Can you recommend some good podcasts?

I like Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Yeah I have that one too but all caught up.

I’m surprised they’re are not more good podcast.

The Gilbert Gottfried podcast is great if you're into '70s TV pop culture.

His interviews with Bruce Vilanch, one of the Hudson Brothers, and Peter Marshall all were hysterical. People really open up talking to Gottfried, even more than they do Howard Stern. (Vilanch outs Margaret Hamilton!)

Marshall talks about going to a strip/swingers club with Karen Valentine and Paul Lynde — he adored Paul Lynde but basically says, "Imagine Paul in a roomful of naked women..."

Doesn’t it depend on what you like, OP?

Depends what interests you, but I listen to the New York Times’s “The Daily” every day. It’s really good.

I recently discovered “Shakespeare Unlimited” from the Folger Shakespeare Library, and it is absolutely addictive. Really, really interesting and well produced discussions about all sorts of things, from Shakespeare’s influence on John Wilkes Booth’s life (huge) to Shakespeare in sci fi, speculation about his wife, his views of religion and magic, etc.

And mock me, but I love Oprah’s “Super Soul Conversations” podcast.

"You Must Remember This"

It's about Old Hollywood. And is well-researched and entertaining.

Outside

Desert Island Discs.

I love Pod Save America.

Another vote for The Daily from the NYT. It’s just great storytelling, the way I remember news sounding when I was a child.

Good suggestions. Keep them coming. My commute is a bitch so I run through them fast.

Judge John Hodgman can be fun. Skip any episode with trifling white ladies

Awards Chatter, NY Times The Daily, Fresh Air, The Dropout

I like You Must Remember This but the host, Karina Longworth, has the single worst speaking voice I've ever heard.

I like Stay Tuned with Preet Barara

You're Wrong About tears in to our horrible justice system quite often.

Breakfast with Dorothy & Dick

Dax Shepard podcast

I used to like Dax Shepard and Marc Marron podcasts but grew bored. My regular rotation now are Pod Save America, Terry Gross, The Mike O’Meara Show and Tom and Lorenzo.

Psychology In Seattle Podcast - Very interesting in-depth discussions about topics that often pop up on Datalounge

I’ll third You Must Remrmber This and I adore the host. Particularly liked the series on Jane Fonda and Jean Seberg but all of them are good. There’s a lot to listen to.

Pod Save America is all right but often a day or two behind events. Bill Simmons has some good podcasts. The short series Unerased was really good.

Yeast Radio

I am a huge PSA fan, but lately I’ve neededa break. It is really excellent, it’s great to see how it took off as I’ve listened from almost the beginning.

Wondery cancelled Sword and Scale today. Interesting final episode.

A Twitter mob called the show's sponsors and complained. Because of some political thing.

Mo Rocca (who's a regular on CBS Sunday Morning) has a newish podcast called Mobituaries, which I have really been enjoying (the rest of my faves are pretty much politics-related). He has had about five. I think the most interesting so far has been the one about the original Siamese twins (Chang and Eng Bunker) who had an amazing life(lives), and have a shitload of descendants in the town were the Andy Griffith Show was filmed, Mt.Airy, South Carolina (or is it NC?) Also there is a good one about the life of Audrey Hepburn. Actually, all the episodes have been great--highly recommend.

We Hate Movies

Mueller She Wrote, for when you can't get enough of all the Trump scandals.

The Bechdel Cast - comedy podcast discussing women in popular movies. Dumb Gay Politics - comedy podcast about politwica from a gay perspective. Adam Sank Show - Gay Comedy podcast, current events and gay personalities. Stuff you Missed in History Class - History podcast discussing more obscure events and people.

Listen to R25! Mobituaries is wonderful.

Another agreement with R25. I just listened to the Sammy Davis Junior episode — featuring DL icon Dionne Warwick. Rocca gets some great interviews.

I also like the Daily, Hit Parade, NPR Politics, Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, Swinging Through The Sixties, Switched On Pop, and NYT’s Popcast, among other more niche ones.

Pod Save America is good if you have insomnia,but don’t listen if you are driving. That show sucks so bad, those guys are boring and not edgy, just a bunch of former Obama Ivy League douchebag staffers blathering on. I tried watching it twice and nearly fell asleep.

Any good movie podcasts? I like F this Movie, but I need more. We hate movies is OK.

