# Latent Space podcast

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/latent-space-podcast/

15 people recommended Latent Space podcast in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 10 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for in-depth interviews with AI industry guests and for keeping up with the engineering behind large language models.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Deep dives with AI industry guests (5 comments in the sample): "thank you for listening!! team works hard on it. Jeff was an absolute bucket list GOAT to have on the show" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026898)) "OT latent space podcast is great, most recently interview with jeff dean. Worth a listen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018562)) "Minimal fluff, great guest list and very relevant." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827629))
- Good episodes worth a listen (3 comments in the sample): "it’s worth a watch even with the click baiti thumbnail and title" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073064)) "have all had some good episodes this year" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46413412)) "Latent Space gets a lot of play from me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47165696))
- Keeps up with fast-moving LLM engineering (2 comments in the sample): "Absolutely essential for keeping up with the breakneck speed of LLMs and the actual engineering behind them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47166367)) "Between /r/LocalLlama and the ThursdAI and Latent Space newsletters, I'm at most only a few days away" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710317))

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- [Behind the Bastards podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/behind-the-bastards-podcast/): 16 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Latent Space podcast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/latent-space-podcast/ (15 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.