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I get enough tech in my daily life, so I look to podcasts to enrich my life in other dimensions and teach me new things. Here are some of my favorites: * Cook

I get enough tech in my daily life, so I look to podcasts to enrich my life in other dimensions and teach me new things. Here are some of my favorites: * Cooking, food, and molecular gastronomy; Cooking Issues: http://www.heritageradionetwork.org/programs/51-Cooking-Issues http://www.heritageradionetwork.org/programs/51-Cooking-Issu... * Outdoor adventure; Dirtbag Diaries: http://dirtbagdiaries.com http://dirtbagdiaries.com * Music and poetic music breakdown (uniquely well-suited to audio as a medium); Song Exploder: http://songexploder.net http://songexploder.net * History; the Memory Palace: http://thememorypalace.us http://thememorypalace.us * Design; 99% Invisible: http://99percentinvisible.org http://99percentinvisible.org * Electic subjects: http://loveandradio.org http://loveandradio.org * RadioLab: http://www.radiolab.org http://www.radiolab.org I'd love to find a good fiction podcast, with either short form stories or episodic long form arcs in the fashion of old-school radio shows.

long 12y ago
A fiction podcast I listen to: http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html
manish_gill 12y ago
I've heard good things about Welcome to Night Wale: http://commonplacebooks.com/ http://commonplacebooks.com/
DanBC 12y ago
> I'd love to find a good fiction podcast, with either short form stories or episodic long form arcs in the fashion of old-school radio shows. Afternoon drama: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qrzz http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qrzz 15 Minute Drama (15 minutes per weekday, total 1hour 15mins per drama) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy2s http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy2s Book of the week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qftk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qftk Book at bedtime: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtlx http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtlx
- sranso 12y ago
  The Truth http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html is really good! You could start with http://thetruthpodcast.com/Story/Entries/2013/10/13_The_Talk.html http://thetruthpodcast.com/Story/Entries/2013/10/13_The_Talk.... Radiotopia in general is good for this kind of stuff.
jordw 12y ago
If you like Song Exploder, a friend of mine and I started a music production podcast where we dissect one song each week that you might also like: http://songaweek.net/ http://songaweek.net/
tensorproduct 12y ago
Somebody already mentioned Welcome to Night Vale, which is a serial fiction podcast in the form of public radio news announcements from a town where all the weirdness of the world is true. Also, there is The Thrilling Adventure Hour. This is a comedic take on old-school radio serials. There are multiple ongoing series within the show. This is a really funny show, with great production values, and some high profile guest stars.
leoh 12y ago
The New Yorker fiction podcast is quite good
leoh 12y ago
The New Yorker fiction podcast is quite good
zhoux 12y ago
If you are looking for sci-fi/fantasy/horror, would definitely recommend the Escapepod (http://escapepod.org/ http://escapepod.org/), podcastle (http://podcastle.org/ http://podcastle.org/), pseudopod (http://pseudopod.org/ http://pseudopod.org/) trio. Their webpages also link to some other good fiction podcasts of the same genre. Podcastle's Paper Menagerie (http://escapepod.org/2012/05/17/ep345-the-paper-menagerie/ http://escapepod.org/2012/05/17/ep345-the-paper-menagerie/) made me cry.
mintplant 12y ago
If you like horror, you might be interested The NoSleep Podcast: readings of the cream of the crop of short stories from reddit's NoSleep forum. Really good voices and sound design, and it won a Parsec Award for speculative fiction in 2014. http://thenosleeppodcast.com/ http://thenosleeppodcast.com/
vijayr 12y ago
These are good too (non tech) http://inspiringadventurer.com/ http://inspiringadventurer.com/ http://www.richroll.com/category/podcast/ http://www.richroll.com/category/podcast/ http://www.londonreal.tv/episodes/ http://www.londonreal.tv/episodes/
sjs382 12y ago
Agreed. I listen to very few tech podcasts, for the same reason: I'm exposed to it so much elsewhere (HN, RSS etc). But yeah, as you'll see by this list, I LOVE podcasts. Here's what's in my 'Listen First' feed, which I listen to as soon as they're published: * Do You Link Prince Movies? * The BS Report w/ Bill Simmons * Grantland NFL Podcast * Grantland Pop Culture * Grantland Sports * Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin * Hollywood Prospectus * Jalen & Jacoby * Rembert Explains * Serial * Startup * Adam & Drew Show (Adam Carolla & Dr Drew) * Upvoted by Reddit * This American Life And here are the others that I've subscribed to and listen to when I don;t have anything in the "Listen First" feed: * 1 Day Business Breakthrough (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * 99% Invisible * Bret Easton Ellis Podcast * Criminal (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Deadcast (Sports, from deadspin.com) * Entreprogrammers (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Here Be Monsters (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Kalzumeus Podcast (patio11 & others) * Mixergy (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * NPR Fresh Air (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * NPR Invisibilia (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * PO'd with Dennis Miller & Adam Carolla (probably going to remove this soon) * Reply All (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Startups for the Rest of Us (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * Adam Carolla Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * Andy Greenwald Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * Dr Drew Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures * WTF w/ Mark Maron (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * You Made it Weird w/ Pete Holmes (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)
stevendaniels 12y ago
The Memory Palace is so good. I wish Nate DiMeo had more time to produce it. I love how Roman Mars from 99% Invisible ripped off Nate's intro.

