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Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on January 20, 2015 at 1:19pm

 http://www.thefredcast.com/ Los Angeles bicycle podcast.

 http://www.radiofreeburrito.com/ Wil Wheaton, movie star of "Stand By Me".

Permalink Reply by Marcusn on January 20, 2015 at 2:45pm

Here are a few I like:

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gist.html  Daily news done with attitude

http://www.wbez.org/content/chewing-fat-podcast-louisa-chu-and-moni...  Food/cooking 

http://themoth.org/  story telling

The following are bike related:

http://www.thepodcasthost.com/thesprocketpodcast/  from Portland, biking, beer and simplifying

http://www.mprnews.org/topic/pedal-hub/  3 MN bikers chatting

http://streetsblog.libsyn.com/  urban transportation issues around the country

Permalink Reply by MK on February 11, 2015 at 9:55am

Favorite is definitely WTF with Marc Maron (http://wtfpod.com)

Others: Radiolab, Shows on Earwolf (for instance http://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/), This American Life

and although not really a podcast StoryCorps.org is wonderful to listen to.

Permalink Reply by Joe Yeoman on February 11, 2015 at 12:06pm

Favorites:

Serial. (Most listened to podcast in history. There is a reason for this).

Political Gabfest

Freakonomics

99% Invisible

Criminal

I also have a hardcore obsession with the NFL, so I can recommend NFL specific podcasts to anyone who who wants to listen to jocks talking about jock stuff.

NPR shows as podcasts:

Intelligence squared debates

On the Media

Radio Lab

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

This American Life

Planet Money

Permalink Reply by Haddon on March 23, 2015 at 3:52am

The Great War is more of a Youtube Series that, week by week covers WWI and what happened 100 years ago that week. An episode a week for the next couple years. I'm juuuuust about caught up at the moment and I'll bee current (+100 years)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A

If you want you can use a converter to turn a YouTube to an MP3 and listen to it as audio on the move.

http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on March 24, 2015 at 7:15am

Futility Closet. That's the only one I have time for.

Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on October 7, 2015 at 2:12am

Oh...also found this one when I was riding across the country.

Stuff you missed in history class

http://www.missedinhistory.com/

Permalink Reply by Soledaddy on March 30, 2015 at 4:49pm

I LOVE podcasts. I don't even remember how I functioned before them. Here is my list - 

1) The pop hits - TAL, Radiolab
2) Invisibilia. Reminds me of early Radiolab.
3) Ask Me Another. NPR quiz show that's much more up to date in its humor than Wait Wait Don't Tell Me (could they make ANY more jokes about twerking and selfies?). Lots of trivia and puzzles!
4) Planet Money. This podcast once convinced me I wanted to go to graduate school for economics because of how fun its discussion of economics is. I shouldn't do that at all
5) How To Do Everything. Always makes me chuckle

Also, I think I am the only person who doesn't like Maron or Dan Carlin. Everyone else seems to be super into them but I get so bored. 

Permalink Reply by Craig S. on September 18, 2015 at 1:18pm

Cool topic. I'm a total podcast newb. Just subscribed to that 99% Invisible.

I think I must be the only person in this country who can't stand Ira Glass and This American Life and therefore, hated Serial in so many ways, even though I stuck with it until the dreary end. 

I'm really surprised Harry Shearer's "LeShow" isn't listed. I never miss that one.

Permalink Reply by BikeScnhook on October 6, 2015 at 3:09pm

What?! Nobody listens to Chicago's own Pie Factory Podcast?! I'm hurt. *sniff*  :)  (Did I mention I co-host that one? :)   ) It's a biweekly podcast about retro arcade video games. Jim and I discuss two games, our memories, strategies, etc., and in the end we reveal the theme that the two games have in common. For example, our first episode discussed Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong 3, and the theme was games in which Donkey Kong was the antagonist. (Sometimes we get more obscure -- for one episode we discussed Frogger and Asteroids. The theme: games that I first played at Hunk's Pancake House in Bradley.)

My favorite podcasts:

Fab 4 Free 4 All -- a great Beatles podcast that's even fun to listen to when the topic isn't of interest

Serial -- because Serial

Undisclosed -- because Serial

Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast -- because I'm a retro gaming nerd

Atari 7800 Game By Game Podcast -- again, the nerd thing

And like many people here, I listen to Wait Wait! Don't Tell Me! and its sister podcast How To Do Everything. Used to listen to 2600's Off The Hook (actually a weekly radio show but available in podcast form) but I kind of grew weary of it. Still read their magazine religiously though.