Reply All episode 158 The Case of the Missing Hit
Shares rank 25 of 42 podcasts by recommenders
A podcast episode people say is worth hearing with little prior knowledge, following a long search for a band that charted once and vanished.
A podcast episode people say is worth hearing with little prior knowledge, following a long search for a band that charted once and vanished.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Gripping story best heard cold
“it’s one of those stories that are best if you know very little going into it”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished” “it's worth listening to them tell the story”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished” Praised as one of the best episodes
“It really was one of the best podcast episodes I've ever heard.”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished” “What an AWESOME episode. The effort they put in was insane!”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished” “It's a fantastic episode.”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished”
Other podcasts people recommend
The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarkesh Podcast | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Oxide and Friends | 26 | 3 | 90% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Acquired podcast | 25 | 0 | 100% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Behind the Bastards podcast | 18 | 1 | 95% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Reply All episode 158 The Case of the Missing HitThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“What an AWESOME episode. The effort they put in was insane!”
“It's a fantastic episode.”
“I just listened to that episode on a road trip last week, it was fantastic.”
“it’s one of those stories that are best if you know very little going into it”
“It really was one of the best podcast episodes I've ever heard.”
“it's worth listening to them tell the story”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.