It’s been so long! First how I’m listening, then what.

The built in iOS podcast app is junk. I currently use Pocket Casts from Shifty Jelly. Before that I used Overcast. I’d recommend either one, though Overcast is currently free (wasn’t when I got it), and Pocket Casts is like $4. They both have a feature that skips past silence (lulls in speech) without you even noticing. This feature alone has saved me over 2 days of listening time. That’s crazy.

And now for what I’m listening to, in the order they appear in my app – which is to say in no particular order.

• Security Now – Computer Security. Nerd!
• StarTalk Radio – Splitting off into different shows… I only listen when NdT is on now. It’s an interesting format but the rotating comedian guest hosts are often guilty of celebration of ignorance, and that gets really old.
• The Tim Ferriss Show – Long format, check the guest. Pretty informative generally.
• Adam Ruins Everything – The podcast version of the TV show. Goes deeper.
• The Journal by Kevin Rose – Founder interviews. Very Good.
• Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History – Redefines long-form. Seriously. Very educational.
• The Tobolowsky Files – Ned Ryerson! Show is back from a long hiatus.
• Planet Money – Economics. More interesting than you might think. If this doesn’t matter to you, it should.
• the memory palace – Storytelling. No, I mean that in a good way.
• Radio Diaries – “Extraordinary stories of ordinary life”. So more storytelling.
• Love + Radio – This completes the storytelling trio. These 3 are hard to explain. Just listen.
• Science Vs – Tackling the hard topics is hard.
• No Agenda – Straddling the alternate universes. In the morning.
• Freakonomics Radio – “The Hidden side of everything”
• Geologic Podcast – Rantings of a musician and skeptic named George.
• The Alton Browncast – Pops up on occasion, I guess when Alton is bored.
• Waking Up with Sam Harris – Sam chats with a guest for a long time. Very guest-dependent.
• DH Unplugged – Investing.
• 99% Invisible – The way things are designed matters.
• Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin – Alec goes deep with the assistant sound designer of your favorite play.
• Triangulation – Tech interviews.
• How I Built This – Founder interviews.
• This American Life – Quintessential podcast.
• Penn’s Sunday School – Now on Wednesdays, too!
• Radiolab – See This American Life
• Surprisingly Awesome – surprisingly interesting.
• The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe – Mike Rowe does a Paul Harvey kinda thing. Short and interesting. Binge.
• Revisionist History – Malcolm Gladwell.
• Embedded – Tough stories to hear, but they should be heard.
• Dirty White Belt Radio – Broadcasting from the center of the known universe.
• The Sporkful – It’s not for foodies, it’s for eaters.
• 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy – Short, educational. Binge.
• Slate’s The Gist – I don’t watch the Daily Show any more, I listen to this.
• Twenty Thousand Hertz – It’s about sound. Binge listen.
• Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly – Just started listening, we’ll see.
• S-Town – New show, just out today. First episode was interesting.

These last two are long shows that come out too frequently to listen to every episode. I subscribe to but don’t auto download so I can see the guest name. If I’m interested I dl. I might hear one show a month from each.

• The Adam Carolla Show
• The Joe Rogan Experience