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# where to find good stuff?
# - universal search/directory: <https://podcastindex.org>
# - the full database is downloadable
# - find adjacent podcasts: <https://rephonic.com/graph>
# - charts: <https://rephonic.com/charts/apple/united-states/technology>
# - list of lists: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_podcasts>
# - podcasts w/ a community: <https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=podcast>
# - podcast recs:
# - active lemmy: <https://slrpnk.net/c/podcasts>
# - old thread: <https://lemmy.ml/post/1565858>
#
{ lib, sane-data, ... }:
let
hourly = { freq = "hourly"; };
daily = { freq = "daily"; };
weekly = { freq = "weekly"; };
infrequent = { freq = "infrequent"; };
art = { cat = "art"; };
humor = { cat = "humor"; };
pol = { cat = "pol"; }; # or maybe just "social"
rat = { cat = "rat"; };
tech = { cat = "tech"; };
uncat = { cat = "uncat"; };
text = { format = "text"; };
img = { format = "image"; };
mkRss = format: url: { inherit url format; } // uncat // infrequent;
# format-specific helpers
mkText = mkRss "text";
mkImg = mkRss "image";
mkPod = mkRss "podcast";
# host-specific helpers
mkSubstack = subdomain: { substack = subdomain; };
fromDb = name:
let
raw = sane-data.feeds."${name}";
in {
url = raw.url;
# not sure the exact mapping with velocity here: entries per day?
freq = lib.mkIf (raw.velocity or 0 != 0) (lib.mkDefault (
if raw.velocity > 2 then
"hourly"
else if raw.velocity > 0.5 then
"daily"
else if raw.velocity > 0.1 then
"weekly"
else
"infrequent"
));
} // lib.optionalAttrs (lib.hasPrefix "https://www.youtube.com/" raw.url) {
format = "video";
} // lib.optionalAttrs (raw.is_podcast or false) {
format = "podcast";
} // lib.optionalAttrs (raw.title or "" != "") {
title = lib.mkDefault raw.title;
};
podcasts = [
(fromDb "404media.co/the-404-media-podcast" // tech)
(fromDb "acquiredlpbonussecretsecret.libsyn.com" // tech) # ACQ2 - more "Acquired" episodes
(fromDb "adventofcomputing.com" // tech) # computing history
(fromDb "api.oyez.org/podcasts/oral-arguments/2015" // pol) # Supreme Court Oral Arguments ("2015" in URL means nothing -- it's still updated)
(fromDb "anchor.fm/s/34c7232c/podcast/rss" // tech) # Civboot -- https://anchor.fm/civboot
(fromDb "anchor.fm/s/2da69154/podcast/rss" // tech) # POD OF JAKE -- https://podofjake.com/
(fromDb "cast.postmarketos.org" // tech)
(fromDb "congressionaldish.libsyn.com" // pol) # Jennifer Briney
(fromDb "craphound.com" // pol) # Cory Doctorow -- both podcast & text entries
(fromDb "darknetdiaries.com" // tech)
(fromDb "dwarkeshpatel.com" // tech)
(fromDb "feeds.99percentinvisible.org/99percentinvisible" // pol) # 99% Invisible -- also available here: <https://feeds.simplecast.com/BqbsxVfO>
(fromDb "feeds.buzzsprout.com/2412334.rss") # Matt Stoller's _Organized Money_ <https://www.organizedmoney.fm/>
(fromDb "feeds.eff.org/howtofixtheinternet" // pol)
(fromDb "feeds.feedburner.com/80000HoursPodcast" // rat)
(fromDb "feeds.feedburner.com/dancarlin/history" // rat)
(fromDb "feeds.feedburner.com/radiolab" // pol) # Radiolab -- also available here, but ONLY OVER HTTP: <http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab>
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/CHTAL4990341033" // pol) # ChinaTalk: https://www.chinatalk.media/podcast
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/GLT1412515089" // pol) # JRE: Joe Rogan Experience
