# TWiT podcasts

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/twit/

5 people recommended TWiT podcasts in Hacker News comments, 5 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “John C Dvorak – Legendary Tech Columnist and host of No Agenda has passed”.

**Verdict:** Recommended for long-running tech podcasts and shows, with fond memories of its early years. Critics most often say some shows run long and preachy.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 10 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Fond memories of early shows (3 comments in the sample): "loved listening to early TWiT and Security Now on the bus in high school" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015186)) "Fond memories of TWiT in the early 2000s" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014838)) "the early, great days of TWiT" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016485))
- Likes the network's hosts and shows (2 comments in the sample): "I loved listening to him on TWiT and other shows/podcasts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013353)) "I like his network, but I can't pick just one!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517840))

## Other podcasts people recommend

- [Dwarkesh Podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dwarkesh-podcast/): 27 recommend, 2 mixed, 8 criticize
- [Acquired podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/acquired-podcast/): 24 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Oxide and Friends](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oxide-and-friends-podcast/): 19 recommend, 4 mixed, 2 criticize
- [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, "TWiT podcasts", https://hackerapproved.com/p/twit/ (5 recommend, 5 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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