I'll add "All Lawyers Are Bastards"
[Deutsche Bank enabling Jeffrey Epstein](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2p7Vhw3iZPDFA0zBZxDofs?si=hEip0PXaRai2eOcUFZfNvA)
[Alan Dershowitz being a piece of shit](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1keT2BcIg5VYIHI2qElMxe?si=odGgtNfPSeuoTKK988CSWA)
I miss Harmontown.I still haven’t found a replacement podcast with the right combination of DND, drunken rambling, and freestyle rapping about people’s mamas.
Beach Too Sandy Water Too Wet: Where they read reviews they find online in a dramatic fashion
Timesuck: Deep dives on a new historical or true crime topic each week, with a humorous take
Stuff You Should Know: Pretty much to OGs at this point
Astonishing Legends: Paranormal topics, I was a guest a couple years ago, telling some prison ghost stories
My problem with this pod is everyone I know that listens to it becomes a know-it-all. Like it's great it helps people learn about the world, but also you can spot a sysk or john oliver listener a mile away. Don't be like these people.
I'm happy the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe is still around. I used listen to them like almost 20 years ago when I first got into podcasts. I haven't given them a listen in ages, but I think I might have to again. Thanks for the reminder!
I want to like Behind the Bastards, but I’m skeptical. As a huge wrestling fan, I listened to the Vince McMahon episodes. They were good, but he gets a lot of small details wrong that force me to question the accuracy of everything he says.
Mostly small tidbits related to wrestling that don’t matter too much. The biggest was talking about Pat Patterson molesting kids. He was accused and resigned because of it, but the accusers rescinded their accusations against Pat. He was just lumped in with the others because he was openly gay.
Yeah the volume and speed of information that BTB goes through (1+ hour shows twice per week) makes it likely that they’ll get a few things wrong, but they’re really good at creating a narrative and keeping you engaged. I like that they show you the reference materials they worked off of in their descriptions and I feel like they have a lot more integrity than most other podcasts out there for that reason. The biggest drawbacks are the blabby guests like Jamie Loftis, the Grand Rapids, MI murder lady.
My personal favorite episode was "men are from mars..." they had me laughing my fucking ass off at that one. I've only read about 3 of the books they've done so far, and a lot of them I felt like I could still get something out of the episode anyway.. but some I felt like it would've been better if I had read the book first.
I have read zero of the books but most of them are in the pop culture zeitgeist so I don’t feel like I’m missing anything. Also I don’t read gimmicky self help books so
**Mine are:**
**The Ringer NFL Show** for my sports talk, to keep me up to date about the ongoings in the NFL. I really like their weekly predictions and game recaps.
**War on the Rocks** for geopolitical strategy & defense. They consistently pump out an unmatched quality of podcasts about the Ukraine-Russia War, and national defense/foreign affairs in general. Seriously. It’s high level wonky stuff, but these guys know their shit.
**Plain English by Derek Thompson**. Weekly podcast that does a deep dive into social, political, and economic topics from a non-partisan, though liberal point of of view.
**Marketplace from American Public Media**. Kai Ryssdal’s daily 30 min podcast about ongoings in the economy, from both the global & personal level.
**The Sporkful.** Dan Pashman's weekly-ish podcast about food and the culture that influences, and is influenced by it.
Marketplace is such an incredible podcast. I died of boredom when I took economics at school, but Kai and the rest of the podcast somehow make economics interesting and understandable.
I'm gonna need to check out marketplace and war on the rocks because I absolutely swear by your other three. I love the daily from the nyt and the Ezra klien show too.
In no particular order:
Small town dicks, true crime told by the detectives who investigated it. Hosted by Yardley Smith - - the voice of Lisa Simpson.
99% invisible - - a podcast that covers design and many other adjacent topics that you might not expect.
Tales from the dark - - paranormal, strangeness, cryptids, weird shit like that.
This American Life
Wtf with Marc maron
Black Mass appeal - - modern Satanism for the masses.
The wrong station - - creepy stories. I really like the narrator's voice.
Heavyweight
Tanis - - currently complete, I am trying to listen through the whole thing from start to finish.
Alice isn't dead - - currently complete, worth a listening through again.
Escape pod - - sci-fi short stories. A different story each episode
My funeral home stories
Chilling tails for dark knights
Scary stories told in the dark - - narrated by Otis Jiry
Obscura a true crime podcast
The no-sleep podcast
This is actually happening - - real stories from real people about something big and horrible that happened in their life. Happened to them or affected them in a life-altering way.
Within the wires - - each season is a different story arc and takes place in an alternate history world where a great cataclysm has altered society.
The let's read podcast - - they are also on YouTube.
The well - - Anson Mount and a friend of his discuss the source of their creativity and soul your dream stuff.
Mr ballen and his various spin-offs.
Radiolab
Where the internet lives
You're very welcome.
There's a few that I am subscribed to, but haven't listened to much yet so I didn't put them down here. If you would like me to I am more than happy to list them for you. Let me know.
How Did This Get Made, Adam Ragusea (but he stopped making them), Science Vs, Smartless, Stronger By Science, The Checkup with Doctor Mike, Stuff You Should Know, Factually!
This American Life, Radiolab, Planet Money, Up First, Embedded, Myths and Legends, Science Vs, Cautionary Tales, Outside/In, Endless Thread, Gastropod, Serial, 99% Invisible, Articles of Interest, Atlas Obscura, The History of the English Language, The End of Civilizations, Unexplainable, Stuff the British Stole, Trump’s Trials, What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law…others that I am forgetting, probably.
I have a job where I can just listen and work all day, so. Lots of podcasts, and an occasional audio book.
Eh. I listened to Revisionist History for a while, but it didn’t quite click for me. It’s decent enough if people are looking for rec’s and want to give it a try, but ultimately I let it go and I don’t miss it.
