I've got some! You've got some! Let's share these recommendations for ALL AND SUNDRY to see! Here's what I gave at least an 8/10 to!
Beef & Dairy Network presents a world where the goings-on of the beef and dairy industry is the ONLY part of society that anybody cares about; it starts at Surreal and just gradually goes further and further afield as it goes on.
Bonanas for Bonanza a Bonanza rewatch podcast starring recurring Comedy Bang Bang guest, Cowboy poet and Monster Hunter, Dalton Wilcox (and also Matt Gourley and Maria Bamford)
Comedy Bang Bang long running improv comedy show with the trappings of a talk show, Scott veres wildly between being the straight man and the least professional talk show host possible
Dungeons & Daddies is one of several Actual Play DnD podcasts I listen to, and what I would deem... Third Best (more of praise for the other two than judgement of this one); it's about a team of Dads from our world accidentally pulled into the Forgotten Realms to track down their missing kids; like a reverse on the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. The DM is the guy who wrote Borderlands 2.
Goosebuds is a review and summary of every book in the Goosebumps library; has some real Flophouse energy, just without anyone casually bullying any of the hosts. Has a lot of Special Episodes where they instead review other Scholastic Book series, or do a Live Reading of a Choose Your Own Adventure book
Hello from the Magic Tavern is another pretty popular one I don't feel I need to summarize, a guy form Chicago winds up accidentally sent to the magical land of Foon, where he befriends a talking badger and a wizard and is tasked with defeating the Dark Lord, a goal nobody has ever made any particular leeway with in 5 years.
Jordan, Jesse, Go! is one of the shows I'm always downright excited to see pop up with a new episode; kind of hard to summarize... "Interview Show" doesn't feel completely disingenuous to say, so we'll go with that. It's buoyed more than anything by the fact that Jordan and Jesse have a natural chemistry together that few other podcasts can match; even actual married couples don't seem to enjoy spending time together on mike as much as them.
Mission to Zyxx I've spoken about at length on the Old Forum, and is easily one of my favorite podcasts ever; it's not completely dissimilar to Magic Tavern, just with a sci-fi bend, a much broader cast, actual plot advancement, and*unbelievable* sound editing (there have been multiple episodes where my jaw fell open in astonishment at what Shane O'Connel manages to do).
My Brother, My Brother and Me is the reason I started listening to Podcasts with regularity.
Not Another D&D Podcast, despite the title, is pretty similar to most DnD pocasts I've listened to. Being a story about a new generation of heroes who step in after the last bunch kiiiinda flubbed saving the world isn't super common, I'll grant you. but it's carried on how good the cast is. Takes a little while to find its footing, but after that it's all smooth sailing and a lot of fun.
Qwerpline is one of several examples of Radio Show From A Weird Town that I listen to, and while it's the one that updates the least, it's also the one I like the most. Also, unlike the other ones I subscribe to, it never tries to dip its toes into Horror or Drama, it's just A Weird Town and the radio hosts are over it.
Round Springfield is a Simpsons-adjacent podcast where hosts Allie Goertz and Julia Presscot talk to people who worked on the Simpsons about everything *else* they did.
Rude Tales of Magic is far and away my favorite of the DnD podcasts I listen to; Branson Reese injects absolutely everything with an infectious lunatic energy that is *completely* impossible to predict from moment to moment, and the rest of the party is just expected to match if not exceed him in it. Show is just Raw Enthusiasm pouring into your ears; like a bunch of puppies with D20s
Story Break is a fun one; three Actual TV and Movie Writers give themselves one hour to make a pitch for a movie, based on prompts from listeners or else just whatever dumb thing popped into their mind at the time. Worth it if only for when Freddie goes off on a weird tangent and makes his own movie independent of whatever everyone else is talking about.
The Flophouse is another long-runner that I don't need to explain. It's possibly the original Bad Movie podcast.
The Neighborhood Listen is an extremely charming show that kind of exists as a weird intersection between MBMBaM and one of those Radio From A Weird Town shows; Paul F Thompkins and Nicole Parker read and react to actual postings from the Neighborhood App (called Neighborhapp, so nobody gets sued), in the context of them living in the same town that they all come from. Quite probably my favorite show on Earwolf
Troubled Waters is perhaps best described as a podcast version of Whose Line is it Anyway, where comedians and writers have to compete against one another in contests Dave Holmes and his writing staff makes up for the coveted Rite to Be Right in any opinion they have.
We Got This I've heard described before as Dad Reddit, and it works well as a description; Mark and Hal debate Which is Best of subjects listeners submit to them. They frequently focus on subjects I care little or nothing for, but even still, I keep listening as they are perhaps the only hosts of anything that can outperform Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn in terms of on-air chemistry.
Welcome to Nightvale is another long-runner, and possibly the originator of the Weird Town News show; I love it when it tries to be funny, I'm bored silly when it tries to be spooky, and the less it tries to be Dramatic, the better
Wolf 359 is kind of a reverse Nightvale, in that it's really good at Spooky and Dramatic, and not so much at comedy. I binged season 1 and have just started season 2.
Wonderful has Griffin and Rachel McElroy talking about Thigns They Like, and what they've learned about Things They Like; also they're both tlaking really low so as not to wake their child so the show has a very soft and gentle vibe.
