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".
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.
Love JRE - I’ve been an avid listener since the early days. “Humble, but fearless curiosity with some good laughs” would be my best attempt at describing it in one sentence.
I also listen to this. It had a rough start but is now getting really good. Listen when you have time to process tho. If you're coding or something and have it on in the background, you'll be missing out.
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.
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.
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."
Jocko is the reason I get up when my alarm rings and immediately make the bed. Jocko has more interesting morsels of wisdom than this, of course, but it's funny how this small change impacted my life so much as he said it would.
Once you have the willpower victory of getting up immediately (no snoozing bullshit) and then the willpower victory of making your bed, it's not a stretch to also do 50 pushups, make a healthy breakfast, clean the kitchen, go for your morning run, avoid HN while you start work, and then carry that momentum into the rest of the day.
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.
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).
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..
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.
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
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.
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.
Admittedly he is somewhat polarizing. He generally writes "young adult" fiction, which some see as a kind of lowest common denominator.
He also is fairly public about his mental health issues. If you don't have the background about his depression and anxiety, he can seem like a very "privileged problems" kinda guy.
He's also a successful YouTube creator/vlogger/various other kinds of content. The fanbase can be...vigorous and passionate.
There's plenty of reasons people might not like him. I disagree with those reasons completely, but I know there are some.
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.