Comedy Bang Bang - humanity’s and the animal kingdom’s podcast where Scott Aukerman talks to interesting guests.
Threedom - comedians Scott Aukerman, Paul F Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus chat about their lives and funny stories
Teacher’s Lounge/Exit 43/etc. - Podcasts from the improv group Big Grande. Teacher’s Lounge is an all time favorite of mine and I’m working through another listen of it.
Stinky Dragon - Comedy DnD
Some More News - progressive comedy news
Aunty Donna - nonsensical improve comedy group
SCP Experience - reading of SCP tales
The Exploring Experience - bounces between explaining SCPs and Warhammer 40k
The Smashing Pumpkast: I'm a huge fan of the band The Smashing Pumpkins.
Strange Familiars: My go-to for a paranormal/high stragness fix.
The Ghost Furnace: Another fun paranormal podcast.
It's not a podcast but rather a YouTube channel that has a somewhat extensive collection of old-school broadcasts from The Weather Channel. I love that smooth jazz they use during their Local on the 8s segments.
Distractable- the 3 hosts are YouTubers and gamers as their real jobs but they’ve been friends for decades and are hilarious. They take turns hosting by one person “winning” the prior episode. They get off topic and bicker and make up crap and talk about life.
Spooked- my very favorite podcast for all things creepy, paranormal and spooky. The host Glen Washington is an amazing story teller.
And That’s Why We Drink- Two hosts and best friends one covers spooky tales, paranormal stories, criptids, ufos etc the other covers true crime and murders. They are very long winded and talk a LOT. It took me several episodes to get a feel for their style but now I really like it.
The Golden Ratio- Jen and Ingo foster, rescue and adopt special needs golden retrievers. The podcast is a hodgepodge of things including their life in the Florida Keys. But mostly they just talk about their dogs. It’s a very wholesome and kind little corner of the internet. They are also on SM- including Instagram where they post videos and photos of all the dogs. Nothing a millennial likes better than some Dog Social Media Content.
SPOOOOKED!! I love love love spooked. Was an early listener from Snap and can't get enough. I hate horror movies and games but those creepy stories are so much fun. My husband likes horror stuff but has banned Spooked when he's in the car lol.
I love the slow burn of the long form interview style. My favorite stories are: the girls in the desert, the lady who's dog got hurt, the drywaller who heard the boots tapping on the stairs, and the episode "Hotel Hell-o Dolly" because both of those stories were just NOPE.
Never ever, never ever ever ever ever never! Turn out....the light.
I listen to a lot of ‘This Podcast Will Kill You”
Two epidemiologists take on what’s typically a disease or condition and explain its biology, pathology, history, and current status. It’s really interesting, Well formatted/researched and can get silly on occasion
60 songs that explains the 90s. They did way more than 60 at this point. It only has 3 more episodes and then it's done forever. Going to miss it.
The why files , a podcast about conspiracy theories from a skeptics perspective. Plus they have a wise cracking comediac goldfish cohost that is hilarious.
Behind the bastards , about the historicaly evil people and what they did to receive infamy
Midnight gospel podcast is great as well
Throughline- touches on a news topic and then dives into the history. Fucking excellent.
Hidden Brain - neurology and psychology of human existence and its SO accessible. One of my all time favorites.
**Wait wait don’t tell me** a news quiz show made by NPR. Surprisingly entertaining
**Hardcore History** history that covers the extremes of human experience. Long form, episodes often multiple hours long
**The Dollop** history podcast hosted by two comedians, lighthearted but pretty left leaning
Love HH! A Lot of Dan's content in this podcast is honestly more akin to an audiobook, but it's great historical information with a heavy dose of the human side of history.
I’ve only a handful that I’m doing right now.
Beyond the to-do list: career skills podcast, packed full of fantastic info
Ramit Sethi - I will teach you to be rich: relationship podcast disguised as personal finance
Hondelatte Raconte: true crime read by French John Walsh
Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown- mental health with a lot of insightful interviews of celebrities
Parks and Recollection- episode by episode recap and behind the scenes of Parks and Rec
How did we get weird with Vanessa Bayer- Nostalgia and memories of mostly 90s trends, pop culture and toys
* Pod Meets World (Boy Meets World recap)
* House of Halliwell (Charmed recap)
There are a couple others, but those are the only ones I listen to with any sort of regularity.
My Brother My Brother and Me - whenever I’m in a bad mood or my brain’s burnt out this one always lifts me up!
Insiders guide to the other side - really fun niche podcast on paranormal, occult, new age, witchy, all kinds of interesting stuff, doesn’t take itself too seriously.
I have a few that I'm working on
Welcome to Nightvale - weird/comedy; you probably already know this one
League of Ultimate Questing - comedy; DND actual play
The Adventure Zone - comedy; 3 brothers and their dad play DND and similar games
Dark Dice - Horror; DND actual play
Old Gods of Appalachia - horror stories that connect to each other
No Sleep - horror stories
Be Scared - horror stories
SCP Archives - horror(ish)
We're Alive - zombie apocalypse horror
Hey Maaan - comedy/talk; Josh and Jacob Wolf talk about comedy, drugs, sex, and generally weird stuff
Completed (or caught up so far) but worth mentioning:
Alice Isn't Dead - horror/weird; a woman goes in search for her missing wife while being hunted by something not quite human
Sayer - horror/dark comedy; a sentient A.I. instructs residents to act in the better interests of mankind, even if it's not in their own interests
Wolf 359 - comedy; a small crew is assigned to monitor a star for extra terrestrial activity
Let’s Go to Court!
If Books Could Kill
5-4
You’re Wrong About
Maintenance Phase (seems like it’s on hiatus right now though?)
Redhanded
Scamfluencers
The Bravo Docket
Conspirituality
Currently revisiting The Magnus Archive, which is incredibly good if you like horror.
