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Listen to these popular podcast episodes that are an assortment of digital audio files featuring a variety of topics and themes. Platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play podcasts provide a convenient, integrated way to manage a personal consumption of stories, conversations and discussions.

What you need

  • Tablet, smartphone or computer

How to download podcasts

Apple devices

https://www.wikihow.com/Download-Podcasts

all come with a pre-installed Podcast app

Android Devices

https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/features/podcasts/

Access through Spotify app

Download the Spotify app on your app store

Top Podcasts

1. Lux Radio Theatre

https://www.podcasts.com/lux_radio_theater_podcast

To familiarize yourself with podcasts, it might be helpful to start with a program similar to radio dramas that you may have heard growing up. Look no further than Lux Radio Theatre. Originally a radio show running from 1934 to 1955, it featured adaptations of Broadway plays and Hollywood films, voiced by a diverse range of stars from John Wayne to Judy Garland. Iconic filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille hosted the series from June 1936 to early 1945, after which William Knightley and Irving Cummings took over. The podcast episodes feature vintage radio ads and, in many but not all cases, the original narration.

2. Freakonomics Radio

https://freakonomics.com/archive/

According to Alert One, this program has become the top-rated podcast for adult and senior listeners. You might've heard of the book on which it's based: "Freakonomics," by Steven Dubner and Stephen Levitt. The authors now host this podcast to have continued discussions of the ways in which economic concepts fit into nearly every other aspect of life, from pop culture to health and leisure activities.

3. Stuff You Missed in History Class

https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/c6maj-11774/Stuff-You-Missed-in-History-Class-Podcast

Produced for the website How Stuff Works, the podcast hosted by Tracy V. Wilson and Holly Frey focuses on the premise that in history's broad tapestry, there are so many events of social, cultural and political importance that simply don't get taught or emphasized in general history classes. Everything from psychiatric oddities and the people who discovered them to obscure royalty and the Hawaiian pineapple trade is discussed here, so you're guaranteed to find something fascinating.

4. The Handyguys Podcast

If carpentry, construction or general home improvement are hobbies of yours, then The Handyguys Podcast might be right up your alley - in part because podcasts' nature makes it easy to listen while doing other things. Handymen Brian and Paul offer tips and tricks for home upkeep tasks alongside anecdotes about their family lives and miscellaneous topics.

Video

 https://www.handyguyspodcast.com/category/video/

Audio

 https://www.handyguyspodcast.com/category/audio/

5. The Alton Browncast

https://altonbrown.com/altonblog/the-alton-browncast-podcast/

Amateur cooks (or, perhaps, retired chefs) should try the podcast hosted by Food Network star and renowned chef Alton Brown. You'll hear news about the latest culinary trends as well as recipes and best practices on The Alton Browncast, and Brown often brings fellow cooking masters to aid the discussion.

6. Good Job, Brain!

https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/d96rq-2f055/Good-Job-Brain!-Podcast

Are you a trivia buff? If so, Good Job, Brain! will be your new favorite. This podcast functions as an interactive quiz show and showcase of strange trivia facts across a diverse range of subjects, making it a potential family activity as well as a method for keeping your mind limber. New episodes air infrequently - usually once or twice a month - but more than 190 shows have already been recorded, so you won't run out of material any time soon.

7. This American Life

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444650/this-american-life

Ira Glass's journalism and human interest program, produced by NPR, is one of the most famous radio programs ever, and certainly one of the most popular, with 2.4 million people downloading every episode. The stories on This American Life range from the daily habits of a Navy vessel's crew to ruminations on summer camp. You may like some stories more than others, but there are so many different topics you're bound to enjoy many of them.

8. Planet Money

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/

Another NPR podcast, Planet Money focuses on economics but doesn't get quite as out there as Freakonomics. But it's every bit as engaging and diversely informative. You're just as likely to learn about immigration's effect on the South Florida economy as you are the difficulties of raising free-range chickens.

9. Guided Meditations

https://www.tarabrach.com/guided-meditations/

Tara Brach, a psychotherapist and student of Buddhist philosophy, created and hosts this podcast. If you have interest in meditation to deal with life's stresses or simply to decompress at the end of the day, Guided Meditations can be a big help, providing calm discussions of body and mind in fairly brief episodes lasting between 9 and 25 minutes.

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