My favorite is easily Rationally Speaking by Julia Galef.
The episode that pulled my in initially was "Are Boomers to blame for Millenials' struggles?" from November of last year, but all episodes since have the same features that enamoured me initially. The episode was a master class in talking beyond the rhetoric and digging into the meat beyond. In the aforementioned episodes, she digs into policies that may have affected Millenials', as well as looking into voting demographics that brought about said policies. It resulted in an incredibly nuanced view (For the Boomers here on HN who may be put off by the title, it's not the typical generational hitpiece, but an addressal of them).
Julia puts in a lot of work for these episodes, making sure to read up extensively on the topics before the episode, and inviting guests of varying stances with meaningful experience to contribute. Going as far as inviting multiple guests for an episode, and reading all of said guests published books on the topic before recording. She will often go back after the interviews to offer clarifications to hanging questions that occured during the conversation.
The episode that pulled my in initially was "Are Boomers to blame for Millenials' struggles?" from November of last year, but all episodes since have the same features that enamoured me initially. The episode was a master class in talking beyond the rhetoric and digging into the meat beyond. In the aforementioned episodes, she digs into policies that may have affected Millenials', as well as looking into voting demographics that brought about said policies. It resulted in an incredibly nuanced view (For the Boomers here on HN who may be put off by the title, it's not the typical generational hitpiece, but an addressal of them).
Julia puts in a lot of work for these episodes, making sure to read up extensively on the topics before the episode, and inviting guests of varying stances with meaningful experience to contribute. Going as far as inviting multiple guests for an episode, and reading all of said guests published books on the topic before recording. She will often go back after the interviews to offer clarifications to hanging questions that occured during the conversation.
http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/245-are-boomers-to-blam...
Julia for me sets the bar for what empathetic and reasoned conversation can be if one is willing to put in the effort.