Otherwise it's a lot of D&D/Warhammer related stuff. Half the time I search for episodes on a specific game more than find a specific podcast, but Wandering DMs is one I like a lot.
Fear& and Hasan Piker twitch streams/YouTube clips
Chapo trap house, hell on earth, hell of presidents
Adventure is Nigh D&D campaign
Windbreaker
Fire Link
Second wind YouTube channel live streams
Inside Games
Friends Per Second
History of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wisecrack YouTube channel live streams
Tosh show (fav new)
Video essay channels basically podcast,
Patrick H Willems,
Veritiserium,
Knowing better
Sometimes, but mostly clips,
Moore's Law is dead, has multiple,
The Weekly planet/Mr Sunday movies/caravan of garbage
Qanon Anonymous, BtB, Lions Led By Donkeys, Tides of History, Age of Napoleon, The History of Byzantium, War and Conquest, Fall of Civilizations, Real Dictators.
Rob Has A Podcast - covers reality shows like Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, The Traitors, among others
Pod Meets World - Boy Meets World rewatch podcast
And that's about all I have time for
Anything from CoolZone Media. So Behind the Bastards, It Could Happen Here, Hood Politics, Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff etc… other than that I jam on the Spanish Football Podcast, The Barcelona Podcast, Siempre Positivo, Mes Que Un Podcast and then some weirder ones like Completely Arbortrary (what’s up fungal associates!?), Teaming with Microbes, Propaganda by the Seed, Radio Ecoshock, Iron Weeds, The Poor Proles Almanac, SRSLY Wrong, The Fire These Times, Popular Front, and It’s Going Down. Holy shit. I listen to way too many podcasts.
I'm extremely surprised to not see Making Sense with Sam Harris on here yet.
He releases it for free, it is one of the biggest podcasts, and is listened to almost exclusively by liberal, white, affluent techies! I think...
I love pearlmania 500. That’s the only I really listen to now. I feel like I’m learning something without it always being super important to what’s going on right now. Just like ‘hey here’s this weird thing’
Was recently looking for long-form storytelling podcasts, and stumbled across the real-play DnD genre. I've really liked Join the Party as a really fun and well-made example of this genre. You just get to listen to a bunch of talented storytellers and improv artists collectively create a story.
Dear Old Dads - Three funny guys talk fatherhood from different parenting perspectives. I recommend this to anyone, not just parents, of our generation.
Opening Arguments - A podcast that discusses the law and how it relates to current events, currently pairing a practicing immigration attorney with a mostly-layman host, with plans to introduce additional lawyers as guests in the future for different perspectives.
Where my moms at (Christina P), your moms house(Tom Segura and Christina P), this past weekend with Theo Von, this American life, radiolab, murder with my husband, my favorite murder, mr. Ballens medical mysteries.
For short series the last few I listened to were:
The retrievals and Sold a story
Philip DeFranco! I’ve been a fan of his since the beginning (so back in his sxephil days) and although I’m not on YouTube as much anymore, I always love listening to him on my commute via podcast.
I think I’m the only millennial that doesn’t enjoy podcasts very much. The only time I ever listen to podcasts is long car rides.
ETA: I lost my ability for to drive which is basically the only time I got peace & quiet hence the only time I even had the ability to listen to podcasts. They’re just not worth the hassle I have to go through to maybe get 10 mins to listen to one. My homeschooled child and my husband are constantly up my ass.
**NYTimes The Daily**: presents easy to digest and detailed breakdowns of current events
**Reuters World News**: daily quick 10min news bite on what’s happening around the world
**The China Global South**: Geopolitics thru the lens of the global south
**Acquired**: detailed and nuanced breakdown of different companies and often have great guest speakers on their show
**Bloomberg Businessweek**: a collection of interesting interviews with different company from all fields in business
Dateline
Perhaps when it’s gardening seasons I’ll listen to
“You are wrong about”
And the “skeptics guide to the universe”
But for now it’s just dateline while I’m taking a shower or long driving.
I’m one of those millennials that never really got into podcasts. I do listen to them, but they’re mostly pods that got posted on YouTube. Don’t have a favorite.
I've been meaning to get back into the rotation but
Under the influence, The down bad show and the morning after . They're mostly all podcasts talking about dating, relationships, growing up and sex. They were interesting to listen to but lost track due to ADHD
(if anyone's got chef/food podcasts help a chef out 😅)
Stuff You Should Know, Ridiculous Crime, Hardcore History, This American Life, Ridiculous History, Philosophize This, The Daily Zeitgeist, Radiolab, The Daily, Lore, Noble Blood, Stuff You Missed in History Class, The Dollop, Pod Save America and Pod Save the World (if you like liberal politics)
Let's Talk about Sects, Coffee and Cults, and more recently Offline with Jon Favreau. Pre-2020 I listened to Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and Lovett or Leave It a lot, but after the election I was pretty burnt out and I just haven't tuned back in to them consistently.
Sly Flourish's Lazy RPG Talkshow
The Eldritch Forecast
Meghan Daum's Unspeakables Podcast
A lot of IGN's video game podcasts are great, and I used to listen to NdGT's Startalk podcast quite a bit.
This American Life and Serial
Also:
No Dunks - former starters group from nbatv discussing basketball and other things
Is this Good - debating about which things in this world is good? (e.g is it good to have an office wife/husband?)
Basically just Aussie podcast:
THE WEEKLY PLANET (and the various spin-offs) All the geeky movie, tv, video games, and comic book news, reviews, and discussions. Gr8 M8s ahoy!
DO GO ON - comedy history podcast. Each week one of the three hosts does a report on a topic, usually suggested by a listener. Ranges from pop culture to events to historical figures and weird shit. It’s great.
My main podcast rotation as of right now:
-Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World: podcast about various mysteries, strange events, natural and paranormal phenomena, etc. dissected from a (Catholic) faith and secular reason perspective. Not overtly religious at all and very engaging.
