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| Name | Genre | Description | URL? | If not podcast - what kind of media? | Trigger/Content warnings/NSFW? | Episode Recomendations? | Episodes to Avoid? | Notes / Other Info | Recommended by | Reactions? |
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| 10 Things That Scare Me | interviews, storytelling | Short podcast where one person (sometimes a celeb, sometimes not) lists ten fears. Surprisingly cathartic. | https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/10-things-scare-me | | There's a couple of MAGA types who are terrified of liberals making gayness compulsory type stuff: you can skip Howard & Samuel if you'd rather avoid it. And the Mooch is in there for some reason! | Samrin Nosrat, Quince Mountain & Blair Braverman, Michelle Beautau | | | Margo |
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| 2 Dope Queens | Comedy | Jessica Williams (Daily Show) and her bff Phoebe Robinson host standup comedy nights, which always include women comedians and people of colour. Sex, romance, race, hair journeys. | http://www.wnyc.org/shows/dopequeens/about | | Fragile masculinity (Phoebe has champagne glasses labelled 'white male tears') | They're all a rollicking good time | | | Laura |
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| 20 Great Short Podcasts | Podcasts | Nick Quah of HotPod lists 20 podcasts that don't break the 1 hour mark. I had forgotten about The Heart! | http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/great-short-podcasts-under-25-minutes.html | Article | | I love The Gist but had to give it up during this election (same with Trumpcast) but it's often great | | | Margo |
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| 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy | Economics | Short historical vignettes about inventions - from banks to google to disposable razors - that changed the way the economy worked | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads | | | | | | Margo |
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| 99% invisible | Design | Roman Mars and his dreamy voice on design in unexpected places | http://99percentinvisible.org/ | | | | | | Margo |
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| A Very Fatal Murder | True crime | Piss take of podcasting and the true crime podcast genre right down to the advertisements. But its not only that, it also has a great story to enjoy along the way. | https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder | | | They're short and sweet. Easy to get through the whole "season" | | | Michael |
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| Alphachat | FInance | Business, money , markets, and politics made digestable by the Financial Times. Occasionally makes me want to ram my head through a concrete wall at the state of the world, but generally illuminating | http://podcast.ft.com/s/ft-alphachat/ | | | | | | Margo |
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| Arrivals | Storytelling | Trippy tales of travel | http://www.arrvls.com/arrvls-podcast/ | | | | | | Margo |
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| Asian Oscar Bait | movies | Suggestions on how Hollywood can improve it's dreadful record of Asian representation, mixing up commentary on current issues with pitches of fascinating Asian stories that need to become movies. Get on board for Benedict Wong's Oscar. | http://www.asianoscarbait.com/ | | | Merle Oberon and The Donut King | | | Margo |
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| Awesome Etiquette | Advice | Advice from the Emily Post institute on good manners | http://www.infiniteguest.org/awesome-etiquette/ | | | | | Can be long and in sore need of an edit! | Margo |
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| Bad Gays | History | Evil complicated gay men from history | http://www.benwritesthings.com/bad-gays/ | | | | | | Elly | The Andrew Sullivan ep is excellent - Margo |
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| Bandcamp Weekly | Music | New tunes from Bandcamp, with some low key interviews thrown in. | There's no dedicated landing page so just find it on the homepage: https://bandcamp.com | | | | | | Margo |
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| Bear Brooks | True Crime | Yet another true crime series but this is so well done, and there are some genuine answers, plus many gasp-out-loud moments. Learn more about what happens if your great-grandpa was a serial killer! | https://www.bearbrookpodcast.com/ | | Murder, child abuse/neglect, all the nasty stuff. | Start with one and work progressively; it's the rare true crime show where the follow up is worth listening to | | | Margo |
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| Behind the LIner Notes | Music | The secret history of pop music - stories from the weird and forgotten corners of the charts across time. Really high production values | http://www.betweenthelinernotes.com/ | | | The con man behind the world's biggest boy bands (http://www.betweenthelinernotes.com/episodes-1/pearlman) and the story of Tiny Tim http://www.betweenthelinernotes.com/episodes-1/tinytim | | | Margo |
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| Bello Collective | Podcasts | Blog & newsletters (including recs!) on podcasts, worldwide | https://bellocollective.com | Newsletter | | | | | Margo |
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| Bitchin' | Podcasts, comedy | Funny ripping apart of public figures by northern comedians | https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bitchin/id1441972207 | | | spice girls, tracy emin | | | Colette |
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| Bite | Food | Mother Jones magazine's food podcast - brings in politics, ethics, and storytelling. Often charming af. | http://www.motherjones.com/category/secondary-tags/bite | | | Samin Nosrat, Cooks and Tattoos, the various eps on immigration and restaurants | | | Margo |
