10 Business and Tech Podcasts That Make Me Smarter Every Day

Ali Erkurt
Product Business
Published in
3 min readDec 2, 2019

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Internet is awesome. You always find something to read, watch and listen to. I love reading stuff. I love watching stuff. And I love listening to stuff. I also love sharing stuff. Therefore, I want to share my top business and technology podcasts which make me smarter every day and help me understand things better.

Pivot

The illustrious tech journalist Kara Swisher and “Big Dawg” Prof. Scott Galloway always talk about great stuff at Pivot. I love listening to them because their ideas about technology help me ask better questions and find answers to feed my knowledge. I always find something new to think about after hearing them.

Business Casual

My favorite commute newsletter Morning Brew launched their long-awaited podcast series Business Casual and I’m happy to get better angle about business and technology. Oh by the way, if you want to read Morning Brew’s great and easy-to-consume newsletter, sign up from here. If you do it via my referral link, you’ll help me get my very own Brew mug.

a16z Podcast

If you’re following tech industry, you’ve probably heard of a16z. I follow Andrew Chen and Benedict Evans on Twitter and am a subscriber of their personal newsletters. I remember that listening to Come for the Game, Stay for the Party episode was very insightful thanks to Andrew. Listen to a16z podcast here.

The Vergecast

Like many of you, I like The Verge and read Nilay Patel and watch Dieter Bohn on YouTube. In addition to reading and watching them, I love listening to their podcast.

Recode Decode

Kara Swisher asks the right questions to her guests about technology and business at Recode Decode. I believe I don’t need to say more about that podcast.

Snacks Daily

Jack and Nick host Snacks Daily for Robinhood and they’re great. They always find a way to grab your attention even if they’re loud. I remember their Roku analogy from a few months back. Roku was the guy in the gym who does only push-ups for months then gains muscle and shocks everyone. That was so true since the big guys like Amazon and Apple were fighting each other.

Today, Explained

YouTube channel of Vox is great. So is their podcast channel. Today, Explained gives amazing insights about trending topics of business and technology.

The Ezra Klein Show

I care about what Ezra Klein says. I remember listening to his live interview with Kara Swisher for Recode Decode about the future of journalism. That episode was really good. I was also watching him on YouTube channel of Vox then started listening to his podcast series.

Axios Pro Rata

Axios is one of my favorite news sources. They always share to-do point news by explaining why it matters. I’m also a subsciber of their multiple newsletters. Their podcast Axios Pro Rata is helping me get smarter in 10 minutes about the most talked-about topics in tech, business and politics.

Naval

You may know Naval from his mind-opening Twitter floods. I think he’s the philosopher of this digital age and the things he say always makes me nod my head. I prefer listening to Naval while I take walks.

Conclusion

I have many other podcasts I follow but wanted to keep it short for now by choosing my top business and technology podcasts. If you have other suggestions, please feel free to share them in the comments below.

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Ali Erkurt
Product Business

Senior Product Manager at STARZ and award-winning professional from New York. Author of “Realm of Light: The Darkest Night” book. https://erkurt.co/book