Best Hacker Public Radio Podcasts (2025)

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HPR4365: Mint to Rocket Money and Scammers

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This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Some advice about tracking spending, money management, RocketMoney, MintApp, Budgeting, Personal Finance, Financial Management, Automatic Routing, Investments, Net Worth and data brokers. https://investors.intuit.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1005/intuit-completes-acquisition-of-mint-com h…

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HPR4353: diff and patch

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Make a diff: $ diff --unified --new-file --recursive original/ my-revision/ > my.patch Send my.patch to somebody so they can use it as input for the patch command: $ patch --strip 0 < my.patch Provide feedback on this episode.By [email protected] (Klaatu)

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Nonprofit facilitates use of horses for physical and psychotherapy 59:44

5h ago59:44

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On this week's edition of Better Living, Chris Arnold talks with Christeen Wilson and Nell Ward of Divine Equine Therapeutic Riding Center, where horses are used to provide assisted physical therapy and also facilitated psychotherapy. But first, Chris catches up with volunteer VanDella Menifee about the latest non-profit events happening in Tarrant…

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We review Organised Fun, Portuguese Custard Tarts and Football 39:22

1d ago39:22

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that promises absolutely no life-changing advice… but just enough insight to help you make slightly better decisions. 👉 Like what you hear? Support the chaos and comedy: patreon.com/mildlyinformed - there is an exclusive extra review waiting for you there! Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner every week as…

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Encore: The case of the unknown sailor 46:34

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In 2007, Jeremy Austin was asked by the Royal Australian Navy to help them identify the remains of an unknown sailor from World War II. Using the best forensic DNA technology, he embarked on a quest to figure out who this man was and to track down his surviving descendants. This episode of Conversations explores DNA science, world war 2, Australian…

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Adam Liaw’s longing for food 48:23

1d ago48:23

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The Masterchef graduate shares what he learned from his grandmother, who won the lottery in Malaysia when she was a 25-year-old widow with three children to care for. After Adam's parents met and married, the family emigrated to Australia when Adam was three-years-old. He and his brother sped through school in Adelaide and Adam went on to become a …

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HPR4364: 24-25 New Years Eve show 6

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This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. ----------------- NYE 2025 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [pdp8online:](https://www.pdp8online.com/asr33…

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Listening to a mountain to save workers trapped underground 50:18

1d ago50:18

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In 2023, Arnold Dix helped rescue 41 men trapped in a tunnel after it collapsed high in the Himalayas. As an engineer and tunnel expert, he was uniquely placed to assist, but Arnold also used another skill in the high risk operation: he listened to the mountain.The successful rescue made Arnold a hero to millions of people across India and it was i…

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HPR4363: My First Episode for HPR

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Short introduction episode, on my journey with Linux, Python, FOSS & Ham Radio Provide feedback on this episode.By [email protected] (ko3moc)

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The physics and feeling of floating — why Angelica learnt to swim 42:30

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Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis grew up in Sydney, famous for its coastline and beachside existence. But for reasons beyond her control, she didn't learn to swim until she took the plunge as an adult. Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis has achieved a lot in her young life. She is a social researcher at Western Sydney University, she has represented Australia …

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HPR4362: Elsbeth's First Episode

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This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Elsbeth talks about how she got started with technology, the issues she has faced as a female geek and gamer, aspects of her career with building computers and software quality assurance as well as other hobbies such as reading and yoga. Links: Light aircraft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna …

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HPR4361: On my own time

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Swift110 talks about installing and running Ubuntu back in the day, and the journey many of us have in picking a distro https://swift110.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/i-will-not-be-upgrading-from-ubuntu-10-10-to-11-04/ Provide feedback on this episode.By [email protected] (Swift110)

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Texas Women's Foundation champions women in the workforce 59:44

3d ago59:44

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On this week's edition of Better Living, Chris Arnold talks with the President and CEO of the Texas Women's Foundation, Karen Hughes White, about women in the workforce and how the foundation has lifted up women, girls, and families over the last 40 years. And as part of our Audacy Conversation Series, we find out more about Earth Day 2025 coming u…

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Travel Hacker is now Mildly Informed 1:57

5d ago1:57

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Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive headfirst into the art of decision-making—whether it’s rating the latest TV shows, dissecting bizarre life choices, or tackling the dilemmas their listeners throw their way. No topic is too big, too small, or too ridiculous. Armed with personal experiences, the news of the week, and an inbox full of …

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Encore: Grief, loss and the healing power of the natural world 50:18

5d ago50:18

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In 2013, Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth lost their beloved farm in Wales, it was where they'd lived for 20 years and raised their children. In the same week, Moth was diagnosed with a rare degenerative brain disease and doctors gave him just two years to live. Homeless and with their future together rapidly shrinking, Raynor and Moth decided to …

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HPR4360: Isaac Asimov: The Robot Novels

