{"id":5776,"date":"2025-12-23T22:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2026-03-14T21:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:14:23","slug":"2025-in-podcasts-overcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5776","title":{"rendered":"2025 in podcasts (Overcast)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve long used podcasts as a way to distract me while travelling for business trips, doing housework at the weekends, shopping, and much more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This year, I listened to even more podcasts than usual &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5767\">increased time I&#8217;ve spent walking this year<\/a> gave me an extra couple of hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>I use the (brilliant) <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\">Overcast<\/a> podcast player, which generates a report of how much time I&#8217;ve spent listening to each podcast this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dalelane.co.uk\/2025-12-23-overcast\/01-top-podcasts.jpg?raw=true\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border: thin black solid;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And for all the gory detail&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dalelane.co.uk\/2025-12-23-overcast\/02.jpg?raw=true\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border: thin black solid;\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dalelane.co.uk\/2025-12-23-overcast\/03.jpg?raw=true\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border: thin black solid;\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dalelane.co.uk\/2025-12-23-overcast\/04.jpg?raw=true\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border: thin black solid;\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dalelane.co.uk\/2025-12-23-overcast\/05.jpg?raw=true\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border: thin black solid;\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dalelane.co.uk\/2025-12-23-overcast\/06.jpg?raw=true\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border: thin black solid;\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dalelane.co.uk\/2025-12-23-overcast\/07.jpg?raw=true\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border: thin black solid;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Links to the podcasts in the screenshots:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsagents.co.uk\/\">The News Agents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therestispolitics.com\/\">The Rest Is Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/todayexplained\">Today, Explained<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nosuchthingasafish.com\/\">No Such Thing As A Fish<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/podcasts\/42KvPS\/\">The Rest Is Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/acquired.fm\/\">Acquired<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/think\/podcasts\/mixture-of-experts\">Mixture of Experts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/the-news-agents-usa-podcast.captivate.fm\/\">The News Agents &#8211; USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00dv9hq\">The Media Show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therestispolitics.com\/\">The Rest Is Politics: Leading<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/podcasts\/42KeWD\/\">The Daily Show: Ears Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global-tca.captivate.fm\/\">The Crime Agents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m00298p7\">What&#8217;s Up Docs?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel\">Decoder with Nilay Patel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamebusiness.com\/podcast\">The Game Business Show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/the-404-media-podcast\/\">The 404 Media Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhlstp.co.uk\/\">RHLSTP with Richard Herring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/late-night-with-seth-meyers-podcast\">Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abundancepod.com\/podcast\">The Abundance Agenda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p04z203l\">Political Thinking with Nick Robinson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b07dx75g\">Curious Cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/podcasts\/42KqCF\/\">Full Disclosure with James O&#8217;Brien<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.acast.com\/s\/the-horne-section-podcast\">The Horne Section Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crooked.com\/podcast-series\/pod-save-the-uk\/\">Pod Save the UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themonkcast.com\">The MonkCast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.play.date\">Playdate Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stratechery.com\/\">Stratechery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getkafkanated.substack.com\/\">Get Kafka-Nated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helloworld.cc\/\">Hello World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com\/podcast\">The Pragmatic Engineer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushkin.fm\/podcasts\/revisionist-history\">Revisionist History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/think\/podcasts\/smart-talks\">Smart Talks with IBM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/playwatchlisten.libsyn.com\/website\">Play, Watch, Listen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/every.to\/podcast\">AI &amp; I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therestis.com\/science\">The Rest Is Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/tnyradiohour\">The New Yorker Radio Hour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/tag\/narrated\">MIT Technology Review Narrated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WhatNowPodcast\/podcasts\">What Now? with Trevor Noah<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p04d42rc\">CrowdScience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/randsinrepose.com\/the-important-thing\/\">The Important Thing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s perhaps worth pointing out that the order doesn&#8217;t necessarily map exactly to my preference &#8211; some of the podcasts (such as The News Agents and Today, Explained) have a daily episode, whereas many of the others only publish episodes weekly or even less frequently.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;d be interesting to see a ranking based on how soon I listen to something after it&#8217;s published&#8230; 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