# Can you recommend some good podcasts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178 "2018-05-15T00:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/1 "2018-05-15T00:21:12Z")
I’m listening to Caliphate, which is very interesting so far, but I’d like some more options. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/2 "2018-05-15T00:36:09Z")
Two that I like are: [No Such thing as a Fish](http://qi.com/podcast); interesting facts uncovered by the researchers for _QI_. [Futility Closet](http://www.futilitycloset.com/podcast/); obscure historic events, hosted by a husband-and-wife team (and sometimes their cat). Each episode ends with a lateral-thinking puzzle from one of them to the other. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/3 "2018-05-15T00:36:47Z")
a few of my regulars follow, in no particular order and with no explanation: Savage Love A History of English Risk Story Collider This American Life Car Talk 99% invisible Radiolab Freakonomics Dan Carlin’s Hardcore history ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/4 "2018-05-15T00:56:52Z")
Hardcore History Imaginary Worlds Reply All Planet Money 99% Invisible Gastropod The Allusionist Judge John Hodgman Oh No Ross and Carrie Myths and Legends In Our Time Bullseye The Moth By the Book Doughboys The Sporkfull And, if you are even a little bit of a sports fan: the Poscast. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/5 "2018-05-15T01:23:41Z")
The granddaddy of interview podcast, WTF with Marc Maron. He got Obama fercrissake. If you find you like his interview style, it’s good. Pop Culture Happy Hour.- great NPR podcast, featuring (usually) the incomparable Glen Weldon, the David Hyde Pierce/Niles Crane of culture critics who speaks fluent MCU. I love this man. Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air. If you know him from The Nightly Show, like that. No Guitar is Safe Everybody Loves Guitar Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me: essential NPR news quiz show Fresh Air The Daily and/or Today, Explained - the NYTimes or Vox’s deep explainer podcast. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/6 "2018-05-15T01:30:29Z")
Dear Hank and John StarTalk Radio Hold On I like funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/7 "2018-05-15T01:40:17Z")
Oh, and **Still Processing** , a view of pop culture from a Black and LGBT perspective from the NYTimes. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/8 "2018-05-15T01:59:40Z")
The West Wing Weekly Tides of History Surviving Scientology In Our Time (BBC Radio) ---
**Author:** ![Chet\_Manley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@Chet\_Manley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chet_Manley)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/9 "2018-05-15T02:11:23Z")
[Oh No Ross & Carrie](http://ohnopodcast.com/) "The show where we don’t just report on spirituality, fringe science and the paranormal (from a scientific, evidence-based standpoint), but dive right in by joining religions, attending spiritual events, undergoing “alternative” treatments, partaking in paranormal investigations, and more. At Oh No, Ross and Carrie!, we show up, so you don’t have to. Each episode of our show deals with an investigation of a religion, fringe group, or fringe science practice. Join us as we ask tough questions, explore the nature of belief, and always find the humor in life’s biggest mysteries." ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/10 "2018-05-15T02:12:48Z")
Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast (You have to get over his voice. His guests have some great stories.) The Dana Gould Hour ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/11 "2018-05-15T03:07:22Z")
I only consistently listen to “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” and “Ellistronics.” “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” is a very funny NPR quiz show. Back in the day my Saturday routine was to wake up late and listen to “Car Talk” and “Wait, Wait” on the local NPR affiliate while I made and ate breakfast. Everyone who doesn’t love Donald Trump will laugh at “Wait, Wait.” “Ellistronics” is… not for everyone. TLDR: Jason Ellis is a weird guy with weird point of view. I think it’s fucking amazing, but I’m a weird guy who likes weird shit. It’s hard to describe. The podcast is Jason Ellis (an Australian-born, openly bisexual, father of two, former pro-skateboarder, heavily tattooed, MMA fighter/enthusiast, satellite radio star) talking about whatever he wants with whoever he wants (and can get). If you’re looking for something to listen to with the kids, this is not what you want. His wife is often his co-host. Sex always comes up, either as a side topic or as a main topic. There’s no consistent theme, but if you’re looking for someone with a different outlook on the world, well, Jason Ellis is like no one else. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/12 "2018-05-15T03:21:50Z")
[ul] [li]The Adam Buxton Podcast[/li][li]Ologies with Alie Ward[/li][li]Probably Science[/li][li]The Museum Of Curiosity[/li][li]Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo[/li][li]The Griefcast with Cariad Lloyd[/li][li]The JV Club with Janet Varney[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/13 "2018-05-15T03:58:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > [[The] History of English](http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/) You mentioned this one in another thread. . .I love it! (and also Radiolab, This American Life, and Savage Love, but I was already hip to them) thanks, mc ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/14 "2018-05-15T04:04:34Z")
Stay Tuned with Preet ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/15 "2018-05-15T04:24:12Z")
If you like true crime podcasts- there are several I enjoy like My Favorite Murder and Criminal but none of them hold a candle to Casefiles. Anonymous narrator from Australia - which means that you get to hear of all kinds of crimes not really on the radar here but he also does American crimes as well. The detail is amazing- and always a story well told and supported. I also like Stuff you Missed in History Class, History of English and I love most of Hardcore History (except the WWII stuff but that always turns me off, blame the History Channel for WWII overload). Hardcore History’s series on the Mongols was especially great. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/16 "2018-05-15T04:34:47Z")
I can’t tell you the last time I listened to an actual podcast, but when I did, I really liked Coverville. An hour or so of cover songs, often with a theme of some type. But, a lot of these podcasts are on NPR (on XM), so I get them there. Star Talk is great. Radiolab…I always like the subject matter and the stories, but their editing style annoys me. Car Talk was great as well, I wish it was still on XM. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/17 "2018-05-15T09:49:35Z")
Oh, you guys outdid yourselves. Thanks so much. I’ll get started on some of these. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/18 "2018-05-15T10:31:45Z")
The BBC’s **In our Time** Hundreds of discussions with knowledgeable professionals on every subject you can think of. History, science, art, philosophy, etc., etc. Download or listen online. Full archive > **[BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time - Archive](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Dw1c7rxs6DmyK0pMRwpMq1/archive)** > > Browse the In Our Time archive Top 10 > **[BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Essential 10](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01gnkgl)** > > The Essential 10 programmes to listen to from In Our Time. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/19 "2018-05-15T12:57:45Z")
We don’t seem to read the posts before ours, do we? Hardcore History was first listed in post 3, then 4. Our Time in 4, 8, and 18 (8 was mine). Just a peeve of mine. Anyway, I forgot about the H.P. Lovecraft podcast: [hppodcraft.com](http://hppodcraft.com). I also like Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories, Revolutions, and Hollywood and Crime (initially about the Black Dahlia murder, but it goes into other, possibly related murders. For example, according to the podcast, there were other women in Los Angeles who were beaten and mutilated (though not bisected) and dumped just like Elizabeth Short was. These other murders were just after Short’s, in the winter and spring of 1947). For voice theater, I highly recommend We’re Alive. Yes, another zombie apocalypse, but it’s very well done. I’m also enjoying the Black Tapes. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-some-good-podcasts/814178/20 "2018-05-15T13:30:12Z")
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