The Best Educational Podcasts Of 2020
If you’ve been listening to Successful Dropout for a while, you know that while we believe traditional education is on its way out, continually learning is essential to living a full life. We completely believe in learning and self-educating as much as you possibly can. Luckily, in 2020, learning is getting easier and can be done through podcasts. In fact, we wanted to share with you the best educational podcasts of 2020 that you can glean wisdom from.
Kylon and I love listening to podcasts any chance we are doing tasks that may not be as mentally stimulating. We can do those tasks while learning something new or while adding a different perspective into our life. It’s entertaining and we feel like we’re utilizing those hours in the day for something productive.
So, the next time you’re doing the dishes or driving for a long or short distance, plug your phone in and listen to a podcast. There are a lot of podcasts out there and it’s easy to get overwhelmed, but we chose directly from our subscribed lists on our phones. So, here are a few of our favorites to get you started!
THE TIM FERRIS SHOW
The Tim Ferriss Show is a business podcast unlike any other. Author and entrepreneur Tim Ferriss interviews guests that rarely give interviews, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Popova, and Rick Rubin. Tim is an incredible conversationalist and question asker. This causes for the episodes to be absolutely filled with tangible and useful tactics and routines for you to implement into your life. It’s one of our favorite shows!
Top Episodes:
- Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More (#444)
- Dr. Jane Goodall — The Legend, The Lessons, The Hope (#421)
- Tony Robbins on How to Resolve Internal Conflict (#186)
THE KNOWLEDGE PROJECT
A recent find but an instant favorite. Shane Parrish is the founder of Farnam Street and another great conversationalist. He interviews fascinating people all over the world about their mental models and frameworks for living their best life and how they do their best work. He doesn’t release on a regular schedule, but every episode we have listened to has been worth waiting for, making this an incredible show as far as educational podcasts go.
Top Episodes:
- Derek Sivers: Innovation Versus Imitation
- Developing the Leader in You with John Maxwell
- Happy Habits with Neil Pasricha
SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT
Successful Dropout is a show for those looking for an alternative to traditional college. We support you any way we can during your dropout process and beyond. SD is for the outliers, the innovators, those that dare to dream and act on those dreams.
Top Episodes:
- Brain washing yourself to success/controlling your subconscious fears with best-selling author and dropout Jake Ducey
- How to live more lifetimes than the average person with high school and college dropout Braun Shedd
- Lessons from a six-figure earning blue collar worker with Dallas Swain
JOCKO PODCAST
If you’re ready to learn about business, leadership and life from someone that sounds like they could kill you with their little finger, Jocko podcast is for you. Honestly though, Jocko is the author of Extreme Ownership and is an incredible human being.
Navy SEAL officer and leadership instructor Jocko Willink interviews elite leaders and performers. You’ll learn how to perform under pressure, lead with confidence, and work as part of a winning team. He has inspired us in many areas of our life and we think he’ll do the same for you!
Top Episodes:
THE JOE ROGAN PODCAST
Probably listed as the #1 podcast trending right now, The Joe Rogan podcast is a long-form must listen to show. We personally love it because he brings on incredibly interesting individuals and has a free-wheeling discussion about any topics that may arise. He also will host debates which is great for seeing both sides of a topic as well.
Top Episodes:
ENTREPRENEURIAL THOUGHT LEADERS
If you are looking at the entrepreneur route, this podcast has some incredible wisdom in taking this path. Even if you aren’t looking at being an entrepreneur, you can still learn something from Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders.
Top Episodes:
FREAKONOMICS RADIO
Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything. Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers.
It’s a great listen for anyone looking to learn random bits of information as well as learn useful bits of information. They’re funny and entertaining to listen to!
Top Episodes:
LISTEN MONEY MATTERS
This podcast is dedicated to talking about all thing’s student debt, saving money, becoming financially free, buying vs renting, making extra money, investing and more! If you are interested in starting to understand money and how to make it work for you better, start with this podcast.
Top Episodes:
TED TALKS DAILY
Who doesn’t love Ted Talks? Well, what if they were available to you every day. You would likely love them even more. Ted Talks Daily is just the audio version of each talk, but still just as educating, inspiring and motivating.
Top Episodes:
SO MONEY
So Money brings candid conversations about money with the world’s top business minds, authors and influencers including Arianna Huffington, Tim Ferriss, Gretchen Rubin, Seth Godin, Robert Kiyosaki, Jim Cramer, Margaret Cho and many others.
This is a recent favorite of ours and figured it would be another great financial podcast option to throw in our list. Managing your finances and managing them wisely is one of the greatest things you’ll ever spend time learning how to do.
Top Episodes:
This list of our best educational podcasts is by no means perfect, and we hope to add more as we find more podcasts that you can benefit from.
But, this list will get you started in terms of gaining education in practical life skills, financial skills, entrepreneurial skills and more. You don’t have to go to a formal college to get an education and chances are, you wouldn’t even learn more than half the things from these podcasts in a classroom.
Think outside the box and get off the conveyor belt.
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
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