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I used to listen to long form essays on Youtube. My favourite ones either break down the history of a conspiracy, teach me something new and cool about the world, or explore a hobby I've never been interested in.

I don't like the ones about killers or heavy drama. I also don't like podcasts that spend half the time reading the latest news from [topic] in verbatim .

What are some podcasts you can recommend me while I chip away at other things?

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[-] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

No Such Thing as a Fish - It's light and comedic, each presenter explains a little known bizarre or extraordinary fact and the others riff off from it. There's no specific discipline of study it follows, and it doesn't do any deep dives, but it's fun to listen to while doing the dishes.

[-] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

99% invisible.

The Memory Palace.

The History Listen on ABC Radio National (Aussie)

[-] SeekPie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Adam Ragusea's Podcast is pretty informative, though I think it's mainly focused on food topics.

[-] kzhe@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Mike Duncan's History of Rome?

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago
[-] sab@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Been listening to this lately, loving it. Always keeps it entertaining, stays true to the discipline, and I'm always learning a lot.

[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 1 points 10 months ago

No Such Thing As A Fish

More Or Less

[-] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Mr. Ballen is good if your into true crime and random medical mysteries.

[-] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

Sex Nerd Sandra. Learn about all kinds of weird and interesting stuff about sex and sexuality.

[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 0 points 11 months ago

I've been binging Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman and am really enjoying it. The host has no annoying speech disfluencies and she asks intelligent questions, and Bart Ehrman is always informative and entertaining, plus the little segments at the end and the way they are introduced are also entertaining. Makes me feel like I'm listening to a Monty Python podcast.

[-] Carol2852@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 months ago

I listened to the Tim Ferris Show a lot. These days I only listen to guests interesting to me.

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

I only listen to disturbing podcasts.

[-] Iliveonsaturdays@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

"Dark Histories" has some disturbing ones, as it is usually about strange events or Indeed murders, but the descriptions of the episodes allow you to weed through it, and leave those ones out.

I really enjoyed the ones about "Gef the mongoose" or the disappearance of the man who invented the first moving pictures. It goes deep into the history and times surrounding the stories which is very cool, so its main focus is history and society.

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