Our Slovenian guest recently asked me if I listen to any podcasts, and I do, but not consistently; my listening waxes and wanes.
The one podcast I’ve more or less kept up with is EconTalk. The most recent episode with Barry Weingast was rather dry but dealt with an important idea, that many nations are stuck in a violence trap: there is a surprising amount of violent regime change in modern times — and an unsurprisingly large amount in pre-modern times — and the threat of violence encourages leaders to create monopolies and other unproductive policies to pay off special interests that would otherwise threaten a coup or revolution.
(I also listen to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, The History of Rome, 12 Byzantine Rulers, and Norman Centuries.)
You may also like Skeptoid, a shorter, although weekly podcast. It’s Mythbusters-like in format, dedicated to the critical examination of pseudoscience, xenophobia of advanced energy creation, popular cultural misconceptions such as organic foods, urban legends… The first episode I stumbled upon was the one debunking the Phantom Time Hypothesis.
The weekly Radio Derb and Market Ticker Talk Radio would probably also qualify as podcasts… I mention them as lighter alternatives.
I enjoy the Skeptic podcasts due to annoying people like Rebecca Watson (Skepchick). They rare tell me things I didn’t already know or suspect.
I listened to many EconTalks, but Roberts is too reasonable, and too nice, and the show is too long. But I have years archived just in case.
To get your blood boiling whether or not you are White or White-hating listen to Harlod Covington’s podcasts.
For just fun find and listen to podcasts of the late Jean Shepherd. My son an engineer gave me four DVDs of MP3s ( a life time actually ) of Shepherd’s mainly WOR programs from the 50s, 60s and 70 that my son and a fellow engineer downloaded from the internet.
The mentioned Dan Carlin also hosts a second podcast: “Common Sense with Dan Carlin is an independent look at politics and current events.”
I listen to “In our Time” by the BBC, a podcast about ideas and history.