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[–] Brkdncr@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

99% invisible.
This Podcast Will Kill You.
And for something light: UnderUmderstood.

[–] desantoos@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

"Homestuck Made This World" is a critical analysis of the webcomic Homestuck that morphs into a discussion about how the culture of the Internet changed immensely from 2008 to 2015.

"Lavar Burton Reads" is as it says, a podcast about an actor reading science fiction pieces.

[–] Skyraptor7@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am a nerd so The Rest Is History

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[–] kaladininskyrim@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I listen to quite a few episodes by the Economist. Science Vs, Freakonomics are couple of others that come to mind right now.

[–] Shaggy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The first season of Good Assassins is incredibly gripping. It tells the story of a Jewish spy after World War 2 who spends months befriending a Nazi who escaped justice known as 'The Butcher' with the goal of killing him. It's a roller coaster

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Darknet Diaries, stories from the infosec world that sometimes sound like works of a sci fi movie.

[–] chardiemacdennis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

History of English Podcast is fascinating. Especially if English is your first/primary language.

One of the greatest of all time, imo. It's still great on a relisten, too!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Beach too sandy, water too wet.

Brother and sister duo that read mean, outrageous and plain weird product and place reviews. Very funny.

Mysterious Universe

OK buddy this is the podcast that radicalized me. Its also low key turned into a rightwing antivax conspiracy fest, but seasons 1-25 were good. Just stop listening when covid arrives. Moderately funny, good if you like paranormal stuff.

Lets talk about sects

Not funny, actually usually horrifying, but its a great resource for anyone interested in learning about cults around the world and the shit they got up to.

[–] mistbased@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My two favorites are Darknet Diaries and Dark Dice.

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Gastropod easily. They are so informative and it’s generally pretty entertaining if your into food and food history

[–] jayknight@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago
  • Sci show tangents
  • No Dumb Questions
  • Lateral
  • Lord of Spirits
[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I listen to way too many to name, but the two I always move to the top of the queue when they drop are Fright Pub (three very funny friends drink and talk about horror movies, to much hilarity) and Film Reroll (a bunch of talented actors and improv folks reenact and rewrite popular movies using tabletop dice mechanics).

Recently the latter did an insane reroll series of Memento that they recorded in chronological order and then re-edited and released in reverse order like the movie. In their E.T. reroll, they succeeded in getting E.T. off the planet and involved in an interstellar war. For Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, the GM invented a whole system for randomizing their trips back in time based on their phonepad keypresses, leading to a completely different set of historical figures collected for their final project. Truly nutso levels of craft and effort go into these episodes.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Downloaded! Thanks for the great suggestion! Sounds amazing.

[–] GingeyBook@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Land of the giants is one of my favorites

Only about 1 season a year but each season is about the rise (and sometimes fall) of big tech companies

Unexplainable is cool too, about weird sciencey things that we don't have an explanation for

[–] Matticus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Chilluminati. Jesse Cox who was previously on co-optional with Total Biscuit talks paranormal, internet stories and true crime. Jesse is a skeptic, his stoner co-host is way too into it and the third guy is neutral and just kind of laughs at it all. Better than it should be due to the balance.

[–] yolobrolofosholo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
  • 2 bears 1 cave
  • Your mom's house
  • This is important
  • Whiskey ginger
  • Blocks
  • We might be drunk
  • Are you garbage?
  • Spitballers
  • Fantasy footballers
  • Almost Friday
  • The best one yet
  • Real dictators
  • The connect
  • Always sunny podcast
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[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

TrueAnon. I recommend the series about Elon Musk, "The Lamest Show on Earth".

Because that always comes up: Yes, the name is making fun of QAnon because it's not true. They started out talking about Epstein, and that's an actually true pedophile conspiracy.

[–] Eferrous@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Been really into hiking/backpacking lately so "Out alive" has been good.

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Timesuck. The long form, research based style is a refreshing departure from a lot of the content I consume most days. Plus, each week is a different topic, so you get a good mix of history, cults, serial killers, and a little bit of everything in between.

[–] eric@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Stuff You Should Know and Conon O'Brien Needs A Friend

[–] cfi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Decoder Ring Theatre, phenomenal audio drama podcast that got better as time went on

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] greenfish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Vulgar history

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