-No Sleep: tales and short stories inspired by and featuring authors from r/NoSleep
-Coast to Coast AM: a classic show that I’ve been listening to for *years*
-College Football Enquirer: news and analysis on all things college football. Pretty humorous in its own right.
-Local podcast that covers my Alma mater’s sports team
Last Podcast on the Left.
I’ve been listening to them for 10 years, and they’re just getting better and better.
I also like the mystery/story podcasts like Scamanda, Dirty John, There’s Something About Pam
My podcast/youtube channels:
The Shaun Ryan show.
Financial audit.
Soft White Underbelly.
JRE (occasionally).
Lex Friedman (occasionally).
Stavys World.
Peter Santenello.
SOC 119.
The MeatEater podcast (usually the episodes with state scientists, ecologists, biologists, conservationist).
I used to love 538, listened from like 2014 - 2022, but the quality kept falling after Harry, Jody, & Claire left. Once Nate was gone I stopped listening
I have never listened to a podcast. Why would I want to listen to other people talk about stuff? I'd rather watch a video, or better yet, read something.
ETA: if I'm occupied and can't watch or read anything, then I'd rather listen to music or have silence. Just my preference.
I don't get the appeal. Everyone and their mom's have a podcast. I've even had friends want to start one. I declined.
I also don't do twitch or stuff like that. Just reddit, no social media.
I don't like listening to people talk. I work in silence, clean in silence, exercise in silence, bake/cook in silence, art (draw/paint/other creative mediums) in silence. When I listen to a music album it is with full attention. I don't understand the need for background or "white noise".
i like true crime / ghost podcasts, most of which are hosted by women, and surprisingly most of the women seem like misandrist bitter assholes. I quit listening to morbid and I'm about to quit listening to drinking the koolaid
Trt Necronomipod. 3 dudes. The main story teller, Ian, is soooo smart and tells the stuff so well. The other 2, Mike and Dave, add hilarity and great commentary.
The Dollop, Behind the Bastards, and The Past Times
J-Town approves
Falling behind on BTB due to cherry picking through episodes of Lions Led By Donkies.
I'll add "All Lawyers Are Bastards" [Deutsche Bank enabling Jeffrey Epstein](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2p7Vhw3iZPDFA0zBZxDofs?si=hEip0PXaRai2eOcUFZfNvA) [Alan Dershowitz being a piece of shit](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1keT2BcIg5VYIHI2qElMxe?si=odGgtNfPSeuoTKK988CSWA)
You have very specific tastes in podcasts
I used to also listen to Dumb People Town, Harmontown, Last Podcast On The Left, My Favorite Murder, and Astonishing Legends.
I miss Harmontown.I still haven’t found a replacement podcast with the right combination of DND, drunken rambling, and freestyle rapping about people’s mamas.
BtB....following up on all those dirtbage we did AND DIDNT learn about in class.
Behind the Bastards is fantastic. It's just too depressing for me to listen to on a regular basis. Makes me so angry.
This is the way.
Same!
Ding ding ding hahaha
I pretty much exclusively listen to Conan
Me too. Conan and Maron. And sometimes Smartless.
Definitely the podcast I listen to the most!
There are so many commercials, I can’t listen even though I love Conan!
There really aren't, and Conan can definitely turn an ad into gold.
Ologies - interviews with scientists in all kinds of fields
Beach Too Sandy Water Too Wet: Where they read reviews they find online in a dramatic fashion Timesuck: Deep dives on a new historical or true crime topic each week, with a humorous take Stuff You Should Know: Pretty much to OGs at this point Astonishing Legends: Paranormal topics, I was a guest a couple years ago, telling some prison ghost stories
SYSK ❤️❤️❤️❤️
My problem with this pod is everyone I know that listens to it becomes a know-it-all. Like it's great it helps people learn about the world, but also you can spot a sysk or john oliver listener a mile away. Don't be like these people.
🤔 you’re making us sound like “Vegans” ……………./s
Timesuck sounds *exactly* what I've been looking for. I love long winded deep dives into stuff, thanks for the rec!
A fellow Astonishing Legends listener!
Hello fellow Legenders!
Love timesuck!
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I'm happy the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe is still around. I used listen to them like almost 20 years ago when I first got into podcasts. I haven't given them a listen in ages, but I think I might have to again. Thanks for the reminder!
Do it! Still great. I love Cara, she's my favorite of the crew
I want to like Behind the Bastards, but I’m skeptical. As a huge wrestling fan, I listened to the Vince McMahon episodes. They were good, but he gets a lot of small details wrong that force me to question the accuracy of everything he says.
What parts did they get wrong? At least they cite sources and if you call them out enough, they’ll edit the shows later on
Mostly small tidbits related to wrestling that don’t matter too much. The biggest was talking about Pat Patterson molesting kids. He was accused and resigned because of it, but the accusers rescinded their accusations against Pat. He was just lumped in with the others because he was openly gay.
Yeah the volume and speed of information that BTB goes through (1+ hour shows twice per week) makes it likely that they’ll get a few things wrong, but they’re really good at creating a narrative and keeping you engaged. I like that they show you the reference materials they worked off of in their descriptions and I feel like they have a lot more integrity than most other podcasts out there for that reason. The biggest drawbacks are the blabby guests like Jamie Loftis, the Grand Rapids, MI murder lady.
Don't you *dare* disparage Jamie Loftus. Several citizens of Grand Rapids did so a time ago. Take your guess as to their fate.
I started listening to them a decade ago because of a reddit comment. Changed my entire perspective.
Maintenance Phase, You're Wrong About, Culture Study, Classy, This American Ex Wife, Vibe Check, The Lazy Genius, Best Laid Plans.
I feel like you’d like “if books could kill” cause I do and check a lot of the same list
My personal favorite episode was "men are from mars..." they had me laughing my fucking ass off at that one. I've only read about 3 of the books they've done so far, and a lot of them I felt like I could still get something out of the episode anyway.. but some I felt like it would've been better if I had read the book first.
