In-Depth Series

A Little Bit of Python

Initially based on the podcast "A Little Bit of Python", by Michael Foord, Andrew Kuchling, Steve Holden, Dr. Brett Cannon and Jesse Noller. https://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_12_19.shtml#e1138

Now the series is open to all.

Accessibility

Shows about tearing down the barriers for our fellow hackers.

All Songs Considered

A Collection of Songs by various artists

April Fools Shows

Apt Spelunking

"Apt spelunking" is a silly term I made up for the act of searching through your package manager, App Store, Code Repo, etc with vague terms, and trying out random applications therein.
A public series started by Windigo.

Arduino and related devices

In this series various contributors talk about how to use and program Arduino single-board microcontrollers and related devices.
See the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arduino_boards_and_compatible_systems for details of the range of devices.

Bash Scripting

This is an open series in which Hacker Public Radio Listeners can share their Bash scripting knowledge and experience with the community. General programming topics and Bash commands are explored along with some tutorials for the complete novice.

Battling with English

Looking at the English language and highlighting some common anomalies, mistakes, mispellings, grammar problems and similar.

Beverages

The making and consuming of all types of fermented drinks, such as: brewing your own beer, beer tasting and home wine making

Bicycle Hacking

Maintaining, enhancing and repairing bikes; also the creation of new bikes from recycled ones.

Blockchain

A open series on the Blockchain, cryptographic hash, cryptocurrency, bitcoin etc

Coffee

All aspects of making the perfect cup of Coffee

Compilers - how they work

In this series we examine how compilers work

Computer Strategy Games

This series is about Computer Strategy Games or Video Games as defined by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game

Cooking

Cooking techniques, recipes, recommendations and cooking equipment

DOS

DOS is a general acronym for "Disk Operating System", though it came to refer to the operating system used in the IBM PC, particularly Microsoft's MS-DOS.

Databases

This series will attempt to discuss various different aspects of Database design and operation.

Filesystems

In this series we explore various different filesystems.

Freedom is not Free

Examining the difference between freedom and free of cost. In the world of free software the main emphasis is on the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software, not on its lack of cost.

GIMP

An overview of this open-source graphics program, with a focus on photographic issues.

GNU Readline

GNU Readline is a software library that provides line-editing and history capabilities for interactive programs with a command-line interface, such as Bash. It is currently maintained by Chet Ramey as part of the GNU Project. This series looks at some of the features of this powerful library.

HAM radio

A series about all things Amateur Radio/HAM Radio.

HPR Community News

A monthly look at what has been going on in the HPR community. This is a regular show scheduled for the first Monday of the month.

HPR New Year Show

Our community welcomes in every time zone to the New Year in this annual event.

HPR_AudioBookClub

HPR AudioBook Club

Hack Radio Live

A series of syndicated shows about hacking, also available on https://hackradiolive.org/

Hardware upgrades

Hosts share their experiences when upgrading their equipment.

Haskell

A series looking into the Haskell (programming language)

Health and Healthcare

A open series about Health and Healthcare

Hobby Electronics

Building electronic devices and kits, repairing electronics and learning about components and their uses.

Home Automation

A open series on anything related to Smart Home, or Internet Of Things

How I got into tech

Started by monsterb, this series invites people to share with us how they found Linux. It has become traditional for first time hosts to share with us their journey to Linux. Indeed it has morphed to be way to share your journey in tech right up to your first contribution to HPR.

Information Underground

Deepgeek, Klaatu, and Lostnbronx discuss things.

Interviews

HPR Correspondents bring you Interviews from interesting people and projects

Introduction to Git

Initiated by Klaatu, this open series introduces Git and the concepts behind its use in a collaborative environment.

LPI Certifications

A series focusing on Linux Professional Institute Certifications (LPIC)
https://www.lpi.org/

Languages

About human languages, including learning them and speaking them

Learning Awk

Episodes about using Awk, the text manipulation language. It comes in various forms called awk, nawk, mawk and gawk, but the standard version on Linux is GNU Awk (gawk). It's a programming language optimised for the manipulation of delimited text.

Learning sed

Episodes about using sed, the Stream Editor. It's a non-interactive editor which you can use to make simple changes to data, which is how many people use it. However, sed also has a lot of hidden power, especially in the GNU version.

LibreOffice

In this in-depth series on LibreOffice we examine Writer, Calc and Impress

Lightweight Apps

Reviews of light weight applications

Linux Inlaws

This is Linux Inlaws, a series on free and open source software, black humour, the revolution and freedom in general (this includes ideas and software) and generally having fun.

Linux in the Shell

Linux In The Shell aims to explore the use of many commands a user can run in the Bash Shell. Tutorials include a write up with examples, an audio component about the write up, and a video component to demonstrate the usage of the command.
The website is https://www.linuxintheshell.com/

LinuxJAZZ

Shows about Bariman's experience as a jazz musician using Linux

Lord D Film Reviews

A memorial series dedicated to our late host Lord Drachenblut

Five categories, each rated 0, 1, or 2, so that the final reviews range anywhere from 0 to 10, with 0 being the worst film ever, and 10, the best.

