Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
HackerCast, the Hacker News podcast shelf
A podcast discovery and listening site built around recommendations from Hacker News commenters.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Listeners looking for podcasts surfaced by Hacker News readers
- Worth noticing
- Ranked entries pair Hacker News vote counts with categories, show start years, and approximate runtimes.
Field notes
The page offers both a ranked list and category links spanning subjects such as technology, comedy, history, and health. Its shortcut guide names controls for seeking, changing playback speed, muting, and moving through Listen later; navigation also exposes liked shows, history, settings, and data export. The page says likes or playback can personalize recommendations, though the extracted view does not show how that process works.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
◎NicheUnusually specific use
◉HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade
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