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Did the forum search thing, and a lot of those podcasts are on my list anyway (TAL, Smodcast) but I wanted to know if you had a new gem since that thread was created that you'd put forth as the best of the best?

Thanks in advance

WTF with Marc Maron. You may not listen to all of them, I don't. I usually only listen when his guest interests me but he has an uncanny ability to get anyone to open up. I think for some of his amazing classic episodes you have to pay for them now like the stupendous shows with Carlos Mencia and Robin Williams.

The Nerdist, again when they have a guest that interests me. They've had some fantastic shows like the recent one with Tom Wilson (Biff from BTTF).

Really, that's about it for the ones I listen to that I would call great. I don't really enjoy many of the Smodcast network shows anymore, they reeeeeeeeeeally spread themselves thin but I guess that'll happen when Kevin Smith is doing 5000 hours of new content a week. Most of my favorites are sadly no more.

Haven't been through the other thread (or don't remember it) but MUST mention Radio Lab.

--Patrick

I still listen to the gaming podcast Weekend Confirmed and I've added a Minecraft podcast: The Shaft.

I've been looking for more new podcasts myself. Most of my favourites are finished: The Animation Podcast, Stephen Fry's Podgrams, all of the Penny-Arcade D&D sessions but not the Wizards of the Coast podcast as a whole...

When I had a commute I would listen to several different podcasts, but the top of my list was:

The Moth podcast: true stories told live
It's fantastic

http://themoth.org/

http://thewordnerds.org/

They stopped podcasting a few years ago, but I used to really enjoy these guys.

TWiT.

Also the TWiT Network's daily show TNT (Tech News Today). If you're a Mac user MacBreak Weekly is also worth watching/listening to.

twit.tv makes up the majority of my podcast listening if you couldn't tell.

Also if you have an iOS device I recommend Downcast for listening. It's pretty good for managing your shows, has multiple speeds for listening, and AirPlay support for video (I assume audio as well). Plus you can play only the audio on your video podcasts.

Hollywood Babble-On with Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman is always funny. It is sometimes pretty offensive, but if you listen to SModcast, then you ought to be good.

I am resurrecting this thread to tell people that if they are not listening to Superego and The Dana Gould Hour, they are missing out.

I've always been big on the Nerdist Podcast. I highly recommend them. Here is one of their earlier episodes, with Wil Wheaton: http://www.nerdist.com/2011/02/nerdist-podcast-63-wil-wheaton/

This American Life is always pretty interesting, although it's not really little known.

Reccing Comedy Bang Bang! solely based on the TV show and my friends loving it
also sports: The BS Report is good, I like Bill Simmons
also I really like BBC Global News. It's a pretty dispassionate straight up world news 20 minutes that usually always has some kind of story I hadn't heard about yet from other sources

filmfanatic said:

I've always been big on the Nerdist Podcast. I highly recommend them. Here is one of their earlier episodes, with Wil Wheaton: http://www.nerdist.com/2011/02/nerdist-podcast-63-wil-wheaton/

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Not to sound all hipster, but the Nerdist is getting way to commercial now. They have a show on BBC America. I'm finding Geek and Sundry to be a lot less.... corporate-whore-ish.

I loved Nerdist for a long time, but as the time I have to listen to these things deminished, I found them to be too unbalanced to commit to. Some were hilarious, others meh. Same thing happened with the Smodcast shows.

I'll second This American Life, and throw in Radiolab. I'll have to look into the BBC thing, since I almost can't watch or listen to news any more because of the constant sense of bias.

I LOVE Radiolab. I could do without the sound effects sometimes, though.

Bowielee said:

I LOVE Radiolab. I could do without the sound effects sometimes, though.

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I felt this way for a long time, but I've come to enjoy the sound effects

Penn's Sunday School is one of my top podcasts and I always make time to listen to it.
And I wasn't much of a Penn Jillette fan before I started listening. The only reason I started listening to it was because it was mentioned on the Nerdist.

Smodcast - Fat man on Batman has some really interesting people on to interview

And Sword & Laser is very good as well

Oh, gotta give a shout out to the GiantBombcast. It's the only podcast that I listen to religiously.

Bowielee said:

I LOVE Radiolab. I could do without the sound effects sometimes, though.

