It's that time of the year again. The Economist has released their best podcasts of 2024 list - https://archive.ph/Bh2Y0#selection-977.4-977.25<p>Personal favorites:<p>Conversations with Tyler - Tobi Lütke on Creating Shopify for Americans as a German in Canada (Ep. 221). I found Tobi's viewpoint as a European who has set up a business in North America to be particularly interesting and unique.<p>The Rest is Politics - Trump Returns: What Now? I was not pleased by the result but this podcast helped me process it and understand some of the reasoning behind it.<p>The Social Radars - Dan Siroker. First time coming across the Optimizely story and found it a fascinating one.<p>What's on your list?
The best podcast of 2024 ran from 2007 to 2012<p><a href="https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2007/07/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/200...</a><p>I listened to all 179 episodes of the History of Rome podcast.<p>From a simpler time before advertising.<p><i>179- The End
The history of The History of Rome...Why the Western Empire Fell when it did...Some thoughts on the future...Thank you, goodnight.</i><p><i>178- Not With A Bang But A Whimper
In the last few years of the Western Empire a series of Emperors came and went. The cycle finally ended in 476 with the exile of Romulus Augustulus.</i><p><i>177- The Burning Ships
In 468 the two halves of the Empire combined forces to dislodge the Vandals from North Africa.They failed spectacularly.</i>
Fall of Civilization is my favorite each year. They only released one (very long) episode in 2024. Each episode is pretty dense, and I end up listening to each one a few times. Can't recommend it enough.
I have really enjoyed a new one that has popped up.<p>Unbiased by jordanismylawyer<p>She gives a rundown of a days events, gives context, and legal analysis
I have no idea when these podcasts began, but currently listening to:<p>Hard Fork by the NYT<p>Robert Wright's NonZero<p>The Lovecraft Investigations<p>Within the Wires<p>Ctrl Alt Azure<p>Animal Spirits<p>Effectively Wild<p>The Changelog
Tides of History is probably the best history podcast I've ever listened to. Instead of a sequential retelling of events it focuses much more on cause and effects and presents a holistic analysis of archaeological findings, anthropology, genetics etc. merged with historical sources/texts.<p>I really loved the episodes on Ancient Rome and Italy that came out earlier this year. A completely opposite approach of History of Rome (which is also great but the early episodes on the "prehistorical" period were pretty meh.. of course it massively improved by the time it reached the mid/late Republic and especially during the Imperial period).
In no particular order:<p>Unhedged<p>The Rest is Politics<p>Witness History (BBC)<p>The Rachman Review<p>Late Night Linux<p>The Foreign Desk (Monocle)<p>Behind the Lines with Arthur Snell<p>[edit : reformat]