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?

  • late_night@sopuli.xyz
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    10 months ago

    There’s “Well there’s your problem”. In each episode, the hosts break down an engineering disaster. The episodes are one to several hours long each, and they are thorough, entertaining, and you learn a ton.

    There’s also a video version that contains slides with pictures and graphs.

    I would suggest as a starter episode 139, The impossible railroad, which I thought was a fun one. Or 146 on the Mount Everest, that was eye-opening. Those are the recent ones that stand out to me.

  • Killing_Spark@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    SovietWomble has a great video Essay on YouTube about how dayz mods laid the groundwork for battle royale games if that’s your cup of tea

  • PlexSheep@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Some of my favorites that are not as heavy:

    • The war on cars
    • The urbanist agenda
    • How to chess
    • Open Source Security Podcast

    Many more German podcasts which you probably wouldn’t understand. Otherwise I can talk about these too.

  • PlexSheep@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Some of my favorites that are not as heavy:

    • The war on cars
    • The urbanist agenda
    • How to chess
    • Open Source Security Podcast

    Many more German podcasts which you probably wouldn’t understand.

  • boatswain@infosec.pub
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    10 months ago

    Darknet Diaries is always fascinating: it’s all about cybercrime. Sometimes the episodes are breakdowns of particular hacker groups or specific notable hacks; other times, they’re interviews with people in the industry: both cybersecurity professionals and criminals.

    • PlexSheep@feddit.de
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      10 months ago

      Definitely my recommendation. Well researched and always interesting. But be advised, die to the nature of crime on the darknet, it can also go into pretty heavy topics.

  • Franconian_Nomad@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    • Darknet Diaries: very interesting podcast about hackers, can have occasionally disturbing content.

    • Smashing Security: Funny and informative podcast about recent Security and Computer related topics. Can have serious content, but is often presented very lightheartedly.

    • Fall of civilizations Podcast. Can be a bit of a downer, but is so good presented.

    • The missing Cryptoqueen. The search for a fraud who run of with billions. Yes, billions.

    And for some good entertaining content: some Dungeons & Dragons Podcast:

    • High Rollers

    • Critical Role

  • rooroo@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    99% Invisible and Decoder Ring come to mind for that. Mostly just interesting things that aren’t dramatic in the big picture.