I've added the following podcasts to my interminable 35 minute one way commute, listening at 1.5x speed:
Tim Ferriss Show
-Hit or miss. I give it 10 minutes and if it's inapplicable I delete and skip. Silicon Valley tech oriented 'hacks' to optimize life. Usually the techniques are too cluttered: drink yerba mate at x time, do a myotactic crunch at y time, you have 27 pounds of weight loss in 4 weeks. When he interviews successful people is when it's time to listen.
ChooseFI:
-Lots of prose as mentioned in other threads, a little bit too florid and hackneyed phrases such as 'levers', 'pillars', 'gauntlets', 'unpacking' can test the limits of attention, but what other options are there? Again as above, the guests provide the most useful content, they are interviewers, and the sooner they realize that and trim down speech it will improve. Glad to see people in this FI space doing it though, good on them.
Revisionist History:
-need useless facts presented in an interesting fashion? Malcolm gladwell is your man, and has always been your man, to calculate the tax benefits vs square footage of the brentwood country club.
Wait wait don't tell me, NPR news quiz show:
-I'm on the low information diet as per Tim Ferriss' four hour work week, but I listen to this show for a weekly blurb on headline and other silly news presented in a fun, palatable, game show fashion, with a witty host, comedian contestants, and a famous guest on every week.
The Moth radio hour:
-story time! My favoritest or second favoritest. Weekly story telling hours across the country, the best are culled into this collection, and they have a theme chosen beforehand: theft, love, etc. I'm so happy I found this, it keeps the story-telling tradition alive, and since they've only picked the best ones, be prepared to have your emotions manipulated and laugh out loud, smile broadly, wipe tears from your face, or beat your chest, all while driving.
MadFientist:
-an FI OG
BiggerPockets:
-financial freedom through real estate investing, two hosts interview those that have ALREADY become successful in real estate. Don't take advice from people with less than you, or who haven't done it themselves. Duh, right?
Radiolab:
-see revisionist history, above
Dan Carlin's Hardcore history:
-I have most of the episodes, and am waiting for an epic cross-country commute to get into it. History is so interesting, and especially the way he presents it, it's clear that he has a commanding grasp, and expounds on details and minutiae not to the detriment of history, but as interesting facets. 35 minutes is too short and I always feel regret leaving the car, wanting to hear more.