Similar subject matter but it's two Canadian guys discussing recent events (typically things in the news recently) rather than interviews.
I listen to it between Darknet Diaries episodes when I can't get my fix otherwise. It's pretty good but less well researched, more like two guys shooting the shit who happen to talk about cyber security and hacks mostly.
The Scathing Atheist - three atheist comedians talk about religious over reach on society.
God Awful Movies - those same three comedians talk about terrible religious movies
Cognitive Dissonance - two skeptical best friends from Chicago talk about the news.
Citation Needed - the guys from The Scathing Atheist and the guys from Cognitive Dissonance take turns reading essays based on Wikipedia pages and joking about them.
Behind The Bastards - hilarious and well informed host talks about histories greatest Bastards.
The Greatest Generation/The Greatest Trek - two guys review Star Trek episodes. Generation focuses on older trek shows, currently going through Voyager, Trek reviews the new shows as episodes release.
GoNintendo - Rawmeat Cowboy from GoNintendo and his friends talk about Nintendo news and utterly fail to stay on topic.
I really like all three of those guys but for some reason the podcast doesn't work for me. It feels forced or disingenuous or something I can't quite put my finger on.
It took me awhile to like them, I see what you're saying. I think it's the interviews that are what really keeps me. They have honest conversations with their guests because they know them. It's definitely a bro culture type pod.
I just started listening to Stuff You Should know a few weeks ago, I really like it. Since I started at 'the beginning' it is a bit of a walk down memory lane, currently around 2009, it's really funny and a bit strange...
Are you up to the current episodes, is it still Chuck and Josh doing all the talking?
I was coming back to suggest just this. Beat me too it!
Also to add that they have a YouTube channel that is still up (there is some controversy) that you amy enjoy too.
My inbox didn't notify me of a post, but went looking for that sweet reward of engagement.
CogDis has call backs but it's very much about what's in the news at the time. I went back about a year when I found them during a road trip across America. Things really changed during the Trump years, not for the worse but the focus shifted from New Atheists type content and more toward US politics. They have crossover episodes with other podcasts that are a real hoot! Maybe go back for those?
Drifting Off With Joe Pera is an evening comedy podcast from comedian Joe Pera and composer Ryan Dann. With low-key jokes, immersive soundscapes, and relaxing phone conversations, Joe’s narration and Ryan’s sound design will help you unwind and perhaps even fall asleep.
Featuring guest composers and interviews with interesting folks, the podcast will be released on the first Sunday of every month. Sorry, it's not more often but this is the fastest we can do thoughtful, quality work.
After the cancellation of Joe Pera Talks With You, I was glad to learn that Joe and his calming voice would be making new content. Especially content I can drift off with.
The Omnibus -- a weird collection of obscure knowledge and topics, hosted by Ken Jennings and John Roderick. I've learned about the Charge of the Light Brigade (and why a cardigan is called a cardigan), I've learned about John Wayne's yacht that was converted from a minesweeper ship, and about the Hillbert Hotel way to visualize infinite numbers. It's good shit.
Also will always recommend This American Life from NPR. Sometimes it can be a bit of a miss, but usually it's my favorite way to start the workweek drive.
Been binging a lot of Last Podcast in the Left. The David Miscagive (Scientology) and Joseph Smith (Mormonism) episodes are amazing takedowns of cult leaders.
I'm from the US and Jame's accent is crazy thick. To be fair, I'm starting to get used to it and I can follow along much better now but I do need to rewind sometimes. With that being said, he's probably in my top 5 favorite comedians at the moment.
Conan! I loved his recent Paul Lannister interview. I didn’t think it was necessary to see his photos to hear him reminisce about his life. Though I am holding out for a recorded version on YouTube!
Deprogram, Safety Third, various HowStuffWorks series, Nosleep and Creepypastas, and also I have NewPipe so I mainly just listen to long YouTube videos as podcasts. Disaster Breakdown, Plainly Difficult, RMTransit, and Mentour Pilot are my current educational channels. Barely Sociable, Nexpo, Rob Gavagan for horror and true crime stuff. Some channels interleave the video and audio a lot more so they're not as suitable for listening to.
