# Wookash Podcast

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

8 people recommended Wookash Podcast in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Listeners recommend it for technical conversations with interesting programmers, especially on low-level programming and game development.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting programmers as guests (2 comments in the sample): "Its strengths are that he gets really interesting programmers and basically lets them talk." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314353)) "for low level programming and game development with a surprising cast of guests" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414046))
- Deep technical programming conversations (2 comments in the sample): "Some of the best technical programming conversations I've heard in recent years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414546)) "very technical and focused on more advanced programming topics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47166330))
- Low-level programming and game development (1 comment in the sample): "small but nice Gamedev-related podcast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46311351))

## Other podcasts people recommend

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- [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, "Wookash Podcast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wookash-podcast/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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