yet more podcast recommendations?

[mcsangel2]

I'm starting to get a bit bored as I work from home (which might not last that much longer and I can't listen to anything in the office if I go back). ANYWAY that was a loooooot of crime podcast recs in that other thead, and I'll probably pick out one or two to listen to.

Does anyone have any favorite podcasts that AREN'T crime related? What are they? OR any true crime podcasts for anything that's really old - like 100 years or older? Any good history podcasts? I'm a history buff, mostly European right now, but American history is good too. 

Please help me not be bored!

[jinkies]

One of my favorite podcasts is Planet Money. The shows are short-- usually 20-30 min. They are usually but not always very loosely related to economics, and often provide very interesting history/context to an issue that you've never really thought that much about. Like, one was on the invention of standardized time and time zones. One was on how modern accounting came into existence, which was much more interesting than it sounds. They explained how people are selling .jpegs for millions of dollars as non-fungible tokens. A history of vaccines. Stuff like that.

You're Wrong About is hit-or-miss for me, but I've listened to some really interesting ones. I'm semi-embarrassed to admit that I listened to their whole 5-part series on Princess Diana even though I really have no interest in the royals.

I listen to Rob Has a Podcast, but that's only interesting if you watch Survivor, or Big Brother, or the Amazing Race. (they do recaps, interview contestants, analyze strategy)

[arielroux]

The Instagram account Sharon Says So has a podcast (same name). She does a lot of current events, government, constitutional law history, stuff like that. I’ve honestly learned so much from her, lol. She also has a soothing voice and her guests have been great. The history on how our laws, judicial system, government, etc all came to be is honestly fascinating, and there’s some real mind-blowing shit in there too. So, all that to say, try Sharon Says So.

[mcsangel2]

Nov 18, 2021 16:49:33 GMT -5 jinkies said:

One of my favorite podcasts is Planet Money. The shows are short-- usually 20-30 min. They are usually but not always very loosely related to economics, and often provide very interesting history/context to an issue that you've never really thought that much about. Like, one was on the invention of standardized time and time zones. One was on how modern accounting came into existence, which was much more interesting than it sounds. They explained how people are selling .jpegs for millions of dollars as non-fungible tokens. A history of vaccines. Stuff like that.

This is exactly the random type of stuff I like. Thanks.

[mala]

Stuff you Should Know - general knowledge
Not another DnD podcast - dnd actual play
Dungeons and Daddies - dnd actual play
Dumbgeons and Dragons - dnd actual play
Hello from the Magic Tavern - dnd world interviews
Ologies - science
Hey Riddle Riddle - riddles/improve (haven't started this one yet)
The Atlas Obscura - weird places and traditions around the world
This Podcast will kill you - medical conditions
Voyage to the Stars - improv fiction
We fix space Junk - fiction
You're dead to me - history

EDIT: Atlas Obscura and You're Dead to Me are probably the closest to what you're looking for.

[Jalapeñomel]

Maintenance Phase is my favorite

[devonpow]

I love “you’re wrong about” which goes over past events that were misinterpreted in the media. “Hidden Brain” which is basically about why we behave the way we do/make the choices we do, etc. Also “that Aged well” cracks me up - they re watch old movies from the 80s and 90s to see how they have aged.

[cleo29]

I like American Scandal, it covers many different stories, some crime, but is really well done. I almost feel like i am listening to an old radio show. There is also one called American Innovations. Guru was great, We Crashed, The Moment. All of those are on Wondery, but you can most likely listen to them elsewhere.

Let's Go To Court is funny, Trashy Divorces and Under the Influence (this is about the influencer industry), The Turning which is about the sisters who left Mother Theresa's order (and it implies that she was not the nicest person to the other sisters), and if you like ghost stories there are some good supernatural ones too.

Oh and if you like film, TCM has one called The Plot Thickens which is good.

[mcmel]

Crimes of the Centuries might have some older topics you’d enjoy.

[zarapipe]

How I built this is one of my favorites. They interview founders of well known companies. I love hearing how the idea came to light, challenges they faced. It’s great and I really enjoy it. The host is guy raz and is super easy to listen and relate to.

[al dente]

Armchair expert: experts on experts - Dax Shepard interviews experts in different fields. Its a huge range of people and I always find it interesting.

Decoder ring - different cultural things and the history or reason behind it

Oh no with Ross and Carrie - they join or try out different woo type things like psychics or the Church of Scientology and then talk about their experience and rate it at the end.

Criminal- it is crimes but the host is so good and it's interviews not typical true crime. And it will be all different types of crimes like interracial couples that got married back when that was against the law to the guy who robbed a bank and took hostages and that's where we got the term "Stockholm syndrome" from.

[sonrisa]

I'm not into true crime podcasts, but I do love podcasts.

Right now I'm working my way through the "Stuff you Missed in History Class" back catalog. It's a good option when you feel like pandemic will never end and you've listened to every episode of every podcast you like.  I found doing them chronologically as released jumped around topics too much without context. I don't do it by release date. I started by region of the world (focusing on different parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, etc.) and working up historically in each of those regions. Then I shifted to working forward historically within Europe/US/Canada. I did special pull out concentrations on some topics as well (going from the oldest example to the newest). I started about a year ago and should finish by the end of the year.

Some others I like/liked:(Most touch on historical things to some degree)

Slow Burn (early seasons)(deep dives into a 20th century historical topic)

Snap Judgment ("Storytelling with a beat")

Nice Try! (Different Utopian attempts)

99% Invisible (the story of infrastructure and architecture. But better than that sounds, lol)

Cautionary Tales (short snippets about things that went wrong in the past)

Revisionist History (Malcolm Gladwell rethinks conventional wisdom, usually about a historic topic)

The Anthropocene Reviewed (he rates two unrelated things. Somehow it works)

The Memory Palace (small, beautiful, evocative audio snapshots of a historical moment)

The Uncertain Hour ("about the things we understand least")

Throughline (historical background context to a modern news topic)

You Must Remember This (Old Hollywood)

Uncivil (about the civil war)

1619 (about slavery and it's repercussions)

Rabbit Hole (About QAnon)

Two things:
1) I don't lean towards chatty podcasts. I want them to be engaging directly with the listeners rather than feel like I'm overhearing someone else's conversation. generally not interviews either.
2) I want someone to have put work into it. I like high production values, or research, or interesting sound scaping, or something.

[whiskeytails]

Straight Talk with Ross Mathews
Heather McDonald

[RoxMonster]

Every Little Thing - people call in with random questions about stuff and the hosts will talk to experts in that field to give answers.

A couple examples:

Someone asked about how auctioneers learn to do the "yodle" or whatever it's called, so they had an expert auctioneer on there to go through how to become one and what they do

Another episode talked to airline pilots to answer people's questions about flying/safety

[adlove]

Heavyweight is one of my favorites. People reach out to the host to help resolve things that happened in the past so they can have closure. It’s really well done and I love the host.

[letsgetweird]

Psychology in Seattle

[mbcdefg]

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend - humor and celebrity interviews