Podcasts you like

[Maladict]

Some podcasts I'm listening to, all highly recommended:
Revolutions
History of Rome
History of Philosophy without any gaps
In Our Time
The Maritime History Podcast
The Infinite Monkey Cage

and a glorious short series on Venice by Serge Simonart (in Flemish)

[frunk]

I've been enjoying Probably Science, which is 2-4 comedians with STEM background doing either recent science news sometimes with celebrity guests, or interviews with scientists about their field.  Generally fun and interesting.

[bogh]

I listen to podcasts every day on the daily walk to work, so I spent a bit of time scouring for them. Here's a list of favorites:

Serial (season 1). Never really got into season 2. If you enjoy the true crime stuff, Criminal (http://thisiscriminal.com/) does standalone stories on true crime, often quite esoteric and quirky. Definitely worth a listen. If you just want more about Adnan Syed, there's Undisclosed, which is a more opinionated and infinitely more detailed examination of the finer details of the case. Gets tedious after a while, but it makes you realize how much deeper the layers are and how extensive a relatively simple case can actually be.

99% Invisible (http://99percentinvisible.org/) is a podcast about design in the broadest sense of the word. The recent episode on "Unpleasant design" (specific elements designed to deter people sleeping on benches or loitering in public spaces etc.) is definitely worth a listen, "Home on Lagrange" covered Gerry O'Neils designs for a space habitat etc. Definitely a must listen in my book. Invisibilia from NPR is somewhat in the same category, but slightly broader and more focused on human behavior, not design. Occasionally pretty good, but I much prefer 99% Invisible.

Imaginary Worlds is a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief. Often dealing with themes in fiction (dopple gangers, expanded universes etc.) or specific genres, it's an intellectual treatment of nerd culture, mostly science fiction, fantasy or other types of alternate realities. Highly recommend this, it's very cool.

Planet Money has already been mentioned, along Freakonomics. Both great, but I also prefer the former, as it's a little tighter. The Economist: Money Talks will sometimes stray into similar topics, but is more focused on current affairs.

Startup from Gimlet Media is very cool for anyone who ever thought about running their own business. Season 1 chronicles the founder (a former Planet Money and This American Life guy) trying to get Gimlet Media (a podcasting company) off the ground and is a blast. Season 2 was less compelling for me (about a dating company), but season 3 is a great anthology of big and small stories about starting a business.

Reply All is also a Gimlet show and it's a weird show about stuff that happens on the Internet. It's less of a tech show and closer to a cultural magazine in a lot of ways, but focused on online culture and interesting stories from the Internet. Highly recommended. The hosts did a show called TLDR before that, which is probably dead now, but most of the backlog of episodes is worth listening to. It's essentially the same setup.

The other Gimlet shows (Mystery Show, Sampler, Surprisingly Awesome) all have great moments, but are a little more of a mixed bag. Their new Science vs. show sounds pretty good, but I haven't checked it out yet. They have also put out a sponsored show with eBay called Open for Business that I haven't tried yet.

The Blizzard podcasts are simply articles from the magazine (https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/), read by the authors. The Blizzard is a very intellectual and well crafted football magazine, often dealing with how football expresses trends or events in politics and history. Probably requires an interest in football and politics/history, but pretty unique. Guardian Football podcast have done some specials that are somewhat similar.

Flip the Table is a podcast about a bunch of pretty avid and pretty serious board gamers who play weird, cheesy and obscure board games, discuss them and review them (tableflipsyou.blogspot.com). Listening to these guys play the Superman III board game from 1982 may not sound great, but it is pretty funny. For modern board game news and reviews, I like Shut Up and Sit Down, which is a very British, pretty unceremonious, but ultimately rather well informed source of information about new board games.

My Dad Wrote a Porno has three friends reading and discussing an erotic novel written by the father of one of the hosts. It's called "Belinda Blinked", was self published and is very cringe worthy. Absolutely hilarious at times, though it ultimately is a little repetitive. 

How did this get made are panel debates about terrible movies. It's a little shouty at times, but also has some fantastic moments along the way. In depth conversations about the themes and the plotlines of Master of the Universe or Crocodile Dundee 2 are not to be missed.

[mongers]

I listen to podcasts every day on the daily walk to work, so I spent a bit of time scouring for them. Here's a list of favorites:

Serial (season 1). Never really got into season 2. If you enjoy the true crime stuff, Criminal (http://thisiscriminal.com/) does standalone stories on true crime, often quite esoteric and quirky. Definitely worth a listen. If you just want more about Adnan Syed, there's Undisclosed, which is a more opinionated and infinitely more detailed examination of the finer details of the case. Gets tedious after a while, but it makes you realize how much deeper the layers are and how extensive a relatively simple case can actually be.

99% Invisible (http://99percentinvisible.org/) is a podcast about design in the broadest sense of the word. The recent episode on "Unpleasant design" (specific elements designed to deter people sleeping on benches or loitering in public spaces etc.) is definitely worth a listen, "Home on Lagrange" covered Gerry O'Neils designs for a space habitat etc. Definitely a must listen in my book. Invisibilia from NPR is somewhat in the same category, but slightly broader and more focused on human behavior, not design. Occasionally pretty good, but I much prefer 99% Invisible.

