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It's a very basic tool given a [[We Will Use Wiki Words in the Future|fashionable, swanky, yet nearly nonsensical]] name (which comes from playing them on iPods) to make it seem special and magical. Like pretty much everything else on the internet. On the other hand, it's a simple, catchy name for a common phenomenon, much like 'television' and 'radio', both of which earned howls and jeers when they were new (the names and the phenomena).

* [http://web.me.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html The Drabblecast], a high-quality fiction magazine showcasing unusual stories from contemporary [[Speculative Fiction]] authors. They allow users to submit 100-word stories called drabbles (or 100-character "twitfics") to the show via e-mail, which differentiates it from other fiction podcasts. Also worth noting are their annual Lovecraft Month and Nigerian Scam Spam Contest (in which contestants write their own spam e-mail in a bid for a cash prize and the hope of reaching notoriety via e-mail spamming), and their semiregular [[Drabble News]] segments reporting on unusual events around the world.

* [http://www.hppodcraft.com/ The HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast] rips apart the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]] while amateur and professional voice actors read his stories.

* ''[[Muggle Cast]]'' is the most popular ''[[Harry Potter]]'' podcast online. Run by staff members of [http://mugglenet.com/ MuggleNet], it was released on a weekly basis for three years before switching to a more irregular schedule. ''[[Muggle Cast]]'' started back in August 2005, and has since spanned over 200 episodes.

** The second most popular ''[[Harry Potter]]'' podcast is [https://archive.is/20120525162257/http://pottercast.the-leaky-cauldron.org/ ''PotterCast'']. Run by the folks at [http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/ ''The Leaky Cauldron''], it started a few weeks after Mugglecast but hit the 200 episodes mark before it thanks to still being released weekly. Pottercast and Mugglecast are on friendly terms and the two podcasts often do joint episodes at live events. Oh, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100727060907/http://pottercast.the-leaky-cauldron.org/episode/show/166 PotterCast scored an interview with JKRowling herself].

 

== Real Life ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114070556/http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/ Bad Philosophy] is a podcast dealing with everything in the universe... eventually. It's mostly some former college students talking about philosophy and everything else that comes along as a result.

* ''[[Chapo Trap House]]'' a political show for [[Dirty Communists]].

* [http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/ The History of Rome] podcast took a lighthearted approach to charting the entire history of the [[Roman Empire]], including humorous pop culture references to major inaccuracies in films about Rome. The episodes discussing how [[Gladiator|Maximus]] most certainly did not defeat Commodus and restore democracy to Rome, and the episode where the narrator mixes up the origin stories for Spartacus and [[I Am Spartacus|Kirk Douglas]] are particularly good examples of this.

* ''[[The Joe Rogan Experience]]'' covers politics, interviews with special guests, MMA, etc.

* ''[[Lions Led By Donkeys]]'' covers blunders and weird stories from Military history.

* ''[[Planet Money]]'' covers economic news and concepts.

* [[Podcast/Sick And Wrong|Sick And Wrong]] is a news podcast that has gone through several revisions and reimaginings, only maintaining the core concept of presenting anti-social personal stories and news articles for the listeners to rate.

* [[The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe|The Skeptics Guide to The Universe]] is a podcast for the skeptical community, talking about bogus claims in the news and what's going on inside the skeptical movement.

** [[Podcast/Got Faded Japan|Got Faded Japan]] is a similar podcast, but with Japanese residents presenting heinous stories from within Japan. Notable for being descended from a 'zine and having more of a focus on counterculture and art than shocking stories.

* [[WeatherBrains]] is a weekly netcast about weather, for weather nerds and others who love weather, delivered in a fun and informative way. It features a number of guests that reads like a "Who's Who" of meteorology.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** Judge [[John Hodgman]], featuring minor internet celebrity and [[The Daily Show]] contributor [[The Areas of My Expertise|John Hodgman]].

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140326160328/http://vaguelyliveradio.podbean.com/ Vaguely Live Radio], also known as VLR, is a podcast hosted by Alex Day and Jimmy Hill, who are Nerimon and Jimmy0010 of Youtube fame. The show isn't really about anything in particular.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==