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Hidden Honey

Episodes you'd never find on a chart

These come from podcasts with small audiences, but the community has spoken louder than the algorithm. Episode-level scores in the 85th+ percentile from shows with under 250k listeners.

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Buzz that outruns the view count — reaction louder than the algorithm.
More than one viral clip
We look for episodes that earn real, sustained attention — not a single fluke moment.
Real listener praise
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The best episodes from the household-name shows in this topic.

Better Offline podcast cover art
Buzzing rating80%

Exclusive: OpenAI Spent $34 Billion In 2025, With Losses Up 8X

Better Offline
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Better Offline podcast cover art
Buzzing rating80%

The AI Industry Is Losing

Better Offline
19m ·
Lex Fridman Podcast cover art
Buzzing rating80%

#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex

Lex Fridman Podcast
10h 35m ·
Lex Fridman Podcast cover art
Buzzing rating79%

#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming

Lex Fridman Podcast
5h 10m ·
Lex Fridman Podcast cover art
Buzzing rating79%

#489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle

Lex Fridman Podcast
3h 14m ·
Better Offline podcast cover art
Buzzing rating79%

The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

Better Offline
1h 02m ·
Deep Questions with Cal Newport podcast cover art
Buzzing rating77%

Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check

Deep Questions with Cal Newport
22m ·
Y Combinator Startup Podcast cover art
Buzzing rating77%

Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA

Y Combinator Startup Podcast
48m ·
Y Combinator Startup Podcast cover art
Buzzing rating77%

Garry Tan: Own Your Intelligence

Y Combinator Startup Podcast
42m ·
Deep Questions with Cal Newport podcast cover art
Buzzing rating77%

Has AI Conquered Coding? (It’s Not So Simple…) | AI Reality Check

Deep Questions with Cal Newport
12m ·
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth cover art
Buzzing rating76%

Why Netflix is betting on systems thinkers—not specialists—in the AI era | Elizabeth Stone (CPTO)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
1h 12m ·
Y Combinator Startup Podcast cover art
Buzzing rating76%

The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Just Flew

Y Combinator Startup Podcast
14m ·
Deep Questions with Cal Newport podcast cover art
Buzzing rating76%

Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check

Deep Questions with Cal Newport
19m ·
TBPN podcast cover art
Buzzing rating75%

Martin Shkreli Breaks Down the Collapse of Situational Awareness

TBPN
43m ·
What Bitcoin Did podcast cover art
Buzzing rating75%

EMERGENCY BITCOIN UPDATE: Coldcard Attack Explained | Rob Hamilton

What Bitcoin Did
42m ·
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels podcast cover art
Buzzing rating73%

Top Navy Admiral: "The Ocean is FULL OF UFOs!"

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
2h 04m ·
The Knowledge Project podcast cover art
Buzzing rating73%

Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley

The Knowledge Project
1h 02m ·
What Bitcoin Did podcast cover art
Buzzing rating73%

The Dollar Changed. Bitcoin Is the Endgame | Matt Dines

What Bitcoin Did
2h 34m ·
What Bitcoin Did podcast cover art
Buzzing rating72%

Is Michael Saylor Trapped? STRC Explained | Adam Livingston

What Bitcoin Did
1h 03m ·
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels podcast cover art
Buzzing rating72%

The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
2h 34m ·
The Vergecast podcast cover art
Buzzing rating71%

You can't ignore Google Zero anymore

The Vergecast
1h 33m ·
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels podcast cover art
Buzzing rating70%

"There's A UFO Under the Ranch!" - Skinwalker Owner Breaks Silence

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
3h 20m ·
The Knowledge Project podcast cover art
Buzzing rating70%

Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain

The Knowledge Project
54m ·
The Vergecast podcast cover art
Buzzing rating70%

What the AI overlords get wrong about being alive

The Vergecast
40m ·
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth cover art
Buzzing rating70%

The playbook for building high talent density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
1h 30m ·
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth cover art
Scout rating68%

This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
1h 24m ·
The Vergecast podcast cover art
Scout rating68%

Here's what an AI-first phone might look like

The Vergecast
36m ·
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis podcast cover art
Scout rating67%

Is Kimi K3 Really Fable Class?