How Did This Get Made is a pretty darn good comedy podcast about people reviewing terrible movies. Sadly most of the low-hanging fruit are already done though so newer episodes usually talk about some obscure movies I've never heard of.
Spout Lore (actual play dungeon world podcast which is an absolute blast of hilarity and wholesomeness)
Dungeon and daddies (first season is a masterpiece, after that, your mileage may vary, they are going too often in the "too raunchy" for my taste but there are some good episodes still)
Adventure Zones I recently dropped. I basically enjoy only the one off they do in the old West with ghosts and such. The main campaign is subpar since quite some time
Not Another D&D podcast, I'm catching up with the first season still, sometimes they go for the "over the top" for no reason but there are some good moments. I absolutely loathe the sponsors they use (like fucking turbotaxes and other exploiting companies)
I had others but over time the quality dropped unfortunately.
I used podcast for infotainment and keeping updated with work related stuff as well once, but since the pandemic I don't commute anymore and the time for podcast is basically just for when I cook or clean.
Stories of Scotland - Jenny and Annie talk about Scottish history, culture, nature, and heritage in lovely accents and sometimes they get very silly
Irish and Celtic Music Podcast - by Marc Gunn, the 'celtfather'... I love a good jig
Stuff You Should Know - stories of curious and strange things... a bit US-centric but they do 'translate' units (e.g. feet to meters) and I appreciate that
The compassion Initiative - Just two guys from Brisbane talking compassion, with Stan and James, also nice accents
Me the Mountain - Acoustic guitar music I listen on the bus in the morning half asleep; there are no new episodes since 2021 but I listen to the remaining ones on repeat
WTF with Marc Maron - the godfather of podcasts, nice chats, sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry...
...and for my German fellow lemmys:
Haschimitenfürst - Der Bobcast - für alle ??? (Hörspiel-)Süchtigen
Two buddies discuss what a world without a particular thing (one thing per episode) would be like. No color? No chairs? No numbers? They tackle these questions in often unapologetically unscientific, and always creative and hysterical ways.
"Oh No Ross and Carrie"
They go participate in all kinds of "fringe science" or spiritual stuff and report on it in a very funy but, in my opinion, largely respectful way.
Basically a comedy podcast (real life) where two people and their friend investigate who shat on the floor at their wedding in a kind of satire of true crime podcasts. It's thoroughly entertaining and I'm so invested in finding out who actually shat on the floor at the wedding now.
The Dollop
It's an comedy American history podcast
One of the hosts researches crazy events or biographies and the other host has no idea wtf is the topic. Really funny shit.
If you want to try a quick episode look up 380-the beaver drop
It's not exclusive American history, when they travel they'll do other countries as well
Beauch87's summary episodes of my favorite show, "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?", if that's considered a podcast (it is definitely episodic, it's just that the episodes aren't really dropped on a regular schedule). Just realized he dropped season 1 and 2 reviews last year and I completely missed it. Got hours of listening material to go.
The Doughboys - a podcast where they review chain restaurants (fast food to fast casual to high end chains). The hosts (Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell, comedians) have a love-hate relationship that makes it so fun and real. And their guests are the best.
Honestly I'd start at the beginning, it's quite a fun story and I feel like a lot won't make sense if you dive into the middle. I'm a little more than halfway through. I first listened to Rouges Gambit and after that campaign was over I ended up getting really into the Aerois campaign.
60 Songs That Explain the 90s
An excellent host covers a wide variety of tracks from the 90s and the culture surrounding it. I recommend finding a track that interests you and giving the whole episode a listen. Any subject he starts on winds up wrapping into the main subject really well.
With Gourley and Rust
An ‘easy listening’ horror podcast that does seasons around a certain franchise/sub-genre with two of the most pleasant folks to host a podcast together.
Slate Star Codex (narrated form of Scott Alexander's Astral Codex Ten column)
Jack Rhysider - Darknet Diaries
Maggie Killjoy - Cool people who did Cool Stuff
Cory Doctorow's podcast
Jennifer Briney - Congressional Dish
Lex Fridman
the first three are all tightly scripted storytelling: generally non-fiction, but exciting or interesting. sorted by general audience -> niche audience.
the next three edge into political territory, sorted from politically-adjacent to 100% political (not punditry):
Maggie's focuses on telling history. but she's self-described anarchist and it bleeds.
