How to get on Programming Throwdown: pitching, format and contact

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Often has guests

50% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

98 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Occasional

190 episodes · last 2026-08-24

Language

English (US)

Declared in the feed as en-us.

Where it's from

Outside the UK

The feed declares en-us.

Reach

68

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

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Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other tech general podcasts

It publishes less often than most Tech General shows, so expect a longer lead time and fewer available slots.

Measured against every tech general podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

	This show	Category average
Episodes featuring a guest	50%	20%
Episodes in the last 90 days	1	8
Typical episode length	98 min	37 min
Episodes published in total	190	100
Reach percentile	68	50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Programming Throwdown educates Computer Scientists and Software Engineers on a cavalcade of programming and tech topics. Every show will cover a new programming language, so listeners will be able to speak intelligently about any programming language.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

189: Agentic Loops
188: World Models
187: Agentic Coding
186: Becoming a Manager
185: Workflow Orchestrators
184: Asynchronous Programming

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Common questions

Does Programming Throwdown accept guests?

Often has guests. This show interviews people regularly. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Programming Throwdown?

Yes. Programming Throwdown publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Programming Throwdown publish?

It publishes irregularly. There are 190 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 98 minutes.

Is Programming Throwdown still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.