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
28m ·
Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science podcast cover art
Scout rating66%

EP 57: Ai4 Podcast - Why "The Context Layer" Is What Enterprise AI Is Actually Missing | Andrei Manolache, Designverse

Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science
22m ·
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis podcast cover art
Scout rating66%

What the Heck is Graph Engineering?

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
26m ·
The MacRumors Show podcast cover art
Scout rating66%

210: Apple Surprise and Shine Recap: iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro & More!

The MacRumors Show
1h 15m ·
Google DeepMind: The Podcast cover art
Scout rating66%

Understanding the inner thoughts of AI

Google DeepMind: The Podcast
53m ·
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis podcast cover art
Scout rating66%

AI Optimism vs. AI Pessimism

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
23m ·
Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science podcast cover art
Scout rating65%

EP 56: Ai4 Podcast - Why AI-Generated Code Needs Its Own Kind of Security | Anand Revashetti, Lineaje

Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science
25m ·
Google DeepMind: The Podcast cover art
Scout rating65%

The mathematics of AI uncertainty

Google DeepMind: The Podcast
44m ·
The MacRumors Show podcast cover art
Scout rating64%

205: iPhone Air 2 - What Changes After a Difficult First Year

The MacRumors Show
44m ·
Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast cover art
Scout rating64%

Ep 829: ChatGPT Voice is Like Jarvis: How to use the New Feature and the 7 biggest unlocks

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
44m ·
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast cover art
Scout rating64%

🔬Scaling Past Informal AI - Carina Hong, Axiom Math

Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast
1h 33m ·
The Knowledge Project podcast cover art
Scout rating64%

Tobi Lütke: The Skills AI Makes More Valuable

The Knowledge Project
1h 05m ·
The Pragmatic Engineer podcast cover art
Scout rating63%

Stop being skeptical about AI for development with Charity Majors

The Pragmatic Engineer
1h 25m ·
TBPN podcast cover art
Scout rating63%

The Collapse of Situational Awareness, Ferrari Luce Stays on Track for 2026 | Diet TBPN

TBPN
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TBPN podcast cover art
Scout rating63%

Greg Brockman on Astra and the Future of OpenAI

TBPN
24m ·
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups podcast cover art
Scout rating63%

From Restoring Sight to Reimagining the Brain, with Max Hodak

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups
31m ·
Summation with Auren Hoffman podcast cover art
Scout rating62%

OpenAI Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji: measuring the greatest technology of our time

Summation with Auren Hoffman
56m ·
The Pragmatic Engineer podcast cover art
Scout rating62%

Formal methods with Hillel Wayne

The Pragmatic Engineer
1h 23m ·
The Pragmatic Engineer podcast cover art
Scout rating61%

Why performant code matters (but gets widely ignored), with Casey Muratori

The Pragmatic Engineer
1h 52m ·
Summation with Auren Hoffman podcast cover art
Scout rating61%

Nir Eyal on belief, motivation, and the end of suffering

Summation with Auren Hoffman
1h 07m ·
Practical AI podcast cover art
Scout rating60%

Reconstructing how OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face

Practical AI
44m ·
Summation with Auren Hoffman podcast cover art
Scout rating60%

SecureAuth CEO Geoff Mattson on the coming fraudpocalypse and the death of the password

Summation with Auren Hoffman
45m ·
The MacRumors Show podcast cover art
Scout rating60%

199: The iPhone 18 Could Cost WAY More

The MacRumors Show
47m ·
Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast cover art
Scout rating60%

Ep 835: Inside Everyday AI: My 9 most Used AI Tools and Workflows

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
45m ·
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups podcast cover art
Scout rating60%

Redefining Chip Architecture with Arm CEO Rene Haas

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups
37m ·
Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast cover art
Scout rating60%

