# Acquired podcast

25 Hacker News commenters recommended Acquired podcast and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Long, deep-dive episodes on the history of individual companies, with a large back catalog that people recommend for learning how businesses work.

## Why people recommend it

- Deep dives into company histories (7 comments): "Highly recommend the Acquired podcast and their Costco episode if people want to dive deeper into the history of this company." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776077)) "The Acquire Podcast recently did a great job of outlining the history of Google & Alphabet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45952350)) "Acquired podcast does long (2 4-hour episodes on Google) episodes on various companies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928207))
- Entertaining, engaging storytelling (4 comments): "the Acquired podcast recently did an episode on Epic and it is great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45834583)) "still be captivating with how they do their deep-dives on a company" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49796447)) "the interview for the Acquired podcast which was awesome" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865093))
- Useful primer on how businesses work (4 comments): "The Acquired podcast on Rolex really opened my eyes to this whole world." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266105)) "I had no idea how Costco or Home Depot or Walt Disney worked" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997451)) "The Acquired podcast on him is a great jumping off point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46449723))
- Large back catalog of episodes (2 comments): "which I love. They have a huge catalog of great old episodes, too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47166408)) "Great podcast BTW, lots of good stuff in the archives." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155315))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Acquired podcast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/acquired-podcast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).