Cory's is a narrated form of his blog. usually the overlap between tech & national policy.
Congressional Dish is literally Jen watching hours of C-SPAN and reading 1000's of pages of text from bills to give actual deep-dives into congressional happenings.
Lex Fridman is if Joe Rogan was hosted by someone who actually did his research upfront, planned out his questions, and chose guests that are less divisive, and more academic or entrepreneurial.
if you listen to any of these, please leave a recommendation for something similar you think i would like! ❤️
Currently 2, but unfortunately for (almost) everyone here they are both Dutch .
One is a daily news podcast where journalists and/or experts talk about something that is relevant right now. Every episode is 20-30 minutes and features a single topic. Today it was about the NATO leadership. Who could be the next leader, how is it decided and stuff like that. Yesterday about a national political party, the day before about Wagner's shenanigans on Saturday.
The other is a weekly 40 minute podcast about the war in Ukraine. There is a host and 2 former generals, one of them used to be the commander of the Dutch army. Every week they talk about what happened, why it happened and how it happened. They also have a certain topic that they talk about from their own experience or what they are seeing Ukraine right now. Like how tanks are best used, what the west can realistically (also factor in politics) do and how western militaries would respond so something like what Wagner did. Because they don't have to prove to anyone which side they are on, they can be honest and realistic. It makes a lot of news and opinions shared online look even more stupid.
Wrong Station: Episodic horror podcast based out of Canada. Very well written and superbly well acted. The only podcast I actively subscribe to the patreon of.
Nextlander Podcast: Gaming podcast from 3 of the founding members of Giant Bomb (Vinny, Alex, and Brad).
The Jimmy Dore Show: Comedy/politics talk show. I don't actually agree with his political takes 100% of the time, but that is more interesting than listening to somebody who always agrees with me.
I'm currently working my way thru prehistory season of Tides of History by Patrick Wyman (Fall of the Roman Empire guy).
Came out in 2020, and I'm really enjoying the detail it goes into.
Wine About It - Two streamers talking about their personal experiences and just having fun
Wave Form - MKBHD’s podcast where he talks all things tech with the crew
Smartless
How I Built This
The Great Creators
Pod Save America
Pod Save the World
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Tape Notes
Planet Money
Throughline
Radiolab
Man, I feel like JR and Tom Segura are like the Howard Stern of my generation. But somehow less thoughtful, and more edgy. It’s shock jock radio with lots of laughing at their own “jokes.”
Don't feel bad, to each their own. It's not everybody's thing and I get that.
I was too young to really know Howard Stern so never I don't really know him. It comes in waves for me, sometimes if I'm stressed at work I just want to listen to some stupid jackassery on my way home. Then other times I want to learn more or have a more thoughtful podcast.
For people who like interesting sci-fi stuff: woe.begone (time travel and alternate realities), Lost Terminal (AI, asmr-like), Midnight Burger (I dunno how to describe it but it's ingenious and hilarious).
I got fascinated by the Supreme Court and that led me to a lot of political and law podcasts. I am notably not a lawyer so I don’t know why I’m doing so many.
5-4
ALAB (if they ever post)
pod save America
pod save the world
sawbones
Mango bae- a smaller one but one of my favorites. It's just 2 brown/desi comedians from NY area who riff on topics for 30 min-1 hr. Maybe not for everyone but one of my favorites
Flagrant podcast with Andrew Schulz. Again may not be for everyone but another group of comics who host what I feel is closer to what the JRE used to be
I don't really listen to full podcasts much but I watch some of the JRE podcast clips off YouTube or the Flagrant podcast clips. Also some local podcasters I listen to that I knew from school
Thirty Twenty Ten is great if you want to hear people talk about old pop culture stuff. Every week they will go through all the movies and tv shows and music and other stuff that was happening that same week thirty, twenty, and ten years ago.
