laze.net - Select Favorite Podcast Episodes

Last updated: April 23, 2025
Originally posted: roughly August 23, 2018

I subscribe to many, many podcasts and have been listening to the format for 20+ years. I commuted 75 minutes each way for six years and listened to a lot and these days I tend to listen while I’m cooking or running. Though I’m not the best about noting my favorite episodes, here are some of my all-time favorite episodes.

(Some links may be outdated or not work for various reasons, but where I can I’ve tried to link where you can listen to the specific episode.)

All In The Mind: “Anauralia: what’s it like to have no inner monologue?” (Nov 16, 2024) [29 mins]
Artist in the Archive: “Episode 8: Thirty-one Cylinders” (Jan 28, 2019) [48 mins]
Audio Dharma: “The Buddha’s Last Days” (Nov 11, 2013) [41 min]
Backstory: “American Hoarders” (April 28, 2017) [40 min]
BackStory: “Skin Deep: Whiteness in America” (Jul 14, 2017) [54 mins]
Back to Work: “Episode 433: The Muscle of Worry” (Jul 2, 2019) [1h 8m]
Back to Work: “Episode 573: Shovels, Not Teaspoons” (Apr 12, 2022) [1h 15m]
Back to Work: “Episode 587: I’m a Map” (Aug 16, 2022) [1 min]
Back to Work: “Episode 593: One of the Eel Women” (Oct 11, 2022) [1h 31m]
Back to Work: “Episode 615: An Attractive Nuisance” (May 17, 2023) [1h 15m]
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: “Why MF DOOM’s ‘Operation: Doomsday’ is one of the greatest albums of all time” (Nov 22, 2024) [18 mins]
Colorado Matters: “DNC Email Leak, A Longtime Convention Goer, Dream Delivery Service, Cadet’s Olympic Hopes” (Jul 25, 2016) [48 mins]
The Dream Delivery Service is about a guy I worked with at the college radio station.
Catalyst Podcast: “Dynamically Linked Library (of Congress)” (Jan 16, 2018) [34 mins]
Catalyst Podcast: “How To Cope With Facebook…Or Not” (Apr 10, 2018) [28 mins]
Chrome Bills: “CB84: DJ Ragz, Has Your Leg Stopped Bleeding?” (May 18, 2015) [1 hr, 57 min]
My mellow, my man. Ragz hurts himself, but in the process shares stories I’d never heard before even after having known him for almost two decades.
Code Switch: “A Letter From Young Asian Americans, To Their Parents, About Black Lives Matter” (Jul 27, 2016) [23 min]
Code Switch: “Disrespect To Miss-Respect” (Nov 29, 2017) [27 mins]
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend: “Questlove” (Sep 4, 2023) [1h 20m]
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend: “I’m a Very Normal Person with Very Normal Hobbies” (Sep 26, 2024) [25 mins]
Conspirituality: “Brief: Reggae Muzak” (Feb 25, 2023) [25 mins]
Criminal: “On Fire” (Jun 4, 2021) [47 mins]
Data Skeptic: “deepjazz” (Apr 29, 2016) [29 min]
Dear Hank & John: “389: Dear Honk and Jane” (May 15, 2024) [44 mins]
Endless Thread: “Introducing On Point: The Internet Archive is in danger” (Feb 21, 2025) [32 mins]
Endless Thread: “Meet the Gen Zs archiving the Muzak of the Twin Towers” (Sep 8, 2023) [37 mins]
The Ezra Klein Show: “That Anxiety You’re Feeling? It’s a Habit You Can Unlearn.” (Apr 20, 2021) [1h 1m]
The Ezra Klein Show: “A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life” (Feb 25, 2022) [1h 14m]
The Ezra Klein Show: “Best Of: Ruth Ozeki’s Enchanted Relationship to Minds and Possessions” (Jul 29, 2022) [1h 1m]
The Ezra Klein Show: “How to Discover Your Own Taste” (Jan 9, 2024) [1h 4m]
