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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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[โ€“] 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.

[โ€“] 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.

[โ€“] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

99% invisible.

The Memory Palace.

The History Listen on ABC Radio National (Aussie)

[โ€“] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

This Podcast Will Kill You - this podcast is only disturbing if you find medical issues disturbing. Each episode discusses a disease, medical issue or some kind of medical history. I think it's really interesting.

Hidden Brain - goes into a bunch of different topics about how we see and interpret the world. Very well done.

You're Wrong About - talks about popular misconceptions and such.

Science VS - Talks about science stuff in a fun and entertaining way.

People already mentioned Behind the Bastards and I really like that one but it can be hit or miss. Don't start with the newest episode, instead look for one that sounds like an interesting tooic to you and start there. When it's good it's very good.

History of the World in Spy Objects - ok I actually just found this one and haven't had a chance to listen to an episode yet but it looks good and sounds like it might be interesting to you.

Lore - it's very well done about dark historical takes

[โ€“] kzhe@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Mike Duncan's History of Rome?

"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.

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.

[โ€“] 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.

[โ€“] burgers@toast.ooo 0 points 11 months ago

NOTHING SEXUAL

[โ€“] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

I only listen to disturbing podcasts.

[โ€“] 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.

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