Podcasts that feel like
Maintenance Phase
Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes · Health & Fitness · 159 episodes
Wellness fads and diet science put under a rigorous, funny microscope.
If Maintenance Phase hit the spot, these will too
Sarah Marshall · History
Co-host DNA and the same myth-busting joy
The difference: History and media
The stories the 90s got wrong, retold with humor and mercy.
Spotify Studios · Science
Study-checking with speed
The difference: Broader science
Fads and headlines versus what the studies actually show.
Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy · Comedy
Medical nonsense through history
The difference: Warmer, married hosts
A doctor and her husband tour medicine's most misguided cures, laughing the whole way.
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts · Society & Culture
The grifters behind the industries
The difference: Villain biographies
The worst people in history, roasted with deep research and open contempt.
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam · Science
Why we fall for it
The difference: Behavioral science
Shankar Vedantam on the unconscious patterns steering your life.
Pushkin Industries · Society & Culture
What actually helps, evidenced
The difference: Positive psychology
A Yale professor teaches the science of feeling better, gently.
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher · Documentary
shares that witty, cerebral feel
The hidden side of everything, argued with data and charm.
BBC Radio 4 · Science
shares that witty, cerebral feel
British scientists and comedians argue about the universe over tea.
Goalhanger · Politics
shares that witty, cerebral feel
Two former insiders disagree agreeably about how politics actually works.
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