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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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! ❤️
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.
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.
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
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.
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.