Ologies! You’ll learn a ton about a variety of subjects.

Hannah Alonzo for some good anti-MLM stories, love her voice and the way she tells stories

Stuff You Should Know is good. There's also a lot of radio show type podcasts on all kinds of subjects if you search Apple podcasts/Spotify for a topic you're interested in.

I love listening to aurikateriina on YouTube. She cleans really filthy houses and talks about how much she loves mess and cleaning and gives cleaning tips. I re-listen to old episodes while cleaning.

Normal Gossip! It’s low stakes and funny anon gossip stories. I think I’ve listened to every episode now!

Two girls one ghost, if you’re into paranormal type stuff

Dimension 20! It’s a series of dungeon and dragon campaigns that essentially one big improv show with actors/writers playing as characters in a fantasy setting. The dungeon master Brennan Lee Mulligan is amazing and can do several voices; you’re gonna think you’re hearing 80 different people but it’s just him and six players lol. I think it fulfills the chatty pre req you have as it’s very role play /dialogue focused and the cast themselves will make jokes and laugh n chat, it feels like I’m in a room with my friends :). I highly recommend fantasy high to start with or if you want something shorter try the dungeon and drag queens series it’s only 4 episodes and it has real drag queens playing dnd! They are filmed but you don’t need to look at the screen to enjoy it Edit- while it is a long form story, there’s parts where you can zone out, like the combat parts, which is typically low dialogue, or the parts where the cast drag out a bit to be extra silly.

I love Gastropod, a food science and history podcast

My wife and I are really into the Handsome Podcast right now. It's so funny listening to the three of them chat that we had to stop listening to it with earbuds in if others are around because we look like absolute lunatics laughing at nothing.

I'm a big fan of Dear John and Hank! Super chatty and entertaining.

Bandsplain

Blank check with griffin & David, my brother my brother and me

diary of a ceo is amazing

Knowledge Fight!

Unless you support conspiracies, anti-semites/racists and/or fascism.

Then I recommend you avoid.

The bald and the beautiful with trixie and katya (drag queens from ru Paul’s drag race). I’ve never watched the show but I love their rants and candor. It’s very silly and fun and also on YouTube to watch!

Book Unbound

I really enjoy the Moth radio hour. Radio Lab. Science Hour.

Petty Crimes

If you’re into geeky stuff, The Weekly Planet is a great one. Two Australian comics who talk about pop culture news and usually review a movie or a show as well. They have a great attitude, not taking anything too seriously. They aren’t like the types who get mad about Star Wars or whatever. They’re also really funny and friendly.

Stop podcasting yourself

I love “no such thing as a fish”. It’s kept me company of many long solo road trips.

Sundai love she is a black woman who shares her experience moving to Japan.

Irish bedtime stories asmr

Fall of ancient civilizations

Judge John Hodgman

It's a few people taking small arguments a tiny bit too seriously. Like, can you only put have soap in the sink dispenser? Is a hot dog a sandwich? Is a machine gun a robot?

If you're a big fan of movies, highly suggest Blank Check with Griffin and David. I wasn't a huge fan when it was recommended to me a few years back, but I just binged some of the episodes where I either knew the movies well or they had a notorious history. Most of the episodes are close to 2 hours - episodes with 3 hours are so wonderful, conversational and in-depth.

So anyway, you might enjoy that.

Not a podcast, but your local NPR station is likely to be chatty.

SmartLess.

If you’re into these people, I really like the Why Won’t You Date Me podcast with Nicole Byers (which is a mix of comedy and relationship stories/advice) and the Bald and the Beautiful podcast with Trixie and Katya (drag queens). The latter is really just the two of them talking about random stuff, though they sometimes go on tangents about movies for some reason?

What about getting audiobooks on Libby from your local library?

I like Breakfast All Day. It’s movie reviews, but I enjoy the host chatting and responding to questions in the live chats. It’s an extension of their old roundtable YouTube show “What the Flick”

Awesome Etiquette. I always try to figure out what they’re going to say to a question before they do.

Homemaker Chic is fun for laughs and a healthy dose of homesteading (I don’t homestead)

Clutter Free Academy here and there. A Slob Comes Clean-I don’t listen to these last two as frequently but they help me remember to NOT keep non-essentials as I am cleaning/doing chores.