R32 How Did This Get Made

True Crime Obsessed is fun. The podcast about Anthony Weiner is especially entertaining.

Joe rogan experience. I'm not into the MMA ones, but he has tons of other interestingnones. Paul Stamets (mycologist) one is good. Jordan Pederson. Steven Tyler one is interesting. Just had dr. Phil on. Also did the infamous Elon musk one. And no, Joe is not alt right. He also has tons of various independent journalists and entrepreneurs, motivational folks,etc... Presidential candidate Andrew yang was on recently and they discussed universal basic income and the takeover of automation. The scientist ones are fascinating. Mike Tyson was on talking about tons of stuff.

I had to drop You Must Remember This. Yes, I found the narrator's' voice annoying, but I managed to hang with it for a couple years. The breaking point for me was when she introduced the GPS-style voice automation for the re-enactments. I thought they couldn't get worse from her own attempts at re-enactments, but I was wrong. Unlistenable.

My favorites:

"The Tennis Podcast", with David Law and Catherine Whitaker. A little heavy on British tennis, but they'll usually wait to the end of the show to focus on that. I like that they'll tell it like it is, and they're not afraid to disagree with each other. They don't feel "compelled" to go pro-WTA on every topic, like another tennis cast does.

Another vote for Gilbert Godfried. Even if you think you don't know the guest, chances are you'll have heard of the movie or actor or director they'll discuss during the podcast. I thought Gilberts voice might annoy me, but it doesn't. Plus, I've lived through Karina Longworth.

"Crimewriters On...". I mention this on every podcast thread we do here, I should get a royalty. But it's four authors/investigators from New Hampshire who review True Crime podcasts and TV Shows. I like that they fully review the podcasts - content, production values, acting/narration. My one (minor) critique is that they've been branching out into other podcasts/projects, and doing quite a bit of schilling for those. But otherwise a fun podcast.

Studio 360, The Dork Forest, and To The Best of Our Knowledge at TTBOOK.org.

Story Corps. The Moth. Both excellent.

Hollywood Reporter Awards Chatter is my favorite entertainment related podcast.

OP here, who knew there were so many podcasts.

Ross Matthews does a weekly podcast but imo, it is a lost opportunity. Maybe it will get better. It needs a new format.

If you like to learn out the history of rock and roll, I recommend Let It Roll podcast.

Also, if you kayak or raft in the NW, River Talk podcast is a must.

[quote]I had to drop You Must Remember This. Yes, I found the narrator's' voice annoying, but I managed to hang with it for a couple years. The breaking point for me was when she introduced the GPS-style voice automation for the re-enactments. I thought they couldn't get worse from her own attempts at re-enactments, but I was wrong. Unlistenable.

I was just about the post the same thing. What a STUPID idea to have a computer read excerpts from books -- with absolutely no infliction. The software sounded like something from 1996.

InFLECTION

Missing Richard Simmons

“My Dad Wrote a Porno” is hysterical

For films- the Film Comment podcast

Jon Ronson’s The Butterfly Effect about what happened when free internet porn appeared

The Love & Radio podcast- lots of strange stories in the This American Life vein... one of the most bizarre episodes is “The Recruiter” about gay for pay porn. There are others about different cults like Scientology and the Mormon church.

Are there any good gay podcasts?

I've listened to Film Week from KPCC radio for years (cuz I live in LA and the show originates from here--actually Pasadena technically). Some of the panel are very good (Peter Rainer, Claudia Puig, Lael Lowenstein). They basically review all the new movies opening in LA, which is second only to New York in the number of indies and foreign films that play here. All are print critics with long experience. Peter Rainer is my #1 critic in the country in that I think his taste is quite comparable to mine.

Karina dropped the robot re-enactments after a few episodes. Obviously she got complaints or cane to her senses. That said, there hasn’t been a new episode in almost 2 months... is it on hiatus? Usually there has been a new episode every 2 or 3 weeks.

The Moth has some great stories.. And Ive always liked This American Life...

R48, Karina posted that her contract was up at the end of January. She may or may not come back.

I'm also a commuter. Mine are mostly all the NPR shows I don't have time to listen to on the weekend radio while I'm doing other things. Ask Me Another. The Moth. Radiolab. Snap Judgment. Ted Radio Hour. This American Life. Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. I used to also listen to To The Best Of Our Knowledge but that was an additional 2 hours a week and I couldn't handle it. I have a few specific episodes of How I Built This.