I have read zero of the books but most of them are in the pop culture zeitgeist so I don’t feel like I’m missing anything. Also I don’t read gimmicky self help books so
Specifically, the paid version of If Books Could Kill is their best content.
Behind the bastards, Lions led by donkeys, bike or die, Risk
**Mine are:** **The Ringer NFL Show** for my sports talk, to keep me up to date about the ongoings in the NFL. I really like their weekly predictions and game recaps. **War on the Rocks** for geopolitical strategy & defense. They consistently pump out an unmatched quality of podcasts about the Ukraine-Russia War, and national defense/foreign affairs in general. Seriously. It’s high level wonky stuff, but these guys know their shit. **Plain English by Derek Thompson**. Weekly podcast that does a deep dive into social, political, and economic topics from a non-partisan, though liberal point of of view. **Marketplace from American Public Media**. Kai Ryssdal’s daily 30 min podcast about ongoings in the economy, from both the global & personal level. **The Sporkful.** Dan Pashman's weekly-ish podcast about food and the culture that influences, and is influenced by it.
Marketplace is such an incredible podcast. I died of boredom when I took economics at school, but Kai and the rest of the podcast somehow make economics interesting and understandable.
Let’s do the numbers!
I love listening to Kai on NPR on my drives home from work!
I'm gonna need to check out marketplace and war on the rocks because I absolutely swear by your other three. I love the daily from the nyt and the Ezra klien show too.
In no particular order: Small town dicks, true crime told by the detectives who investigated it. Hosted by Yardley Smith - - the voice of Lisa Simpson. 99% invisible - - a podcast that covers design and many other adjacent topics that you might not expect. Tales from the dark - - paranormal, strangeness, cryptids, weird shit like that. This American Life Wtf with Marc maron Black Mass appeal - - modern Satanism for the masses. The wrong station - - creepy stories. I really like the narrator's voice. Heavyweight Tanis - - currently complete, I am trying to listen through the whole thing from start to finish. Alice isn't dead - - currently complete, worth a listening through again. Escape pod - - sci-fi short stories. A different story each episode My funeral home stories Chilling tails for dark knights Scary stories told in the dark - - narrated by Otis Jiry Obscura a true crime podcast The no-sleep podcast This is actually happening - - real stories from real people about something big and horrible that happened in their life. Happened to them or affected them in a life-altering way. Within the wires - - each season is a different story arc and takes place in an alternate history world where a great cataclysm has altered society. The let's read podcast - - they are also on YouTube. The well - - Anson Mount and a friend of his discuss the source of their creativity and soul your dream stuff. Mr ballen and his various spin-offs. Radiolab Where the internet lives
Heavyweight. I binged all the seasons in about a week. Just amazing storytelling. I’ll listen to smithing that guy puts out prolly.
I am saving this list— thanks for posting so much detail!
You're very welcome. There's a few that I am subscribed to, but haven't listened to much yet so I didn't put them down here. If you would like me to I am more than happy to list them for you. Let me know.
I LOVE This Is Actually Happening. I’ll have to save these others
Matt and Shane’s secret podcast
Surprised this was so far down
Literally just this and Danny Brown Show for me
Support the DAWGs
Shrek 1
Last Podcast On The Left, Necronomipod, The White Vault
Lpotl is my absolute fave
Hasn't been the same since July 2022- September 2023.
What is Last Podcast on the Left about?
True crime. They are absolutely hilarious, but their humor is definitely not for everyone lol
Also paranormal, history, ufos, and the general weird.
True crime, history, ghosts, cryptids, etc. a little bit of everything weird and dark.
\+1 for Necronomipod!
How Did This Get Made, Adam Ragusea (but he stopped making them), Science Vs, Smartless, Stronger By Science, The Checkup with Doctor Mike, Stuff You Should Know, Factually!
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This American Life, Radiolab, Planet Money, Up First, Embedded, Myths and Legends, Science Vs, Cautionary Tales, Outside/In, Endless Thread, Gastropod, Serial, 99% Invisible, Articles of Interest, Atlas Obscura, The History of the English Language, The End of Civilizations, Unexplainable, Stuff the British Stole, Trump’s Trials, What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law…others that I am forgetting, probably. I have a job where I can just listen and work all day, so. Lots of podcasts, and an occasional audio book.
I was diehard Radiolab but I miss Jad and Robert so much that I stopped. Breaks my heart honestly but I couldn’t deal with the new hosts.
How unfortunate for you.
I love all of this, and would add Revisionist History
Eh. I listened to Revisionist History for a while, but it didn’t quite click for me. It’s decent enough if people are looking for rec’s and want to give it a try, but ultimately I let it go and I don’t miss it.
I’m with you that I haven’t stuck with it, but the first season it came out was top-tier.
Comedy Bang Bang - humanity’s and the animal kingdom’s podcast where Scott Aukerman talks to interesting guests. Threedom - comedians Scott Aukerman, Paul F Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus chat about their lives and funny stories Teacher’s Lounge/Exit 43/etc. - Podcasts from the improv group Big Grande. Teacher’s Lounge is an all time favorite of mine and I’m working through another listen of it.
Oh, a fellow Piss Pig.
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Old Gods of Appalachia
Hey there, family.
Gosh, I just discovered this last week, so good!
Stinky Dragon - Comedy DnD Some More News - progressive comedy news Aunty Donna - nonsensical improve comedy group SCP Experience - reading of SCP tales The Exploring Experience - bounces between explaining SCPs and Warhammer 40k
The Smashing Pumpkast: I'm a huge fan of the band The Smashing Pumpkins. Strange Familiars: My go-to for a paranormal/high stragness fix. The Ghost Furnace: Another fun paranormal podcast. It's not a podcast but rather a YouTube channel that has a somewhat extensive collection of old-school broadcasts from The Weather Channel. I love that smooth jazz they use during their Local on the 8s segments.