A Hotdog is a Sandwich from Mythical Kitchen. Lots of talks about interesting food debates. I don't think they have the titular discussion until like 300 episodes in, because they initially said they were never have that debate. Well, I guess they got more and more popular, so they did a 5 part series on whether a Hot Dog is a sandwich or not where they interviewed historians, philosophers, lawyers, and restaurant owners. It's a fun listen.
Other than that, I was listening to the House of The Dragon podcast, but that's over for now.
Love me some Darknet Diaries and Hacked.
I love me some darknet diaries. I haven't checked out hacked, how would you say it compares?
Similar subject matter but it's two Canadian guys discussing recent events (typically things in the news recently) rather than interviews.
I listen to it between Darknet Diaries episodes when I can't get my fix otherwise. It's pretty good but less well researched, more like two guys shooting the shit who happen to talk about cyber security and hacks mostly.
The Scathing Atheist - three atheist comedians talk about religious over reach on society.
God Awful Movies - those same three comedians talk about terrible religious movies
Cognitive Dissonance - two skeptical best friends from Chicago talk about the news.
Citation Needed - the guys from The Scathing Atheist and the guys from Cognitive Dissonance take turns reading essays based on Wikipedia pages and joking about them.
Behind The Bastards - hilarious and well informed host talks about histories greatest Bastards.
The Greatest Generation/The Greatest Trek - two guys review Star Trek episodes. Generation focuses on older trek shows, currently going through Voyager, Trek reviews the new shows as episodes release.
GoNintendo - Rawmeat Cowboy from GoNintendo and his friends talk about Nintendo news and utterly fail to stay on topic.
Friend of mine introduced me to Behind the Bastards. Very much enjoy Robert Evans and his guests. Finishing the Josh Duggar series.
Smartless
I really like all three of those guys but for some reason the podcast doesn't work for me. It feels forced or disingenuous or something I can't quite put my finger on.
It took me awhile to like them, I see what you're saying. I think it's the interviews that are what really keeps me. They have honest conversations with their guests because they know them. It's definitely a bro culture type pod.
Stuff You Should Know
Barbell Medicine
Ham Radio Crash Course
2 White Lights
I just started listening to Stuff You Should know a few weeks ago, I really like it. Since I started at 'the beginning' it is a bit of a walk down memory lane, currently around 2009, it's really funny and a bit strange... Are you up to the current episodes, is it still Chuck and Josh doing all the talking?
Yep! They're still the hosts. It's as good as ever.
Soooo many, but here are my top 5
I've been listening to CogDis since they had something like six episodes. It's great seeing how far they've come.
I just added Cognitive Dissonance to my podcast feed. Are there any standout episodes that you would recommended grabbing?
Attempting to ping @[email protected] so they see this question too. Is that a thing on lemmy?
Eh, they mostly talk about current events. Try looking for episodes that released shortly after certain events your curious to get their opinion on.
I was coming back to suggest just this. Beat me too it! Also to add that they have a YouTube channel that is still up (there is some controversy) that you amy enjoy too.
My inbox didn't notify me of a post, but went looking for that sweet reward of engagement. CogDis has call backs but it's very much about what's in the news at the time. I went back about a year when I found them during a road trip across America. Things really changed during the Trump years, not for the worse but the focus shifted from New Atheists type content and more toward US politics. They have crossover episodes with other podcasts that are a real hoot! Maybe go back for those?
Drifting Off with Joe Pera: A Sleep Podcast
https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drifting-off-with-joe-pera/id1669125364
https://open.spotify.com/show/56Vb1dQgGFEFJ9r937U3pg
After the cancellation of Joe Pera Talks With You, I was glad to learn that Joe and his calming voice would be making new content. Especially content I can drift off with.
The Omnibus -- a weird collection of obscure knowledge and topics, hosted by Ken Jennings and John Roderick. I've learned about the Charge of the Light Brigade (and why a cardigan is called a cardigan), I've learned about John Wayne's yacht that was converted from a minesweeper ship, and about the Hillbert Hotel way to visualize infinite numbers. It's good shit.
Also will always recommend This American Life from NPR. Sometimes it can be a bit of a miss, but usually it's my favorite way to start the workweek drive.
