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  2026 March 28

3 podcasts I've been really enjoying lately
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 They all happen to be educational and British!

  Over the past couple of years, I've shifted away from my podcast time being all software-related all the time to being much more about entertainment. So that means a lot of improv / comedy podcasts. But also a lot of general educational stuff. I'm a curious fella and just love to learn about pretty much anything. I have always especially loved science. Since becoming a dad, I've (inevitably?) become a history guy too.

So here are 3 podcasts that I can highly recommend!

### [No Such Thing as A Fish](https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/)

This is a comedy / learning show from QI where the 4 hosts each bring a fact to the show and discuss. The facts range absolutely all over the place. The hosts seem to be voracious readers who are curious about everything. Great banter and chemistry. If one of the hosts has to miss, they get a guest - usually an academic or comedian who is already a seasoned podcaster / presenter.

### [You're Dead to Me](https://www.bbc.com/audio/brand/p07mdbhg)

A comedy / history show from BBC 4. Host Greg Jenner (a historian) brings on one historian and one comedian to cover some specific topic. The topic selection is excellent, and I've added a ton of books to my backlog written by the historian guests/ The show is energetic and well-organized. Greg is great at helping the professors sequence the discussion, and the comedians are always a great stand-in for the listener layman.

### [In Our Time](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/downloads)

This is a long-running BBC4 podcast that just got taken over by a new host, Misha Glenny, who's doing a great job imo. This is pure education and topics range all over the place. Misha has on a panel of 3 experts (usually professors) in some topic and you just learn all about it for an hour. Misha must do an unhinged amount of prep work, because he always has a deep enough knowledge to really guide the panel into interesting, nuanced, and emerging areas of the subject.

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