Interesting Podcasts You Should Listen to This Year

Advice panels, interviews, comedy shows, news, conversations between friends, comedy shows, stories of all kinds, all make up the landscape of the podcast world. The best thing about podcasts is that they cover just about every topic you can think of. But considering there are thousands of podcasts around, sometimes it’s difficult to decide on which ones to listen to. In order to spend less time browsing the internet and more time listening to good content, we made a list of the best podcasts on a variety of topics.

First of all, sports betting lovers who are looking for something interesting to listen to on their daily commute can check out Sports Gambling Podcast and Against All Odds with Cousin Sal. They might find out interesting news from the gambling universe, stories about the latest wins and losses, as well as reap some benefits with offers and bonuses from different bookmakers, like the bet365 bonus code that will surely boost your online bets.

Sportsmemo is also about sports from a betting perspective, while David Solar and Dan McGuire of Smarter Bets podcast break down for their listeners the biggest games using public betting trends. Go check them out to see if you can get some tips.

When it comes to news, there is a plethora of podcasts available, but if you want to get your information from reliable sources, we recommend Global News. This podcasts series, powered by BBC World Service, features news from all over the world in a pair of 30-minute news broadcasts. For the nosey ones, we recommend On the Media, which usually examines not the news but the stories behind the news.

Gaming geeks have a variety of podcasts to choose from, but the best ones in our opinion are The Polygon Show, which look at things with humour and are very entertaining, along with 8-4 Play, The Giant Bombast and What’s Good Games, the latter of which is presented by women.

Moving on, if you are a diehard techie, you should definitely check out Accidental Tech Podcast – a show presented by three developers who know what they are talking about and bring you the latest industry news. But if you don’t have too much time on your hands, Tech Talker’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World will come in handy as this is a short podcast     

series only lasting five or six minutes, but offering great tech advice.  

In terms of entertainment podcasts, the list of good shows is very long, but we decided to name just a few that stand out. Judge John Hodgman is a podcast like no other and comedy fans will love it. Humorist John Hodgman brings trivial domestic disputes to a simulated courtroom and adjudicates the cases in a hilarious way.

If you’re a cinephile, check out Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s Film Review podcast, as the two hosts review each week’s releases, with interesting chats in-between, as comedian Doug Benson’s podcast Doug Loves Movies, which is recorded in front of a live audience and tapes weekly.