There is only one podcast truly worth your valuable time, and it’s the Get Skrek’d Podcast - “A shot-by-shot analysis of the award-winning film, Shrek 2 by your tour guide and host, Logan Flinders.”

No other podcasts compare. No other podcasts matter.

Get Shrek’d is love. Get Shrek’d is life.

I’ve enjoyed Blowback.

I think most of the ones I usually mention in threads like this have been covered, but a glance through hasn’t shown me

The Blindboy Podcast

I’ll admit that this one may take a minute to really get, but once it locks in you’ll love it forever.

It’s basically just an Irish author, comedian, and former rapper telling stories, talking about mental health (he also has a masters in psychology), and interviewing people. One week he’ll be interviewing a couple of lads about insects, the next he has Cillian Murphy on. Last week was an hour about how he ended up in an office canteen covered in black hair dye, holding a bag of lemons.

It’s a wonderful podcast hug every week, and I can’t recommend it enough.

I’m surprised no-one has mentioned “if books could kill”.

They basically tear all their top seller self help books to shreds. It’s very entertaining and actually really smart too.

Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast (especially series 3 covering the French Revolution) and his The History of Rome series.

• Stuff You Should Know -A show that originally came from How Stuff Works. The name is self explanatory
• Radiolab -A science based narrative type show that originally airs on WNYC, a major NPR Affiliate and it used to be my favorite show but it’s gone down in quality in recent years.
• It’s Always Sunny Podcast by the cast of Sunny in Philadelphia talk about their shows and personal lives. It’s arguably the most light-hearted show I listen to
• Philosophize This -a educational podcast that discusses mainstream philosophy and the development of the subject in chronological order. I’m only 29 episodes in and there are currently over 200
• 99 Percent Invisible -A show about the world of design and the stories behind it narrated by the perfect voice for radio, Roman Mars
• The Dollop -An American history dark comedy podcast by comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
• The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart -The current iteration of Jon Stewart’s podcast where he speaks much more candidly and at length on current events, mostly politics
• NPR’s Marketplace -a daily radio show on the state of the economy as well as markets
  • Marketplace presents: The Uncertain Hour -A podcast that does season length stories that take a deep dive into the broken aspects of americas economy, america’s failing regulation & safety nets.
• Behind The Bastards -A Biographical podcast about a lot of historic/prominent people that probably shouldn’t be idolized
• Sawbones -A podcast about the history of medicine.
• The Moth -A collection of personal stories of triumph, change, growth, and inspiration as they were remembered and told live on stage. I first heard it on NPR.

On a more personal level I also listen to various collections of Alan Watts talks in addition to Sam Harris’s Making Sense podcast.

I absolutely love 99% Invisible

Some English-language ones I haven’t seen in this thread yet:

We Hate Movies- a comedy movie review show mostly about entertainingly bad movies in the vein of How did This Get Made.

No Such Thing As a Fish- some of the researchers from QI share facts they found while prepping the TV show

Unclear and Present Danger- looks at thrillers of the 90’s through an historical and leftist lens

Mortal Podkast- Lore dumps about every fighter in the Mortal Kombat series up through MK11. Now over but I still recommend it if you like Mortal Kombat

Mom Can’t Cook: A DCOM Podcast- humorous, tangent-heavy recaps of Disney Channel original movies.

Three Black Halflings- insightful discussions about D&D and race from a black perspective. Also some very good actual play series and one-shots mixed in.

• 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

For true crime I really like Murder in America

I mostly go for nonfiction stuff related to current events or history. Unfortunately some of these aren’t free.

Slow Burn - Each season goes deep on a particular event in recent (US) history. Quality falls off a bit after the first few seasons.

Fiasco - produced and hosted by the the guy that did the first 2 seasons of Slow Burn. Also US centric.

History on Fire - Haven’t listened to too much of this yet but was suggested the episode on Ötzi the Iceman which made me a fan. Probably the only one on here that isn’t US centric.

Throghline from NPR. Another history-ish podcast but focuses on current issues and the history behind them.

