18 Podcasts That'll Make You Sound Impossibly Smart At A Party
Stuff you should know, but you don't. So here you go. You're welcome.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stuff-you-should-know
Follow On Twitter: @SYSKPodcast
This is the stuff that'll really get 'em. Before you know it, you'll be dropping bombs like "fitness apartheid" and "homo economicus" and the crowd will go wild.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wnyc/freakonomics-radio
Follow On Twitter: @freakonomics
3. Marketplace On Stitcher
What's the best way to avoid talking about your shitty job/company at a party? Talk about someone else's shitty job/company. Marketplace On Stitcher has you all up in that business.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-public-media/marketplace-on-stitcher
Follow On Twitter: @marketplace
There's actually nothing people like to talk about more than their own brains. BrainStuff has you covered.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brainstuff
Follow On Twitter: @BrainStuffHSW
5. Stuff You Missed In History Class
Is there anything more anxiety provoking than someone casually mentioning The Louisiana Purchase in conversation? Definitely not. Luckily, Stuff You've Missed In History Class has even the most historically-ignorant covered. So calm your sweaty palms.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class
Follow On Twitter: @missedinhistory
The only thing more impressive than talking about the newest technologies (unanimous crowd-pleaser) is talking about future technologies that haven't happened yet. Instantly brilliant.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/how-stuff-works/fw-thinking
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/how-stuff-works/fw-thinking
Follow On Twitter: @FwThinking
7. NPR Most Emailed Stories
This is the most current stuff of the most popular stuff of the most interesting stuff. AKA the goldmine of party talk. Instantly cool and smart. Win.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/npr-most-emailed-stories-podcast
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/npr-most-emailed-stories-podcast
8. Science and Creativity from Studio 360
Possibly the coolest podcast of the bunch. Goodbye awkward silences and boredom. See you never again.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pri-science-and-creativity-from-studio-360
Follow On Twitter: @Studio360Show
TIME (smart people!!!) give you one minute updates every, like, 30 minutes, about basically everything happening from basically all around the world. It's practically conversational cheating.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/times-the-brief
This show has the coolest, most random stuff you never knew you needed to know, but definitely do.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/99-invisible
Follow On Twitter: @romanmars
The latest and the smartest on everything from black holes to cancer. CLUTCH.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/science-times
Follow On Twitter: @nytsciencetimes
12. Slate's Political Gabfest
Obama and taxes and stuff, amiright?!
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/slates-political-gabfest
Follow On Twitter: @slategabfest
The only thing people like more than being on the internet is talking about being on the internet. Insert TLDR: the coolest, most surprising stories from the internet.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/tldr
When you've got Neil deGrasse Tyson talking in your ear, you really can do no wrong.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk
Follow On Twitter: @neiltyson
15. Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing
Just in case you missed your fix of the Wall Street Journal, this podcast will keep you smart and savvy in the tech department.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wall-street-journal-tech-news-briefing-51309
Follow On Twitter: @WSJRadio
You already walk the walk, but you need Grammar Girl to talk the talk.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grammar-girl-quick-and-dirty-tips-for-better-writing
Follow On Twitter: @grammargirl
Your daily dose of news from the punniest man in podcasts.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-osgood-file
Follow On Twitter: @OsgoodFile
18. PRI's The World In Words
Supplying you with anything and everything language related, including Icelandic insults.
Listen On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/public-radio-international/pris-the-world-the-world-in-words
Follow On Twitter: @pritheworld
Happy schmoozing, you little know-it-all.
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