Hi,
I’m a big fan of podcasts and I’ve been enjoying “Against the Rules” and “Darknet Diaries” lately.
Now, I want to hear your recommendations! What podcasts do you love and why? Let’s build an epic list of must-listen podcasts together.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Big fan of Darknet Diaries.
Behind the Bastards, a deep dive into the various shit people of history. Episode one is Saddam Hussein: Erotic Novelist.
There’s nearly 700 episodes, and I’ve yet to run tio a dud. Loads of great guests. My only gripe is that it’s a touch Amerocentric, but other than that I’d recommend it to basically anyone. Not kid friendly, in case that wasn’t obvious.
I think it’s only fair to add that this podcast has a very left leaning bias. I’m not saying that that is bad, just being objective.
Yeah, it does. That’s a fair thing to say.
I like listening to historical podcasts, and my favorites are “The History of Rome” (which has finished) and its followup “The History of Byzantium” and “Hardcore History” . I’ve heard good things about “Revolutions” by the creator of “The History of Rome” but I haven’t checked it out yet.
Also I’ve been enjoying “Fall of Civilizations” a lot, but so far have only listened to a few of the episodes.
Fall of Civilizations is the best podcast I’ve listened to. Every episode is amazing.
I’ve listened to all of these podcasts besides Hardcore history, and I can highly recommend all of them. It’s hard to pick a favourite but it might be Revolutions, which I found the most eye-opening, especially season 3 on the french revolution. I’m currently working my way through Wittenberg to Westphalia, the Wars of the Reformation, which is meant to be on the 30 years way, but takes a very deep dive into the life, economy, history and culture of the middle ages and early modern period.
- Hidden brain for psychology
- 99 percent invisible for interesting stories of stuff.
Revolution Now! by Peter Joseph
It’s an old one, but Stuff You Should Know. I’m listening chronologically, a couple a day (I do a lot of driving for work) and I’m still only up to about mid-2018. The hosts are so easy to listen too, and I really enjoy their humour.
-Last Podcast on The Left - crime and comedy is a perfect mix for me.
-Bow and Blade and The Medieval Podcast - I love medieval history
-Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History -general history (waiting for another episode is like waiting for Christmas)
-Unsolved Misteries Podcast- I love the TV show and that podcast is great too :)
Been diving through the huge repository of Last Podcast on the Left episodes lately, my most recent binge. I regularly listen to Darknet Diaries as well.
Hello Internet - I love the hosts, though the show is over (or, on hiatus if you truly believe)
Cortex- I listen to this mostly because CGP Grey is on it (who also was one of the hosts on Hello Internet). It’s also nice for tech news/ productivity information, though sometimes I get a bit frustrated at the show
Dear Hank and John (or Dear John and Hank) - John and Hank Greene answer listener questions. I’m really a sucker for this “two guys talk at the mic” format lmao
Dungeons and Daddies- a DnD podcast with Freddie Wong that I find immensely entertaining
Well There’s Your Problem - an engineering disasters podcast. I really enjoy listening to the hosts, though they do tend to ramble. I like it, but might not be for every
We probably have very similar YouTube viewing habits lol
•Re: Dracula
Similar to Dracula Daily, the tale of Dracula is released in chronological order on the days each entry was written/recorded/published. It started in May and is due to go until the 7th of November. The production value is great and some of the voices I’m recognising from other podcasts (Victoriocity, The Magnus Archives, which I also recommend)
I am fairly new to podcasts, but have a few I have begun listening to. I’m trying to find ones that are ~60 minutes and under so I can fit a whole episode in during one way of my typical commute.
Criminal
Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities
And my most recent (a couple of days ago) is Midnight Facts for Insomniacs.
- The Dollop - A history podcast done by comedians
- Jordan, Jesse, Go! - Interviews done by comedians
- Stop Podcasting Yourself - Interviews done by comedians
- Dumb People Town - Current news stories commented on by comedians
- Ear Biscuits - Rhett and Link podcast
- Do You Need a Ride? - Comedians give car rides to comedians in need of a ride - usually to/from the airport
- Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me - NPR quiz show
- Star Trek The Next Conversation - 2 TV writers, 1 has seen Trek, 1 has not
- This American Life - True stories
A couple interesting options: Good Job Brain - always an interesting listen. They deep dive into different topics from a trivia standpoint… super interesting.
Behind the Bastards - looks at bad people throughout history.
I’d strongly recommend Dungeons & Daddies (not a BDSM podcast, it is indeed Dungeons & Dragons). It’s about 4 dads trying to save their sons in another realm.
Super digestible, not TOO strict about rules, and I die of laughter anytime Beth May says anything.
I am surprised some of the big ones haven’t been mentioned yet -
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Radiolab - Not really sure how to describe this podcast. It’s superb journalism at its core. They do both short and multi-episode long form about a variety of topics from science to history to current events. For example, how dinosaurs died when the asteroid hit earth, the story of a Guantanamo convict with the same name as the host, and how poorly computer databases are designed for names that are outside the norm.
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Planet Money - An excellent economics podcast where complex topics are distilled in fairly short episodes. They recently released a completely AI generated episode which was incredibly scary with how good it was.
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More Perfect - Everything the US Supreme Court
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Serial - One multi-episode series at a time about complicated criminal cases.
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What Roman Mars can Learn about Con Law - Started off during the Trump Presidency when tough questions about the US constitution are being asked given his penchant for pushing the legal boundaries and norms.
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