The Podcast List

Recently, HJ77 was interested in what podcasts I listen to and wanted suggestions for ones that she may enjoy. Every so often, I have listed the ones that I consume regularly, and I decided that I would list them again, with links to either the iTunes page or the page for the show.

APM's Dinner Party Download
The show that helps you win the dinner party. Funny (or punny) jokes, interesting interviews and stories (with cocktails) that you wouldn't normally hear.

The Bugle
Audio Newspaper for a Visual World. John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman discuss the world of news, sports, and everything else in a stunningly irreverent way.

Freakonomics Radio
The Hidden Side of Everything. From the economists that brought you Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics, an in-depth look at the numbers and trends that control the world around us.

Girl on Guy
A podcast about stuff guys love, brought to you by the ultimate guy's girl. Everything Aisha Tyler does is brilliant, geeky, sexy and awesome.

The Moth Podcast
True Stories Told Live. Stories, often funny and tragic, from real people (famous and not) about everything one can think of.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show. Politics done differently.

The Bowery Boys: New York City History
A secret history of New York City from two natives.

NPR's Fresh Air
From NPR, "Though Fresh Air has been categorized as a "talk show," it hardly fits the mold. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits Fresh Air with "probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights.""

NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.

Slate:

Culture Gabfest
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner wrap their brains around...everything pop culture related. Sometimes it is wonderful and sometimes it is infuriating. It is always interesting.

Hang Up and Listen
Slate's sports podcast with two really smart guys (Mike Pesca and Stefan Fatsis) and Josh Levin.

Political Gabfest
The first, and best, of Slate's podcasts. David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the week in politics and the larger place that the events of the week have in context.

BBC Radio 4's Start the Week
Start The Week sets the cultural agenda for the week ahead, with high-profile guests discussing the ideas behind their work in the fields of art, literature, film, science, history, society and politics.

This American Life
Really? You need a description for TAL? It's IRA GLASS.

WTF with Marc Maron
Marc Maron talks about comedy, with comedians, and more often than not, the discussions turn to the things that really matter. He does make people cry.