Behind the Bastards!

I'm a big fan of No Such Thing as a Fish.

It's a bunch of researchers for a funny British panel show (QI) talking about their favorite fact they've discovered that week.

My three favorite podcasts gotta be,

1. Behind the Bastards - They basically pick a "bastard" from history talk about them.
2. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - Explainers about interesting (and often, grim) historical events in great detail.
3. A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail - Three fellow nerds talk about nerd stuff.

The Dollap - comedic American history podcast

Behind the Bastards - Robert Evans’ exposes some real rotten people with guests

Bill Burr - I just really like his weekly podcast even though I have no interest in sports

Knowledge Fight - this has been a hilarious/scary journey of 2 dudes reviewing Alex Jones Infowars since 2016

My favorites:

• Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
• Behind the Bastards
• Radiolab
• Stuff you should know
• The Rest is History
• Nature Podcast

I never see this mentioned but Darknet Diaries is actually a really informative and entertaining podcast about hacking, the dark web, physical penetration testing (gone wrong), nation-state cyber attacks.

If Books Could Kill

5-4 Pod

Know Your Enemy

The Climate Denier's Playbook

Unfucking the Republic

DarknetDiaries

It's the podcast I'm listening to right now. If you're interested in It you have to listen to it. The storytelling is just soo good. I really recommend the Episodes "Xbox Underground" and "Operation Bayonet"

Most episodes aren't actually about the dark Web and are instead about Cybersecurity.

I'm a big fan of the following:

Maintenance Phase: discusses health/diet fads and scams

You're Wrong About: debunking the popular (but misinformed) narratives surrounding many well-known events of the past

Underunderstood: going down the rabbit hole of strange "ungoogle-able" questions (this one really fills the void Reply All left behind)

Darknet Diaries: super riveting cybersecurity (or just general security) stories

Well, there's your problem. A podcast about engineering disasters, with slides.

I haven't seen anybody else suggest it but "99% invisible" is one of my favorites.

Darknetdiaries the name sounds pretty cringe but it is a really good podcast about digital crime.

Rss feed: link

Some I've been listening to lately:

• Hard Fork - podcast about technology and science from the NYTimes that does a pretty good job of being varied and interesting.
• Search Engine - newer podcast by PJ Vogt from Reply All about understanding weird or poorly understood topics.
• Darknet Diaries - IT security stories, hacking, and red vs blue team defense of infrastructure.
• Behind the Bastards - Stories about terrible people and their effect on society. Start with the Dulles Brothers or Kissinger.
• Mother Country Radicals - Limited series about key members of the Weather Underground during the civil rights era.

Lions Led By Donkeys - fun, irreverent military history podcast that is still quite informative

Hardcore History - more like an audio book that comes out once or twice a year. The WWI series is like 20- something hours BY ITSELF

I love this thread! Many of my favorites have been mentioned. My first first few are acquired tastes, but I have come to really enjoy them.

• Last Podcast on the Left - true crime, aliens, paranormal, horror comedy show
• Timesuck with Dan Cummins - similar to LPotL, but single host
• Knowledge Fight - commentary on Alex Jones and others with humor
• Internet Today - opinion based comedy news for all things tech, gaming, etc.

On the shorter side:

• Everything Everywhere Daily - something new every day on various subjects
• Today in History with the Retrospectors - short daily episodes bringing you curious moments from this day in history
• Atlas Obscura - curious and wondrous travel destinations

And a classic that I don't think has been mentioned:

• Stuff You Should Know - interesting discussion about a wide variety of topics

I have added Chilluminati to try based on this thread.

Dungeons and Daddies, Behind the Bastards, and the Always Sunny podcast. To a lesser extent, "that happens."

I like video games, goofy stuff, and tech. So lately, it's been:

• My Brother, My Brother, and Me
• Noclip
• Besties
• We Have Concerns
• Search Engine (New podcast from PJ Vogt of Reply All fame - if you haven't listened to Reply All, there are a number of great episodes to enjoy)
• How Did This Get Made
• and occasionally Swindled (my girlfriend likes true crime stuff and this is about as close as I like to get to that)

Last Podcast on the Left. Cryptids, UFOs, serial killers, cults, history of bloody incidents, and other true crime, but it's a comedy podcast.

