Here are some of my favorite podcasts.

I’ve been on quite a podcast kick recently, just striving to absorb information. I am subscribing to more podcasts every week with little hope to keep up, much less listen to past episodes. The best began to quickly surface for me.

The Podcasts

Podcast Name
( 15min average length, 1.5x playback speed, Genre or Topics)
A sentence or two of description which includes a narrative of my opinion in places.

• Radiotopia: 99% Invisible
  (15 – 30min, 1x, Design, Story Telling, Investigative Journalism)
  Stories about the other 99% of things designed that go un-notice and exploring their back-story.
• NPR: Radiolab
  (20min – 60min, 1x, Story Telling, Investigative Journalism, Learning)
  Topic exploration with applications that are deep and unique. Encourages internal reflection and deeper understanding.
• APM: Marketplace
  (30min, 1.5x, Market Impact, Investigative Journalism)
  A quality podcast about how markets are effecting different industries, life, and other economies – investigating how it all plays together.
• NPR: Planet Money
  (20min, 1.5x, Market Impact, Investigative Journalism)
  A quality podcast about the strange and interesting places money finds itself. How money impacts our daily life in ways you might not expect.
• a16z
  (20min, 1.5x, Interviews, Technology Trends)
  Interviews with impactful entrepreneurs and critical discussions around the current trends in the technology space.
• HBR IdeaCast
  (20min, 1.5x, Business Management & Growth)
  Topics from the Harvard Business Review publication. Topics range for HR, Investors, Effectiveness in the Workplace, to Talent and Recruiting.
• NPR: Stuff You Should Know (No longer recommended)
  (30min – 60min, 2x, Learning)
  They talk very slow and information density is low I certainly recommend speeding them up. Topics tend to very from simple to things you’ve never stop to think about. Good for passive listening.