What’s your favourite podcast, and what is it about?

[The Cockney Rebel]

Myself: James Obrien’s Mystery Hour.

There is a backlog of hundreds of shows, so plenty of content.

Basically, James is a radio host, on LBC (British talk radio) and every Thursday he runs the show, for an hour.

The premise is simple: People call in with questions (something that’s always puzzled them, for example) and then other listeners call in with the answer.

The only real rule is it has to be knowledge that you already know, so no Googling.

It’s basically a celebration of knowledge.

It’s really entertaining, and very addictive. I usually listen to it every night.

Can you recommend a good podcast for me to try?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bigwaff]

Smartless. Entertaining, engaging, and really funny. Interviews with interesting and celebrity guests. So easy to binge listen.

 

[Marko1965]

I like crime podcast, listen to a lot of dateline.

 

[snash22]

I like crime podcast, listen to a lot of dateline.

Lem and Crimley Exhume The Bodies. Lem and Crim are former FBI agents who researched the worst of the worst crime cases in the 80’s and 90’s. They explore the cases they worked, and the missing pieces and loose ends that haunt them.

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

Thank you for the recommendations.

How I Built This is also good.

It's interviews with company CEOs, focussing on how the company started and the journey they went on.

 

[Night Spring]

I tend to read/listen to limited series podcasts, that come in about 6-10 episodes.

Floodlines, about the New Orleans flood

Floodlines

The story of an unnatural disaster. Hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II.

www.theatlantic.com

Holy Week, by the same guy looks good, but I haven't really had the chance to listen/read it yet. It's about the aftermath of Martin Luther King assassination.

Holy Week

'Floodlines' host Vann Newkirk's podcast reexamines the week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and its impact on civil rights and race in the U.S.

www.theatlantic.com

Bagman by Rachel Maddow, about Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew.

Bag Man: A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC

Listen to Bag Man: A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC

www.msnbc.com

All There Is, by Anderson Cooper, about grieving loss of loved ones.

All There Is with Anderson Cooper - Podcast on CNN Audio

Do we ever move on from grief, or do we just learn to live with it? In Season 2 of All There Is, Anderson Cooper continues his deeply personal journey to understand his own feelings of grief in all its complexities, and in moving and honest discussions, learn from others who’ve experienced...

www.cnn.com

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

I tend to read/listen to limited series podcasts, that come in about 6-10 episodes.

Floodlines, about the New Orleans flood

Floodlines

The story of an unnatural disaster. Hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II.

www.theatlantic.com

Holy Week, by the same guy looks good, but I haven't really had the chance to listen/read it yet. It's about the aftermath of Martin Luther King assassination.

Holy Week

'Floodlines' host Vann Newkirk's podcast reexamines the week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and its impact on civil rights and race in the U.S.

www.theatlantic.com

Bagman by Rachel Maddow, about Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew.

Bag Man: A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC

Listen to Bag Man: A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC

www.msnbc.com

All There Is, by Anderson Cooper, about grieving loss of loved ones.

All There Is with Anderson Cooper - Podcast on CNN Audio

Do we ever move on from grief, or do we just learn to live with it? In Season 2 of All There Is, Anderson Cooper continues his deeply personal journey to understand his own feelings of grief in all its complexities, and in moving and honest discussions, learn from others who’ve experienced...

www.cnn.com

Thanks for the recommendations, buddy.

 

[icanhazmac]

The Joe Rogan Experience

Listen to The Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify. The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

open.spotify.com

Long form conversations. I listen mostly for the breadth of guests, skipping most of the comedians unless I know them. My favs tend to be medical or science related.

 

[throAU]

Behind the bastards


It's about bastard people from history.

 

[KaiFiMacFan]

I listen to a lot of podcasts, though some of them are quite niche and maybe aren't so easily "recommendable". One that I think would have a broad appeal and I've listened to for years is Radiolab. Used to be exclusively science-focused, now covers more topics, but always in an engaging way. The Rest is History is also a good general history podcast.

Behind the bastards


It's about bastard people from history.

I like that one, though the subject matter is often quite heavy. If you're not in the mood for it, it can be a lot.