Yeah, Hardcore History is amazing. Wrath of the Khans is the HH series I enjoyed the most. Blueprint for Armageddon is also good, and Death Throes of the Republic had a fantastic beginning.
I go to bed to EconTalk almost every night. I think I've gone through the entire catalogue (10 years of weekly episodes) a couple times. I find Russ Roberts an engaging interviewer.
If you're into this sort of thing "The History of Rome" by Mike Duncan is an excellent podcast. It's a complete chronological history of Rome that Mike Duncan does a great job of keeping interesting.
Can't say enough good things about My Brother My Brother and Me. Three super clever dudes who just riff on advice questions and posts from Yahoo Answers.
The Ross Douthat episodes are great, and the "Chapo Traphouse Book Club" at its finest. But nothing can top the Ralph Douthat Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ralphdouthat?lang=en
If you cannot handle the ~3 hour running time of Hypernormalisation, Curtis was able to concisely summarise the message in the interview. I don't quite know how to feel about that.
- Hanselminutes (http://hanselminutes.com/) : "Fresh Air for Developers". A weekly discussion with web developer and technologist Scott Hanselman (well-known blogger, podcaster, and Microsoft employee).
Comedy:
- Jordan, Jesse Go (http://maximumfun.org/shows/jordan-jesse-go) : A free-form discussion-based podcast hosted by two funny dudes, Jordan Morris (@midnight) and Jesse Thorn (Bullseye, Judge John Hodgeman), that is quickly becoming my favorite podcast.
- The Dead Author's Podcast (http://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/) : A live show in which H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) brings another deceased author (played by another comedian) to the present day for a discussion loosely based on the author's work. (This show is now defunct, but there are 50 good episodes)
Notable mention:
- Reply All (https://gimletmedia.com/reply-all/) : A well-produced, interesting, and often funny show in which the hosts investigate stories about or originating from the internet.
BBC Documentaries, Intelegence Squared, Big Ideas by ABC's RN, Freakonomics, Selected Shorts, Guardian Live, The history hour, From Our Own Correspondant
BBC Documentaries, Intelegence Squared, Big Ideas by ABC's RN, Freakonomics, Selected Shorts, Guardian Live, The history hour, From Our Own Correspondant
- Risk! (http://risk-show.com) Kevin Allison's own version of The Moth, with more risque, embarrassing, or otherwise scandalous topics than you usually see on other storytelling podcasts. Generally humorous, with some intense moments.
- Death, Sex, & Money (http://www.wnyc.org/shows/deathsexmoney) Intense real-life stories that somehow relate to death, sex, and/or money. Often interview-based, with occasional investigative elements.
- Heavyweight (https://gimletmedia.com/heavyweight/) Jonathan Goldstein's new podcast, featuring stories from a "moment where everything changed" in someone's life.
I think Cortex (https://www.relay.fm/cortex) is particularly interesting. The hosts are Myke Hurley (makes podcasts) and CGP Grey (makes YouTube videos) and they mostly talk about the unique challenges of and strategies for creating stuff as a living, and also Apple products.
Though you're right that he's a decent interviewer and does have interesting guests, I'm going to reluctantly give a vote against Tim Ferris. It's hard for me to put my finger on exactly why I don't like him. It's like he's a modern-day snake-oil salesman, but that doesn't fully capture what's off about him. It's the name-dropping, the self-aggrandizement, the uncritical support for every new thing that's sciency, seemingly just so he can lay claim to being on the forefront. He just rubs me the wrong way.
Yeah, I am put off by his zen shtick too.It bothered me a little since so many people I respect swear by the altar of Tim Ferris™ and I decided to listen to some of his stuff but I couldn't shake off the snake-oil salesman vibe.He just comes off as a relentless self-promoting machine whose main 'product' is himself and his public image.I assume it's a taste thing and his stuff might be useful for other people.
I started podcast listening from the Tim Ferris show. It was interesting in the beginning, but not so much recently.
You may like my current favorite - James Altucher show. It feels a bit whacky in the beginning, but grows on you. He prepares well for the podcasts and seems to engage the guests well.
+1 for the No Agenda podcast, by John C. Dvorak and Adam C. Curry.
They watch the news (so you don't have to!) and each week they de-construct the biggest stories from around the world, revealing the truths behind - and the motivations for - the news that's given to consumers.
This is by far the best podcast Ive personally enjoyed besides maybe Waking Up with Sam Harris. The "old friends" chemistry the hosts have cannot be understated. In the morning!
Recently, I caught Beautiful Anonymous. Comedian Chris Gethard talks to anonymous phone callers for 1 hour. Some interesting stuff pops up on the lives for Americans.
FWIW, I'd highly recommend 'Waking Up' podcast by Sam Harris. He has this rare combination of eloquence and substance. The specific episodes I liked are with the following guests:
David Deutsch[1][2]; Paul Bloom[3] -- he has two other episodes, too; Stuart Russell[4]; David Chalmers[5]; William MacAskill[6]; and Douglas Murray[7].
