It feels like every time I find a podcast about security/networking/technology the hosts end up saying some pretty off-color stuff, or I look them up and they also host right wing podcasts. Are there any that are more leftist, hosted by LGBT peeps, or at least not actively bigoted ?

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    Will Smith and Brad Shoemaker made a tech podcast: https://techpod.content.town/

    Will Smith was a co-founder of tested.com and has gone on to do things within the games industry specifically in VR. He currently works at Stray Bombay in communications.

    Brad Shoemaker was a part of Gamespot, GiantBomb, and is now a part of Nextlander. He was a games journalist but now I would say Nextlander is less games journalism and more just personalities playing video games.

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    Darknet Diaries. It’s more of a “stories in the web security space” kind of podcast. But I have not noticed any political leaning in the host so far.

    Highly recommend it. I binged all existing episodes last year.

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      I really enjoy Darknet Diaries. It is unfortunate he went to a once a month release cycle but I understand it is for a better work life cycle.

      If you are a fan of Darknet Diaries I would also recommend Hacked. It has two hosts which have a good dynamic. Plus they don’t touch politics so it avoids any controversy.

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      I’m glad you pointed this out. We need to move past the “this person said something I don’t agree with so I will never interact with them again”

      Identity politics are bad and we should not be beholden to them.

      People and their technical knowledge are more than their political views.

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    Some favorites of mine are The WAN Show, Command Line Heroes, Darknet Diaries, Linux Unplugged, Destination Linux and Surveillance Report All of these cover a lot of cool areas in tech, and I have never heard any right-wing views (or really any political views) voiced in any of these.

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      I used to listen to Linux Unplugged but it feels like the crypto crap took over creative control.

      It’s all let’s read some crypto paid messages. Then a taking point. More crypto messages. Here is a part where we say the names of things wrong because the crypto messages told us to.

      It is creeping into the self hosted show too.

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        FWIW, the boosts are typically in their own section that you can skip if you like. I put chapter markers in every episode to make it easy for you.

        Those boosts are helping to keep the network solvent by diversifying income. As advertisers are getting more skittish, income needs to come from somewhere. None of us can afford to work for free, and there’s already one show that would be completely dead without boosts.

        They also function similarly to feedback. Yes, there’s plenty of shenanigans, but Linux Unplugged has always been about creating an entertaining talk show kind of vibe. Linux Action News is more the serious one. Unfortunately, that’s on hiatus because of lack of sponsors.

        Chris does try to tailor the boost segments per-show so they fit with the theme. Self Hosted, for example, keeps boosts more topical on average. It’s also worth mentioning that we haven’t removed email feedback - this isn’t pay-to-play.

        Source: I edit Linux Unplugged, Self Hosted, Office Hours, and Coder Radio.

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      Same, I would actually be curious to listen to a right wing tech podcast as the two concepts clash so hard in my brain.

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        There’s very much a Peter Thiel-esque type of libertarian tech bro - think the crypto fanatics, the Elon Musk fanboys, etc. Or, tangentially, how New Atheism collapsed in part because some women had the audacity to point out that sexual harassment is a thing. On a similar note, just go onto any online video game and openly announce yourself to be gay or a woman.

        Geek culture and its associated cultures have always had an undercurrent of sexism, probably not unrelated to the fact that they’re historically dominated by somewhat awkward or lonely men. That feeling of male angst and isolation is absolutely something that the Right has been able to successfully exploit. Take Gamergate, for instance.

      • Not specifically about podcasts, but I think there’s a minority (?) of privacy/security enthusiasts who are pretty overtly right-wing libertarians, often because those technologies are anti-establishment. Think Luke Smith. I’ve also met people in the tech sphere (both on the I love Big Tech as well as FOSS side) who have very traditionalist, borderline right-wing opinions.

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      It’s tiring hearing people discuss how myself and people like me shouldn’t have rights, so I try to avoid it.

      The fact that it’s much easier to avoid bigotry by sticking to queer-created content says more about cishet people than it does about LGBTQ+ folks.

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        From OP: Are there any that are more leftist, hosted by LGBT peeps, or at least not actively bigoted ?

        How is this different from: are there any podcast hosted by right wing and or racists whyte cucks, at least not openly pro gay?

        People need to understand thay this attitude goes both ways and fuels these degenerate culture war dick measuring contests.

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          This is not about teams, it’s about people not being ACTIVELY BIGOTED

          Just…come on man. Hatred isn’t an opinion.

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            People disagreeing with someone else’s politics doesn’t make them a bigot.

            Left right thing is a just a circus when most of us are the bottom. But people love a good circle jerk, so here we are.

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              People disagreeing with someone else’s politics doesn’t make them a bigot.

              there are a very large number of ways disagreeing with someone’s politics would obviously make someone a bigot, such as “disagreeing that queer people should have the right to marry”. this is not a serious argument.