Podcast recommendations
published on 2021-08-01
last edited on 2022-11-19
Ever since I discovered podcasts, I pretty much stopped reading non-fiction books. Whether or not that is a good thing is another discussion, but it speaks to the power of podcasting as a format and the many excellent podcasts that were produced/are in production ever since the podcast boom in 2019-ish, which is when I started very actively listening.
As with every medium, there’s good, bad, very bad and ugly podcasting. This list contains only the podcasts I encountered that I found superior in content, delivery, focus, enjoyability and production value.
In terms of “how” to listen, there’s a plethora of software out there. I exclusively listed on my phone, and used to be really happy with the FOSS application Antennapod on Android (especially with the gPodder synchronization with my Nextcloud instance). Ever since I switched to iOS, Pocket Casts has been my go-to; the free version has everything I need and more.
If you speak Dutch, scroll down for a separate Nederlandstalig category.
Recurring podcasts
![Radiolab](/podcasts/radiolab.jpg)
![This Day in Esoteric Political History](/podcasts/thisday.jpg)
![Darknet Diaries](/podcasts/darknetdiaries.jpg)
![Twenty Thousand Hertz](/podcasts/20khz.jpg)
![99% Invisible](/podcasts/99pi.jpg)
![Lex Fridman Podcast](/podcasts/lexfridman.jpg)
![Here Be Monsters](/podcasts/hbm.jpg)
![Why We Bleep](/podcasts/whywebleep.jpg)
Non-recurring podcasts
![Slow Burn](/podcasts/slowburn.jpg)
![Unfinished](/podcasts/unfinished.jpg)
![The Coming Storm](/podcasts/comingstorm.jpg)
![Heaven's Gate](/podcasts/heavensgate.jpg)
![The Missing Cryptoqueen](/podcasts/cryptoqueen.jpg)
![Wind of Change](/podcasts/windofchange.jpg)
![The Chernobyl Podcast](/podcasts/chernobyl.jpg)
![Caliphate](/podcasts/caliphate.jpg)
![Day X](/podcasts/dayx.jpg)
![Welcome To Your Fantasy](/podcasts/welcomefantasy.jpg)
Nederlandstalige podcasts
![Klara podcasts](/podcasts/klara.jpg)
![Tech45](/podcasts/tech45.jpg)
![Nerdland Maandoverzicht](/podcasts/nerdland.jpg)
![Vranckx & Byloo](/podcasts/vb.jpg)
![Bjorn in the USA](/podcasts/bjorn.jpg)
![Zaad zonder naam](/podcasts/zaadzondernaam.jpg)
![De schaduw van Dutroux](/podcasts/dutroux.jpg)