10/10 Podcasts To Make You Smart Again

10/10 podcasts to make you smart again (but they get progressively more niche) Huberman Lab Ologies Ologies with Alie Ward Ologies Alie Ward interviews specialists in absurdly specific fields. The tagline of the pod is, "Ask smart people stupid questions." Dan Carlin's Hardcore History This is Dan Carlin's obsessive multi-hour narrative dives into war and empire. They go insanely deep. Philosophize This! It's a clear, non-pretentious history of philosophy with very little academic jargon. In Our Time BBC academics debate a single topic, science, or philosophy every week. They've done over a thousand episodes. The Moth It's real people telling true stories live with no notes. This teaches you how to be a better storyteller. TED Talks Daily Brand, one idea, one expert, 15 minutes. It's bite-sized exposure to fields you'd never stumbled into. The Psychology of Your 20s Research backed breakdowns of the specific psychological stuff that hits in early adulthood. Podyssey The host deconstructs Greek myths and traces how they've been reinterpreted into modern stories. It's really interesting. This Podcast Will Kill You It's basically two epidemiologists who are tracing the history of diseases. More Recs