The following is a list of podcasts of interest to iOS developers and other habitués of the Apple ecosystem.
Podcast frequencies are approximate. Average length is of the past three episodes.
Corrections and suggestions, via pull request or email to vermontcoder AT gmail DOT com, are welcome.
Inactive podcasts are periodically culled but are happily re-added when appropriate.
- Description: A Perl/JavaScript developer, a former Swift developer, and an Objective-C developer discuss news from the Apple ecosystem and other topics.
- Website: http://atp.fm/
- Feed: http://atp.fm/episodes?format=Feed
- Twitter: @atpfm
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 1:39:15
- Description: Two Quebecois software developers discuss their work and news from the Apple ecosystem.
- Website: http://cacaocast.com/
- Feed: http://cacaocast.com/Feed
- Twitter: @cacaocast
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 1:02:43
- Description: Three Boston-based iOS developers discuss "iOS Development, Apple, and the tech industry."
- Website: https://castkit.fm
- Feed: https://pod.icalvin.dev/castkit
- Twitter: @castkitfm
- Frequency: semi-monthly
- Average Length: 1:19:42
- Description: Three .NET and Javascript developers discuss the art of programming. This is a beard-friendly podcast.
- Website: http://www.codingblocks.net/
- Feed: http://www.codingblocks.net/feed/
- Twitter: @codingblocks
- Frequency: monthly
- Average Length: 1:53:50
- Description: "A podcast about Apple, Swift[,] and other programming topics", hosted by Bas Broek and Benedikt Terhechte.
- Website: https://contravariance.rocks
- Feed: https://contravariance.rocks/feed.rss
- Twitter: @_contravariance
- Frequency: approximately triweekly
- Average Length: 33:07
- Description: A social-network impresario and a macOS developer discuss business and, less frequently, more-technical subjects.
- Website: http://www.coreint.org/
- Feed: http://www.coreint.org/podcast.xml
- Twitter: @coreint
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 1:03:47
- Description: "An episodic exploration of Apple technology and how businesses can utilize technology to empower their business and employees, from Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit."
- Website: https://www.empowerapps.show
- Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/empowerapps-show
- Twitter: @brightdigit
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 36:33
- Loosely translated description: A German-language podcast in which the iOS-developer hosts "talk about topics that are pertinent to iOS".
- Website: https://einfachios.de
- Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:317689040/sounds.rss
- Twitter: @iosfranky @appentwicklervz
- Frequency: biweekly
- Average Length: 36:58
- Description: "Two buddies talk[] about a single programming concept each episode," for example optionals.
- Website: http://cast.rocks/hosting/7479/feeds/IZO76.html
- Feed: http://cast.rocks/hosting/7479/feeds/IZO76.xml
- Twitter: @swberard @zfalgout1
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 45:16
- Description: Two German iOS developers discuss iOS development.
- Website: http://hallo-swift.de
- Feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:300507271/sounds.rss
- Twitter: @hallo_swift
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 23:42
- Description: "Josh and Belle[, an iOS developer,] discuss the ins and outs of building products, talking to customers, and navigating startup life."
- Website: https://hellocode.simplecast.fm
- Feed: https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/1126/rss
- Twitter: @hellocodeco
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 37:20
- Description: A Mac and iOS developer/guru discuss Apple-software development and other topics.
- Website: http://blog.ideveloper.co
- Feed: http://feeds.ideveloper.co/ideveloperpodcast.xml
- Twitter: @macdevnet
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 31:43
- Description: An iOS developer and a 4D ninja discuss, in Serbian, Apple and related technologies.
- Website: http://www.infinitum.rs
- Feed: http://simplecast.com/podcasts/320/rss
- Twitter: @infinitumcast
- Frequency: biweekly
- Average Length: 2:20:20
- Description: The hosts, Alex and Andrew, talk about their experience working on a legacy codebase that supports thousands of monthly users. They discuss everything from implementing specific features, to creating flexible designs, to utilizing refactoring techniques, and more.
- Website: http://insideiosdev.com
- Feed: https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/2720/rss
- Twitter: @insideiosdev
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 21:15
- Description: The host, Sean Allen, "[d]iscuss[es] the world of iOS Development and the latest news in Swift." The podcast features replays of live streams and Swift News from Sean's YouTube channel, as well as interviews with iOS developers and updates on the app Sean is working on.
