Asklemmy

Go Fact Yourself is my favorite podcast. It's a quiz style podcast where two (usually minor) celebrities come on the show and answer questions about 3 topic they choose for themselves that they are an expert in, but outside their field of work.

It's very interesting to hear these successful people talk about things they're not really known for, like the music they love, or a movie or sometimes niche topics like marathon running.

Now the really interesting part is they bring on special guests who are experts in the chosen topic to award the points. The guests that they get for this are the real treat of the show. First, you have someone showing off about how much they love a topic, then they get someone really involved to give great in depth details! For instance, someones topic was the Evil Dead movies, and the special guest was Bruce Campbell! He was so awesome to hear talking about the movies. The experts are almost always awesome, from movie directors to the songwriters for Frozen, to book writers on the topic, they're almost always amazing to listen to.

There are a couple of other segments of the show that are also well done. There's a "what's the difference" round that always makes me think. Like, what's the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery? Or what's the difference between roasting and baking?

The hosts are great fun too. J. Keith is the master of punny segues, and Helen Hong is a pretty good co-host. All in all, highly recommended!

Mr. Ballen is good if your into true crime and random medical mysteries.

The Dork Forest, the host invites on somebody to talk about whatever they are really in to. It's ranged from a comedienne talking about comedy, to a pen and paper Marvel/DC super hero RPG history/mechanics, to the Sailor Moon anime series. Its pretty chill and usually a decent listen.

The Past Times, its by the two hosts of The Dollop. (Sometimes Dave and/or Gareth will get wound up and stuck on a bit that can get cringy as it goes on too long.) Dave gets a newspaper from some point in the past and Gareth and whoever they've invited on just riff on the headlines, the content of the articles/advertisements/classifieds, etc. A bit hit or miss, but its decent for having on in the background where you aren't really trying to pay too much attention to it.

The Dollop is alright. Dave reads stuff about an historical event or person to Gareth and sometimes a guest. Everybody riffs on it. Sometimes the jokes are a bit gross and go on for too long. I'd recommend their sports episodes as a person who is not interested in the watching or playing of sports but I do find myself amazed about the history behind leagues, games, competitions, players, coaches, owners sometimes. Some of the episodes can get pretty dark due to the subject of the episode though.

It ended quite a while ago but, The West Wing Thing, is a pretty long series that follows a popular USA TV series "The West Wing" and the slow descent into maddness by the two hosts and their guests as they watch (almost) every episode and discuss what they watched.

Adam Ragusea's Podcast is pretty informative, though I think it's mainly focused on food topics.

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.

99% invisible.

The Memory Palace.

The History Listen on ABC Radio National (Aussie)

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

No Such Thing As A Fish

More Or Less

Sex Nerd Sandra. Learn about all kinds of weird and interesting stuff about sex and sexuality.

I listened to the Tim Ferris Show a lot. These days I only listen to guests interesting to me.

"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.

I only listen to disturbing podcasts.