Keeping up with the latest tech trends can feel like a burden. Podcasts can help alleviate this chore. Whack on a podcast while you are doing the weekly food shop and jobs a good 'un. Learn and shop! Listening to productive PodCasts can be a great productivity booster. I can only speak for myself, but, simply having a list of PodCasts and YouTube videos to watch whenever I'm food shopping, on a bus (ewww), or, with some spare time allows me to keep up with the latest tech trends easily.
Assuming I've sold you on this idea, the next consideration... what to listen to? This is where this article will help. In this tutorial, I will list 10 great PodCasts that you should consider checking out. There is a PodCast here for everyone. PodCasts range from Javascript, .NET to career advice. I recommend you go through this list, pick on and next time you have some unplanned free time, listen to the most popular episodes!
JavaScript Jabber
A weekly podcast on all things Javascript. The podcast uses a panel discussion framework. Episodes involve interviews with interesting people within the JavaSCript community. Topics range from, projects, tools, and communities.
A good starting episode BONUS: How to Crush Your Biggest Goals in 2021
▶️ https://devchat.tv/show/javascript-jabber/
TAGS JAVASCRIPT
The Hanselminutes Podcast
Scott's website, vlog and podcasts are things I consume regularly. There is always some interesting stuff going on and Scott's podcast is worth a listen. Scott bills his show as “Fresh Air for developers,” interviewing a lot of interesting people on a range of software development topics.
A good starting episode How the OBS Project changed video forever with lead Hugh Bailey
▶️ https://www.hanselman.com/podcasts
TAGS C#
JS Party
Started in 2015 and still going strong. This is another podcast that focuses on JavaScript.
A good starting episode E169 Work environments & happiness'
▶️ https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/js-party-javascript-web-dev-changelog-media-Id6Df4Nhi05/
TAGS JAVASCRIPT
Boagworld Web Design Show
A web design podcast that’s also “quintessentially British,” this show aims to provide useful information for web designers and developers at a variety of levels.
▶️ https://boagworld.com/show/
TAGS USER EXPERIENCE, CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
.NET Rocks
Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers. Been running weekly since 2002! Over a thousand shows to browse from. If you are a .NET developer there will be something here for you!
A good starting episode E1663 Visual Studio 2019 Productivity with Kendra Havens
▶️https://www.dotnetrocks.com/
TAGS C#
The Stack Overflow Podcast
We all know and love Stackoverflow... they now have a PodCast! Focused on what it means to work in software and how code is reshaping our world.
A good starting episode Podcast 318: What’s the half-life of your code?
▶️ https://stackoverflow.blog/podcast/
TAGS CAREER
The Big Web Show
The Big Web Show is another interview formatted podcast, started in 2010 The big web show focuses on design and web standards.
A good starting episode 182: It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work, with Jason Fried
▶️ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-web-show/id370445683?mt=2
TAGS WEBDESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY, ART DIRECTION
Software Engineering Radio
A podcast that focuses on software engineering technology and good practice. Topics include modern database architecture, database architecture, workflow analysis. As I come from a software engineering background, I very much agree with good process and practices and this is a podcast that I dip into occasionally to get some form of inspiration when it comes to making things better at work.
A good starting episode Episode 430: Marco Faella on Seriously Good Software.
▶️ https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/software-engineering-radio-the-podcast-for-7-CONRY3w2z/
TAGS WEBDESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY, ART DIRECTION
Coder Radio
Another software engineering-focused podcast that started in 2013.
A good starting episode Gabbing About Go
▶️ https://coder.show/
TAGS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING,
The Freelancer Show
This podcast explores freelancing on the web from a variety of angles through panel discussions and interviews.
▶️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-freelancers-show/id715647197
TAGS CAREER
Coding Blocks
A podcast whose aim is to help you to become a better software developer. The thing that first got my attention for the section. If you go to that page you can see a list of great software engineering books. Next to each book, you will see links to episodes that discuss key important topics or subject matter that has been contained within the book.
▶️ https://www.codingblocks.net/
TAGS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
How I Built It
Podcasts focused on tech-savvy small business owners and developers. The main focus of these episodes is on building products, from idea to execution.
A good starting episode Favorites of 2020
▶️ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297
TAGS INNOVATORS, ENTREPRENEURS, IDEALISTS
