Can you point me to some high quality podcasts? Most I have listened to have so much fluff and unnecessary banter that I subconsciously tune out.
I have been trying to get on the podcast bandwagon but having a hard time finding something to like.
I have been trying to get on the podcast bandwagon but having a hard time finding something to like.
I like storytelling podcasts for example, so something like "Re:Sound" was great. It is compilation of the best from other sources: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/re-sound/id135072877 (hard to find it actually) This can lead you to a number of podcasts from all over the world.
Critical Role is an amazing very long form podcast of a DnD game: https://critrole.com/ And if you like it, there is another bunch of similar content discoverable by association.
A lot of top-level stuff targets general audience. If that does not appeal to you, keep digging. Possibly treating it the same way you may look for technical information, with specific keywords, exclusion patterns and following the cross-referencing links. Once you hit the niche you like, you can then test different things within that.
It's not even that this podcast is perfect, but I think it hints at the immense promise of what the format could become!
I don't listen to it too much because it gets pretty dark (My Lai, WWI, Chechnya), but every episode I've listened to has been worthwhile.
Making Sense
This American Life
Serial
Heavyweight
Imaginary Worlds
Reply All
More Perfect
Intelligence Squared US
The Black Tapes
Within The Wires
Myths and Legends
Ear Hustle
The Allusionist
The top four there are fiction if it matters to you.
Drifter's Sympathy
S-Town