Culture: - The Slate Culture Gabfest - probably the most consistently fun podcast on my list. It's like sitting down at a table with your smartest friends

Culture: - The Slate Culture Gabfest - probably the most consistently fun podcast on my list. It's like sitting down at a table with your smartest friends from grad school to talk about movies, books, and music. The endorsements at the end are always good - Switched on Pop - If Books Could Kill News/Current Events: - Slate Political Gabfest - Slate Money - CBC World Report - NPR Up First History: - Well, There's Your Problem - "a podcast about engineering disasters... with slides" - The History of Rome - Revolutions - We're Not So Different - The Fall of Civilizations