The 100 best podcasts of all time

Listening

From its early days to the boom of 2020 and the newer, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube versions, podcasts have become a vital way for us to get our news, entertainment, and more. TIME compiled the 100 best podcasts of all time—here are just a few of our favorites:

• Las Culturistas. Listening to Las Culturistas, hosted by longtime BFFs Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, is like hanging out with your hippest, most hilarious, most in-the-know friends who also happen to have a direct line to your favorite celebrities. Read more.

• New Heights With Jason & Travis Kelce. The easygoing, no-holds-barred rapport between the Kelce brothers, and their guests has helped New Heights develop a devoted following. Read more.

• Ezra Klein Show. The New York Times—and especially its opinion section—is increasingly relying on podcasts and videos to draw an audience, and Ezra Klein has become one of their biggest stars. Read more.

• Home Cooking. The warm, bubbly, and ridiculously knowledgeable chef Samin Nosrat teamed up with veteran podcaster and real-life buddy Hrishikesh Hirway for a Radiotopia show called Home Cooking that answered listener cooking questions during the early pandemic. Thankfully, ahead of the publication of Nosrat's highly anticipated second cookbook Home Cooking has returned, just as delightful as ever. Read more.

• Call Her Daddy. Whatever your feelings might be about Alex Cooper’s nu-girlboss persona, her flagship pod, and the overall “Daddy Gang” fandom it’s spawned, no one can deny the vice grip Call Her Daddy currently has on pop culture. Read more.

Talking About

• Jimmy Kimmel is once again fighting back against President Donald Trump amid the fallout over the cancellation of his fellow late-night TV talk show host Stephen Colbert’s program. Read here.

• Yes, The Simpsons is still running! For decades, the show’s writers have leaned into the show’s hardcore fandom. Here’s how.

• Jubilee Media claims that its oft-clipped debate show, “Surrounded,” has a goal to “promote open dialogue,” for which the company sees itself as a neutral host. Many disagree. Here’s what to know.

Remembering

• Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of the British rock band Black Sabbath, died Tuesday at the age of 76. Read more.

• Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played son Theodore “Theo” Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” died in a drowning accident at the age of 54. TIME speaks to his memory here.

• Hulk Hogan died at 71. Tributes poured in for the wrestling icon and outspoken Trump supporter. Read here.