Something You Should Know - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This is a real aural magazine. Put it on and jump on the treadmill, the variety of short, interesting interviews is perfect to take in over a short period of time. The host has a smoothly professional voice but the real jewel in this series is that the interviewers Mike does are not canned. He's lively and responsive to his guests and his questions follow his interviewee in a really delightful way. The shows are released so rapidly that there's always a new one waiting in my queue. A standout series!

This podcast really makes me look forward to my commute. I learn something new & interesting every day. Mike is an excellent host - always asking the exact follow-up question that I would have asked. I highly recommend.

I listen to A LOT of podcasts and this is my favorite. Mike is such a good host, his voice is smooth and clear and he is an excellent interviewer. Very good variety of topics and interesting guests. The discussions are long enough to hold my interest but short enough to keep me from getting bored. I really like all the little tidbits he throws out in addition to the main topics. I wish he did a show every day!

It used to be the case that I'd only listen to podcasts while driving in my car, but after discovering Something You Should Know, I now find that I'm listening to episodes while at home, while working outside, and even while I'm at the gym. It's been so much fun going through the archives and listening to all of the older episodes while I wait for new ones to come out.

Through his compelling interviews with authors who are experts in their fields, Mike covers an extremely wide range of topics such as networking strategies, food science, astronomy, social interactions, self-motivation, psychology, and so many others. I have discovered many great books thanks to those interviews, and they are always filled with useful information. The format and pacing of each episode are also extremely well done, and they make it easy to stay engaged throughout. Thanks for providing such great content!

I was excited to try a new podcast that hopefully explored intelligent topics and presented information scientifically, evidence based and unbiased. That is not what I got. The host is unbearably ignorant. As a interviewer it is imperative that you at least do a little bit of background research so you can talk intelligently but he continues to stifle the conversation with uneducated hot takes, and embarrassingly surface level questions. The questions he asks have no critical thinking involved AT ALL. A recent episode when discussing Americans being over worked, he failed to see the purpose of the guest’s argument and close-mindedly pushed back by continuously bringing up the ridiculous example of “what if people want to work” or what some LOVES their work?” How does that at all remotely further the conversation of forced productivity or over worked people? Ridiculous. Will not be listening to this show ever again. For intelligent content GO ELSEWHERE!

Just tried listening for the first time and couldn’t make it past the half-way point. The way the host rudely talked over/at and dismissed the guest on the Good Friends episode that came out 2 days ago was off-putting and there were multiple sound editing errors. Seems like you have a lot of cool topics, but I won’t be listening again.