Dwarkesh Podcast
Hacker ApprovedThe most recommended of 42 podcasts
People recommend it for well-researched interviews with AI researchers and experts, where guests often say something new. Critics say the host overstates his expertise, talks too much, and the interviews can feel like hype.
People recommend it for well-researched interviews with AI researchers and experts, where guests often say something new. Critics say the host overstates his expertise, talks too much, and the interviews can feel like hype.
37 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 29
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 29 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Excellent interviewer who asks good questions
“He's the best interviewer I ever found, try listening to his first couple episodes”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Ilya Sutskever: We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research” “he asks the right questions and lets the guests speak”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential"” “Dwarkesh is one of the best interviewers out there.”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “The Podcast Where You Can Eavesdrop on the A.I. Elite” - Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Ilya Sutskever: We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research”
- Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Ilya Sutskever: We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research”
Lands high-quality guests saying new things
“He's one of the few people who can get famous researchers on and also have them say something genuinely new.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “I'm glad the Anthropic fight is happening now” “he gets extremely high quality guests and he doesn't just roll over completely”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “What podcasts are you listening to?” “Andrej's appearance on the Dwarkesh podcast is great.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf]” Good background research, accurate explanations
“Dwarkesh does an impressive amount of background and speaks with experts about their expertise.”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Ilya Sutskever: We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research” “explains this reasonably accurately”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Cerebras Deploys Trillion-Parameter AI Models” “it describes how the dynamics well and talks about how proxy logs help.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Micron CEO Says Memory Supply Will Be Much Tighter in 2027 and 2028 Than in 2026” Episodes worth replaying and recommending
“I'll relisten to Dwarkesh episodes more than once.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “OpenAI Acquires TBPN” “It's a great episode, I recommend it”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Don't fall into the anti-AI hype” “Andrej's appearance on the Dwarkesh podcast is great.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf]” - Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “OpenAI Acquires TBPN”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Overstates expertise on AI
“Dwarkesh suffers from a different problem, where, by rubbing shoulders with experts, he has come to the mistaken belief that he possesses expertise”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Ilya Sutskever: We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research” “Dwarkesh Patel same shit as Lex, but he pretends he knows something about AI”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?” “I worry the hype train is clouding everyone's thoughts (I'm looking at you Dwarkesh)”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “The turbulent AI era is here” Talks too much, hard to listen to
“Dwarkesh talks way too much”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential"” “I find him pretty hard to listen to. He has admitted that his show prep is AI produced”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “OpenAI Acquires TBPN” Seen as hype or PR
“I worry the hype train is clouding everyone's thoughts (I'm looking at you Dwarkesh)”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “The turbulent AI era is here” “the interviews are terribly boring because they feel like a cheap PR campaign”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential"” “absolute baloney, empty interviews”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Notes on DeepSeek”
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| Dwarkesh PodcastThis page | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Oxide and Friends | 26 | 3 | 90% | 10 | — | Approved |
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| Mindscape podcast by Sean Carroll | 18 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
35 of the 39 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“explains this reasonably accurately”
“some science fiction fantasy on Dwarkesh podcast”
“it describes how the dynamics well and talks about how proxy logs help.”
“I worry the hype train is clouding everyone's thoughts (I'm looking at you Dwarkesh)”
“the Semianalysis + Dwarkesh side of reporting still does surface interesting information”
“absolute baloney, empty interviews”
“these two very recent Dwarkesh pod/lectures have begun to educate me a bit”
“Dwarkesh is one of the best interviewers out there.”
“Andrej's appearance on the Dwarkesh podcast is great.”
“I find him pretty hard to listen to. He has admitted that his show prep is AI produced”
“For anyone who really cares about AI in depth, Dwarkesh and the sxyz podcasts are the OG.”
“I'll relisten to Dwarkesh episodes more than once.”
“There was a good episode on Dwarkesh's podcast about this in the last few weeks”
“I enjoyed the human->depth vs AI->breadth discussion”
“He's one of the few people who can get famous researchers on and also have them say something genuinely new.”
“Read/watch this interview”
“Love the interviews Dwarkesh sponsored with Sarah Paine from the Naval War College.”
“he gets extremely high quality guests and he doesn't just roll over completely”
“the interviews are terribly boring because they feel like a cheap PR campaign”
“Dwarkesh talks way too much”
“This moxie marlinspike interview is great though”
“he asks the right questions and lets the guests speak”
“But I think he has improved markedly as an interviewer I will say”
“Dwarkesh Patel is a true gift to the industry”
“Machine Learning Street Talk and Dwarkesh are excellent”
“It's a great episode, I recommend it”
“have all had some good episodes this year”
“Inquisitive curious host, mostly "AGI" related”
“Dwarkesh Patel same shit as Lex, but he pretends he knows something about AI”
“Dwarkesh is incredible at this.”
“the host generally does a really good job”
“Dwarkesh suffers from a different problem, where, by rubbing shoulders with experts, he has come to the mistaken belief that he possesses expertise”
“He's the best interviewer I ever found, try listening to his first couple episodes”
“Dwarkesh does an impressive amount of background and speaks with experts about their expertise.”
“He's good, and he's filling a void in an established underserved genre”
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