Podcasts not about Tech News

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• Freakonomics Radio
• In Our Time
• IRL Talk
• Planet Money
• Stuff you Missed in History Class
• Technical Difficulties
• The Incomparable
• This American Life
• CMD Space
• Radiolab
• Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me
• Fresh Air
• TED Radio Hour
• Stuff You Should Know
• The Nerdist
• Car Talk
• Dave Ramsey
• How to Do Anything
• 99% Invisible
• Pragmatic
• Roderick on the Line
• Hardcore History
• The Moth
• The Splendid Table
• Unprofessional
• The Flop House
• Back to Work
• Song Exploder
• Thank you for Calling
• The Memory Palace
• Middle East Week
• The Dinner Party Download
• Giant Size
• Electric Shadow
• The Ihnatko Almanac
• TLDR
• On The Media
• Philosophy Bites
• Drama of the Week
• You Are Not So Smart
• Snap Judgement
• Ask me Another
• The Optical
• Turning this Car Around
• Dad's Being Dads

I'd add Stuff You Should Know.

UPDATE: I can't read. Carry on!

@_DavidSmith Not sure about “accessible” but @roderickon is required podcast listening… https://twitter.com/jxpx777/status/464435351277158400

@_DavidSmith Hardcore History https://twitter.com/reefkeeper/status/464435458030596097

I'd Add "The Moth" & "The Splendid Table"

@_DavidSmith Unprofessional https://twitter.com/OndrejMirtes/status/464435708770676736

Is The Flophouse "accessible"? One of my favorites.

Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh
The current series about World War 1 is fantastic.

@_DavidSmith No Back to Work? Also, Here’s the Thing was great when it started but now it seems to be stagnated and playing reruns… https://twitter.com/jxpx777/status/464436051725910018

Nice list! Here are two of my favorite podcasts:

• Song Exploder: "A podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made."
• Hardcore History: Don't miss "Death Throes of the Republic"

edit: @ole Nice :)

@_DavidSmith Thank You For Calling should probably be in that list. /cc @moiseschiu https://twitter.com/jxpx777/status/464435674574110721

@_DavidSmith Would love if you’d add my show Middle East Week http://t.co/CvLF3Kuc3F for people interested in important topics in MidEast https://twitter.com/KarlMorand/status/464436260061208576

cough ahem cough

Too bad those guys retired it. ;)

@_DavidSmith I'd add The Memory Palace https://twitter.com/andysz/status/464437725488492545

@_DavidSmith check out http://t.co/HLnqLnah8k it has a good list. https://twitter.com/JohnNoonan/status/464439111109980160

The Dinner Party Download
Giant Size
Electric Shadow
Thank You For Calling
Ihnatko Almanac

Nice! I enjoy many of those, and see a few new ones I'll have to try, thanks!
Here a few others I like:

• The Moth
• TLDR
• On The Media
• Philosophy Bites
• Drama of the Week
• You Are Not So Smart
• Snap Judgment

@_DavidSmith Ask Me Another http://t.co/Swgi3eeVib https://twitter.com/hokiewalrus/status/464439833281040384

@_DavidSmith Unsure if @opticalpodcast meets your criteria, but if you like movies and special effects, I highly recommend it! https://twitter.com/palimondo/status/464440664651202560

I also recommend The Word Nerds for both native and non-native English speakers. It is “A podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do.”

Itʼs been dead for a long time but the old episodes are still there and I remember that it was one of my favorite podcasts back in the day.

I really dig "Philosophize This!". http://www.philosophizethis.org/

At present, it's the only podcast I listen to every week. Nice, friendly, terrific coverage of philosophy and philosophers starting from the pre-socrates and going in order through time.

I have other subscriptions, but most are tech or news related and I get that coverage elsewhere; "Philosophize This!" has a plan that keeps each episode interesting.

Not completely sure what you mean by accessible, but here are some of my favorite non-tech podcasts.

Backstory: http://backstoryradio.org/
Filmspotting: http://www.filmspotting.net/
The Flophouse: http://flophousepodcast.com/
Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh
Pediacast: http://www.pediacast.org/

Some of these were mentioned in the comments above but still wanted to give them their due. And show how cool I am for listening to them.

Edit: Added links so people didn't have to hunt for them to find out more info.

I'm not a parent, but I hear great things about Turning This Car Around.

@_DavidSmith @TenMinPod is great https://twitter.com/_kyle_fox/status/464445733308219392

What about the Erasable Podcast? It's about wooden pencils.

(Bias warning: I'm one of the co-hosts.)

My favorite non-tech podcast is Sound Opinions, it's a great source for new music and interesting interviews with artists.

Stuff You Should Know.

And also, Above & Beyond.

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is always a joy. Great mix of interviews with musicians, authors, actors and more.

Leftfielding. (Feed.)

Turning This Car Around. A really funny podcast with Jon Armstrong, Lex Friedman and John Moltz. I think they talk about parenting. Sometimes.