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I listen to a lot of podcasts. My full list is over on PocketCasts, but here are some highlights worth calling out.

📰 News & Current Events

  • Up First from NPR — My morning briefing. Three stories, fifteen minutes, done.
  • Consider This from NPR — A little more depth on the day’s big story.
  • Pod Save America — Political commentary from former Obama staffers. Opinionated but sharp.
  • The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart — Jon Stewart is still Jon Stewart. That’s all you need to know.

🕵️ Investigative & True Crime

  • Serial — The one that started it all.
  • In The Dark — Meticulous, important investigative journalism.
  • Bear Brook — One of the best true crime podcasts ever made.
  • Slow Burn — Deep dives into pivotal moments in recent American history.
  • Criminal — Crime stories told with humanity and nuance.

👻 Horror & the Supernatural

  • Lore — Folklore, history, and the dark corners of both. Right in my wheelhouse.
  • Spooked — True supernatural stories, told by the people who lived them.
  • Unobscured — Aaron Mahnke goes deep on a single dark historical topic per season.

🎙️ Storytelling & Audio Drama

  • This American Life — A classic for a reason.
  • Snap Judgment — Vivid, cinematic storytelling.
  • RISK! — True stories people never thought they’d share out loud. Brave and often hilarious.
  • LeVar Burton Reads — Short fiction, read beautifully. LeVar Burton could read a grocery list and make it compelling.

🧠 Ideas & Curiosity

  • Search Engine — PJ Vogt asks questions that are hard to stop thinking about.
  • Science Vs — Takes on viral claims and hot topics with actual data.
  • Throughline — NPR traces the roots of today’s big stories back through history.
  • Your Undivided Attention — On technology, attention, and what we’re doing to our brains.

✝️ Faith & Meaning

  • On Being with Krista Tippett — Deep, generous conversations about what it means to be human.
  • The Liturgists Podcast — For people who have questions their church couldn’t answer.
  • Wild Card with Rachel Martin — Setup as a game, talks get deep real quick, in a most delightful way.

😄 Comedy & Conversation

  • Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! — NPR’s weekly news quiz. Genuinely funny every time.
  • Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Julia talks to older, wiser women. Warm and wonderful.
  • Where Everybody Knows Your Name — Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson being delightful together.

Full list available on PocketCasts.

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