By Andrii Degeler, journalist and podcast host based in the Netherlands. Covering all things technology since 2007 for Tech.eu, Engadget, TNW, Ars Technica UK, the Kyiv Post and more.
Podcasting has seen significant growth in popularity over the past couple of years, both from listeners and from people launching new shows. It’s never been easier to start a podcast (with an obligatory newsletter to come with it if you want to be in trend). However, podcast discovery seems to never have caught up: It’s harder to find interesting shows than it may seem, especially if you want to go beyond the usual suspects like Gimlet, NPR, the BBC and so on.
This humble podcast directory is an attempt to improve the discoverability of new deserving shows, at least in the European tech startup industry. I’ve been interested in both the tech scene and podcasting for many years, long before I started hosting the Tech.eu Podcast. And yet, I wasn’t familiar with at least half of the shows listed in this piece before I started working on it. So, kudos to everyone who recommended their favorite shows on Twitter and LinkedIn; please do keep them coming through this form—I’ll update this list regularly to add new shows.
Unsurprisingly, many good shows on the topic come from the U.K., which is why I put them all into a separate list down below. There’s also a bunch of good podcasts that have been either discontinued or paused—those are also listed separately toward the end. All lists are presented in alphabetical order.
If you’d like to subscribe to all shows featured in this guide, download these OPML files and import them into your podcast app of choice: Mainland Europe or The UK. I’ll update the OPML files every time I add new shows to this guide.
Mainland Europe
These are shows coming from mainland Europe and/or covering the tech scene of one or more of the countries it consists of.
50inTech Podcast
Baltic Startup Mafia
cc: Podcast (formerly known as Glocal Podcast)
Early Ones Podcast
Henry and Simon
Inovo Podcast
Irish Tech News Podcast
Life on Mars
Mayak Innovatsiy (Innovation Lighthouse)
Soaked by Slush
Son of a Pitch with Michael Koenka
Startuprad.io
STATION F: The Podcast
Talking Tech–The Nordic View
Tech.eu Podcast
The Big Tech Show
The Seedtable Podcast
TOA on Air
Tribecast TRE
The U.K.
There’s a whole lot of tech-related English-language podcasts coming from the U.K. I’ve done my best to pick some of the most relevant for the readers of Tech.eu, but if you’d like to drink from the firehose, thesethreedirectories are as good a place to start as any.
Associated
BBC Tech Tent
Exponential View with Azeem Azhar
Geekout with Matt Navarra
How AI Built This
Le Wagon Live
Midweek with Mike Butcher
It’s not a podcast in the strict sense of the word (at least not yet), but the new weekly show by TechCrunch’s editor at large Mike Butcher is certainly worth attention. I’ll link to the latest episode aired on social networks for now and update the links later when the podcast gets a more permanent home. LinkedIn | Facebook
Secret Leaders
SET Impact
Startups Magazine: The Cereal Entrepreneur
Tech Talks
Tech’s Message
Techish
The Health-Tech Podcast
The Twenty Minute VC
This Much I Know
What Comes Next?
Wired UK Podcast
Finished and paused shows
While looking for podcasts for this guide, I’ve come across a few shows that seem to be either finished or put on hold—but still worth checking out. Here they are.
+Katapult Podcast
Chips with Everything
FT Tech Tonic
Making Sense of VC
This is it for now — but do bookmark this story and come back later for more. Or, better still, share this guide with your network and encourage people you know to send in more podcast suggestions!
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