Podcasts

This week: 29 episodes · 19h

1,271.4h across 1,486 episodes since Dec 2024 · 17 shows in rotation

Last 12 weeks

Planned listening

#2565 - Michael Douglas — The Joe Rogan Experience · 142 min
The First Britons - Tim Minchin, Prof Chris Stringer and Dr Selina Brace — The Infinite Monkey Cage · 43 min
Ukraine's Starlink problem, US inflation and Ohio voters — Reuters World News · 13 min
How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy? — The Joy of Why · 57 min
Apple & Meta Bring Muse to Mac, Anthropic Opens Up & Deezer Filters AI Music — Last Week in AI · 14 min
The Science of Lookmaxxing with Dr. Noc — StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · 59 min
What science says about endless phone scrolling — Science Quickly · 24 min
White House's Ukraine order, Oregon shooting and California's ballot battle — Reuters World News · 14 min

…and 35 more in the queue

The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan
57 episodes · 163.9h since Jan 2025 · 2770 available · 1 this week
- #2565 #2565 - Michael Douglas · Oct 14, 2026 · 142m
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
10/10
Team Coco, Earwolf
202 episodes · 167.4h since Dec 2024 · 743 available · 3 this week
- #10317 Bubble Gum and Cyanide · Oct 15, 2026 · 35m
- #420 Kyle MacLachlan · Oct 12, 2026 · 72m
- #10316 Conan O’Brien Must Go: Season 3 Roundtable Discussion Part II · Oct 8, 2026 · 38m
Wacky but brilliant, and laugh-out-loud funny — even the ads. Conan's humour is both self-deprecating and insightful.
Probably Science
10/10
Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen, Jesse Case
18 episodes · 21.1h since May 2026 · 633 available · 1 this week
- Episode 619 - Sarah Morgan · Oct 15, 2026 · 65m
Funny repartee around science news.
The Rest Is History
10/10
Goalhanger
114 episodes · 102.7h since Dec 2024 · 755 available · 2 this week
- #128 128. Rasputin · Dec 6, 2021 · 57m
- S1 #127 127. Neanderthals · Dec 2, 2021 · 63m
In-depth discussions on a wide variety of historical events, places, people, nations and empires.
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
8/10
Neil deGrasse Tyson
243 episodes · 219.2h since Jan 2025 · 1140 available · 3 this week
- S6 #23 NASA’s Vision for Space with Charles Bolden · Jun 21, 2015 · 49m
- S17 #61 The Chemistry of Life with Kate the Chemist · Oct 13, 2026 · 47m
- S6 #22 The Impact of Twitter on Society with Biz Stone · Jun 14, 2015 · 49m
An excellent podcast from Neil deGrasse Tyson, ranging from the origin of life to dark matter, plus pop culture and science's impact on society. A bit commercial-radio in that it never digs as deep as I'd like, but it's funny and introduces many luminaries in the field.
Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
10/10
iHeartPodcasts
124 episodes · 108.2h since Dec 2024 · 642 available · 2 this week
- Can Dark Matter feel itself · May 12, 2020 · 56m
- How do LEDs work? · May 7, 2020 · 56m
Daniel and Jorge cover the biggest ideas in physics — time, the origin of the universe, the search for dark matter — and how scientists think. I've listened consistently for over a year; the humour and explanations are great.
Reuters World News
Reuters
51 episodes · 9.4h since Sep 2026 · 1210 available · 7 this week
- Inflation climbs, self-replicating AI warning, Houthis hit Aramco HQ (Updated) · Oct 14, 2026 · 12m
- Saudi alert system, IMF outlook and French fridge hack · Oct 13, 2026 · 11m
- Trump's energy ceasefire, new Riyadh strike and prediction markets · Oct 12, 2026 · 11m
- Saudi airport strike, Trump-Zelenskiy spat and 'cockroach' leader freed · Oct 11, 2026 · 12m
- Delhi protests, Trump's Russia diesel deal and Panama quake · Oct 10, 2026 · 11m
- US execution livestream, ICC sanctions, ICE defends NYC shooting (Updated) · Oct 9, 2026 · 11m
Science Quickly
9/10
Scientific American
259 episodes · 66.5h since Dec 2024 · 1988 available · 4 this week
- Are Blue Zones real? · Oct 14, 2026 · 17m
- Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious Disease Information [Sponsored] · Oct 13, 2026 · 23m
- Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s longest-living tortoise · Oct 12, 2026 · 11m
- The doctor fighting for pain-free IUDs · Oct 9, 2026 · 18m
Short snippets on the latest science news from Scientific American.
Last Week in AI
AI Weekly
16 episodes · 4.7h since Sep 2026 · 785 available · 2 this week
- Meta's New Model Unveiled Amidst Character.AI Bankruptcy · Oct 13, 2026 · 19m
- OpenAI's Releases "Intelligent UI" and Anthropic's New Model · Oct 8, 2026 · 24m
The Infinite Monkey Cage
10/10
BBC Radio 4
24 episodes · 17h since Jan 2025 · 245 available · 1 this week
- Trailer · Oct 13, 2026 · 4m
Very funny and insightful. Brian Cox and Robin Ince plus a panel of experts on a wide range of science topics — always entertaining and informative.
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll
63 episodes · 126h since Jul 2025 · 450 available · 1 this week
- Ask Me Anything | October 2026 · Oct 12, 2026 · 218m
Comedy of the Week
10/10
BBC Radio 4
99 episodes · 44.2h since Dec 2024 · 106 available · 1 this week
- Room 101 with Paul Merton · Oct 12, 2026 · 29m
Brilliant UK comedy: a weekly variety show of stand-up and sketch.
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
10/10
BBC Radio 4
98 episodes · 51.8h since Jan 2025 · 347 available · 1 this week
- The News Quiz: Ep5. 'Manchester Sausage' · Oct 9, 2026 · 32m
Alternates between The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dead Ringers — top-notch comedy from a wide variety of British comedians.
SmartLess
10/10
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
51 episodes · 58.6h since Jan 2025 · 382 available
- #326 "Michael Douglas" · Oct 5, 2026 · 71m
Three hosts spring a surprise guest on each other each week for an in-depth, funny conversation. Definitely worth it, though I'm picky about which episodes I pick.
Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)
10/10
Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)
29 episodes · 10h since Jan 2025 · 78 available
- Insights from the Field: Podcast explores the interplay between work and service in a coherent life · Oct 2, 2026 · 16m
Reports on major developments in the worldwide Bahá'í community, with interviews from people working in the field.
The Joy of Why
Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine
12 episodes · 9.4h since May 2026 · 77 available
- S5 #9 What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like? · Oct 1, 2026 · 54m
Lex Fridman Podcast
10/10
Lex Fridman
26 episodes · 91.2h since Jul 2025 · 503 available
- #502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung · Sep 17, 2026 · 224m
Excellent in-depth conversations.