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/behindthebastards" // pol) # also Maggie Killjoy
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/cspantheweekly" // pol)
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/econ102") # Noah Smith + Erik Torenberg <https://www.podpage.com/econ102/>
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/history102") # <https://www.podpage.com/history-102-with-whatifalthist/>
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/recodedecode" // tech) # The Verge - Decoder
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/thiswontlast" // tech) # <https://www.podpage.com/thiswontlast/>
(fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/unexplainable")
(fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/wgl4xEgL" // rat) # Econ Talk
(fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/whlwDbyc" // tech) # Tech Lounge: <https://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/techlounge/>
(fromDb "feeds.transistor.fm/acquired" // tech)
(fromDb "feeds.transistor.fm/complex-systems-with-patrick-mckenzie-patio11" // tech) # Patrick Mackenzie (from Bits About Money)
(fromDb "feeds.twit.tv/floss.xml" // tech)
(fromDb "fulltimenix.com" // tech)
(fromDb "futureofcoding.org/episodes" // tech)
(fromDb "hackerpublicradio.org" // tech)
(fromDb "lexfridman.com/podcast" // rat)
(fromDb "linktr.ee/betteroffline" // pol)
(fromDb "linuxdevtime.com" // tech)
(fromDb "mapspodcast.libsyn.com" // uncat) # Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
(fromDb "microarch.club" // tech)
(fromDb "omegataupodcast.net" // tech) # 3/4 German; 1/4 eps are English
(fromDb "omny.fm/shows/cool-people-who-did-cool-stuff" // pol) # Maggie Killjoy -- referenced by Cory Doctorow
(fromDb "omny.fm/shows/money-stuff-the-podcast") # Matt Levine
(fromDb "omny.fm/shows/stuff-you-should-know-1")
(fromDb "omny.fm/shows/the-dollop-with-dave-anthony-and-gareth-reynolds") # The Dollop history/comedy
(fromDb "omny.fm/shows/weird-little-guys") # Cool Zone Media
(fromDb "originstories.libsyn.com" // uncat)
(fromDb "politicspoliticspolitics.com" // pol) # don't judge me. Justin Robert Young.
(fromDb "podcast.ergaster.org/@flintandsilicon" // tech) # Thib's podcast: public interest tech, gnome, etc: <https://fed.uninsane.org/users/$ALLO9MZ5g5CsQTCBH6>
(fromDb "politicalorphanage.libsyn.com" // pol)
(fromDb "reverseengineering.libsyn.com/rss" // tech) # UnNamed Reverse Engineering Podcast
(fromDb "rss.acast.com/ft-tech-tonic" // tech) # Financial Time's: Tech Tonic
(fromDb "rss.art19.com/the-portal" // rat) # Eric Weinstein
(fromDb "seattlenice.buzzsprout.com" // pol) # Seattle Nice
(fromDb "speedboatdope.com" // pol) # Chapo Trap House (premium feed)
(fromDb "srslywrong.com" // pol)
(fromDb "sharkbytes.transistor.fm" // tech) # Wireshark Podcast o_0
(fromDb "sharptech.fm/feed/podcast" // tech) # Ben Thompson
(fromDb "sscpodcast.libsyn.com" // rat) # Astral Codex Ten; Scott Alexander
(fromDb "talesfromthebridge.buzzsprout.com" // tech) # Sci-Fi? has Peter Watts; author of No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (rifters.com)
(fromDb "techtalesshow.com" // tech) # Corbin Davenport
(fromDb "techwontsave.us" // pol) # rec by Cory Doctorow
(fromDb "theamphour.com" // tech) # The Amp Hour
(fromDb "the-ben-marc-show.simplecast.com" // tech // pol) # Ben Horowitz + Marc Andreessen; love to hate em
(fromDb "timclicks.dev/compose-podcast" // tech) # Rust-heavy dev interviews
