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Time Magazine 100 Best Podcasts of All Time (time.com)
5 points by fsckboy 6 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments


Suppose the good npr segments are going to move over to podcasts. I know they've long since been podcasts too, like planet money, but when you're in NW Wisconsin (one of the areas most affected by the republican funding clawbacks) and your station can no longer afford to pay the planet money fees you'll have to listen to the podcast instead.

In the meantime it'll be all gardening shows on public radio in NW Wisconsin.


I would be interested in a list of the 100 best podcast episodes not podcast shows. A good number of these shows I subscribe to already, but not every episode really stays with me.


This is a great resource, I see some classics and some I have never heard of.

From the "how we chose" link:

> "I included some shows that have ended their runs. I tried to pick podcasts that, if not entirely evergreen, have a hefty archive that can be revisited—series that cracked jokes that haven’t gotten old or covered books and movies you can still read and watch before tuning into a specific episode that will help you appreciate them more fully."

Exactly the kind of curation that makes a big difference on this kind of list.

https://time.com/7303677/how-we-chose-100-best-podcasts/


Omitting Joe Rogan shows that this list isn’t authentic and is driven by ideology.


Rogans podcast is giant.

If the list were diverse in ideology, I believe it would be on the list. As it sits, Rogans take on some issues will sharply diverge from some of the listed ones.

I suppose the list is consistent if it were composed by a single listener. A single listener is going to like similar things.

If it’s intended for a wider audience audience, it should cover more territory.


Yep, there's no accounting for taste. I find Rogan overrated and frankly pretty detestable. But I also find much of this list annoying.

Popular things often aren't good, and good things often aren't popular.


An "authentic" list would be what exactly?

It's opinion, man, it's right there in the title. When you make your own list, please let me know so I can also CMD-F for my faves and declare you an inauthentic ideologue


Just as the The New York Times Best Sellers.




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