Did I hear someone say PODCASTS? I have got you covered, buddy!
My current listening-list, divided by general topic:
Tabletop actual play podcasts/streams:
Critical Role - professional voice-actors play Dungeons and Dragons, get really into their characters and are straight-up amazing. Have made me giggle and weep in equal measure. 300 hours of content to plow through.
The Adventure Zone - the McElroy brothers (who also do the comedy podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me) rope their dad into playing D&D with them, and go on hilarious adventures.
Rusty Quill Gaming - a group of friends (one of whom is a stand-up comedian!) play an extended Pathfinder campaign in a steampunk-ish version of the real world, where America is politically isolated, the world is ruled by six dragons known as the Meritocrats, and the world's first self-replicating automaton just got stolen.
Friends at the Table - their first season is an ongoing Dungeon World-campaign set in what they refer to as a post-post apocalyptic fantasy world. The apocalypse already happened, and the world has recovered enough to not be a blasted Mad Max wasteland any more. The second season is a separate set of characters in a scifi setting in deep space, where giant robotic entities known as Divines rule the world(s) through chosen mortal Candidates. The third season jumps back to the Dungeon World-setting, but uses new characters, as a kind of interlude. They're doing recap episodes right now, if you want to get up to speed. Warning: highly likely to make you cry about fictional characters.
History:
The British History Podcast - what it says on the tin. The history of Great Britain, from the stone age on forward. It's made it all the way through to the Viking conquest right now, about 200 episodes in.
History of Rome - The history of Rome, from earliest beginnings up through Republic and Empire, closing out on the fall of the Western Empire. Something so rare as a finished history pod!
History of Byzantium - picks up where the History of Rome-pod left off, but with a different host, telling the story of the part of Rome that didn't fall into ruin; Byzantium! The intent is to go all the way up to the fall of Constantinople in the 1400s, and right now they're around the year 900, so they're doing good.
History of the Crusades - its sound and production-quality isn't as good as some of the other examples on this list, but it's a fascinating chronicle of one of the worse periods of human history.
Revolutions - hosted by the same guy who did History of Rome, Revolutions focuses on, well, the various revolutions in human history, starting with the English Civil War and going forward. They're on the Simon Bolivar and the Spanish-American liberation movement right now.
You Must Remember This - a podcast dedicated to the early history of Hollywood, which gets into stories you didn't know existed, gives you details you had no idea about, and draws a lot of connections between a lot of famous people. Also, insight into movie-productions, and an entire season special on the Manson murders.
Spookier narrative stuff:
The Magnus Archives - a horror podcast, presented as if it was non-fiction, in which an archivist does tape-recordings of accounts of horrific events people have given statements of. So spooky that I - admittedly a big ol' coward - had to sleep with a nightlight after listening to the existing 40 episodes.
Lore - folklore and weird history telling the tales of strange, often frightening events and hauntings. Great production values, and it's even being made into a tv-show!
Welcome to Night Vale - I am, admittedly, not current on WTNV right now, but I can tell you that the first 60-odd episodes are definitely worth it! A public radio broadcast from a fictional town where the real seems unreal, the odd is normal, and strange lights blink overhead.
Alice Isn't Dead - again, haven't finished season 1 yet, but it's by the same team that does WTNV, and this one is the story of a truckdriver starting to dig into the mystery of her wife's possible death and/or disappearance.
