There’s a lotta podcasts out there. Maybe you have your staples but want to try something new, something far outside your wheelhouse. Or maybe you’d just like to know what else is in that wheelhouse in the first place.

Introducing 1.5x Speed, a weekly newsletter of podcast recommendations from me, Nick Quah, probably one of the few people in the world who holds “podcast critic” as a job title. (What a time to be alive.)

Sign up and I’ll get you a few picks every week. Most will be new. Some will be old. Others will be newbies from oldies, like, say, a new episode of This American Life that’s particularly good, though we’ll try to hold off from just writing about the obvious ones, because, as previously mentioned, there’s a lotta podcasts out there. The recommendations will vary in size, too. Some will be entire seasons. Some will just be specific episodes. Occasionally, I’ll talk about a podcast I don’t personally like, but is noteworthy in driving some form of conversation.

Either way, you’ll have something to listen to while you do the dishes, go for a jog, or chase the cat. Whether or not you actually listen at 1.5x speed is up to you. I’m a 1.2x guy myself.

The first edition drops Wednesday, August 26. You can sign up here.

— Nick Quah, Podcast Critic