Hacker History Podcast

Hacker History Podcast

Josh Bressers

Episodes 50
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Highly Active
Since Mar 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Consistency
59%
Hosting
hackerhistory.com

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About This Podcast

Hacker History: Explore where it all began, interviews with retro hackers, the pioneers and forefathers of yesteryear. The true old school hackers amongst our societies have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. We will dive into fascinating stories that made hacker history.

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Recent Episodes

The history of Jeff Man

Jun 10, 2026 1h 2m

Hacker History sits down with Jeff Man. Jeff is a legend in the security universe having worked for the NSA, Tenable, and a longtime host of Paul's Security Weekly podcast. We learn all about how…

The history of Bill Bernard

May 13, 2026 49m

Hacker History sits down with Bill Bernard. Bill tells us of his time building and breaking things with his father. The days of TI99 and Apple IIe in school, and some great engineering in college.…

The history of Rebecca Jones

May 06, 2026 38m

Hacker History sits down with Rebecca Jones. We learn of Rebecca's journey from using early Apple computers, to an early Windows machine, to eventually her current role dealing with security and…

The history of Pyr0

Apr 16, 2026 53m

Hacker History sits down with Luke McOmie, AKA Pyr0, to talk about a new conference about hacker history, as well as his history. Pyr0 tells us all about NaClCON. It's a conference dedicated to the…

The history of Laura, Rachael, and Ben

Sep 10, 2025 39m

This is a packed episode where we talk to Laura Scherling, Ben Schmerler, and Rachael Tubbs about some hacker history, some hacker future, and the ten year anniversary of the IoT Village. We talk…

The history of David Bernstein

Sep 02, 2025 33m

Hacker History sits down with David Bernstein. We learn about David's past in emergency management. David has seen a ton of wild events, and has some really interesting commentary about how emergency…

The history of Thug Shells

Mar 18, 2025 29m

Thug Shells is a freestyle rapper who hacks the english language, making it do whatever she wants. Did you know a group of rappers is called a cypher? It's a super fun conversation where we learn a…

The history of Ela

Jan 29, 2025 50m

Ela grew up in East Germany during the 1980s, where they were introduced to computers and electronics at a young age. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ela became deeply involved in the hacker…

The history of Marc Boorshtein

Jan 16, 2025 59m

Hacker History sits down with Marc Boorshtein, we learn of his journey from tinkering with Doom shareware as a kid and getting free hardware from his Dad. Marc tells us about the early days of LDAP…

The history of Cyberpunk Librarian

Jan 06, 2025 1h 4m

Hacker History sits down with Cyberpunk Librarian. We hear about his early years of Commodore 64 and BBS, the usual getting in trouble in school and making computers do whatever they want. We then…

The history of Johnny Xmas

Dec 18, 2024 39m

Hacker History sits down with Johnny Xmas. Johnny tells us about his journey into the world of hacking and tech, starting from his childhood, he discusses taking things apart (like a wall outlet),…

The history of The Gibson

Sep 18, 2024 51m

Hacker History sits down with The Gibson. We cover how Gibson got to where he is today. We start out hearing of Gibson's early hacker days, then he decides to get out of the hacker scene for a while.…

The history of Wade Wells

Sep 05, 2024 50m

Hacker History sits down with Wade Wells. Wade sits on the board of BSides San Diego and has an amazing journey that got him there. Wade recounts how he started out at In-N-Out Burgers and made his…

The history of Dana Morrison

Aug 28, 2024 56m

Hacker History sits down with Dana Morrison and hears his story into tech. Dana starts out with a Commodore 64 and writes a war dialer as one of the first projects. He starts out with a BBS and…

The history of Jindrich Karasek

Jun 26, 2024 32m

Hacker History sits down with Jindrich Krasek. We hear about how Jindrich's journey started out as a medical researcher. He had to hack a machine he was using to make it work in new ways, and that…

The history of HD Moore

Jun 05, 2024 34m

Hacker History sits down with HD Moore. We hear about his story when he was young and making hardware work that probably shouldn't have worked. His shenanigans in the days of IRC and warez, and how…

The history of Paul Asadoorian

May 29, 2024 38m

Hacker History sits down with Paul Asadoorian and learn about his journey. Paul starts out with an Apple II, BASIC, and Pascal as a youth, then finds himself picking up UNIX and Linux, working at a…

The history of Emily Fox

Apr 24, 2024 43m

Hacker History sits down with Emily Fox. We hear about Emily's history in the US Federal Government where she got a start in technology. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from working in the…

The history of Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda

Oct 25, 2023 58m

Hacker History sits down with Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda. Rob tells us all about how he created Slashdot back in the day. Rob's story is full of amazing twists and turns. He started one of the most…

The history of Kyle Rankin

Oct 18, 2023 44m

Hacker History sits down with Kyle Rankin to hear his story. Kyle walks us through his journey into being an author of many technical books. We touch on early topics like Knoppix, DevOps, infosec,…

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