I listen to podcasts since 2007 when I had to download them and transfer to my AAA-battery powered MP3 player every day (👴). A lot changed since then, but I still listen to podcast now and then.

I also used Podcasts to help with my listening to learn new languages, so you will see different languages being listed here. I will write everything in English here and rely on Google Translate for the proper translation of everything. 😉

Here is a list of the podcasts I recommend. By language and category:

🇧🇷 Portuguese

99 Vidas

Category: Gaming — URL: https://99vidas.com.br

It’s mostly about old games and it’s a topic I like a lot. Sometimes they deviate a bit for some other nostalgia topic and I particularly skip these.

Podquest

Category: GameDev — URL: https://podquest.com.br

Game developers working on AAA games. I really like the insights on the game development career and the games’ industry. They also do some reviews on games released at the moment. It’s a great podcast for those interested in game development. Some episodes are even great for those not into gaming but into software engineering.

Dev na estrada

Category: Tech — URL: https://devnaestrada.com.br

General development talk and interview with developers. I like the way they make episodes short and less formal. I had the chance of being a guest on the show and I really enjoyed the experience.

Hipsters.tech

Category: Tech — URL: https://hipsters.tech

It’s similar in content and format to Dev na estrada, but they don’t do interviews. I like their approach to content and had the chance to participate as a guest more than once. I really recommend the show.

Mauro Halfeld — CBN

Category: Money — URL: https://cbn.globoradio.globo.com/servicos/podcast/PODCAST.htm?podcast=87/cbn-dinheiro&ctarget=cbn-dinheiro-mauro-halfeld

Investment tips, daily brazilian economics and portfolio evaluation. It’s very conservative, but I like it anyway.

Carlos Alberto Sarderberg — CBN

Category: Money — URL: https://cbn.globoradio.globo.com/servicos/podcast/PODCAST.htm?podcast=73/linha-aberta&ctarget=linha-aberta-carlos-alberto-sardenberg

Daily economics in Brazil. It’s very short and brings the current economics news. It works well for me and I can easily listen to it 3x faster.

Café Brasil

Category: Misc — URL: https://portalcafebrasil.com.br/

When I started listening to this show there were very little politics, but currently it’s a mix of politics, great music, and some good ideas.

I like Luciano’s ideas on productivity and even some controversial topics. Politics is always a two-edged sword for me. Sometimes I agree with him, but not always.

Nerdcast

Category: Misc — URL: https://nerdcast.com.b

It was the first podcast I listened to and their quality is amazing. I’m not listening to all episodes anymore, but they sometimes have great content. I especially enjoy some yearly especial episodes they do but there are also some other good ones.

🇺🇸 English

Ruby Rogues

Category: Tech — URL: https://devchat.tv/podcasts/ruby-rogues/

It’s the best Podcast about the Ruby programming language that I could find. I’m not working full time with Ruby anymore and I’m not listening to it that much, but I still recommend it.

Hardcore History

Category: History — URL: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/

Is’s usually very long episodes about some part of our history. There’s a lot of research to do such an episode, and they do an awesome work. It’s like listening to a history audiobook. I especially recommend the episode about the atomic bombs.

How to afford anything

Category: Money — URL: https://affordanything.com/podcast/

The show is reled to money management in general and I like their early retirement interviews and content. I would recommend it to anyone who likes to improve their money management.

Retirement wnswer man

Category: Money — URL: https://www.rogerwhitney.com/blog

This is all about retirement. I was in a path of early retirement some years ago and I really like the content here. Currently, I’m not totally into FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) anymore, but I still want to find my FI, so I keep listening to it.

Philosophize this!

Category: Philosophy — URL: https://www.philosophizethis.org/

The only and best philosophy podcast I found. They have amazing episodes. I recommend anyone who is curious about philosophy to start from the episode 1 and keep listening at least until the episode 10. That’s what I did and it was a great experience.

🟢 Esperanto

La Pola Retradio

Category: News — URL: http://pola-retradio.org/

It’s one of the few Esperanto podcasts I found and it’s great to exercise your listening. They usually talk about general world news and Esperanto related news.

🇪🇸 Spanish

Programar es una mierda

Category: Tech — URL: https://www.programaresunamierda.com/

I was looking for tech content in Spanish and these guys do it in a way a that is very familiar to me as a brazilian. It’s about technology in general and it has the same vibe as Dev na estrada sometimes.