Hacker Public Radio is a technology focused podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday to Friday. Our shows are produced by listeners like you and can be on any topic that is of interest to hackers, hobbyists, makers, etc. We are a welcoming community that offers positive feedback and encourages respectful debate.
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Latest Shows
- hpr4574 (2026-02-12) :: UNIX Curio #0 - Introduction by Vance
- Overview of the series plus the hierarchy of files
- hpr4573 (2026-02-11) :: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 6 Thorium Reactors by Whiskeyjack
- The use of thorium in nuclear power, what thorium is, what sort of reactors can use it.
- hpr4572 (2026-02-10) :: Uncommon Commands, Episode 3 - strace by Deltaray
- An overview of how to run and read the output of the strace command.
- hpr4571 (2026-02-09) :: Data processing retrospective by Lee
- Lee talks to his Mum about her history with computers
- hpr4570 (2026-02-06) :: Playing Civilization V, Part 8 by Ahuka
- Computer games, strategy games, Civilization V, diplomacy, spies
- hpr4569 (2026-02-05) :: Kiosk with guest mode on Linux by Klaatu
- Use GDM and either a ramdisk or systemd to create a guest profile with self-removing user data
- hpr4568 (2026-02-04) :: Book reading The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll by Henrik Hemrin
- About the book The Cuckoo's Egg, starting by looking back at my experience from that time period.
- hpr4567 (2026-02-03) :: Movie Recommendations for Hackers by Deltaray
- An overview of movies related to cybersecurity and hacker culture.
- hpr4566 (2026-02-02) :: HPR Community News for January 2026 by HPR Volunteers
- HPR Volunteers talk about shows released and comments posted in January 2026
- hpr4565 (2026-01-30) :: HPR Beer Garden 9 - Barley Wine by Kevie
- Dave and Kevie talk about Barley Wines.
Latest Comments
- Comment 3: Some Guy on the Internet on 2026-02-11 03:32:12: "It's MAGIC!"
- on hpr4572 (2026-02-10) "Uncommon Commands, Episode 3 - strace" by Deltaray
- Comment 2: candycanearter07 on 2026-02-10 15:44:41: "fantastic learning and debugging tool!"
- on hpr4572 (2026-02-10) "Uncommon Commands, Episode 3 - strace" by Deltaray
- Comment 1: Henrik Hemrin on 2026-02-10 08:57:35: "Conversation"
- on hpr4571 (2026-02-09) "Data processing retrospective" by Lee
- Comment 7: Ken Fallon on 2026-02-07 12:31:24: "re "reschedule shows which don't need to be on a specific date forwards or backwards""
- on hpr4566 (2026-02-02) "HPR Community News for January 2026" by HPR Volunteers
- Comment 4: Gumnos on 2026-02-07 02:48:34: "Fun with todo.txt and transitioning to other plain-text TODO management"
- on hpr4554 (2026-01-15) "How I do todo" by Jim DeVore
- Comment 6: Whiskeyjack on 2026-02-06 20:52:38: "Response to candycanearter07 on episode scheduling"
- on hpr4566 (2026-02-02) "HPR Community News for January 2026" by HPR Volunteers
- Comment 4: candycanearter07 on 2026-02-06 16:23:36: "RE: I learned some things that I will try out"
- on hpr4569 (2026-02-05) "Kiosk with guest mode on Linux" by Klaatu
- Comment 3: Jim DeVore on 2026-02-06 02:19:21: "I learned some things that I will try out"
- on hpr4569 (2026-02-05) "Kiosk with guest mode on Linux" by Klaatu
- Comment 5: Jim DeVore on 2026-02-06 01:56:48: "Great Show!"
- on hpr4567 (2026-02-03) "Movie Recommendations for Hackers" by Deltaray
- Comment 5: candycanearter07 on 2026-02-05 23:36:17: "my two cents"
- on hpr4566 (2026-02-02) "HPR Community News for January 2026" by HPR Volunteers