The Ezra Klein Show: “The Deep Conflict Between Our Work and Parenting Ideals” (Mar 22, 2024) [1h 8m]
The Ezra Klein Show: “Burned Out? Start Here.” (January 7, 2025) [1h 8m]
The Ezra Klein Show: “Don’t Believe Him” (February 2, 2025) [15 mins]
Factually! with Adam Conover: “How Computers Took Over Our Lives with Laine Nooney” (Jul 26, 2023) [58 mins]
Failure To Launch: “Creating Rem Lazar” (Dec 23, 2019) [1h 22m]
Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers: “PATTON OSWALT Hated a Beach Read” (Mar 12, 2024) [1h 17m]
For Songs: “A Conversation with Ian Hunter” (May 10, 2024) [43 mins]
For Songs: “A Conversation with Kevin Adkins” (Jun 9, 2020) [35 mins]
For Songs: “Another Conversation with The Pug–Talking the Clash, Joe Strummer, Big Audio Dynamite & Much More!” (Apr 10, 2022) [39 mins]
FOUND: “Asian Oprah: The Grand Dream (S1E1)” (Jul 13, 2016) [52 min]
Genealogy Happy Hour: “Episode 25 - Archiving and Organizing Genealogical Records (feat. Margot Note)” (Jul 30, 2017) [33 mins]
The Good News Podcast: “Betty White’s Beers” (Jan 7, 2022) [3 mins]
Heavyweight: “#1 Buzz” (Sep 23, 2016) [44 min]
Hidden Brain: “Fear Less” (Mar 4, 2024) [56 mins]
Hidden Brain: “Happiness 2.0: The Path to Contentment” (Feb 6, 2023) [1 hr]
Hidden Brain: “Learning From Your Mistakes” (Jul 24, 2023) [53 mins]
Hidden Brain: “Why You Feel Empty” (Jun 10, 2024) [50 mins]
Hidden Brain: “You 2.0: Befriending Your Inner Voice” (Aug 1, 2022) [53 mins]
Hidden Brain: “You 2.0: Make the Good Times Last” (Aug 28, 2023) [52 mins]
How to Keep Time: “How to Keep Time: How to Waste Time” (Dec 4, 2023) [33 mins]
Hyperfixed: “Two Birds, One Hundred Stones” (February 27, 2025) [46 mins]
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It: “Episode 273 Released.” (Dec 30, 2023) [14 mins]
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It: “Episode 311 Released.” (Sep 30, 2024) [12 mins]
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It: “Episode 316 Released.” (Dec 31, 2024) [12 mins]
The Kitchen Sisters present Fugitive Waves: “18 – A Man Tapes his Town: The Unrelenting Oral Histories of Eddie McCoy” (Mar 24, 2015) [17 min]
The Kitchen Sisters: “The Free-Range Archivist: Jason Scott” (Oct 16, 2018) [8 mins]
The Last Laugh: “Joe Pera: ‘Slow & Steady’” (Jan 10, 2024) [45 mins]
The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast: “Roy Rules” (Aug 19, 2024) [47 mins]
The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast: “Ras Trent” (March 11, 2025) [53 mins]
Lore: “Episode 15: Unboxed” (Sep 21, 2015) [25 min]
Mahoning Drive-In Radio: “021 - Mahoning Drive-In Radio: Zombiefest, Ticketing, DJ Booth, Joe Bob and More” (Jun 3, 2021) [1h 4m]
Mahoning Drive-In Radio: “038 - Mahoning Drive-In Radio: Remembering Gene & Drive-In Memories” (Feb 9, 2022) [49 mins]
Mahoning Drive-In Radio: “Special Episode - Jeff Mattox: 1958-2024” (May 2, 2024) [24 mins]
Maintenance Phase: ““Soy Boys”” (Sep 12, 2023) [44 mins]
Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out: “80. Larry Wilmore: Putting It Out There” (Sep 5, 2022) [1h 4m]
The Mortified Podcast: “36 Tyler & Janelle: Love, America Online Style” (Oct 19, 2015) [22 min]
The Mortified Podcast: “54: Don’t F*ck with Emiko” (Mar 21, 2016) [20 min] Emiko co-founded the awesome Food Fight Grocery in Portland.
