Podcasts to check out!

If you are looking for some new podcasts to listen to, I compiled an amazing list based on what people recommended on my Facebook page! Their suggestions were so awesome that I wanted to put it together for everyone! A lot of these are not meant for kids – and by a lot, I mean most of them – the topics range from murder, more murder, creepy stuff, fashion, sports and lots of other interesting topics. And don’t forget the true crime – aka, more murder. There really are a lot of podcasts about that, but somehow it really works in that format.

So grab a coffee or tea and read through the list!

Podcasts can be a great distraction – you can listen to them while working out, walking, baking  – even in the tub 🙂

• Giving up the Ghost is a Winnipeg based podcast – they talk about the dark side of local history, Urban legends and their haunting origins as well as everything that goes bump in the night.
• After the Buzzer – Sports podcast
• LeVar Burton reads – all kinds of short fiction read to you by LeVar Burton from Reading Rainbow.
• Lore – about the frightening truth behind folkore.
• Cabinet of Curiosities – From the creator of Lore – it’s a bite-sized storytelling experience. Short tales that take listeners on a guided tour of the unbelievable, the unsettling, and the bizarre.
• Coast to Coast Am – about the Paranormal and Conspiracy Theories.
• Dark Poutine – About notorious Canadian crimes, dark history and other creepy topics as told by real-live Canadians
• Vinyl Cafe – stories and misadventures of Dave, the owner of the “Vinyl Cafe”, the world’s smallest record store
• Potterless – Harry Potter podcast about a grown man reading the series for the first time. He analyzes the books and pokes fun at plot holes with HP experts.
• Armchair Expert – Dax Shepard and Emmy-nominated Monica Padman interviewing celebrities as well as journalists and academics about “the messiness of being human.
• My Favorite Murder – true crime comedy podcast
• That’s How I Heard it – Mike Rowe with short mysteries
• History Chicks – Female characters in history
• Ear Hustle – daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration
• Under the Influence – It’s not a show about advertising, it’s a show about life through the lens of advertising.
• Crime Beat – covers some of Canada’s most high profile crimes.
• Stuff you Should Know – title pretty much says it all – big variety of topics.
• Freakonomics – tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do)
• Mad About Movies – go-to podcast for all things cinema
• Five Angry Men – Another podcast about movies by white guys. We put movies on trial, to decide if they are guilty,innocent or if there will be a hung jury. – their description, not mine 😉
• Science Vs – takes on fads, trends and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not and what’s somewhere in between.
• Hunting Warhead – follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet.
• Witchpolice Radio – Winnipeg Music talk radio show
• Mafia – Journey into the underworld of American organized crime and the stories behind the rise and fall of the most notorious mobsters in history.
• CrimeTown – looks at how organized crime has shaped particular American cities.
• Trailer Park Boys – Join Ricky, Julian and Bubbles for the most outrageous comedy podcast on the world pipe!
• The Dollop – Each episode centers around an event or person from history selected for its humorousness or peculiarity.
• Frugal Friends – money saving advice and tips
• The Minimalists – living a meaningful life with less stuff
• Crime Junkie – True Crime
• Morbid – True Crime and spooky stuff
• Sword and Scale – explores nonfiction stories of true crime
• Ologies – interviewing people with ology jobs
• Rise Together – sex, parenting and more.
• Unruffled – parenting
• The Debaters – comedians go toe-to-toe in a battle of laughs and logic
• You must remember this – old hollywood stories
• The Try Pod – from the Try Guys
• Death in the Afternoon – dispel myths about death and dead bodies, dive into history and dark tales you’ve never heard before
• Conan needs a friend – Conan O’Brien
• Welcome to Nightvale – presented as a radio show for the fictional town of Night Vale, reporting on the strange events that occur within it
• Life is Short – Justin Long peeks inside the heads of real people to learn how they find meaning in life
• Watch what crappens – Bravo recaps, gossip and shadiness – they dissect nearly every detail of every show that airs on Bravo.
• Beaver Does Movies – Join James Beaver and a guest as they watch the silly, the weird and the bizarre of movies.
• Unsolved Murders – True Crime
• Tales – the twists and turns of the dark origins of your favorite pieces of folklore
• The Dropout – chronicles the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company Theranos
• A Slob Comes Clean – cleaning and organizing strategies and tips
• Sawbones – tour of misguided medicine as they discuss the weird, gross, and sometimes downright dangerous ways we tried to solve our medical woes through the ages.
• This Podcast will kill you – epidemics, weird medical mysteries and more!
• Dressed – History of Fashion
• Dr. Death – is about a medical system that failed to protect these patients at every possible turn.
• Serial – investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, narrating a nonfiction story over multiple episodes
• Oh No Podcast – investigative journalism – spirituality, fringe science, religion etc.
• Nerdette – A safe space for nerding out about all the things you’re watching, reading, listening to and encountering in real life