interviews as well as picks (at the end)

- **[React Native Radio](https://devchat.tv/react-native-radio)**: by the React Native Training guys, what it says on the tin

- **[The React Podcast](https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-react-podcast)**: Michael Jackson's new podcast (not to be confused with React30), 'nuff said.

- **[JAMStack Radio](https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/jamstack-radio/)**: Netlify/Heavybit marketing for the JAMStack idea

- **[Egghead.io developer chats](https://egghead.simplecast.fm/)**: by egghead.io instructors :)

- **[Syntax.fm](https://syntax.fm/)**: Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski are full of tasty treats and sicccccck picks

- **[Adventures in Angular](https://devchat.tv/adv-in-angular)**: a weekly podcast dedicated to the Angular JavaScript framework and related technologies, tools, languages, and practices. Very good interviews and great picks.

- **[The Vanilla JavaScript Podcast](https://vanillajspodcast.com/)**: a show about JavaScript for people who hate the complexity of modern front‑end web development, hosted by [Chris Ferdinandi](https://gomakethings.com).

- **[JSParty](https://changelog.com/jsparty)**: JS party is back with a huge panel of hosts!



## 2. Non JS Webdev Technical podcasts



- **[The Big Web Show](http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow)**: General Web design show: "web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and more. It's everything web that matters." Great guests like Jen Simmons.

- **[The Changelog](https://changelog.com/)**: Interviews of Open Source people. I skip a lot of these but its good to keep tabs on the huge world outside of JS.

- **[Codepen Radio](https://blog.codepen.io/radio/)**: The inside look at the technical decisions behind Codepen.io. the early episodes are a GOLDMINE for entrepreogrammers (more below) but now its more just "what's going on with Codepen".

- **[Shoptalk Show](http://shoptalkshow.com/)**: Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert talk webdev. 'nuff said.

- **[Toolsday](http://www.toolsday.io/)**: Una Kravets (Bustle) and Chris Dhanaraj (Netflix) do 20 minutes of tech tools, tips, and tricks. Always worth clicking through to show notes and checking out their recs.

- **[Non Breaking Space Show](https://goodstuff.fm/nbsp/)**: good webdev guests, not really sure what the theme is apart from generic frontend.

- **[The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/podcasts/)**: Devops/Cloud topics - honestly a lot of it is above me but this is the most approachable by far.

- **[Fixate on Code](https://soundcloud.com/fixateoncode)**: More good webdev guests :)

- **[GraphQL Radio](https://graphqlradio.com/)**: all about the GraphQL

- **[The Web Platform](https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/)**: starts of with 2 minutes of browser news, and then has awesome webdev guests

- **[Elm Town](http://elmtown.audio/)**: A podcast about writing Web apps in the Elm language, and the people who make up the community

- **[Reason Town](http://reason.town/)**: A podcast about writing Javascript with the Reason language, and the people who make up the community

- **[The CSS Podcast](https://thecsspodcast.libsyn.com/)**: by couple of Google's developer advocates. Talks about all the awesome things happening in CSS world.



## 3. Non Webdev Technical podcasts



- **[Coding Blocks](https://www.codingblocks.net/)**: Reading through and discussing coding style books. Awesome slack community you can find me on daily :)

- **[Talk Python To Me](https://talkpython.fm/)**: does a great job of keeping python topics accessible. Stark contrast to the monotone of Podcast.__init__ (the other big python podcast)

- **[Data Skeptic](https://dataskeptic.com/)**: Kyle Polich mansplains data science to his wife Linh Da and she constantly gives him shit. I love it.

- **[Linear Digressions](http://lineardigressions.com/)**: Ben and Katie talk data science, usually with a lame pun

- **[Not So Standard Deviations](http://nssdeviations.com/)**: Roger Peng (professor somewhere) and Hilary Parker (stitchfix) talk data science

- **[LambdaCast](https://soundcloud.com/lambda-cast)**: functional programming for humans, surprisingly large following.

- **[Machine Learning Guide](http://ocdevel.com/podcasts/machine-learning)**: very intense topical coverage of ML topics

- **[TWiMLAI](https://twimlai.com/): This Week In Machine Learning and AI**: Sam Charrington, THE AI/ML podcast, huge.

