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Darknet Diaries is nothing like every other podcast I've ever listened to. Listened to every episode 2-3x. It's a podcast mostly about social engineering, hacking and cyber security.
Start with episode:
I love the Episode about The Pirate Bay
Check out Casefileβs series on The Pirate Bay!
Edit: I was stupid yesterday and conflated The Pirate Bay and Silk Road
If you're into gaming I would suggest
Otherwise I really enjoy
99pi is the gold standard of podcasts IMO. Roman has a the perfect voice for radio
99% Invisible is really golden, in particular their recent episode about Mexico City scrap metal collectors and their unique "horn" was fascinating.
In addition to yours: Coldfusion(TV).
Usually though in a video format on YT but he uploaded on Spotify before
His content is about tech and connected topics (like tech politics) between those.
Alternatively: TechAltar. Also video based and more of a 15-20min video topic but very well researched as far as I am aware
On the humorous side:
Surprised nobody has mentioned my two favourites:
Most of the other stuff I listen to is either industry specific or fandom/hobby specific.
ONRAC is one of my favorites. They have such a lovely approach to crackpots and charlatans of all stripes. Gentle mockery leavened with genuine engagement with the aim to better understand these bowel movements of human thought and expose the underlying motives of grift behind so many of them.
Having just finished up 6 episodes on G. Gordon Liddy, knowing nothing about him beforehand, I second the recommendation of Behind the Bastards.
In no particular order.
I love knowledge fight. About Alex Jones and the conspiracy theory of the day.
Those are the ones I've stuck with. Also:
Last Podcast on the Left: cryptids, cults, and killers. My go to everyweek they just covered Andrew Cunanan.
Something Rotten: Jacob Geller and Blake Hester analyze darker video games. I love Jacob's youtube channel and Blake Hester has some great insights in this series as well. They are currently covering Silent Hill 2 and just had SuperEyePatchWolf guest star.
The Memory Palace - Short, surprising stories of the past, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, often a little bit of both.
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, and hilarious fiascos. They'll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser.
I Spy - True stories told by spies who steal secrets, kill adversaries, and turn agents into double agents. Each episode features one spy telling one dramatic story. Unfortunately, this show seems to be defunct. Still an interesting listen, though!
Limetown - A 22 episode fictional story about the mysterious disappearance of over 300 people from a small town in Tennessee.
The Other Half - Two friends watch the same movieβexcept one only watches the first half, and the other only watches the second half. Then they get together and discuss the film, and try to figure out the context of what they saw.
Hey Riddle Riddle - My favorite podcast at the moment. Three improvisers answer riddles some of the time, and goof off most of the time. They do improvised scenes and have a good time.
Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. It's basically 99% Invisible, but for audio.
What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law - Particularly interesting if you live in the U.S., this show takes a look at modern issues and controversies through the lens of constitutional law. You'd think a podcast about legal matters would be dry and obtuse, but the show really is geared for a non-legal-minded audience.
Almost Plausible - My own podcast! A couple of friends and I friends take an ordinary object, such as a pillow, or a ceiling fan, or a toilet brush, and we come up with a movie plot where that object plays a central or critical role. Note: At the time of posting, we have just released our Halloween episode, which breaks from the regular format. So if you go listen to the Pumpkin episode, although it's an entertaining one, it's not representative of the show.
Darknet Diaries is right up there. All about hackers, malware, and penetration testers. Too bad the guy is on a mental health sabbatical. Plenty of binge worthy there though. Click Here is in the same space and of similar quality.
Love the show as well.
Recently bigned 85 episodes of Lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. It's released monthly and hosted by two linguists, one of which is Tom Scott's writer and the other is a linguistics professor in New Zealand.
I'm a history buff, so :
-The Age of Napoleon: brilliant podcast that covers the entire Napoleonic era from different angles, currently about halfway, one episode per month
-The history of Rome: finished podcast that goes over every era and emperor in Roman history
The Napoleon one sounds amazing, thanks!
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Right now I'm listening to The Deprogram. It discusses the problems with capitalism from socialist's perspectives. It's very entertaining
Darknet Diaries
Intelligence Squared
Sean Carroll's Mindscape
IMO, Sean seems more intent on impressing the audience and the expert rather than conducting a good interview. I listened to an episode that involved category theory and he regularly interrupted the guest so he could show off how much he knows about it.
Blowback is the most incredible podcast I've listened to. If you like behind the bastards, blowback is better, entire seasons on particular historical events.
Obviously Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is hands down the greatest podcast of all time. Unfortunately, because he does so much research, his turnaround rate on episodes is one of the slowest in the business. That said, there's always his back catalog to take a deep dive into, which is fucking awesome.
A toss-up between Philosophise This and the BBC's In Our Time for me. Thinking Allowed is also in the mix and I've recently started Mike Duncan's Revolutions which is proving entertaining too.
Probably "Philosophize This"
Any episode of any of these that especially stick out to you?
Probably βPhilosophize Thisβ
Ha, spellcheck got to it.
That one takes few episodes to settle down but all from around ep 40 or so are good. The last few - starting with 179 - are looking at AI and consciousness and covering a lot of great viewpoints.
In Our Time - "Polidori's The Vampyre" and "Thomas Paine's Common Sense" are both ones that I heard recently and found particularly interesting. Also Thinking Allowed's "The Petite Bourgeoisie".
Uhh Yeah Dude They've been doing the podcast since 2006, and coming up on their 1000th episode. Listener supposed and ad free. Just two guys trying to figure it all out.
Beautiful / Anonymous with Chris Gethard is my favourite lately. It's essentially an hour-long phone conversation between the host and an anonymous stranger. The anonymity makes people open up and be vulnerable, and Chris is an amazing conversationalist who manages to bring something interesting out of every caller.
A lot of listeners will recommend Darknet Diaries, Reply All, or My Dad Wrote a Porno. But no t many would recommend Star Talk. A science show with comedians.
A very informative show with laughs throughout. Some episodes follow a specific theme such as a show like Doctor Who, and some episodes would answer listeners questions.
Nextlander, it's some of the OG Giant Bomb guys, I love their video games and industry coverage, and they're such warm comforting guys :-)
"If you're listening" is anazing, but I have always loved "The Science Show" the best. Both on ABC.
For non-Aussie podcasts, 99% invisible I guess.
My top 6 according to how podcast addict sorts them:
8-4 Play
The Adventure Zone
Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod
538 Politics
Hardcore Gaming 101
Rude Tales of Magic
I'd probably also give shout outs to Self Hosted, Common Descent, Spacepod, the Nature podcast, and Software Engineering Radio.
Iβm working my way through the old episodes of Short History Of and The Soundtrack Show. Both are well written and narrated and worth listening to.
Heavyweight
Welcome to Night Vale
Science Vs
The Debaters
You Made it Weird
A Problem Squared
Tech:
German
That would be Startalk, with Neil Degrasse Tyson. The only podcast I really follow.