(fromDb "werenotwrong.fireside.fm" // pol) # We're Not Wrong
(fromDb "whycast.podcast.audio/@whycast" // tech) # What Hackers Yearn [for]: <https://why2025.org/>
(mkPod "https://sfconservancy.org/casts/the-corresponding-source/feeds/ogg/" // tech)
# (fromDb "allinchamathjason.libsyn.com" // pol)
# (fromDb "feed.podbean.com/matrixlive/feed.xml" // tech) # Matrix (chat) Live
# (fromDb "feeds.libsyn.com/421877" // rat) # Less Wrong Curated
# (fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/hubermanlab" // uncat) # Daniel Huberman on sleep
# (fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/54nAGcIl" // pol) # The Daily
# (fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/82FI35Px" // pol) # Ezra Klein Show
# (fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/l2i9YnTd" // tech // pol) # Hard Fork (NYtimes tech)
# (fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/xKJ93w_w" // uncat) # Atlas Obscura
# (fromDb "lastweekinai.com" // tech) # Last Week in AI
# (fromDb "mintcast.org" // tech)
# (fromDb "podcast.posttv.com/itunes/post-reports.xml" // pol)
# (fromDb "podcast.sustainoss.org" // tech) # "Sustainable tech", only... it somehow manages to avoid any tech which is actually sustainable, and most of the time doesn't even talk about Open Source Software (!). normie/surface-level/"feel good"
# (fromDb "podcast.thelinuxexp.com" // tech) # low-brow linux/foss PR announcements
# (fromDb "rss.acast.com/deconstructed") # The Intercept - Deconstructed
# (fromDb "rss.acast.com/intercepted-with-jeremy-scahill") # The Intercept - Intercepted
# (fromDb "rss.art19.com/60-minutes" // pol)
# (fromDb "rss.art19.com/your-welcome" // pol) # Michael Malice - Your Welcome -- also available here: <https://origin.podcastone.com/podcast?categoryID2=2232>
# (fromDb "rss.prod.firstlook.media/deconstructed/podcast.rss" // pol) #< possible URL rot
# (fromDb "rss.prod.firstlook.media/intercepted/podcast.rss" // pol) #< possible URL rot
# (fromDb "trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com" // pol) # rec by Cory Doctorow, but way rambly
# (fromDb "wakingup.libsyn.com" // pol) # Sam Harris, but he just repeats himself now
# (mkPod "https://anchor.fm/s/21bc734/podcast/rss" // pol // infrequent) # Emerge: making sense of what's next -- <https://www.whatisemerging.com/emergepodcast>
# (mkPod "https://audioboom.com/channels/5097784.rss" // tech) # Lateral with Tom Scott
# (mkPod "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RUNMED9919162779" // pol // infrequent) # The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling: <https://www.thefp.com/witchtrials>
# (mkPod "https://podcasts.la.utexas.edu/this-is-democracy/feed/podcast/" // pol // weekly)
];
texts = [
(fromDb "ergaster.org/blog" // tech) # Thib's blog: public interest tech, gnome, etc: <https://fed.uninsane.org/users/$ALLO9MZ5g5CsQTCBH6>
(fromDb "acoup.blog/feed") # history, states. author: <https://historians.social/@bretdevereaux/following>
(fromDb "amosbbatto.wordpress.com" // tech)
(fromDb "anish.lakhwara.com" // tech)
(fromDb "antipope.org") # Charles Stross
(fromDb "apenwarr.ca/log/rss.php" // tech) # CEO of tailscale
(fromDb "applieddivinitystudies.com" // rat)
(fromDb "artemis.sh" // tech)
(fromDb "ascii.textfiles.com" // tech) # Jason Scott
(fromDb "austinvernon.site" // tech)
(fromDb "buttondown.email" // tech)
(fromDb "ben-evans.com/benedictevans" // pol)
