What podcast do you listen to?
Here are my top 20 podcasts.
It’s a diverse mix, so I divided them into 7 categories (and added a brief description of why I like each one):
- News
- Economics
- Education
- Entrepreneurship
- Interesting things
- Health and happiness
- Sleeping
News
- BBC Global News (a concise way to get the main stories of the day from BBC News; they’re offered twice a day and once on weekends)
- BBC’s From Our Correspondent (an in-depth look at the stories behind the top world news headlines, told by BBC correspondents, journalists, and writers in a captivating storytelling format; hosted by Kate Adie)
- Middle East Analysis (podcast on events happening in the Middle East and North Africa regions; the main contributor is an international lawyer, political advisor, and incredibly smart man: Dr. Harry Hagopian)
Economics
- Marketplace (a leading business news program with real-life stories and conversations about how economic news affects us and our daily lives; hosted by Kai Ryssdal)
- KPFA Behind the News (a unique perspective of the two worlds of economics and politics and how they interact, with interviews featuring activists, intellectuals, and academics; hosted by Doug Henwood)
- Planet Money (an eclectic mix of stories about smart people, economics, and politics)
Education
- Optimize with Brian Johnson (hands down, my top podcast pick: these are condensed big ideas from the best books on optimal living and micro classes on how to apply these ideas; I get a lot of book recommendations here, including most recently Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life)
Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneur On Fire (fun interviews with today’s most successful entrepreneurs on their best and their worst entrepreneurial moments, and lessons they’ve learned along the way)
- This Is Your Life with Michael Hyatt (a podcast on intentional leadership, to help you live with more passion, work with greater focus, and lead with extraordinary influence)
- The James Altucher Show (entrepreneur, investor, and writer James Altucher leads conversations with writers and entrepreneurs)
- Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod (interviews with entrepreneurs on how they started their business, what they’ve learned along the way, and how they make time to do it all; hosted by the writer of The Miracle Morning)
Interesting things
- Invisibilia (a show about invisible forces that affect and control human behavior: our ideas, beliefs, and emotions)
- Intelligence Squared (the world’s leading forum for debate and intelligent discussion; I like the diversity of topics that are covered including Brexit, democracy, foreign intervention, capitalism, the art market, contemporary literature, feminism, and events in the Middle East)
- The Inquiry (a debate on a controversial topic in the news and 4 experts challenging each other with 2 views, for and against the topic)
- Radiolab (show about curiosity, interesting ideas, science, philosophy)
- Question of the Day (a show for people short on time and long on curiosity, with a lot of good humor in trying to answer the question at hand)
Health and happiness
- Happier With Gretchen Rubin (a show led by the bestselling author of The Happiness Project, with small yet practical ideas you can apply to your life to exercise your happiness muscle)
- Radio Headspace (a podcast to give you inspiration for a healthier, happier life, with topics that include mindfulness, being happier, and changing the world)
- The Model Health Show (hosted by Shawn Stevenson, it’s an entertaining and honest take on health and fitness)
Sleeping
- Atmospheric (a collection of hour-long podcasts with recorded sounds of nature to help you relax and fall asleep more easily)
People who are fed up with the structure of mainstream media - or generally not interested - tend to listen to podcasts.
Podcasts are appealing for a few reasons:
- They are free
- There is no time restraint on length. They are not produced to the 1-hr structure of traditional radio - and one of the only things that informs the length of a podcast is the producer's guess at when a listener’s attention might begin to wane
- A podcast can focus obsessively on just one topic - not a luxury traditional media has, TV and radio, which have to try and pick up large audience numbers to attract sponsors and t
Last updated 28-Mar-22
I follow more than these but these are my favorites that I would recommend (periodically updated). I use Overcast to listen to them. I can listen to a lot of podcasts because I listen at 1.8. I periodically update the below list:
Business/Law: Marketplace, Planet Money, Freakonomics, The Indicator, Business Wars, Business Wars Daily
Crime: American Scandal
Comedy: The Complete Gui
I think a more simple answer is people just don’t like them and it’s hit a saturation point so it’s hard to acquire new listeners. I found this topic because several people have tried to get me to listen to a great podcast recently and I’m just thinking, that’s nice, but not for me.