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Chad Sexington said:

I felt this way for a long time, but I've come to enjoy the sound effects

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The sound effects are there for the short-attention-span people who might have stopped listening. To hear Jad tell it, the sound effects "embroider" the story and make it pop. I believe if you're all wrapped up in the story, the sound effects are not as necessary, but for the most part they do just what Jad wants them to do.

--Patrick

I don't know why this thread got resurrected, but I have to say, I'm a big fan of Judge John Hodgman.

I've been enjoying the Laser Time podcast network a lot lately. They have a bunch of shows. The flagship, Laser Time, is a pop culture list based show where they pick a topic and go through and discuss a bunch of examples from it. Vidjagame Apocalypse does the same thing but with video game topics. Cheap Popcast is their occasional wrestling podcast and the only one I don't listen to. They also have a comic book podcast called Cape Crisis, which shockingly, discusses current comics.

Oh, and I also very much enjoy The Comedy Button. If you've never listened, give their best of 2012 episode a shot to see if you do or do not mesh with their style.

The Tobolowsky Files is fantastic. Great story telling from a great actor.
http://www.slashfilm.com/category/features/slashfilmcast/the-tobolowsky-files/

If you like Groundhog's Day then check out this one for sure:
http://www.slashfilm.com/listen-ned-ryerson-describe-making-groundhog-day/

My Tumblr feed has blown up with Welcome to Night Vale, so I'm listening to the pilot right now. It's like a town in the X-Files that's kind of dull to the shitload of strange happenings. The comedy is pretty good too. There was a bit on an NRA rep handing out bumper stickers that read, "Guns don't kill people. Guns can't kill people. We are all invincible against bullets and it is a miracle." Listeners were instructed to stand on their porches yelling NRA to order one. I'm digging it.

The Alton Browncast, it's Alton Brown. Doing a podcast, talking food, interviewing people. What's not to love?

Art of Wrestling. Colt Cabana interviews a wrestler every week. Does a great job with the interviews and can make even the smallest of Indy wrestlers seem like a big deal.

Zappit said:

My Tumblr feed has blown up with Welcome to Night Vale, so I'm listening to the pilot right now. It's like a town in the X-Files that's kind of dull to the shitload of strange happenings. The comedy is pretty good too. There was a bit on an NRA rep handing out bumper stickers that read, "Guns don't kill people. Guns can't kill people. We are all invincible against bullets and it is a miracle." Listeners were instructed to stand on their porches yelling NRA to order one. I'm digging it.

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I've been wondering what the hell Night Vale was.

Downloading now, thanks for the tip.

Covar said:

The Alton Browncast, it's Alton Brown. Doing a podcast, talking food, interviewing people. What's not to love?

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I enjoy the podcast when it's about food but i'm not so keen on the TV show/Food network stuff.

Welcome to Night Vale, which I am mainlining right now, had made me laugh out loud repeatedly. Winning suggestion.

Night Vale's been good but at no point has made me laugh aloud.

Meh. I probably laugh easier than most people. There are worse problems to have in life.

My favourite weather so far:

GFW Pax Reunion 2 was just released (fucking finally....God damn Ryan Scott and his procrastination) and it's just as good as it ever was. All intelligent guys who can crank from zany hilarious anecdotes into insightful games in record breaking time. The best video game podcast of all time. They hadn't all been in the same room for years and it was like they hadn't missed a beat.

Warning, they spoil the shit out of Gone Home.

Direct Download Link

(slight warning: He says the word "boobs" a few times)

--Patrick

I had to go looking for this thread because I jsut recently discovered a new podcast that I am catching up on and still stuck in 2010. I still have 4 years of this podcast to catch up on. It is called "My Brother, My Brother, and Me", and it is an advice show for the modern era.

Kovac said:

I enjoy the podcast when it's about food but i'm not so keen on the TV show/Food network stuff.

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What about when the Alton Browncast is about Mythbusters? #57 Adam Savage I haven't had a chance to listen to this one yet, but if it's as good as the one with Tory Belleci it should be a ton of fun.

http://podcastone.com/Steve-Austin-Show

I've only listened to a handful of them because I'm not really one for podcasts, but Stone Cold brings the goods every time.