I had a co-worker ask for podcast recommendations that weren’t murdery or crime related. So I offered up two classics.

• 99% Invisible - 99% Invisible is a sound-rich, narrative podcast hosted by Roman Mars about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. Roman Mars has the most lovely, rich voice.

• Song Exploder - Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. There’s also a series on Netflix (in the US at least).

I mentioned not offering up anything too deeply nerdy. And after that another co-worker sent me a message asking about those nerdy shows. So I said be careful what you wish for and offered up my favorites.

• SelfHosted - All about self-hosting and Home Labs.

• The HomeLab Show - The Homelab Show is run by Tom Lawrence of Lawrence Systems and Jay LaCroix of Learn Linux TV They also run great Youtube channels.

• 2.5 Admins - Three Linux nerds talk open source news.

• Late Night Linux - Open Source nerds, but with more British and Scottish accents.

• ATP - Accidental Tech Podcast - Three apple nerds talk Apple.