Not exactly a new one, but I listened to S-town with great enjoyment. It's a little story about an alleged murder, a truly original American man, and rural Alabama. I was never bored, and I certainly learned something. And you get to hear an amazing Alabama accent.
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I used to listen to them all the time.before the move to Spotify. Once they came out from behind Spotify and I could get them in my preferred app, I just couldn't get back in the grove of listening to them. It seemed like for every 5 of their releases, I would find one interesting.
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You can tell the difference between the episodes researched by them and their research team. I still listen to them from time to time, their recent series on the Survival on the Andes is harrowing, one of their best episodes in recent times.
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This Podcast Will Kill You
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Heavyweight on Spotify.
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Midnight Burger
Dungeons and Daddies (not a BDSM podcast)
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Here are some other spooky ones, as well! :
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Pivot
Tech news and analysis, but they cover many different things.
Freakonomics Radio
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Late to the party here. Love many of the podcasts already shared, but I'd like to reccomend a couple.
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Filthy Casuals: three aussie comedians, Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel, and Adam Knox, keep up with the video game industry. Similar to my last recommendation, but if you're interested in video games.
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Ars Paradoxica
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Strict Scrutiny
A breakdown of the inside politics of the Supreme Court and the cases before them.
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Comedy Bang Bang
Great improve podcast. Lots of funny people.
The Age of Napoleon. I'm a Patreon supporter because it's simply an awesome and informative podcast about a hugely interesting and transformative era and person.
F**kface, it's not really about anything, just very funny ramblings, listen a lot when I'm cooking and can't have full attention on something educational.
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Let's Learn Everything
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Beautiful/Anonymous with Chris Gethard. Random people call in and have 1 hour where Chris can’t hang up only the caller.
Dudesy is a fun pod show with Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen. First and only podcast written by and direct by an AI. Don't break kayfabe, brother.
You ever watch The Dudesons? Amazing shit lol
These will probably have a British/English slant to them.
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Off Menu: Over 200 episodes, and two live tour runs, and it's still a great and simple format. It's hosted by comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster, who ask guests to pick their dream meal.
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Second Tier: If, like me, you follow a football club outside of the Premier League, you'll know just how hard it is to make a show about the Championship. While I don't always agree with them, they're trying their best, and have managed to consistently put out content that tries to cover every team.
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Fozcast (The Ben Foster Podcast): Great to listen to if you're a football fan, as Ben puts out a lot of amazing insight into the world of football.
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The Happy Hour Podcast: I've no idea who JaackMaate is, but he puts out a solid podcast with some great guests.
Blocks w/ Neal Brennan - "Based on his Netflix comedy special, "Blocks." Neal Brennan interviews friends and colleagues about the things that make them feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how they are persevering despite these blocks."
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The Duncan Trussell Family Hour - Lot of the guests tend to be Buddhist monks, comedians, spiritual gurus, occultists, etc. Ranges from mundane topics to esoteric ones.
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman and Data Over Dogma - Both discuss the Bible from an academic view. The cultural context behind the Gospels, the biases in each Gospel, the non-canonical gospels
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The Rest is History. Two brits historians talking about world history stuff informally, twice a week. It's really fun! Also Mike Duncan's Revolutions and the History of Rome.
Andrew Huberman --> Huberman Labs
Neuroscientist and professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University.
Does amazingly detailed, up-to-date, research backed podcasts with many other Doctors and such discussing topics involving the brain, sleep, dopamine, routines, diet, mechanisms of action, etc
My favorite podcast I'm always down to listen to and it's on basically every platform.
ENJOY! :)
The Blindboy Podcast
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If you haven't seen it already check out Bobby Fingers on YouTube. Only 4 videos so far (all amazing) and is the other half of the Rubber Bandits. Very talented VFX artist
Please Stop Talking A bunch of youtubers (SirMeowMusic, Noodle, Mandalore Gaming, Brendaniel, etc) get together and tell hilarious stories. There has yet to be an episode I've listened to where I didn't leave laughing. They even do other types of shows beyond PST. They talk about watching horror movies (and also Bob's Burgers) in Pondering Spooky Tapes, they just aired a pilot for a new gaming podcast called Press Turbo Start, and they're about to start up a new DnD campaign in Perilous Storytelling.
I highly recommend this podcast. They're so funny. https://www.youtube.com/@PleaseStopTalkingPodcast/featured
Smart Enough to Know Better - Australian podcast where two guys discuss things that interest then in a humorous way. Could be the latest astrophysics news, could be the location of stomachs and diet of a centaur.
Well, there's your problem. It's a podcast about engineering disasters. With slides.
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Time Suck with Dan Cummins. He covers a variety of topics with lots of irreverent humor and inside jokes. His most recent topics include: the Riverside killer, cult of the twin flames universe, Colonel Sanders, and the protocol's of the elders of Zion.
Join the Cult of the Curious and listen to our Lord Suckmaster today! 3/5 stars, wouldn't change a thing! Go team meatsack!
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Dark Ages. It's a fantasy/workplace comedy about the staff of the Rivercliff Museum of Mostly Natural History. I won't go into more detail to avoid any spoilers but it's been one of my favorites for awhile now though sadly there's only one season so far.
Also, EOS 10, which is about the medical staff on a space station and the funny/weird/bonkers stuff they get into.
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