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  • Last podcast I listened to was a couple episodes of Behind the Bastards. Breaking Down: Collapse is the one I listened to in its entirety most recently

    • Friend of mine introduced me to Behind the Bastards. Very much enjoy Robert Evans and his guests. Finishing the Josh Duggar series.

    • 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?

    • 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
  • 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.

  • 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)

    • 99% Invisible (Roman Mars)
    • 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.

  • 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

    • Levar Burton Reads - good short stories (today "D.P." by Kurt Vonnegut)
    • Behind the Bastards this week: Stockton Rush, inventor of the Deathsub
    • The Infinite Monkey Cage
    • Evil Genius with Russell Kane (BBC) - last week, David Bowie... was he a genius, or simply evil?
    • Something Rhymes with Purple - Fascinating look at English language.
    • Drama of the Week (BBC) - occasionally brilliant plays.
    • Desert Island Disks - Good when doing chores.
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