Been binging a lot of Last Podcast in the Left. The David Miscagive (Scientology) and Joseph Smith (Mormonism) episodes are amazing takedowns of cult leaders.
Seconding LPOTL. Both those series are frequent relistens for me.
They're pretty good. Especially the conclusion of Joseph Smith as the rock farmer magician turned cult leader conman.
Do you like the paranormal/UFO episodes like Skinwalker Ranch?
+1 for Darknet Diaries. got anything else to recommend in that nerdy/edgy genre of story telling?
Someone already mentioned Hacked on here, but some others are:
Some additional security related ones include:
Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, and Off Menu.
I love Off Menu, but damn do I wish you could get subtitles for podcasts.
Where are you from that you can't understand it? Is it James that you struggle with, or some guests?
I'm from the US and Jame's accent is crazy thick. To be fair, I'm starting to get used to it and I can follow along much better now but I do need to rewind sometimes. With that being said, he's probably in my top 5 favorite comedians at the moment.
Fair enough, he has a bit of a speech impediment too which doesn't help.
Conan! I loved his recent Paul Lannister interview. I didn’t think it was necessary to see his photos to hear him reminisce about his life. Though I am holding out for a recorded version on YouTube!
My podcasts fall into two groups:
Linux/Tech
Urbanism
They release on almost a daily schedule, so I always have something to listen to.
Behind the Bastards, Knowledge Fight, and Castle Super Beast!
If Books Could Kill
Behind the Bastards The dollop Swindled Lions led by donkeys
Criminal, This American Life, Hard Fork, No Such Thing As A Fish
Deprogram, Safety Third, various HowStuffWorks series, Nosleep and Creepypastas, and also I have NewPipe so I mainly just listen to long YouTube videos as podcasts. Disaster Breakdown, Plainly Difficult, RMTransit, and Mentour Pilot are my current educational channels. Barely Sociable, Nexpo, Rob Gavagan for horror and true crime stuff. Some channels interleave the video and audio a lot more so they're not as suitable for listening to.
Ever listened to Well There's Your Problem? You mention Deprogram and Disaster Breakdown so I'm suprised WTYP isn't also listed
it’s kinda niche, but since you asked: The SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sans-internet-stormcenter-daily-cyber-security-podcast/id304863991
Dungeons and Daddies not a BDSM podcast ....except that one time
Very bad wizards is my favorite, a philosopher and psychologist discussing books, movies, and random other stuff related to morality and ethics
The Deprogram
How Did This Get Made is a pretty darn good comedy podcast about people reviewing terrible movies. Sadly most of the low-hanging fruit are already done though so newer episodes usually talk about some obscure movies I've never heard of.
Welcome to Nightvale, though I haven't listened in a while.
I had others but over time the quality dropped unfortunately.
I used podcast for infotainment and keeping updated with work related stuff as well once, but since the pandemic I don't commute anymore and the time for podcast is basically just for when I cook or clean.
Have you tried Tale of the Manticore? Solid solo play, season 1 was great and 2 is solid so far.
...and for my German fellow lemmys:
If you like short and sweet (most eps. 20–30 min) and don't mind being sad that it's discontinued:
A World Without
Two buddies discuss what a world without a particular thing (one thing per episode) would be like. No color? No chairs? No numbers? They tackle these questions in often unapologetically unscientific, and always creative and hysterical ways.
"Oh No Ross and Carrie" They go participate in all kinds of "fringe science" or spiritual stuff and report on it in a very funy but, in my opinion, largely respectful way.
I'm sure it's all true.
One called 'who shat on the floor at my wedding'
Basically a comedy podcast (real life) where two people and their friend investigate who shat on the floor at their wedding in a kind of satire of true crime podcasts. It's thoroughly entertaining and I'm so invested in finding out who actually shat on the floor at the wedding now.
Well I'm adding that right now!
"If books could kill" - two guys going through popular books like Rich Dad Poor Dad, Nudge, and Atomic Habits and ripping them apart.
Behind Bastard - each episode is about some bastard from Napoleon III. to Coco Channel.
The new guru from BBC. Is short series about the rise of new internet gurus.
