Recent podcast episodes that I particularly enjoyed, and that might be worth your time.

Deliberately, none of them are about current affairs. Not that you should be cut off from the world, but I need to measure my intake of it in times like this. (The second and last are more anchored in the current moment, so choose your own mixture as desired.)

* Ada Palmer on understanding the Renaissance: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/ada-palmer
* Joe Weisenthal on literate and oral cultures: https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/2026/02/17/the-media-theory-that-explains-99-percent-of-everything
* Acquired on the history of Formula 1 racing: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/formula-1 (It seems silly to link to an Acquired podcast; it seems like the most popular podcast in the world at the moment. But I'm still finding that people aren't aware of it so, if that includes you, here you go.)
* Hank Green on running an education company: https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/decoder-with-nilay-patel (I can't seem to link to a specific episode, but it was only a few weeks back).