Favorite Podcasts?
So, I do a lot of drawing and image editing in my line of work, and nothing helps me concentrate on skill-based work more than a good podcast to listen to.
But alas! After so many hours of audio bliss, I am running out of podcasts to listen to! I've listened to all archived episodes (often multiple times) and eagerly await each new weekly update, while supporting my favorite 'casts with regular donations to keep my supply secure. Even so, I find myself running dry, and 'Top 10 Podcast' lists tend to just line up the same podcasts over and over again. I turn to you, my fellow Myth-Weavers, for a podcast exchange. Your favorites for mine.
I'll start:
This American Life - One of the earliest, and still the best, IMO. Over twenty years of entertaining, humanizing stories. I particularly like listening to their old episodes about 'current' politics, which are like perfect little windows into past political landscapes. It helps keep things in perspective, I think. But, if you're sick of politics, they have episodes about almost any other subject you can think of too.
99 Percent Invisible - A podcast about design and all the ways it affects our lives and culture. Really fascinating stuff, and they'll have you noticing and understanding things you never even thought about before. They have great articles too!
Criminal - This one can get gruesome at times, but it's still an interesting and well-done podcast. Some of the stories are about very serious subject matter (death row, murder, hate crimes, forensic evidence) and others, not so much. (Plant theft, retired police dogs, bourbon, detective novelist Raymond Chandler)
Most anything by Gimlet Media, but most especially Science Vs., Reply All, and Start Up.
The HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Most of the new shows are members-only, but much of the archives are free to listen. Includes information about HP Lovecraft, what influenced his writing, and the many other authors he corresponded with on a regular basis. Also readings of some of his stories! Best listened to in the dark and alone. ;3
The Longest Shortest Time - A podcast about parenting. More entertaining than it sounds! Funny, heartfelt stories, in-depth discussions about complicated topics like cesarean sections and adoption, parental relationships and creative problem solving. I would recommend this to anyone regardless of whether you have/don't have/never intend to have kids.
I listen to a number of other podcasts on and off too, but those are the ones I would recommend the most. What are your favorite podcasts, and why? I need moar!
But alas! After so many hours of audio bliss, I am running out of podcasts to listen to! I've listened to all archived episodes (often multiple times) and eagerly await each new weekly update, while supporting my favorite 'casts with regular donations to keep my supply secure. Even so, I find myself running dry, and 'Top 10 Podcast' lists tend to just line up the same podcasts over and over again. I turn to you, my fellow Myth-Weavers, for a podcast exchange. Your favorites for mine.
I'll start:
This American Life - One of the earliest, and still the best, IMO. Over twenty years of entertaining, humanizing stories. I particularly like listening to their old episodes about 'current' politics, which are like perfect little windows into past political landscapes. It helps keep things in perspective, I think. But, if you're sick of politics, they have episodes about almost any other subject you can think of too.
99 Percent Invisible - A podcast about design and all the ways it affects our lives and culture. Really fascinating stuff, and they'll have you noticing and understanding things you never even thought about before. They have great articles too!
Criminal - This one can get gruesome at times, but it's still an interesting and well-done podcast. Some of the stories are about very serious subject matter (death row, murder, hate crimes, forensic evidence) and others, not so much. (Plant theft, retired police dogs, bourbon, detective novelist Raymond Chandler)
Most anything by Gimlet Media, but most especially Science Vs., Reply All, and Start Up.
The HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Most of the new shows are members-only, but much of the archives are free to listen. Includes information about HP Lovecraft, what influenced his writing, and the many other authors he corresponded with on a regular basis. Also readings of some of his stories! Best listened to in the dark and alone. ;3
The Longest Shortest Time - A podcast about parenting. More entertaining than it sounds! Funny, heartfelt stories, in-depth discussions about complicated topics like cesarean sections and adoption, parental relationships and creative problem solving. I would recommend this to anyone regardless of whether you have/don't have/never intend to have kids.
I listen to a number of other podcasts on and off too, but those are the ones I would recommend the most. What are your favorite podcasts, and why? I need moar!