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🧠 Curated Collection
Podcasts Like Stuff You Should Know
If SYSK made learning your hobby, these are the podcasts that belong alongside it — education and curiosity in their most entertaining form.
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28 podcasts like stuff you should know podcasts — the big names
Lore
Aaron Mahnke
TED Talks Daily
TED
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward
Conversations
ABC Australia
Omnibus
Omnibus
The Rest Is History
Goalhanger
The Clever Girls Know Podcast With Bola Sokunbi
Clever Girl Finance
Otherppl with Brad Listi
Brad Listi
Empire: World History
Goalhanger
Developer Tea
Jonathan Cutrell
RadioWest
KUER
Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques
Matt Abrahams, Think Fast Talk Smart
Financial Audit
Caleb Hammer
Sources & Methods
NPR
The Ezra Klein Show
New York Times Opinion
Radio Diaries
Radio Diaries & Radiotopia
RotoGraphs Fantasy Baseball
RotoGraphs Fantasy Baseball
The Last Invention
Longview
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Changelog Media
British Scandal
Audible
The Ancients
History Hit
The Team House
dee takos
ZOE Science & Nutrition
ZOE
Huberman Lab
Scicomm Media
WHAT WENT WRONG
Sad Boom Media
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
History Hit
How we curate podcasts like stuff you should know
Every podcast on WhichPodcast is ranked using Listen Score — a global popularity metric based on listener data, episode frequency, and audience engagement across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. The shows above are drawn from the genres most relevant to this collection and sorted by their global listener ranking, so the top results reflect what millions of real listeners are choosing right now.
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Frequently asked questions
What makes Stuff You Should Know so popular?
Stuff You Should Know works because it combines genuine curiosity, solid research, and the natural chemistry between two longtime co-hosts. Each episode takes a single interesting topic and explores it comprehensively without ever being dry. The format has spawned many imitators — the best of which appear in our rankings above.
What should I listen to if I've run out of SYSK episodes?
The good news is that SYSK has released over 1,500 episodes — there's probably content you haven't heard yet. When you do want something new, the shows above capture the same spirit: curious hosts, diverse topics, and genuine enthusiasm for learning.
Are there similar two-host educational podcasts?
Yes — the two-host conversational format pioneered by shows like SYSK is one of the most popular podcast formats. Several highly-rated educational podcasts follow the same template: two knowledgeable friends working through an interesting topic, explaining it to each other and to the audience.