99% Invisible. Produced in beautiful downtown Oakland California.

Ologies by Allie Ward!!

She basically interviews scientists about their job and asks all the dumb questions you wish you could ask. She has a huge number of episodes on everything from black holes and dark matter to squirrels to Emojis. And it's all from the perspective of "the study of".

One of my favorite episodes is "Ferro-equinology". The study of iron horses. Trains. I knew trains were cool, but had no idea how cool they really were until that episode.

Her energy is addictive too. Great personality. If you are a part of her patron (which I am) you'll get a heads up before her interviews and she give an opportunity for you to post questions that she'll ask the Ologist.

Comedy Bang Bang - batshit crazy improv comedy

Blowback. I'm only on the first season which is about the Iraq war, and it's great so far. Great use of audio clips from Bush admin officials to prove their points.

I listen to so many, its hard to pick one. My current favourite is probably Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. He does really good podcasts and I've followed him over from his BBC Radio 4 podcast (More or Less) which I also love.

Cautionary Tales is about a major screw up from history and the systemic problems that caused it. It takes away from society's bias to lay blame at the feet of the last known individual involved and looks at the whole causal chain leading up to an event.

Defunct, now, but Revolutions by Mike Duncan is an EXCELLENT breakdown of many historical revolutions, including all the major figures and intellectual currents that inspired and led them.

It's (Probably) Not Aliens-Podcast debunking Ancient Aliens on the History Channel.

The Magnus Archives- Horror podcast about an institute that investigates paranormal activity.

Knifepoint Horror-Horror anthology podcast.

Sonic the Comic the Podcast- A podcast reviewing the British Sonic the Hedgehog comic issue by issue. An interesting look back at 90s nostalgia, even if you aren't British.

A few I love:

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong. Host Mark Chrysler tells stores from the distant to not-to-distant past of people being wrong. Wrong science, crockpot ideas, and more. For example, one episode looks at where people thought birds went in the winter, such as flying to the moor or turning into barnacles. There are 2 different episodes on different doctors that thought sewing animal testicles (one ape balls, the other goat balls) bought great health benefits. Another series of episodes looks at how most forensic techniques (at least before DNA) ante based on pure BS.

Our Fake History: Host Sebastian Major tells the truth about historic myths, be it about people, organizations, or places. Did Shakespeare write his plays? Was the story of the Trojan War based on real history? Was their really a black samurai?

I personally like Latteral with Tom Scott

This Podcast Will Kill You.

The Dollop, Behind the Bastards, Dungeons and Daddies, and The Rest is History are my standbys.

I also listen to The Constant, Levar Burton Reads, 99% Invisible, The Always Sunny Podcast, Past Gas, and Twenty Thousand Hertz.

Kill James Bond is brilliant.

Lage der Nation

from Germany. It’s like the weekly newspaper, where a judge and a journalist sum up and talk about what is happening in and around Germany. I like how they put everything in perspective and that not everything is as easy as it seems.

On The Media is the best news podcast. It reports on how stories are being reported, hence “on the media”, and in the process ends up being the most informative and deep reporting available. Journalists and academics love it, it’s a legendarily good show that started on NPR radio.

The Greatest Generation: a Star Trek podcast by a couple of guys who are just a little bit embarrassed to have a Star Trek podcast. Ben and Adam watch an episode of Star Trek and discuss it with lots of dumb jokes. Worth listening from the start!

Lateral with Tom Scott - quiz show style with questions that make you think.

Ologies - interviews about science topics with a different anything-ologist for every episode

This is so hard to answer because I have so many I love to listen to - which are basically all Australian comedy podcasts. Here’s 10 that I’ve listened to the longest and most frequently:

1. The Little Dum Dum Club
2. The Phone Hacks
3. Somehow Related with Glenn Robbins and Dave O'Neil
4. Mid-flight Brawl
5. The Mugg Off
6. Big Natural Talents
7. Shitting with the Door Open
8. Community Noticeboard
9. Feed Em Brah
10. The Becky & Cam Show

Even with this list (initially it was just 5) I’ve still got some great ones I listen to regularly that I’ve left off!