Each category asks two yes-or-no questions. If the answer to both is no, that category gets a 0. If only one is a yes, it gets a 1. If both are a yes, it gets a 2.

Plot

  • Does it make sense, and/or is free of huge holes?
  • Does it seem like it has not been done too often?

Main characters

  • Are they realistic?
  • Do you care about them?

Genre

  • Does it work for the plot?
  • Would this tale have been better in another genre?

Construction

  • Is the acting competent for the tale?
  • Are the production and/or editing competent?

Payoff

  • Did the film makers manage to do what they seemed to be intending?
  • Are you emotionally satisfied when the film is over?

Mental Health

In this series we discuss issues surrounding mental health.

Model Hacking

Creating, restoring, painting all sorts of models from RPG characters to model cars.

Networking

This series will try and explain the basics of networking to the listener as well as introduce more detailed topics.

NewsCast

What's happening in the News world

OggCamp

OggCamp
A Free Culture Unconference

Packaging applications for GNU Linux and BSD

Klaatu submits a series on packaging applications for GNU Linux and BSD.

Penguicon

Penguicon is a Non-Profit, Open Source - Science Fiction Convention held in Southfield, Michigan. See the website at https://www.penguicon.org/ or the Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguicon

Podcast recommendations

This is an open series where Hacker Public Radio listeners can share and recommend podcasts that they listen to.

Podcasting HowTo

This series is designed to help the new host begin podcasting and to give the experienced host some tips and tricks.
The series is open to all.

Practical Math

Goal for the series: Embracing units, and carrying them along as you go, can help you work with confidence in using maths in your life.

Privacy and Security

In this open series, you can contribute shows that are on the topic of Privacy and Security

Programming 101

A series focusing on concepts and the basics of programming

Random Elements of Storytelling

lostnbronx leads us on an investigation of the fundamentals of story telling.

Read 'n Code

The Read 'n Code podcast, the only podcast about literature and computer programming.

RoundTable

Panelists dicuss a topic each month.

SELF Talks 2009

South East Linux Fest talks 2009

Science Fiction and Fantasy

A series where hosts talk about Science Fiction and Fantasy in the form of books, movies, TV series, etc.

Social Media

Looking at aspects of Social Media - platforms, histories, popularity, philosophies, etc.

Software Freedom Day Dundee 2009

Software Freedom Day Dundee 2009

Sound Scapes

Come with us on a journey through sound.

SourceCast

https://sourcecast.org/

Syndicated Thursdays

A chance to showcase other Creative Commons works. We try to expose podcasts, speeches, presentations, music, etc that you may not have heard. If you have suggestions for items then send your recommendation to admin at hpr and we'll add it to the queue.

THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION

This is my series on Dramatic Audio Media, such as Old Time Radio ("The Shadow", "Gunsmoke", etc.), BBC Radio, and other classics -- but also, and most especially, the current renaissance of this art form, and how a person (like me, like you) can begin producing your own audio fiction or poetry or whatever for the enjoyment of countless others. This will be a learning process for me, and my mistakes might very well help you avoid any similar such in your own endeavors.

Tabletop Gaming

In this series, initiated by klaatu, analog games of various sorts are described and reviewed. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_game for details.

Talk Geek to me

deepgeek talks geek to his fans

Talk Geek to me News

The Language Frontier

In this miniseries Skirlet discusses various different aspects of language.

The Linux Boot Process

Dann talks about the linux boot process

The art of writing

An open series on writing tools, media, supplies and techniques.

This Old Hack

fawkesfyre tales of hacking

Tit Radio

Welcome to TiT Radio! The only Hacker Public Radio show with super cow powers broadcasting live on ddphackradio.org every utter Saturday night at 11pm CST. You may be asking yourself "What in tarnation is Tit Radio?" Well, it's a potluck style roundtable of geeks talking about Free Software, GNU + Linux, and anything geeky the TiTs bring to the table. Chat with the TiTs over at irc.freenode.net #linuxcranks. Thats no bull.

Today I Learnt

A series where hosts speak about recent discoveries they have made which they consider might be of interest to the HPR Community.

Travel

This is an open series where our hosts can document their travel experiences

Uber Leet Hacker Force Radio

In this series sigFLUP speaks about her latest coding projects, plays music and conducts interviews

Urban Camping

Tips and tricks for the Urban Camper

Version Control

This is an open series in which Hacker Public Radio Listeners can share their knowledge and experience of version or revision control systems such as Bazaar, Mercurial, Subversion, CVS and Git.

Vim Hints

Various contributors lead us on a journey of discovery of the Vim (and vi) editors.

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

https://www.vim.org/about.php

Virtualization

Initiated by Deepgeek, this series contains contributions from many hosts on the topic of Virtualization

Vulgar Esperanto

klaatu talks about Esperanto

What's in My Toolkit

This is an open series where Hacker Public Radio Listeners can share with the community the items that they can't live without, what they find useful in day to day life.

YouTube Subscriptions

Where the HPR community members share their YouTube Subscriptions

general

spics on tech

sikilpaake & badbit team up to give us a Mexican view of the hacker world.