Need Podcast Recommendations
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I tend to like edutainment stuff, with some lean towards financial and behavioral economics topics; the ones I tend to listen to most / find consistently interesting are:
Freakonomics
Planet Money
The Journal (daily, relatively short episodes, from Wall St Journal)
Radiolab
Freakonomics
Planet Money
The Journal (daily, relatively short episodes, from Wall St Journal)
Radiolab
Fake doctors, real friends. The Scrubs rewatch show. If you are a fan of Scrubs anyway.
Love Unnecessary Roughness for College football. It is a barstool podcast so they spend as much time messing around as they do actually talking football but I like the hosts and the conversations they have.
Basement Yard is a good comedic story telling podcast. Basically just two lifelong friends that sit around and talk with each other. Hard to explain the show but I always get a good laugh out of it.
Basement Yard is a good comedic story telling podcast. Basically just two lifelong friends that sit around and talk with each other. Hard to explain the show but I always get a good laugh out of it.
The Dollop is a great history comedy show.
One guy prepares a deep dive into something from history, and reads it to his comedian friend who has no idea what the topic is before the show.
One guy prepares a deep dive into something from history, and reads it to his comedian friend who has no idea what the topic is before the show.
I was going to post this one as well. Even though it gets a little too jokey/laughy for me at times, they do some really deep dives into history and historical figures. Two of my favorites were the ones they did on Ronald Reagan and John McCain. These were two political figures in my life I thought I was a lot more familiar with than I was.
Agreed, its not as
Agreed. Some of the deep dives were cool but after awhile, it was less "behind the scenes" stuff that I wanted from the show and more deep dive or talking about their podcast itself.
If you like Carlins Hardcore History I would recommend History that Doesn't Suck. It is done by an actual history professor and focuses specifially on American History. I think its better than Hardcore History by a good margin. The use of primary sources is great. Its the best history podcast about the USA that Ive found.
Gastropod is an interesting look at food at the intersection of science and history.
I third Smartless if you're looking for something that doesn't require a lot of concentration.
I find The Great Fail interesting as it looks at the rise and fall of some businesses that made it big and then disappeared.
I third Smartless if you're looking for something that doesn't require a lot of concentration.
I find The Great Fail interesting as it looks at the rise and fall of some businesses that made it big and then disappeared.
Funny and interesting interviews with famous people
- Smartless
Personal improvement and interviews with experts
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- The Jordan Harbinger Show
- Smartless
Personal improvement and interviews with experts
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- The Jordan Harbinger Show
Totally agree. The format makes it awkward because it's basically standup comedy, but it's unique and fun for that reason too.
The ones about founding fathers are pretty enlightening too, compared to what common knowledge might say. Turns out Benedict Arnold wasn't the worst guy ever, and the musical about Alexander Hamilton is massively historically inaccurate.
I love this show too. There's one about professional tickling that is ridiculous and hilarious.
Their series on Steven Segal was enlightening for me. I always knew he was a d-bag, but that informed my opinion further.
I LOVE The Ringer-Verse Podcasts (House of R and The Midnight Boys). The Ringer also has Trial by Content and a ton of other podcasts.
House of R in particular, with Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson, is fantastic for deep dives into Fantasy, Marvel, and other IP content.
If you are a fan of Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones, The Ringer's former podcast, Binge Mode, is also incredible. Hosted by Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion (who has moved on to a different company and has his own podcast called X-Ray Vision, with similar content to Ringer-Verse). Jason was also the host of the official House of the Dragon podcast.
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