I used to listen to long form essays on Youtube. My favourite ones either break down the history of a conspiracy, teach me something new and cool about the world, or explore a hobby I’ve never been interested in.

I don’t like the ones about killers or heavy drama. I also don’t like podcasts that spend half the time reading the latest news from [topic] in verbatim .

What are some podcasts you can recommend me while I chip away at other things?

  • boatswain@infosec.pub
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    9 months ago

    Darknet Diaries is always fascinating: it’s all about cybercrime. Sometimes the episodes are breakdowns of particular hacker groups or specific notable hacks; other times, they’re interviews with people in the industry: both cybersecurity professionals and criminals.

  • EnchiladaHole@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Explore artistic photography - The Candid Frame
    Explore the wine industry - I’ll Drink to That
    Explore good food and cooking well - The Splendid Table

    honorable mention:
    Stay Tuned with Preet
    Beyond Organic Wine Podcast
    The Art of Manliness

  • philipontacos@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Science and Tech:

    1-Stuff you should know. 2-Skeptics guide to the universe. 3-Programming throwdown.

    Gaming:

    1-Get played. 2-Triple click.

    Comedy and movies and music:

    1-Comedy bang bang. 2-How did this get made? 3-With Gourley and Rust. 4-Bizarre albums.

    Other:

    1-Scam goddess. 2-Qanon anonymous.

    Helps you sleep:

    -Sleep with me.

  • Aviandelight @mander.xyz
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    9 months ago

    I know it’s older but recently I’ve been listening to Ologies by Allie Ward. She explores all the different types of science, she’s funny, and she finds people who are really passionate about their field of work.

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Stuff they don’t want you to know was good years ago. I haven’t listened in a while though.

    • Zorcron@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Seconded. A very chill and entertaining informational podcast that benefits greatly from its conversational style.

      And episodes can be about nearly anything. Forgiveness, the Cannonball Run, the Loch Ness monster, the sun, beavers, the Equal Rights Act. They’re all great. I’ve been listening since 2012.

  • late_night@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    There’s “Well there’s your problem”. In each episode, the hosts break down an engineering disaster. The episodes are one to several hours long each, and they are thorough, entertaining, and you learn a ton.

    There’s also a video version that contains slides with pictures and graphs.

    I would suggest as a starter episode 139, The impossible railroad, which I thought was a fun one. Or 146 on the Mount Everest, that was eye-opening. Those are the recent ones that stand out to me.

    • Followupquestion@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      It’s a fantastic podcast and I point people to the one on the V-22 Osprey frequently just because we live near an airport and Ospreys practice touch and gos before getting lunch nearby.

  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    I like Short History Of…. It’s written well, interesting from the first sentence, and read well. The topics vary widely, so you have plenty to choose from.

    Also The Soundtrack Show might be interesting for you, not sure if that fits your needs.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    The Delta Flyers is a podcast by Garrett Wang and Robert Duncan McNeill, who played Harry Kim and Tom Paris on Star Trek Voyager, they rewatch the show and interview other crew members, they have completed Voyager, and have started rewatching Deep Space 9, together with Terry Farrell and Armin Shimerman, who played Jadzia and Quark on that show.

    Very interesting.

    Damn Interesting is a site with long interesting articles about different subjects, they have a podcast under the same name, where they read the articles, it is very well done, but unpdated slowly, but there is quite a few episodes available.

  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    99 percent invisible is a good one. It’s about the stories behind things we take for granted in the world. It can be anything between ambulances, country borders and the lyrics of who let the dogs out.

  • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Not sure if it would appeal or not, but I’ve spent a good chunk of this year listening to How Other Dads Dad by Hamish Blake, here in Australia. Just a semi-light-hearted look at dadding in the 21st century.

  • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    You probably already know about him, but Andrew Huberman is doing an amazing job on bringing science back to the people.

    Sleep, motivation, exercise, mental health… everything in the context of neuroscience so you start understanding a bit more everything that happens to you. Protocols to follow, fully explained and backed up by scientific papers, all for the sake of your health. Amazing source of information.

  • blargerer@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Well There’s Your Problem Podcast. They do have a news segment at the beginning of each episode, but you can skip past it if you want to.