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🎙️Welcome to the 342nd edition of Find That Pod 🎙️
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Here are this week’s podcast recommendations.
BUSINESS
Business History
It’s the history of business. How did Hitler’s favorite car become synonymous with hippies? What got Thomas Edison tangled up with the electric chair? Did someone murder the guy who invented the movies? Former Planet Money hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small and find out what you can learn from those who founded them.
Not sure where to start? Listen to this episode: How to Make Billions When the Bubble Bursts: Lessons from 1929
SOCIETY & CULTURE
1440 Explores
1440 Explores is a sonic encyclopedia for the insatiably curious. Each episode delivers essential knowledge on the most fascinating topics of our time, weaving history, science, and insight from the best experts to help you make sense of the world. From the mysteries of the mind to the forces shaping society, 1440 Explores informs and inspires with stories worth sharing.
Not sure where to start? Begin with this episode: Ghosts: Why We See What Isn’t There
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PERSONAL JOURNALS
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza
Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.
Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: Can Instagram Ever Be Safe for Teens?
EDUCATION
Brilliant or B******t
Brilliant or B******t helps curious people see the hidden systems shaping their world. We'll leave each episode feeling smarter and more connected than we did before. And at the end of every episode, we land on the question that matters: is this system brilliant… or BS?
Not sure where to start? Start with any episode.
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
The Female Stoic
The Female Stoic Podcast looks at the Stoic Philosophy through a Bluestocking Lens. It offers practical advice and literary discussion for both women and men. Your host Stephanie Poppins, is a former high school teacher of English Literature and Philosophy, and considers herself to be a Natural Born Stoic.
Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: Stoic Humility with Charles Dickens
industry news
🎁 Need a last-minute gift for the podcaster or audio nerd in your life? This guide might help.
✈️ If you want to attend some industry events in 2026, Podglomerate has a good roundup of the best podcast conferences and events to attend next year.
🎵 Taylor Swift thinks Stephen Colbert should become a podcaster. Yes please.
🎥 Things to consider when creating video podcasts.
🏆 The Golden Globes have released the list of their very first podcast nominees up for a Golden Globe at the 83rd Golden Globe awards, scheduled for Jan 11, 2026. And while there’s some good shows on the list, I wish the selection criteria (must be selected from among the 25 most popular podcasts deemed eligible) wasn’t so stringent. There are many amazing podcasts that don’t regularly show up in the top 25 most popular shows across various podcast listening platforms, but because of this criteria, those shows will never be eligible for Golden Globe nominations, which is kind of lame.
🎙️ Is the Shure MV7 still the best microphone for most podcasters? Blubrry seems to think so.
🤖 Six best AI tools for podcasters that go beyond just audio.
🎧 If you’re a Pocket Casts user, you can now see your year in audio.
🗓️ Nicholas Quah over at Vulture writes about the 10 moments that defined podcasting in 2025.
🙄I mean, what are we even doing any more Washington Post? Yes, cause what people want in their ears is more AI slop. Oh and how completely unsurprising, according to Semafor, the podcasts are rife with errors.
🥳 A huge, massive CONGRATULATIONS to friend of the newsletter Arielle Nissenblatt for being inducted into the Podcast Hall of Fame for 2026! Beyond well deserved! Congratulations to all the other inductees as well.
✅ This is a good move by Steven Barlett’s Diary of a CEO. An on-screen fact checking. I hope more podcasts adopt something like this. Of-course the podcasts dedicated to spreading misinformation and disinformation won’t, but this is a good signal for Bartlett to send to the industry.
📋 Lauren Passel writes about the 20 most essential podcasts of 2025 over at LifeHacker.
🧒 Seven ways to make your podcast irresistibly human in an AI age.
Tink Media have released their 2025 Audio Delicacies featuring podcast recommendations from podcast industry insiders.
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