Streaming > Music, Podcasts, & Audio 65 65 people found this article helpful The 11 Funniest Podcasts of 2023 Need a good laugh? Check these out! By Brad Stephenson Brad Stephenson Facebook Twitter Freelance Contributor Western Sydney University Brad Stephenson is a freelance tech and geek culture writer with 12+ years' experience. He writes about Windows 10, Xbox One, and cryptocurrency. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on January 9, 2023 Reviewed by Lisa Mildon Reviewed by Lisa Mildon Facebook Twitter Southern New Hampshire University Lisa Mildon is a Lifewire writer and an IT professional with 30 years of experience. Her writing has appeared in Geekisphere and other publications. lifewire's editorial guidelines Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Music, Podcasts, & Audio Podcasts Music For Your Life Audio Streaming Radio CDs, MP3s, & Other Media Comedy podcasts are a great way to keep yourself and others entertained. Here are our favorite comedy podcasts that can be downloaded for offline listening or streamed on-demand via popular podcast services like Stitcher and iTunes. New to Podcasts? Here's How to Download and Subscribe to Your Favorites 01 of 11 Comedy Bang! Bang!: A Funny Podcasts With Special Guests Comedy Bang! Bang! What We Like An impressive list of special guests in each episode. What We Don't Like Episodes can run well over 90 minutes. Archives are available through Stitcher Premium only. Comedy Bang! Bang! is a long-running weekly podcast that mixes casual conversation and amusing observations with entertaining interviews with guests. Listen to Comedy Bang! Bang! 02 of 11 Free to a Good Home: Comedy Podcast About Classified Ads Free to a Good Home What We Like Hing and Jenkins know how to build a hilarious tale from mundane ads. A good variety of guests from different walks of life. What We Don't Like Not available on Stitcher. Free to a Good Home is a comedy podcast with a basic premise; reading funny classified ads. Professional Australian comedians Michael Hing and Ben Jenkins take the idea to the next level though by creating fictitious backgrounds for the people that wrote the ads and making amusing predictions about who would respond to them. Listen to Free to a Good Home 03 of 11 La Culturistas: A Fun Coversation Podcast About Everything Forever Dog Productions What We Like Fantastic chemistry between the hosts and guest. Great variety of conversation topics. What We Don't Like You'll want to wait until the kids are away before listening. La Culturistas is a roundtable conversation podcast hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang. While the official theme of the podcast is culture, the duo and their guests really do talk about anything that crosses their minds from childhood memories to dating and current events. Listen to La Culturistas 04 of 11 The Dragon Friends: A Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Podcast The Dragon Friends What We Like The podcast hosts know how to make even basic plot points a hilarious punchline. What We Don't Like Those who have never played Dungeons and Dragons may be confused. The Dragon Friends is a very popular podcast about a group of comedians who get together once a month to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons. Each episode continues the story progression of the previous entry and the ridiculous choices made during magical life-and-death situations will have you laughing out loud. Listen to The Dragon Friends 05 of 11 BBC Comedy of the Week: British Comedy in Podcast Form BBC What We Like A convenient way to gain exposure to comedy across the pond. What We Don't Like It can be difficult to know what to expect from one episode to the next. Comedy of the Week is an official podcast from the BBC which collects a variety of audio recordings from different television and radio programs. Listen to Comedy of the Week 06 of 11 The Bugle: A News Podcast for Laughing at Current Events The Bugle What We Like A surprisingly good podcast for catching up on the latest news. A fun revolving door of guest comedians every week that keep the show fresh. What We Don't Like The sound effects and music can make hearing the hosts difficult. The Bugle is a weekly podcast led by Andy Zaltzman and company that reports on the latest news happening around the world before picking it apart with a panel of comedians. Even serious stories get a laugh in this podcast. Listen to The Bugle 07 of 11 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition Comedy Central What We Like Genuinely interesting interviews that will make you laugh and think. New podcast episodes five days a week. What We Don't Like Noah can resort to cheap jokes about the way people talk every now and then. The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition is an official audio version of the popular TV show that airs on Comedy Central. Noah covers the latest breaking news with a humorous take and frequently interviews actors, musicians, politicians, and authors. Listen to The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition 08 of 11 Anna Faris Is Unqualified: Funniest Celebrity Stories Unqualified What We Like Anna Faris manages to get a lot of popular actors. She has a very soothing and pleasant voice. What We Don't Like A little too much talk of sponsors and supporting the podcast. Episodes can take a while to get started. Likable actress Anna Faris heads her own podcast where she interviews celebrities such as Jimmy Kimmel, Nick Jonas, and Elizabeth Olsen. Listen to Anna Faris Is Unqualified 09 of 11 No Such Thing as a Fish: Humorous Trivia and Facts QI What We Like Experienced hosts who know how to make an audience laugh. Great fun for the whole family to listen to. Can listen to podcast with a variety of apps and websites. What We Don't Like The current season is completely free, but past seasons need to be purchased. No Such Thing as a Fish is a hilarious podcast made by the writers of the popular BBC show, Qi. Every week, the hosts share new things they've learned or trivia they've been told and they discuss it as a group, often in front of a live audience. Listen to No Such Thing as a Fish 10 of 11 Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!: A Podcast With News and Laughs NPR What We Like Fast pace and high energy. Works just as well as a news podcast as it does comedy. Available in a variety of formats. What We Don't Like 50 minutes does feel a bit too long for this show format. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is a rather clever format for a podcast that combines a sort of game show about current events with a panel of comedians who know how to make their audience laugh. Listen to Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! 11 of 11 Greetings Adventurers! (Formerly Drunks and Dragons): Board Games and Belly Laughs Geekly Inc. What We Like Plenty of episodes to listen to. Mostly unscripted broadcasts provide spontaneous entertainment. Can listen on their website or on Spotify. What We Don't Like Sometimes contains coarse language not suitable for younger audiences. Many of the jokes may go over your head if you're not savvy to niche topics. Involves quite a bit of drinking, so not suitable for little ones. Broadcasting since 2012, this geeky podcast features a group of nerdy friends playing Dungeons and Dragons while inebriated, most of the time. It's popularity has even spawned a card game based on the hosts characters, Drinks & Daggers, that is much like a drunken Magic the Gathering. 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