Interviews on a broad bange of topics
BBC: In Our Time
Conversations with Tyler
Hidden Forces
Econtalk
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
a16z
Exponent
Bloomberg Surveillance
Bloomberg: Masters In Business
Bloomberg: Odd Lots
ABC Big Ideas
The Reith Lectures
BBC: The Briefing Room
Carnegie Council Audio Podcast
World Class
BBC: The Life Scientific
BBC: The Curious Case of Rutherford and Fry
ABC: All in the Mind
Epicenter
Future thinkersI will just mention a few:
Hardcore History: The name is pretty good description of what it contains. If 2-4 hour episodes that dig into the why and how of a particular topic in history is not for you, then neither is this podcast.
Dan Carlin focus on ideas and not so much on dates. His pods are infrequent and long.
Martyr Made: Started out with the best, most indepth description of the history of the creation of Israel (from about 1880 to 1949) in the form of over 25 hours of content, some of which is seriously depressing. A good showcase for some of the worst humans can do (on both sides of the conflict). Best enjoyed with a pause button and so not for children.
Joe Rogan: (only added here because others have mentioned it). I subscribe but have only listened to a couple episodes. My main complaint is that they are way too frequent and the title is just whomever he interviews so if the name doesn't ring a bell you will have spend a couple hours figuring out if it is worth listing to.
How it began: Stories of how we got particular techs, from refrigiation to computers. Contains music and background sounds so it fells more like a radio documentary than a podcast. Highly recommended, have listened to several episodes multiple times.
Contex: Same author as how it began, but simpler in production and focuses more on the context of something: like Guns Germs and Steel; the wealth and poverty of nations and so on. The podcast is only a few episodes in.
* Tim Ferris show - kinda like the interviews, and really like the experimental mind-set of Ferris
Less often:
* Magic Readalong - Two guys talking 20 minutes about interesting functional programming and life. These are the conversations I wish I would be having with my friends over beer.
* Intelligence Squared - really good traditional british-style panel debates. Often geopolitical in nature. These are the topics we actually do like to discuss over beer.
Sometimes, mostly game-podcasts:
* The Short Game podcast - finally a podcast aobut short-enough games I actually am able to finish :) This is how I found out about Bithell-games {Subsurface,Quarantine}-Circular
* Dad 'n Sons - i.e. the Superbunnyhop and friends
* Cooptional Podcast - still like them, they seem to be holding the course with Genna Bain taking over after John Bain's death
http://www.scroobiuspip.co.uk/distraction-pieces-podcast/
You probably won't get much from it if you're not a UK resident, but I find him to be a great host, despite his issues with stuttering. I highly recommend the Matt Willis episode.
While not strictly a podcast, I'm a huge fan of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. In similar vein, he does a great job of interviewing fellow comedians, and makes episodes with people you might not like very enjoyable.
- The Naked Scientists - hour long popular science show
- Chemistry in its Element - 10 minute podcasts about various compounds and elements
- Naked Astronomy - Monthly podcast about space science and business
- The Forum (BBC World Service) - World Service equivalent of In Our Time
- The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4 - Scientists discussing their career and works
- Last Word - BBC Radio 4 - Obituaries of notable people that have died that week
- Crowd Science - BBC World Service - Investigating user-submitted science questions
And if you're into MMA:
- Believe you Me by Michael Bisping. He is genuinely funny.
Boagworld - https://boagworld.com/show/
They've been doing the web/design/ux thing for about 10 years now and it's still fun to listen too. More design, less tech.
Welcome to Nightvale (community radio for a friendly-creepy desert town)
The Hidden Almanac (ursula vernon trice-weekly 5min gardening and saints)
Non-Fiction:
RadioLab (sciency stories)
Bad With Money with Gaby Dunn (notionally personal finance, actually social commentary)
The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps (does what it says on the tin)
Honestly, I don't even understand how you all do that - when? At work? In public transport/car? While having a shower?
Sometimes I'll listen to a few minutes of a podcast in the morning while shaving & getting ready - Leo Laporte's "The Tech Guy" podcast is great for this, because each support call is usually just a few minutes long.
I sometimes listen to podcasts while exercising or have a long walk somewhere, but I'm more likely to listen to music for that.
Oh - and some of the podcasts I listen to are about music production / music technology. One of my new favorites is the Sonic Talk podcast (even though their website looks terrible), and Pensado's Place is also good sometimes:
http://www.pensadosplace.tv/ https://sonicstate.com/sonictalk
George Lakoff is pretty amazing.
Just my friend eating fruit and talking with friends. Listened to his first 3 episodes.
How I built this
Business Wars
Scaling Postgres
Startup Secrets Lecture Series
These pretty much have me occupied on all my commute time.
The funniest satirical podcast I’ve found.
Conversations with Tyler Cowen
The Peter Attia Drive
a16z Podcast
EconTalk
Exponent with Ben Thompson & James Allworth
Akimbo with Seth Godin
Sam Harris
Joe Rogan
Unchained Podcast
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History + HH Addendum + Common Sense
Deviate with Rolf Potts
Jocko Podcast
The After On Podcast with Rob Reid
North Star with David Perell
Invest Like The Best
Cool Tools with Kevin Kelly
Between The Covers
STEM Talk
Greymatter
Revolution Health Radio
Filmspotting + The Next Big Picture Show
Recode Media with Peter Kafka
Bill Simmons
Rationally Speaking
FoundMyFitness with Rhonda Patrick
Very Bad Wizards
Big Think: Think Again Podcast
Revolution Health Radio
Femsplainers
The Terrible Podcast (Steelers/NFL)
The Fifth Column - A weekly libertarian-ish take on the news and media, with lots of hilarity, generally while the hosts finish a bottle of listener-supported bourbon. Kmele Foster runs it along with Matt Welch (Reason) and Michael Moynihan (Vice News).
The Engineering Commons
Undiscovered
RadioLab
RedScare is 3 new york russian girls talking about issues like #metoo from a socialist/anti-liberal perspective, its great
Side Hustle School
Indie Hackers
* Coding Blocks
* Common Sense
* The Daily
* Developer on Fire
* Developer Tea
* Embed
* Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
* Politico
* Fresh Air
* HBR Ideacast
* Indie Hackers
* The Infinite Monkey Cage
* Intelligence Squared
* Intelligence Squared US
* The Joe Rogan Experience
* Manager Tools(Basics)
* Masters of Scale
* Nerd Cast
* More Perfect
* Reply All
* Reveal
* Sidedoor
* Tiny Desk Concerts
* Up First
Freakonomics
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Revisionist History
Blogginheads.tv: The Glenn Show