Imaginary Worlds is a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief. Often dealing with themes in fiction (dopple gangers, expanded universes etc.) or specific genres, it's an intellectual treatment of nerd culture, mostly science fiction, fantasy or other types of alternate realities. Highly recommend this, it's very cool.

Planet Money has already been mentioned, along Freakonomics. Both great, but I also prefer the former, as it's a little tighter. The Economist: Money Talks will sometimes stray into similar topics, but is more focused on current affairs.

Startup from Gimlet Media is very cool for anyone who ever thought about running their own business. Season 1 chronicles the founder (a former Planet Money and This American Life guy) trying to get Gimlet Media (a podcasting company) off the ground and is a blast. Season 2 was less compelling for me (about a dating company), but season 3 is a great anthology of big and small stories about starting a business.

Reply All is also a Gimlet show and it's a weird show about stuff that happens on the Internet. It's less of a tech show and closer to a cultural magazine in a lot of ways, but focused on online culture and interesting stories from the Internet. Highly recommended. The hosts did a show called TLDR before that, which is probably dead now, but most of the backlog of episodes is worth listening to. It's essentially the same setup.

The other Gimlet shows (Mystery Show, Sampler, Surprisingly Awesome) all have great moments, but are a little more of a mixed bag. Their new Science vs. show sounds pretty good, but I haven't checked it out yet. They have also put out a sponsored show with eBay called Open for Business that I haven't tried yet.

The Blizzard podcasts are simply articles from the magazine (https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/), read by the authors. The Blizzard is a very intellectual and well crafted football magazine, often dealing with how football expresses trends or events in politics and history. Probably requires an interest in football and politics/history, but pretty unique. Guardian Football podcast have done some specials that are somewhat similar.

Flip the Table is a podcast about a bunch of pretty avid and pretty serious board gamers who play weird, cheesy and obscure board games, discuss them and review them (tableflipsyou.blogspot.com). Listening to these guys play the Superman III board game from 1982 may not sound great, but it is pretty funny. For modern board game news and reviews, I like Shut Up and Sit Down, which is a very British, pretty unceremonious, but ultimately rather well informed source of information about new board games.

My Dad Wrote a Porno has three friends reading and discussing an erotic novel written by the father of one of the hosts. It's called "Belinda Blinked", was self published and is very cringe worthy. Absolutely hilarious at times, though it ultimately is a little repetitive. 

How did this get made are panel debates about terrible movies. It's a little shouty at times, but also has some fantastic moments along the way. In depth conversations about the themes and the plotlines of Master of the Universe or Crocodile Dundee 2 are not to be missed.

Bogh, thanks for that, some good suggestions there.

[Hamilcar]

Reply All is great when they do humor/weird, not so good when they try serious/maudlin.

[frunk]

How did this get made are panel debates about terrible movies. It's a little shouty at times, but also has some fantastic moments along the way. In depth conversations about the themes and the plotlines of Master of the Universe or Crocodile Dundee 2 are not to be missed.

How did this get made is pretty great.  The Master of the Universe episode is a good example particularly since it is so easy to be charmed by Tatiana Maslany.  Punisher: War Zone is another good one just for having the director Lexi Alexander and fan Patton Oswalt on.

[Valmy]

Anybody who wants to weigh in on the great Richard III history debate it is now open: http://historyofengland.typepad.com/

You have until the episode on the 24th to think about it then we all vote. Join the very understated and self-deprecating English fun...presuming there is another sort of fun the English have.

[Valmy]

Alright so here is David Crowther putting forth each case like the English Barrister he is: http://historyofengland.typepad.com/files/188-richard-iii---knave-fool-or-saviour.mp3

You have until the 29th to decide. I think #2...I guess it all depends on who you view the assertion of the Princes' illegitimacy. I just think he took steps to protect himself and it all blew up. I will have to think about it a bit though.

Anybody else?

[Valmy]

Huh. No War of the Roses fans here eh?

We are going to the Princes in the Tower soon so watch this space. Or not. Whatever.

Another Podcast I really like: http://www.historyinthebible.com/episodes.html

The history stuff is fantastic and it is great to learn about the more recent stuff. The weakness is he actually takes the time to tell you the story, which takes up a bit too much time. Oh well. Still pretty great.

[Martinus]

grallon

Oh wait, it's *podcasts*.

[Hamilcar]

I recently started enjoying the Joe Rogan podcast. Not all episodes are great and I generally skip the MMA ones, but quite a few of the comedians and academics are excellent.

[Valmy]

I recently started enjoying the Joe Rogan podcast. Not all episodes are great and I generally skip the MMA ones, but quite a few of the comedians and academics are excellent.

Yeah I have listened to his Dan Carlin interviews and those are always pretty good. I was a huge Newsradio fan back in the day. Glad to see he is doing well.

[Valmy]

grallon

Oh wait, it's *podcasts*.

Damn

I don't get it. My honorary gay award looks in peril.

[Martinus]

Pederast. 

[Valmy]

Pederast. 

Ah! Whew.