I used to listen to long form essays on Youtube. My favourite ones either break down the history of a conspiracy, teach me something new and cool about the world, or explore a hobby I’ve never been interested in.

I don’t like the ones about killers or heavy drama. I also don’t like podcasts that spend half the time reading the latest news from [topic] in verbatim .

What are some podcasts you can recommend me while I chip away at other things?

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
    18·
    8 months ago

    Behind the Bastards and The Dollop are both a lot of fun as they delve into historical events and figures and do a whole comedic + factual examination in that order

    If you want a really good episode for people unfamilar with the series-s, I love

    • “The Tank Chase” (Dollop)
    • “Stalin After Dark” (Behind the Bastards), the guest on Stalin episodes is very funny to me
      • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 months ago

        The baseball ones are ALWAY a roaring good time! My fave baseball one was Lenny Dykstra, lol.

        It turns out his ping-pong ball schtick might actually be a legit real thing for focus 😂

    • Looming mountain@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      8 months ago

      I think the best behind the bastards episodes are the ones on Kissinger (6 pqrts) and the ones on the police (also 6 parts). The funnest however I think are on Alex Jones with those guys from the Alex Jones podcast and the ones on Kellogs becquse wtf.

    • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      10 cent beer night does it for me. I also recently relistened the Kissinger episodes (BtB w/ Dollop). That one still slaps and is what crossed me over into The Dollop.