What are interesting and entertaining podcasts to listen to? [English, French, Italian]
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Cautionary Tales by Tim Harford.
Takes stories of errors, mistakes, catastrophes of the far and recent past and analyses the causes of them and what lessons can be learned. Everything from assigning success to personality over circumstance to the "curse of information" to what to do in a plane crash.
Interesting, insightful, exceptionally well written and presented, always interesting and entertaining.
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Thanks for the tip, can't wait to listen in. It's also available on Spotify
I think season 2 (Whisperer in Darkness) is missing from Spotify too, but the internet archive copy is good
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I think season 2 (Whisperer in Darkness) is missing from Spotify too, but the internet archive copy is good
True. Weird, wonder why that has vanished from the web...
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True. Weird, wonder why that has vanished from the web...
It got too close to the truth!
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Podcasts are my thing. I've got you covered.
Depends on what you're into:
More or Less: Behind the Stats - analysis of some statistic from the news
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos - what science says about how to be happy
The Audio Long Read - long form articles from the Guardian newspaper
You Are Not So Smart - cognitive science related. How we know things, our biases, how our thinking is flawed, etc.
Dan Snow's History Hit - One of the few history podcasts I really like
Short History Of... - a short history of some specific thing
The Forum - expert panel discussion about some topic
Behind the Bastards - Very well known podcast focusing on some bastard personality
CrowdScience - in depth investigation of a listener science question
Radiolab - in depth investigation of a topic of their interest. Quite broad scope.
Unexpected Elements - a very varied mix of discussions around a science topic from the news
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Tim Harford is the podcast king for me. This show is a deep dive into something that went wrong in news or history, and an investigation of all the systemic failures around it. It tries to show how blame is hardly ever warranted on a single person and the systems are at fault.
The Martin Lewis Podcast - UK consumer advocate and saving guru
The Inquiry - a deep dive into a news story
Revisionist History - Malcolm Gladwell's podcast about a range of different things
The Law Show - UK legal system issues
The Infinite Monkey Cage - comedy science panel show
The Supermassive Podcast - space related podcast
File on 4 investigates - detailed story from deep investigative journalism
Thinking Allowed - light philosophical ramblings
When It Hits the Fan - two public relations experts talk about PR issues from current events
Discovery - science related. Currently mostly doing shows about "a life scientific" I.e. talking to a scientist about their life
Overthink - philosophy made accessible
What It's Like To Be.. - a person from a particular occupation talks about their job
People Fixing the World - people from different parts of the world fixing some local problem in their community in a creative way
Hidden Brain - my absolute favourite. Cognitive science related. Explains how the brain works and how to use the understanding to male your own love better.
Within Reason
Your Parenting Mojo - evidence based parenting. Can be a very dry long-winded research presentation, but this has improved my parenting (and life) immensely
Sideways - different ideas and how to look at things differently
Darknet Diaries - stories from the dark underbelly of the internet
The Reith Lectures - once a year short lecture series, but well worth listening to the backlog
Evil Genius with Russell Kane - comedians discuss how some villains from history weren't so bad and how some heroes from history were terrible people
Owls at Dawn - ramblings of a couple of philosophers
Sound of Gaming - excellent music show about music soundtracks from videogames
Playing god? - medical ethics discussion
30 Animals That Made Us Smarter - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
A History of the World in 100 Objects - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
I would also recommend the podcast series made to accompany the Chernobyl and Last of Us TV series.
S Town - a nice fiction mini series drama story.
Maybe you typo'd that description of S-Town, but it was definitely non-fiction/investigative journalism!
Growing up in a rural area and having experienced a period of social isolation in my young adulthood, that story absolutely haunts me.
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Recently commented in a similar post, so I'll paste that comment:
Podcasts are my thing. I've got you covered.
Depends on what you're into:
More or Less: Behind the Stats - analysis of some statistic from the news
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos - what science says about how to be happy
The Audio Long Read - long form articles from the Guardian newspaper
You Are Not So Smart - cognitive science related. How we know things, our biases, how our thinking is flawed, etc.
Dan Snow's History Hit - One of the few history podcasts I really like
Short History Of... - a short history of some specific thing
The Forum - expert panel discussion about some topic
Behind the Bastards - Very well known podcast focusing on some bastard personality
CrowdScience - in depth investigation of a listener science question
Radiolab - in depth investigation of a topic of their interest. Quite broad scope.
