Highly Recommended Podcasts
News
Democracy Now - A daily TV/radio news program.
Ideas
Big Ideas - Big Ideas is a showcase of contemporary intellectual culture.
Commonwealth Club - The nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its members for events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
Common Sense - An independent look at politics and current events.
Fora.tv - Intelligent video programs on the people, issues, and ideas changing the world.
Free Library of Philadelphia - One of the largest public library systems in the world.
Long Now - The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common.
RSA Projects - Ideas and actions for a 21st century enlightenment.
TED - A nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading
Political/Economic/Social
London School of Economics (LSE) - The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the foremost social science universities in the world
Richard Wolff - Economics perspectives
TruthDig - We seek to offer a solid and reliable resource for those of you who want to explore particular topics by drilling deeply.
Unwelcome Guests - A radio program about wealth, power, and peoples' resistance to the corporate world order.
WeAreMany - Best radical audio and video.
Literature
New Yorker: The Fiction Podcast - A monthly reading and conversation of Short Stories.
Writer’s Voice - A national radio show and free podcast featuring author interviews, readings, and reviews.
Philosophy
Elucidations - Each month, a prominent philosopher sits down with our graduate student co-hosts to talk about his or her latest work and areas of philosophical expertise
Partially Examined Life - A Philosophy Podcast and Philosophy Blog
Rationally Speaking - Massimo Pigliucci and Julia Galef as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely and unlikely, science and pseudoscience.
Philosophy Bites - Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics.
Science/Religion
Freethought Radio - Freethinkers, Skeptics, Liberals, Religious Historians, and Agnostics.
Point of Inquiry - Interviews, features and commentary focusing on CFI’s issues: religion, human values and the borderlands of science
Education
UCTV - University of California Classes
Backdoor Broadcasting Company - Academic conferences, symposia, public lectures and workshops to further the dissemination of academic research and knowledge.
History
Dan Carlin - Hardcore History - Outside-the-box way of thinking and applies it to the past.
Comedy
Joe Rogan - Uncensored comedy.
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