Planet Recommends · Comedy
Laugh Until It Hurts
Comedy podcasts that are genuinely funny and, occasionally, something more.
By Devon Pryce · 20 Jul 2026
Comedy is the hardest format to recommend — one person's favourite hour is another's fingernails on slate. So we picked on craft rather than taste: shows where the timing, the editing and the trust between hosts are visibly excellent.
Try one episode. If the room feels right, you'll have four hundred hours waiting.
01 · Comedy
Comedy Bang Bang
The improv laboratory that trained half the podcast industry.
Latest · Wainscotting, Hold The Hamm (David Wain, James Mannion, Isabella Escalante) · 1h 26m
02 · Comedy
Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
A late-night legend with nothing to prove, which turns out to be the funniest version of him.
Latest · Greta Lee · 1h 6m
03 · Comedy
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
A comedy show that keeps accidentally becoming a very good interview show.
Latest · Marc Brackett (on emotional intelligence) · 2h 10m
04 · Comedy
Las Culturistas
Cultural recall as a competitive sport. Faster than it has any right to be.
Latest · "Vibey Good Actor" (w/ Ramy Youssef) · 1h 17m
05 · Comedy
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
The Sunday institution. Still the cleanest joke-per-minute rate on radio.
Latest · Falling in love with an octopus, a dog, and Sally Field · 48 min