I loved Snap Judgement's Halloween spinoff, Snap Judgement Spooked.

Does anybody listen to Ana Ferris’ podcasts?

Any recommendations for country music or Nashville themed podcasts?

Krista Tippett’s ON BEING. For deep thinkers and the intellectually curious. Her recent interview with Daniel Kahneman was fantastic.

The first season of Crimetown is brilliant it’s set in Providence Rhode Island and all about the felonious mayor who kept getting re-elected, the mafia and their shameless hold on all walks of life in that city , and the FBI who took everyone down. The newest season is very grim and I haven’t the stomach to listen to it .

If you're an alternative music/records fan you need SONG EXPLODER. It's changed my podcast experience.

Artists featured discuss their own songs in detail. Bonus is that the song being discussed is played in full at the end of each episode, so you kind of get a song playlist/built-in mp3 library built up with each download.

I’m having a hard time finding anything good on Nashville/Music Row.

Love the Rich Roll podcast , a plant based diet promoter and ultra athlete. Awesome guests w sports nature and or inspirational like the Free Solo guy Recovery addict. He is an upscale version of Joe Rogan similar guests but no right wink wackos, no MMA.

Like Dax Shepard - he is sex on a stick. Also in recovery but focuses more on celebrities

Bump. I'm finally listening to "Serial," season one. I remember all the hoopla when this podcast came out. While I admire the reporter/narrator's diligence, I wish I cared more about the people involved in this case, they all seem shady.

I like "The Vanished," which takes on a different missing person every week. The hostess has a very flat delivery which bothers some people, but I like it. Straightforward, bi drama, and she seems to have real compassion for all the missing and their families. In that vein, I also like one called "Generation Why," about mysteries and conspiracy theories in general.

There have been some really good Australian true crime podcasts lately and the two I really enjoyed are "The Teacher's Pet", which actually culminated in the arrest of the main suspect in one of the longest and most notorious Australian cold murder cases, and the other one being "Who the Hell is Hamish?" about a con artist who scammed people of tens of millions of dollars over the period of almost 30 years. Sort of like "Dirty John" but without any murders (that we know of.)

The one which really disappointed me, since I had high hopes for it, was the BBC podcast "The Doorstep Murder", based on a very interesting and mysterious cold case in Scotland, but, except for regurgitating the same known facts about the case which are widely known over the span of 6 episodes, offered absolutely no new insights or deeper investigative reporting.

R59 here, don't know why I typed "bi drama." I think I meant NO drama.

I'm so into podcasts right now that I rarely listen to music in my car or home anymore. Personally, I like the more scripted podcasts, I don't like the ones where the host or guests talk about whatever and meanders from subject to subject. That said here are some of my favorites:

Slate's Culture Gabest - is beyond brilliant. It's one of the few podcasts I listen the day it airs. It's smart, funny and the subjects range from low to high culture. I love it. See a review below...

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me - is a hilarious quiz show about the past week's news events. I think it's NPR's #1 podcast.

Theory of Everything - Is a strange eclectic podcast, where each week the nerdy host will take a theme and explore variations of that theme. Trippy Weird Esoteric

Decoder Ring - Another great Slate.com podcast. It's about cracking cultural mysteries and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters. My favorite so far was the podcast about the history of paper dolls and how two very young gay brothers from the midwest became obsessed with them in the 1950s and how their obsession continued into their adulthood; one to fame, the other to oblivion.

Risk! If you like This American Life, The Moth, Snap Judgement this podcast is like them but way, way dirtier. The host is a gay comedian named Kevin Allison, who I hadn't heard of before and to honest, he's kind of annoying. He's Mr. TMI, like letting us listeners know he's into Asian bears and fisting, and preferably Asian Bears that can fist him (talk about a small demographic.) But each week you get everyday people sharing funny, embarrassing and sometimes gross-out sex stories they thought "they'd never dare to share in public".

You Must Remember This - IMHO is the best source of Hollywood history in the podcast universe. The hostess is an absolute genius, she an almost academic approach to her research, findings, and correlations. And YES her old-timey voice is/was horrible, but her computer-generated narrater was worse. And as someone up thread said, I think she mentioned on her series finale that she no longer going to be doing the podcast. But if anything, give it a try and listen to the series on the Manson murders and their ties to Hollywood. Chilling.

