I find my podcast playlist gets unmanageable when I start listening to an audiobook (in this case Persepolis Rising) and I have to start deleting some episodes.
What are some podcasts that you would never skip episodes of, and which shows are you happy to pick and choose?
@vishae over the last few years I’ve gone from an all-spoken podcast playlist to one that consists mostly of music. I have never skipped an episode of Paul Van Dyk’s Vonyc Sessions podcast since learning about it six or seven years ago. Other shows I make time for:
Sister Bliss In Session (Music)
Solarstone Pure Trance Radio (Music)
The Ubuntu Podcast (Light Tech)
CBC Laugh Out Loud (Canadian Comedy)
Eat This Podcast (Food-related)
Stop Podcasting Yourself (Comedy)
Release Yourself (Music)
There are about 48 shows that I subscribe to, which works out to almost 44 hours of listening per week.
@matigo hahaha, that’s as long as a normal work week.
I haven’t heard of any of those podcasts and I’m going to go add them to my list now – and adding even more stuff to my playlist 😝
@vishae what kind of shows do you usually listen to?
@vishae I never miss Stay Tuned with Preet and Mac Power Users. Right now, I’m loving Slow Burn and Still Processing.
@vishae I’m in the same boat. My podcast backlog hasn’t recovered from my last audiobook. Still trying to figure out the answers to your question.
@matigo I was about to start typing out my list of podcasts, when I remember I’ve already done so. My memories are shocking.
@vishae At this point, ATP and Upgrade are the two podcasts I never skip. I have quite a few more than I listen to nearly every episode, and then an even bigger number of shows into which I just occasionally dip. Audio books definitely influence how many podcasts I get through each week, though, as I read a lot.
@vishae What app are you using to listen to podcasts?
@vishae wow. That’s quite the list. I used to listen to a bunch of those shows, too. 36 Questions was awesome. I looked forward to every episode. Why aren’t there more musical podcasts? 🤐
Have you listened to Steal the Stars? It’s not a musical, but it was “an interesting love story plus an alien” show that finished a little while back.
@vishae I wrote a post a while ago about my podcast listening habits. It needs to be updated. The one podcast I almost always drop everything for, though is still the memory palace
@Lioncourt sometimes I feel that because podcasts can be very time-sensitive, I need to listen to those first and let my audiobook listening lapse. But I’m also thinking, if an episode loses importance that quickly, I might not need to listen to it anyway?
But I agree, ATP is a must listen for me.
@rishabh I use Overcast to listen to my podcasts. I really like the smart speed feature.
@matigo yeah, why aren’t there more musical podcasts?
I’m putting Steal the Stars on my list.
Btw, Playing for Keeps is a pretty interesting superhero podcast/audiobook.
@vishae I’ve not heard of Playing for Keeps. Will give it a go. Thanks 🙂
@eli ooh, fellow Siracusa fan club!
I also added Do Go On, because it’ll be good to have some Melbourne/Australian podcasts added to my list.
.@vishae Have to admit I don’t miss any of the Relay FM that I about subscribed to, including the Pen Addict, Clockwise, Connected, Cortex,
Manpower User, Playing for Fun, Reconcilable Differences, Top 4, Ungenius and Upgrade. I listen to my Audible book for 30 minutes before I go to bed.
@klandwehr oh I did that for a while too, but then I got too much Myke in my ears and I had to start culling some episodes
@vishae yeah, so far that is not a problem and i always put a couple non Myke podcasts in between Myke
@vishae Do Go On! So good! I listen to a lot of the stuff put out by the Planet Broadcasting podcast network, which is all based in Australia (I think Melbourne specifically, but I’m not 100% on that detail). Also! Your episode of was great! Thanks for sharing! //cc @macgenie
@vishae Me too. 🙂