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I like comedy podcasts, so Distractible is my #1
Behind the Bastards.
Jim Cornette’s Drive Thru.
Tell Me A Story With Eddie Lenihan, though I’m pretty sure it’s been discontinued.
Old Gods of Appalachia, though I’ve fallen off of following it.
Digital Foundry Direct Weekly. I hardly play games anymore but enjoy passionate people being passionate.
I believe it’s finished for now, but ‘From Rewatch With Love’ is a James Bond rewatch podcast with the two hosts talking about the movies in order and ranking them in a few categories.
I don’t like James Bond movies. But I like listening to people that do, and I like the music in the movies. The podcast war made by Loading Ready Run.
National Geographic overheard
Do yourself a favour and find and listen to all the back episodes of Heavyweight
I was crushed when they announced that Spotify cancelled the show but a recent update says they have found a new home and they’re working on a new season.
No other show has made me feel so many feelings so strongly.
I just googled. Is it quite sad? It sounds like it might be
Sometimes. It’s usually about helping people get closure on things that happened quite a long time back, usually by helping them connect with someone they lost contact with or helping them do something they have been meaning to do. But to be very clear, this is not a show about helping people deal with long-held traumas or PTSD or things like that.
There are some really heart-warming tales and the narrative style is filled with humour.
Some of my favourite episodes:
- Ep 2 is about the host’s friend who claims he lent a budding music artist some CDs and that person used some of their music to make an album and didn’t credit them. And now the host’s friend wants their CDs back. Oh, and that music artist and his album? Moby - Play (and Moby actually features on this episode)
- Ep 12 is about a guy who got hit by a car and that changed his life. Now he wants to connect with that driver and thank him. The episode covers how these 2 people’s lives changed after the accident and when they finally meet after so long, how that meeting goes.
- Ep 45 is about a woman who mistakenly taped a Billy Ray Cyrus concert over a recording of her father’s tv interview after getting injured in Vietnam. The showrunners try to help find another recording of it.
- Ep 52 is a sad one. It’s about the passing of the host’s once best friend and chronicles their childhood and how they drifted apart and got close again just before the friend passed, etc.
In many episodes, they don’t succeed in what they originally set out to do, but the endings are usually very good regardless.
Sounds great thanks 😊
Retronauts and Hardcore History.
Retronauts gives perspectives on old games. They try to be informative, but sometimes it’s more casual too. It’s good, nostalgic stuff. And it’s a small thing, but the way they intersperse samples of game soundtracks really sets the mood well.
As for Hardcore History, Carlin is just such a good host. Sounds so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about whatever the topic. It’s history, in particular military history, though so it obviously gets pretty dark and depressing sometimes.
Everybody is listening to these brainy podcasts and here I am, giving my pathetic little shoutout to Creepcast.
History of philosophy without any gaps: starting in 2010, and 465 episodes later, we’re finally in the early modernity and starting with Descartes. It’s also have a parallel podcast of History of [Aficana | Indian | Chinese] philosophy.
Stuff you should know, but I haven’t really tried many other podcasts.
I started with SYSK, too! Then I found ZOE Science & Nutrition and, man, their ep on seed oils will make you want to drink a spoonful of pure EVOO nightly, hahaha. I also added TED Talks Daily and some other stuff.
The big two for me are
- “Behind The Bastards” - lots of episodes and it covers some really interesting stuff. They did a whole bunch on the ideological fathers of the current US administration which makes the current situation really well.
- “Mystery Quest” - an TTRPG podcast run by AngoryTom from the Yogscast. I can’t stand a few of the people he often gets on (Yogscast regulars I don’t enjoy), but his DM style is so fun it’s easy to lose a few hours to.
Modern Wisdom by Chris Williamson.
It’s like the more serious version of Joe Rogan Experience and without Joe.
Conversations with Tyler. An academic asks interesting people (often prolific academics in other fields) personal and professional questions. One that I keep going back to is Professor Dunlap’s explanation of Chinese cuisine while a panel of foodies ask her questions at the dinner table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWbXaRFge0
Cumtown when it was still around
Matt and Shane’s secret podcast before Shane got mega famous and stopped showing up to most shows
Lemon Party
some Radiolab
some This American Life
This is important
The very first Serial
I like crass comedy podcasts for the most part and ones that tell interesting stories; as well as good serialized true dramas like the first Serial but there’s so many that suck ass cuz they try to follow a formula instead of trying their own thing