For those TL;DR types: listen to Slate's Culture Gabfest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

S3 of "Uncover", a Canadian investigative podcast, has just started and deals with Bruce McArthur murders.

I know this is dumb to say. But I seriously found a podcast that is changing my life and is so amazing I refuse to share it with anyone! It’s my little secret. It’s semi popular in its circle but the person that does it will in my opinion be huge eventually- and I don’t want that to happen yet. No ! I won’t tell you the name of this podcast you cuntz!!

R64 = Scientology Clam

Not Scientology.! R65. Lol

At least give us a hint.

I bet it’s one of the spiritual podcasts. I had a few but dumped them because after a few episodes you realize they are gimmicky.

...so what is the point of your post then r64? Just so you can feel special by having people beg you for the name of your podcast? Well, if it's a self-help podcast, I'd say you are at the beginning of your journey...

My point is I read a lot of books. Listen to a lot of music. Watch a lot of movies. Read a lot of music. And listen to a lot of Sirius and podcasts. This podcast is my holy grail and I’m not giving it up to people, I think most don’t deserve it’s powerfulnes. I will say that I’m getting a service that if I’m real life would be worth thousands. But no. Not telling. Go back to talking about serial or not or whatever you guys are recommending. Carry on minions...

Can’t read music. - I meant read a lot of magazines. I read almost every popular magazine. Every month on Friday’s lol. I’m not telling this podcast!!!!! Ever!!

God save us from the embarrassing idiots who come to this board.

None of the PSA guys are Ivy League, R31. Jon, Jon and Tommy went to liberal arts colleges and Dan went to Georgetown.

Jon F. and Tommy are gay-acting straight guys from New England, however.

R60, if you like Aussie true crime podcasts, you should give Casefile: True Crime a try. I really like the (anonymous) host’s delivery and his episodes are very well researched. I also like the fact he features cases from all over the world, though mainly Australia.

The episodes he dedicated to the Golden State Killer and Jonestown are some of the best on each subject, imo. He also did a great recap of the Silk Road case.

R64 = Gayle King listening to "Oprah's Super Soul Conversations"

It’s one of those “guru” type podcasts. Fess up, ya tease!

Disgraceland, a true crime podcast involving famous musicians.

Keep It! is a great pop culture podcast from Crooked Media. Minus the negative and very racist female host, that is. The two guys, Ira and Louis Virtel are hilarious.

[quote] if you like Aussie true crime podcasts, you should give Casefile: True Crime a try.

Actually, I did. I really liked S1 and S2. S3 was OK but a bit short and somehow felt unfinished.

For movie lovers:

The Cine-Files (serious)

Filmspotting (serious)

How Did This Get Made? (funny)

Show Me the Meaning! (funny)

General:

Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda

Intelligence Squared (debates on current topics)

Sorry, the one I had in mind is "Unravel" not "Casefile".

I’m insatiable. I need more podcast. Please keep recommending.

Can I: yes

Will I: no

Three episodes deep into 'Curious, with Josh Peck' and I'm having a nice enough time.

Caveat; it's probably only tolerable for people who enjoy mildly amusing Millennial/GenX convos about L.A. quotidien, Basic bitch culture and the A&E biz. It's nothing ground-breaking and certainly nothing special but works for a pleasant easy background listen if you're so inclined, is what I'm saying.

Peck has affirmational bullshit to say now & then too, if you're in need of a free life-coaching session.. He good-naturedly curses a lot and talks about sobriety & existential crises to former addicts and washed-up entertainers so I put it on at my desk sometimes if I want to scare off customers.

KERA’s Think is a twice-daily interview programme produced by the NPR station in Dallas and is available as a podcast. The host, Kris Boyd, is a very good interviewer (she’s as good as Terry Gross, IMHO), realky does her research, and asks thoughtful questions.

Each hour-long episode focuses on a single subject, and the topics are varied and current. Occasionally the topic is locally-focused or orientated to a Texas audience, but that’s rare enough. Most episodes would appeal to a national audience. The guests and topics are kind of like what one would hear on the Diane Rehm Show when she did a daily programme broadcast from DC.