- Website: https://anchor.fm/seanallen
- Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/5971378/podcast/rss
- Twitter: @seanallen_dev
- Frequency: two to three times a week
- Average Length: 24:00
- Description: A Bangalore-based iOS developer discusses topics such as access control and the SOLID principles, sometimes with a guest.
- Website: https://anchor.fm/gouravnayyar
- Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/1c6d968/podcast/rss
- Twitter: @gouravnayyar
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 14:44
- Description: A panel of iOS developers discuss one iOS-development topic per episode, usually with a guest. The intro riff is a perhaps-unintentional homage to Police guitarist Andy Summers.
- Website: https://devchat.tv/iphreaks
- Feed: http://feeds.feedwrench.com/iPhreaks.Feed
- Twitter: @devchattv
- Frequency: variable
- Average Length: 55:19
- Description: "With short episodes, this [podcast] provides a place to chronicle David’s journey as he builds [iOS] applications and products as a side business." I'm pulling for the theremin app.
- Website: http://davidgarywood.com/iterate/
- Feed: https://iterate.libsyn.com/rss
- Twitter: @davidgarywood
- Frequency: every few days
- Average Length: 6:00
- Description: The host "discuss[es] [his] journey through the exciting world of computer programming[, hoping] to form a community of like-minded programmers."
- Website: https://anchor.fm/eman
- Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/ad0f20/podcast/rss
- Twitter: @scruffyminds
- Frequency: TBD
- Average Length: 15:00
- Description: Frank and James, both cross-platform mobile developers focused on Xamarin, discuss various development topics.
- Website: http://www.mergeconflict.fm
- Feed: http://simplecast.com/podcasts/2117/Feed
- Twitter: @MergeConflictFM
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 33:33
- Description: A rotating cast of iOS-developer hosts discuss news of interest to iOS developers.
- Website: http://mtjc.fm
- Feed: http://mtjc.fm/feed/podcast/
- Twitter: @mtjc_podcast
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 1:31:26
- Description: Brent Simmons elicits the "stories behind Omni’s award-winning productivity apps for Mac and iOS". Simmons's questions are thoughtful and non-leading.
- Website: https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com
- Feed: https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/rss/
- Twitter: @brentsimmons
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 27:13
- Description: Two developers discuss one software-development topic per episode, sometimes with guests. The hosts also recommend books and technologies of general software-developer interest.
- Website: http://www.programmingthrowdown.com
- Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ProgrammingThrowdown
- Twitter: @NeuralNets4Life
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 1:09:12
- Description: Two or three iOS developers and sometimes a guest discuss (usually) two iOS-development topics.
- Website: https://www.raywenderlich.com/rwpodcast
- Feed: http://www.raywenderlich.com/category/podcast/feed
- Twitter: @rwenderlich
- Frequency: biweekly
- Average Length: 40:50
- Description: An indie developer/entrepreneur and an iOS developer/designer/bassist/impresario discuss the business of indie product development.
- Website: https://releasenotes.tv
- Feed: https://releasenotes.tv/feed/podcast/
- Twitter: @release_notes
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 37:46
- Description: Three iOS developers discuss various iOS-development topics.
- Website: http://sharedinstance.com
- Feed: http://simplecast.com/podcasts/1008/Feed
- Twitter: @sharedinst
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 36:32
- Description: A former developer interviews one guest per episode about topics of interest to software developers.
- Website: http://softwareengineeringdaily.com
- Feed: http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/feed/podcast/
- Twitter: @software_daily
- Frequency: daily
- Average Length: 58:09
- Description: Various software-developer hosts talk to various software-developer guests about a variety of software-development topics. To quote the About page, "Episodes are either tutorials on specific topics, or interviews with well-known experts from the software engineering world."
- Website: http://www.se-radio.net
- Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/se-radio
- Twitter: @seradio
- Frequency: biweekly to quadraweekly
- Average Length: 52:22
- Description: A bi-weekly podcast by Guilherme Rambo and John Sundell about Apple news & rumors from a developer's perspective.
- Website: https://stacktracepodcast.fm
- Feed: https://stacktracepodcast.fm/?format=rss
- Twitter: @stacktracepod
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 1:14:07
- Description: Two Irish developers of an iOS app, drawing upon Ireland's tradition of amazing craftsmanship, discuss app development and sometimes interview guests.
