Driving commute- podcasts?

[CliveNextDoor]

Hello all.

I'm about to start a new job with a 40 min commute each way, I don't love driving so I'm a bit wary about it. But the job is fantastic so worth it.

Thinking I should get into podcasts to make the journey better. Can you concentrate on driving (it's all windy back roads, which is worse for me) while listening?

Any recommendations for anything gripping would be great.

Thank you!

What sort of podcasts do you think you'd like?
Comedy, Self improvement, horror, news??

I really enjoy mel Robbins and Rangan Chatterjee they're more self and health improvement but they do have some interesting guests on!

That would have been useful of me to say, wouldn't it @swedex excellent point!

I like comedy, autobiographies, true crime, fashion, history etc

Come to think of it I do like an audiobook on a dog walk so it's now occurring to me I could just listen to an audiobook too. Currently listening to Miriam Margoyle's book and it's so funny.

I wasn't clear- I do like driving generally just not on windy back roads, but there's no other way to get there, as I live in the ends of nowhere (Scotland).

I really love The Rest is Entertainment with Richard Osman & Marina Hyde. I find it SO interesting

On my train journey I like Annie Mac’s podcast - Changes, Ferne Cotton - Happy Place, Amanda Wakeley - Style DNA, the Run through with Vogue - if you like high fashion.
I do from time to time listen to business podcasts too but have to be in the right
mood for that!

Sweet Bobby
A very British cult
British Scandal - can pick the ones you fancy there's lots
Scamanda
Believe in Magic

Lady Killers
Natalie Haynes stands up for the classics
Empire
The Rest is History

13 minutes to the moon
The Lucy letby one was fascinating
Infinite monkey cage

I love Kathy Burkes - Where there's a will, there's a wake. Celebrity fantasy deaths, very funny, very sweary!

Wolf and Owl - Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis talking bollocks but very funny.

Parenting Hell - Rob Beckett and Josh Widdecombe, don't be put off by the title, it's not all about kids.

Where there's a will there's a way - Kathy Burke talking to celebs about their ideal funeral.

Memory Lane - Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister talking to celebs about photos they've sent in.

Dish - Nick Grimshaw and Angela Harkness - cooking for celebs and chatting

Therapy Crouch - Peter Crouch and Abby Clancy.

Oh and Table Manners - Jessie Ware and her mum and celeb guests.

I do a LOT of driving and commuting...For recurring podcasts, I like:
The News Agents
Blocked & Reported
Search Engine
Sherlock & Co
Waterlands
Real Dictators
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Any of the Radio 4 shows that have been turned into podcasts eg. Desert Island Discs, In our time, the reunion, BBC inside science, sliced bread, the life scientific

And then there are lots I really have enjoyed that are super gripping, often true crime, where either each episode or a single season is a story like:
Uncanny
The Teacher's Pet
Bear Brook
The Lazarus Heist
Sweet Bobby
Dear Franklin Jones
Three Doors Down
Carrie Jade does not exist
#1 Dad
The Commune
Hysterical
Ghost Story
The Lady Vanishes (though you can skip quite a few of the episodes, they really spun it out after the first few episodes until the police made an arrest and then it got good again)
Scamanda
The Missing
Shandee's Story
The Missing Crypto Queen

@MNHQ why has my reply been hidden?? It was just a list of podcasts I thought the OP would enjoy...

Hopefully it will be un-hidden soon because from the looks of it, @Alwaystired2023 I think you and I enjoy the same kind of podcasts!

I've just found Giles Brandreth's podcast Rosebud, interviewing interesting celebs about their memories (have listened to Stephen Fry, Chris McCausland and Maggie Smith/Kathleen Turner so far, and they've all been great). And unlike on some things he does, Giles does let them all speak!

Gyles Brandreth I mean (though I don't supposed anyone was confused by my misspelling).

I second this. Some great guests

Just Married
The Lady Vanishes
Scamanda
Its a fair cop
Uncanny

Off Menu with James acaster and ed gamble. Easy listening, funny, interesting and lots of comedians as guests. Plenty of episodes already out there to explore

@Xiaoxiong in that case I want to see your list !!

I mainly survive on Handsome (Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, Mae Martin), Katherine Ryan and Dear Hank and John - all comedy. How To Fail if you want something talky. Also Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake (Kathy Burke).

Pre covid, I had a similar commute. Monday’s I listened to Archers Omnibus. The rest of the week I listened to my audible books.

8 miss that journey 😪

Also weirdly really like How To Gael even though I can only understand half of it, surprisingly easy to follow and feels like I’m in a nice bunch of pals.

….. and I’ve just realised that maybe their title is a nod to How To Fail 😁🤦🏻‍♀️

I always hear of The Archers. Is it something you could pick up, @BrightLightTonight having not listened from the start, I wonder?

Thank you everyone for these brilliant suggestions. I have made a list and will work my way through them. I am feeling a lot more positive now about the commute!

I love The Rest is History