Some people ask me where I get my newsworthy tech stuff: I’d say a large part of it is from podcasts. Usually, I listen to them when I’m doing some monotonous activity— jogging, walking to work, doing groceries, etc. They allow me to learn new things and turn my unknown unknowns into known unknowns.[^1] Plus, it’s a great way to add some sound in my painfully quiet room!

Below are some of the tech related podcasts that I regularly follow (in no particular order):

  1. Lex Fridman (Machine Learning)
  2. Machine Learning Street Talks (Machine Learning)

Other podcasts I listen to occasionally:

  • Talking Machines: another well-produced podcast geared for more academic machine learning researchers. Neil Lawrence is fantastic. Listen to his episode on ML and Society.
  • Talk Python to Me (Python). TPTM is probably one of the best Python podcasts around. For each episode, a guest comes in and talks about their Python journey, things they’ve built, and future directions of their work. The host, Mike Kennedy, gives really insightful discussions (and also a friendly guy on Twitter). If you’re a data scientist, web developer, or a Python newbie, there’s a TPTM episode for you.

Non-tech podcasts:

FAQ

  • That’s so many podcasts! How do you listen to them all? I definitely can’t and to be honest I have a backlog of episodes to listen to. The key is not to be overburdened by too much information. Just listen when you can: you do this for leisure, not for work.
  • When do you listen to podcasts? I don’t have time for that! I listen when I’m doing something routine: walking around the house (~15 minutes), long walks (~90 minutes), grocery (~2 hr). It’s more on passive listening, just like turning on the radio, only difference is that you can curate what you hear.
  • What apps do you use? Right now it’s mostly from YouTube. Earlier I used to use Audible for listening to books.