14 Best Computer Science Podcasts

1. Programming

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Programming is a podcast that aims to make us better software engineers! With each episode, you'll learn about a computer science concept in a brief and accessible way.
Host Minko Gechev
Email ****@gechev.io
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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2. ACM ByteCast

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ACM ByteCast is a podcast series from ACM's Practitioners Board in which hosts Rashmi Mohan, Bruke Kifle, Scott Hanselman, Sabrina Hsueh, and Harald Störrle interview researchers, practitioners, and innovators who are at the intersection of computing research and practice. In each episode, guests will share their experiences, the lessons they've learned, and their own visions for the future of computing.more Hosts Rashmi Mohan, Bruke Kifle, Scott Hanselman, Pei-Yun Sabrina Hsueh, Harald Stu00f6rrle
Producer/Network Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Peter Stone, Monica Bertagnolli +7 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 48 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Strachey Lectures

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This series covers the Strachey Lectures, a series of termly computer science lectures named after Christopher Strachey, the first Professor of Computation at the University of Oxford.Hosted by the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, the Strachey Lectures began in 1995 and have included many distinguished speakers over the years. The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.more Producer/Network Oxford University
Email ****@it.ox.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 31 Get Email Contact

4. Iowa Type Theory Commute

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Aaron Stump talks about type theory, computational logic, and related topics in Computer Science on his short commute.
Host Aaron Stump
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 33 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Disseminate: The Computer Science Research Podcast

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This podcast features interviews with Computer Science researchers. Hosted by Dr. Jack Waudby researchers are interviewed, highlighting the problem(s) they tackled, solutions they developed, and how their findings can be applied in practice. This podcast is for industry practitioners, researchers, and students, aims to further narrow the gap between research and practice, and to generally make awesome Computer Science research more accessible...more Host Jack Waudby
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Mateusz Gienieczko, Abigale Kim +10 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 12Twitter 495 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. What the Tech?

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A podcast powered by the Computer Science Department at UCalgary. Here to deconstruct complex computer science concepts, bit by bit, and explain What the Tech is going on?!
Hosts Kelsey Stephen, Christopher Wu
Producer/Network UCalgary Department of Computer Science
Email ****@ucalgary.ca
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Allan Lyons, Tim Davison +1 more
Apple Reviews 5Facebook 74.7KTwitter 64KInstagram 67.5K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

7. Boston Computation Club

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The Boston Computation Club is a small seminar group focused on mathematical computer science, and computational mathematics. Its name is plagiarized from the London Computation Club. Boston Computation Club meetings occur roughly every other week, on weekends, around 5pm EDT (modulo speaker availability). The usual format is a 20m presentation followed by 40m of discussion. Some, but not all, meetings are posted on YouTube and in podcast form.more Producer/Network Max von Hippel
Recent Guests Peter McGrath, Pascal Kesseli +1 more
Facebook 85.3KTwitter 32Instagram 17 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. 100 Moments That Rocked Computer Science

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From Artificial Intelligence to open-source culture, computer science is transforming how we live, work and play and levelling the playing field when it comes to equality of opportunity. But how did all this come about?Join Professor Sue Black and her tech pioneer guests as they take us on a rollicking tour of the 100 moments that rocked both computer science - and the world around us...more Producer/Network Durham University
Email ****@durham.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 36 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. The CS Primer Show

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A show about computer science and computer science education by Charlie Harrington and Oz Nova.
Hosts Charlie Harrington, Oz Nova
Producer/Network Charlie Harrington and Oz Nova
Email ****@whatrocks.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Justin Skycak, Ammar Mian +5 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Computer Science: Just the Useful Bits

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Are you a professional developer, or do you want to be? Worried that your computer science theory is not enough, or is outdated? We'll talk about which parts are useful, which aren't, and why/where. Every week you'll get an informed opinion from a professional developer about a specific part of computer science and when/where/whether it's useful. We cover algorithms, analysis, data structures and all sorts of theory, here on Comp Sci: Just the Useful Bits.more Host Noah Gibbs
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Twitter 2.7K Avg Length 71 min Format Long form Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

11. Byte Size: Conversational computer science

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Computers might be boxes of magic rocks, but they shouldn't be mystical. We believe that everyone is capable of learning to program. Byte Size is a conversational course in computer science. We'll chat about fun topics and teach core concepts in computing in a way that's palatable regardless of your background. Join our conversation and you'll be able to call yourself a computer scientist, too. ?‍? Supplemental & practice content available at https://learncswith.usmore Producer/Network learn cs with us
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Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Since Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

12. Advent of Computing

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Welcome to Advent of Computing, the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.more Host Sean Haas
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Dan Temkin
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 150Twitter 887 Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Programming Throwdown

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Programming Throwdown educates Computer Scientists and Software Engineers on a cavalcade of programming and tech topics. Every show will cover a new programming language, so listeners will be able to speak intelligently about any programming language.more Hosts Patrick Wheeler, Jason Gauci
Producer/Network Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Yuval Fernbach, James Morse +15 more
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 876Facebook 5.5KTwitter 1.3K Avg Length 93 min Format Extended Since Mar 2011 Get Email Contact

14. The freeCodeCamp Podcast

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The official podcast of the freeCodeCamp.org open source community. Each week, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews developers, founders, and ambitious people in tech.Learn to math, programming, and computer science for free, and turbo-charge your developer career with our free open source curriculum: https://www.freecodecamp.orgmore Host Quincy Larson
Producer/Network freeCodeCamp.org
Email ****@freecodecamp.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Jessica Rose, Mark Mahoney +23 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 899 Avg Length 78 min Format Long form Get Email Contact