Unexpected Elements - a very varied mix of discussions around a science topic from the news
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Tim Harford is the podcast king for me. This show is a deep dive into something that went wrong in news or history, and an investigation of all the systemic failures around it. It tries to show how blame is hardly ever warranted on a single person and the systems are at fault.
The Martin Lewis Podcast - UK consumer advocate and saving guru
The Inquiry - a deep dive into a news story
Revisionist History - Malcolm Gladwell's podcast about a range of different things
The Law Show - UK legal system issues
The Infinite Monkey Cage - comedy science panel show
The Supermassive Podcast - space related podcast
File on 4 investigates - detailed story from deep investigative journalism
Thinking Allowed - light philosophical ramblings
When It Hits the Fan - two public relations experts talk about PR issues from current events
Discovery - science related. Currently mostly doing shows about "a life scientific" I.e. talking to a scientist about their life
Overthink - philosophy made accessible
What It's Like To Be.. - a person from a particular occupation talks about their job
People Fixing the World - people from different parts of the world fixing some local problem in their community in a creative way
Hidden Brain - my absolute favourite. Cognitive science related. Explains how the brain works and how to use the understanding to male your own love better.
Within Reason
Your Parenting Mojo - evidence based parenting. Can be a very dry long-winded research presentation, but this has improved my parenting (and life) immensely
Sideways - different ideas and how to look at things differently
Darknet Diaries - stories from the dark underbelly of the internet
The Reith Lectures - once a year short lecture series, but well worth listening to the backlog
Evil Genius with Russell Kane - comedians discuss how some villains from history weren't so bad and how some heroes from history were terrible people
Owls at Dawn - ramblings of a couple of philosophers
Sound of Gaming - excellent music show about music soundtracks from videogames
Playing god? - medical ethics discussion
30 Animals That Made Us Smarter - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
A History of the World in 100 Objects - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
I would also recommend the podcast series made to accompany the Chernobyl and Last of Us TV series.
S Town - a nice fiction mini series drama story.
That's a great list, but are there even enough hours in the day to listen to all of those? That seems like a lot.
I've been meaning to listen to Behind The Bastards, but the back catalogue of that podcast alone would keep me going for weeks.
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'The Weekly Planet' is the only one I listen to regularly. Couple of blokes from Melbourne, Aus talking about pop culture, but I'm mostly there for the funny banter and obscure Australian references.
I binged on Tony Martin's 'Sizzletown' a while back. It's a 'late night talk-back podcast' - basically Tony doing a bunch of characters that 'call in' to the show. Pretty funny, especially the first couple of seasons.
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Love this. Bookmarking tons of stuff.
I'll add: A Sense Of Rebellion. Miniseries about the confluence of the rise of computer science and intellectualism and psychedelic culture at MIT in the 50's and 60's.
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That's a great list, but are there even enough hours in the day to listen to all of those? That seems like a lot.
I've been meaning to listen to Behind The Bastards, but the back catalogue of that podcast alone would keep me going for weeks.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I listen at x2 speed, so a 40 min podcast only takes 20min. Skipping ads, etc brings it down to 18 min or so.
I don't go looking through backlogs unless there's a particularly interesting and specific old episode.
I don't listen to all new episodes. If an episode is uninteresting then I skip it.
It is worth listening prospectively because most do episodes about topics that are relevant on current discourse and current events.
If I listen regularly then I can keep up just fine with new releases. 40 min to work and back, maybe another 40 min of listening in the gym. Then if I skip ads/titles/endings, and listen at x2 speed, then I effectively get through over 4 hours of content every day.
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I listen at x2 speed, so a 40 min podcast only takes 20min. Skipping ads, etc brings it down to 18 min or so.
I don't go looking through backlogs unless there's a particularly interesting and specific old episode.
I don't listen to all new episodes. If an episode is uninteresting then I skip it.
It is worth listening prospectively because most do episodes about topics that are relevant on current discourse and current events.
If I listen regularly then I can keep up just fine with new releases. 40 min to work and back, maybe another 40 min of listening in the gym. Then if I skip ads/titles/endings, and listen at x2 speed, then I effectively get through over 4 hours of content every day.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Thanks for the explanation. I don't know if it's just my age, but I find I can't enjoy content at anything other than 1x speed, but I can see how it helps to play things faster. There's just SO MUCH content, and every episode of BTB looks interesting to me.
