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!

  • lowbulb ( lowbulb@beehaw.org ) English
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    4 hours ago

    Articles of Interest talks about the history of fashion, but focused on specific pieces of clothing like zippers, pockets, high heels, etc.

    Shedunnit analyses classic mystery books (pre-1960s more or less) and authors.

    Love NADDPOD, and Rude Tales of Magic for another actual-play.

    I also like Too Many Tabs but their audio ads are so awful it’s made me switch to watching the video version as the YouTube ads are more palatable.