Here are all of my all-time favorite podcast episodes

by Rachel

Image: Kiyana Salkeld / Just Good Shit

Image: Kiyana Salkeld / Just Good Shit

I recently realized that you can make Spotify playlists for podcasts, which was (great!) news to me. This is so practical, particularly if you want to easily save new podcast recs from friends, or collect/download a bunch of podcasts before, say, a long trip.

After learning this, I decided to put all of my favorite podcast episodes in a single playlist. I believe Terri — who has very good taste in podcasts — turned me onto the fact that episode recommendations tend to be more useful than general podcast recs, and I now have a running list of the ones I love and recommend to friends again and again.

Here are my favorite episodes, in no particular order!

Annnd if you don’t use Spotify, here’s the full list:

  1. Phonology with Nicole Holliday, Ologies.

  2. The Architect of Hollywood, 99% Invisible. (An excellent Terri rec!)

  3. Food Fight, Revisionist History.

  4. My Little Hundred Million, Revisionist History.

  5. Michael Pollan: Conscious Eating, Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations.

  6. Tushy, The Pitch.

  7. Oprah, The Goop Podcast.

  8. Miss Buchanan’s Period of Adjustment, Revisionist History.

  9. We Talk BeyChella, Still Processing.

  10. Sounds Natural, 99% invisible. (Another Terri rec; she knows all the best 99PI eps actually.)

  11. Gabrielle Union Is Fed Up, Death, Sex, and Money.

  12. Hoodies Up, 30 for 30.

  13. Return to Ring of Keys, Nancy.

  14. Cellies, Ear Hustle.

  15. The Pentagon's Secret Gaggle of Gays, Nancy.

  16. The O.J. Simpson Trial: Nicole Brown Simpson Part 1, You’re Wrong About.

  17. Egyptology with Kara Cooney, Ologies.

While I was at it, I also made a playlist of all the podcast episodes that I’ve been on, if you’re interested!

The list:

  1. Episode 27: Uniform Factor with Rachel Wilkerson Miller, Forever35

  2. Episode 69: The Life-Changing Magic of Listening to Rachel, Another Round

  3. How to Show Up, The Nod

  4. Make New Friends (And Keep Them), NPR Life Kit

  5. When Friendships Change, How To Cope, NPR Life Kit

  6. The Surprising Benefits of Journaling, Stuff Mom Never Told You

  7. How Am I Supposed to Make Friends?, Real Simple Adulthood Made Easy

  8. 023 | Rachel Wilkerson Miller, Day in the Life

I may eventually get motivated enough to make themed podcast playlists, but I also don’t want to overpromise here. Regardless, I’ll continue update these playlists with new episodes as they come up (in case you’d like to follow them)! ✨

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