The It's always sunny podcast and The Nextlander podcast
American Innovations - And really most of the Wondery catalogue.
Your Own Backyard: The Disappearance of Kristin Smart
If you into true crime you are going to love this.
So many…
The Hidden Athlete (long form interviews with endurance athletes)
No such thing as a fish (fun conversational about random weird factoids)
Sawbones
The One You Feed
The Debaters (stupid Canadian comedy debates)
The Art of Manliness (dumb name, decent content)
Discovery by the BBC
Ologies with Alie Ward
The Emma Guns Show (idgaf about beauty stuff, but love her quality of life & mental health topics)
Trail Runner Nation
Maintenance Phase
You’re Dead to Me (bbc history in a light funny way)
Have a word - a UK comedy pod
Lateral - Tom Scotts brilliant pod with some great guests
Red Web - they talk about mysteries online and offline
The Constant) - A History of Getting Things Wrong is my absolutel favourite this past year. I discovered it via Our Fake History, which I also love.
Daily Tech News Show has been a staple for a decade, and I followed Tom on other pods for years before that.
Here is my list. I’ve been listening to all of these for a while now.
The Dollop It's an comedy American history podcast One of the hosts researches crazy events or biographies and the other host has no idea wtf is the topic. Really funny shit. If you want to try a quick episode look up 380-the beaver drop
It's not exclusive American history, when they travel they'll do other countries as well
Brad and Will Made A Techpod, 99% Invisible, Ask A Spaceman, Stuff The British Stole, Star Talk, Mindscape.
Behind the Bastards (weird/interesting historical shitheads; usually, they did one on Musk and the Submarine Guy)
The Dogg Zzone (if you read Cracked back in the day, two of the main writers, plus guests)
Stuff You Should Know (Stuff. You should know.)
The Dollop (More weird historical shitheads, and sometimes good stuff??)
My Brother, My Brother, and Me (because i'm a basic removed and love dick jokes)
Distractible (also because i'm a basic removed and love dick jokes)
The Dollop episode on Ronald Reagan (2 parter, number 400 I think?) should be required listening for everyone.
3 gordos bastardos.
Beauch87's summary episodes of my favorite show, "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?", if that's considered a podcast (it is definitely episodic, it's just that the episodes aren't really dropped on a regular schedule). Just realized he dropped season 1 and 2 reviews last year and I completely missed it. Got hours of listening material to go.
Skeptics guide to the universe
99%Invisible Real life ghost stories Re: Dracula Play watch listen
This American Life
Radiolab
Decoding the Unknown
The Running Channel
Every so often Planet Money
I used to listen to Reply All until their whole thing and they shut down.
The Doughboys - a podcast where they review chain restaurants (fast food to fast casual to high end chains). The hosts (Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell, comedians) have a love-hate relationship that makes it so fun and real. And their guests are the best.
At the moment, the Dollop and Behind the bastards are my mainstays. Both are as excellent and funny as they are depressing.
Thanks for the recommendations. Subscribed to all of them!
I Said No Gifts - nice, low-key conversations with funny people, great format.
Midnight Burger - wonderful sci-fi story that draws from lots of material, pretty funny, great cast and production.
No Such Thing as a Fish - 4 hosts discuss interesting facts in what's often equally as hilarious as it is informative.
Bananas - 2 funny dudes discuss weird or funny news headlines.
These are all good, light-hearted podcasts for when you want something a bit softer to listen to :)
Special shout out to Case File, Behind the Bastards, Criminal, Moth Radio Hour
The War on Cars
The 13th Step - limited series, investigative journalism covering sexual misconduct in addiction recovery.
Stuff the British Stole - stories about the shittiness of British colonialism.
Small Town Murder! Two comedians talk about a murder that happens in a small town. Super excited to see them live in a couple weeks!
High Rollers(DnD), Behind the Bastards, The Other States of America, The Daily Zeitgeist, History Unplugged, Empire
Honestly I'd start at the beginning, it's quite a fun story and I feel like a lot won't make sense if you dive into the middle. I'm a little more than halfway through. I first listened to Rouges Gambit and after that campaign was over I ended up getting really into the Aerois campaign.