Ep 834: Gemini Notebook: 7 New Updates and What They Unlock

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
32m ·
Practical AI podcast cover art
Scout rating59%

Building the Foundation for the Agentic AI Era

Practical AI
45m ·
Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science podcast cover art
Scout rating58%

EP 60: Feeding the World with AI: Inside Syngenta's Data Playbook

Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science
18m ·
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson podcast cover art
Scout rating58%

The AI Bubble Isn't the Dot-Com Bubble. It's Worse

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
1h 15m ·
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson podcast cover art
Scout rating58%

AI Has Made Everything Worse | Hany Farid on the Internet's Truth Problem

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
1h 01m ·
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson podcast cover art
Scout rating58%

AI Researchers Are Panicking | What Comes Next is Worse Than Nuclear Bombs

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
59m ·
The a16z Show podcast cover art
Scout rating58%

Submarines and the Future of Defense Manufacturing

The a16z Show
23m ·
Eye On A.I. podcast cover art
Scout rating57%

Inside Ukraine's Azov Drone R&D: The Engineer Building AI Weapons 18 km From the Front Line | Alexander Palamarchuk

Eye On A.I.
41m ·
Practical AI podcast cover art
Scout rating56%

Models, Harnesses, and Multi-Agent Systems

Practical AI
49m ·
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups podcast cover art
Scout rating56%

Rethinking Legacy Data Infrastructure with Eon Co-Founders Ofir Ehrlich and Gonen Stein

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups
34m ·
Eye On A.I. podcast cover art
Scout rating56%

Inside Ukraine's Drone War: Maj. "Phoenix" of Lasar's Group

Eye On A.I.
1h 05m ·
Eye On A.I. podcast cover art
Scout rating55%

From 10 Drones a Month to Nearly 100,000 — Inside Ukraine's Largest Drone Manufacturer | Marko Kushnir, General Cherry

Eye On A.I.
38m ·
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast cover art
Scout rating55%

Google Pixel 4 Reactions & a Chat with iJustine & Jenna Ezarik

Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
1h 17m ·
Google DeepMind: The Podcast cover art
Scout rating52%

When millions of AI agents meet

Google DeepMind: The Podcast
42m ·
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast cover art
Scout rating51%

YouTube Sues, Elon Tweets, and Apple Has Battery Problems

Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
1h 08m ·
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast cover art
Scout rating50%

Porsche vs Tesla, Travel Cameras, & Gaming Industry Nostalgia

Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
1h 13m ·
Websites Made Simple: How to have a successful website design business podcast cover art
Scout rating47%

Every Website Designer Feels Like a Fraud Sometimes. Here's What To Do About It

Websites Made Simple: How to have a successful website design business
14m ·
Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice for indie creators cover art
Scout rating44%

What 5,000 Podcast Listeners Just Told Us About Indie Show Growth

Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice for indie creators
9m ·
Websites Made Simple: How to have a successful website design business podcast cover art
Scout rating42%

You're Not Doing Web Design Wrong — You Just Weren't Told This

Websites Made Simple: How to have a successful website design business
20m ·
Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice for indie creators cover art
Scout rating41%

The Hidden Failure Around Podcasting Failure

Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice for indie creators
12m ·
Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice for indie creators cover art
Scout rating40%

Is “Be Everywhere” The WORST Podcasting Advice Now That YouTube ‘Dominates’?

Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice for indie creators
12m ·
Accidental Tech Podcast cover art
Scout rating39%

696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It

Accidental Tech Podcast
1h 59m ·
Accidental Tech Podcast cover art
Scout rating37%

701: I Improved My Town

Accidental Tech Podcast
2h 10m ·
Accidental Tech Podcast cover art
Scout rating37%

703: Part of a Healthy Breakfast

Accidental Tech Podcast
2h 32m ·
AI Haven't A Clue podcast cover art
Scout rating23%

Who Is Tilly Norwood? The AI Actress Taking Over Hollywood | Her Creative Director Tells All

AI Haven't A Clue
43m ·
AI Haven't A Clue podcast cover art
Scout rating21%

How Are Disney Using AI At Theme Parks? | Computer Scientist and Disney Park Expert Len Testa

AI Haven't A Clue
33m ·
AI Haven't A Clue podcast cover art
Scout rating17%

Is Talking To AI Better Than Being Alone?