(fromDb "bitbashing.io" // tech)
(fromDb "bitsaboutmoney.com" // uncat)
(fromDb "blog.danieljanus.pl" // tech)
(fromDb "blog.dshr.org" // pol) # David Rosenthal
(fromDb "blog.jmp.chat" // tech)
(fromDb "blog.rust-lang.org" // tech)
(fromDb "blog.thalheim.io" // tech) # Mic92
(fromDb "blog.brixit.nl" // tech) # Martijn Braam
(fromDb "bunniestudios.com" // tech) # Bunnie Juang
(fromDb "capitolhillseattle.com" // pol)
(fromDb "edwardsnowden.substack.com" // pol // text)
(fromDb "fasterthanli.me" // tech)
(fromDb "gwern.net" // rat)
(fromDb "hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com" // tech) # Steven Sinofsky
(fromDb "harihareswara.net" // tech // pol) # rec by Cory Doctorow
(fromDb "ianthehenry.com" // tech)
(fromDb "idiomdrottning.org" // uncat)
(fromDb "interconnected.org/home/feed" // rat) # Matt Webb -- engineering-ish, but dreamy
(fromDb "jeffgeerling.com" // tech)
(fromDb "jefftk.com" // tech)
(fromDb "justine.lol" // tech)
(fromDb "jwz.org/blog" // tech // pol) # DNA lounge guy, loooong-time blogger
(fromDb "kill-the-newsletter.com/feeds/joh91bv7am2pnznv.xml" // pol) # Matt Levine - Money Stuff
(fromDb "kosmosghost.github.io/index.xml" // tech)
(fromDb "linmob.net" // tech)
(fromDb "lwn.net" // tech)
(fromDb "lynalden.com" // pol)
(fromDb "mako.cc/copyrighteous" // tech // pol) # rec by Cory Doctorow
(fromDb "mg.lol" // tech)
(fromDb "mindingourway.com" // rat)
(fromDb "momi.ca" // tech) # Anjan, pmOS
(fromDb "morningbrew.com/feed" // pol)
(fromDb "nixpkgs.news" // tech)
(fromDb "overcomingbias.com" // rat) # Robin Hanson
(fromDb "palladiummag.com" // uncat)
(fromDb "philosopher.coach" // rat) # Peter Saint-Andre -- side project of stpeter.im
(fromDb "pomeroyb.com" // tech)
(fromDb "postmarketos.org/blog" // tech)
(fromDb "preposterousuniverse.com" // rat) # Sean Carroll
(fromDb "project-insanity.org" // tech) # shared blog by a few NixOS devs, notably onny
(fromDb "putanumonit.com" // rat) # mostly dating topics. not advice, or humor, but looking through a social lens
(fromDb "richardcarrier.info" // rat)
(fromDb "rifters.com/crawl" // uncat) # No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons
(fromDb "righto.com" // tech) # Ken Shirriff
(fromDb "rootsofprogress.org" // rat) # Jason Crawford
(fromDb "samuel.dionne-riel.com" // tech) # SamuelDR
(fromDb "sagacioussuricata.com" // tech) # ian (Sanctuary)
(fromDb "semiaccurate.com" // tech)
(fromDb "sideways-view.com" // rat) # Paul Christiano
(fromDb "slatecave.net" // tech)
(fromDb "slimemoldtimemold.com" // rat)
(fromDb "spectrum.ieee.org" // tech)
(fromDb "stpeter.im/atom.xml" // pol)
(fromDb "thisweek.gnome.org" // tech)
(fromDb "tuxphones.com" // tech)
(fromDb "uninsane.org" // tech)
(fromDb "unintendedconsequenc.es" // rat)
(fromDb "vitalik.eth.limo" // tech) # Vitalik Buterin
(fromDb "weekinethereumnews.com" // tech)
(fromDb "willow.phantoma.online") # wizard@xyzzy.link
(fromDb "xn--gckvb8fzb.com" // tech)
(fromDb "xorvoid.com" // tech)
(fromDb "www.thebignewsletter.com" // pol)
(mkSubstack "astralcodexten" // rat // daily) # Scott Alexander
(mkSubstack "chlamchowder" // tech) # details CPU advancements
(mkSubstack "eliqian" // rat // weekly)
(mkSubstack "oversharing" // pol // daily)
(mkSubstack "samkriss" // humor // infrequent)
(mkText "http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/feed" // pol // weekly)
(mkText "http://boginjr.com/feed" // tech // infrequent)
