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Long weekend listening: Podcasts that are worth checking out, a thread of things to listen and subscribe to.
Lore: Haunting rather than horrifying tales, a remarkable experience written and read by Aaron Mehnke. lorepodcast.com/episodes/
Here's my review of Lore --the podcast and now, the TV series on Amazon. spot.ph/newsfeatures/t…
No Such Thing as a Fish: from researchers of a UK trivia show called QI (Quite Interesting). Amazing facts, weekly. qi.com/podcast
The Memory Palace: each short episode is a jewel of writing and reading. Some will make your heart ache. thememorypalace.us/category/episo…
Desert Island Discs: Someone noteworthy discusses their ten favorite songs. Archives go back 50 years. Wonderful. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…
You Must Remember This. Seamy, intriguing, sometimes inspiring, insider stories from the Golden Age of Hollywood. youmustrememberthispodcast.com
In Our Time: A nerdfiesta every week on ideas that matter from dinosaurs to novels to events. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…
Monocle: The Urbanist. Why things are as they are for city dwellers, and what it can be for problem solvers. monocle.com/radio/shows/th…
Pop Culture Happy Hour: So you can be as the unhip say, au courant about what the zeitgeist’s fussing over. npr.org/podcasts/51028…
History Extra: A fantastic way to keep up to date on new books, ideas, and findings by historians today. m.historyextra.com/podcasts
Intelligence Squared: Real debates; uncompromising presentations. Powerful discourse. intelligencesquared.com/intelligence-s…
Slate’s Whistlestop: John Dickerson’s engrossing presidential and political tales. slate.com/articles/podca…
The Guardian’s Audio Long Reads: Reportage/reflections at their long-form best, when you’d rather listen than read. theguardian.com/news/series/th…
Great Lives: Each week an advocate pitches a life as one deserving of being called great with an expert weighing in. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…
Sinica Podcast: The many facets of a changing (and unchanging) China, from experts and observers. chinafile.com/library/sinica…
On The Media: Beyond who, what, where and why, including the how of news and newsmakers. wnyc.org/series/media-p…
Slate Presents Lexicon Valley: For anyone who loves words, and the story of how they came to be. slate.com/articles/podca…
Note To Self: The human dimension of technology, interesting people responding to interesting things. npr.org/podcasts/45253…
Welcome To Night Vale: 21st Century radio drama with a wacky, satirical slant. A rich, funny, strange enterprise. welcometonightvale.com
Stuff You Should Know: A dorkfiesta shooting-the-breeze romp on random topics. stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts
Radiolab: The podcast that got me into podcasts. The full potential of listening to stories on display. radiolab.org/series/podcast…
Reply All: Because Internet. gimletmedia.com/reply-all/
Analog(ue): Because feels and tech. relay.fm/analogue
The Essay: Every week, a topic, and for every topic, mutiple essays by multiple voices. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…
Fresh Air: What talk radio ought to be like, but will never be, here at home at least. npr.org/programs/fresh…