There are two episodes produced four days a week, so it should provide you with plenty of content for your long commutes, OP, even if you’re very selective about which episode topics you ultimately choose to listen to. I used to listen to Think on air when I lived in the DFW area, but I still keep up with the podcast version long after having moving away — it’s that good!

Some gay podcasts for R46 to consider: Nancy (from WNYC), Homo Sapiens (from the UK), A Beginner’s Guide to a Forty-Something Gay Man (also from the UK, but with occasional US-themed content), and Like Minded Friends, with UK conedians Tom Allen & Suzi Ruffell.

I’m sure there are many others, but these are some that I’m familiar with.

Red Scare

BBC Radio 4’s radio show/In our time podcast is fantastic. Discusses various historical topics with experts on the topic. Some don’t interest me and I skip them. Some are fascinating e.g. a recent show on Papal Infallibility.

reply 62 here and I recently discovered the best podcast I've heard yet, "The Secret History of Hollywood". Now first off this isn't a tawdry "Hollywood Babylon" style podcast, just the opposite. When I first start listening to it, I thought it was a work of fiction, it was delightful and took me into the world of silent screen, pre-Hollywood, New York moviemaking. It wasn't until the story moves to Hollywood and he starts retelling stories of real Hollywood directors, producers and actors that I realize that it was fictionalized/biography hybrid history of Hollywood's early days. My words here can't do it justice. So here's a review from a fellow fan that does a much better job of it:

"I recently discovered The Secret History of Hollywood and do not know where to begin articulating the perfection and true art infused in this podcast. Mr. Roche is an artist. Is it a podcast, is it a radio show, is it the oration of a majestic tale..... it is all and more. I enjoy well-researched podcasts with a respectful level of wit. This podcast is so much more. After completing the first episode I needed to take some downtime to absorb the story, to savor Mr Roche's elocution, to cleanse my emotional melancholy of the tales of the American dreams experienced by so many... if you enjoy old radio shows, the magic of old Hollywood movies and can recognize true art in its purest form, you must give yourself up to Mr. Roche and his tales of Hollywood, history and the American dreams of many."

Judging from your list, OP, you might enjoy My Favorite Murder. The two hosts can be hilarious and annoying all at once.

Seek treatment with pat and cat - pats voice grates at first listen but it does grow on you. It’s mostly about gay dating in New York and they have a bunch of gay comedians as guests - it’s fun.

R46 see r90 also try las culturistas

Tin foil hat podcast.....All about mysteries and conspiracies. Higherside Chats podcast...more mysteries and conspiracies....Fame is a bitch....celeb gossip

Movie Reviews in 20 Qs Fortunately with Fi and Jane (though that one took a while to hit its stride- just start at episode 15).

Art & Emerald is a story about two kids and some evil artwork. Has me slightly hooked but the Aussie accent of the guy narrating is a little grating,

Dave Holmes has a podcast called Homophilia but listen for the guest because Dave Holmes is kinda dull.

I'll second the recommendation for Casefile, it's one of the more information-dense true crime podcasts out there.

A friend just told me about "Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness". He's the hair guy on the new Queer Eye.

The topics are very diverse and are discussed seriously, but not too seriously.

Ep #109 - Should I Be Terrified of Snakes… and What are They Going Through These Days Anyway? with Dr. Sara Ruane Ep #104 - What Do District Attorneys Do? with District Attorney Rachael Rollins Ep #96 - What The Heck is Going On in Central America Even? with Shannon O’Neil Ep #73 - How Could Virtual Reality Help Recover Memories? with Dr. Nanthia Suthana Ep #62 - Did Social Media Make Artists Need to be Business People Too? with Austyn Weiner

^Apologies for the formatting. I forgot to double-space the list.

Stuff You Should Know. It's about anything and everything. Fantastic for trivia buffs such as myself.

Is it Beat Your Genes, r64?

I vote it for best psychology podcast and if it's what r64 is talking about, I agree it will explode in the next few years.

The High Low (current affairs/pop culture Brit perspective)

Table Manners (food and banter)

David Tennants new interview podcast

Dlisted (when it's not on hiatus)

The cine-files (film)

Rewatchables

You must remember this (old Hollywood)

Bowery Boys (NYC history)

Keep it (gossip)

Fresh air (depending on the guest )

Heavyweights

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For those interested in codes or WWII, the Bletchley Park podcast is interesting. Especially "Operation Overlord" which they broadcast last week for the DDay anniversary.