Somewhat America-centric but 99% Invisible is pretty neat. It’s about the technical and design backgrounds of common everyday objects.
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I love love loved, call Jonathan Pie. Very funny.
Some suggestions.
Three bean salad - you have to start at the beginning, it won't make any sense otherwise - it barely does to me and I've heard it all. Surreal comedy.
Hamish and Andy - again, start at the beginning, its good clean fun. Just three mates doing silly, harmless things.
Where there's a will, there's a wake - Kathy Burk interviewing interesting people about thier dream funeral. Adult humour.
The boring podcast - short lectures by different people on things that sound boring but become fascinating such as, Hb pencils, double yellow lines, street furniture.
Pop culture parenting - they take a famous scene from a different movie each week and break down how it shows good or bad parenting techniques. Great for anyone with young kids.
I've several more if those don't tickle your pickle.
Pompidou?
I second Three Bean Salad. It's Mike Wozniak (from Taskmaster and Man Down etc) and two of his comedian friends having some lukewarm banter.
I wouldn't say it's overly surreal, but it's a conversational mostly-improvised comedy podcast with some surreal and fantastical humour. Starting from the beginning helps you to understand all the in-jokes.
I find it difficult to stick with most podcasts but I've been listening to these regularly for a while now
The Important Broadcast
Adopt your listening position.
I like all sorts of different ones but my top 3 have to be The Good The Bad and the Rugby, No Such Thing as a Fish and Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe!
Not entirely sure what that list says about me really. Possibly that I need to seek professional help.
I mean this won’t be applicable to even 1% of the audience here, but if you understand Norwegian, Swedish or Danish, I can thoroughly recommend “Norsken, svensken og dansken”, described as a sort of Scandinavian family therapy. It’s such a good show and for an hour/week you get tremendous insights into the three countries and the issues of the hour.
I make a podcast! It's not that great or original. I basically talk nonsense and play music. It's called Edinburgh Man (named after a song by The Fall).
Also
Mission to Zyxx An improvised star trek like serial. Despite my description it's very VERY good. Finished now but there are a ton of episodes to binge. Listen from the start.
Sonic the Comic the Podcast Two guys go issue by issue through the UK Sonic the Comic from the 90s. I was too old to read this at the time, but the show is really enjoyable.
Annika Stranded On BBC Sounds. The original series on which the TV show Annika is based. Short 15 minute spoken word. You wouldn't think it works, and it takes a few shows to find its feet, but it's worth it.
Retronauts, Get Played Two of my favourite video games pods.
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
No Such Thing as a Fish
The Bugle
Mid Flight Brawl
Are all currently keeping me entertained while soaking in the bath.
Another shout to No Such Thing as a Fish, one of my favourites. Saw them live a couple of years ago and it was a great show.
Dan from NSTaaF has a relatively new show called We Can Be Weirdos, where he talks to interesting people about their more esoteric beliefs. Can be a little bit and miss, based on the guest, but the episodes with Bexy Cameron and Andrew O'Neill are particularly great.
My other favourites include Kermode and Mayo's Take, the Rock Paper Shotgun Electronic Wireless Show and Stealth Boom Boom, which is similar to Cane and Rinse but specific to stealth-based videogames.
"And the rest is history" with Tom Holland
A friendly place to chat.
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