Hacker Spirit

Florian Amette's French-language monthly interview podcast on the hacker mindset — long-form conversations (often 80–110 minutes) with French security practitioners about curiosity, craft, and unconventional career paths. Launched in 2025, framed around the line "their crime is that of curiosity" and aimed at listeners interested in the people behind the tools rather than incident-of-the-week coverage.

Who it's for

French-speaking listeners curious about how French security practitioners actually got into the field and how they think about their work — students, career-changers, and working professionals who want a deliberately unhurried interview register. The early guest list (Charlie Bromberg "Shutdown" of Exegol / The Hacker Recipes, Jonathan Spedale "Cyber Moustache") signals an editorial pull toward technically credible people with non-linear backgrounds.

Who it's not for

Listeners wanting news, breaking-incident coverage, or weekly cadence; this is monthly and conversation-driven. Also wrong if you want short, tightly-edited episodes — runtimes are long and the format is closer to a hosted long-form interview than a produced narrative show.

Key takeaways

• The opening guest selection is unusually strong for a new podcast — Bromberg in particular is a name the French offensive-security scene knows well, which raises the bar of expectation for what follows.
• The editorial framing (hacker spirit, curiosity, rule-bending) leans culture-and-career rather than tooling or industry news; it's a different lane from NoLimitSecu, Hack'n Speak, or Le Comptoir Sécu rather than a competitor to any of them.
• As of mid-2026 the published catalog is still small (two substantive episodes plus a trailer), but the editorial restraint — long-form, no filler, named guests with technical depth — is unusual for a podcast at this stage and is what earns the high rating.

Notes

Pair with Le Comptoir Sécu for the closest established analog in French-language career-and-community interviewing, with Hack'n Speak when an episode's guest leans hard offensive, and with NoLimitSecu for the weekly industry context the format deliberately doesn't try to cover. Independently produced and released under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0, with the community side hosted on Discord. Required listening for anyone interested in the French security scene and the people who built it.