Podcasts

• News
  • The Economist Audio Edition – I can not suggest this enough.
  • IMHO it is the best source of world news.
• Entertainment
  • The New Yorker Fiction podcast
  • • Short Stories
  • PRI: Selected Shorts
  • • Short Stories
  • The Moth
  • • True Stories Told Live
  • The Memory Palace
    • Radio Drama.
  • 99% Invisible
    • Short, focused on architecture and design.
  • This American Life
    • Loved by many, great production values.
  • RE:SOUND @ Third Coast Festival
  • • Very much like This American Life.
  • The Truth
    • Movies for your ears.
• Science
  • WNYC’s Ridiolab
    • Science podcast, high production values.
  • The Titanium Physicists
    • Over the top geeky to the point of being cool.
    • Very information dense, well worth the time.
  • The Weekly Weinersmith
    • They talk about science papers.
• Economics
  • More or Less: Behind the Stats
    • Undercover Economist – Tim Hartford
  • EconTalk
    • Econ, Russ Roberts a free-market libertarian
  • Freakonomics Radio
    • Popular Econ.
  • Planet Money
    • Econ, slanted but good.
• History
  • History According to Bob – Various History.
    • You can only download the last 5 or so podcasts.
    • He runs about 5 topics at the same time.  I find this annoying so I batch them up before listening to them.
  • Stuff You Missed in History Class – Various shorts on history.

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