All of them are naming all well known podcasts , let me shine a light on some of the hidden or not so hidden gems that i have found and believe deserve a lot more recognition 1 . Futility Closet Trivia and puzzles , by the guy who runs the website by the same name 2 . Recent Paper Decent Puzzle The guy discusses a recently released paper in a way that is easily understandable and at the end of the show you get a puzzle whose answer you get in the next episode 3 . Hacker Radio one of the oldest podcasts i guess this is sort of like the moth where each week some person produces a show where heshe talks about subjects that he is interested in usually technically , like recently someone made a show on awk