10 inspiring podcasts you need in your daily routine.
When I’m tired of my own voice in my head and I need new words and voices to fill up the room a little, I usually go and search for new podcasts, sometimes it serves as an escape from reality or just a simple addition to your daily routine while you walk the dog, doing groceries or cooking.
Whatever your interest, passion, or taste, there's a podcast out there that will serve to it. We listed a couple of personal favorites for you, these podcasts includes interviews with artists, honest talks about stress and burn-outs, the beauty of failing (as you may know reading my other articles, I’m a big fan of failures), photography, design & art.
So, lean back and enjoy!
1. How To Fail with Elizabeth Day
“How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is a podcast that celebrates the things that haven’t gone right. Every week, a new interviewee explores what their failures taught them about how to succeed better”. Elizabeth Day’s podcast digs deep into people’s failures, and is inspiring because we all fail. We just don’t talk about it too often.
One to listen to if your inner critic or perfectionist is being particularly noisy – or if you just want to be entertained.
2. Are We On Air?
Are We On Air? is a weekly interview series by Arman Naféei exploring the life’s soundtrack of global cultural figures and personalities within the fields of music, film, art, fashion, life and culture.
The inner lives of artists; it’s a constant subject of fascination and mystery. Music has long been a means of charting lives and anchoring memories and forms the foundation of the podcast Are We On Air?, created by music curator Arman Naféei. His guests – as star-studded as they are varied – span the intersecting worlds of music, art, film, design and science.
3. Never Not Creative
Never Not Creative is a community for creatives to come together and tackle the challenges we face in the creative industry. From how to manage and improve your mental health, to getting paid what you're worth and everything in between.
The Never Not Creative podcast is hosted by Andy Wright and Sarah Nguyen. They interview creatives, mental health experts and consultants to share advice stories and conversations linked to our goals as a community.
4. König Kunst
In KÖNIG KUNST, Johann König speaks with artists, friends, and collaborators of the gallery. Having a track record for giving a platform to the most innovative artists, the gallerist opens the curtains and reveals what happens behind closed doors.
Together with his guests, he reflects on the decisions that brought them to the art world, the challenges that lie behind every exhibition, and the inspirations that drag them to a certain work.
Tune in and get fresh insights from leading figures of the art scene!
5. On Design with Justyna Green
On Design is a brilliant podcast hosted by Justyna Green that brings you insightful conversations with art and designs most inspiring figures—from designers to musicians, dancers to architects and everybody in-between. If you want to know what inspires them, how they work and how they see the world, this is one to subscribe to.
On Design brings you insightful conversations with designs most inspiring figures - from designers to artists, creative directors to entrepreneurs and everybody in between. If you want to know what inspires them, how they work and how they see the world, this is the perfect podcast for you!
6. Typeradio
Are you obsessed with typography? Then you’d want to make a beeline for this podcast, which features interviews with prominent type designers and type specialists including Erik Brandt, Roel Wouters and Michiel Schuurman.
Here you can enjoy and check out the podcast of Typeradio.
7. Design Matters
Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts about design and an inquiry into the broader world of creative culture through wide-ranging conversations with designers, writers, artists, curators, musicians, and other luminaries of contemporary thought. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, this show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives.
8. Sampler
Sampler brings you the best moments from the world of podcasts. We’ll feature bite sizes tastes from a variety of shows plus we’ll talk with podcasters to find out why they do what they do. Sampler is hosted by Brittany Use and has a different special guest every week.
9. This Being Human
This Being Human is a new podcast by the Aga Khan Museum. In every episode, host Abdul-Rehman Malik interviews an incredible person at the top of their game on Muslim art, culture, history, and society. They'll explore everything from prayer and pilgrimage, politics and pop culture, love and education, feminism, and film, sports and music, and so much more.
Through deep, thoughtful conversation, this one-of-a-kind podcast hopes to bridge divides, dispel myths, and learn things we didn’t know about the kaleidoscope of the Muslim experience.
10. Foam Talks: Talent Edition
At a time when many of us are unable to enjoy exhibitions in person, there’s a fresh way to experience the work of winners of photographic competition Foam Talent 2020. Mirjam Kooiman, Foam’s curator for the Talent Exhibitions, is hosting a podcast.
In the first episode, photographer Philip Montgomery and The New York Times Magazine’s director of photography Kathy Ryan discuss striking a balance between photojournalism and fine art.
Enjoy and dont forget to check out the podcast of Foam Talks!