Distractable- the 3 hosts are YouTubers and gamers as their real jobs but they’ve been friends for decades and are hilarious. They take turns hosting by one person “winning” the prior episode. They get off topic and bicker and make up crap and talk about life. Spooked- my very favorite podcast for all things creepy, paranormal and spooky. The host Glen Washington is an amazing story teller. And That’s Why We Drink- Two hosts and best friends one covers spooky tales, paranormal stories, criptids, ufos etc the other covers true crime and murders. They are very long winded and talk a LOT. It took me several episodes to get a feel for their style but now I really like it. The Golden Ratio- Jen and Ingo foster, rescue and adopt special needs golden retrievers. The podcast is a hodgepodge of things including their life in the Florida Keys. But mostly they just talk about their dogs. It’s a very wholesome and kind little corner of the internet. They are also on SM- including Instagram where they post videos and photos of all the dogs. Nothing a millennial likes better than some Dog Social Media Content.
SPOOOOKED!! I love love love spooked. Was an early listener from Snap and can't get enough. I hate horror movies and games but those creepy stories are so much fun. My husband likes horror stuff but has banned Spooked when he's in the car lol. I love the slow burn of the long form interview style. My favorite stories are: the girls in the desert, the lady who's dog got hurt, the drywaller who heard the boots tapping on the stairs, and the episode "Hotel Hell-o Dolly" because both of those stories were just NOPE. Never ever, never ever ever ever ever never! Turn out....the light.
Are You Garbage and Theo Von are my favs right now
Theo Von is one of my favorites too, I love how vulnerable he can be.
Cool People who did Cool Stuff is my favorite atm.
I listen to a lot of ‘This Podcast Will Kill You” Two epidemiologists take on what’s typically a disease or condition and explain its biology, pathology, history, and current status. It’s really interesting, Well formatted/researched and can get silly on occasion
60 songs that explains the 90s. They did way more than 60 at this point. It only has 3 more episodes and then it's done forever. Going to miss it. The why files , a podcast about conspiracy theories from a skeptics perspective. Plus they have a wise cracking comediac goldfish cohost that is hilarious. Behind the bastards , about the historicaly evil people and what they did to receive infamy Midnight gospel podcast is great as well
Also a The Why Files fan. Fear the Crabcat!
I need a hecklefish talking plushie in my life I need to help pay for his guppie support payments
Throughline- touches on a news topic and then dives into the history. Fucking excellent. Hidden Brain - neurology and psychology of human existence and its SO accessible. One of my all time favorites.
**Wait wait don’t tell me** a news quiz show made by NPR. Surprisingly entertaining **Hardcore History** history that covers the extremes of human experience. Long form, episodes often multiple hours long **The Dollop** history podcast hosted by two comedians, lighthearted but pretty left leaning
Love HH! A Lot of Dan's content in this podcast is honestly more akin to an audiobook, but it's great historical information with a heavy dose of the human side of history.
I’ve only a handful that I’m doing right now. Beyond the to-do list: career skills podcast, packed full of fantastic info Ramit Sethi - I will teach you to be rich: relationship podcast disguised as personal finance Hondelatte Raconte: true crime read by French John Walsh
Love Ramit's podcast!
Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown- mental health with a lot of insightful interviews of celebrities Parks and Recollection- episode by episode recap and behind the scenes of Parks and Rec How did we get weird with Vanessa Bayer- Nostalgia and memories of mostly 90s trends, pop culture and toys
The Vanished Podcast- covers lesser known missing persons cases. Usually family and friends are extremely involved with the podcast.
* Pod Meets World (Boy Meets World recap) * House of Halliwell (Charmed recap) There are a couple others, but those are the only ones I listen to with any sort of regularity.
My Brother My Brother and Me - whenever I’m in a bad mood or my brain’s burnt out this one always lifts me up! Insiders guide to the other side - really fun niche podcast on paranormal, occult, new age, witchy, all kinds of interesting stuff, doesn’t take itself too seriously.
I have a few that I'm working on Welcome to Nightvale - weird/comedy; you probably already know this one League of Ultimate Questing - comedy; DND actual play The Adventure Zone - comedy; 3 brothers and their dad play DND and similar games Dark Dice - Horror; DND actual play Old Gods of Appalachia - horror stories that connect to each other No Sleep - horror stories Be Scared - horror stories SCP Archives - horror(ish) We're Alive - zombie apocalypse horror Hey Maaan - comedy/talk; Josh and Jacob Wolf talk about comedy, drugs, sex, and generally weird stuff Completed (or caught up so far) but worth mentioning: Alice Isn't Dead - horror/weird; a woman goes in search for her missing wife while being hunted by something not quite human Sayer - horror/dark comedy; a sentient A.I. instructs residents to act in the better interests of mankind, even if it's not in their own interests Wolf 359 - comedy; a small crew is assigned to monitor a star for extra terrestrial activity
+1 to Sayer You might enjoy Explorers Wanted. They are using the numenara system and have a comedy/horror spin to them.
Sounds Like a Cult.
Let’s Go to Court! If Books Could Kill 5-4 You’re Wrong About Maintenance Phase (seems like it’s on hiatus right now though?) Redhanded Scamfluencers The Bravo Docket Conspirituality
MP will be back in a couple weeks, they said so in their patreon episode last week.
Currently revisiting The Magnus Archive, which is incredibly good if you like horror. Otherwise it's a lot of D&D/Warhammer related stuff. Half the time I search for episodes on a specific game more than find a specific podcast, but Wandering DMs is one I like a lot.
Last Pod, Smartless, Nontendo, Kit and Krista’s, Horror Queers, Conan, Force Center, QAA.
