What podcast(s) changed your life?

Almost 200 comments in "Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22027315 last week.

EconTalk with Russell Roberts has been huge for me. He is a free-markets, small-government, classical-liberal kind of guy and always brings on interesting guests to talk about a variety of things, including views that he disagrees with. Often the guests are promoting a book that they recently published, but the books are interesting too so I don't feel like it's "too promotional".

https://www.econtalk.org/

Joe Rogan, actually changed my mindset. I get more often in the action mindset and also more compassion on myself. Is not something specific about him, or what he says, is more about all the people that he interview, all the stories get me on this permanent feeling that there is always more to learn and that I'm stupid on 99% on any subjects in the world and still I feel optimistic.

The Portal by Eric Weinstein.

I listen to the episodes usually same day/next day that they get released. One of my favorite podcasts in 2019.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portal/id146999956...

Nothing especially life changing, however:

The Sy Hearsh interview on Intercepted is a must-hear for anyone interested in journalism and media.

The Ezra Klein show has been great. Individual episodes have been hit or miss for me, but listening to his backlog, you get to view the intellectual development of a very introspective and intelligent guy who was thrown for a loop by 2016 as he makes sense of the changing world. It's not explicit on an epispde to episode basis, but if you're willing to pay attention, it's there.

The No Agenda Show's a morning-zoo style biweekly podcast covering current affairs. It's a lighter take on the news, and the hosts (Adam Curry - former MTV VJ,and John C Dvorak - the guy who was always wrong about technology) have longer memories than most pundits. The episodes are long, but if you enjoy as I do, or are willing to look past their eccentricities, well worth adding to your pod rotation.

Philosophize This!

Available on Spotify and elsewhere.

Incredibly digestible and thoughtful non-ideological exploration of great thinkers in philosophy. Excellent as a starting point for further exploration.

Many of the thoughts and perspectives that have shaped and currently shape the modern world are discussed.

Relevant, not esoteric.

The "On Being" podcast. Really broad range of guests; it's centered around spirituality, but (again) with a really broad lens. Krista Tippet is a fantastic interviewer.

"Pursuing deep thinking and moral imagination, social courage and joy, to renew inner life, outer life, and life together."

https://onbeing.org

Jocko Podcast. https://jockopodcast.com/

Revolutions by Mike Duncan. I've always been interested in History, but Revolutions has really deepened my understanding of how our nations and political philosophies came to be, and what could have been.

https://www.revolutionspodcast.com/

Definitely the "Found my Fitness" podcast. I've implemented a lot of the scientifically-backed suggestions that have changed my life to the positive (e.g. intermittent fasting, monitoring and lowering inflammation, etc).

I've got a soft spot for Science Versus: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs

Changing my life if probably over-stretching it, but it lures me in with "let's take the scientific approach to a topic" - and I can nod along, agreeing with them, and then they sneak in stuff that I don't want to be true.. but well is..

I discovered podcasts late, about 2 years ago, and now religiously tune in during my commute

I started with "In Our Time", recommended for the quality of the guests, the variety of subjects and number of episodes (near 900)

At the moment I switch between these 3:

"The Age of Napoleon" (https://podbay.fm/podcast/1223795973) and "Revolutions" (https://podbay.fm/podcast/703889772) rekindled my interest for History, especially the 19th century.

"The History of Literature" (https://podbay.fm/podcast/1048375034)

Below the Line has really changed my perspective on many things, such as assisted suicide, starting companies as a whole, microdosiing and much more.

A few much required new perspectives on life.

https://twitter.com/gobelowtheline

Not sure if it can be considered as "podcast" (more like interviews, with video), but imho London Real has the biggest concentration of high performers in one place. Lots of the interviews have teached me a lot of valuable things. Highly recommended.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZVmatSqIMTTB8uExk8xEg [2] https://londonreal.tv/

My favorite Murder, I ended up bonding with coworkers I had nothing else in common with when they started and gained some amazing friends who I would have never otherwise gotten to know

Sam Harris's: Making Sense (used to be called Waking Up).

https://samharris.org/

I don't agree with him on everything -- he's a bit to the center/right of me in some areas, particularly around what he calls "identity politics". But regardless his guests are usually great, and I agree with him on the core of his philosophy: atheism, rational debate with others, and better knowing oneself through meditation.

Two podcasts, very high quality, but are paid subscriptions, $15 a month or so each. I have no affiliation:

1. Real Vision - finance - https://www.realvision.com/tv/home

2. Peter Attia The Drive - health - https://peterattiamd.com/podcast/

I don't know about "life-changing", but I've really been enjoying The Anthropocene Reviewed, written and read by John Green. It "reviews" different parts of life. And example might be "Sunsets" or "Sports Rivalries".

John Green is an excellent writer, I really enjoy his style, and it's a very different, kind of mindful(?) point of view that I find refreshing.

Armchair Expert.

https://armchairexpertpod.com/

Highly recommend their "Best of 2019" episode for a sneak peak before diving in: https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/best-of-2019

The Greatest Generation, for light-hearted deep dives into every TNG and DS9 episode:

https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/greatest-generation/

If you have trauma or signs or trauma like persistent anxiety or imposter syndrome, Tim Ferriss’s work on psychedelics may be the most important podcasts out there for you.

Econtalk by Russ Roberts. I've been listening to every episode from now going backwards - currently on 2015. It's had a big impact on my political views.

I listened to Sam Harris a lot before this but have since lost interest in him.

How it Began by Brad Harris. Beautifully written and piqued a whole new level of interest in the history of the modern world.

The Relentless Picnic

https://relentlesspicnic.com/

Tiësto's Club Life. I appreciate the show and it made me appreciate a genre that I thought I didn't like.

The Mad Fientist. This was my gateway to podcasts in general, as well as my road towards financial independence.

Cum Town and MSSecretPod (in a bad way)

Duncan Trussel Family Hour. Specifically the episode where he is interviewing his mom on her death bed.

Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

https://ecorner.stanford.edu/series/etl/

Chapo Trap House changed my life

La zanzara.

The Daily lowered my opinion of the US

- Waking up - Sam Harris

- The Portal - Eric Weinstein

- Naval - Naval Ravikant

- Joe Rogan