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Podcasts100% (2)Conversations with TylerSociety · Tyler Cowen · 2015SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenA George Mason economist hosts polymathic interviews with everyone from Margaret Atwood to Mark Carney — quick, dense, idea-rich.Recommend it?
Podcasts100% (1)Las CulturistasComedy · Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang · 2016SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenTwo SNL-adjacent comedians break down pop culture with rotating "I don't think so, honey" rants. Camp, gay, and feverishly online.Recommend it?
Podcasts100% (1)Off MenuComedy · Ed Gamble & James Acaster · 2018SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenTwo British standup comics invite guests into a fictional restaurant and ask them to pick their ideal four-course meal. Pure joy.Recommend it?
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Podcasts100% (1)StoryCorpsStorytelling · StoryCorps · 2003SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenTwo people sit in a booth and ask each other the questions they've always meant to ask. The recordings get archived in the Library of Congress.Recommend it?
Podcasts50% (1)InvisibiliaSociety · Various NPR hosts · 2015SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenAn NPR show about the invisible forces — emotions, ideas, beliefs — that shape human behavior, told through deep reported stories.Recommend it?
Podcasts50% (1)Sounds Like a CultSociety · Amanda Montell & Reese Oxner · 2021SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenA weekly look at the modern-day "cults" we all sort of belong to — SoulCycle, multi-level marketing, sourdough, the wellness industrial complex.Recommend it?
Podcasts50% (1)You're Wrong AboutSociety · Sarah Marshall · 2018SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenReconsidering the public figures, news events, and moral panics we all "remember" — with a feminist eye and a remarkable amount of compassion.Recommend it?
Podcasts50% (1)Modern LoveStorytelling · Daniel Jones & guests · 2016SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenThe NYT's long-running Modern Love column, read aloud by celebrities and bookended by host conversations.Recommend it?
Podcasts0% (1)Snap JudgmentSociety · Glynn Washington · 2010SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenReal stories with a beat. First-person tales of high stakes and human extremes, scored like a film.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetBelievedTrue Crime · Lindsey Smith & Kate Wells · 2018SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenHow USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar abused hundreds of girls — and how the survivors finally got him put away.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetStolenTrue Crime · Connie Walker · 2021SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenIndigenous journalist Connie Walker tells stories about missing and murdered Indigenous people, and unearths buried family histories.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetFreakonomics RadioBusiness · Stephen Dubner · 2010SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenThe hidden side of everything. Behavioral economics, microhistory, and provocative deep dives into questions you never thought to ask.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetHidden BrainScience · Shankar Vedantam · 2015SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenA weekly social-science podcast about the unconscious patterns that shape our behavior — relationships, work, biases, decisions.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetThis American LifeSociety · Ira Glass · 1995SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenThe grandfather of all narrative podcasts. Each weekly episode is themed and features mostly true stories of ordinary people, masterfully assembled.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetCode SwitchSociety · Various NPR hosts · 2016SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenNPR's weekly podcast about race, ethnicity, and culture in America — fearless, smart, often funny, occasionally devastating.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetThe ArgumentSociety · Various NYT opinion writers · 2018SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenA weekly NYT podcast in which two or three columnists with different politics debate a single live issue.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetPop Culture Happy HourSociety · Linda Holmes & NPR pop critics · 2010SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenA weekly NPR roundtable on the new movies, TV, books, music, and games that everyone is — or should be — talking about.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetMaintenance PhaseSociety · Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes · 2020SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenDebunking the wellness, diet, and weight-loss industries one carefully researched episode at a time.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetWhere Should We Begin?Society · Esther Perel · 2017SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenA renowned couples therapist conducts anonymous one-time sessions with real couples — vulnerable, riveting, deeply humane.Recommend it?
PodcastsNo ratings yetThe ReadSociety · Kid Fury & Crissle West · 2013SpotifyListenApple PodcastsListenAmazon MusicListenYouTube MusicListenA weekly pop-culture and Black-culture comedy podcast that's built a decade-long cult following with its sharp commentary and "read" finale.Recommend it?