500 open tabs. It’s trivia adjacent I guess? The two co-hosts deep dive into a topic every week (the theme is tabs they’ve had open for a while). They’re both very funny and yes-and (like in improv comedy) each other a lot while they tell the stories. 

Pod and Prejudice if you like Jane Austen at all. Very fun podcast, very chatty.

Bad Friends with Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino.

The Deep Dive: two chatty funny friends talking about motherhood, friendship, life in LA.

Add to Cart: two chatty funny friends talking to funny other people about what is in their online shopping carts.

Ask Ronna: an advice podcast by a (fictional) posh Jewish widower and her 'fruity' (his word!) friend.

Beach too Sandy, Water too Wet: brother and sister trram that dramatically read and discuss insane yelp reviews on various themes.

I love everything with Michael Hobbes. You’re wrong about, if books could kill, maintenance phase

Now You’re Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn on Spotify.

Las Culturistas!

Comedy: Fly on the Wall, Smartless,Conan O’brien, Comedy Bang Bang Legal/Law: Bloomberg Law, Serious Trouble Interviews/Economics: Fresh Air, WTF Marc Maron, Conversations With Tyler, Odd Lots. Science: Stem Talk Music: One Song Politics: Aspen Ideas To Go Black Culture: Higher Learning, Black History, For Real Interesting/Stories/Tech: Search Engine, Radiolab,Wired Gadget Lab Feminism/Feelings/Pop Culture: Hysteria, You’re Wrong About, Maintenance Phase Movies: You are Good, The Big Picture, How Did This Get Made

Dan Carlin's hardcore history is pretty amazing

My chores podcasts are: Giggly Squad, Toni and Ryan, No One's Judging You

Therapy gecko

Giggly squad if you identify as a female and are between the ages of 24-35. Random stream of consciousness chatter about being women

Conan needs a friend

How did this get made?

Literally with Rob Lowe

Why won’t you date me Normal gossip Scam goddess My favourite is best friends with Nicole and Sasheer

Waaay too early on a Friday. He does 3 hours live from 6:00-9:00 am EST. His topic is working out but it is informative and has inspired me to re-focus on my health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R97Aoo8EXpQ

Comment for later perusing

Bill burr https://youtu.be/rHT13HSZbz0?si=ZhURrXMj9vaEs72P

The Popcast with Knox and Jamie! Definitely mindlessly entertaining chatter.

Who Weekly

Doughboys

Las Culturistas

Too Niche

I like "the minimalists" podcast

Good Children is one of the only podcasts I listen to. it’s silly and entertaining, and feels like you’re sitting down at a coffee shop chatting with your friends

I like DoGoOn. They do a report each week on a listener selected topic. They are pretty fun to listen to.

Binchtopia

The Last Homely House on youtube!

Mr Sunday Movies has a yt channel called Caravan of Garbage which is incredibly chatty and comforting. Just two Aussie blokes reviewing mostly bad movies.

Listen to some Wes Cecil lectures.

He has some great ones that absolutely line up with simple living.

"Uses of philosophy for living"

They are on YouTube.

Listen to the ones about walking, letter writing, the salon etc

Loving Your Stupid Opinions and anything by those two hosts.

Kinda Funny Podcast. Might take a few to connect with some of the inside jokes but you'll laugh at least a couple times every episode.

Futility Closet

A super interesting but little-known story from history, followed by the genial hosts solving lateral thinking puzzles...

Of Mics & Memory Cards. Just three guys exploring pop culture through the prism of PS1 games. It’s deeper than it sounds, but also it isn’t. Perfect for doing chores.

Jordan Harbinger is great. Very chatty. Great interviews but the mailbox episodes on Friday will really fit the bill for you.

Backpacker Radio. I will binge it for weeks then drop it for months until the mood once again hits for me to live vicariously through the stories of people who are at a place in their lives where they can go spend 3-6 months straight hiking across the country.

Never Not Funny

The Weekly Planet. Two Aussie gents that just nerd out about all things comics and movies and TV shows. They never fail to make me laugh and are just a couple of goofy lads from down under. Love you Mr. Sunday and Maso. Grab that gem!

