[Closed] Recommendations request number 1 - podcasts

It has.

Escape this Podcast.
The Bugle.
The Allusionist.

Gossip mongers

Obvs singletrack

If your not offended easily Gossip Mongers

Freakonomics Radio

99% Invisible

More or Less

WB40 (bit of an IT niche, that one)

Coaching for Leaders

answer me this
modern mann
moral maze
blood on the tracks
distraction pieces
evil genius with russel kane
50 things that made the modern economy
gossip mongers (but not in front of the kids)
philosophize this

i also like smith and sniff with jonny smith and richard porter but it doesnt fit your criteria in any way

2 good crime ones on BBC sounds:
Bad cops- police corruption in Baltimore
Gangster- organised crime in Manchester

More or less.... Is that the radio 4 show? Not listened to all of them but I like that!

Already on with dessert island discs before anyone says that too!😜

Athletico Mince

HKT podcast

Downtime Podcast

Radiolab, especially the rhino hunter and octopus episodes
The Unexplained with Howard Hughes, sometimes full of shit but his voice and manner still draws you in
Stuff You Should Know
History of Rome
The Just Interesting Podcast
The Conspiracy Show with Richard Syrett, mostly nonsense but its fun innit.

Sideways - Matthew Syed BBC R4 on how / why new ideas were formed e.g. Stockhom Syndrome

Not a JR fan at all, but currently enjoying working my way through Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts from the beginning.

Against the odds
No such thing as a fish
Off Menu

Behind the Bastards

We have Ways of Making you Talk

Pinkbike Podcast

I Don't Speak German

This Paranormal Life

The Dollop

Ignoring those already mentioned
Hardcore History
Malcolm Gladwell Revisionist History
Radiolab
Tim Ferris (dip in and out depending on guest)
Costing the Earth
Huberman Lab
Lex Friedman (dip in and out depending on guest)
Jocko Podcast (dip in and out depending on guest)
2 Bears 1 Cave
Your Mum's House

intrigue:mayday on BBC sounds. about the white helmets in syria. dark. made darker for me as i discovered half way through listening that I'd met the guy who was killed but interesting and compelling listening

99% Invisible

I think it was at its best in its early days - it has more of radio-show format and duration these day - but in its early form its was shorter and richer (not in the Bernie Eccleston sense) each episode was only the length it needed to be to tell the story - some were almost pop-song short - and were sensorial in their production

Dig back through their back catalogue for the episodes on Imperfect Escalators, Frozen Music, and The Sound of Sport

FUTILITY CLOSET is a good listen - throughly researched essays on odd, quirky and forgotten bits of history. Its sort of clever and gentle. Their website is really good too. Interesting little snippets just short enough to keep clicking 'next page' for ages

More or less…. Is that the radio 4 show?

If you do the podcast you get the longer Radio 4 programs  but also shorter ones that go out on the World Service

if you're into music then:

a history of musich in 500 songs

is astonishing. Im just working my way through it and find it hilarious and fascinating.

I'm patreon subscriber of:

The Bunker
Oh god what now

don't know where I'd be without those 2, they're my main news source now

Rockonteurs
is also good, enjoyed the Noel Gallagher and david coverdale interviews in particular

Athletico Mince

Next two are fairly specific, you have to be a bit of a petrolhead really
Smith and Sniff
Collecting Cars - the one with John McGuinness is very good

Power Corrupts by Brian Klass is quite interesting.
Shreds is superb.

West Cork podcast about a murder that happened in 1996 in...
Stuff You Should Know is American but is also very good

The only non-sport ones I listen to are:
Ellis and John
Moon under water
Out to lunch
The Nightcap
Parenting Hell

For sport based:
The grade cricketer
No Balls
Tailenders
Running Commentary
Faster with Dr Hutch
Quickly Kevin

Another +1 for More or Less. Probably my favourite thing on the whole BBC (either that or Hey Duggee).

Also worth a look are:
- The Anthropocene Reviewed - The premise sounds a bit too smartarse to be good (guy rates aspects of the human era on a 5 star scale) but it's one of the most informative and emotionally enriching things I've ever heard.

- Reply All - a podcast about the internet. Has had a bit of a shuffle and is re-finding its feet at the moment but the 'Case of the Missing Hit' is a classic bit of podcasting: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2h8bx . They have other great episodes too.

@nickc

Behind the Bastards

I love the podcast, just wish he'd stop messing with bagels. Machetes are OK though.

I highly recommend the lazurus heist. A real insight to IT security. Just don't click on unknown links, you could lose a billion dollars!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvg9/episodes/downloads

No such thing as a fish - QI elves

Something rhymes with purple - Susie Dent & G Brandreth about English language.

Economist Radio - various articles from the magazine.

Big Cat Conversations - big cats in the UK. Prefect for falling asleep to.

Reasons to be Cheerful - Ed Milliband and his mate talking about society.

Beef and Dairy Network - send up about cows.

I Spy - former spies talk about their job.

Cautionary Tales - Tim Harford and lessons from history.

Wind of Change - did the CIA write the Scorpions song that was a hit across eastern europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin wall? The answer is looong and a little rambling, but worth a listen.

What's Funny About...?

On BBC Sounds, talking to the writers of comedy shows.

Gossip Mongers

Space Worm

Makes me chuckle just thinking about that episode

Gossip Mongers

Space Worm

Makes me chuckle just thinking about that episode

A classic. I've only just listened to the one with the rugby club on a tour of Spain and the policemen leafing through a suspect's photo album in front of his wife.

Like a shoe!

Anyway, A Thorough Investigation is well worth a listen.