Dungeons of Drakkenheim, the most enjoyable D&D 5e live play campaign out there.
I mainly listen to the Lateral podcast/gameshow hosted by Tom Scott.
60 Songs That Explain the 90s An excellent host covers a wide variety of tracks from the 90s and the culture surrounding it. I recommend finding a track that interests you and giving the whole episode a listen. Any subject he starts on winds up wrapping into the main subject really well.
With Gourley and Rust An ‘easy listening’ horror podcast that does seasons around a certain franchise/sub-genre with two of the most pleasant folks to host a podcast together.
Cumtown Premium, The Adam Friedland Show, The Always Sunny Podcast
the first three are all tightly scripted storytelling: generally non-fiction, but exciting or interesting. sorted by general audience -> niche audience.
the next three edge into political territory, sorted from politically-adjacent to 100% political (not punditry):
Lex Fridman is if Joe Rogan was hosted by someone who actually did his research upfront, planned out his questions, and chose guests that are less divisive, and more academic or entrepreneurial.
if you listen to any of these, please leave a recommendation for something similar you think i would like! ❤️
Currently 2, but unfortunately for (almost) everyone here they are both Dutch .
One is a daily news podcast where journalists and/or experts talk about something that is relevant right now. Every episode is 20-30 minutes and features a single topic. Today it was about the NATO leadership. Who could be the next leader, how is it decided and stuff like that. Yesterday about a national political party, the day before about Wagner's shenanigans on Saturday.
The other is a weekly 40 minute podcast about the war in Ukraine. There is a host and 2 former generals, one of them used to be the commander of the Dutch army. Every week they talk about what happened, why it happened and how it happened. They also have a certain topic that they talk about from their own experience or what they are seeing Ukraine right now. Like how tanks are best used, what the west can realistically (also factor in politics) do and how western militaries would respond so something like what Wagner did. Because they don't have to prove to anyone which side they are on, they can be honest and realistic. It makes a lot of news and opinions shared online look even more stupid.
Wrong Station: Episodic horror podcast based out of Canada. Very well written and superbly well acted. The only podcast I actively subscribe to the patreon of.
Nextlander Podcast: Gaming podcast from 3 of the founding members of Giant Bomb (Vinny, Alex, and Brad).
The Jimmy Dore Show: Comedy/politics talk show. I don't actually agree with his political takes 100% of the time, but that is more interesting than listening to somebody who always agrees with me.
Linux unplugged
Late night Linux
Coder Radio
Real Python Podcast
Self Hosted
The Homelab Show
2.5 Admins
I'm currently working my way thru prehistory season of Tides of History by Patrick Wyman (Fall of the Roman Empire guy). Came out in 2020, and I'm really enjoying the detail it goes into.
Daily Zeitgeist
Wine About It - Two streamers talking about their personal experiences and just having fun Wave Form - MKBHD’s podcast where he talks all things tech with the crew
My usual weekly ones are:
Smartless How I Built This The Great Creators Pod Save America Pod Save the World Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend Twenty Thousand Hertz Tape Notes Planet Money Throughline Radiolab
Just finished Scamanda. It was REALLY good. Excellent reporting and just a fascinating story.
A few others that are sometimes good and sometimes not, but these are ones everyone should hear!
All of the Rogan comedy circle ones, JRE, Your Mom's house, Two bears One Cave, This past weekend.
Lex Friedman Podcast is great when I'm in a deep think kind of mood.
I found a niche little historical podcast on the American frontier called Furs and Frontiers
Lore and Cabinate of curiosity are always great to fall back in to for a bit.
Man, I feel like JR and Tom Segura are like the Howard Stern of my generation. But somehow less thoughtful, and more edgy. It’s shock jock radio with lots of laughing at their own “jokes.”
…Now I feel bad. Keep enjoying what you enjoy.
Don't feel bad, to each their own. It's not everybody's thing and I get that.
I was too young to really know Howard Stern so never I don't really know him. It comes in waves for me, sometimes if I'm stressed at work I just want to listen to some stupid jackassery on my way home. Then other times I want to learn more or have a more thoughtful podcast.
