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The best podcast recommendations based on your study

Whether it’s on the way to your lecture, on the train or while cooking: a nice podcast makes everything better. Podcasts are not only useful as a way to pass the time, though; you can also learn a lot from them! So, are you looking for the best podcast recommendations based on your studies? Or do you want to learn something from a completely different field? Here are the best study-related podcasts!

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A University of Twente student looks for a podcast based on his study. You see the back of his head and the open Spotify app on his phone.

1. Medtech

Raising Health

In the podcast Raising Health, hosts Kris Tatiossian and Olivia Webb dive into innovations in healthcare and biotechnology. Together with their guests, they explore how AI, engineering and technology can improve healthcare.

Radio Health Journal

In short episodes of around ten minutes (three per week!), this podcast discusses important news in medicine, science and technology, with insights from world-renowned experts. Can COVID cure cancer, for example? Why are some medical schools replacing cadavers with VR? And how can music reduce seizures? Radio Health Journal will answer all these questions and more, providing you with fun facts to share at dinner parties.

2. Social science

The Girls in Marketing Podcast

The Girls in Marketing Podcast covers all the tips and tricks to help you get started in the marketing industry. Each episode features digital marketing news and developments, and expert advice from marketing professionals.

The Psychology of your 20s

This podcast explains how everything is psychology, especially in your twenties 😉. Each episode unpacks the science and psychology behind topics that people in their twenties experience, from mental health to relationships and career anxiety.

Philosophize This!

Philosophize This! is a beginner-friendly educational podcast about philosophy. In this podcast, Stephen West discusses the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in, in chronological order. With hundreds of episodes, there’s a lot to learn!

3. Data

Naked Data Science

This self-proclaimed #1 podcast on data science discusses a different theme every episode. It dives into topics like machine learning, cognitive biases in data, ethics, black-box thinking and politics & data science.

Programming Throwdown

Programming Throwdown is an educational podcast dedicated entirely to programming. Each episode highlights a new programming language, including new programming skills, tips and tricks!

4. Engineering

Well There’s Your Problem

This podcast discusses engineering disasters and system failures, such as explosions and aircraft disasters, and provides explanations of why things went wrong. It covers engineering concepts, urban planning, and transportation issues, which is why this podcast is interesting not only for learning about major disasters, but also for learning more about the kinds of projects engineers work on and the problems they may encounter.

13 Minutes to the Moon

For anyone interested in space, 13 Minutes to the Moon is highly recommended. This podcast talks about the most famous Apollo missions that journeyed to the moon. The first season explains how Apollo 11 happened and how the first moon landing was saved. Can’t get enough? Season 2 covers the doomed Apollo 13 mission and explains the events that caused the explosion to happen.

Safety Third

More of a comedy podcast than an educational one, Safety Third is hosted by a bunch of familiar names in the STEM-YouTube world: NileRed, The Backyard Scientist, William Osnan, Allen Pan, and more. Are you looking for a fun podcast with some science and engineering here and there, this is the podcast for you!

Omega Tau

In the English- and German-language podcast Omega Tau, experts answer all kinds of engineering questions, using topics such as astronomy, mathematics, engineering and everything in between. For example, they explain how turbines work or how helicopters fly. Unfortunately, new episodes are no longer made, but there are still lots of interesting episodes online!

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