Podcasts

Here are some podcasts that I enjoy:

General Interest

• This American Life - Long-running podcast, covers a broad range of topics. High production values and generally well researched.
• Things Fell Apart - Podcast series where Jon Ronson investigates the origins of the culture wars. He takes an open-minded and empathetic approach while interviewing those involved.

Comedy

• This Foul Earth - Hilarious “mockumentary” set in rural Wales.
• Three Bean Salad - Long-running comedy podcast, three comedians improvise and talk around a random topic.
• Beef and Dairy Network - Long-running and surreal comedy podcast about Beef & Dairy farming.
• St Elwick’s Neighbourhood Association Newsletter Podcast - Funny “mockumentary” set in fictional ward of Exeter.

Technology

• Darknet Diaries - Long-running podcast that tells (apparently) true stories about hacking, scams, and crimes.
• CoRecursive: Coding Stories - Fantastic podcast about computer programming.
• Black Box: The Chatbots - Short podcast series about the human impacts of Large Language Models.
• Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com - Long-running podcast where Cory reads his articles, often around technology, privacy, digital sovereignty and similar topics.
• 404 Media Podcast - Podcast run by independent tech journalists, listening to it is a good way to stay up to date.

Politics

• Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast - The Private Eye’s podcast, covers British (and global) politics.
• Strong Message Here - Armando Iannucci’s podcast about the use of language in politics, very funny but also informative.