The tech podcast space has exploded, which makes it harder than ever to find the shows actually worth your time. These are the ones that have earned a regular slot.
Contents
🎙️ News & Current Affairs
- Hard Fork – The New York Times’ weekly take on the tech stories that matter. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are smart, readable journalists who know how to make complex stories feel accessible without dumbing them down.
- The Vergecast – Nilay Patel and the Verge team doing what they do best: making sense of the week in consumer tech. Opinionated, well-informed, and consistently good value for a Friday commute.
- The AI Daily Brief – Does what it says. A short, daily rundown of the most important AI developments. Essential if you’re trying to keep up with a space that moves fast.
🧠 Long-Form & In-Depth
- Lex Fridman Podcast – Two to four hour conversations with researchers, founders, and scientists. Not for everyone, but when it lands it really lands. The AI and robotics episodes are particularly strong.
- Decoder with Nilay Patel – Separate from the Vergecast, this is Nilay sitting down with tech CEOs and asking the questions most interviewers avoid. Forensic, occasionally uncomfortable, always worth it.
- Acquired – Deep dives into the history and strategy of the world’s great companies. Episodes run long but feel short. The Apple, NVIDIA, and Berkshire Hathaway episodes are a good place to start.
💼 Startups & Venture Capital
- All-In Podcast – Four opinionated investors talking tech, markets, and politics. Divisive in the best way. You won’t agree with everything, but you’ll think about it.
- The Twenty Minute VC – Harry Stebbings interviewing the investors and founders shaping the startup world. Efficiently done and genuinely informative if you follow that world.
- Lenny’s Podcast – Lenny Rachitsky talking product, growth, and building companies with people who have actually done it. Practical in a way that a lot of business podcasts aren’t.
🤖 AI & Engineering
- Latent Space – The essential podcast for anyone building with AI. Goes deep on the engineering side without losing the plot. If you work in or adjacent to AI product development, this is probably already in your feed.
- No Priors – Conversations with the researchers and founders at the frontier of AI. More accessible than Latent Space, broader in scope, still genuinely substantive.
- The Changelog – For software engineers. Has been doing this long enough to have real authority, and the quality of conversation reflects it. Strong on open source and developer culture.
Found something that should be on here? Drop it in the comments – we update this list regularly.