- Website: http://supertop.co
- Feed: http://cast.rocks/hosting/2041/feeds/CQMQA.xml
- Twitter: @supertopsquid
- Frequency: intermittent
- Average Length: 43:42
- Description: An iOS developer and a guest answer questions from listeners about Swift, iOS development, and software development generally.
- Website: https://www.swiftbysundell.com/podcast/
- Feed: https://john-sundell.squarespace.com/podcast?format=rss
- Twitter: @swiftbysundell
- Frequency: intermittent but regular
- Average Length: 47:59
- Description: Two Cairo-based iOS developers discuss iOS and career development.
- Website: https://anchor.fm/swiftcairo/
- Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/7f50a08/podcast/rss
- Twitter: @swiftcairo
- Frequency: TBD
- Average Length: 71:14
- Description: This is "a podcast for the Swift community, by the Swift community" hosted by three Swift developers, including a creator of LLVM and Swift.
- Website: https://www.swiftcommunitypodcast.org
- Feed: https://swiftcommunitypodcast.org/?format=rss
- Twitter: @theswiftpodcast
- Frequency: TBD
- Average Length: 1:07:27
- Description: Discussions with Swift experts around language features, third-party frameworks, developing for Apple platforms, and more.
- Website: https://emanleet.com
- Feed: https://emanleet.com/feed/podcast/
- Twitter: @emanleet
- Frequency: monthly
- Average Length: 50:02
- Description: This "is a podcast that helps you keep your Swift skills up to date the easy way, hosted by Paul Hudson and Sean Allen. Each episode has news, our picks of the week, plus an open ballot where you can share your views on important topics."
- Website: https://anchor.fm/swiftovercoffee/
- Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/572fc68/podcast/rss
- Twitter: @swiftovercoffee
- Frequency: biweekly
- Average Length: 26:20
- Description: Two Swift developers discuss the Swift language and the evolution thereof.
- Website: https://spec.fm/podcasts/swift-unwrapped
- Feed: https://simplecast.com/podcasts/2693/rss
- Twitter: @swiftlybrief
- Frequency: biweekly
- Average Length: 37:37
- Description: A blogger and former Perl developer discusses with a guest news from the Apple ecosystem, often addressing topics of interest to developers. Interviews with Apple executives are particularly enlightening.
- Website: http://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/
- Feed: http://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/Feed
- Twitter: @thetalkshow
- Frequency: intermittent but at least three times a month
- Average Length: 1:56:40
- Description: Two indie iOS developers discuss the business, nuts, and bolts of indie iOS-app development.
- Website: https://www.relay.fm/radar/
- Feed: https://www.relay.fm/radar/feed
- Twitter: @_DavidSmith
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 29:24
- Description: Two Daves discuss their journeys in the world of independent iOS development, from side-gigging to full time.
- Website: https://waitingforreview.com
- Feed: https://waitingforreview.com/feed/podcast/
- Twitter: @wfrpodcast
- Frequency: weekly
- Average Length: 35:55
- All Things Git
- App Dev Diary
- Bitsplitting
- Build and Analyze
- Build Phase
- CocoaConf
- CocoaRadio
- Concepts in Code
- Consult
- Debug
- Developing Perspective
- Edge Cases
- Fatal Error
- Friday Q&A
- iDeveloper Podcast
- History of Rome
- Hypercritical
- Identical Cousins
- Import Foundation
- iOhYes
- iOSBytes
- iOS Dev Break
- iOS Dev Diary
- Janie Rants
- The Learn Swift Podcast
- Mobile & Beer
- Mobile Couch
- Notification Center
- NSBrief
- Playgrounds
- El Podcast de Aprende iOS
- The Record
- The Run Loop
- Runtime
- Springboard
- Swift Playhouse
- Swift Teacher
- SwiftCoders
- Topical
- Verbose Podcast
- Worst Case Scenario
Thanks to all the podcasts for sharing such amazing content.
Thanks to iOS Dev Weekly, Indie iOS Focus Weekly, Import Foundation, Launch Therapy, Michael Tsai, Sean Allen, and iDeveloper Podcast for helping to publicize this list.
Thanks also to the list contributors.