# The best podcasts in 2026, ranked.

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/best/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Best podcasts · Updated Oct 23, 2026

We follow long-form podcasts and cut the minutes worth watching from their episodes. These lists rank them by what we found, and only ever list shows we follow.

**How we rank:** Each moment we’ve cut from a show earns a point, plus one when an AI builder is the one talking and one when its episode cleared our views bar, and a moment’s points halve every 90 days after its episode came out.

## [Best AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/)

Every show we follow is an AI technology podcast now, so all of them are here.

1. 01 [MTS](https://realalpha.app/shows/mts/)
2. 02 [Latent Space](https://realalpha.app/shows/latent-space/)
3. 03 [All-In](https://realalpha.app/shows/all-in/)
4. 04 [a16z Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/a16z/)
5. 05 [Sourcery](https://realalpha.app/shows/sourcery/)

[All 37 AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/)

## [Best tech podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/)

These are the shows we follow that cover technology and the tech industry beyond AI alone: the news, how software gets built, and how tech companies are run.

1. 01 [Latent Space](https://realalpha.app/shows/latent-space/)
2. 02 [All-In](https://realalpha.app/shows/all-in/)
3. 03 [a16z Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/a16z/)
4. 04 [Lex Fridman Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/lex-fridman/)
5. 05 [Sources](https://realalpha.app/shows/sources/)

[All 18 tech podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/)

## [Best business podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/business-podcasts/)

These are the shows we follow about investing, startups and running a company, now that AI is in all three.

1. 01 [All-In](https://realalpha.app/shows/all-in/)
2. 02 [a16z Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/a16z/)
3. 03 [Sourcery](https://realalpha.app/shows/sourcery/)
4. 04 [Lenny's Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/lennys-podcast/)
5. 05 [Training Data](https://realalpha.app/shows/training-data/)

[All 17 business podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/business-podcasts/)