What podcasts have you been listening to the most during the year?

I’m getting close to the bottom of my backlog on a few podcasts, so I’m looking to get something new in there.

Personally, it’s been, in no particular order:

  • If Books Could Kill
  • Darknet Diaries
  • Hard Fork
  • 99% Invisible
  • The War on Cars
  • The Urbanist Agenda
  • The Climate Denier’s Playbook
  • Well There’s Your Problem

I’m mildly considering getting into Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here, but I’m a little bit skeptical on account of how damn much there is to be listened to in their feed.

jlow,

Metis in Space!

ag_roberston_author,
@ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org avatar

Fall of Civilizations podcast.

Great insight it a number of civilisations that have collapsed throughout human history. Explains their rise, peak and of course collapse in great detail.

MaggiWuerze,

Love that podcast. If only there were more episodes.

ag_roberston_author,
@ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org avatar

They released one on Egypt pretty recently.

MaggiWuerze,

Yeah I know, already done. I actually use old episodes to fall asleep to

SandbagTiara2816,

Behind the Bastards and Knowledge Fight are my two favorites, and I sprinkle in some Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff and Today Explained

chikaygo,

Seconding Knowledge Fight and Behind the Bastards! Hello fellow wonk!

Passerby6497, (edited )

I keep meaning to look into CPWDCS, but my podcast backlog is ridiculous.

sapo,
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The one podcast I listen to every week as it comes out is Lateral, a trivia show hosted by Tom Scott with rotating guests.

Other than that, I have a thing for casual and conversational history podcasts, including:

  • The Lesser Bonapartes (old but gold, the full backlog’s only available on spotify under the title ‘From the desk of Glen’)
  • Dead Ideas
  • Some ‘leader ranking’ podcasts with the same formula: Rex Factor (British monarchs), Totalus Rankium (Roman Emperors and then American Presidents) and Pontifacts (Popes)
Habahnow,

The Indicator by Planet Money from NPR: they talk about what they feel are important indicators for the current economy, and expand on various economic topics in ways that I think anybody can understand, and are rather short.

The 1A from NPR: they talk about various topics that are affecting the US. They like to get people to chime in with their views, and have some experts on the topics to discuss context and how certain groups are or aren’t pushing for changes. Its usually close to an hour long, and not all topics interest me, but they do talk about fake news, presidential elections, housing, mental health etc.

Planet Money from NPR: longer form discussions of economics, somewhat similar to the Indicator, but not as short form and they really expand on economic stories that I think are really interesting. Some topics include how, many, random people, can relatively accurately determine the weight of a cow (and how this defines the economy), the real estate trail that recently occurred and its background.

TheAnonymouseJoker,
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Huberman. The single best podcast the world could have currently.

macabrett,

Guys: A Podcast About Guys and

Guys+: A Podcast About “Guys: A Podcast About Guys”

Nationalgoatism,

The only podcast I have listened to this year is maybe 3 episodes of trueanon. brace-dark-cowboy

SuiXi3D,
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F**k Face and Face Jam were my jam, but I have no clue how long they’ll be around what with Rooster Teeth being shut down. Otherwise, I try to keep up with Factually! as often as I can.

novibe,

I’ll always recommend Blowback. Specially season 3. Death to America.

z3rOR0ne,
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  • Even More News
  • Behind The Bastards
  • Party Girls
  • Translash
  • Antifada
  • Tech Won’t Save Us
  • Better Offline
  • Factually
  • Knowledge Fight
  • The Hamilton Morris Podcast
SexualPolytope,
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  • Behind the Bastards
  • Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
  • A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail
  • Cozy History
TheFonz,
  • Where things fell apart
  • Conan O’Brien needs a friend
victorz,

I’m a sucker for true crime, so I would recommend anything like that.

Then there’s No Such Thing as a Fish, which I find fun. Star Talk… Oh and I’ve been listening to that one with Zach Braff and Donald Faison where they rewatch Scrubs together and talk about each episode together with a relevant guest per episode. The Scrubs one happens during the pandemic as well, which they talk about sometimes, and it’s interesting to hear how they are reacting to it and losing their loved ones.

friendly_ghost,

Give Srsly Wrong a shot! The Wrong Boys are funny and earnest and I always learn something from them.

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