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.

  • Swerker@feddit.nu
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    5 months ago

    I listen to a lot of podcasts. Lately it has been

    English:

    • Steam Rollers Adventure Podcast
    • Desert Skies
    • Copperheart
    • Derelict
    • Tower 4
    • The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings
    • SCP Archives
    • Margareth’s Garden
    • Thirteen

    Swedish:

    • P3 Dystopia
    • P3 Dokumentär
    • USA-podden
    • Gräns
    • Det Politiska spelet
    • Europapodden
    • Radiokorrespondenterna Ryssland
    • Rollspelsklubben

    And probably a dozen more

  • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    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.

  • theilleist@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    No Such Thing As A Fish!

    From the makers of BBC’s “QI,” a (nearly) endless collection of useless facts that will not change your life, but will make you more fun to talk to at parties. Not that you go to any parties.

    • blindsight@beehaw.org
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      5 months ago

      I’ve heard about this one before, but I’m downloading an episode now.

      The one thing I hate about QI is that I’ve already seen it all and there aren’t any more episodes.

      Edit: That was great. It totally scratched the QI itch. Among many other tidbits, I now know how leech treatments were discovered, that there’s a specific frequency that is arousing for badgers and sets off car alarms, and that in one year, over 700 American students were arrested for owning pagers.

      Edit: Holy shit. The author of Goodnight Moon literally died from an overly-enthusiastic “can-can kick”. She did it to prove she was feeling fine… (ironically) but she dislodged a blood clot that instantly killed her.

      • theilleist@lemmy.ml
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        5 months ago

        Well now I know you’re the type of person who starts a podcast newest to oldest instead of the other way around lol

    • DrZoidbergYes@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Anna from No Such Thing as a Fish recommended an Australian podcast called Smart Enough to Know Better years ago and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying both since. And I would say if you get the opportunity to see No Such Thing as a Fish live go for it. They are excellent live.

  • Jaderick@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Been going through Behind the Bastards and I enjoy it a lot. I started from the beginning which was excellent for understanding some of the memes and ongoing jokes.

    I skip the “It Could Happen Here” episodes personally because they are very long and tend to bring me down, but they’re also really good and they really highlight the vulnerabilities of contemporary systems of government.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    Lions lead by donkeys

    Well There’s Your Problem

    Kill James Bond

    The Delta Flyers

    Decoding The Unknown

    P3 Dokumentär

    Damn Interesting

  • ruko24@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    I was never a podcast person until I listened to Otherworld. It gives a platform to people to tell their paranormal stories without sensationalism or judgement. They cover a wide range of topics from hauntings to cryptids to aliens. Really cool stuff even if you’re a skeptic

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I wanted to finish Wheel of Time, but couldn’t slog my way through all the books again, so I listened to the Dragon Re-Read. A ton of fun conversation and saved me so much time and reading.

  • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone
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    5 months ago

    Castle Super Beast is what I put on for grinding in video games. Woolie Madden & Patrick Boivin from SBFP made their own podcast after dissolving the channel, and it’s now been going on for about as long as their old podcast. It’s about a bunch of nerd bullshit like video games, but with a slight veneer of a focus on industry news.

      • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone
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        5 months ago

        funny enough, the tbfp subreddit is what actually got me onto lemmy. There was a tiny sbfp community that popped up around the blackout protest, but it faded pretty quick.

        I was on the Pathfinder.social instance for a little bit until that died off too, and then hopped over to a tiny art instance called crystals.rest, and now onto the warframe instance. This one’s surprisingly resilient for how niche it is!

  • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
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    5 months ago

    English:

    • Lateral
    • Darknet Diaries
    • Artifexian
    • Exolore
    • The White Vault (caught up on old episodes)
    • World’s Greatest Con

    German:

    • Geschichten aus der Geschichte
    • Geschichten aus dem Altbau
    • Darwin gefällt das
    • Mord auf Ex
    • Bayern 3 True Crime
    • Weird Crimes

    All in no particular order.