# Podcasts: Recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005 "2012-01-10T02:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/41 "2012-01-25T15:33:51Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I listen to a lot of podcasts. These most often — > > - The Bugle A fellow Bugler! These are my regulars: The Bugle The Classic Tales Podcast (readings of classic books) Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Common Sense with Dan Carlin (current U.S. politics) Friday Night Comedy from BBC4 (I only listen to the News Quiz episodes) New Yorker: Political Scene NPR Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me NPR: Intelligence Squared (Oxford style debates on a variety of topics) NPR: It’s All Politics The Root (from Slate, current events from an African-American perspective) Slate Culture Gabfest Slate Political Gabfest Slate Hang Up and Listen (sports - I’m not really into sports, but it’s funny) Slate’s The Afterword (reviews of non-fiction books) Stuff You Should Know Stuff You Missed in History Class This American Life Radiolab ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/42 "2012-01-25T15:39:57Z")
> [@C3](#): > > A fellow Bugler! Hiya! (waves) To be honest, I’m getting sick of Andy Zaltzman. I just don’t find his shtik funny at all. I love John Oliver though, so I’m torn. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/43 "2012-01-25T15:44:22Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Hiya! (waves) > > To be honest, I’m getting sick of Andy Zaltzman. I just don’t find his shtik funny at all. I love John Oliver though, so I’m torn. I fast forward through the pun stuff (and The Congressman’s Penis, or whatever that was). I don’t really mind him, but John Oliver does make the show. ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/44 "2012-01-25T18:16:57Z")
I just want to put my vote in as someone who enjoys Marc Maron’s opening monologue. The Pod F. Tompkast is a comedy podcast done by Paul F. Tompkins. I just started listening to You Made it Weird by comedian Pete Holmes. It’s in a similar vein as WTF in that it’s a long conversation by two comedians but the hosts have different personalities. The AV Club has a weekly feature called Podmass that reviews the best podcasts of the week that the AV Club listens to. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/45 "2012-01-25T19:38:07Z")
OP here. Yeah, so someone swiped my fucking iPod from my car last Friday. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/46 "2012-01-25T20:11:18Z")
One I just found and love: [The Infinite Monkey Cage](http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc)- Science/comedy ---
**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:** [January 25, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/47 "2012-01-25T20:19:53Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > OP here. > > Yeah, so someone swiped my fucking iPod from my car last Friday. Fuck. Argh. Hope you’ve got your iTunes library intact. My sympathies. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/48 "2012-01-25T21:14:02Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Argh. Hope you’ve got your iTunes library intact. > > My sympathies. Yeah. After hours of ripping and copying, everything is still there. At least when I get a replacement I won’t have the ripping to do. Thanks for the sympathies! ---
**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:** [January 25, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/49 "2012-01-25T21:21:28Z")
Every general subject podcast\* I listen to has been mentioned so I mostly just wanted to pimp Harcore History some more. > [@Icerigger](#): > > I think his show on The Eastern Front was about the best podcast I ever listened to! I am torn between that the series on the fall of the Roman Republic and the Punic Wars series as my favorites. He is always apologizing for the long form shows, but they are without fail amazing. This recent one is fantastic so far (I am only 2 hours in). \*I also listen to some sports Podcasts, most of which I won’t recommend, but if you are into Baseball I can heartily recommend Up and In: The Baseball Prospectus Podcast and ESPN’s Baseball Today with Eric Karabell and (usually) Keith Law. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/50 "2012-01-25T23:50:52Z")
I like [Cooking Issues](http://www.cookingissues.com/radio/) (discusses modern cooking techniques like sous vide and such) and [EconTalk](http://www.econtalk.org/) (about economics). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005/51 "2012-01-25T23:59:08Z")
One that I find amusing, that I haven’t seen mentioned yet here, is the [Judge John Hodgman](http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/judge-john-hodgman) podcast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-recommendations/609005.md?page=2)