There are some great places to get nonfiction that aren't books. Still, my listening to them usually gives me more books/subjects to read.
I've been a fan of the McElroy podcasts for a long time, and the Grim and Mild collection. Both have quality nonfiction on subjects not usually addressed elsewhere.
Lately I've been listening to Court Appointed. While working from home, the lack of white noise and chat was a real issue for my focus. In the office, I'd be interrupted on the regular with questions, so I had both extra focus available and a need for something feeding into my ears.
Court Appointed is a podcast put on by a lawyer and his brother in law, and they discuss different legal subjects in a comfortable chat over some beers. Super chill, often funny, occasionally ridiculous, and riddled with some surprising mental leaps by the hosts for fun conversation.
Michael and Tommy are a good time. Tommy asks a lot of questions I’d have loved to ask a lawyer myself - though at this point Michael is a judge, not just a lawyer. I just went back to the archives to listen from the start.
They give sample cases of the principles discussed and for a few of them, I've gone looking for more discourse on those cases and it's been exciting to learn about processes and the origin of some things we run into today.
I've been trying to recommend it to my father because he would absolutely rave in agreement with some of Tommy's "grinds my gears" points of order.
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