In my about page I mentioned some of the podcasts I like, but I didn’t spend a lot of words to describe them. Moreover, as the time passed, I discovered other interesting podcasts. Here I’ll try to provide some more information about them. Finally, I’ll talk about my favourite podcast player app and some alternatives.

Podcasts that I like

Here are my favourite podcast, you can click on the images to open their specific web page.

👑 Hello Internet: the king of the hill

This is my absolute favourite one; it falls into the “two guys talking” genre, where the 2 guys are CGPGrey and Brady Haran; you may already know them because of lots of infotainment videos on their YouTube channels.

In this podcast CGPGrey and Brady discuss about various topics of their life in a lighthearted manner; the topics many times focus on various aspects of the internet and their YouTube activity, but there also are interesting digressions related on other topics. As the podcast description says, “CGP Grey and Brady Haran talk about YouTube, life, work, whatever”.

BUT… there’s a “but”. The podcast is currently in “hiatus”, since it’s been in pause from a long time and we may never see another new episode, even though, as they say, hope is last to die. Luckily, if you are interested, the backlog consists of something like 136 episodes (plus bonus episodes on peculiar topics).

Cortex: the alternative to Hello Internet

We still are in the “2 guys talking” genre and with CGPGrey as co-host with Myke Hurley. The focus is on their working life… and on Apple stuff. If you are an Apple user, I suggest you to listen to the “State of the apps” episodes in order to find interesting apps you may like.

Writing Excuses

If you are an avid reader and/or are interested in the writing process, this podcast is gold! At the time of writing this post, I am listening to season 3, where there still is Brandon Sanderson (one of my favourite author) as co-host. Each episode is roughly 15 minutes long and focuses on a particular topic of the writing process: theme, world-building, fighting scenes, etc. At the end of each episode the hosts usually provide a writing prompt for people wanting to practice what they learned after listening to the episode.

If Books Could Kill

Here in each episode Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri choose an “harmful” non-fiction book in order to analyze what’s wrong with it and the potential impact on readers and society. I read “Freakonomics” and “Atomic Habits” and both have been “destroyed” by the hosts (for legitimate reasons), now every time I want to read a non-fiction book, I am afraid it will be featured in one of the episodes of this podcast.

Dungeons and Daddies: not a BDSM podcast

At the time of writing, this is a recent discovery.

It is a D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) podcast where the hosts impersonate 4 dads who must find and rescue their missing children while adventuring in a fantasy setting, with Anthony Burch as DM (Dungeon Master). I am three episodes in, and I’m enjoying it a lot! It’s funny and entertaining.

Other notable mentions

Here I will list other podcasts I listen to occasionally but not frequently. I’ll show their linked images in no particular order.

Podcast players and apps

Pocket Casts

Pocket Casts is my daily driver when listening to podcasts. I made a one-time payment in order to be able to use sync features and web player back then when it was not a subscription service and now I have lifetime Plus memebership. Hooray!

Antennapod: the FOSS alternative

If you are an Android user and want a FOSS alternative to Pocket Casts, I heard good stuff about Antennapod.

Overcast: for Apple users

Overcast is a free podcast player for Apple users. Unfortunately I do not possess an Apple device, so I cannot experiment with it personally. I can only say that I heard good reviews about it and some hosts mention it in some podcasts.