Accidental Tech Podcast

ATP started in 2013 when three programmer friends decided to record their conversations about Apple and software development. Over 670 episodes later, Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa haven't run out of things to argue about. The show is weekly, usually clocking in somewhere between 90 minutes and two and a half hours, and it follows a reliable structure: follow-up from previous episodes, a few main topics, and an Ask ATP segment where they answer listener questions. Marco built Overcast, one of the most popular podcast apps on iOS, so he brings a developer's perspective that's unusually hands-on. Casey is a .NET developer by day and often plays the role of the reasonable moderate. And then there's Siracusa, who spent years writing those legendary, 30,000-word macOS reviews for Ars Technica. His ability to dissect Apple's design and engineering decisions is genuinely unmatched. The three of them have such established roles and rapport that longtime listeners feel like they're eavesdropping on friends. The show leans heavily Apple, but it branches into broader tech topics -- programming languages, car tech, home automation, even the economics of running an indie software business. It's opinionated, detailed, and occasionally very funny. The membership program offers ad-free episodes and a bonus overtime segment. ATP isn't trying to cover every tech headline. Instead, it goes deep on the things that actually interest three very particular nerds, and that specificity is exactly what makes it work.