Wookash Podcast
Shares rank 18 of 42 podcasts by recommenders
Listeners recommend it for technical conversations with interesting programmers, especially on low-level programming and game development.
Listeners recommend it for technical conversations with interesting programmers, especially on low-level programming and game development.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Interesting programmers as guests
“Its strengths are that he gets really interesting programmers and basically lets them talk.”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles” “for low level programming and game development with a surprising cast of guests”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?” Deep technical programming conversations
“Some of the best technical programming conversations I've heard in recent years.”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?” “very technical and focused on more advanced programming topics”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “What podcasts are you listening to?” Low-level programming and game development
“for low level programming and game development with a surprising cast of guests”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?” “small but nice Gamedev-related podcast”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles”
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Wookash PodcastThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The Wookash podcast interview is a gentle introduction”
“who was part of the team that created the original TV and much more in that ecosystem”
“very technical and focused on more advanced programming topics”
“Some of the best technical programming conversations I've heard in recent years.”
“for low level programming and game development with a surprising cast of guests”
“Its strengths are that he gets really interesting programmers and basically lets them talk.”
“small but nice Gamedev-related podcast”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.