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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.
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm a big fan of Hardcore History so will check out the others.
I also really enjoy You're Dead To Me - different topics from history with an expert and a comedian.
I have listened to a few of the "Fall of Civilizations". The quality of the production is very impressive.
If you are a fan of history podcasts, the BBC have a series "You're Dead to Me" which is a history podcast with a lot of British humour added in.
"Gone Medieval" is another history podcast by History Hits, but the quality off each show is very hit or miss. Quality of the topic can be lackluster sometimes and even the sound quality of guests can be poor. The topics are all medieval and can be more UK centric. Still good and worth a listen.
Big fan of Darknet Diaries.
I am surprised some of the big ones haven’t been mentioned yet -
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.
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.
More Perfect - Everything the US Supreme Court
Serial - One multi-episode series at a time about complicated criminal cases.
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.
So late for this, but if you like Darknet Diaries, I would equally recommend Surveillance Report, a summary of the data leaks, laws about privacy, scandales, news about anything privacy and cybersecurity for the week.
Mental Illness Happy Hour by Paul Gilmartin, if you like a podcast that talks honestly about the struggles of mental health.
Paul interviews a different person each week and discuss their journeys on dealing with their mental health. Paul is also been very open about his struggles. It helps that he is a comedian and has a subtle but dark humor that I enjoy.
I also really like the short surveys that he reads and people have filled out on his website because they make me feel connected that I’m not alone.
My top podcasts lately:
QAnon Anonymous: started out chronicling the QAnon freakshow but moved towards more general deep dives into modern and past conspiracy movements
Minion Death Cult: laughing at right wing comment sections
This Is Revolution: great leftist interview/discussion
Joy Tactics: extremely funny stuff
Uhh Yeah Dude: one of the longest running podcasts out (13 years) and still funny as hell
I dip into some other podcasts from time to time like Chapo Trap House, Comedy Bang Bang, and Vice's CYBER.
I also listen to some paranormal/weird shows that I can recommend if anyone is interested.
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.
History:
Horror:
True Crime:
Others:
Bold = Ongoing with no end planned
Throughline has been my favorite since it launched a few years ago. The hosts take a deep dive into the historical events leading up to topical events of the present weaving a thread through them, hence the name.
Some of the examples are the history of policing in the US and how capitalism became the dominant economic system.
I cannot recommend this podcast enough!
Massively depends on what you're into.
That said, I follow these podcasts:
News related comedy:
DnD:
Puns:
Science communication:
About Media:
Security/Hacking:
History:
@bebboIsTalking I miss Conan's comedy, so I listen to his podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3u26tlz7A3WyWRtXliX9a9
Definitely the moth. It’s a great storytelling podcast with a ton of variety. I also second darknet diaries.
Do Go On. Three comedians, the viewers vote for a topic and they will do a report on it. No set topics or themes, could be famous murders, heists, people, historical events etc. very funny and you always learn a lot.
If you enjoy video games, Waypoint Radio has a solid catalog. They were recently laid off by Vice and are now Remap Radio. They’re on episode 3 so it’s a fantastic entry into the pod.
mr ballen. for fans of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format
Maybe some Spanish-speaking users will read this and be interested in learning about Planeta Cuñao.
It's a comedy and educational podcast about curiosities and interesting topics. It might also be of interest to you to practice your Spanish and learn more about Spanish culture.
Hardcore History. The come out a few times a year and are incredibly long (some episodes are five hours), but listening to Dan Carlin talk is really engaging. Plus he has one of those voices you can fall asleep to.
It Could Happen Here. Keeps my righteous anger at ‘the man’ topped up.
Criminal Records. Fun crime podcast focussed on the weird and less heard of crimes in history.
If you like Against the Rules I think you’d enjoy Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell.
Few of my favorites:
I’ve been listening to Spycraft 101 a lot lately. It’s a great podcast about all things espionage. It’s super interesting!
If you want to listen to a couple of hobbits going on about their lives, and about the Lord of the Rings, I recommend The Friendship Onion, by Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd (Merry and Pippin).
It's pretty wholesome 😊
I personally enjoyed Blowback. It's a podcast about wars the United States were involed in. By the way, it doesn't matter what season you start listening to since each season is a separate story, so you can pick S2 or S3 from the start as these were better made IMO
Mostly on the humorous side:
The Urbanist Agenda - urban planning, urbanism, micromobility, etc.
Currently listening to the „The New Gurus“ by BBC4 and enjoying it a lot. 30min-episodes on - you guessed it - modern gurus, like pick up artists, conspiracy theorists, productivity coaches…
„Darknet Diaries“ is also a favorite of mine.
The skeptics guide to the universe and The Omnibus are two of my favorites.
Darknet Diaries is my all time favorite! There's a couple other story-centric security podcasts I enjoy as well.
Cyber (by Vice)
Malicious Life (by Cybereason)
I like; 99% Invisible & Radio Lab, those are my main 2, i also listen to Malicious Life & some others I can't think of right now.
DNA: ID
It's a podcast about some of the murders and Jane/John Does solved by forensic genealogy.
It's very in depth about each case and quite interesting.
Behind the bastards, Self explanatory.
Ear hustle, A podcast about prison made by prisoners in prison.
Knowledge Fight, a couple of dudes who like to sit around and talk about Alex Jones. Essentially deconstructing his bullshit.
There's a great Discord community for Knowledge Fight too. Note that there are two of them, and one of them is a LOT more fun than the other.
Freakonomics Radio with a lot of interesting insights to things in life.
Big Biology for any Biology nerds. A lot of interviews with researchers.
This Is Actually Happening with some absolutely wild stories.
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.
Trashfuture is a great podcast. It is, ostensibly, a tech-pessimist podcast, but every now and then there are some great UK-centric politics that bleed through since they are based in the UK. All of the host are kind of leftist weirdo Marxists and they really take the piss out of "technology companies" that are nothing more than shell games of moving things around that have been around forever and calling it a tech company. One of my favorites.
-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 :)
I'm a fan of "here's a bunch of random (science) facts" type of podcasts.
Are the ones I listen to.
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.
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.
I love Milk Street. NPR cooking basically. Everyone has to cook at some point right?? I put it on when there’s new episodes while I work because it’s not narrative. I can tune it in and out easily.