I got into podcasts early enough that I would burn CDs of the shows I listened to to play on my Discman. I remember finding another person who listened to ANY podcast was exciting. Like they knew the secret handshake. 

Today, everybody knows the handshake and there has never been a better time for listening to folks get way too excited about grizzly serial murder! Truly a gilded age.

Now, this may come as a surprise to you, but it is entirely possible to listen to 60+ hours of podcasts a week with nary a horrible psycho-sexual murder case among them! It is the breadth of subject matter (as well as the range in production quality) that makes the medium so interesting. Whatever the hell you’re into there’s probably 7 or 8 podcasts you can sample and a small but dedicated community somewhere on the internet arguing about which is best.

I listen to comedy podcasts, talk shows, video games coverage, anime discussion, deep dives into old tv shows and anime, film criticism, history, documentaries, futurism, daily journals, star trek fan shows, video game music podcasts, news, politics, economics and whatever “The Memory Palace” is (It’s good. Give it a listen). Every few months I troll through the pocket casts listings and subscribe to bunch of shows to sample and usually stick with a couple.

One sub-genre I’m interested in but haven’t dived into yet in is the “actual play” podcast. Podcasts of people playing some form of table-top role-playing game. It seems that this has become all the rage. Something called “Critical Role” is able to raise millions of dollars on kickstarters and my Twitter and YouTube feeds filled with cosplays of the characters. They look fun.

I’m going to start listening to “Friends At The Table” and see if that tickles my fancy. It advertises itself “…an Actual Play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends”. Sounds pretty good so far. This season their setting apparently has Mechs in it and so, between my love of Austin Walker (who hosts) and giant robots, I think if there is a show that can get me into this area of podcasting, it’s this one. I’ll let you know how it goes.

For the interested I’m attaching this link to the podcasts I currently subscribe to. I’m always looking for more ambient music podcasts too so if you know of one I’m not subscribed to? “Holla at Ya Boy”

Podcast Subscriptions as of Jan 21, 2020

Currently Playing: Monster Hunter World OST