Always something interesting being discussed on Stephen Dubner’s Freakanomics Radio. From the economics of winning a Nobel Prize to discussions on creativity or sports, there is frequently something thought provoking that gives you a driveway moment.

Seth Godin’s Akimbo gets you excited and motivated about casting your ideas out into the world. There are no more gatekeepers and there is an audience out there for you. Go make a ruckus.

HBR Ideacast keeps me current on trends in management, strategy, and leadership.

Reid Hoffman’s Master of Scale is a fun, insightful listen to hear what it’s like to assemble a plane while falling off a cliff.

How I Built This is gives you insight into the personalities and trials and tribulations behind some of the most beloved startups.

Peter Sagal’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell me is one of the funniest current event shows on radio. He’s also a sharp and quick witted host.

This American Life – I don’t really listen to this as much as I used to – probably because my weekly pod-roll is pretty full. But when I do, I appreciate the craftsmanship that goes behind delivering a complete and satisfying story. Mostly though, I appreciate Ira Glass’ candor when discussing his success (watch The Gap).

TED Radio Hour – Sometimes it’s fun to hear a hour with talks assembled around a theme. While the topics and speakers tend to be grandiose, I do enjoy listening in on the way to work just to get me in a more thoughtful mood.

Talk Python To Me – One of the best Python podcasts out there. Michael Kennedy does a good job interviewing influential python developers in an approachable manner.

Python Bytes – A little less useful, but Michael Kennedy’s more current, weekly event audio newsletter done with partner Brian Okken. While not too deep, every now and then you hear of an interesting package. Mainly, I listen just to get the programming or math joke at the end.

Admittedly, I skip a large portion of the episodes, but every now and then, there is a good interview or I get a decent technical idea from this show. Notable interviewees have been Seth Godin, Tyler Cowen, Evan You (Vue.js), and Tarn Adams (Dwarf Fortress). Recently interviewed Leonid Movsesyan from Cadre, which showed me that we do similar work, with half the staff, at GSA.

Revisionist History is enjoyable just to hear Gladwell’s deep, obsessive, perspective on things.

Most of the time, I skip Radiolab episodes, but occasionally, I do stop and listen to articles that cover science. I feel those are done well – especially as the episodes are highly produced and paint a good audio picture of a complex scientific idea.

Hosts Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt, along with cameos from Alex Blumberg, just show why the internet is great.

No longer being produced, but Starlee Kien’s Mystery Show had some of the best episodes in early podcast history. Typical Swiss.

Jonathon Gould is one of the best storytellers, and interlocutors, on the air. I save these episodes for times my wife is in the car with me.

Occasionally, there’s a truffle in Andresson Horrowitz’s podcasts. If anything, I just listen to see if I can keep up with Marc Andressen’s rapid, stream-of-consciousness style of speaking.

From Beautiful Downtown Oakland comes Roman Mars and his design oriented podcast. It makes you appreciate the history, effort, and thought that goes into the design of ordinary things.