# Accidental Tech Podcast

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Accidental Tech Podcast and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Accidental Tech Podcast as one of the best podcasts out there, pointing to episodes such as one on using Apple's models for transcribing at scale.

## Why people recommend it

- One of the best podcasts (1 comments): "atp is one of the best podcasts out there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770369))
- Standout episode on Apple transcription (1 comments): "there's a great ATP episode about using Apple's models for podcast transcribing at scale" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48903220))
- Fascinating listener comments (1 comments): "Fascinating listener comment, from a librarian to ATP" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49139708))

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- [Mindscape podcast by Sean Carroll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindscape-podcast.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Accidental Tech Podcast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/accidental-tech-podcast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).