Beef & Dairy Network presents a world where the goings-on of the beef and dairy industry is the ONLY part of society that anybody cares about; it starts at Surreal and just gradually goes further and further afield as it goes on.
Bonanas for Bonanza a Bonanza rewatch podcast starring recurring Comedy Bang Bang guest, Cowboy poet and Monster Hunter, Dalton Wilcox (and also Matt Gourley and Maria Bamford)
Comedy Bang Bang long running improv comedy show with the trappings of a talk show, Scott veres wildly between being the straight man and the least professional talk show host possible
Dungeons & Daddies is one of several Actual Play DnD podcasts I listen to, and what I would deem... Third Best (more of praise for the other two than judgement of this one); it's about a team of Dads from our world accidentally pulled into the Forgotten Realms to track down their missing kids; like a reverse on the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. The DM is the guy who wrote Borderlands 2.
Goosebuds is a review and summary of every book in the Goosebumps library; has some real Flophouse energy, just without anyone casually bullying any of the hosts. Has a lot of Special Episodes where they instead review other Scholastic Book series, or do a Live Reading of a Choose Your Own Adventure book
Hello from the Magic Tavern is another pretty popular one I don't feel I need to summarize, a guy form Chicago winds up accidentally sent to the magical land of Foon, where he befriends a talking badger and a wizard and is tasked with defeating the Dark Lord, a goal nobody has ever made any particular leeway with in 5 years.
Jordan, Jesse, Go! is one of the shows I'm always downright excited to see pop up with a new episode; kind of hard to summarize... "Interview Show" doesn't feel completely disingenuous to say, so we'll go with that. It's buoyed more than anything by the fact that Jordan and Jesse have a natural chemistry together that few other podcasts can match; even actual married couples don't seem to enjoy spending time together on mike as much as them.
Mission to Zyxx I've spoken about at length on the Old Forum, and is easily one of my favorite podcasts ever; it's not completely dissimilar to Magic Tavern, just with a sci-fi bend, a much broader cast, actual plot advancement, and*unbelievable* sound editing (there have been multiple episodes where my jaw fell open in astonishment at what Shane O'Connel manages to do).
My Brother, My Brother and Me is the reason I started listening to Podcasts with regularity.
Not Another D&D Podcast, despite the title, is pretty similar to most DnD pocasts I've listened to. Being a story about a new generation of heroes who step in after the last bunch kiiiinda flubbed saving the world isn't super common, I'll grant you. but it's carried on how good the cast is. Takes a little while to find its footing, but after that it's all smooth sailing and a lot of fun.
Qwerpline is one of several examples of Radio Show From A Weird Town that I listen to, and while it's the one that updates the least, it's also the one I like the most. Also, unlike the other ones I subscribe to, it never tries to dip its toes into Horror or Drama, it's just A Weird Town and the radio hosts are over it.
Round Springfield is a Simpsons-adjacent podcast where hosts Allie Goertz and Julia Presscot talk to people who worked on the Simpsons about everything *else* they did.
Rude Tales of Magic is far and away my favorite of the DnD podcasts I listen to; Branson Reese injects absolutely everything with an infectious lunatic energy that is *completely* impossible to predict from moment to moment, and the rest of the party is just expected to match if not exceed him in it. Show is just Raw Enthusiasm pouring into your ears; like a bunch of puppies with D20s
Story Break is a fun one; three Actual TV and Movie Writers give themselves one hour to make a pitch for a movie, based on prompts from listeners or else just whatever dumb thing popped into their mind at the time. Worth it if only for when Freddie goes off on a weird tangent and makes his own movie independent of whatever everyone else is talking about.
The Flophouse is another long-runner that I don't need to explain. It's possibly the original Bad Movie podcast.
The Neighborhood Listen is an extremely charming show that kind of exists as a weird intersection between MBMBaM and one of those Radio From A Weird Town shows; Paul F Thompkins and Nicole Parker read and react to actual postings from the Neighborhood App (called Neighborhapp, so nobody gets sued), in the context of them living in the same town that they all come from. Quite probably my favorite show on Earwolf
Troubled Waters is perhaps best described as a podcast version of Whose Line is it Anyway, where comedians and writers have to compete against one another in contests Dave Holmes and his writing staff makes up for the coveted Rite to Be Right in any opinion they have.
We Got This I've heard described before as Dad Reddit, and it works well as a description; Mark and Hal debate Which is Best of subjects listeners submit to them. They frequently focus on subjects I care little or nothing for, but even still, I keep listening as they are perhaps the only hosts of anything that can outperform Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn in terms of on-air chemistry.
Welcome to Nightvale is another long-runner, and possibly the originator of the Weird Town News show; I love it when it tries to be funny, I'm bored silly when it tries to be spooky, and the less it tries to be Dramatic, the better
Wolf 359 is kind of a reverse Nightvale, in that it's really good at Spooky and Dramatic, and not so much at comedy. I binged season 1 and have just started season 2.
Wonderful has Griffin and Rachel McElroy talking about Thigns They Like, and what they've learned about Things They Like; also they're both tlaking really low so as not to wake their child so the show has a very soft and gentle vibe.