No longer in rotation

Hard Fork
9/10
No longer listening
The New York Times
100 episodes · 115.2h since Jan 2025 · 219 available
Discussions of the latest in tech. Great presenters, great pace.
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
No longer listening
Nathaniel Whittemore
36 episodes · 17.6h since Sep 2026 · 1115 available
Why This Universe?
10/10
No longer listening
Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
85 episodes available
Dan and Shalma break down some of the biggest ideas in physics — the universe, black holes, quantum mechanics. Always informative and entertaining.
The State of The Universe
10/10
No longer listening
Brendan Drachler
81 episodes available
Brendan talks to scientists about their research, the origin of life and dark matter, and how scientists think. Great podcast — I listened to every available episode.
Science In Action
10/10
No longer listening
Roland Pease
1373 episodes available
BBC's science podcast — the week's science news with interviews from the scientists involved.
Physics World Weekly
10/10
No longer listening
Hamish Johnston, Margaret Harris, Tami Freeman, James Dacey
281 episodes available
Insight into the latest physics news and the business of physics — a good way to keep abreast of developments.
Working It Out
10/10
No longer listening
Mike Birbiglia
130 episodes available
Mike Birbiglia — a favourite of mine — invites a comedian each week to dig into joke-writing, delivering great jokes along the way. I've stopped listening; it was good, but I couldn't spare the time.
Soft Skills Engineering
10/10
No longer listening
Jamison Dance, Dave Smith
387 episodes available
It takes more than great code to be a software engineer.
The Changelog
5/10
No longer listening
Adam Stacoviak, Jerod Santo
678 episodes available
Technical interviews and news about the software world. Paused — not bad, just too many to keep up with.
Ship It!
5/10
No longer listening
Gerhard Lazu
91 episodes available
All about shipping software to production, with interviews from devops and infrastructure folks. Paused for now.
Machine Learning Guide
5/10
No longer listening
OCDevel
20 episodes available
ML fundamentals and expert interviews. In the end, not worth it.
Syntax Web Development
5/10
No longer listening
Wes Bos, Scott Tolinski
704 episodes available
Front-end technologies with expert interviews. Paused — not bad, just too many to keep up with.