The Deprogram Podcast
https://lemmygrad.ml/c/thedeprogram ![email protected]
The Deprogram
Armchair Expert is my favorite. I also enjoy 'Ride the Lightening,' the Tesla unofficial podcast and Ear Biscuits.
For people who like interesting sci-fi stuff: woe.begone (time travel and alternate realities), Lost Terminal (AI, asmr-like), Midnight Burger (I dunno how to describe it but it's ingenious and hilarious).
Committable https://committablethepodcast.podbean.com Gates McFadden Investigates: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/gatesmcfaddeninvestigateswhodoyouthinkyouare improv4humans with Matt Besser https://feeds.simplecast.com/kcpXyVdJMad in America https://www.madinamerica.com/mia-radio-2/ Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie https://reason.com/podcasts/the-reason-interview-with-nick-gillespie/
Wait!? Gates McFadden like Dr. Crusher?
Yes Dr. Crusher asks fellow Star Trek cast about their histories. She used to be a French clown. Heard about it from https://trekmovie.com/2023/01/31/exclusive-gates-mcfaddens-investigates-podcast-returns-in-february-with-more-star-trek-guests/
Financial Times Morning Briefing
Today Explained
Decoder
David McWilliams Podcast
Linux Unplugged Linux Action News Self Hosted Coder Radio
Late Night Linux
Behind The Bastards
Irish History Podcast
Blindboy Podcast
No Agenda
True Crime Bullshit
The Art of Manliness
Moe Factz
13 Minutes to the Moon -> https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads
Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast The Adam Friedland Show
I cant get into Cumtown without Stavros. If it was just the Nick Mullen show Id be all in. Maybe i should give it another shot.
Bein Ian w/ Jordan has been good. Stavie’s new pod is good too.
I got fascinated by the Supreme Court and that led me to a lot of political and law podcasts. I am notably not a lawyer so I don’t know why I’m doing so many.
Mango bae- a smaller one but one of my favorites. It's just 2 brown/desi comedians from NY area who riff on topics for 30 min-1 hr. Maybe not for everyone but one of my favorites
Flagrant podcast with Andrew Schulz. Again may not be for everyone but another group of comics who host what I feel is closer to what the JRE used to be
Always sunny podcast Conan needs a friend Adventure zone
Behind the Bastards
I don't really listen to full podcasts much but I watch some of the JRE podcast clips off YouTube or the Flagrant podcast clips. Also some local podcasters I listen to that I knew from school
The history of literature, the daily, hard fork
Currently I really like rest is politics-leading. Interviews with different kinds of people bringing interesting perspectives.
Good job putting in links, should've done that on mine. Haven't listened to AoM in a while
Moonrise from Washington Post. Really interesting deep dive into the history of the moon landings
These are my favorites
Surveillance report
Firewalls don't stop dragons
Old Gods of Appalachia (the only one I actually pay for/support on patreon)
2 Bears, 1 Cave
The black tapes
The bright sessions
Crypto Critics corner
darknet diaries
538 Politics
Mik + One
Small town horror Video palace
the white vault
tech won't save us
Witch house media
Thirty Twenty Ten is great if you want to hear people talk about old pop culture stuff. Every week they will go through all the movies and tv shows and music and other stuff that was happening that same week thirty, twenty, and ten years ago.
New Heights...the Kelce brothers are hilarious
A Hotdog is a Sandwich from Mythical Kitchen. Lots of talks about interesting food debates. I don't think they have the titular discussion until like 300 episodes in, because they initially said they were never have that debate. Well, I guess they got more and more popular, so they did a 5 part series on whether a Hot Dog is a sandwich or not where they interviewed historians, philosophers, lawyers, and restaurant owners. It's a fun listen.
Other than that, I was listening to the House of The Dragon podcast, but that's over for now.
Black box down was just canceled :(
So was Ship Hits the Fan. At least RedWeb is still kicking.
BBD cancelation is a huge bummer. I'm still slowly working my way through the back catalog. I have 88 episodes left.
The Launch Sequence. Star Citizen focused podcast, pretty interesting
Joe Rogan ☠️