There's others that I might listen to here or there, but these are the main ones:
- Informative
After Dark: Overflow from other 5by5 shows. Usually less than a half-hour, frequently funny. Probably not recommended if you don't also listen to the other shows on the network.
Back to Work: Ostensibly a show about getting to what's important with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin. If you like Merlin's stuff, you'll like the show. Frequently goes off on tangents, but some of the recurring bits are awesome and hysterical.
Build and Analyze: Marco Arment's show. Also ostensibly about development, but basically topics meander (I think to the show's credit). This was the hardest 5by5 show for me to initially get in to (I think I was initially hesitant because I assumed it was going to be all iOS stuff), but I now enjoy it greatly.
The Critical Path: Horace Dedieu's show. This one snuck up on me, but I really like the way Horace presents information. Probably the least funny show I listen to regularly, but one of the more informative ones.
Exotic Liability: This one should probably be in the entertaining category, as it's a security podcast that very rarely talks about security. Probably not for everyone (not even all security people), but I find it endearing.
The FunctionSource Show: There's only been a couple of episodes of this one, so it might be dead. The first couple episodes have been really really good though. Basically, thoughts on the web, and programming in general. The hosts are great.
Herding Code: This is a fairly recent addition to my list. I'm always looking for an actual good development podcast (that's actually about development), and this one is usually interesting. There's a bunch of hosts though, and I find it really difficult to tell who is talking.
Hypercritical: This has quickly become my favorite podcast. It's just John Siracusa complaining about things, but for some reason, it's much better than that tagline would have you believe. I feel like Siracusa is a kindred spirit, so maybe that's why I look forward to his show as much as I do.
Startalk: Neil Degrasse Tyson's podcast. I shouldn't really have to explain it any more than that.
The Talk Show: The world can be split into people who like Gruber, and people who think he's an asshole. Thankfully, the two aren't mutually exclusive, and I really like listening to his show. In particular, the latest episode (where he might have been celebrating beforehand) is definitely the best of the bunch (and one of my favorite podcasts of all time).
This Developer's Life: Scott Hanselman and Rob Connery talk about things developer-related (but it's not at it's core a technical podcast). I really like this one, they do a great job with it.
- Entertaining
Comedy Bang Bang: Easily the best podcast I listen to. Always hilarious. I'm embarrassed to get so much value out of something that's free. The show is usually a bunch of comedians (some of whom are being interviewed, and some of whom are doing impersonations of characters), but is flat out the funniest thing I've found available in any medium.
Doug Loves Movies: Usually recorded live, and it's a panel of famous people who are interviewed by Doug Benson (the comedian). Episodes are mostly made up of the panel playing a game Doug made up called "The Leonard Maltin Game", which is way more amusing to listen to than it should be.
Geek Friday: This might be dead (or just on hiatus), but it was a show of Dan Benjamin and Faith Corpi talking about geek-related things. Usually very funny.
Gelmania: Bret Gelman is a comedian who I first heard of from his appearances on Comedy Bang Bang. His style is very aggressive (it's part of his act), but I think his show is awesome.
How Did This Get Made?: A bunch of people pick a terrible movie and then talk about it. It's usually really really funny.
improv4humans: A fairly new show. Basically it's recorded improv. They take suggestions on Twitter ahead of time and then construct scenes. So far, they've all been really good (which is more than I can say for most live improv).
Nerdist Writers Panel: This might not be interesting to the public at large, but I find it fascinating (and usually pretty funny). It's a recorded panel of TV writers. They talk about their experiences writing on shows.
The Pod F. Tompkast: Paul F. Tompkins is my favorite part of Comedy Bang Bang, and his podcast is fantastic.
Roderick on the Line: New-ish show with Merlin Mann and John Roderick (musician, and super funny guy). It has no rhyme or reason (which might turn off some, as it meanders), but so far they've all been entertainment gold.
Thrilling Adventure Hour: This is actually a live show in Los Angeles, but they release segments as a podcast. It's billed as "old-timey radio", and most of the segments are fantastic. Specifically, "Beyond Belief" is my favorite.
Economy/Finance:
-Motley Fool: http://wiki.fool.com/Motley_Fool_Money_Radio_Show
-Market Foolery: http://wiki.fool.com/MarketFoolery
-EconTalk: http://econtalk.org/
-Planet Money: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/
-American Public Media Marketplace: http://www.marketplace.org/
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Startup/Tech:
-Startups for the Rest of Us: http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/
-TechZing: http://techzinglive.com/
-Lifestyle Business Podcast: http://www.lifestylebusinesspodcast.com/
-Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Seminar: http://etl.stanford.edu/
-Coder Talk: http://codertalkshow.com/
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Miscellaneous:
-Think: http://www.kera.org/think/
-Caustic Soda: http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/
-Science Magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/multimedia/podcast/
-Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
-It's All Politics: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/
Videogames: GamersWithJobs Conference Call: http://gamerswithjobs.com
Sports: Mike and Mike in the Morning Radio Podcast: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=mikeandmike
All subscribable via iTunes.
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das Computermagazin - B5, VOA - Voice of America in Spanish, ciencia al cubo, Wirtschaft - Deutsche Welle, Klartext - from sveriges radio,
In case anyone understands German I'd definitely recommend Computermagazin, runs 20 minutes and stays compact (I agree with zrail don't like much blabber, give me the facts )
Also, for those occasions when people insist on delivering information via embedded video only, why don't contemporary embedded players have a "replay at 2x speed" button? I can listen faster than you can talk (and if you actually say something that makes me think, I can find the pause button just fine).
The podcasters are some of the central figures in the node world and always have useful content.