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Here's a list of my favorite podcasts and episodes that I have discovered over the years. Most of these are interviews with various makers and founders because I find it very inspiring to hear their background stories. It's also a great way to get ideas for your own web development projects!
If you have a favorite podcast or episode from a podcast, share it below! I'm always looking for new things to listen to.
Indie Hackers
Probably my favorite podcast right now, hosted by Courtland Allen. So many great interviews with developers and online business owners! It's super interesting to discover how they started their online projects and the mistakes they've made along the way.
Favorite Episodes
- #105: Charting Your Own Course as a Founder with Jason Fried of Basecamp
- #098: How to Make $2.5MM as a Solo Founder by Teaching What You Love with Adam Wathan
- #095: Reaching $20MM/year Building Hundreds of Products with Chad Pytel of thoughtbot
- #093: Things You Learn from Starting 23 Businesses with “Parallel Founder” Danielle Baskin
- #086: How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else with Lynne Tye of Key Values
- #078: Taking on Google and Facebook as a Solo Open-Source Founder with Evan You of Vue.js
Syntax.fm
Hosted by Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski, Syntax is more focused on the current tech in web development. Definitely follow if you're into the current trends of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. They also have on some awesome guests from time to time.
Favorite Episodes
- #176: Building Steam Games with React
- #168: Blogging
- #162: The Fundamentals — JS
- #154: SVGs with Sara Soueidan
Yo! Podcast
I just discovered the Yo! Podcast a few weeks ago but it quickly became a favorite of mine. Hosted by Rob Hope, he interviews some amazing people and mixes it up with rapid fire question rounds to keep things fun and interesting.
Favorite Episodes
The Side Hustle Show
Hosted by Nick Loper, this podcast is more about various side hustles which range from house rentals to flea market retail arbitrage. I've picked out some of my favorites that relate to web development below.
Favorite Episodes
- #354: Turning a Service Business into a Passive Income Stream – Part 2
- #325: The Million Dollar Hobby: Monetize What You’re Already Interested In
- #314: The Simple Way to Finally Set up and Sell Your Online Course
- #279: SEO for Bloggers: The Simple Way to Get More Free Traffic From Google
Mixergy
I like this podcast because the host, Andrew Warner, always has high energy and is not afraid to ask his guests the hard questions. There are a ton of episodes and he interviews so many different entrepreneurs, there's bound to be something that interests you.
Favorite Episodes
- #1567: Ryan Carson of Treehouse: from startup founder to seasoned CEO
- #1513: How Snappa founder is so organized he has time for brunch... brunch!
- #1510: How Bonus.ly is helping companies show recognition to employees
- #1501: SunFrog, the $100M dollar, bootstrapped t-shirt platform
Without Fail
The quality of this podcast is top notch, which isn't a surprise since the host is Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media. He also interviews a wide variety of people, but I've picked out my favorites related to the tech industry.
Favorite Episodes
- An Early Facebook Insider Reckons with What He Built
- How to Fire People
- Groupon's Andrew Mason: Pt. 1, The Rise
- Groupon's Andrew Mason: Pt. 2, The Fall
StartUp
This podcast seems to be kinda scatter-brained, there are a lot of episodes which are just replays from other shows. I don't follow it too closely, but I do have two favorite episodes below.
Favorite Episodes
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Top comments (14)
I liked Indie Hackers when I had the feeling it was about hackers who want to be entrepreneurs. Nowadays I have the feeling it's about a bunch of "hustlers" who want to make money with software "without learning to code".
But I have to admit, the links you posted seem interesting :)
It's definitely a mixed bag, but there are some really talented coders and developers on there.
Thanks for the post i think i will check out some of the podcasts. I would add the developer tea podcast. Very inspiering and motivating podcast for developer:
spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea
Thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to check that one out
Two additional podcasts you should check out are:
1) devpath.fm - by Jacob Herrington
2) Developing Up - by Mike Miles
This is a great list -- thanks for sharing. That episode of Indie Hackers with Danielle Baskin is a favorite of mine, too. Seeing where so many fun, weird ideas go is a great part of being a builder.
I'm at the beginning of my coding journey and Code Newbie podcast is very helpful for me. I can recommend it to everyone, not only for the beginners as it can give you a new perspective for many things you already know.
Thanks! I'll check it out, always good to hear different perspectives on web dev.
The Drunken UX Podcast - drunkenux.com/
Nice list,
I'd like to also suggest
The Art of Product
Bootstrapped Web
Thanks! I'll check those out for sure.
Nice! I have a few episodes from Fullstack Radio queued up, but haven't listened to them yet.
Indie hacker & Mixergy sounds like a awesome podcast
I would like to add two podcasts that I absolutely love regarding Web Dev:
Front End Happy Hour
Ladybug Podcast