Podcasts, January 2020
January 22, 2020 —
~boogah
I used to listen to a lot more podcasts, but I spent the end of 2019 getting rid of a bunch of them that, honestly, had started to feel like obligations.
Since I dropped a few shows, I also switched Overcast from 3X speed to 2.5X, which is actually quite nice. If I can figure out how to get rid of a few more, maybe I can get comfortable with it running at 2X.
Anyway, here's what I'm listening to (regularly) right now:
- The Daily — Monday thru Friday podcast from NYT with a longform story followed by a quick recap of the previous day's headlines.
- Pod Save America — Flagship of Crooked Media, PSA covers politics news through a left-leaning lens. Kinda bro-y, but I still like it.
- Lovett or Leave It — Jon Lovett's extremly loose recap of the week in politics.
- Pod Save the World — Gotta stay up on foreign affairs, y'all!
- 99% Invisible — Compelling show about the unseen aspects of design. Roman's my favorite podcaster, hands down.
- Reply All — Been listening to PJ and Alex since TLDR. The consistency in show quality makes up for the annoying delay between episodes.
- Bodega Boys — Inject the Art directly into my veins!
- Jordan, Jesse GO! — Basically the first "two funny guys and a guest bullshitting" podcast. Been listening for as long as they've been a thing.
- Roderick on the Line — I'm keeping a small bag packed for Supertrain.
- Do By Friday + After Show — Weekly "challenge" podcast where the hosts sometimes don't do the challenge.
- My Brother, My Brother And Me — This show makes me laugh like a dumb goober, so I'll probably never get rid of it.
- Let’s Make Mistakes — My friend Mike is (rightfully) cranky about stuff.
- WTF with Marc Maron — Almost 1100 episodes and I haven't missed a single one. Even the subjects that I'm not interested in turn out to be great interviews.
If I make any changes, I'll let y'all know!
tags: podcasts, media-diet