Hacker Public Radio
{{Short description|Technology podcast about topics of interest to Hackers}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{ infobox podcast
| title = Hacker Public Radio
| image =
| host = Multiple hosts
| genre = Technology (Linux, free and open source software, free culture, hacking)
| creator =
| language = English
| language_other =
| updates = Varies (3-5 times weekly, typically every weekday)
| length = Variable
| country = USA
| audio format = Ogg Vorbis, MP3, Speex
| theme_music_composer =
| num_episodes = 4230 (as of 18 October 2024)
| began = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2005|09|19}}
| cited_as = 11th Podcast Awards Technology runner-up{{cite web |title=11th Podcast Awards |url=https://www.podcastawards.com/ |website=Wayback Machine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627040954/https://www.podcastawards.com/ |access-date=19 October 2024|archive-date=27 June 2016 }}
| license = CC By-SA 4.0
| 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.{{cite web |last1=Emms |first1=Steve |title=Review: Hacker Public Radio – podcasts from the hacker community |url=https://www.linuxlinks.com/review-hacker-public-radio-podcasts-hacker-community/ |website=Linux Links |access-date=19 October 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Behrenshausen |first1=Bryan |title=Free Software on Hacker Public Radio |url=https://opensource.com/life/14/6/hacker-public-radio |website=Opensource.com |publisher=Red Hat |access-date=19 October 2024}} The community has a governance structure{{cite web |title=About |url=https://hackerpublicradio.org/about.html#about |website=Hacker Public Radio |access-date=19 October 2024}} and maintains social media presences on Facebook, LinkedIn, Libera Chat,{{cite web |title=Contact |url=https://hackerpublicradio.org/about.html#contact |website=Hacker Public Radio |access-date=19 October 2024}} and Mastodon.{{cite web |title=Hacker Public Radio |url=https://botsin.space/@hpr |website=Mastodon |access-date=19 October 2024}}
Subject matter and format
The subject matter is described as anything that may be of value to hackers or hobbyists.{{cite web |title=15 Best Hacker Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.feedspot.com/hacker_podcasts/ |website=Feedspot |date=October 2019 |access-date=19 October 2024}} Many are on open-source and Linux-related topics, or on security-related topics,{{cite web |title=Information Security Podcast Roundup: 2016 Edition |url=https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/information-security-podcast-roundup-2016-edition |website=Tripwire |publisher=Fortra |access-date=19 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=Ten Security Podcasts You Should Be Listening To |url=https://solutionsreview.com/endpoint-security/top-ten-cybersecurity-podcasts/ |website=Solutions Review |date=18 May 2016 |publisher=Endpoint Security |access-date=19 October 2024}} with others on seemingly unrelated topics such as wild-swimming.{{cite web |last1=Hess |first1=Joey |title=Podcasts That Don't Suck |url=https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/podcasts_that_dont_suck_2014/ |website=Joey Hess |access-date=19 October 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Waters |first1=Mark |title=Wildswimming In France |url=https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1528/index.html |website=Hacker Public Radio |access-date=19 October 2024}} HPR has the most frequent output of any Linux-related podcast. There are also some long-running series by regular hosts and in-depth discussions spanning multiple episodes.{{cite web |title=Complete Episode Archive |url=https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/index.html |website=Hacker Public Radio |access-date=19 October 2024}}
Shows are typically published every weekday, and this schedule is achieved by actively soliciting contributions from the audience.{{cite web |title=So You Want To Record A Podcast|url=https://hackerpublicradio.org/about.html#so_you_want_to_record_a_podcast |website=Hacker Public Radio |access-date=19 October 2024}}
Not all shows are considered family-friendly, and as the community does not do any content moderation, all 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.{{cite web |title=Recording A Podcast |url=https://hackerpublicradio.org/about.html#recording_a_podcast |website=Hacker Public Radio |access-date=19 October 2024}} All submissions are licensed under Creative Commons. These are then processed by software written by the community, and released as Ogg, Speex and MP3 formats, with an entry in the episode guide on the community website.