The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboy Boatclub, famous as one half of The Irish duo The Rubber bandits, shares intimate and interesting "hot takes" on various subjects, interviews with interesting artists, and original short fiction all against the backdrop of an original soothing ambient piano track. This is my comfort podcast.

Please Stop Talking A bunch of youtubers (SirMeowMusic, Noodle, Mandalore Gaming, Brendaniel, etc) get together and tell hilarious stories. There has yet to be an episode I've listened to where I didn't leave laughing. They even do other types of shows beyond PST. They talk about watching horror movies (and also Bob's Burgers) in Pondering Spooky Tapes, they just aired a pilot for a new gaming podcast called Press Turbo Start, and they're about to start up a new DnD campaign in Perilous Storytelling.

I highly recommend this podcast. They're so funny. https://www.youtube.com/@PleaseStopTalkingPodcast/featured

Smart Enough to Know Better - Australian podcast where two guys discuss things that interest then in a humorous way. Could be the latest astrophysics news, could be the location of stomachs and diet of a centaur.

Who shat on the floor at my wedding

Well, there's your problem. It's a podcast about engineering disasters. With slides.

www.theskepticsguide.org Separating science from pseudoscience, medicine from quckery.

I give a second recommendation for Quick Question with Soren and Daniel.

I also recommend Belief it or Not. They go through histories of different sect of religion. I am pretty sure one of them grew up pretty religious and went to pastoral school, but I haven't listened in a bit. I like to get behind and binge on road trips.

Dark Ages. It's a fantasy/workplace comedy about the staff of the Rivercliff Museum of Mostly Natural History. I won't go into more detail to avoid any spoilers but it's been one of my favorites for awhile now though sadly there's only one season so far.

Also, EOS 10, which is about the medical staff on a space station and the funny/weird/bonkers stuff they get into.

Imposters on Spotify is another gripping show following people who lived off huge whopping lies and upset people along the way.

The episodes about Wayne Simmons who passed himself off as a deep cover spy for the CIA and managed to lie his way to be a regular Fox News "expert" and Whitehouse access. Amazing example of how far you can get with balls of steel and being an arrogant loud mouth.

Skatcast has something for everyone. Tuesdays are the Skatcast Show. Cartoons for your earballs. Wednesday is the Dipshit Files. True crime stories with humour thrown in. Thursday is Dave and Angus. Two characters travel to different states, learning about them while also being kicked out of half the places the visit. Friday is Just A Ride. 3 hosts talk about everything from religion and politics, to how to be the best version of yourself, to poop jokes. Saturday is Skat-Tunes. An hour of user submitted music across all genres from unsigned bands. And starting next week, Sunday has a new show (who's name escapes me) centered around video games

Skatcast.com

https://skatcast.fandom.com/wiki/SKATCAST_Network

Fictional is great, when he actually does updates. He tells sort of cliff notes versions of classic literature, with an accessible modern tone and language. Lot of Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare in longer multi-part episodes, but also just some good short stories like ones from Poe and Philip K Dick.

The Connect With Johnny Mitchell. Great stories and guests about prison, cartels, drug trafficking, etc..

My personal short list of Podcasts:

Chilluminati Podcast: A mystery, supernatural, true crime, UFO/UAP comedy podcast. The cast has a lot of chemistry and they research into the paranormal with both hopeful naivety and critical skepticism.

Let's learn everything: Three people passionate about science cover different topics and answer variety questions that delve deep into the world of scientific research.

Lateral: Tom Scott's quiz show where guests try to answer obtuse and unexpected questions with even more obtuse and convoluted reasoning.

Cox 'n' Crendor show: Youtubers Jesse Cox and Crendor do a weekly morning radio show spoof where they just talk about random stuff that happens in their lives.

Play, Watch, Listen: Game devs, writers and actors, get together whenever they have a chance to talk about various topics regarding the world of video games, movies and music. Mainly Alanah Pearce (writer, God of War), but also Troy Baker (voice actor and musician, The Last of US), Mike Bithell (programmer, Thomas was alone) and Rahul Kohli (actor, Midnight Mass).

The Geekenders: Streamer and Youtubers Dodger (Brooke Thorne, Dexbonus) and Jesse Cox gather every weekend to meet a weekly guest and talk about variety topics, mostly about video games. Sort of a spiritual revival of the legendary Cooptional podcast format that was lead by Total Biscuit (John Bain, The cynical brit).

I would also list The Podcats but Daniel Hardcastle (Nerdcubed) can barely be bothered with scheduling recordings with MATN and Mattophobia anymore.

Crime in Sports and Small Town Murder, same hosts and very funny. You don't need to know about sports (more about the crime)

Very Presidential on Spotify.

This is a revealing insight in to past US presidents and shows the murkiness and greed of politicians embarking on power and making the most of it whilst they can.

They tell of Lyndon B Johnson who enjoyed showing off his prodigous cock in front of people. JFK who was drugged up most of the time whilst playing Russia at Nukes. Gerald Ford seemed to be the only normal genuine president.

www.levarburtonpodcast.com. Each episode Levar reads a piece of short fiction.

We Have Ways of Making You Talk, about WWII, now over 600 episodes. Chatty, inspired, incredible guests. Not all about D-Day and Iwo Jima, but dealing with lesser-known stories and personalities. The hosts are Al Murray and James Holland (whose brother Tom does an excellent podcast called "The Rest is History".

