Best podcasts to learn something?

[I Wroted]

I like to learn things.

What are the best podcasts to learn things?

I currently have:

- Stuff You Should Know

- Stuff To Blow Your Mind

- Freakonomics

- Brain Science (about the brain, not heard any yet though)

- Naked Scientists (not heard any yet though).

[Botfighter]

Naked Scientist is a good choice, every couple of weeks Dr Karl answers questions and he is a genius. He also has his own science phone in on Australian Radio Triple J. Just search Dr Karl in itunes and it should come up, he also has a weekly 5 minute podcast that talks about a random subject, very good. Oh and there's the Guide Tos, but they mainly just reinforce the idea that Karl is an idiot with a head like a fucking orange!

[Spuddy]

Karl Pilkington - The Guide's.

[I Wroted]

Nice one about Dr Karl, will look for that now.

Can't wait to move to Australia, thinking of getting a job for Triple J as I've heard so much good stuff!

[Willfully_Raspute]

Another one for Dr. Karl. I listen to his Triple J show and his BBC late night phone-in. Eccentric and entertaining as well as being as brainy as a man with two heads.

[kate_mckay]

Another Dr Karl vote from me. I listen to his BBC5Live phone-in, and the Naked Scientists one, though it's worth pointing out that there are two - "Dr Karl and the Naked Scientists" which is a couple of weeks of Dr Karl's show and then a week where the podcast is a segment from the full Naked Scientist one. Of course there's the full "The Naked Scientists Naked Science Podcast" too, which I prefer to the snippits on the BBC feed. They also do Naked Archaeology which is quite good if you like that sort of thing, though doesn't feature the most charismatic professors. Their Naked Cosmology one was awful because the professors were dull. Only listened to one or two though.

A comedy one that's okay for the odd bit of general knowledge and nonsense is "Answer Me This". A trio of students who are a bit posh answer whatever questions their listeners send in, by googling and then talking about it. It's good background chatter with the odd tidbit of interesting info.

For shorter podcasts with a sceptical science base, "Skeptoid" is one of many good ones.