Don't have to be in ranked order, but can be if you prefer

Mine:

Accidental Tech Podcast-wonderful tech stuff, mostly Apple, but lots of other stuff, too
Ones and Toole-really good, accessible political and economic analysis from one of the top academics
The Tim Ferris Show-mostly "improve your life", with an emphasis on business and health.
The Peter Attia Drive-amazing info on health, gets into the weeds on the nitty-gritty science sometimes
WTF with Marc Marron-celebrity interviews, with a lot of heart and irreverence

Runner-ups
Sway, with Kara Swisher-BUsiness interviews, some politics
Reconcilable Differences-Two very different guys talk about nearly everything.
The New Yorker, Politics and More-What it says on the label
The Jordan Harbinger Show-Interviews an amazing range of people-former Mafia hitmen, billionaires, cybersecurity experts, psychologist, you name it, with a ton of warmth
The Incomparable: Commentay on pop culture, often movies

Naked Scientists
Skeptics Guide to the Universe
Big Picture Science
Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
Stuff You Missed in History Class

Special Mention:
Omnibus
The Debaters

Lost to the Pandemic, awaiting its return:
Harmontown

Still go back to on repeat:
The Tobolowsky Files

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The Daily - from the NYT
Post Reports - from the Washington post
Science Friday
Pod save America/pod save the world - former Obama staffers talk all things politics/world affairs
Marketplace - from APR
Now and then - historical perspective to current events

Skeptoid

Dan Patrick Show (Daily Best of that condenses 3 hours to one hour)

Brain Stuff

ELI5

Star Talk

Honorable Mentions
Something About The Beatles
The Beatles Make
Fab Four Free for All

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San Antonio, TX (in the old city)


"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Eli Weisel

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." - Billy Graham 1981

"Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise" - Barry Goldwater

The MacAdmins Podcast is the only one I listen to with any regularity.
Pod Save America a couple times.
A couple of friends' podcasts that were forgotten about...

I'm just not a podcast person.

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