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| Black Men Can't Jump (In Hollywood) | Movies | 3 black actors discuss race in film by analysing a movie an ep. | http://headgum.com/podcasts/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/ | | | COOL RUNNINGS. That ep just about killed me, I laughed so hard. Attack the Block was great, too | | Can be long - I know this is an advantage for many! | Margo |
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| Britney's Instagram | Britney | Two comedians interrogate Britney Spears' insta | http://britneysinstagrampodcast.com/ | | | Payback is a you-know-what has great behind the scenes tea! | | | Margo |
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| Broken Harts | True Crime | Eye-boggling story of two white women who adopted five black children and drove off a cliff with all of them inside. The storytelling isn't that great, and some of the attempts at dramatic floruishes a rubbish, but the examination of how white liberal bias/social media storytelling/disregard for these children's lives added up to tragedy is darkly fascinating. | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/how-stuff-works/broken-harts | | Racism, child neglect & abuse, homophobic language, murder/suicide | | | Lots of extra content on the Glamour site: https://www.glamour.com/story/broken-harts-glamour-true-crime-podcast-trailer?verso=true | Margo |
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| Business Wars | business | About epic battles between rivals - just kicked off with a multi-part series on Netflix vs Blockbuster. Sometimes overwritten, but fascinating for all the argy-bargy behind the scenes. If you like stories of CEOs veering between being strategic geniuses and acting like spoiled toddlers, check it out | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wondery/business-wars | | | Netflix vs Blockbuster: Sudden Death | | | Margo |
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| By the Book | Self improvement, psychology, books, humour | Two friends (Kristen & Jolenta) tackle a popular self-help book over a month and see if it can help their lives. Tongue firmly affixed to cheek. | https://podtail.com/en/podcast/by-the-book/ | | "Barnyard language" | | | | Margo |
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| Call Your Girlfriend | Feminism / pop culture | Two long-distance friends talking about a different topic (politics, what they're reading, love is blind, coronavirus, problematic faves, etc) that are generally topical, progressive, and female-centric | https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/ | | | | | | Katie |
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| Casefile | True crime | Unnervingly calm Australian man tells the stories of various murders. | http://casefilepodcast.com/ | | Loads of violence, sexual violence, general creepiness | | | | Margo |
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| Casting call | Podcasting | Gimlet run a podcasting competition in a 7 ep series. Members of the public submit a proposal and short clip. 6 are shortlisted and 3 are made into pilots. | https://castingcallshow.com/ | | | | | | Elly |
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| Cautionary Tales | History, psych, technology, economics | Try to push aside the spectre of M*lcolm Gl*dwell for this, from FT columnist Tim Harford, on historical examples on logical fallacies. Bit Just So stories but engaging | http://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/ | | Bloody Gladwell shows up. Some of the stories - esp the GPS related death in the final ep - are tragic | | | | Margo |
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| Changing Poltics | Politics/ideas | Comedian Gráinne Maguire and journalist Marie Le Conte discuss the week, and then a specific issue, and what you can do about it. | https://play.acast.com/s/changingpolitics - also on iTunes | | Depends on the issue - and the news - check the notes beforehand | | | | Andrew F |
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| Chat 10 Looks 3 | Chat, conversation, cooking, books, Australia, comedy | Shamelessly copying a description from Lush Content, but I couldn't write it better myself. This podcast has absolutely zero structure — no opening music, no guests, no guarantee of good audio quality. So what’s the hook? Well, it’s two of Australia’s best-known and most-talented journalists — 730 host Leigh Sales and Kitchen Cabinet’s Annabel Crabb — just having a good old natter about books, recipes, famous people they’ve interviewed, TV shows they love, and whatever comes into their head. It’s really just two besties having a gasbag and letting you listen in. It’s very gentle programming and feels a bit like eavesdropping on your Mum and Mabel from next door when you were a kid, only more hilarious. | https://www.chat10looks3.com/podcast | | | | | Once you have been hooked onto the zany ways of the podcast, join the Chatters in a facebook group for good advice, celebrating wins and lots of laughs. | Olivia |
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| Cigars and Cybernetics | Technology and culture | Incredibly smart people smoke cigars and talk about tech stuff and it's all rather great | https://cigarsandcybernetics.libsyn.com/ | | Swearing, kink shaming of databases | | | | Margo |
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| Claim the stage | Business, feminism-ish, public speaking | Interviews with professional speakers re how to be a better public speaker, market yourself and your ideas, | https://speakersisterhood.com/category/claim-the-stage-podcast/ | | | Ep. 105: Navigating Difficult Emotions on Stage; Ep. 93: Using the Power of Persuasion for Good | | | Elly |
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| Coaching for leaders | professional development, interviews | Should probably be called 'Teaching for middle managers' - career advice of all kinds, via interviews and listener questions | https://coachingforleaders.com/ | | | | | | Elly |
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| Cocaine and Rhinestones | Music | An alternative history of country music with all the dirty bits left |
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