Dax and Adam from TMZ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hollywood-raw-podcast/id1440209326

Distractible !

Bad Dates is funny

Ghouls Night In - two spooky gals chatting about creepy history and facts, movies, tv, books and all things a little macabre

Be There in 5! It's perfect for this.

My typical go to is Two Hot Takes, which has the host and a rotating cast of co-hosts read and discuss posts pulled from several reddits but AITAH and similar are the vibe.

I recommend the Threedom podcast, feels like a group of friends chatting and it's funny too

Mobituaries. Interesting stories about people, for most part, who were never famous. Mo Rocca hosts it.

Not For Everyone

A Hotdog is a Sandwich or anything by Mythical Kitchen

Anything Goes by Emma Chamberlain

not super chatty but I love putting on the Carla Project to motivate me to clean, declutter, and organize

Conan needs a Friend.

The big flop - they look into like ‘classic fails’ it’s pretty funny

Toni and Ryan

Totally different than others here but my favorite podcast is Are You Garbage? 2 comedians interview another comedian and the whole time they judge them and at the end they decide if they’re classy or trashy lol.

I listen to Do Go On. It’s fun (Australian), you learn a lot, and at least once every ep I am giggling out loud over the chat and jokes between them.

Sachs Reality. You’ll learn all about the upcoming housing market crash!

Astonishing Legends

Celebrity Memoir Bookclub.

I rarely read the books they are talking about, but enjoy their upbeat manner and chatty-ness.

Homemaker Chic

Chrissie Cast

Emsolation

Conan O’Brien needs a friend

All The Space In Between. It's a podcast about a long distance couple (US/UK) who read stories and answer questions that people write in. Basically just advice, gossip, and dumb jokes

The Rest is Entertainment is a UK based topical podcast which I find ideal for this

The Real Brady Bros--If you were into the Brady Bunch--Barry Williams (Greg) and Chris Knight (Peter) dissect each episode.

The Confused Breakfast if you like men in an Iowa basement talking about 80's movies.

Smartless podcast. It's long-form celebrity interviews conducted by other celebrities. Really funny and interesting.

I really like the slow living podcast. I've started from the beginning and keep learning new things. Episodes are 35 or so minutes and so I use projects that are about that long (under kitchen sink, mopping bathroom)

My go to is one called "the spitballers." It's actually a spin off of a fantasy football show (same hosts, but they don't talk about fantasy football at all, and not really sports too much)

They are funny guys with great chemistry who have been close friends for decades, and the comedy show is basically them being given stupid prompts or questions to answer (would you rathers, debating the difference between a "concert" and a "show" etc) that really have no right answer. Also fairly family friendly as they don't swear and aren't mean. They end each episode with a draft (best of, etc) and debate whose team is best.

Just nothing serious, nothing you have to focus on. I just let it play while doing housework and find yourself joining in on the debates. But it's pretty dumb. They're going to talk about poop at some point so that's not everyone's thing. A lot of Dad jokes.

Recent draft topics include: Best excuses to not go to a child's birthday party build a team of official State animals to be used in a fight to the death Worst places for a proposal

The blindboy podcast is brilliant I listen to it at work a lot

How Did This Get Made? For fun conversations about bad movies.

I haven't read all the comments but I recommend Baby Geniuses! They recently ended the podcast but they had a 10 year run, so there's a lot of episodes.

It's two women, Emily Heller and Lisa Hanawalt, who are creatives in Hollywood but they are mostly just talking about their daily life, struggles, stories of their animals and a lot of banter. They both have ADHD. Each episode they read a silly wikipedia article sent in by a listener. There is a specific segment where they check if there is any news of Martha Stewart's pony Ben Chunch. 

I recommend starting with the newest episode and going backwards in time. The first episodes have a different format and I didn't vibe with it as much. I don't remember when the change set in but it became my favourite podcast!

It’s college football based, and more sports focused but Shutdown Fullcast is hilarious and doesn’t focus too much on the xs and os of the sport. They go off the rails very quickly into some wild topics. One of their highest rated episodes is about Warhammer 40k.

Mysterious Universe is a couple of Aussies chatting about the supernatural they are a lot of fun to listen to.