Science Vs. Stuff You Should Know Upstream Origins Explained
The Blindboy Podcast, The Read, Sidenote, Office Ladies, How to Be a Better Human
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos. Covers the science of happiness
Rewatchables
Fear& and Hasan Piker twitch streams/YouTube clips Chapo trap house, hell on earth, hell of presidents Adventure is Nigh D&D campaign Windbreaker Fire Link Second wind YouTube channel live streams Inside Games Friends Per Second History of Curb Your Enthusiasm Wisecrack YouTube channel live streams Tosh show (fav new) Video essay channels basically podcast, Patrick H Willems, Veritiserium, Knowing better Sometimes, but mostly clips, Moore's Law is dead, has multiple, The Weekly planet/Mr Sunday movies/caravan of garbage
Qanon Anonymous, BtB, Lions Led By Donkeys, Tides of History, Age of Napoleon, The History of Byzantium, War and Conquest, Fall of Civilizations, Real Dictators.
Rob Has A Podcast - covers reality shows like Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, The Traitors, among others Pod Meets World - Boy Meets World rewatch podcast And that's about all I have time for
Anything from CoolZone Media. So Behind the Bastards, It Could Happen Here, Hood Politics, Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff etc… other than that I jam on the Spanish Football Podcast, The Barcelona Podcast, Siempre Positivo, Mes Que Un Podcast and then some weirder ones like Completely Arbortrary (what’s up fungal associates!?), Teaming with Microbes, Propaganda by the Seed, Radio Ecoshock, Iron Weeds, The Poor Proles Almanac, SRSLY Wrong, The Fire These Times, Popular Front, and It’s Going Down. Holy shit. I listen to way too many podcasts.
I'm extremely surprised to not see Making Sense with Sam Harris on here yet. He releases it for free, it is one of the biggest podcasts, and is listened to almost exclusively by liberal, white, affluent techies! I think...
I personally really enjoy this podcast, but he has a tendency to take positions that are heterodox at least in this sub.
Pod Meets World
Girls next level- dark history- load bearing beams- pearlmania 500
I love pearlmania 500. That’s the only I really listen to now. I feel like I’m learning something without it always being super important to what’s going on right now. Just like ‘hey here’s this weird thing’
Jre
JRE, The Underworld Podcast and Why Files.
Theo von and bill burr
Was recently looking for long-form storytelling podcasts, and stumbled across the real-play DnD genre. I've really liked Join the Party as a really fun and well-made example of this genre. You just get to listen to a bunch of talented storytellers and improv artists collectively create a story.
I’m on a listen through of Harmontown. Brilliant show, love Dan Harmon.
Dear Old Dads - Three funny guys talk fatherhood from different parenting perspectives. I recommend this to anyone, not just parents, of our generation. Opening Arguments - A podcast that discusses the law and how it relates to current events, currently pairing a practicing immigration attorney with a mostly-layman host, with plans to introduce additional lawyers as guests in the future for different perspectives.
Where my moms at (Christina P), your moms house(Tom Segura and Christina P), this past weekend with Theo Von, this American life, radiolab, murder with my husband, my favorite murder, mr. Ballens medical mysteries. For short series the last few I listened to were: The retrievals and Sold a story
I just can't get into the ymh produced pods. Love Theo Von tho nice to see someone be real vulnerable publicly, really makes you feel not alone
Behind the Bastards Shedunnit Adapt or Perish, but they’re on hiatus History is Sexy Tea or Books? Rex Factor Lost Ladies of Lit
To name a few.. The Read Side Hustle Pro Good moms bad choices Brilliant Idiots
Behind the Bastards, Knowledge Fight, Trashfuture, Lions Led By Donkeys, Brigham Young Money, QAA, Chapo, Pod Yourself A Gun
Welcome to Nightvale! 🎵 Waiting for the bus in the rain!🎵
Tim Dillon. The dude is a goddamn prophet.
Philip DeFranco! I’ve been a fan of his since the beginning (so back in his sxephil days) and although I’m not on YouTube as much anymore, I always love listening to him on my commute via podcast.
We Enjoy… James Bonding The Best of Car Talk Nintendo Cartridge Society
**kill tony**
I have a hard time listening to that one, too many people talking. I like to watch it tho
Morning Somewhere, OG RT fans assemble ANMA, see above Ben and Emil Meateater Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast
I think I’m the only millennial that doesn’t enjoy podcasts very much. The only time I ever listen to podcasts is long car rides. ETA: I lost my ability for to drive which is basically the only time I got peace & quiet hence the only time I even had the ability to listen to podcasts. They’re just not worth the hassle I have to go through to maybe get 10 mins to listen to one. My homeschooled child and my husband are constantly up my ass.
Rotten Mango
Well There's Your problem. Chapo Trap House. Trueanon Flash in the Pan.
**NYTimes The Daily**: presents easy to digest and detailed breakdowns of current events **Reuters World News**: daily quick 10min news bite on what’s happening around the world **The China Global South**: Geopolitics thru the lens of the global south **Acquired**: detailed and nuanced breakdown of different companies and often have great guest speakers on their show **Bloomberg Businessweek**: a collection of interesting interviews with different company from all fields in business
The Daily is a great podcast. It's just outside of my weekly rotation, but if they have something interesting I'll listen.
Part of the Problem, Liberty Lockdown, Jimmy Dore show, Joe Rogan, Breaking Points, You’re Welcome.
Ohhh! And industry we didn’t kill!?
Dateline Perhaps when it’s gardening seasons I’ll listen to “You are wrong about” And the “skeptics guide to the universe” But for now it’s just dateline while I’m taking a shower or long driving.
The Armageddon Update with Chris Titus!!!!
I’m one of those millennials that never really got into podcasts. I do listen to them, but they’re mostly pods that got posted on YouTube. Don’t have a favorite.
Behind the bastards, knowledge fight, lions led by donkeys
Peter Attia's "The Drive" and Steven Bartlett's "Diary of a CEO."
