Ok Hubski, which podcasts do you listen to, and why?
Um... Not to point out the obvious but, #tngpodcast is pretty dope. Start here:
I'll preface this by saying that I only recently began listening to many of these. 99% Invisible Common Sense with Dan Carlin: Interesting perspective on politics. Data Skeptic: Data science from a skeptical perspective. Freakonomics Radio Hello Internet: CGPGrey and Brady Haran talking about things. Invisibilia: Similar to 99% Invisible but with a broader scope. Lore: True and scary stories from history. Note to Self: Discussion about being human in this day and age. Play Dead: Discussing death in video games. -- This one is very new, and I can't find a proper link for it. Still Buffering: Two sisters, roughly 15 years apart, discuss being a teenager. Still Untitled: Adam Savage et al. talk about things. The Greatest Generation: A Star Trek: TNG podcast by two guys who are a bit embarrassed to have a Star Trek: TNG podcast. The Minimalists: mnmlsm -- I'm actually thinking of unsubscibing from this one. It seems to be getting a bit repetitive. The Partially Examined Life: A philosophy podcast for the everyman. The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe: A show about science and skepticism. Useful Science: Interesting topics in science. Waking Up: Sam Harris discusses a variety of topics ranging from politics to science to spirituality. Welcome to Night Vale: Hilarity and Cosmic Horror combine in a way so beautiful and terrifying that your attempts to comprehend it will thow you into the depths of insanity.
Joe Rogan Experience - Lots of very interesting guests, though I outright ignore any of the MMA features. Duncan Trussel and Joey Diaz are my two favorite guests. Stuff You Should Know - Wide variety of topics, explained in a super digestible way. In the same podcast family as Stuff You Missed In History Class. Kevin Smith's Smodcast for silliness and sometimes motivation. I don't like all of his films, but I really dig the dudes philosophy. Common Sense and Hardcore History from Dan Carlin - Dan just rocks, in a very general manner. Wrath of the Khans is possibly one of the best pieces of spoken word literature that exists. I listen to a lot of others, non as regularly as those four.*
You might like WTF with Marc Maron. Obama, Conan, Rogan and Joey Diaz were some of my favorites. Maron takes some getting used to but his conversations get really interesting.
Hello Internet - CGPGrey and Brady Haran are two guys talking. I started to listen because I have familiarity with the two of them through their youtube stuff, especially Brady Haran, and I kept listening because they have everything from nonsensical conversations to in-depth conversations about real world issues. Roundtable Podcast - 4 youtube game reviewers talk games news. I watch 3 of the 4 of them, and I generally enjoy their content / respect their opinions on games. One From the Vaults - Morgan M. Paige talks about transgender history. I listen because She's super interesting and I feel like it's important to know my history.
I've just started listening to the second season of serial. It's quite good. I've heard decent things about the first as well. Second is about Bowe Bergdahl. It features interviews of Bowe by Marc Boal. Pretty good stuff so far
Surprisingly Awesome has turned out to be a lot of fun, so far. Only seven episodes, but the two main characters (no spoilers who they are here!) come up with the most boring topic they can think of... research it... and find out that it is actually... ... wait for it .... surprisingly awesome!
No links, since my connection is slow and the classes start soon. 99% Invisible. Roman Mars has a lot of interesting stuff on design that you usually wouldn't think is design, or think about at all. Brought to my attention thanks to his TED presentation on flags, which I recommend you to watch just for the passion he radiates on the subject. The Art of Manliness. Brett McCay has a lot of stuff on how to be a man: physical strength and endurance, honor, mindset, breeding good habits etc. Goes along with the website and the YouTube channel. Still about to get around to start listening to This American Life because I'm a US culture fan and want to learn as much as I can about living in the country before I have the opportunity to visit it myself. Thanks to those who've already shared their podcasts: there're quite a few good ones to tune up to, by the looks of it.
The Internet Box. Humor. Stupid, possibly offensive. The F Plus. Also humor. Maybe less stupid? I don't listen to anything that'll make me better. I like laughing more than self-improvement.
In Our Time is simply the best of the best. From the BBC, a very smart interviewer - Melvyn Bragg - pulls together a couple of experts on a topic, and they discuss it in depth. The range of topics is utterly astounding, and it doesn't matter if you care about the subject or not, you will be fascinated. This is also broadcast on the radio, but the podcast has a couple of extra minutes of material at the end where Melvyn asks his guests, "Ok, what did I miss?" and they just talk excitedly about the topic they are passionate about. The range of topics is simply unmatched. Here's a small sample from just the last few months: Saturn Tristan and Iseult Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" Chromatography Rumi's Poetry The Battle of Lepanto P vs NP Perpetual Motion etc, etc, etc
I'll start with the standards, so we can get them out of the way. RadioLab. Best storytelling, hands down. This American Life. Yes, it has gotten to the point where every goddamn story rips your heart out and makes you want to kill yourself. But still... amazing stuff. ReplyAll. Stuff geeks would find interesting, told well, by a couple of real guys. Consistently Surprising. Stuff You Missed In History Class. Two actual historians - not actors or performers - research interesting shit from history, and give you a better, wider, view of the situation than Wikipedia.
And when you're all out of Reply All, there's a whole load of TL;DR to listen to! I'll second Radiolab and This American Life for making me cry all the time. After the small town mayor episode, someone recommended to me How to Be A Girl. Do you like crying? You will cry.