AI Haven't A Clue
41m ·
Uncanny Valley | WIRED podcast cover art
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BIG INTV: Silicon Valley Tech Workers’ Campaign to Get ICE Out of US Cities

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
34m ·
TED Radio Hour podcast cover art
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New Family Values

TED Radio Hour
50m ·
This Week in Tech (Audio) podcast cover art
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TWiT 1094: Rest in Peace, Buzzkill - How John C. Dvorak Changed Tech Journalism Forever

This Week in Tech (Audio)
2h 56m ·
9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast cover art
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iOS 27 beta 2, Apple price increases, Apple Watch OS support

9to5Mac Happy Hour
52m ·
Galaxy Brain podcast cover art
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How Dropout Cracked Internet Comedy

Galaxy Brain
42m ·
Darknet Diaries podcast cover art
Not scored yet

14: #OpJustina

Darknet Diaries
25m ·
Tech Won't Save Us podcast cover art
Not scored yet

Vaccine Passports Are Not the Solution w/ Elizabeth Renieris

Tech Won't Save Us
49m ·
MacBreak Weekly (Audio) podcast cover art
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MBW 1030: Impulse Pork Lo Mein - More Expensive Apple Products Down the Road?

MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
2h 29m ·
AI Business Daily podcast cover art
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The Future of AI, Automation, and Global Business Transformation

AI Business Daily
38m ·
Sources with Alex Heath podcast cover art
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Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela is simulating the world

Sources with Alex Heath
1h 06m ·
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast cover art
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Building the AI × UX Scenius — with Linus Lee of Notion AI

Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast
1h 09m ·
DGTL Voices with Ed Marx podcast cover art
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SmartSense Disruption in Healthcare & Simple Hacks to Become a CEO (ft. Guy Yehiav)

DGTL Voices with Ed Marx
30m ·
The TED AI Show podcast cover art
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An AI chatbot that talks back w/ ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode

The TED AI Show
30m ·
Smart Talks with IBM podcast cover art
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How a Human-Centered Approach is Building Trustworthy AI

Smart Talks with IBM
30m ·
Apple Events podcast cover art
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Apple Event — September 9

Apple Events
1h 17m ·
NCSC Cyber Series podcast cover art
Not scored yet

Incidents and Information Sharing

NCSC Cyber Series
32m ·
The Room Podcast cover art
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S8E4: Vlad Magdalin and Webflow are Revolutionizing Website Design by Making it Accessible to All

The Room Podcast
45m ·
The Room Podcast cover art
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Building an Enterprise VC Firm with Jai Das, President and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures | Founding the Fund 4

The Room Podcast
53m ·
FT Tech Tonic podcast cover art
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What's next for Stripe and online payments

FT Tech Tonic
23m ·
Uncanny Valley | WIRED podcast cover art
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The TikTok Ban

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
29m ·
Darknet Diaries podcast cover art
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87: Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers

Darknet Diaries
47m ·
Babbage from The Economist podcast cover art
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Babbage: The science that built the AI revolution—part one

Babbage from The Economist
42m ·
Product Therapy podcast cover art
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Understanding Cultural Debt

Product Therapy
36m ·
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy podcast cover art
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Ronnie Fieg - Building Kith - [Invest Like the Best, EP.399]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
1h 27m ·
The a16z Show podcast cover art
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Game On: Marc Andreessen & Andrew Chen Talk Creative Computers

The a16z Show
40m ·
Tomorrow, Today podcast cover art
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Modernizing Government: Open Data, Innovation & the Future of AI with Natalia Olson | Shekhar Natarajan

Tomorrow, Today
1h 20m ·
Hidden Honey= Episode score ≥ 85 from a podcast with under 250k monthly listeners.