(Brit here) Politics/Economics/Sociology/Philosophy: 
 * Rationally Speaking - Ran by the New York Skeptics society, just fantastic show about rationally think

(Brit here) Politics/Economics/Sociology/Philosophy: 
 * Rationally Speaking - Ran by the New York Skeptics society, just fantastic show about rationally thinking about economics, politics, society, etc. * The Guardian's Brexit Means... - all things brexit * Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - one my favourite podcast series ever; about the supreme court, from how it was made to landmark precedence-setting cases in civil rights. * Presidential - A history of US presidents, ran over the 44 weeks leading up to the 2016 US election, each week a new president. * The Ezra Klein Show - Long-form US politics interview show ran by the founder of VOX * Vox's The Weeds - US politics panel discussion show, which gets "into the weeds" of US policy-making * The Reith Lectures - A BBC4 lecture series about humanity, society and politics * The Guardian UK: Politics weekly - self explanatory * Left Right & Centre - US politics show that has commentators "from across the politcal spectrum" * Week in Westminster - BBC westminster politics show * Common Sense with Dan Carlin - Fantastic long-form show released once a month by a historian, who tries to put modern politics in a historical perspective. * Pienaar's Politics - BBC 5 live’s (UK) politics show with professional cheeky git John Pienaar * The New Statesman Podcast - UK Politics (and other stuff) from Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush (+ guests) * Freakonomics - Fantastic podcast about all things economics * The Moral Maze - BBC Radio 4 debate show about the moral philosophy of current issues. Highly recommended. * The good fight: Yacsha Mounk on how to prevent populism and democratic backsliding * Worldly - Vox's foreign affairs podcast * Waking Up - Sam Harris' Long-form interview podcast Tech and business: * StartUp Podcast - Start Up culture and business * Reply All - Fun about the internet and technology * Note to Self - Technology show about "being human" in our technological age * IRL - Tech podcast made by Mozilla Other: * Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates - great debates on whatever's current * Intelligence Squared - Original and UK version of the US one (i.e. has less adverts and less annoying hosts) * The Briefing Room - Fantastic BBC4 program that investigates the facts and details "behind the biggest news stories" * 99% Invisible - Show by Roman Mars about all the design that is hidden in our lives * Revisionist History - Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell going back and reinterpreting something that happened historically, trying to understand it and revise any commonplace perspectives * The Guardian’s Long Reads - Long-form articles from the Guardian in audio form * Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History - Fantastic book-length miniseries about major historical events and eras. * Analysis - Great BBC program about analysis of current issues * Heavyweight - entertaining and touching human stories * Radiolab - all round radio show wunderkind * Today Explained - Vox's daily news podcast