I’m looking to refresh my podcast subscriptions with thoughtful, insightful, non politics stuff (enough of that already in my subscriptions). I’d love some recommendations for:
- Techie stuff for a luddite like me
- Long form explorations of a single topic
- Video gaming (loved the video game historian but he stopped)
- TTRPGs and game design
- Reading and Writing
- Absolutely no interest in art, finance, crypto, cars, sports, aliens, murder/horror/crime, or influencer style conversation casts (Rogan or Piker)
My current subscriptions are to:
- Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
- Disasters Deconstructed (though I’m not liking the academic tone anymore since I left this career, so stopped listening as much)
- Ralph Nader Radio Hour
- CBC podcasts, a wide variety on politics
- Autocracy in America
- NPR Shortwave and Planet Money
- John Stewart
- Trevor Noah
Edit: Wow! So many great suggestions. Thanks!
hi! I have the suggestion of Ludonarrative Dissidents for TTRPG content. I haven’t personally gotten a chance to listen to them, unfortunately, but I’ve heard good things!
on writing, my partner really loves Worldbuilding For Masochists which I’ve listened to and enjoyed, I just didn’t get very far into it.
hope you find some good ones! I’m trying to get back into podcasts myself.