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[ 0.18 ms ] story [ 42.4 ms ] threadA couple I really enjoy:
- Dan Carlin's Harcore History [1] An infrequent but well done pod on various history stories. Well worth the listen.
- The West Wing Weekly [2] One of the actors from The West Wing and another guy watch and discuss and episode of the West Wing each week.
- RadioLab [3] A good podcast with various topics of interest.
- The Lowe Post [4] My favorite NBA podcast.
- EconTalk [5] A longer podcast that touches on various subjects. The name is quite deceptive.
[1] http://www.dancarlin.com
[2] http://thewestwingweekly.com
[3] http://www.radiolab.org
[4] http://m.espn.com/general/cast?id=10528553&src=desktop
[5] http://www.econtalk.org
- back to work http://5by5.tv/b2w
- roderick on the line http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/
- you look nice today http://youlooknicetoday.com/
London School of Economics generously podcasts its events. It leads its peers by doing so. This talk remains a favorite: http://www.lse.ac.uk/website-archive/newsAndMedia/videoAndAu...
The storytelling podcasts are a pleasure: Snap judgment, the moth, radiolab, StoryCorps.
http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me
They also do a D&D game with their dad that they call The Adventure Zone which is some of the best entertainment I've found this year.
http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone
See: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/what-wi...
A good primer is their first episode after November's election: Episode 58 - We Live in The Zone Now https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-58-we-live-i...
Another great starting point is their episode where they first take on the writings of pundit Ross Douthat: Episode 3 - Freeway Ross Douthat Sailboat Dope (3/27/16) by Chapo Trap House https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-3-freeway-ro...
The Ross Douthat episodes are great, and the "Chapo Traphouse Book Club" at its finest. But nothing can top the Ralph Douthat Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ralphdouthat?lang=en
If you cannot handle the ~3 hour running time of Hypernormalisation, Curtis was able to concisely summarise the message in the interview. I don't quite know how to feel about that.
- 99% Invisible (http://99percentinvisible.org/) : Well-produced radio stories about the designed world.
Software development:
- Hanselminutes (http://hanselminutes.com/) : "Fresh Air for Developers". A weekly discussion with web developer and technologist Scott Hanselman (well-known blogger, podcaster, and Microsoft employee).
Comedy:
- Jordan, Jesse Go (http://maximumfun.org/shows/jordan-jesse-go) : A free-form discussion-based podcast hosted by two funny dudes, Jordan Morris (@midnight) and Jesse Thorn (Bullseye, Judge John Hodgeman), that is quickly becoming my favorite podcast.
- Spontaneanation (http://www.earwolf.com/show/spontaneanation-with-paul-f-tomp...) : A free-form improv comedy podcast hosted by the great Paul F. Tompkins.
- The Dead Author's Podcast (http://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/) : A live show in which H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) brings another deceased author (played by another comedian) to the present day for a discussion loosely based on the author's work. (This show is now defunct, but there are 50 good episodes)
Notable mention:
- Reply All (https://gimletmedia.com/reply-all/) : A well-produced, interesting, and often funny show in which the hosts investigate stories about or originating from the internet.
http://uhhyeahdude.com
- Risk! (http://risk-show.com) Kevin Allison's own version of The Moth, with more risque, embarrassing, or otherwise scandalous topics than you usually see on other storytelling podcasts. Generally humorous, with some intense moments.
- Death, Sex, & Money (http://www.wnyc.org/shows/deathsexmoney) Intense real-life stories that somehow relate to death, sex, and/or money. Often interview-based, with occasional investigative elements.
- Planet Money (http://www.npr.org/sections/money/) Entertaining, creative stories on financial topics, in a broad sense.
- Heavyweight (https://gimletmedia.com/heavyweight/) Jonathan Goldstein's new podcast, featuring stories from a "moment where everything changed" in someone's life.
He's a great interviewer and has very interesting guests.
On the surface the topics and guests are impressive however to me he also has the air of a snake oil salesman, devoid of real substance.
Two brothers who tell us stories about current events, interesting history and their lives.
http://www.wehadagoodlife.com/
A good intro to their style is The Thickening video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvpMYwlKn8
http://exponent.fm
They watch the news (so you don't have to!) and each week they de-construct the biggest stories from around the world, revealing the truths behind - and the motivations for - the news that's given to consumers.
http://www.earwolf.com/show/beautiful-anonymous/
I also have been really enjoying the History of English podcast as a neat hybrid linguistics / history podcast hybrid.
David Deutsch[1][2]; Paul Bloom[3] -- he has two other episodes, too; Stuart Russell[4]; David Chalmers[5]; William MacAskill[6]; and Douglas Murray[7].
[1] https://soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/surviving-the-cosmos
[2] https://soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/52-finding-our-way-in-th...
[3] https://soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/56-abusing-dolores-a-con...
[4] https://soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/the-dawn-of-artificial- intelligence
[5] https://soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/david-chalmers
[6] https://soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/being-good-and-doing-goo...
[7] https://soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/on-the-maintenance-of-ci...