If your commute, gym session, or dog walk needs better company, these are the podcasts worth making space for. We’ve started with the UK shows leading the conversation, then rounded up the global names worth your subscribe button too.
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🇬🇧 UK Picks
- The Rest Is Entertainment – Richard Osman and Marina Hyde on the entertainment industry’s biggest stories, delivered with sharp wit and zero pretension.
- Off Menu – Ed Gamble and James Acaster build celebrity guests’ dream restaurant meals. Funnier than it sounds, and it sounds great.
- No Such Thing As A Fish – The QI elves share the best facts they found that week. Pure curiosity, brilliantly delivered.
- The Adam Buxton Podcast – Long, meandering, brilliant conversations with musicians, comedians, and creatives.
🌍 Global Picks
- SmartLess – Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes surprise each other with celebrity guests every week. Loose, funny, genuinely warm.
- Pop Culture Happy Hour – NPR’s team breaks down what’s worth your time across film, TV, books, and music.
- The Watch – Deep, smart conversation on the TV shows actually worth talking about.
- Las Culturistas – Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ irreverent, fast-paced take on culture and “current obsessions.”
- You Must Remember This – Hollywood’s hidden histories, told as gripping long-form storytelling.
Found a podcast that deserves a place here? Drop it in the comments – we update this list regularly.