Behind the Bastards
fun + informative history podcast on awful people and events with a comedic bent
Midnight Burger
Dark Ages. It’s a fantasy/workplace comedy about the staff of the Rivercliff Museum of Mostly Natural History. I won’t go into more detail to avoid any spoilers but it’s been one of my favorites for awhile now though sadly there’s only one season so far.
Also, EOS 10, which is about the medical staff on a space station and the funny/weird/bonkers stuff they get into.
Uhh Yeah Dude They’ve been doing the podcast since 2006, and just surpassed their 1000th episode. Listener supposed and ad free. Just two guys trying to figure it all out.
The Age of Napoleon. I’m a Patreon supporter because it’s simply an awesome and informative podcast about a hugely interesting and transformative era and person.
www.theskepticsguide.org Separating science from pseudoscience, medicine from quckery.
www.levarburtonpodcast.com. Each episode Levar reads a piece of short fiction.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk, about WWII, now over 600 episodes. Chatty, inspired, incredible guests. Not all about D-Day and Iwo Jima, but dealing with lesser-known stories and personalities. The hosts are Al Murray and James Holland (whose brother Tom does an excellent podcast called “The Rest is History”.
Hell yeah, I love Behind the Bastards, I also reccomend its sister podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, similar podcast I Don’t Speak German (antifascists talking about various goings on regarding the far right) and, if you want Something Completely Different, Film Reroll, an actual play podcast in which all the campaigns are based on movies.
Improbable Research The chemistry between the host and readers is what makes me love it. And the subjects, of course. It’s a podcast by the ignobel prize people, about weird, fun and interesting research.
Safety third - chaotic chat podcast from sciency/maker youtubers.
Was going to suggest this too.
Medical podcasts
This Podcast Will Kill You
Saw Bones
Ars Paradoxica
It may be a little older, in podcast terms, but it’s a great time travel journey from 20XX to 1943. Even for being a fictional story, it does get a lot of things right in historical context.
I recommend it because it’s one I started with and still keep coming back to just because it’s such a good story.
Edit: Bonus of being older, it’s complete so you can binge to your heart’s content
Crime in Sports and Small Town Murder, same hosts and very funny. You don’t need to know about sports (more about the crime)
We only LOOK Thin For anyone that needs inspiration to start eating better as part of a path to a more healthy lifestyle. They’ve helped keep me on track after having lost 80 lbs. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/
Quick Question with Daniel and Soren Two ex-Cracked.com writers shoot the breeze on random questions. https://www.youtube.com/@QQPodcast (There’s an audio version out there too)
How Did This Get Made Three mostly comedic actors rip apart famously bad movies. Funnier than it has any right to be. Paul also has another podcast called Unspooled where they break down critically acclaimed movies as well. Both are great listens. https://hdtgm.com/index/#podcast
Highly recommend the Space Jam episode.
