Politics/Economics/Sociology/Philosophy:
* Rationally Speaking - Ran by the New York Skeptics society, just fantastic show about rationally thinking about economics, politics, society, etc.
* The Guardian's Brexit Means... - all things brexit
* Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - one my favourite podcast series ever; about the supreme court, from how it was made to landmark precedence-setting cases in civil rights.
* Presidential - A history of US presidents, ran over the 44 weeks leading up to the 2016 US election, each week a new president.
* The Ezra Klein Show - Long-form US politics interview show ran by the founder of VOX
* Vox's The Weeds - US politics panel discussion show, which gets "into the weeds" of US policy-making
* The Reith Lectures - A BBC4 lecture series about humanity, society and politics
* The Guardian UK: Politics weekly - self explanatory
* Left Right & Centre - US politics show that has commentators "from across the politcal spectrum"
* Week in Westminster - BBC westminster politics show
* Common Sense with Dan Carlin - Fantastic long-form show released once a month by a historian, who tries to put modern politics in a historical perspective.
* Pienaar's Politics - BBC 5 live’s (UK) politics show with professional cheeky git John Pienaar
* The New Statesman Podcast - UK Politics (and other stuff) from Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush (+ guests)
* Freakonomics - Fantastic podcast about all things economics
* The Moral Maze - BBC Radio 4 debate show about the moral philosophy of current issues. Highly recommended.
* The good fight: Yacsha Mounk on how to prevent populism and democratic backsliding
* Worldly - Vox's foreign affairs podcast
* Waking Up - Sam Harris' Long-form interview podcast
Tech and business:
* StartUp Podcast - Start Up culture and business
* Reply All - Fun about the internet and technology
* Note to Self - Technology show about "being human" in our technological age
* IRL - Tech podcast made by Mozilla
Other:
* Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates - great debates on whatever's current
* Intelligence Squared - Original and UK version of the US one (i.e. has less adverts and less annoying hosts)
* The Briefing Room - Fantastic BBC4 program that investigates the facts and details "behind the biggest news stories"
* 99% Invisible - Show by Roman Mars about all the design that is hidden in our lives
* Revisionist History - Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell going back and reinterpreting something that happened historically, trying to understand it and revise any commonplace perspectives
* The Guardian’s Long Reads - Long-form articles from the Guardian in audio form
* Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History - Fantastic book-length miniseries about major historical events and eras.
* Analysis - Great BBC program about analysis of current issues
* Heavyweight - entertaining and touching human stories
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Politics/Economics/Sociology/Philosophy: * Rationally Speaking - Ran by the New York Skeptics society, just fantastic show about rationally thinking about economics, politics, society, etc.
* The Guardian's Brexit Means... - all things brexit
* Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - one my favourite podcast series ever; about the supreme court, from how it was made to landmark precedence-setting cases in civil rights.
* Presidential - A history of US presidents, ran over the 44 weeks leading up to the 2016 US election, each week a new president.
* The Ezra Klein Show - Long-form US politics interview show ran by the founder of VOX
* Vox's The Weeds - US politics panel discussion show, which gets "into the weeds" of US policy-making
* The Reith Lectures - A BBC4 lecture series about humanity, society and politics
* The Guardian UK: Politics weekly - self explanatory
* Left Right & Centre - US politics show that has commentators "from across the politcal spectrum"
* Week in Westminster - BBC westminster politics show
* Common Sense with Dan Carlin - Fantastic long-form show released once a month by a historian, who tries to put modern politics in a historical perspective.
* Pienaar's Politics - BBC 5 live’s (UK) politics show with professional cheeky git John Pienaar
* The New Statesman Podcast - UK Politics (and other stuff) from Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush (+ guests)
* Freakonomics - Fantastic podcast about all things economics
* The Moral Maze - BBC Radio 4 debate show about the moral philosophy of current issues. Highly recommended.
* The good fight: Yacsha Mounk on how to prevent populism and democratic backsliding
* Worldly - Vox's foreign affairs podcast
* Waking Up - Sam Harris' Long-form interview podcast
Tech and business:
* StartUp Podcast - Start Up culture and business
* Reply All - Fun about the internet and technology
* Note to Self - Technology show about "being human" in our technological age
* IRL - Tech podcast made by Mozilla
Other: * Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates - great debates on whatever's current
* Intelligence Squared - Original and UK version of the US one (i.e. has less adverts and less annoying hosts)
* The Briefing Room - Fantastic BBC4 program that investigates the facts and details "behind the biggest news stories"
* 99% Invisible - Show by Roman Mars about all the design that is hidden in our lives
* Revisionist History - Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell going back and reinterpreting something that happened historically, trying to understand it and revise any commonplace perspectives
* The Guardian’s Long Reads - Long-form articles from the Guardian in audio form
* Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History - Fantastic book-length miniseries about major historical events and eras.
* Analysis - Great BBC program about analysis of current issues
* Heavyweight - entertaining and touching human stories
* Radiolab - all round radio show wunderkind
* Today Explained - Vox's daily news podcast