I asked on Facebook and Twitter for a list of your favorite podcasts. Here’s what you said. My own list is included at the end. Feel free to add more in the comments section at the bottom.
- Aaron said Hardcore History
- John said WTF
- Mande said TED Radio Hour and Radiolab
- Anthony said Hollywood Babble On, The Moth, Snap Judgement and The Truth
- Jason said Radiolab
- Julie said A Way With Words
- Mary said A Way With Words and This American Life
- hwilke said Answer Me This, A Way With Words, New Sounds, Here’s The Thing, WTF, Radiolab
- Matthew said WTF, Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show, Colt Cabana, The Phil Hendrie Show
- Mark said By The Way, In Conversation With Jeff Garlin
- Carter said Doug Loves Movies
- Chuck said Thinking Allowed, The Why Factor and Wiretap
- Danny said Greg Proops’ Proopcast, Best Of The Left, Citizen Radio, Red Radio, All In The Mind, Big Ideas, WTF, In The Sprawl, Progressive Podcast Australia, Team Earthling & The Jazz Session
- Acacia said Freakonomics and The Moth
- Kronda said The Baratunde Cast
- Anna Ruth said The Dinner Party Download
And here’s what I’m listening to. A couple notes: I listened to WTF for about the first year or so, but after a while I stopped. To my ear, it was too much focused on Maron and not enough on the guests. And I listened to This American Life until this happened.
Also, if you’ll allow me a bit of a plug, I’d like to recommend my own show, The Jazz Session. Even if you’re not into jazz (or don’t think you are), I think you’ll find something to like in these conversations with artists about how and why they do what they do.
- 99% Invisible
- The Bugle
- The Dead Authors Podcast
- Democracy Now
- Dharmapunx NYC and Brooklyn
- The Field Negro Guide to Arts and Culture
- The Human Bible
- I Seem Fun: The Diary of Jen Kirkman Podcast
- In Our Time
- Le Show with Harry Shearer
- The Long Shot
- Love + Radio
- Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews
- The Memory Palace
- MTBCast
- The Pod F. Tompkast
- Poem Talk
- Poetry Lectures
- Poetry Off The Shelf
- Radiolab
- Wiretap
You would love Thinking Allowed with Laurie Taylor and The Why Factor, both BBC Podcasts. I heartily second (or third or whatever) Wiretap. Jonathan Goldstein is an inspired cat.