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Technology podcast about topics of interest to Hackers

Podcast

Hacker Public Radio

Presentation
Hosted by| Multiple hosts
Genre| Technology (Linux, free and open source software, free culture, hacking)
Language| English
Updates| Varies (3-5 times weekly, typically every weekday)
Length| Variable
Country of origin| USA
Production
Audio format| Ogg Vorbis, MP3, Speex
No. of episodes| 4230 (as of 18 October 2024)
Publication
Original release| 19 September 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-19)
Cited as| 11th Podcast Awards Technology runner-up[1]
License| CC By-SA 4.0
Related
Website| https://hackerpublicradio.org

Hacker Public Radio (also known as HPR) is a free culture and technology oriented podcast produced as a community collaboration since 2005. It originated in USA but has contributors from around the world.[2][3] The community has a governance structure[4] and maintains social media presences on Facebook, LinkedIn, Libera Chat,[5] and Mastodon.[6]

## Subject matter and format

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The subject matter is described as anything that may be of value to hackers or hobbyists.[7] Many are on open-source and Linux-related topics,[2] or on security-related topics,[8][9] with others on seemingly unrelated topics such as wild-swimming.[10][11] HPR has the most frequent output of any Linux-related podcast.[2] There are also some long-running series by regular hosts[3] and in-depth discussions spanning multiple episodes.[12]

Shows are typically published every weekday,[7] and this schedule is achieved by actively soliciting contributions from the audience.[9][13]

Not all shows are considered family-friendly,[2] and as the community does not do any content moderation,[13] all shows are marked explicit.

## Production

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The show is unique in being purely community-driven. Audio submissions from community members are published as shows. These submissions may have been captured in a variety of ways and submitted in multiple formats. Many have markdown or even multimedia format metadata associated with them, including transcripts.[14] All submissions are licensed under Creative Commons. These are then processed by software written by the community,[3] and released as Ogg, Speex and MP3 formats,[2] with an entry in the episode guide on the community website.[12]

## References

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1. ^ "11th Podcast Awards". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
2. ^ a b c d e Emms, Steve. "Review: Hacker Public Radio – podcasts from the hacker community". Linux Links. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
3. ^ a b c Behrenshausen, Bryan. "Free Software on Hacker Public Radio". Opensource.com. Red Hat. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
4. ^ "About". Hacker Public Radio. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
5. ^ "Contact". Hacker Public Radio. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
6. ^ "Hacker Public Radio". Mastodon. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
7. ^ a b "15 Best Hacker Podcasts". Feedspot. October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
8. ^ "Information Security Podcast Roundup: 2016 Edition". Tripwire. Fortra. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
9. ^ a b "Ten Security Podcasts You Should Be Listening To". Solutions Review. Endpoint Security. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
10. ^ Hess, Joey. "Podcasts That Don't Suck". Joey Hess. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
11. ^ Waters, Mark. "Wildswimming In France". Hacker Public Radio. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
12. ^ a b "Complete Episode Archive". Hacker Public Radio. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
13. ^ a b "So You Want To Record A Podcast". Hacker Public Radio. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
14. ^ "Recording A Podcast". Hacker Public Radio. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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