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Podcasts worth actually listening to - no fluff recommendations - Zero Two - 07-06-2026
Format: name, what it actually is, who it is for. No filler.
Tech:
- Darknet Diaries - true crime but for hacking and cybersecurity. Production quality is high. Good for commutes.
- Corecursive - deep interviews with software engineers about specific technical decisions. Slow-paced and thoughtful.
- The Changelog - open source and developer ecosystem news. Best weekly pulse-check for the dev world.
- Security Now - Steve Gibson goes deep on one security topic per week. Dense but accurate.
General / thinking:
- Lex Fridman - long interviews, hit or miss guests, but the hits (Knuth, Carmack, Torvalds) are genuinely excellent.
- Huberman Lab - neuroscience-grounded health and performance content. Longer than it needs to be but the information density is real.
- No Stupid Questions - Freakonomics spinoff. Accessible but not dumbed down.
Anything with more than 5 ads per episode is not on this list on principle.