The Mortified Podcast: “108: The New Kid” (Sep 3, 2017) [24 mins]
The Moth Podcast: “Ep 312: Adam Fawer and Carlos Kotkin” (July 8, 2014?) [17 min]
The New Yorker: Poetry: “Peter Balakian Reads Theodore Roethke” (Mar 20, 2019) [34 mins]
Nice Try!: “Levittown/Concord Park: Utopia in Our Backyard” (Jun 13, 2019) [34 mins]
99% Invisible: “83- Heyoon” (July 2, 2013) [29 min]
99% Invisible: “175- The Sunshine Hotel” (Aug 4, 2015) [32 min]
99% Invisible: “226- On Average” (Aug 23, 2016) [20 min]
99% Invisible: “232- McMansion Hell” (Oct 8, 2016) [17 min]
99% Invisible: “265- The Pool and the Stream” (Jul 4, 2017) [33 min]
99% Invisible: “Sounds Natural” (Apr 18, 2017) [25 mins]
99% Invisible: “Mini-Stories: Volume 5” (Dec 18, 2018) [50 mins]
99% Invisible: “Uptown Squirrel” (Apr 30, 2019) [30 mins]
The OCD Stories: “Eric Kupers - The Dharma of OCD (Ep62)” (Mar 10, 2017) [1h 17m]
The OCD Stories: “Dr Josh Spitalnick: Health Anxiety, and living life well (#478)” (Mar 3, 2025) [1h 7m]
On Being with Krista Tippett: “Eckhart Tolle — The Power of Now” (Oct 8, 2009) [52 mins]
On Being: “Gordon Hempton — Silence and the Presence of Everything” (Dec 25, 2014) [51 min]
On Being: “Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age” (May 14, 2015) [51 min]
One of the most insightful interviews I’ve ever heard. Don’t miss the much longer unedited version as well.
On Being: “Krista Tippett — The Mystery and Art of Living” (May 5, 2016) [51 min]
On Being: “Anil Dash — Tech’s Moral Reckoning” (Jan 12, 2017) [51 min]
Anil’s done a lot of interviews, but this is his best.
On Being with Krista Tippett: “[Unedited] Maria Popova and Natalie Batalha with Krista Tippett” (Mar 29, 2018) [1h 6m]
On Being with Krista Tippett: “Pico Iyer — The Urgency of Slowing Down” (Nov 29, 2018) [51 mins]
On Being with Krista Tippett: “[Unedited] Katherine May with Krista Tippett” (Dec 9, 2021) [1h 21m]
On Being with Krista Tippett: “Nick Offerman — Working with Wood, and the Meaning of Life” (Feb 23, 2023) [1 hr]
The Origin Story Podcast: “Martin Kelley | Independent Filmmaker and Writer” (Oct 1, 2019) [2h 5m]
Out on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Podcast: “Golden Girls: S3E25 - Mother’s Day” (May 17, 2016) [54 mins]
Out on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Podcast: “Golden Girls: S5E16 - “Clinton Avenue Memoirs”” (Apr 11, 2017) [52 mins]
PreserveCast: “Re-release Ep. 24 Diners, Dueling Grounds, and Dives: Roadside Architecture and the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area with Aaron Marcavitch” (Jul 16, 2018) [32 mins]
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu: “Pastor Michael McBride Says Stop Reaching for Whiteness” (Jul 13, 2016) [46 min]
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu: “How Van Jones Keeps His Cool in the Cable News Circus” (Aug 3, 2016) [49 min]
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu: “Killer Mike of Run the Jewels on Allyship, Equity, and Apocalypse Preparation” (Jul 27, 2017) [1h 14m]
The Projection Booth Podcast: “Episode 513: A Buster Keaton Celebration” (Mar 31, 2021) [3h 12m]
Radio Diaries: “#18: Strange Fruit” (Aug 6, 2010) [11 min]
Radio Diaries: “The Last Civil War Widows” (Feb 13, 2017) [13 mins]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “Podcast #130 – How To Preserve 50 Years of Community Radio History” (Feb 21, 2018) [1h 17m]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “Hip-Hop Radio Archive” (Jun 5, 2018) [1h 9m]
The guy they interview is a dork.
