Podcasts

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  Hard Fork

  9/10

  The New York Times

  100 episodes · 114.3h since Jan 2025 · 218 available · 1 this week

  • #213 A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA · Sep 18, 2026 · 90m

  Discussions of the latest in tech. Great presenters, great pace.

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  Science Quickly

  9/10

  Scientific American

  245 episodes · 62.2h since Dec 2024 · 1977 available · 2 this week

  • Can you hear a forest disappear? · Sep 18, 2026 · 19m
  • Unexplainable: What happened before the big bang? · Sep 16, 2026 · 26m

  Short snippets on the latest science news from Scientific American.

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  Reuters World News

  Reuters

  24 episodes · 4.4h since Sep 2026 · 1189 available · 4 this week

  • Saudi's isolation, measles outbreak and drugs in space · Sep 18, 2026 · 12m
  • Fed hike fallout, Carney in Europe, space weapons and testosterone · Sep 17, 2026 · 11m
  • AI leaders divided, Kennedy Center, Montana and Lebanon · Sep 16, 2026 · 11m
  • Trump's mail-in voting loss, self-improving AI and possible rate hike · Sep 15, 2026 · 12m
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  StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

  8/10

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  233 episodes · 209.5h since Jan 2025 · 1135 available · 3 this week

  • S17 #56 Cosmic Queries – The Fractal Universe with Charles Liu · Sep 18, 2026 · 69m
  • S6 #19 The Science of Music with Josh Groban · May 24, 2015 · 56m
  • S17 #55 Why Do We Exist with Hakeem Oluseyi · Sep 15, 2026 · 53m

  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.

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  Last Week in AI

  AI Weekly

  8 episodes · 2.1h since Sep 2026 · 781 available · 4 this week

  • Figure's Robotics Breakthrough for Humanoids · Sep 18, 2026 · 18m
  • Anthropic Joins AI Energy Alliance, Apple Launching Servers · Sep 16, 2026 · 12m
  • Microsoft Introduces AI Code of Conduct · Sep 15, 2026 · 11m
  • The Open Source AI Debate: Insights from Experts · Sep 14, 2026 · 16m
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  The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

  Nathaniel Whittemore

  19 episodes · 9.9h since Sep 2026 · 1103 available · 4 this week

  • Why Everyone Is Getting Excited About Personal AI Agents · Sep 17, 2026 · 30m
  • Why a New Class of AI “Judgment Models” Could Have Big Business Implications · Sep 16, 2026 · 25m
  • Trump Rails Against AI Slowdown "Hoax" · Sep 15, 2026 · 26m
  • Even Other AI Labs Are Rallying Around Anthropic’s Slowdown Proposal · Sep 14, 2026 · 37m
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  The Joy of Why

  Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine

  11 episodes · 8.5h since May 2026 · 76 available · 1 this week

  • Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin? · Sep 17, 2026 · 48m
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  Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

  10/10

  Team Coco, Earwolf

  194 episodes · 160.5h since Dec 2024 · 737 available · 1 this week

  • #10313 The Body Politic Part I · Sep 17, 2026 · 30m

  Wacky but brilliant, and laugh-out-loud funny — even the ads. Conan's humour is both self-deprecating and insightful.

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  Lex Fridman Podcast

  10/10

  Lex Fridman

  26 episodes · 91.2h since Jul 2025 · 503 available · 1 this week

  • #502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung · Sep 17, 2026 · 224m

  Excellent in-depth conversations.

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  The Joe Rogan Experience

  Joe Rogan

  55 episodes · 159.6h since Jan 2025 · 2759 available · 1 this week

  • #2555 #2555 - Ron White · Sep 16, 2026 · 159m
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  The Rest Is History

  10/10

  Goalhanger

  110 episodes · 98.7h since Dec 2024 · 749 available · 1 this week

  • 124. World Cup of Kings and Queens part 2 · Nov 23, 2021 · 63m

  In-depth discussions on a wide variety of historical events, places, people, nations and empires.

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  Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

  10/10

  iHeartPodcasts

  120 episodes · 104.3h since Dec 2024 · 642 available · 1 this week

  • The SF Universe of Sue Burke's "Semiosis" · Apr 28, 2020 · 57m

  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.

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  Probably Science

  10/10

  Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen, Jesse Case

  16 episodes · 18.8h since May 2026 · 631 available · 1 this week

  • Episode 617 - Paul Jay · Sep 15, 2026 · 84m

  Funny repartee around science news.

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  Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

  Sean Carroll

  59 episodes · 118.3h since Jul 2025 · 447 available · 1 this week

  • Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026 · 251m
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  Comedy of the Week

  10/10

  BBC Radio 4

  95 episodes · 42.4h since Dec 2024 · 103 available

  • Unspeakable · Sep 14, 2026 · 29m

  Brilliant UK comedy: a weekly variety show of stand-up and sketch.

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  Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

  10/10

  BBC Radio 4

  94 episodes · 49.7h since Jan 2025 · 344 available

  • The News Quiz: Ep1. The Burnham bounce? · Sep 11, 2026 · 31m

  Alternates between The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dead Ringers — top-notch comedy from a wide variety of British comedians.

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  Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)

  10/10

  Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)

  28 episodes · 9.7h since Jan 2025 · 77 available

  • In Conversation: Across Papua New Guinea, prayer and consultation shape everyday life · Sep 11, 2026 · 14m

  Reports on major developments in the worldwide Bahá'í community, with interviews from people working in the field.

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  SmartLess

  10/10

  Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

  49 episodes · 56.2h since Jan 2025 · 378 available

  • #322 "Andrew Garfield" · Sep 7, 2026 · 72m

  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.