I’ve been listening to Theo Vonn lately. Just three episodes so far. But he’s really funny, and manages to keep the spotlight on his guest despite being continually engaged.

Accidental Tech Podcast. atp.fm

Love the banter and have always been a fan of John Siracusa ever since his ARS Mac OS X reviews.

Why I Hate This Album is one of my favorites, they go between listening to an album for a week and then discuss the history of the band, the album, and sometimes they find secret meaning in it. Other episodes they have entire episodes dedicated to a single song and music news. There’s a lot of humor and inside jokes in it and they don’t take themselves too seriously. The best part is that it is ad free and they make it for the fun of it.

Forhead Fables. Bunch of silly goose gamers have a silly goose time. They also play Dungeons and Dragons and it’s very entertaining.

Darknet Diaries- interesting history/current internet crimes and shenanigans

Criminal, Serial and Smartless - mind able to wander while driving but interesting to capture attention if it decides it’s better then random thoughts

For long road trips I’ll download a bunch of episodes from The Moth. Total crap shoot if it will be the most depressing or thought provoking story.

It’s a real shame that Radiolab seems to have fallen so far from these lists.

On the humorous side:

• My Brother, My Brother And Me - 3 brothers giving not-so-serious advice to listeners, reacting to questions from Yahoo Answers (when that was a thing), and later adding other segments, and overall being funny/silly (note: sometimes they make references that go over my head, but they’re still enjoyable. These references might be best enjoyed by midwestern Americans who grew up in the late 80’s/early 90’s)
• My Dad Wrote A Porno - 3 people reacting to an “erotica” book series that one of the guys’ dad published (I would say the books are maybe only 5%-20% explicit, depending on the chapter) (some of the characters’ voices can be annoying/grating, and the narrator tends to repeat sentences after they react to them which can be annoying as well)
• No Such Thing As A Fish - the behind-the-scenes staff of the show QI bring up interesting facts and tidbits from history/nature/etc. (each episode is split into 4 parts where each member brings up a fact and the others react to it and bring up related facts)
• If I Were You - Jake & Amir from CollegeHumor giving advice to listeners (mostly in a sarcastic/tongue-in-cheek way but sometimes genuinely), mostly about relationships/dating
• SmartLess - Jason Bateman and Will Arnett (Arrested Development) and Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) interview a famous person each episode where only one of the hosts known who it is beforehand (it gets better after the first few episodes, though some conversations are less funny/entertaining than others)
• Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend - Conan interviews a famous person each episode (I like the interview part better than the introduction, and similarly to Smartless some conversations are less funny than others)
• If you watched The Office (US) - Office Ladies - Jenna and Angela from the show reacting to each episode of the show and bringing up behind-the-scenes stuff (some of episodes include interviews with other cast members/staff) (might not be as humorous as the others but still fun to listen to)

Nosleepodcast horror fiction podcast with stories from the Nosleep subreddit narrated in a drama audiobook style.

The Short Wave - New discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines — all in about 10 minutes.

Science VS - the show from Gimlet that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don’t have to and cover everything from 5G and Pandemics, to Vaping and Fasting Diets.

Gastropod

“A show about food through the lens of science and history” as they describe it.

It’s been one of my favorite podcasts since the very beginning with some episodes being truly fantastic and memorable.

This latest one about nutmeg is a really fun journey.

Also Nicky Twilley is a wonderful human.

I’m surprised this is the only show about food that’s been suggested so far! Clearly not the focus here lmao

Welcome to Nightvale - I figured it was time to start listening to it. The Fully Charged Podcast - Great guests. Wheel-E - To keep up with micromobility news. The Climate Denier’s Playbook - It’s made by the guy that does Climate Town

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• The Flop House - Three comedians watch a bad movie and then talk about it in funny ways. Additionally they answer letters from their listeners and have a lot of running jokes which I enjoy.
• Obiter Dictum - Two Swedish guys talk (in Swedish) about Swedish and US pop culture including movies, music and books. I enjoy it because it makes me feel kind of at home listening to friends talking about normal things.
• Modern Day Philosophers - a Jewish comedian invites other mostly Jewish comedians to first just talk about their life, etc. and then in each episode to pick a classic philosopher and one of their quote to talk about it with the guest.
• Israel Story - Every day stories from Israel, I was there a couple of years ago and became fascinated with their culture and history, this in a way is for me like going back there without traveling.

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And then I’d like to do some self promotion: Jeenas Excellent Encounters is my own podcast, where I meet people who I think are interesting in my life and then we talk about their hobby or work or some special interest they have. Some exceptional episodes:

• Jehovah’s Witnesses - Althéa - I talked to a woman who grew up in a Jehovah’s Witnesses family, married young and got a child and only then realized that she needs to get out and she describes her way out and her fight to get her daughter back.
• In Israel/Palestine 2/3 - Hebron - I traveled to Hebron in Palestine and stayed at a AirBnB. The host took me with her to visit a family who’s house has been destroyed 3 times already by the Israeli military.
• Living as a foreigner in Russia - Alberto - I interviewed an Italian who met a Russian woman when studying in in Finland and decided to move to Russia for their children’s sake

It’s not exactly a podcast, it’s more like a show but in audio format, it’s called The Magnus Archives, it’s a Lovecraftian horror anthology. Essentially each episode is a tale from someone who encountered a supernatural thing, be it a monster, a strange person or even a book, their statements were written and are now being put into tapes by the new head archivist. Overtime you learn more about the nature of the supernatural things and the universe. I finished it recently and have been recommending it for everyone who likes Lovecraftian horror.

Never Seen It hosted by Kyle Ayers. Comedians rewrite scripts they’ve never seen and they do a brief table read, and then they play movie-based games that Kyle has made up. It’s a lot of fun, and Kyle is an underrated comedian. Also, he’s built up a small but great community of supporters.

About basketball: NO DUNKS are the guys from The Basketball Jones, The Starters. They’re on YouTube primarily https://piped.video/channel/UCi6Nwwk1pAp7gYwe3is7Y0g

• 99% Invisible
• Well There’s Your Problem
• The War On Cars
• The Urbanist Agenda
• The Climate Deniers Playbook
• Underunderstood
• Induction
• Hard Fork
• Drilled
• The Adam Ragusea Podcast

In no particular order.