Radio Survivor Podcast: “Podcast #152 – The Longest Running Hip-Hop Radio Show in The World?” (Jul 25, 2018) [58 mins]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “One Tape at a Time: Preserving Music Memories” (Aug 15, 2018) [58 mins]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “A Time Machine for All the Radio plus Shortwave” (Nov 20, 2018) [1h 24m]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “Podcast #299 – Cassettes for Art, Radio and Recording TV” (May 26, 2021) [1h 32m]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “Podcast #340 – College Radio History at Williams College” (Apr 30, 2024) [1h 52m]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “Solving the Mystery of Summer Camp Radio” (Jun 27, 2018) [1 hr]
Radio Survivor Podcast: “Volunteer Radio from Antarctica” (Jun 12, 2018) [58 mins]
Radiolab: “Aphantasia” (Jun 14, 2024) [34 mins]
Reply All: “#57 Milk Wanted” (Mar 9, 2016) [39 min]
Reply All: “#64-67 On the Inside (parts 1 2 3 4, plus follow-up)” (May 12-Jun 9, 2016) [2 hrs, 38 min, not including follow-up]
Reply All: “#102 and #103: Long Distance” (Jul 27 & Aug 3, 2017) [1 hr, 38 min]
Reply All: “#158 The Case of the Missing Hit” (Mar 5, 2020) [52 mins]
Reply All: “#186 The Contact List” (Apr 21, 2022) [39 mins]
Rough Translation: “The Congo We Listen To” (Aug 28, 2017) [41 mins]
Rough Translation: “American Surrogate” (Sep 4, 2017) [42 mins]
Sagittarian Matters: “Episode #271-WILL BETKE BRUNSWICK! Vegan food, Grief, Comics, Advice, and MORE. Plus- unsolicited vegan food review from Morgan!” (Mar 8, 2023) [1h 9m]
Science Vs: “The Real Anti-inflammatory Diet” (Dec 12, 2024) [39 mins]
Search Engine: “How do I find new music now that I’m old and irrelevant?” (Jul 14, 2023) [43 mins]
Search Engine: “How do you sit quietly in the middle of a storm?” (Nov 1, 2024) [1h 7m]
Shackles, Burlap, & Lies: “Episode 20 – Mark Witteveen” (Sep 9, 2020) [1h 16m]
Featuring an interview with a high school friend that used to drive me home from school in his green diesel station wagon.
The Silver Bullet Security Podcast with Gary McGraw: “Show 153: Gary McGraw discusses the evolution of software security, the BSIMM, the CISO report, and the future of IoT” (Dec 28, 2018) [37 mins]
Snap Judgement: “#304 – Sugar and Spice” (Apr 19, 2013) [53 min] Features my college buddy Natalie!
Song Exploder: “Episode 106: Michael Kiwanuka “Black Man in a White World”” (May 22, 2017) [22 min]
Sound School Podcast: “Small, Random, and Meaningful” (Feb 27, 2024) [50 mins]
Stagedive!: “Thao Nguyen” (May 11, 2012) [7 min]
Stuff You Should Know: “Nostalgia is not the most toxic impulse” (Mar 31, 2016) [40 min]
Stuff You Should Know: “What is exploding head syndrome?” (Jul 28, 2016) [40 min]
I have EHS. Boom!
