Podcasts that are worth your time

A serialized docudrama following a podcaster as she tries to uncover paranormal stuff. First few episodes are kind of hard because the voice acting is lacking, but they get it good around number 3-4. My fave. http://theblacktapespodcast.com/

From the guys that do Black Tapes, this is about the legend of Tanis. Serialized story. Also excellent mysterious. Season 1 end was awesome.
http://www.tanispodcast.com/

Serialized story about a message from outer space that makes people sick. It is a short one but awesome. Worth your time. http://themessagepodcast.com/

Awesome zombie survival story. Very long and well developed. Loved every minute of it. http://www.werealive.com/

Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again.
http://www.limetownstories.com/

The history about the scary stuff in folklore. Best of 2015. http://www.lorepodcast.com/

You know this one. A guy in jail for allegedly killing his girlfriend in 1999. Excellent first season, crappy second season.
https://serialpodcast.org/

A detective from Colorado tells his crazy stories about stuff. Very interesting. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/detective/id1029038371?mt=2

Criminal is a podcast about crime. Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. http://thisiscriminal.com/

In 1972, five-year-old Adrien McNaughton vanished while on a family fishing trip in Eastern Ontario. Despite an intensive search and investigation, no sign of Adrien was found, no clue as to where he might be. The case has hung over the area like a dark mass ever since, especially in the small town of Arnprior, where the McNaughton family lived.

Kind of boring. But lots of people like it. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/sks

Embedded takes a story from the news and goes deep. What does it feel like for a father in El Salvador to lie to his daughter about the bodies he saw in the street that day? What does it feel like for a nurse from rural Indiana to shoot up a powerful prescription opioid? Embedded (EMBD) takes you to where they're happening.

http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded

Interesting stories about architecture, art and other stuff. Short episodes, mostly ads at the end. But the stories are well done. http://99percentinvisible.org/

Are you a Canadian? Like sports and fart jokes? This is for you. These guys from Canada are on Fox Sports 1 and share stories and laugh. I laugh nearly every week. http://jayanddan.com/

Amazing stories about everything. People telling great stories. Love this one. http://snapjudgment.org/

Similar to Snap. People telling stories live. It is amazing. Some funny, some sad, all awesome. https://themoth.org/podcast

Neil Degrasse Tyson talking space and stuff. Its rad. http://www.startalkradio.net/

The economy, explained, with stories and surprises. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening. That's what we're going for at Planet Money. People seem to like it.

Love this one. Wanna learn about economics? http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money

Interesting ways of looking at economics. Really interesting stories. http://freakonomics.com/

Talking about myths that science can bust. Moved to Gimlet and hasn't had anything for a while. https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/science-vs/id998250544

Another NPR gig. The Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world – and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain's host Shankar Vedantam reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, the biases that shape our choices, and the triggers that direct the course of our relationships. http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510308/hidden-brain

Wanna learn about everything???? These guys rock. http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/

A show about the internet and other rad stuff. Really likable hosts and great stories. https://gimletmedia.com/show/reply-all/

Think stuff is boring? Listen to this and itll make it rad. Best episode was the Circle of Fifths. https://gimletmedia.com/show/surprisingly-awesome/

Amazing show with stories from all over the world. Lots to learn and talk about. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast

Also amazing stories. Very similar to This American Life. Love it. http://www.radiolab.org/

Rick talks to people about travel tips and cool things to do and see. Gets you in the travel mood. https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/audio/podcasts

Wanna know what a brand new startup is thinking while they are making a company? This is it. It shows you the inner workings and embarrassing screw ups. Love it. https://gimletmedia.com/show/startup/

The stories from people in universities and colleges in Canada. Talking about hard issues and fun stuff. Very well done. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/campus

Wanna know how that artist came up with certain parts of a song. Listen to this. Awesome stuff. http://songexploder.net/

A dude talking to other famous people about their lives and cool things they do. http://nerdist.com/podcasts/nerdist-podcast-channel/