# What podcasts do you listen to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699 "2019-08-15T15:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/61 "2019-08-25T02:43:33Z")
Once it appeared that everybody had made their contributions to this thread, I began to go through the offerings and attempted to decide which podcasts might be of interest to me, and which ones would not be to my liking. But I quickly discovered, like **Enright3** in post #39, that the title of a podcast does not always tell one what the podcast is actually about. So, because I have a lot of time (and obviously no life), I extracted each and every podcast title from this thread and listed them in a spreadsheet. Then I Googled each of the 216 podcasts and found a synopsis for each one (usually from [podcasts.apple.com](http://podcasts.apple.com)) and put those into my spreadsheet as well. I think I’ve got all the podcast titles, although it’s certainly possible that I missed a couple. If there’s interest, I can create a series of posts (probably 5 or 6), which will contain all the information in the spreadsheet. I have the list alphabetized and the titles bolded, so it’s fairly easy to read. Let me know if this is something that you’d like to see. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/62 "2019-08-25T04:30:13Z")
With the semi-exception of Lore, I only listen to fiction-based podcasts. Welcome to Night Vale King Falls AM Alice Isn’t Dead [Tribulation](https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tribulation-508392) [The Bridge](http://www.thebridgepod.com/) [The Bright Sessions](http://www.thebrightsessions.com/) Hello From the Magic Tavern Limetown ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/63 "2019-08-25T11:58:20Z")
I listen to various board game podcasts (The Dice Tower, Garret’s Games & Geekiness, Ludology, and sometimes others), The Planetary Radio poscasts, and sometimes The Outspoken Cyclist. Brian ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/64 "2019-08-25T12:50:11Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Once it appeared that everybody had made their contributions to this thread, I began to go through the offerings and attempted to decide which podcasts might be of interest to me, and which ones would not be to my liking. But I quickly discovered, like **Enright3** in post #39, that the title of a podcast does not always tell one what the podcast is actually about. > > So, because I have a lot of time (and obviously no life), I extracted each and every podcast title from this thread and listed them in a spreadsheet. Then I Googled each of the 216 podcasts and found a synopsis for each one (usually from [podcasts.apple.com](http://podcasts.apple.com)) and put those into my spreadsheet as well. I think I’ve got all the podcast titles, although it’s certainly possible that I missed a couple. > > If there’s interest, I can create a series of posts (probably 5 or 6), which will contain all the information in the spreadsheet. I have the list alphabetized and the titles bolded, so it’s fairly easy to read. Let me know if this is something that you’d like to see. Wow. If it’s not too much trouble, I’d like to see it. I have a hard time selecting new podcasts, and I fall back on programs I already know. But I’m always looking for new stuff to listen to when I’m walking. If I’m the only one interested, PM me and maybe you can email me the spreadsheet. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/65 "2019-08-25T12:52:04Z")
I listen sorta-regularly to: WTF, Stay Tuned with Preet, The Dice Tower, Shut Up and Sit Down, and So Very Wrong About Games (those last three are about board games), We Hate Movies, The Episodic Table of the Elements, Radiolab, Deconstructed, and The Moth. I’ve also started poking around at some Magic: The Gathering pods since I’ve been playing on Arena. I stopped listening to political podcasts because it wasn’t good for my mental health or blood pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/66 "2019-08-26T19:11:27Z")
_**[The West Wing Weekly](http://thewestwingweekly.com/)**_: each week, hosts Hrishikesh Hirway and Joshua Malina discuss an episode of _The West Wing_ (Malina played Will Bailey on the show). I listen infrequently, and sometimes in just 10-25 minute bursts, so I’m currently a full _West Wing_ season behind: right now the podcast is up to S7 E6. Their episodes frequently include a guest or two: anyone from Aaron Sorkin to most of the cast to real-life people who deal with issues raised on the show. I’m a fan of both Sorkin and _The West Wing_, so I’ve really been enjoying it. I’ll be a little sad when they get to the end of season 7 and the podcast ends. When the podcast started, I had a 30-minute commute twice a day and could get through roughly five episodes a week (sometimes