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Five Podcasts to Make Us Laugh and Cry

What I listen to when I want to feel joyful. Or just human.

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Byron Lane
Apr 23, 2026
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Sometimes I want to disappear for a little while.

Not numb out. Not scroll.

Just… go somewhere.

Feel something. Be inside a story. Care about people I’ve never met.

These are the podcasts I go to.

The first one pulls me in every time. Truly one of the best writers/storytellers I’ve ever heard.

The others are like close friends I can turn to when I need a mood change.


Heavyweight

This is the one I come back to most.

Masterful storytelling about people revisiting something unresolved or something small that somehow isn’t small.

It’s funny. Awkward. Deeply human.

And then it hits you.

This one pulls me out of my life and into someone else’s.

I’ve linked to one of my favorite episodes.

Heavyweight


This Is Love

This one feels like falling in love with the world again.

The stories are quiet. Tender. Sometimes unexpected.

You don’t see where they’re going. You don’t want them to end.

I’ve linked to one of my favorite episodes.

This is Love


Coming up.

Podcasts for when you want to get lost in a warm adventure, laugh and feel human, or go on a full and rich journey.

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