Best Podcasts
I've recent discovered this amazing thing called podcasts. As a 26 year old, this makes me the Worst Millenial Ever. This post aims to rectify that (not the "worst ever", just the ignorance. I relish the title.)
What suggestions do you have for good podcasts, besides the obvious mgopodcast? Good sports ones? Good entertainment ones? Ideally, I'd love to find a good finance/mathematics one, or one on healthcare/insurance, but I feel the topic isn't really one that would be fun. The SOA podcast, for example, is terrible.
Last year we had a pretty good discussion on this as well. Hopefully we get some new ideas of podcasts that've sprung up in the interrm.
Jordan Jesse Go
Tony Kornheiser (la Cheeserie!!!)
This American Life
The Audible
Bloomberg Benchmark
Freakanomics
Move the Sticks
Eat it, McManus
la Cheesarie! Where are we now Howard Feinmann? DEPORT BLAKE TREINEN! Death to the Purple line!
la Cheesarie! Where are we now Howard Feinmann? DEPORT BLAKE TREINEN! Death to the Purple line!
Freakonomics is the one that got me into podcasts. Here's the iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519?mt=2
http://freakonomics.com/ The website has audio in browser, as well as written transcripts of the podcasts, in case you don't subscribe to the pod (or don't have iTunes or an iPhone).
In a nutshell, the podcast is the brainchild of an Economics professor from UChicago and a journalist. They've spawned a couple best-selling books and a film as well. They create an interesting narrative about topics that would seem mundane or taboo and interview experts in those fields. They've had podcasts about ~parking spaces~ that I found fascinating.
Here's the list of episodes: http://freakonomics.com/archive/
Also:
You Are Not So Smart. It's a great podcast that gets you thinking skeptically, exposing our shortcomings in logic and reasoning and illustrates how we can become deluded. He had an entire series on logical fallacies that should be useful to anyone, especially those that like to argue on blogs. This podcast is more important now than ever before, given our political and media climates.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/you-are-not-so-smart/id521594713?mt… iTunes link.
This site also has an archive and transcripts, like freakonomics does.
https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/ There's a list of some episodes for you, just glancing at the titles will tell you what it's about.
Those are my two go to podcasts.
My man.
Another one that may interest you is Waking Up With Sam Harris. It won a Webby for best in Science & Education this year. The show isn't strictly interviews, rather longform conversations with experts.
Harris went to Stanford for Philosophy and UCLA for a PhD in Neuroscience, and he's prolific in getting published as an author.
https://www.samharris.org/podcast I've listened to all of them since I discovered him in February, but the ones that stood out were "What is True?", the conversation with Richard Dawkins, "Reality and the Imagination", "Living with Robots", and "Meaning in Chaos".
It's fascinating to listen to two brilliant people bounce ideas off of each other, and it's humbling for me but I feel like I'm better for having listened.
Freakonomics Radio,
Planet Money,
Masters in Business
Since our football team was in Rome, podcast The History of Rome is very good one
As a Rome history buff I +1 you sir & will download your suggestion tomorrow
Pardon My Take is a must listen. Hilarious and they're phenominal interviewers. Literally the greatest podcast of all time.
The Lowe Post. Only if you like basketball.
MicksTape- Another hilarious podcast, usually revolves around basketball. Convo goes anywhere from Weed, to the 3 on 3 tournament between former NBA players, to Rap music. This one is more of a specialty.
Solid Verbal and Shutdown Fullcast are pretty good.
This American Life, S-Town, Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast (if you like him, that is), Freakonomics, the second season of Serial, and The Moth (but only sometimes)
Revionist History
Dunc'd on podcast (my favorite for hoops)
FoundMyFitness (If you like smart chicks talking about sophisticated diet and health stuff)
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History...credit to the original MGoMember who mentioned this. I downloaded it at their suggestion and it was the BEST...PODCAST...EVER.
Carlin has obvious audio training and, if you're a history buff, he brings the era alive he's talking about.
The WW1 & Mongol Empire series were absolutely captivating I couldn't stop listening.
Those were amazing, I also loved his history of the Spanish-American War/Phillipine occupation.
I'm in the middle of The Destroyer of Worlds and it is fascinating. I had some idea of the history behind the Manhattan Project and the physics behind their work but he has covered the social and political ramifications in amazing depth and breadth (and, most importantly for a podcast, interestingly).
is a must, especially if you have any level of interest in the NBA. Talks overall sports too, but mostly NFL and NBA. Really like when he has Cousin Sal and Joe House on to talk sports gambling too.
The Drunken Peasants Podcast. Bunch of stoners talking about the news and making fun of shit. Early episodes were comedy gold. Newer ones, not as much.
Bad Santa
the WW1 podcast is free on Youtube. It's six parts, about 15 hours total I think. I'm not even a big history buff, but it was pretty interesting. Took a while to get through the whole thing, but it was worth it.
S-Town and Finding Richard Simmons are utterly fascinating one-off series type podcasts. The FilmDrunk Frotcast is prolly the funniest I've found so far that both the future wife and I can both enjoy, and the Drew and Mike Podcast is still going strong.
Something to Wrestle With
Talk is Jericho
Eddie Trunk Podcast
Improv 4 Humans
Stuff You Should Know
Michigan Insider
Sex with Emily (She's a UM alum by the way!)
Revolutions - from Mike Duncan of the excellent History of Rome podcast, he's going through a dozen or so historical revolutions. So far, he's done the English Civil War, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Wars of Spanish American Independence, and is currently wrapping up the July Revolution of 1830. Next will be the revolutions of 1848, and he has plans to cover the Mexican and Russian revolutions, among several others.
Chewin' It with Kevin and Steve - hosted by two members of Broken Lizard (Super Troopers, Beerfest), they talk about their lives, performing comedy, and working in show business. They tell a lot of great stories, but I think my main takeaway is a pretty thorough understanding of how Hollywood works, both as a business and how movies and TV are made from writing through production, editing, and distribution.
The Greatest Generation - a Star Trek podcast by two guys who are a little bit embarrassed to have a Star Trek podcast. Hosted on the Maximum Fun comedy network, the hosts are reviewing every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation from a comedic angle.
More Perfect - from NPR, the hosts cover the history of the Supreme Court of the United States, including little-known cases, intrigue, mutual admiration and hatred among the justices, and more.
The Pat McAfee Show. Its by Barstool Sports and he is absolutely hilarious. just retired this year as an NFL punter with the Colts. does stand-up