So here we go, I am one of those who don’t like them either, but I also was never a fan of talk radio or audiobooks either. It’s just not a medium I enjoy and if I have the free time I will dive into a textual or visual medium.
There is a part of my day where I can just put it on in the background and listen, my w
I listen to an absurd amount of podcasts and host my own.
Here is my collection-
Creativity:
- Black With No Cream - Made by Ben Hagarty (Videographer for Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q) who is a complete machine in the video production world.
- Perspective Podcast - Made by artist Scotty Russel from the Perspective Collective. I enjoy the reality of this show.
Exercise and Health:
- Road to Ripped - Helpful workout tips, as well as mindset advice.
- Get-Fit Guy's Quick and Dirty Tips to Slim Down and Shape Up - Very specific pieces of advice on getting into better shape. You don’t need to listen to
Joe Rogan. Joe is a curious and honest person. He takes his podcast job seriously. He is well-prepared for every interview and asks questions that dig into the truth about the interview subject/person. No softball questions. No questions based on a false premise. Joe is one of the few people performing an honest effort of professional journalism.
Too many probably! Keep in mind though that I don't listen to every episode, especially the ones that talk about movies, music, comics, or TV, I just listen to the ones that talk about things I'm interested in. Here's my list, divided by categories:
Game of Thrones/ASOIAF
- A Cast of Kings
- A Podcast Of Ice and Fire
- Boars, Gore, and Swords
- Cast of Thrones
- Game Of Owns
- Game Of Thrones Afterbuzz
- History Of Westeros
- The Boiled Leather Audio Hour
- Unabashed Book Snobbery
- Wars and Politics of Ice and Fire,
Tv
- Indiewire: Very Good TV
- KCWR's The Spin-off
- Sound On Sight TV-Cast
- The Ones Who Knock
- The Vulture
Thanks for inviting me to answer this question.
Here are several podcasts I recommend:
- Anything Goes, with Emma Chamberlain
- Don’t Let This Flop
- Today, Explained
- The Happiness Lab
Yes, absolutely!
When you are stuck in the middle of inches of moving traffic, and you are listening about Facebook’s secret jobs where people are sorting through millions of pictures to decide which one gets to stay. I felt it was worth it. I felt as if I was part of a huge world unknown to me till that moment when people were in unimaginable conditions.
When I was listening to stories about people in Syrian refugee camps I felt compassion towards them. I felt as if I knew more about what they were going through.
When I was listening to hundreds of such stories, I felt as if my knowledge was getting
🎙 We prepared a list of some podcasts covering topics like career advancement, mental health, wellness, and personal development for you here:
1. Too Smart For This: A podcast aimed at helping women entrepreneurs hone their craft and map out their unique career paths.
2. The Science of Success: The podcast explores the science and psychology behind success in communication, leadership, and other avenues in life.
3. The Happiness Lab: The podcast cites the latest scientific research about happiness and shares inspiring stories meant to change how we look at emotion.
4. Tiny Leaps, Big Changes: The
If you like true crime I would recommend crime junkie or Sword and Scale, if you like funny you might want to listen to the Try pod
Honestly? While in the car I mainly use podcasting to listen to public radio programs (like Fresh Air). The editorial quality is miles ahead of most podcasts I’ve tried. There are brief, discreet ads and while the shows are available as podcasts (to be pushed out to subscribers) I am just streaming them via TuneIn.
But day-to-day (at the gym, walking, etc), I’ve discovered that once I have the earbuds in, it’s just as easy to skip past the podcast app and go straight to my audiobooks app. Again, great in-depth exploration of a topic or characters, well-conceived and edited, great voices, and no
Here are my 10 podcast recommendations on the topics of the economy, news, and entrepreneurship:
The economy
- Marketplace (leading business news program with real-life stories and conversations about how economic news affects us and our daily lives; hosted by Kai Ryssdal)
- KPFA Behind the News (a unique perspective of the two worlds of economics and politics and how they interact, with interviews featuring activists, intellectuals, and academics;
With the internet, today both consumers and marketers are increasingly surfing information and connecting through the technological platform, the availability of content seems to grow exponentially every single second, and and the need for selectivity of new media and information that matters is becoming more important
In podcasting, the right audience matters most because they’re the ones who are going to be benefiting the most from your broadcast content. The more engaged your audience, the higher your conversion rates for whatever product or service you’re going to put in front of
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