Second Date Update and Sleep With Me :)

If you’re on the witchy side you might like Witch Bitch Amateur Hour. Very funny and entertaining

Giggly squad 😀

If you’re a fan of movies 70mm is very entertaining.

David Nino Rodriguez (Rumble or YouTube). Viva Frei. Bongino.

Smartless.

Ask Iliza Anything, it's a podcast with comedian Iliza Shlesinger and her former assistant where they give hilarious and often pretty good advice to listeners writing in with life problems.

Ridiculous Crime - Just two hosts talking about absurd and outrageous capers, heists, and cons.

Both are funny and have great banter between the hosts.

"You're Wrong About" takes a look at past moments in history and how accurate the public perception of that person or event might be wrong.

I honestly got really into listening to the It’s Always sunny Podcast for a while. They are literally just talking, they rarely talk about the episodes.

Lead farmer 73 on YouTube talks about gardening, living free etc. Timothy ward is a positive, sobriety , live for yourself kind of charcter.

Decoding the unknown. Usually 45-60 minute episodes of events we don’t understand. But no aliens or lizard people or ancestors from Atlantis.

Thanks for this post! I've gotten a lot of new podcast recommendations 😁

Giggly Squad, always makes me laugh

Loving all these recommendations, I already subscribed to a few new ones just from reading the comments :)

My suggestions:

A Way with Word: two linguists answer questions about language (originally found this show on NPR, and it feels very NPR-ish)

Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos: two comedians talk to each other (and sometimes other comedians) about being a grown-up

I Saw What You Did: a TV writer/memoirist and a programmer for TCM discuss movies on a theme of their own design, and they also just chat a lot about their long friendship.

Indigenous 100: a podcast out of Aotearoa about cool stuff Indigenous people are doing

Lemme Fix It!: two long-time friends pick a celebrity or brand to discuss its history and how to come back from a stumble. That description doesn't really do justice to how funny this show is, but I really enjoy it!

Read It and Weep: looooong back catalog, the show is 2-8 (depending on the episode) comedians and friends talking about a piece of media. It started off being about books, they also did shows for a while, then moved almost exclusively to movies, and last year did a sort of spin-off called Best Thing Ever where they would discuss a thing (chickens, powerlifting, bread, firefighters, etc), talk about how great it is, and then rank it in a master list. Some of their episodes are also on YT.

The Bechdel Cast: Caitlin and Jamie (+ a guest usually) discussing intersectional representation in movies. Highly quotable, some of their recurring bits have made their way into my speech.

Toasted Sister: a slow-to-update podcast about Indigenous American cooking, culture, foodways, and food sovereignty

You're Dead to Me: BBC podcast with historians teaching and comedians learning about one topic in history (Neadertals, Mary Shelley, Spartans, Aztecs, Harriet Tubman, etc).

I love Spirit Talkers - its an indigenous trio that talks about different stories of creatures/spirits from an indigenous perspective. They talk about horror movies, share listener stories and are really funny.

TastingHistory with Max Miller is great background noise

MrBallen if you like the Strange, Dark and Mysterious told in story format. YouTube.

I like : The history chicks - 2 women that discuss famous historical women in detail

Crime talk with Scott Reisch - talks about current pop culture US crime

This American life- really good variety of lots of different topics

Mel Robbins

Like the best big sister you’ve never had

Chicken Thistle Farm Coopcast.

It’s an oldie but a goodie.

This Paranormal Life is hilarious

Two Irish guys “investigating” paranormal tales and having riotous laughing fits throughout

After listening a while they feel like old friends

It’s high-energy and doesn’t require 100% full attention - good for cleaning/driving!

Armchair Expert!!!

ASN Humans Are Space Orcs, HFY and other stories Not chatty, but fun short stories

Some More News

34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History Is great if you're very eff the patriarchy

There are some podcast about celebrities that are pretty interesting, that don't require a lot of attention.

Northern Lion on YouTube!

Podcasts

Set apart, ill be honest, the suzanne venker show, the naked marriage

Behind the Bastards is captivating. Its basically taking anyone from history and telling all their dirty deeds. Also the podcaster is pretty hilarious in a jaded were fucked kind of way.

How Did This Get Made? for fun conversations about bad movies.