Going to check out some of these suggestions.

I don’t listen to podcasts often. But I like:

• Citations Needed: a podcast about media. Basically goes into how media covers some events and topics from a leftist perspective.

• Cane and Rinse: video game discussions and analyses. Each episode covers a specific game

• Blank Check with Griffin and David. A podcast about film directors. We love da moviesh.
• The Greatest Generation/The Greatest Trek. The best Star Trek podcast.
• Marvel by the Month. Every Marvel comic, one month at a time.
• Spout Lore - side-splittingly funny Dungeon World real-play podcast that will occasionally make you cry.
• Sawbones - Medical history from a real doctor and her loveable idiot. Secretly one of the most leftist podcasts out there, Dr. Sydnee for president. Also relationship goals.

I listen to many, but here’s my favorites:

• Chilluminati: Takes a comedy focused look at supernatural, paranormal, and just weird topics. After a few episodes, the hosts really build excellent rapport. When it is at its best, it reminds me of some weird AM radio program you’d catch while night driving across the country.
• The Beef and Dairy Network: The leading podcast about beef animals and dairy herds. Start at episode 1.
• The Climate Denier’s Playbook: “Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show) are two comedians with Master’s Degrees in Climate Science & Policy and Urban Planning. But don’t get too excited, because they’re here to examine the pervasive myths and misinformation campaigns that are making it obnoxiously difficult to address the looming climate crisis you’ve probably heard about.”

I’m surprised I didn’t see anyone recommend The Adventure Zone, especially the first season. One of the best actual play podcasts out there, especially the first two seasons.

I’ll recommend some hidden gems that need more love:

• Mabel: A woman works as a live in nurse for an elderly woman, and the show is voicemails she’s leaving to her ward’s estranged daughter. It’s poetic and beautiful, and then strange events start occurring.

• Dark Ages: a fantasy workplace comedy where an unpopular museum gets a new exhibit, the crown of the Dark Lord, who terrorized the country hundreds of years ago… Who just recently was resurrected and wants it back. Probably the best produced shows I’ve listened to with a great intro song.

• The Cryptonaturalist: a very normal nature show that is normal about normal nature. Also has poetry! Actually feel good podcast.

• Wolf 359: science crew is in a remote space station, and picks up a radio signal out of nowhere. Starts off funny, then gets wild.

• Brimstone Valley Mall: three demons disguised as humans, working at a mall in the 90s.

• Cult Or Just Weird: in depth dives into things which could be a cult or are just weird.

• Wooden Overcoats: British comedy podcast about a funeral home in a small village suddenly having to deal with competition

• Everything Is Alive: interviews with inanimate objects

• Uncanny County: Welcome to Nightvale meets Twilight Zone but it’s also funny

Also there’s podcast versions of books written on the Internet, which I’ll plug here!

• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky: What if Harry was not an idiot and knew what science was and was actually supported at home? Fixes a lot of dumb plot holes from the original series and frankly, is better. Also explores rationalist thinking!

• Worm by Wildbow: This is literally my favorite book and will make you never see the superhero genera the same again. Superpowers can happen to anyone seemingly at random. A young woman gets the power to control insects and wants to be a hero, but after meeting some villains the line between hero and villain blurs. There’s a chapter that’s one short sentence long and I’ve had conversations over an hour long about what it meant.

-Twig by Wildbow: A world where mad, Frankensteinian science took off instead of the regular kind. Follows a child experiment and his fellow childhood experiment friends on adventures for the definitely evil empire!

Pact by, you guessed it, Wildbow: Guy who just pulled himself out of homelessness who hates his crazy manipulative family gets the inheritance from his grandmother, which he didn’t want. Turns out that also involves also inheriting the karma from his family, who were practicing the most hated form of magic possible, diabalism. So now the whole magical community is actively trying to kill him as he’s scrambling to survive

Also if you like audio books, check stuff out from your library, too. It helps them out and helps them get funding when people do stuff like that.