Uhh Yeah Dude They've been doing the podcast since 2006, and just surpassed their 1000th episode. Listener supposed and ad free. Just two guys trying to figure it all out.

The Constant: A history of getting things wrong

History of Everything

History of Rome

Revolutions

Distractible (if you already follow Markiplier, muyskerm or lordminion777)

Girls who don't DND (a refreshing take on DND from people who take it with humour, highly entertaining)

• The Constant, a podcast that follows, as its subtitle suggests, humanity’s history of getting things wrong. It covers a history of societies most mistaken ideas, like believing birds flew to the moon or turned into barnacles in the winter, to trying to rejuvenate health by surgically implanting goat testicles, to a seven part attempt to identity a submarine found at the bottom of the Chicago River, tracing many failed designs in the process. The host (a playwright) injects a ton of fun humor and very theatrical reveals with clever writing.

• Our Fake History, which looks at historical people, places, objects, and events that have developed a popular mythology, or myths that may have a basis in reality, and looks at what’s real and what’s fake. Was there a pope that was secretly a woman? Did Ty Cobb kill a guy? Was Atlantis based on a real place? Did the Chinese visit the New World? He often tells great stories, and then revels what’s made up about it and why we know. It’s presented by a Canadian history teacher who also composes and plays most of the music he uses.

Improbable Research The chemistry between the host and readers is what makes me love it. And the subjects, of course. It's a podcast by the ignobel prize people, about weird, fun and interesting research.

Unexplained Mysteries on Spotify. Great if you can get past the irritating narration bouncing between two presenters like a rubber ball.

The episodes about Black Holes is jaw dropping with regards to their power and size.

I currently love these two:

• Gastropod "A look at food through the lens of science and history" It's really good well researched content and Nicky Twilley is a wonderful human

• Bad gays About gay villains and complicated figures in history

We only LOOK Thin For anyone that needs inspiration to start eating better as part of a path to a more healthy lifestyle. They've helped keep me on track after having lost 80 lbs. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/

Quick Question with Daniel and Soren Two ex-Cracked.com writers shoot the breeze on random questions. https://www.youtube.com/@QQPodcast (There's an audio version out there too)

How Did This Get Made Three mostly comedic actors rip apart famously bad movies. Funnier than it has any right to be. Paul also has another podcast called Unspooled where they break down critically acclaimed movies as well. Both are great listens. https://hdtgm.com/index/#podcast

Highly recommend the Space Jam episode.

The Beef and Dairy Network: The #1 podcast for those involved, or just interested, in the production of beef animals and dairy herds. Bone-dry gonzo comedy about the globe-spanning world of the Bovine Farmers Union.

Misquoting Jesus: Renowned biblical scholar provides historical discussions of topics related to early Christianity, and the texts in and surrounding the New Testament.

Mindscape: Physicist and professor Sean Carrol has in-depth conversations with experts from a variety of academic disciplines.

Oh No! Ross and Carrie: Two skeptics investigate claims of the paranormal--they show up so you don't have to. Fantastic investigative journalism.

Mission to Zyxx: Improvised comedy sci-fi podcast that's one part Star Wars, one part Star Trek, one part Red Dwarf, and all parts silliness.

https://ohnopodcast.com/

Oh No, It's Ross and Carrie

"the show where we don’t just report on spirituality, fringe science and claims of the paranormal, but take part ourselves. We join religions, undergo alternative medical treatments, and hunt for ghost, goblins, demons, and deities. If it has an extraordinary claim attached to it, we’ll check it out."

Dead Rabbit Radio, been shamelessly shilling it (not my podcast and I'm not affiliated with it any any way) for the better part of five years. Daily paranormal and weird news episodes and Jason Carpenter doesn't have all the cringey seriousness that most high strangeness podcasts have.

Almost Plausible is a podcast where three friends make up stories, usually in the form of a movie plot, where something unexpected takes a central or critical role in the story. For example, how would you make a movie about a pillow? Or a ceiling fan? Or a toilet brush? That’s exactly what we try to figure out on the show!

Each episode starts with a brief pitch session, where we take turns sharing the ideas we’ve come up with for each episode’s topic. After we’ve heard all the pitches, we pick one, develop it, and hopefully come up with a story that’s at least almost plausible.

Disclaimer: This is my own podcast.

I think the only English one I've ever listened at (for over a hundred episodes) was LORE.
It's about ghost stories in USA:s history.

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My favorite episode was about

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I learned this year it's a popular one too.

Valley Heat - a podcast from a freelance insurance adjuster about the goings on in his neighborhood. The primary story focuses on his mission to find out who is using his recycling bin as a drug drop.

It sounds boring but it's absolutely brilliant.

The less you know about it going in the better.

He also has a couple Patreon exclusives that go deeper into the hijinks.

Grumpy Old Geeks

Dutch News Podcast

Boonta Vista

American Hysteria

What Roman Mars Can Learn About ConLaw

99% Invisible

QAnon Anonymous (it’s anti-Q)

Noble Blood

Darknet Diaries

Behind the Bastards

A Traditional of Violence

Always Sunny Podcast

In the Dark

Kids of Rutherford County

Last Podcast on the Left

The Line

Long Shadow

Maintenance Phase

Nice White Parents

According to Need

Order 9066

S-Town

Song Exploder

Spycops Info

Stuff the British Stole

Who the Hell is Hamish

The Women’s War

Your Favorite Band Sucks

Sorry, it’s too much to type a description for each of them. I’m on my phone.