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Warning, all content below is In french :
- if you like audio adventures, fantasy (and are quite fluent in french) I urge you to try "reflets d'acide". Imagine that your typical D&D session is narrated, with meta jokes and lots of wordplay !
- Le comptoir Sécu, Which is a periodic review of cyber security news.
- a list of content creators that you can find in podcasts ( or youtube), pretty politicals : clément victorovitch (rethoric analyst, with a heavy focus on french politics, pretty mainstream but hard leaning left. Mathieu burgalassi ( french journalist focusing on fighting fascism and alt-right, everything he does is heavily sourced and he also did some debates)
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Thanks for the explanation. I don't know if it's just my age, but I find I can't enjoy content at anything other than 1x speed, but I can see how it helps to play things faster. There's just SO MUCH content, and every episode of BTB looks interesting to me.
You have to train your ear slowly and build up speed gradually. My wife and brother both used to laugh at the x2 gibberish I listened to. They started building up slowly, and now they both also find it way too annoying and slow to hear x1 speed content (including YouTube and videos).
Listen however you find it most enjoyable.
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Listen 6 hours of Henri Guillemin speaking about La Commune de Paris
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I really enjoy Flightless Bird. It's a New Zealand journalist that moved to America to report on all of the things he finds strange about the US. As an American I have fun listening his fascination of all the weird things here especially when it comes to corporate america.
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Recently commented in a similar post, so I'll paste that comment:
Podcasts are my thing. I've got you covered.
Depends on what you're into:
More or Less: Behind the Stats - analysis of some statistic from the news
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos - what science says about how to be happy
The Audio Long Read - long form articles from the Guardian newspaper
You Are Not So Smart - cognitive science related. How we know things, our biases, how our thinking is flawed, etc.
Dan Snow's History Hit - One of the few history podcasts I really like
Short History Of... - a short history of some specific thing
The Forum - expert panel discussion about some topic
Behind the Bastards - Very well known podcast focusing on some bastard personality
CrowdScience - in depth investigation of a listener science question
Radiolab - in depth investigation of a topic of their interest. Quite broad scope.
Unexpected Elements - a very varied mix of discussions around a science topic from the news
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Tim Harford is the podcast king for me. This show is a deep dive into something that went wrong in news or history, and an investigation of all the systemic failures around it. It tries to show how blame is hardly ever warranted on a single person and the systems are at fault.
The Martin Lewis Podcast - UK consumer advocate and saving guru
The Inquiry - a deep dive into a news story
Revisionist History - Malcolm Gladwell's podcast about a range of different things
The Law Show - UK legal system issues
The Infinite Monkey Cage - comedy science panel show
The Supermassive Podcast - space related podcast
File on 4 investigates - detailed story from deep investigative journalism
Thinking Allowed - light philosophical ramblings
When It Hits the Fan - two public relations experts talk about PR issues from current events
Discovery - science related. Currently mostly doing shows about "a life scientific" I.e. talking to a scientist about their life
Overthink - philosophy made accessible
What It's Like To Be.. - a person from a particular occupation talks about their job
People Fixing the World - people from different parts of the world fixing some local problem in their community in a creative way
Hidden Brain - my absolute favourite. Cognitive science related. Explains how the brain works and how to use the understanding to male your own love better.
Within Reason
Your Parenting Mojo - evidence based parenting. Can be a very dry long-winded research presentation, but this has improved my parenting (and life) immensely
Sideways - different ideas and how to look at things differently
Darknet Diaries - stories from the dark underbelly of the internet
The Reith Lectures - once a year short lecture series, but well worth listening to the backlog
Evil Genius with Russell Kane - comedians discuss how some villains from history weren't so bad and how some heroes from history were terrible people
Owls at Dawn - ramblings of a couple of philosophers
Sound of Gaming - excellent music show about music soundtracks from videogames
Playing god? - medical ethics discussion
30 Animals That Made Us Smarter - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
A History of the World in 100 Objects - this series has ended but it is worth listening to the backlog
I would also recommend the podcast series made to accompany the Chernobyl and Last of Us TV series.
S Town - a nice fiction mini series drama story.
I think you might Like ScienceUnscripted!
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I think you might Like ScienceUnscripted!
Thanks I'll check it out
