Over the years, podcasts shows have been becoming more and more popular. It’s like a talk radio show except it is on the internet. Subscribers can listen to each episode anytime and anywhere they want. If you’re going to try listening to podcast series, here is a shortlist of some of the most popular and exciting shows today:
Rewatchables
Rewatchables is a good introductory podcast that you could listen to. Its primary genre is culture. There are new hosts in every episode. They talk about the films that they watch the most. They make discussions over each premise of the films.
What makes this podcast exciting and fun is how invested the hosts are when it comes to explaining their most rewatched film. One of their most popular episodes is “ ‘The Social Network’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Bill Simmons”.
Spectacular Failures
If you are looking for business motivation, Spectacular Failure is an excellent podcast to listen to in your free time. It swears to help your business become better and guide you on how you could “boss up”.
This show has a motivational tone in it. It helps the listeners understand that success is not made overnight. The podcast also discusses the business instances across history and provides essential takeaways about the decisions behind the events.
The Sporkful
The Sporkful is a podcast series hosted by James Beard. It generally talks about food and interviews with different celebrity chefs about widely debated food topics. Aside from that, this show also features mini-series such as “other people’s food”.
Throughline
Throughline is a podcast made for history enthusiasts. It is hosted by Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, who constantly remind listeners of the importance of learning history so that it will not be repeated. Each episode compares a historical event and a current situation and analyzes the possibility of history repeating itself.
Yo, Is This Racist?
Explore the concept of racism with Tawny Newsome and Andrew Ti. The idea of this podcast is simple. A listener calls and asks the host a question of whether a particular scenario is racist or not. Each question that listeners throw at them sparks an interesting conversation because of their blunt and refreshing discussion.
You’re Wrong About…
If you want to get your facts about history, this is the podcast that you should listen to. It will dispel long-standing misconceptions about significant events in history, ranging from the O.J Simpson trial to the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.
The format of the podcast includes a researcher and a layperson. The layperson will throw misconceptions that the researcher will answer with hard facts.
Ologies
Ologies takes a fun and educational approach to discuss science. It is hosted by Alie Ward, who interviews experts from different branches of knowledge. They discuss various topics ranging from biogerontology to mixology in a way that ordinary individuals can understand.
Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice
This podcast takes a closer look at the Juvenile Justice System of the USA by following young offenders who are currently serving time. The host, Kai Wright, takes a critical look at the positive and negative aspects of the juvenile system. This podcast is not for the faint-hearted as you will hear some gut-wrenching stories that will tug your heart.
Final Word
With plenty of podcasts out there, you are sure to find one that is worth your time. Hopefully, some of those are mentioned in the list above. You can say that the diversity and convenience of podcasts are what makes it appealing to listeners compared to regular radio talk shows. Due to that, it is sure that its popularity will only go up from here.