Stuff You Should Know: “A Dry Look at Toilet Paper” (Jul 27, 2017) [56 min]
Supporting Characters: “Episode 10: Joseph A. Gervasi” (Jul 11, 2016) [2h 51m]
SW945: A Walk in Japan: “Marutanbo Roadside Diner” (May 18, 2021) [3 mins]
Take It Personal: “Take It Personal (Ep 6: Philly Hip-Hop Tribute)” (Feb 23, 2017) [2h 33m]
TED Radio Hour: “Future You” (Jun 16, 2023) [52 mins]
That Record Got Me High Podcast: “Archie Shepp ‘Fire Music’ with Mark Bingham” (Jul 1, 2023) [50 mins]
The Standard Deviant Security Podcast: “#12 – Jason Scott on the history and cultural significance of BBS’s” (Oct 19, 2015) [1 hr, 14 min]
Theoretically Speaking: “Episode 1- End of Knowledge” (Jul 24, 2015) [12 min]
This Day: “Rural Free Delivery (1896)” (Sep 29, 2022) [18 mins]
This is Actually Happening: “#43: What if you witnessed a thousand deaths?” (Feb 10, 2014) [30 min]
TLDR: “#14 – The Knowledge” (Feb 6, 2014) [13 min]
TLDR: “#29 – Olivia Taters, Robot Teenager” (Jun 18, 2014) [10 min]
Traceroute: “12. The World’s Strangest Librarian, Part 1” (Jul 13, 2023) [38 mins]
Track Changes: “The Silence of the Cams” (Jun 28, 2016) [38 min]
Tricycle Talks: “An Antidote to Despair with Emma Varvaloucas” (Mar 8, 2023) [42 mins]
Twenty Thousand Hertz: “The NBC Chimes: How three notes made history” (Oct 31, 2016) [13 min]
Twenty Thousand Hertz: “4'33”: John Cage’s revolutionary “silent” musical piece" (Jan 22, 2020) [9 mins]
Twenty Thousand Hertz: “All About That Bass: How pop became obsessed with the 808” (Feb 28, 2024) [30 mins]
Twenty Thousand Hertz: “Audio Descriptions: Not just for the visually impaired” (Feb 7, 2017) [13 mins]
Twenty Thousand Hertz: “Sound Firsts: Landmark recordings in history” (Aug 8, 2017) [28 mins]
Uncivil: “The Raid” (Oct 4, 2017) [26 mins]
Uncivil: “The Spin” (Nov 8, 2017) [31 mins]
Uncivil: “The Paper” (Dec 6, 2017) [26 mins]
The Unmade Podcast: “Special: The Inaugural Bean Dish Quiz” (Apr 16, 2020) [1h 7m]
The Unmade Podcast: “48: Exceedingly Fortunate” (Jun 10, 2020) [59 mins]
The Unmade Podcast: “Wholesome: The Big Rocking Horse” (Jun 8, 2021) [1h 10m]
The Unmade Podcast: “86: Oblivion” (Jun 13, 2021) [1h 7m]
The Unmade Podcast: “94: That’s Not My Baby” (Sep 20, 2021) [53 mins]
The Unmade Podcast: “124: Do Kangaroos Go To Heaven?” (Feb 22, 2023) [58 mins]
Versify - Poetry and English Literature: “Theodore Roethke” (Jun 28, 2021) [1h 26m]
Wild Heart Meditation Center: “Overview of the Brahmaviharas (Heart Practices)” (Oct 4, 2023) [46 mins]
Wild Heart Meditation Center: “Radical Acceptance” (Nov 22, 2023) [32 mins]
Wild Heart Meditation Center: “The Parami of Equanimity” (Oct 23, 2024) [39 mins]
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast: “Episode 733 – Werner Herzog” (Aug 15, 2016) [1 hr 39m, Herzog’s portion a part of it]
You’re Wrong About: “The “Ebonics” Controversy” (Apr 4, 2019) [1h 1m]
You’re Wrong About: “Homelessness” (May 16, 2019) [1h 9m]
You’re Wrong About: “Cancel Culture” (Jun 7, 2021) [1h 21m]
You’re Wrong About: “Bonus: Groundhog Day with Josh Gondelman” (Mar 7, 2022) [1h 3m]
You’re Wrong About: “What Even Is Justice? with Amanda Knox” (Mar 28, 2023) [1h 4m]
The Zen Studies Podcast: “Buddha’s Teachings 7: The Four Brahmaviharas, or Sublime Social Attitudes - Part 1” (Jun 18, 2018) [28 mins]
The Zen Studies Podcast: “A Buddhist Approach to Practicing with Fear” (Mar 15, 2020) [1 min]
The Zen Studies Podcast: 253 - Practice is How You Live Each and Every Moment (Part 1 and Part 2) (Nov 15/25, 2023) [31/36 mins]