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Podcasts on Podio

No need to be an academic genius! We’ve simply sourced the best podcasts for learning about things you never knew before.

Armchair Expert

This podcast is hosted by Dax Shepard who loves talking to people. He’s endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human and finds people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. You will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment.

Stuff You Should Know

This podcast is extremely popular around the world and with good reason. If you’ve ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Just don’t expect all of that in one episode!

99% Invisible

Design is all around us, and they say the best design goes unnoticed. “99% Invisible” points it out to us in the best possible style. It’s one of our favorites for the simple reason it makes a subject we wouldn’t usually think about totally fascinating, and that is the mark of an excellent podcast.

You Are Not So Smart

Surely self-delusion is the biggest block to learning and this podcast will cut straight through all of that! The show is about psychology and life in general and we guarantee it’s always a great listen.

50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

This enlightening series from the BBC will teach you things you didn’t know about things you didn’t even know about! Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.

Teach Me A Lesson

Teach Me A Lesson celebrates teachers and learning in a brilliant way.  Each episode sees husband and wife Greg James and Bella Mackie tackle a subject with the help of an expert teacher.  This podcast manages to be as entertaining as it is informative and it’s become one of our favorites in any subject matter.