Wrestling With Depression a podcast on mental illness hosted by a Chicago comedian . Not too serious , not too silly , just the right amount of both . Great for when you ' re feeling down . On Being beautiful and insightful podcast where Krista Tippet who has the most soothing voice ever interviews poets , scientists , artists , writers , and people of all kinds one of the interviewed people was the Dalai Lama . They talk about a lot of stuff like spirituality , technology , art , science , and basically what it means to be a human . Its really profound . I hope it doesn ' t sound pretentious if I say it ' s a podcast about life but I don ' t know how else to explain it . The Ricky Gervais Guide To . the funniest podcast I ' ve ever listened to . It had me laughing out loud in public more than once . You Are Not So Smart a great podcast on selfdelusion , things like confirmation bias and logical fallacies . Every episode usually has an expert in the field . The Partially Examined Life a philosophy podcast . They don ' t assume you ' ve read the assigned text but it ' s not overly simplistic . WTF with Marc Maron you all know this one . The Mental Illness Happy Hour another one on mental illness hosted by a comedian . Giant Bombcast a really fun podcast on video games .