Most have been through podcasters mentioning a show they like and talking about it or having guests on from other shows. It took a pretty good amount of time to find a good collection of shows that I genuinely look forward to hearing and weed out the meh content. Here’s a list I wrote when someone had a thread asking for recommendations.
Better Offline: Ed Zitron tearing apart how shitty the tech industry has become
QAA Podcast: studies conspiratorial thinking (originally devoted to watching Qanon lunatics), typically hilarious
Accidental Tech Podcast: three third-party Apple developers talking about tech, primarily in the Apple ecosystem
Chapo Traphouse: Leftist politics, typically pretty funny
Noble Blood: history podcast retelling stories about members of nobility in short form
Fall of Civilizations Podcast: history podcast that dives deep into civs like Carthage and the Assyrians, etc
TrueAnon: Leftist politics, deep dives on topics
Last Podcast on the Left (name is a horror film reference): true crime with anecdotes, lots of diversions that might not be for everyone
Alphabet Boys: each season deep dives a taboo action by gov agencies (FBI, ATF, etc)
Song Exploder: deep dives on the writing and recording of songs with the musicians behind them
What Went Wrong: deep dives on movie productions
Behind the Bastards: deep dives on terrible people throughout history, lots of diversions that might not be for everyone
Grumpy Old Geeks: tech and nerd news (including sci-fi media) from two cynical guys who have been in the biz for years, typically funny
I remember song exploder! I listened to it a lot when I was a kid. I’d love to listen to a podcast like that, but with authors talking about their books and explaining why they made the decisions they made
Podcast interviews with authors. Sometimes citations in YouTube explainers or public debates.
And how doest thou find these podcasts
Most have been through podcasters mentioning a show they like and talking about it or having guests on from other shows. It took a pretty good amount of time to find a good collection of shows that I genuinely look forward to hearing and weed out the meh content. Here’s a list I wrote when someone had a thread asking for recommendations.
I remember song exploder! I listened to it a lot when I was a kid. I’d love to listen to a podcast like that, but with authors talking about their books and explaining why they made the decisions they made
Damn, has that show been around that long? How long ago were you a kid?
This was about 12 years ago, i think. By “kid” I mean teenager.
I’m just not used to podcasts sticking around for more than four years.