Podcasts we like include:
BIJTG: “two black women doctoral students discuss the trials and tribulations that one must go through on the path to putting Dr. in front of their names”
Freakonomics: socioeconomics
In Defense of Plants: plants
On Being: “conversations about the big questions of meaning in 21st century lives and endeavors”
Radiolab: science & philosophy
Science for the People: “connections between science, popular culture, history, and public policy”
Science Friday: science & technology
Song Exploder: “musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made”
Story Collider: “true, personal stories about science”
Stuff You Should Know: how things work
The Moth: storytelling (true, first-person narratives told live)
This American Life: journalism & stories
This Podcast Will Kill You: disease ecology!!
99% Invisible: architecture & design
More shows from WNYC studios
More shows from PRX

Locally produced podcasts (St. Louis area):
Cut & Paste: arts & culture
Earthworms: “information, education, and conversation with activists and experts on environmental issues”
GradCast: “a podcast by graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis”
Politically Speaking: Missouri politics
St. Louis on the Air: “stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region”
The Taproot: A Plantae Podcast Series with hosts Liz Haswell and Ivan Baxter. “We take a paper from the plant biology literature and talk about the story behind the science with one of the authors.”
We Live Here: “a podcast for people somewhere on the woke spectrum”