Hacker Public Radio

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Hacker Public Radio
Presentation
Hosted byMultiple hosts
GenreTechnology (Linux, free and open source software, free culture, hacking)
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesVaries (3-5 times weekly, typically every weekday)
LengthVariable
Country of originUSA
Production
Audio format Ogg Vorbis, MP3, Speex
No. of episodes4230 (as of 18 October 2024)
Publication
Original release19 September 2005;19 years ago (2005-09-19)
Cited as11th 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]

Contents

Subject matter and format

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] some shows are marked explicit.

Production

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

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