You mentioned a history podcast, so just remember, you asked for this. I don't think anybody matches Dan Carlin for presentation (although his historical accuracy can be lacking) but here are some that are probably the most approachable.

* History of Rome: A narrative history of Rome from foundation to fall of the western empire

* Revolutions: A long series of various revolutions around the world (American, French, Haitian, etc. etc.)

* The British History Podcast: Chronological history of the British Isles, very detailed, hundreds of episodes in and the Normans have not showed up yet.

* When Diplomacy Fails: Covers various political/military events throughout history. Currently doing a deep dive on the Korean war.

* The China History Podcast: Episodes on all topics from Chinese history from ancient times to the Mao era

* The History of Byzantium: Picks up where History of Rome ended and continues the story until (theoretically) the fall of Byzantium.

* The History of England: Similar to British History, but moves at a far faster pace, currently in the reign of Henry VIII

There are of course many many more, but these are probably some of my favorites.

Shameless Plug: I create a podcast on the First World War called History of the Great War. I think it is pretty good, at least the more recent episodes.

I think 12 Byzantine Rulers - The history of the Byzantine Empire (19 episodes) is what Mike Duncan cited as his inspiration for the History of Rome (191 episodes). I'd also recommend Norman Centuries - A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth (20 episodes) as being in the same style.

* Norman Centuries - A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth

* 12 Byzantine Rulers- The History of The Byzantine Empire

* The History of Rome

Maybe it's just the scope or ambition of the projects but things like a season Serial Podcast or the Byzantine/Norman podcasts I mentioned here are more like miniseries.

Those are always welcome, thank you. I know of (1), (5) and (6) but haven't started them yet.

I've dabbled a bit in the "History of Japan" podcast but since I encountered some episodes that weren't accurate (although they weren't strictly about history), I've lost trust and stopped listening. Apart from that, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" podcast is ok, albeit a bit too comedic at times for my taste.

I came here to recommend (1), (2) and (6) - and frankly, I prefer both Mike Duncan's and Robin Pierson's style over Dan Carlin's, as the latter easily becomes grating to my ears. Give me Duncan's deadpan humor any day.

Thanks for the other podcasts, by the way!

I also prefer Duncan and Pierson to Carlin, but I have come to accept that I am in the minority. I have not actually listened to the last few Hardcore History episodes because I can't handle Carlin's "quote voice"

I look forward to checking out your podcast! I'm just following Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast and he's nearly up to WWI historically, would be a nice segue to new content.

My advice, skip the first 30ish episodes, they are rubbish, I had no idea what I was doing, and I have not had time to go back and fix them. ;)

I quit because of what you call his "quote voice." As if everyone in history talked in that way.

I enjoy:

- "The Daily" by the NYT - High Quality, but it is skewed towards "liberal ideas".

- "Who? Weekly" - This is a weird one for this crowd, but it's 2 people who are deep into celebrity culture and it's fun to get outside of my depth.

- "Limited Resources" - MTG podcast with great in depth coverage of the limited format

- "S-Town" - Fun narrative podcast, that opened some ethical questions by the end, but I think would def make this crowd cry.

Here are some of the ones I like, should be searchable via apple podcast directory.

Our American Stories is really good http://www.ouramericannetwork.org

Art of Maniless https://www.artofmanliness.com/category/podcast/

SOFREP Radio https://sofrep.com/radio/

Also Twit TV has a bunch of good ones, video/audio formats. https://www.twit.tv/shows?shows_active=1

Forgot to mention, Android Podcast Addict is a great podcast app, and for windows is Groover Pro.

Both supports opml file that saves your subscriptions to the cloud. So you can sync on your devices.

Podcast addict supports youtube links also, both support video podcasts.

And why not use Itunes? Itunes likes to download all your podcast feeds, and can eat lots of disk space if you have many subscriptions, use a dedicated podcast app/program.

I really enjoy "The Meateater Podcast", hosted by Steven Rinella. Great information about hunting, conservation, and public land, with guests including hunters, biology researchers, Joe Rogan, state Fish & Game employees, and authors. Even if you're not a hunter, the discussions are fascinating.

There's a few ads in the earliest episodes, but otherwise they keep it to the occasional "Hey ya freeloaders, go rate us on iTunes" at the start of the show.

I have been eating these up:

* https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/

* http://www.radiolab.org/series/podcasts/

My two favs also. I'm a big fan of planet money as well.

Another underrated show is Masters of Scale[0] I know it's a little more techie based which might be too much for people trying to escape that reality while listening to podcasts but I've found it very informative and I highly recommend it.

[0] https://mastersofscale.com/

Duncan Trussell Family Hour, Its All Happening - Zach Leary, Radiolab, Tangentially Speaking with Dr Christopher Ryan, The Dr Drew Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, WTF Podcast, Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank, MAPS Podcast,

These are all A+ Podcasts.

I've been enjoying these lately:

* https://syntax.fm

* https://hasspodcast.io

Dan Carlin's other podcast, Common Sense, is also great.