Podcasts

I subscribe to a large number of podcasts that reflect my personal interests – here’s the current selection as of February 2026. Note that, whilst all the podcast feeds are active, many of the podcasts may not have been updated for some time (I keep such feeds active in the vain hope that they wake up at some point in the future!)

ThumbnailPodcast
13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle thumbnail13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
1666 and All That thumbnail1666 and All That
2.5 Admins thumbnail2.5 Admins
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail thumbnailA Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail
A Problem Squared thumbnailA Problem Squared
Any Further Questions? - A Gresham Podcast thumbnailAny Further Questions? - A Gresham Podcast
Are We There Yet? thumbnailAre We There Yet?
Astronomy Cast thumbnailAstronomy Cast
Being Roman with Mary Beard thumbnailBeing Roman with Mary Beard
Book Shambles thumbnailBook Shambles
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford thumbnailCautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Comedy of the Week thumbnailComedy of the Week
Command Line Heroes thumbnailCommand Line Heroes
Compiler thumbnailCompiler
Compromising Positions - A Technology Podcast thumbnailCompromising Positions - A Technology Podcast
Crash Course Pods: The Universe thumbnailCrash Course Pods: The Universe
Creative Strings with Violinist Christian Howes thumbnailCreative Strings with Violinist Christian Howes
Curious Cases thumbnailCurious Cases
Dan Snow's History Hit thumbnailDan Snow's History Hit
Distillations | Science History Institute thumbnailDistillations | Science History Institute
Dog Stars thumbnailDog Stars
Evil Genius with Russell Kane thumbnailEvil Genius with Russell Kane
F1: Chequered Flag thumbnailF1: Chequered Flag
Forgotten Cello Music thumbnailForgotten Cello Music
Formula For Success thumbnailFormula For Success
Genetics Unzipped thumbnailGenetics Unzipped
Gone Medieval thumbnailGone Medieval
Gresham College Lectures thumbnailGresham College Lectures
Hardware Addicts thumbnailHardware Addicts
Hybrid Cloud Show thumbnailHybrid Cloud Show
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue thumbnailI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Instant Classics thumbnailInstant Classics
JB Priestley: BBC Radio Collection thumbnailJB Priestley: BBC Radio Collection
Just a Minute thumbnailJust a Minute
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley thumbnailLady Killers with Lucy Worsley
Late Night Linux thumbnailLate Night Linux
Liftoff thumbnailLiftoff
Linux & Open Source News thumbnailLinux & Open Source News
Linux Action News thumbnailLinux Action News
Linux After Dark thumbnailLinux After Dark
Linux Dev Time thumbnailLinux Dev Time
Linux Matters thumbnailLinux Matters
LINUX Unplugged thumbnailLINUX Unplugged
Main Engine Cut Off thumbnailMain Engine Cut Off
Murder Most Foul thumbnailMurder Most Foul
Music Student 101 thumbnailMusic Student 101
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics thumbnailNatalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
Naturebang thumbnailNaturebang
Never Heard I Ever thumbnailNever Heard I Ever
No Such Thing As A Fish thumbnailNo Such Thing As A Fish
Not Just the Tudors thumbnailNot Just the Tudors
On The Marbles thumbnailOn The Marbles
Our Fake History thumbnailOur Fake History
Patented: History of Inventions thumbnailPatented: History of Inventions
Practice Room Breaks thumbnailPractice Room Breaks
Private Passions thumbnailPrivate Passions
Project Studio Tea Break thumbnailProject Studio Tea Break
Quizzes thumbnailQuizzes
Room 101 with Paul Merton thumbnailRoom 101 with Paul Merton
Rule Of Three thumbnailRule Of Three
Scam Secrets thumbnailScam Secrets
Science Shambles thumbnailScience Shambles
SciShow Tangents thumbnailSciShow Tangents
Scoring Notes thumbnailScoring Notes
Shedunnit thumbnailShedunnit
Sliced Bread thumbnailSliced Bread
Slipped Disc Backchat thumbnailSlipped Disc Backchat
Smashing Security thumbnailSmashing Security
Space thumbnailSpace
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast thumbnailSticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Strong Songs thumbnailStrong Songs
Taskmaster The Podcast thumbnailTaskmaster The Podcast
Tech, Bugs & Rock & Roll thumbnailTech, Bugs & Rock & Roll
That Was Genius - A Funny History Podcast thumbnailThat Was Genius - A Funny History Podcast
The AI Fix thumbnailThe AI Fix
The Allusionist thumbnailThe Allusionist
The Boring Talks thumbnailThe Boring Talks
The Cello Sherpa Podcast thumbnailThe Cello Sherpa Podcast
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean thumbnailThe Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
The English Heritage Podcast thumbnailThe English Heritage Podcast
The Gift thumbnailThe Gift
The History of English Podcast thumbnailThe History of English Podcast
The Horne Section Podcast thumbnailThe Horne Section Podcast
The Infinite Monkey Cage thumbnailThe Infinite Monkey Cage
The Last Archive thumbnailThe Last Archive
The Listening Service thumbnailThe Listening Service
The Lonely Cello Podcast thumbnailThe Lonely Cello Podcast
The Open Source Way thumbnailThe Open Source Way
The Race Formula E Podcast thumbnailThe Race Formula E Podcast
The Strad Podcast thumbnailThe Strad Podcast
The Stranger Times thumbnailThe Stranger Times
The Supermassive Podcast thumbnailThe Supermassive Podcast
They Made It thumbnailThey Made It
They’ve Made Us thumbnailThey've Made Us
Titanic: Ship of Dreams thumbnailTitanic: Ship of Dreams
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast thumbnailTony Robinson's Cunningcast
Trash Talk... with Count Binface (private feed for john@skilleter.org.uk) thumbnailTrash Talk... with Count Binface (private feed, so no link available)
Twenty Thousand Hertz thumbnailTwenty Thousand Hertz
Uncharted with Hannah Fry thumbnailUncharted with Hannah Fry
Unspeakable thumbnailUnspeakable
Very Nearly an Armful - A Tony Hancock Podcast thumbnailVery Nearly an Armful - A Tony Hancock Podcast
What I Believe thumbnailWhat I Believe
What? Seriously?? thumbnailWhat? Seriously??
You're Dead to Me thumbnailYou're Dead to Me

I also convert a number of BBC Radio programmes into local podcast feed. You can listen to these on BBC sounds, but note that in some cases, I combine different programmes into a single feed

  • Andy Hamilton
  • Count Arthur Strong
  • Its a Fair Cop
  • Henry Normal
  • Heresy
  • How To Play
  • John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme
  • Just a Minute
  • Mark Steel’s in Town
  • Milton Jones
  • Natalie Haynes
  • Nature Table
  • One Person Found This Useful
  • Penny Dreadfuls
  • Room 101
  • Simon Evans
  • The Goon Show
  • The Museum of Curiosity
  • The Pin
  • The Unbelievable Truth
  • We Forced A Bot
  • Write Stuff