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Isaac Asimov first invented the Three Laws of Robotics in a series of short stories. But he then imagined how a future society might develop with robots, and he pictured this in a series of novels that have become classics in their own right. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caves_of_Steel ht…

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The epic escape story of four ANZAC POWs — through the Italian Alps to freedom 50:06

6d ago50:06

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Writer and tour guide Simon Tancred on the little-known ANZAC story of how a group of POWs made a daring escape on foot to neutral Switzerland. Simon Tancred fell in love with Italy as a young man, and set up a job for himself leading hikes and tours across the country, and into the Alps. So Simon was familiar with the old trails and passes that cr…

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HPR4359: Fosdem 2025 - My Personal Experience

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Links to presentation information aerc Git repository here: https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc Slide deck here: https://aerc-mail.org/fosdem-2025 JMAP information: https://jmap.io/ Building a watt-meter esp-rs and a rocket backend Wattmeter code: https://github.com/ssaavedra/esp32-amp-sensor Backend code…

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Made in Burnie — Justin Heazlewood on swapping fame for his hometown 52:00

7d ago52:00

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Justin Heazlewood fled a complicated early life in Tasmania searching for fame as an artist on the mainland. Recently he moved back to his home town of Burnie, and realised community is where you find it. Justin Heazlewood grew up in Burnie, a coastal town on the North West coast of Tasmania. For years he imagined his hometown as somewhere he had t…

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HPR4358: My linux journey

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This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Today I would like to share my journey into the world of Linux and Free Software and how it has shaped my computing experience over the years. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Emacs https://www.youtube.com/c/SystemCrafters https:/…

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From Manila to Sydney — how Loribelle found family, love and her art 52:00

8d ago52:00

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The artist Loribelle Spirovski on her unusual childhood in the Philippines, meeting her father for the first time at 7 years old, and making her way as one of Australia's most exciting young painters. Loribelle Spirovski grew up in the Philippines, with her mum and her extended Filipino family. Her Serbian father, whom she had never met, was in Aus…

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HPR4357: Short introduction by murph.

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This is just an introduction, here is the rough text of the audio: Hello HPR: I'm murph, I've been an HPR listener for a long-time, into the TWAT days. I'll try to keep it quick. I started in computers in the early 80's with a VIC-20. After a few of the Commodore 8-bits, I settled into the Amiga line…

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HPR4356: Mirror Mirror On The Wall

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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Running a private Ubuntu Mirror It is possible to set up a local server to keep a synchronized copy of all the Ubuntu packages, allowing later installs of packages for any local machine even in the absence of an internet connection. To do this a script called apt-mirror can be run on the server. cron…

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How to protect your data as hackers get more sophisticated 59:45

10d ago59:45

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On this week's edition of Better Living, Chris Arnold talks with Rob Cahill and Mike Crum, co-founders of 4DWN, a skatepark in South Dallas that has evolved into a unique service-driven community hub, distributing thousands of pounds of food each week to kids and families. But first, it's cyber security expert Corey Flood with the nonprofit "Big Ho…

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Encore: The poker-playing cardiologist 52:30

12d ago52:30

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As a child, before she escaped communist Hungary, Bo Remenyi had no ambitions. But when she got to Australia all of that changed. She's gone from cruising the casino floor as a high-stakes professional poker player, to saving the lives of children in remote Australia. (R) In 2018, Dr Bo Remenyi was made the Northern Territory’s Australian of the Ye…

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HPR4355: Record player audio - Streaming with Darkice

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Intro Hello, this is your host, Archer72, for Hacker Public Radio. In this episode, this is my third show involving my record player. I am using a Zoom H1essential Stereo Handy Recorder microphone, recording into Audacity for this show. Why visit the record shop? Picking up a record at the record shop expands my music choices. I get a chance to tal…

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Miles Franklin's secret life as a 'boy sober' undercover maid 48:30

13d ago48:30

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Journalist Kerrie Davies with the story of how novelist Miles Franklin went undercover as a maid for a year, in Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses, well before gonzo journalists became household names. The real-life story of novelist Stella Maria Miles Franklin had an unexpected chapter after publishing My Brilliant Career. In 1903, Miles became…

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HPR4354: 24-25 New Years Eve show episode 5

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Grief

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Cam, Chris, Shona and James talk about grief and how people have coped when someone they love passed away and what things helped them.This might have brought up some difficult feelings for some people listening today. Grief Line 1300 845 745 Life Line 13 11 14 Beyond Blue 1300 22 46 36 If it is an emergency call 000…

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The life-changing power of a choir 51:06

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Song propelled Morris Stuart from his early life shepherding sheep in British Guyana to an unlikely love story in London. In his retirement, he found himself shaping a choir of Central Australian Aboriginal women, who had been breathing life into 138-year-old Lutheran hymns. Morris Stuart met his Australian wife, Barbara in London in the 1960s. The…

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