(mkText "https://forum.merveilles.town/rss.xml" // pol // infrequent) #quality RSS list here: <https://forum.merveilles.town/thread/57/share-your-rss-feeds%21-6/>
(mkText "https://icm.museum/rss20.xml" // tech // infrequent) # Interim Computer Museum
(mkText "https://jvns.ca/atom.xml" // tech // weekly) # Julia Evans
(mkText "https://linuxphoneapps.org/blog/atom.xml" // tech // infrequent)
(mkText "https://nixos.org/blog/announcements-rss.xml" // tech // infrequent) # more nixos stuff here, but unclear how to subscribe: <https://nixos.org/blog/categories.html>
(mkText "https://nixos.org/blog/stories-rss.xml" // tech // weekly)
(mkText "https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/posts/index.xml" // tech // weekly)
(mkText "https://www.stratechery.com/rss" // pol // weekly) # Ben Thompson
# (fromDb "balajis.com" // pol) # Balaji
# (fromDb "drewdevault.com" // tech)
# (fromDb "econlib.org" // pol)
# (fromDb "lesswrong.com" // rat)
# (fromDb "profectusmag.com" // pol) # some conservative/libertarian think tank
# (fromDb "thediff.co" // pol) # Byrne Hobart; 80% is subscriber-only
# (fromDb "thesideview.co" // uncat) # spiritual journal; RSS items are stubs
# (fromDb "theregister.com" // tech)
# (fromDb "vitalik.ca" // tech) # moved to vitalik.eth.limo
# (fromDb "webcurious.co.uk" // uncat) # link aggregator; defunct?
# (mkSubstack "doomberg" // tech // weekly) # articles are all pay-walled
# (mkText "https://github.com/Kaiteki-Fedi/Kaiteki/commits/master.atom" // tech // infrequent)
# (mkText "https://til.simonwillison.net/tils/feed.atom" // tech // weekly)
# (mkText "https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/ARbTQlRLRjE/matthew-s-levine.rss" // pol // weekly) # Matt Levine (preview/paywalled)
];
videos = [
(fromDb "youtube.com/@Channel5YouTube" // pol)
(fromDb "youtube.com/@ContraPoints" // pol)
(fromDb "youtube.com/@Exurb1a")
(fromDb "youtube.com/@hbomberguy")
(fromDb "youtube.com/@JackStauber")
(fromDb "youtube.com/@mii_beta" // tech) # Baby Wogue / gnome reviewer
(fromDb "youtube.com/@Matrixdotorg" // tech) # Matrix Live
(fromDb "youtube.com/@NativLang")
(fromDb "youtube.com/@PolyMatter")
(fromDb "youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections" // tech)
(fromDb "youtube.com/@tested" // tech) # Adam Savage
(fromDb "youtube.com/@TomScottGo")
(fromDb "youtube.com/@TVW_Washington" // pol) # interviews with WA public officials
(fromDb "youtube.com/@Vihart")
(fromDb "youtube.com/@InnuendoStudios" // pol) # breaks down the nastier political strategies, from a "politics is power" angle
# (fromDb "youtube.com/@ColdFusion")
# (fromDb "youtube.com/@rossmanngroup" // pol // tech) # Louis Rossmann
# (fromDb "youtube.com/@TheB1M")
# (fromDb "youtube.com/@Vox")
# (fromDb "youtube.com/@Vsauce") # they're all like 1-minute long videos now? what happened @Vsauce?
];
images = [
(fromDb "catandgirl.com" // img // humor)
(fromDb "davidrevoy.com" // img // art)
(fromDb "grumpy.website" // img // humor)
(fromDb "miniature-calendar.com" // img // art // daily)
(fromDb "pbfcomics.com" // img // humor)
(fromDb "poorlydrawnlines.com/feed" // img // humor)
(fromDb "smbc-comics.com" // img // humor)
(fromDb "turnoff.us" // img // humor)
(fromDb "xkcd.com" // img // humor)
];
in
{
sane.feeds = texts ++ images ++ podcasts ++ videos;
assertions = builtins.map
(p: {
assertion = p.format or "unknown" == "podcast";
message = ''${p.url} is not a podcast: ${p.format or "unknown"}'';
})
podcasts;
}