Recommend podcasts please

[wambam]

I am super into Radiolab right now.

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Invisibilia from NPR

[deanlicker78]

How Did This Get Made

Stuff you missed in history class

Stuff mom never told you

Stuff you should know

The Thrilling Adventure Hour (The Beyond Belief episodes, specifically)

[jinkies]

I always like This American Life. I have also downloaded That American Life, which is a parody, based on recs here. Haven't listened yet though.

Risk is hit or miss, but can be good.

The only other podcasts I have are either about the crappy reality shows I watch, or from Slate (I downloaded a bunch of their Working series).

[janegold]

My regulars are:

This American Life
RadioLab
The Dinner Party Download
Call Your Girlfriend (kind of annoying but sucks me in)

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Sawbones. Love it.

[snipsnsnails]

You only need This Anerican Life and Radiolab. They are everything.

[MamaMaui24]

WTF with Marc Maron (interviews comedians, actors, musicians)

[snipsnsnails]

Oh, I will throw in one other rec that DH loves, which is The Tenderloins. Impractical Jokers is the funniest show you're not watching, if you're not watching. If you are, well, you know how funny they are. They're great on their podcast, too.

Eta-It's only in archives now, so if you don't see current ones, you're not missing anything.

[pantsparty]

I love This American Life. I recently listened to one of their podcasts (Three Miles) at least 3 times. It's incredibly well-done.

Other favorites include My Brother My Brother and Me, Stuff You Missed In History Class, How Stuff Works. I keep downloading How Did This Get Made? and most of the time I listen to the episodes even when I haven't seen the movie. LOL.

[ninjabridemom]

Criminal
The Truth
TLDR
Reply All
Start Up
TAL
Invisibilia

[frozentoes]

The Moth. Favorite ever, aside from This American Life.

[silva]

I 2nd The Moth.

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Stuff You Missed in History Class
Stuff Mom Never Told You
Stuff You Should Know
Savage Lovecast
Invisibilia
Call Your Girlfriend
Death Sex & Money
This American Life
Ask Me Another
Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

[cep1976]

In addition to others already mentioned:
Death, Sex, and Money
Unfictional
The Moth
Love + Radio

[LizLemler]

I second "Stuff you Didn't Learn in History Class" and "Welcome to Night Vale". I also really like "Thinking Sideways" which is a lot of unexplained mysteries and missing persons.  I like the creepy stuff :-)

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Apr 1, 2015 11:55:01 GMT -5 tators said:

Apr 1, 2015 11:37:40 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Sawbones. Love it.

What is it about?

It's done by a married couple--the husband is kind of a goof and the wife is a physician. They talk about the history of medicine with a different theme each week (bloodletting, syphilis, aromatherapy, spontaneous combustion etc.)

It's SO good.

I'm actually going to a live show this weekend!

[pantsparty]

I kind of feel like This American Life is making me a better person.

LOL.

Certainly more empathetic. I think everyone should listen to it.

[pantsparty]

Apr 1, 2015 12:10:24 GMT -5 @amoosed said:

Apr 1, 2015 11:55:01 GMT -5 tators said:

What is it about?

It's done by a married couple--the husband is kind of a goof and the wife is a physician. They talk about the history of medicine with a different theme each week (bloodletting, syphilis, aromatherapy, spontaneous combustion etc.)

It's SO good.

I'm actually going to a live show this weekend!

One of the guys on Sawbones is also on My Brother My Brother and Me.

[gretchenindisguise]

I'm currently listening to the series We Are Alive. It's a zombie story and decently well done. It's kept me entertained for a while.

[toepick]

The Daily Show without Jon Stewart
Dear Sugar

[cookietime]

Apr 1, 2015 11:53:57 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

Oh, I will throw in one other rec that DH loves, which is The Tenderloins. Impractical Jokers is the funniest show you're not watching, if you're not watching. If you are, well, you know how funny they are. They're great on their podcast, too.

Eta-It's only in archives now, so if you don't see current ones, you're not missing anything.

Oh! I listen to Tell 'Em Steve-Dave, another podcast Quinn is on, and I've heard him mention tenderloins but never realized it was another podcast for some reason. Might have to check it out!

I like:
Girl on Guy (Aisha Tyler interviews people)
Vinyl Cafe (basically Canadian This American Life, I think)
Infinite Monkey Cage (funny BBC podcast about science)
BBC news

I also like a lot of Kevin Smith's podcasts (Tell 'Em Steve-Dave is a bunch of his friends) but they're not for everyone

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Apr 1, 2015 11:55:01 GMT -5 tators said:

Apr 1, 2015 11:37:40 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Sawbones. Love it.

What is it about?

Medical history. They pick one topic for each show and cover it. I love it!

[shostakovich]

Snap Judgment! It's so good, and I LOVE the host. It's a different themed episode each week - I just listened to the Pariah episode, and one of the stories was about a man sentenced to minimum security prison, and the prison was shared with the United States' last forced leper colony. Crazy stuff.

[looseseal]

I subscribe to:

This American Life
Invisibilia
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
Ask Me Another
Planet Money
Freakonomics
Slate Daily Podcast (different ones each day, particularly love the Political Gabfest)
On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Dinner Party Download

I'd love to listen to more, but I have trouble keeping up with the ones I have now.

[caitlinbree]

My Brother My Brother and Me
Sawbones
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Welcome to Night Vale
Stuff You Should Know
The Nerdist
Mike and Tom Eat Snacks
This American Life
Gilmore Guys

[crispnclean]

This American Life
Invisibilia
Criminal
Startup
Reply All
Longest Shortest Time (parenting podcast)
I also download Fresh Air interviews if I have a long drive ahead of me

[crispnclean]

Apr 1, 2015 12:59:15 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

Snap Judgment! It's so good, and I LOVE the host. It's a different themed episode each week - I just listened to the Pariah episode, and one of the stories was about a man sentenced to minimum security prison, and the prison was shared with the United States' last forced leper colony. Crazy stuff.

I cannot get into this show and the host grates my nerves.  I was really surprised because when I've heard excerpts on TAL, I've liked it, and it seems to be similar to TAL.  I just can't get past the overdramatic intros from Glenn Washington. Do you have a favorite episode you'd recommend?  Maybe I just need to start with a really good episode.

[polarberry]

I don't know if you like reality television, but I like to listen to podcasts that discuss reality television episodes. I got started with Jason & Molly's podcasts about the bachelor and then moved on with RHAP (rob has a podcast)'s wrap-up episodes about survivor and mtv's the challenge. I'm kind of a reality tv junkie though

[shostakovich]

Apr 1, 2015 13:10:32 GMT -5 crispnclean said:

Apr 1, 2015 12:59:15 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

Snap Judgment! It's so good, and I LOVE the host. It's a different themed episode each week - I just listened to the Pariah episode, and one of the stories was about a man sentenced to minimum security prison, and the prison was shared with the United States' last forced leper colony. Crazy stuff.

I cannot get into this show and the host grates my nerves.  I was really surprised because when I've heard excerpts on TAL, I've liked it, and it seems to be similar to TAL.  I just can't get past the overdramatic intros from Glenn Washington. Do you have a favorite episode you'd recommend?  Maybe I just need to start with a really good episode.

Hmm. I remember one from last year (I think?) about reunions that I really liked. There was a good scary story one from last year too - it's called Campfire Tales.

I agree with you that Glenn Washington can be overdramatic. Normally this drives me nuts, but I like it with him   In the Pariah episode intro, he talked about going to a pow wow and not realizing until he got there and took off his sweatshirt that he was wearing a Cleveland Indians t-shirt.  The set-up and delivery for the intro were really well done, I thought.