long 12y ago

A fiction podcast I listen to: http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html

manish_gill 12y ago

I've heard good things about Welcome to Night Wale: http://commonplacebooks.com/ http://commonplacebooks.com/

DanBC 12y ago

> I'd love to find a good fiction podcast, with either short form stories or episodic long form arcs in the fashion of old-school radio shows. Afternoon drama: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qrzz http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qrzz 15 Minute Drama (15 minutes per weekday, total 1hour 15mins per drama) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy2s http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy2s Book of the week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qftk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qftk Book at bedtime: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtlx http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtlx

sranso 12y ago
The Truth http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html http://thetruthpodcast.com/The_Truth.html is really good! You could start with http://thetruthpodcast.com/Story/Entries/2013/10/13_The_Talk.html http://thetruthpodcast.com/Story/Entries/2013/10/13_The_Talk.... Radiotopia in general is good for this kind of stuff.

jordw 12y ago

If you like Song Exploder, a friend of mine and I started a music production podcast where we dissect one song each week that you might also like: http://songaweek.net/ http://songaweek.net/

tensorproduct 12y ago

Somebody already mentioned Welcome to Night Vale, which is a serial fiction podcast in the form of public radio news announcements from a town where all the weirdness of the world is true. Also, there is The Thrilling Adventure Hour. This is a comedic take on old-school radio serials. There are multiple ongoing series within the show. This is a really funny show, with great production values, and some high profile guest stars.

leoh 12y ago

The New Yorker fiction podcast is quite good

leoh 12y ago

The New Yorker fiction podcast is quite good

zhoux 12y ago

If you are looking for sci-fi/fantasy/horror, would definitely recommend the Escapepod (http://escapepod.org/ http://escapepod.org/), podcastle (http://podcastle.org/ http://podcastle.org/), pseudopod (http://pseudopod.org/ http://pseudopod.org/) trio. Their webpages also link to some other good fiction podcasts of the same genre. Podcastle's Paper Menagerie (http://escapepod.org/2012/05/17/ep345-the-paper-menagerie/ http://escapepod.org/2012/05/17/ep345-the-paper-menagerie/) made me cry.

mintplant 12y ago

If you like horror, you might be interested The NoSleep Podcast: readings of the cream of the crop of short stories from reddit's NoSleep forum. Really good voices and sound design, and it won a Parsec Award for speculative fiction in 2014. http://thenosleeppodcast.com/ http://thenosleeppodcast.com/

vijayr 12y ago

These are good too (non tech) http://inspiringadventurer.com/ http://inspiringadventurer.com/ http://www.richroll.com/category/podcast/ http://www.richroll.com/category/podcast/ http://www.londonreal.tv/episodes/ http://www.londonreal.tv/episodes/

sjs382 12y ago

Agreed. I listen to very few tech podcasts, for the same reason: I'm exposed to it so much elsewhere (HN, RSS etc). But yeah, as you'll see by this list, I LOVE podcasts. Here's what's in my 'Listen First' feed, which I listen to as soon as they're published: * Do You Link Prince Movies? * The BS Report w/ Bill Simmons * Grantland NFL Podcast * Grantland Pop Culture * Grantland Sports * Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin * Hollywood Prospectus * Jalen & Jacoby * Rembert Explains * Serial * Startup * Adam & Drew Show (Adam Carolla & Dr Drew) * Upvoted by Reddit * This American Life And here are the others that I've subscribed to and listen to when I don;t have anything in the "Listen First" feed: * 1 Day Business Breakthrough (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * 99% Invisible * Bret Easton Ellis Podcast * Criminal (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Deadcast (Sports, from deadspin.com) * Entreprogrammers (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Here Be Monsters (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Kalzumeus Podcast (patio11 & others) * Mixergy (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * NPR Fresh Air (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * NPR Invisibilia (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * PO'd with Dennis Miller & Adam Carolla (probably going to remove this soon) * Reply All (haven't listened yet, but it's in my feed) * Startups for the Rest of Us (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * Adam Carolla Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * Andy Greenwald Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * Dr Drew Podcast (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures * WTF w/ Mark Maron (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening) * You Made it Weird w/ Pete Holmes (I mark a lot of these as listened without listening)

stevendaniels 12y ago

The Memory Palace is so good. I wish Nate DiMeo had more time to produce it. I love how Roman Mars from 99% Invisible ripped off Nate's intro.