A collection of podcasts I listen to – not all every episode, not each every week. Sometimes I’ll go weeks at a time and declare bankruptcy. Sometimes I’ll binge a bunch at once. And this is (!) an incomplete list.
The links within are via Pocketcasts, my preferred cross-platform listening tool of choice. Your preference may vary, but a clickthrough of the links will take you to the original…
- 10 Things That Scare Me – brief interviews with people famous, infamous, and otherwise covering things which cause them alarm – dark secrets to the mundane.
- Against The Rules – podcast by Michael Lewis on various topics – political, personal, etc.
- AHIMA Hi Pitch – podcast on health information topics by AHIMA (AZ’s organization). Not a topic you think would be of general interest – but it is.
- Akimbo – Seth Godin is a marketer and coach, but his brief podcast often delves into personal improvement and thinking.
- All Songs Considered – periodic programme from NPR on popular music; the core team is also key to Tiny Desk Concerts, which are quite popular in these parts.
- Almost Tangible:Macbeth – an audio retelling of the Scottish play; limited series of 7 episodes
- The Argument – NYT podcast with usually Ross Doutat, Michelle Goldberg and Frank Bruni – opinion based coverage of current topics
- The Axe Files with David Axelrod – Interviews held at the Institute of Politics @ UC.
- Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott – Interviews on Tech and Society by Microsoft’s CTO. As much policy as geekery.
- Best of Today – snippets of news and interviews from BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme.
- The Big Takeover Show – Radio show hosted by Jack Rabid, longtime editor of Big Takeover magazine. Mostly rock.
- Blamo! – discussions on fashion and lifestyle, hosted by Jeremy Kirkland
- Bob Dylan: Album by Album – what it says on the tin…
- Broadcasting House Weekly news roundup and discussion from BBC Radio 4. Charmingly hosted by Paddu O’Connell.
- Business Casual – Business and entrepreneurial interviews from Morning Brew newsletter.
- Career Tools and Manager Tools – overlapping podcasts about managing and being an employee – deep dives on topic spaces, often running across multiple episodes.
- Comedy of the Week – one episode selected form BBC Radio 4’s comedy programming per week.
- The Daily – one longform story a day, or story behind the reporting – from the NYT.
- Deep Dish on Global Affairs – interviews conducted by the team at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on current topics.
- Desert Island Discs – long running programme from the BBC where notables and celebrities select eight tracks they’d take to a desert island. The archive runs in the thousands!
- Dissect – longform discussion of notable albums – one album per multi-episode season (e.g. My Dark Beloved Fantasy, or this season’s Lemondade).
- Distributed – discussions on remote and distributed work environments, hosted by Matt Mullenweg of Automattic.
- Everything is Alive – interviews with commonplace objects (a lampost, a grain of salt)
- Friday Night Comedy – weekly news-oriented comedy from the BBC. Rotates between the News Quiz (an antecedent to Wait, wait…), The Now Show, Dead Ringers (like the TV show, but no puppets), et al.
- GZero World – Ian Bremmer of GZero interviews journalists and thinkers on international and other issues.
- In Our Time – Discussions on the history of ideas and other topics from Melvyn Bragg of the BBC.
- Israel Story – This American Life (literally – they interviewed Ira Glass in s01e01), but Israeli.
- KEXP Song of the Day and KEXP Music That Matters – a daily and weekly mix from KEXP in Seattle; generally contemporary, but wide ranging and suitable for many tastes.
- The Kitchen Sisters Present – archival footage and stories from the former NPR correspondents.
- The Last Archive – Podcast on mystery and the nature of truth with historian Jill Lepore. In truth, I haven’t listened yet (it just premiered), but it feels like it could be good!
- Lost Notes – longform stories about a specific music topic or artist.
- Making… – podcast from WBEZ that has done series on the early stories of Obama and Beyonce
- Marlon and Jake Read Dead People – Novelist Marlon James and his editor discuss books, usually by old dead white men.
- Maximum Rock N Roll Podcast – archival recordings of the radio associated to the seminal punk zine.
- The National Podcast of Texas – weekly interview and roundup from Texas Monthly magazine.
- Public Official A – WBEZ series about the Rod Blagojevich experience.
- RA Podcast – mixes and music from electronic music magazine Resident Advisor.
- Reply All – curious stories about the intersection of internet life, real life, and people.
- Says Who – weekly rants and discussion of the current situation hosted by Dan Sinker and Maureen Johnson.
- Slightly Foxed – cozy podcast from the editors/owners of Slightly Foxed Press and magazine.
- Song Exploder – discussions with artists and producers about how a particular song was written, crafted, or produced.
- South Side Stories – tales aligned to the Comedy Central show South Side
- Today in Focus – Daily long form news story or story behind the story – this time from The Guardian.
- Unlocking Us with Brene Brown – newish Brene Brown podcast of interviews and personal development.
- The Watt From Pedro Show – Mike Watt (Minutemen, Stooges) radio show recordings – runs the gamut from folk to jazz to punk.
- What A Day – daily news analysis from Crooked Media — funny, acerbic, grumpy