I've pondered writing this blog post for a while now but couldn't convince myself of the value in it...until yesterday. I had a conversation with someone on Facebook about the podcasts we listen to, and we exchanged podcast lists. Our lists differed like night and day.

That's when I realised, that by sharing my list, I can also help new podcast listeners find cool podcasts to listen to, and get other people to share their lists with me. 

I'm currently subscribed to about 25 channels. I won't list them all. But here are my favourites:

Top 12 podcasts

1. 99% Invisible

• What: A podcast about design and architecture. Brilliant storytelling! Every episode is interesting.
• Host: Roman Mars. His voice...! And he's an amazing host.
• Episodes: Once a week. No longer than 30mins. Generally 20mins if you skip the ads. 
• Website: https://99percentinvisible.org/

2. Smart Drug Smarts

• What: A podcast about neuroscience & nootropics. Focussed on bio-hacking and self-experimentation.
• Host: Jesse Lawler. He speaks fast. Took me a while to get used to. Now I love the pace. 
• Episodes: Once a week. Between 35 - 60mins. 
• Website: https://smartdrugsmarts.com/

3. How I Built This

• What: This podcast tells the stories behind some of the world's best known companies by interviewing the founders and quizzing them about how they did it. 
• Host: Guy Raz. He is a good interviewer and a host of numerous podcasts.
• Episodes: No consistent release schedule. Between 4 - 6 a month. Episodes are between 35 - 50mins.
• Website: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this

4. People Fixing The World

• What: Interviewing people with brilliant solutions to the world’s problems (healthcare, water, nutrition, education, toilets...name it.). I listen to it as soon as it's released. Big fan!
• Host: Multiple hosts - depending on the story. 
• Episodes: Once a week. Episodes are generally 20mins long, with very few ads, if any. 
• Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04grdbc/episodes/downloads

5. Found My FItness

• What: A podcast on aging, brain health, physical performance, nutrition, etc. Like SmartDrugSmarts, it's focussed on bio-hacking and self-experimentation...but this one is more science-y. So gooood!
• Host: Dr. Rhonda Patrick. #girlcrush She has a Ph.D. in biomedical science and knows her stuff. 
• Episodes: Anything from 20 - 100 mins, topic depending. 
• Website: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/

6. The Kevin Rose Show

• What: Kevin interviews authors, technologists, scientists, meditators, self-experimenters, and productivity hackers to explore how to reach peak personal and professional performance while living a minimal and balanced life.
• Host: Kevin Rose. He built  DIGG,  ZERO and OAK. And is also an investor in some notable stratups
• Episodes: 1 - 3 episodes per month, between 50 - 70 mins per episode.
• Website: https://www.kevinrose.com/

7. Bulletproof Radio

• What: A podcast about self-optimisation, bio-hacking and on how-to-live-longer. Some of the episodes can be a bit airy for me.
• Host: Dave Asprey, a master bio-hacker.
• Episodes: 5 - 7 podcasts per month.
• Website: https://blog.bulletproof.com/category/podcasts/

8. The Tim Ferris Show

• What: He interviews world-class performers (investing, sports, business, etc.) to extract the tactics, tools, and routines, incl favourite books, morning routines, exercise habits, time-management tricks etc
• Host: Tim Ferris, author, self-optimisation-specialist
• Episodes: Tip: Skip the first 6 mins of every podcast (just ads). Weekly episodes, of anything between 35 - 100 minutes per episode. 
• Website: https://tim.blog/podcast/

9. Becoming Superhuman

• What: The show interviews extraordinary people to unpack the skills and strategies to overcome the impossible.
• Host: Jonathan Levi.
• Episodes: Weekly episodes, between 35 - 50 mins each.
• Website: https://becomingasuperhuman.com/podcast/

10. Masters of Scale

• What: This podcasts shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion. 
• Host: Reid Hoffman, founder LinkedIn. And startup investor. Smart guy.
• Episodes: 2 - 3 podcasts per month, between 30 - 50 mins each.
• Website: https://mastersofscale.com/

11. Radiolab

• What: A lil bit about everything - science, philosophy, and human experience. 
• Host: Jad Abumrad. Superb host! Very much like Roman Mars. What makes him and Roman mars different, is that they're not promoting themselves at all. 
• Episodes: Weekly episodes
• Website: http://www.radiolab.org/

12. The Innovators

• What: A South African podcast! Tom interviews local entrepreneurs about their stories, an their tools, tips and tricks.
• Host: Tom Kennedy. South African entrepreneur.
• Episodes: 1 - 3 podcasts per month, averaging an hour per episode.
• Website: https://www.theinnovators.co/

Here are some of the other podcasts on my app which I don't listen to regularly. They sometimes have interesting episodes - so I keep them on.

• TED Radio Hour
• Freakonomics Radio
• Stuff You Should Know
• Waking Up with Sam Harris
• The Mind Body Green Podcast
• Endurance Junkie
• Get Rich, Quick (South African podcast)
• Social Media Marketing
• The Growth Hacking
• The SaaS Podcast
• The Jordan B Peterson Podcast
• The Joe Rogan Experience
• The Chase Jarvis Live Show
• The Minimalists