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?

  • Baby Shoggoth [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    General deep dives on random topics:

    • secretly incredibly fascinating
    • stuff you should know

    stuff about the animal world:

    • creature feature

    linguistics and how we communicate:

    • lexicon valley
    • lingthusiasm
  • late_night@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year 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.

  • theburninator@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sawbones “A marital tour of Misguided Medicine” from Justin & Sydney McElroy is a great podcast. each episode dives into the history behind some medical quackery. Funny & Informative, I always learn something and have a good time.