- **[MS Dev Show](https://msdevshow.com)**: Carl and Jason interview people working on technology that Microsoft developers would find interesting

- **[Inside Facebook Mobile](https://www.facebook.com/careers/life/inside-facebook-mobile)**: highlights the technical work of FB's engineers who will discuss everything from low-level frameworks to end-user features by mobile devs



# Entreprogrammer Podcasts



- **[Startups for the Rest of Us](http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/)**: Rob Walling, Cofounder of Drip, and Mike taber, founder of Bluetick

- **Founder's Journey**: Josh Pigford of Baremetrics

- **[Full Stack Radio](http://www.fullstackradio.com/)**: Adam Wathan

- **Bootstrapped Web**: Brian Casel and Jordan Gal

- **[Indie Hackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/)**: CSAllen is awesome

- **[Art of Product](https://artofproductpodcast.com/)**: Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

- **[Building Infinite Red](http://building.infinite.red/)**: The stories behind Infinite Red - a great React Native consultancy



# Crypto Podcasts



- **[Explain Blockchain](https://explainblockchain.io/)**: audio essays on intro topics

- **[The Bitcoin Podcast](https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/)**: Cello, Dee and Corey talk smack and talk sense about crypto.

- **[Neocash Radio](http://neocashradio.com/)**: good news recap

- **[Lets Talk Bitcoin](https://letstalkbitcoin.com/)**: non newbie, non price discussion of blockchain developments. Andreas Antonopoulous is on here a lot

- **[Unchained](http://unchainedpodcast.co/)**: laura shin (ex forbes) on crypto, great guests of course.



# Nontechnical Podcasts



- **Stanford DFJ ETL**: Stanford entrepreneurship talks - a lot of OG founders are on here

- **[Psychology of Video Games](http://www.psychologyofgames.com/)**: studying addictiveness from the masters

- **[Stack Overflow podcast](https://stackoverflow.blog/podcasts/)**: hilarious

- **The Startup Chat**: sales/marketing quick hits

- **[Zen Founder](https://zenfounder.com/)**: therapy sessions with Sherry and Rob Walling

- **[Using Reflection](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/using-reflection/id1294155220?mt=2)**: Mark Weiss talks to people about their tech careers

- **[Impostor Syndrome](https://www.impostor-syndrome.org/)**: _Shameless self plug!_ long form stories of a panel of people before, during, and after a bootcamp

- **[Second Career Devs](https://secondcareerdevs.com/)**: Kyle Shevlin talks to career changers into development



# Generalist Podcasts (Nontechnical as well as Technical Content)



- **[Software Engineering Daily](https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/)**: a wide variety of content from cloud to blockchain. very good intro pieces by Jeff Meyerson.

- **[YCombinator](http://blog.ycombinator.com/category/podcast/)**: YC podcast, more inspirational than practical. recorded video also.

- **[a16z](https://a16z.com/podcasts/)**: great topic choices from a16z

- **[acquired.fm](http://www.acquired.fm/)**: about tech acquisitions and trends

- **[The Bike Shed](http://bikeshed.fm/)**: Thoughtbot's podcast

- **[China Tech Talk](http://chinatechtalk.libsyn.com/)**: covering China's tech scene

- **[Command Line Heroes](https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes)**: Saron Yitbarek covers old tech stories

- **The Economist: Babbage**: The Economist tech column for free

- **[Exponent.fm](http://exponent.fm/)**: Ben Thompson talks about his weekly articles

- **FreeCodeCamp podcast**: good FCC articles read aloud

- **[Autonocast](http://www.autonocast.com/)**: covering our self driving future

- **[Frontend Happy Hour](http://frontendhappyhour.com/)**: bunch of senior devs (Netflix, Atlassian, etc) drink and talk webdev



# Dead Podcasts with good backlogs



- **Javascript Air**: Kent dodds' old podcast with a ton of big guests

- **React30**: Michael Jackson and Ryan Florence's old podcast about React

- **This Developing Story**: Good guests

- **Zero To Scale**: Ended entrepreneurship podcasts

- **Fullstack Javascript podcast**: random list of JS tips

- **Partially Derivative**: dead data science podcast by Chris and Vidya

- **Product Hunt**: product hunt podcast

- **The Web Ahead**: by Jen Simmons

- **[3 Minutes with Kent](https://www.briefs.fm/3-minutes-with-kent)**: Kent Dodds in 3 minutes

- **[Mapping The Journey](https://www.mappingthejourney.com/)**: interviews with very very OG creators of tech



# TODO: Recommended but havent listened



- **[Soft Skills Engineering](https://softskills.audio/)**: "Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly advice podcast for software developers. We answer questions about all the stuff you didn't realize you needed to know about being an engineer"



# Podcast Tools (from @BrianSchroer)



* [Huffduffer](https://huffduffer.com/about): Build your own RSS podcast feed from .mp3 files found anywhere on the web (e.g. individual episodes of podcasts that you might not want to subscribe to)

* [Programming Podcasts](https://twitter.com/progpodcasts) (@prodpodcasts) Twitter account: Tweets new episode announcements for several podcasts - Great way to discover new podcasts or episodes to listen to