Only recently started to listen to podcasts in my car. Spotify recommended me Darknet Diaries, I’m at episode 10 so far and liking it! Does it maintain that quality, does the content shift by episode 100 or does it more or less stay consistent?

Agreed. Started casually listening a few months ago. The content quality is so high! Started with the first few then jumped around. So far I've liked every episode I've listened too.

In the same vein, Malicious Life is also good, though Ram is a bit difficult to understand.

I also love Smashing Security and Hacking Humans for the news side of Cyber Security

This one for sure. The hosts rarely make mistakes (at least when they cover tech topics) and when they're corrected (during recording or after it's released) they strictly start the next episode with a detailed correction.

They have good chemistry and are well spoken, and unlike most podcasts, they don't ruin the show by bringing on mediocre guests.

When they make an exception, it's always an exceptional guest. In several hundred episodes they have had three guests if you don't count a couple brief entertaining side cameos that were somewhat off topic.

They limit the show to interesting (or entertaining) content. Boring news stories are skipped (get your news elsewhere) and if it's a slow news week they have a list of timeless subjects ready and waiting to have an episode recorded. If a topic needs five seconds, they give it five seconds. If it needs five hours, they'll cover it over several episodes.

Finally, one of the hosts is both an audiophile and the developer of a major podcasting client and various podcast editing tools. The audio quality is absolutely perfect, and the editing is even better. Even the ads are well done (and there aren't many, and you can subscribe to remove them).

Easily my favorite podcast. Good chemistry, thoughtful commentary, and interesting digressions.

Second this. John is amazing.

Thirded. It’s like listening to me and my homies banter. Just so much fun.

I started listening to the Self Hosted show last week, really enjoying it.

Been listening for nearly a decade. They're amazingly consistent!

Was looking for a JB shout-out. Plenty of good shows on the network. Linux Unplugged is also great.

To add to Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast,

Embedded.fm @ https://embedded.fm/

The Amp Hour @ https://theamphour.com/

Both podcasts have regular interviews with industry folks and "just two folks chatting about their subject" episodes

Love it!

Click Here sounds awesome, thanks for the recommendation!

Same here! My only gripe with the whole network is that it's financially struggling and that has some effects on the podcasts themselves. All About Android getting shut down is a prime example. Also I think the guests were better (or just more famous?) some years ago, but that may be a symptom of the higher competition in the podcasting space. I wonder if you have the same impression!

Joe Ressington

Ooh, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time! I used to listen to him on Linux Action News - or was it Linux Action Show? That man has had soo many podcasts, lol. Anyway I used to love it, and I don't even remember why I stopped listening. Either him or his co-host stopped doing it, I think?

Edit: TWiT is definitely not a "long ad for Microsoft products". Maybe one of their guests loved MS?