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[–] ByDarwinsBeard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The Scathing Atheist - three atheist comedians talk about religious over reach on society.

God Awful Movies - those same three comedians talk about terrible religious movies

Cognitive Dissonance - two skeptical best friends from Chicago talk about the news.

Citation Needed - the guys from The Scathing Atheist and the guys from Cognitive Dissonance take turns reading essays based on Wikipedia pages and joking about them.

Behind The Bastards - hilarious and well informed host talks about histories greatest Bastards.

The Greatest Generation/The Greatest Trek - two guys review Star Trek episodes. Generation focuses on older trek shows, currently going through Voyager, Trek reviews the new shows as episodes release.

GoNintendo - Rawmeat Cowboy from GoNintendo and his friends talk about Nintendo news and utterly fail to stay on topic.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] statlerwaldorf@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like all three of those guys but for some reason the podcast doesn't work for me. It feels forced or disingenuous or something I can't quite put my finger on.

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[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last podcast I listened to was a couple episodes of Behind the Bastards. Breaking Down: Collapse is the one I listened to in its entirety most recently

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Deprogram, Safety Third, various HowStuffWorks series, Nosleep and Creepypastas, and also I have NewPipe so I mainly just listen to long YouTube videos as podcasts. Disaster Breakdown, Plainly Difficult, RMTransit, and Mentour Pilot are my current educational channels. Barely Sociable, Nexpo, Rob Gavagan for horror and true crime stuff. Some channels interleave the video and audio a lot more so they're not as suitable for listening to.

[–] janus2@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ever listened to Well There's Your Problem? You mention Deprogram and Disaster Breakdown so I'm suprised WTYP isn't also listed

[–] biscuitsofdeath@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dungeons and Daddies not a BDSM podcast ....except that one time

[–] minorsecond@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Stuff You Should Know

  • Barbell Medicine

  • Ham Radio Crash Course

  • 2 White Lights

[–] haha_gravity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just started listening to Stuff You Should know a few weeks ago, I really like it. Since I started at 'the beginning' it is a bit of a walk down memory lane, currently around 2009, it's really funny and a bit strange... Are you up to the current episodes, is it still Chuck and Josh doing all the talking?

[–] minorsecond@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yep! They're still the hosts. It's as good as ever.

[–] RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

My podcasts fall into two groups:

Linux/Tech

  • Destination Linux
  • Late Night Linux and its brethren
  • Linux GameCast and its sister show LWDW

Urbanism

  • The War on Cars
  • The Urbanist Agenda
  • Strong Towns Podcast
  • Upzoned

They release on almost a daily schedule, so I always have something to listen to.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

it’s kinda niche, but since you asked: The SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sans-internet-stormcenter-daily-cyber-security-podcast/id304863991

[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Soooo many, but here are my top 5

  1. The Daily Beans - News. With Swearing
  2. Cognitive Dissonance - Two shouty atheists talk about stuff
  3. The Skepticrat - Funny hot takes on the news
  4. Behind the Bastards - All about the worst people
  5. NPR Politics - 90% American, 10% international, but still about America
[–] ByDarwinsBeard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been listening to CogDis since they had something like six episodes. It's great seeing how far they've come.

[–] MrZee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I just added Cognitive Dissonance to my podcast feed. Are there any standout episodes that you would recommended grabbing?

Attempting to ping @Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world so they see this question too. Is that a thing on lemmy?

[–] haha_gravity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
  • Stories of Scotland - Jenny and Annie talk about Scottish history, culture, nature, and heritage in lovely accents and sometimes they get very silly
  • Irish and Celtic Music Podcast - by Marc Gunn, the 'celtfather'... I love a good jig
  • Stuff You Should Know - stories of curious and strange things... a bit US-centric but they do 'translate' units (e.g. feet to meters) and I appreciate that
  • The compassion Initiative - Just two guys from Brisbane talking compassion, with Stan and James, also nice accents
  • Me the Mountain - Acoustic guitar music I listen on the bus in the morning half asleep; there are no new episodes since 2021 but I listen to the remaining ones on repeat
  • WTF with Marc Maron - the godfather of podcasts, nice chats, sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry...

...and for my German fellow lemmys:

  • Haschimitenfürst - Der Bobcast - für alle ??? (Hörspiel-)Süchtigen
[–] PhantomPhanatic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love me some Darknet Diaries and Hacked.

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I love me some darknet diaries. I haven't checked out hacked, how would you say it compares?

[–] crius@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  • Spout Lore (actual play dungeon world podcast which is an absolute blast of hilarity and wholesomeness)
  • Dungeon and daddies (first season is a masterpiece, after that, your mileage may vary, they are going too often in the "too raunchy" for my taste but there are some good episodes still)
  • Adventure Zones I recently dropped. I basically enjoy only the one off they do in the old West with ghosts and such. The main campaign is subpar since quite some time
  • Not Another D&D podcast, I'm catching up with the first season still, sometimes they go for the "over the top" for no reason but there are some good moments. I absolutely loathe the sponsors they use (like fucking turbotaxes and other exploiting companies)

I had others but over time the quality dropped unfortunately.

I used podcast for infotainment and keeping updated with work related stuff as well once, but since the pandemic I don't commute anymore and the time for podcast is basically just for when I cook or clean.

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[–] janus2@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

If you like short and sweet (most eps. 20–30 min) and don't mind being sad that it's discontinued:

A World Without

Two buddies discuss what a world without a particular thing (one thing per episode) would be like. No color? No chairs? No numbers? They tackle these questions in often unapologetically unscientific, and always creative and hysterical ways.

[–] arandomthought@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Oh No Ross and Carrie" They go participate in all kinds of "fringe science" or spiritual stuff and report on it in a very funy but, in my opinion, largely respectful way.

