Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2026 [So Far]
Trying to diversify what I listen to and interested to hear what everyone else is enjoying this year!
Ep 1 is a 13-minute conversation about spatial feedback loops. We talk about how this pattern is showing up in Agentation, Claude Desktop, Codex, and the recent hot launches of Roughdraft, and heyclicky.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033IyYgdSJATUcZVwEmWYN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8O4KFCCCV8
Would love to hear what you think and accept any feedback, if you check it out.
Don't want to give away too much but it has to do with non verbal autistic people with... Special abilities.
Non fiction, and they try to conduct tests to be as scientific as possible.
And a statement from Association for Science in Autism Treatment: https://asatonline.org/media_watch/asat-responds-to-the-skep...
https://medium.com/@randomuser_11627/the-telepathy-tapes-is-...
https://jonogden.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-the-telepath...
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-telepathy-tapes-more-fc...
The main draw is the episode released towards the end of the week with Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) and Rory O'Driscoll (Scale Venture Partners). With the pace of AI announcements, it's been a good place to recap and analyse the week's events. In particular, Rory's insights are usually spot-on.
Social media algorithms, newsletters and guest slots expanded my podcast selection too quickly. The 'go direct' movement from tech + indie creators has created too much content.. But the smaller hangout podcasts get a little too off topic..
I haven't really seen anyone do something new with the format this year..
A couple of immigrants to Britain discuss politics, culture, and world events. Some topics are pertinent to life in the US, others are just interesting discussions. The hosts' previous work as comedians can make their discussions more entertaining.