less, if I felt like listening to music during a given drive). I’d let a bunch of episodes build up on the website, then download a few and burn them to a CD for listening in the car. A year and a half ago I was lucky enough to start working much closer to home, but it has meant no podcast time during my drives. And I don’t really listen to anything at home; unless I’m practicing, either the house is quiet or the TV is on. So now I mostly only listen when I go to my friends’ house (about 25 minutes away) or up to Baltimore to visit my dad (about an hour away). > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > 99% invisible > [@Acsenray](#): > > 99 percent Invisible > [@Phroggge](#): > > 99% Invisibile I learned about this podcast from _The West Wing Weekly_ (they featured part of an episode one week), and I’ve listened to several episodes. I love both the concept and execution! I haven’t downloaded a new episode in forever, but if my commute ever changes again and I have more car time I will definitely listen to more. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/67 "2019-08-27T19:01:02Z")
I listen at work and when driving on road trips, when falling asleep in the middle of either can end poorly for me. [Dale Jr. Download](https://www.dalejr.com/radio/tdjd/default.aspx) [West Wing Weekly](http://thewestwingweekly.com/) [Ron Burgundy Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ron-burgundy-podcast/id1449766796) [Mr Curiosity](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mr-curiosity/id1456636859) (local interest) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/68 "2019-08-28T16:36:04Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Once it appeared that everybody had made their contributions to this thread, I began to go through the offerings and attempted to decide which podcasts might be of interest to me, and which ones would not be to my liking. But I quickly discovered, like **Enright3** in post #39, that the title of a podcast does not always tell one what the podcast is actually about. > > So, because I have a lot of time (and obviously no life), I extracted each and every podcast title from this thread and listed them in a spreadsheet. Then I Googled each of the 216 podcasts and found a synopsis for each one (usually from [podcasts.apple.com](http://podcasts.apple.com)) and put those into my spreadsheet as well. I think I’ve got all the podcast titles, although it’s certainly possible that I missed a couple. > > If there’s interest, I can create a series of posts (probably 5 or 6), which will contain all the information in the spreadsheet. I have the list alphabetized and the titles bolded, so it’s fairly easy to read. Let me know if this is something that you’d like to see. This sounds like a great idea! ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/69 "2019-08-29T00:36:25Z")
I use Stitcher for Android. And I am shocked that noone has mentioned [This Podcast Will Kill You](http://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/) so far! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/70 "2019-08-30T14:31:29Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I listen mainly while driving, which has reduced greatly since I started working from home, but here are my mainstays: > True crime type > > - Casefile > - Unsolved Murders > - Already Gone > > Other > > - Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children > - The Folklore Podcast You might like Fair Folk, Coir, Singing Bones, Detective, The Murder Squad, Unexplained. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/71 "2019-08-30T14:33:41Z")
Yes, please do! Post the spreadsheet, I mean. And here are some of mine: No Such Thing as a Fish Stuff You Should Know Radiolab Lore Detective Fair Folk Nocturne Twenty Thousand Hertz Ephemeral ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/72 "2019-08-30T16:42:01Z")
In no particular order: Ear Hustle - life on the inside at San Quentin Lexicon Valley - Language and linguistics Every Little Thing - Deep dives into trivia 99% Invisible - Design Learning Jazz Standards - Jazz music education Twenty Thousand Hertz - everything about sound What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law Science Rules The Indicator - economic indicators in the news Planet Money - economics The Sporkful - eating and life Reply All - weird internet shit that happens The Allusionist - language Science Vs. - sorts the science from the bullshit Podcasts that are also radio shows: The Moth - true storytelling Fresh Air - pop culture and newsmaker interviews Radio Lab - eclectic in-depth stories This American Life - eclectic in-depth stories Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me - comedy news-related game show Freakanomics Radio - economics TED Radio Hour - cutting edge research ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/73 "2019-08-30T17:16:17Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I’m an Android user; The Podcast Addict app is a HUGE battery suck. I need to find another app. Anyone care to make a suggestion of a good Android Podcast App? I use Stitcher after having tried a couple of others. It doesn’t have the features I would want if I designed on myself but it’s the closest I’ve come. Battery usage is pretty good and it optimizes storage and data usage. (One quirk is that if I am listening to the last podcast in my playlist, then new episodes are added in the meantime, it does not automatically continue to the next new episode.) The user interfaces gets updates that improve the navigation and flow since I first got it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/74 "2019-08-30T18:18:42Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > You might like Fair Folk, Coir, Singing Bones, Detective, The Murder Squad, Unexplained. Thanks, I’ll look them up! I can use 2-3 more in the rotation. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/75 "2019-08-30T19:22:59Z")
I’m subscribed to many podcasts. My job allows me to listen to podcasts, or music, or whatever I want all day. I also listen in my car and when I’m walking my dog, so I have a lot of material I can burn through. There are only a couple I listen to every episode of - those are marked with a \* below. **Politics** \*Buzz Burbank News and Comment NPR Politics Weekly Round Up Slate Political Gabfest The Young Turks Lovett or Leave It \*Pod Save America **Entertainment** How Did This Get Played - about bad video games The Todd Glass Show \*Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend Armchair Expert - Dax Shepard \*Unspooled - Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson reviewing moves from AFI top 100 Improv for Humans \*Never Not Funny - Jimmy Pardo and friends \*Doug Loves Movies \*Comedy Bang Bang You Made it Weird - Pete Holmes WTF - Maron Monday Morning Podcast - Bill Burr And there’s a bunch of true crime podcasts I sometimes dip a toe into, but they’re all pretty much the same. There’s one called Disgraceland that covers musicians who have done horrible things. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/76 "2019-08-31T17:49:49Z")
Due to popular demand (well, at least 3 people), I am sharing my podcast spreadsheet with the world. I saved it as a Google Sheet document and am sharing it via Google Drive. I believe that I have extracted every suggestion from this thread, up to and including the suggestions from **Jack Batty** in post #75. I also added a couple of others that I found while perusing the podcast libraries. There are 265 rows in the sheet. (It’s entirely possible that I missed a couple from this thread, but I don’t believe I’ll be adding any more entries.) In each case, I list the title of the podcast, as well as a brief description. The description is generally copied from a podcast provider, usually [podcasts.apple.com](http://podcasts.apple.com). I make no claim as to the accuracy of any description. The Google Sheet is set to view-only, but you should be able to download it in a variety of formats, including Excel. Go to the File menu, then to Download, and choose an option. I am assuming that you know how to find a downloaded document on your device. If you have any issues with the document, feel free to PM me. As I stated above, I am not adding any new content. Here’s the link. Enjoy. > **[Podcasts & Descriptions](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1far3e56goh-oW_Y9oOQi8bArxKHU8hjhzV9F_pCO-Hw/edit?usp=drive_open&ouid=0)** > > Sheet1 > > 12 Byzantine Rulers,17-part series on the Byzantine empire. > 22 hours: An American Nightmare,A D.C. power couple, their 10-year-old son and housekeeper held hostage for nearly 24 hours and murdered inside a burning D.C. mansion. 13... ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/77 "2019-08-31T19:28:04Z")
Thank you, Railer13! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/78 "2019-08-31T19:51:29Z")
Wow, thanks for all the work! Brian ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/79 "2019-08-31T20:08:34Z")
Big Biology. They just started their second season. I’m excite. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699/80 "2019-08-31T23:52:37Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Pratchat I didn’t catch this the first time and just noticed it. Isn’t it great? I love it so much. I can’t believe I hadn’t read non-Discworld stuff before this podcast.The Bromeliad Trilogy was something I would have missed out on entirely if it weren’t for this Terry Pratchett adventure. Plus they used one or two of my questions/comments! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-podcasts-do-you-listen-to/838699.md?page=5)