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[–] purpleball@lemmy.tancomps.net 2 points 1 year ago

This American Life

Radiolab

Decoding the Unknown

The Running Channel

Every so often Planet Money

I used to listen to Reply All until their whole thing and they shut down.

[–] i_am_hungry@meganice.online 2 points 1 year ago

Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, and Off Menu.

[–] tryton@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Coder Radio
  • Ask Noah Show
  • Late Night Linux
  • Linux Unplugged
  • 2.5 Admins
  • Self-Hosted
  • Linux Action News
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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Bad Friends
  • Take Your Shoes Off
  • Tigerbelly
  • Conan O'Brien needs a friend
  • Darknet Diaries
[–] colin@lemmy.uninsane.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 for Darknet Diaries. got anything else to recommend in that nerdy/edgy genre of story telling?

[–] rhymepurple@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Someone already mentioned Hacked on here, but some others are:

  • Hacking Humans
  • Malicious Life
  • Modem Mischief
  • What the Shell?

Some additional security related ones include:

  • Caveat
  • CSO Perspectives
  • CyberWire Daily
  • Paul's Security Weekly
  • Research Saturday
  • Risky Business
  • Security Now
[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Drifting Off with Joe Pera: A Sleep Podcast

https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drifting-off-with-joe-pera/id1669125364

https://open.spotify.com/show/56Vb1dQgGFEFJ9r937U3pg

Drifting Off With Joe Pera is an evening comedy podcast from comedian Joe Pera and composer Ryan Dann. With low-key jokes, immersive soundscapes, and relaxing phone conversations, Joe’s narration and Ryan’s sound design will help you unwind and perhaps even fall asleep. Featuring guest composers and interviews with interesting folks, the podcast will be released on the first Sunday of every month. Sorry, it's not more often but this is the fastest we can do thoughtful, quality work.

After the cancellation of Joe Pera Talks With You, I was glad to learn that Joe and his calming voice would be making new content. Especially content I can drift off with.

[–] admin@lemmy.magnor.ovh 2 points 1 year ago

At the moment, the Dollop and Behind the bastards are my mainstays. Both are as excellent and funny as they are depressing.

[–] ergifruit@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Behind the Bastards (weird/interesting historical shitheads; usually, they did one on Musk and the Submarine Guy)

The Dogg Zzone (if you read Cracked back in the day, two of the main writers, plus guests)

Stuff You Should Know (Stuff. You should know.)

The Dollop (More weird historical shitheads, and sometimes good stuff??)

My Brother, My Brother, and Me (because i'm a basic removed and love dick jokes)

Distractible (also because i'm a basic removed and love dick jokes)

[–] mnrockclimber@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

The Dollop episode on Ronald Reagan (2 parter, number 400 I think?) should be required listening for everyone.

[–] relevant_user_name@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

A Hotdog is a Sandwich from Mythical Kitchen. Lots of talks about interesting food debates. I don't think they have the titular discussion until like 300 episodes in, because they initially said they were never have that debate. Well, I guess they got more and more popular, so they did a 5 part series on whether a Hot Dog is a sandwich or not where they interviewed historians, philosophers, lawyers, and restaurant owners. It's a fun listen.

Other than that, I was listening to the House of The Dragon podcast, but that's over for now.

[–] BobbyBandwidth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The history of literature, the daily, hard fork

[–] goji@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

So many…

The Hidden Athlete (long form interviews with endurance athletes)

No such thing as a fish (fun conversational about random weird factoids)

Sawbones

The One You Feed

The Debaters (stupid Canadian comedy debates)

The Art of Manliness (dumb name, decent content)

Discovery by the BBC

Ologies with Alie Ward

The Emma Guns Show (idgaf about beauty stuff, but love her quality of life & mental health topics)

Trail Runner Nation

Maintenance Phase

You’re Dead to Me (bbc history in a light funny way)

[–] Atarian@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

No Agenda

True Crime Bullshit

The Art of Manliness

Moe Factz

[–] faltuuser@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Joe Rogan ☠️

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[–] AnotherFelix@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Currently I really like rest is politics-leading. Interviews with different kinds of people bringing interesting perspectives.

[–] AstralWeekends@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I Said No Gifts - nice, low-key conversations with funny people, great format.

Midnight Burger - wonderful sci-fi story that draws from lots of material, pretty funny, great cast and production.

No Such Thing as a Fish - 4 hosts discuss interesting facts in what's often equally as hilarious as it is informative.

Bananas - 2 funny dudes discuss weird or funny news headlines.

These are all good, light-hearted podcasts for when you want something a bit softer to listen to :)

[–] Geostorm@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Electricorchestra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait!? Gates McFadden like Dr. Crusher?

[–] Geostorm@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yes Dr. Crusher asks fellow Star Trek cast about their histories. She used to be a French clown. Heard about it from https://trekmovie.com/2023/01/31/exclusive-gates-mcfaddens-investigates-podcast-returns-in-february-with-more-star-trek-guests/

[–] Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Tech Won't Save Us
  • Congressional Dish
  • Breaking Points

A few others that are sometimes good and sometimes not, but these are ones everyone should hear!

[–] Joe_0237@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • No Dumb Questions
  • World's Greatest Con
  • Saftey Third

These are my favorites

[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Cumtown Premium, The Adam Friedland Show, The Always Sunny Podcast

[–] Banda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Always sunny podcast Conan needs a friend Adventure zone

[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Financial Times Morning Briefing

Today Explained

Decoder

David McWilliams Podcast

Linux Unplugged Linux Action News Self Hosted Coder Radio

Late Night Linux

Behind The Bastards

Irish History Podcast

Blindboy Podcast

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