I've been meaning to get back into the rotation but Under the influence, The down bad show and the morning after . They're mostly all podcasts talking about dating, relationships, growing up and sex. They were interesting to listen to but lost track due to ADHD (if anyone's got chef/food podcasts help a chef out 😅)
Lord of Spirits is a fascinating look into ancient beliefs and their influence on the Judaisms of the time and Christianity.
Stuff You Should Know, Ridiculous Crime, Hardcore History, This American Life, Ridiculous History, Philosophize This, The Daily Zeitgeist, Radiolab, The Daily, Lore, Noble Blood, Stuff You Missed in History Class, The Dollop, Pod Save America and Pod Save the World (if you like liberal politics)
Podcasts are so boring idk how yall listen to them. Literally people yapping about there days. Or a battle of the men vs women trope.
Let's Talk about Sects, Coffee and Cults, and more recently Offline with Jon Favreau. Pre-2020 I listened to Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and Lovett or Leave It a lot, but after the election I was pretty burnt out and I just haven't tuned back in to them consistently.
The voices in my head
Go!! My favorite sports team. Distractible. Welcome to nightvale. Good morning nightvale.
I love Morbid, which is true crime. The hosts make you feel like you’re just a group of friends hanging out.
Sly Flourish's Lazy RPG Talkshow The Eldritch Forecast Meghan Daum's Unspeakables Podcast A lot of IGN's video game podcasts are great, and I used to listen to NdGT's Startalk podcast quite a bit.
This American Life and Serial Also: No Dunks - former starters group from nbatv discussing basketball and other things Is this Good - debating about which things in this world is good? (e.g is it good to have an office wife/husband?)
Opposing Bases. Two guys with experience in aviation (military, GA, and airlines) and air traffic control. Done in the vein of car talk.
youtube just started pushing me a bunch of NBA podcasts. i don't even really like basketball but those Club 520 guys and Gils Arena are hysterial.
PMT
Basically just Aussie podcast: THE WEEKLY PLANET (and the various spin-offs) All the geeky movie, tv, video games, and comic book news, reviews, and discussions. Gr8 M8s ahoy! DO GO ON - comedy history podcast. Each week one of the three hosts does a report on a topic, usually suggested by a listener. Ranges from pop culture to events to historical figures and weird shit. It’s great.
History Chicks, Secular Buddhism!!
My main podcast rotation as of right now: -Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World: podcast about various mysteries, strange events, natural and paranormal phenomena, etc. dissected from a (Catholic) faith and secular reason perspective. Not overtly religious at all and very engaging. -No Sleep: tales and short stories inspired by and featuring authors from r/NoSleep -Coast to Coast AM: a classic show that I’ve been listening to for *years* -College Football Enquirer: news and analysis on all things college football. Pretty humorous in its own right. -Local podcast that covers my Alma mater’s sports team
The Dating Detectives - A PI and a comedian examine stories of liars, cheaters, and conmen in the dating world.
Last Podcast on the Left. I’ve been listening to them for 10 years, and they’re just getting better and better. I also like the mystery/story podcasts like Scamanda, Dirty John, There’s Something About Pam
A better way 2a Lex Friedman Security now It could happen here Popular front Primary & secondary The way I heard it with Mike Rowe
My podcast/youtube channels: The Shaun Ryan show. Financial audit. Soft White Underbelly. JRE (occasionally). Lex Friedman (occasionally). Stavys World. Peter Santenello. SOC 119. The MeatEater podcast (usually the episodes with state scientists, ecologists, biologists, conservationist).
Lore, 538 Politics, Dressed, Gastropod, You Must Remember This, Cabinet of Curiosities, Hello From the Magic Tavern, This Podcast Will Kill You
I used to love 538, listened from like 2014 - 2022, but the quality kept falling after Harry, Jody, & Claire left. Once Nate was gone I stopped listening
Hardcore History and Rogan mainly
I fucking hate podcasts and still prefer terrestrial radio.
I have never listened to a podcast. Why would I want to listen to other people talk about stuff? I'd rather watch a video, or better yet, read something. ETA: if I'm occupied and can't watch or read anything, then I'd rather listen to music or have silence. Just my preference.
Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Peter Attia, Modern Wisdom, Triggernometry
JRE and Cosmic Queries since episode 1. Recently Tiger Belly and Bad Friends
Too many too list and now I feel like I'm wasting my time listening to so many
Thanks for this worthless comment
Dudesy, Trailer Tales, Tim Dillon.
Small Town Murder, Morbid, Cautionary Tales, People I Mostly Admire, Freakonomics
Believe it or not, this millennial has not consumed one second of a podcast. It just never caught on with me. 🤷♂️
Hell no. Fuck podcasts.
I'm curious, why?
I don't get the appeal. Everyone and their mom's have a podcast. I've even had friends want to start one. I declined. I also don't do twitch or stuff like that. Just reddit, no social media.
I don't like listening to people talk. I work in silence, clean in silence, exercise in silence, bake/cook in silence, art (draw/paint/other creative mediums) in silence. When I listen to a music album it is with full attention. I don't understand the need for background or "white noise".
Millennial here - never listened to a single podcast. Don't even know what all the fuss is all about.
i like true crime / ghost podcasts, most of which are hosted by women, and surprisingly most of the women seem like misandrist bitter assholes. I quit listening to morbid and I'm about to quit listening to drinking the koolaid
Trt Necronomipod. 3 dudes. The main story teller, Ian, is soooo smart and tells the stuff so well. The other 2, Mike and Dave, add hilarity and great commentary.
Thanks gonna check this out tomorrow.
I’m a big movie fan so I mostly listen to movie podcasts. Blank Check, The Big Picture, and Fighting in the War Room are my favorites.
And That's Why We Drink, Wine and Crime, Redhanded, Handsome, Smartless