• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 months ago
    • Morbid (True Crime/Mysteries)
    • Behind the Bastards (History/Biography with some humor)
    • No Sleep (Fictional Horror Audiodrama)–
  • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Darknet diaries. It’s about anything security, spy, hacking, some networking bots, etc. do NOT need to be a nerd to love it, recent episode was a guy who started tracking stolen bikes and found a crazy web of criminals though patterns.

    Very well spoken, very well edited, very easy to listen to, even if you’re technically challenged.

  • Skua@kbin.earth
    71·
    2 months ago

    I’m a fan of Lingthusiasm. It’s two linguist friends chatting about interesting things in their field. They keep it pretty approachable for non-linguists (like me)

  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    Lateral - guests try to solve weird puzzles that require lateral thinking

    Regular Features - regulars take turns telling a funny story each. They can be all kinds of different things. Songs, plays where everyone needs to get involved, or even true stories backed up with covert voice recordings.

    That’s Absurd Please Elaborate - regulars either explain something weird and interesting or listeners will prompt then with a question that they will go and research and explain in the podcast.

    Horne Section Podcast - Little Alex Horne (of Taskmaster fame) interviews a guest alongside his band that will keep playing improv music of all kinds of different genres throughout. Regularly playing songs that end up being relevant to the guest, for example could be a funny retelling of their life or some fun word play on their name etc. the banter between Alex and band makes this one. They probably didn’t even need guests to be honest.

    A Problem Squared - 2 regulars each try to solve a question posed by listeners. Is often very intellectual but the two hosts are very witty and can find an interesting and funny way to explain someone’s complicated concepts that anyone could understand and learn from.

    James Acasters Perfect Sounds - each episode James shares an album specifically from the year 2016 to try and convince a guest that 2016 was the best year in music in an attempt to justify his obsession of trying to physically collect every album released in 2016. The reasons for it being 2016 specifically are very personal to him and uses each album to explain why. (This is like a companion piece/extension to a book he wrote prior on the same subject, except this time with other people involved and their opinions as well as the audible medium allowing him to share snippets of the sins they are talking about).

    Some other ones I regularly listen to:

    Cox n Crendor

    Geekenders

    Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast

    C.R.E.A.M. (Cars Rule Everything Around Me - The TDC Podcast)

    SmartLess

    Windbreaker

    Better Offline (A good one for Tech Sceptics that hate the big tech monopolies)

  • gon [he]@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    The Magnus Archives is still the best podcast of all time, if you’re into audio dramas.

    I also love The Deep 3, Thinking Basketball, and the No Dunks podcast for the NBA.

  • vvilld@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    This History of Rome – Pretty much exactly what the title says. This is an old podcast. It started in 2007 and finished in 2013. It pioneered the history podcast genre. It was made by Mike Duncan, who went on to create…

    Revolutions – Mike Duncan’s follow up to The History of Rome. It’s a similar format, but rather than a single on-going historical narrative, each season focuses on a different historical revolution. The original run of the show covered the English Revolution, American, French, Haitian, Spanish-American, 1830 French Revolution, 1848 European Revolutions, Mexican, and Russian Revolutions. He then concluded the podcast in 2022, but started it back up again late last year. This season is a fictionalized podcast about the Martian Revolution of the 24th century (told as a history from someone living well in the future of it). He’s said that once he’s done this season he’s going back to doing historical revolutions picking back up after the Russian Revolution.

  • wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
    5·
    2 months ago
    • welcome to nightvale - if you like kooky off the wall sci-fi stories
    • We’re alive - Long form zombie survival podcast. I recommend starting from the beginning before moving to the newest stuff
    • Alice isn’t Dead - mystery sci-fi trucker podcast
    • Fictional - classical novels read with a bit of snark - new season coming soon
    • That time that Planet Money read all of The Great Gatsby
    • 99% Invisible’s book club synopsis of The Power Broker by Robert Caro
    • The Truth
    • What’s Ray Saying
    • aln@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I love Knowledge Fight. I came across Know Rogan podcast after seeing it linked a lot on the KFddit and I find it really good as well. If you like KF give KR a shot

      I gave the Know Rogan guys’ other podcasts a shot but they weren’t for me. The Know Rogan one was good I even joined the Patron for it.

  • emb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    General interest

    • Hardcore History (the best!)
    • A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
    • Myths and Legends

    Game history

    • Retronauts
    • Video Game History Hour (Video Game History Foundation)
    • New Books in Game Studies (I haven’t listened yet, but the description sounds interesting anyway)

    Talking about current video games

    • Kit and Krysta
    • Vic’s Basement (Electric Playground)
    • Easy Allies (Haven’t tuned in since a lot their personalities left, but they’ve still got a solid crew)
    • RixMixed@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 months ago

      Thanks for the recommendations. No idea Victor Lucas had a podcast, I’ll have to check it out.

  • curlyqute@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    This Podcast will Kill You. It’s about illness causing pathogens and poisons. It’s super cool they break it down so nicely. AND they cite their sources!!!