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The best podcasts right now, according to Kara Swisher and Lauren Goode

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Tyler Pina for Re/code

Obviously, we think our podcasts are the best. But we’re biased in that regard.

On the newest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, co-hosts Kara Swisher and Lauren Goode talked about their favorite podcasts from outside the Vox Media family, including StartUp, WTF and Stuff Mom Never Told You:

Kara and Lauren also answered your questions about whether the current podcasting renaissance is here to stay. They share some of our readers’ and listeners’ favorite shows and Lauren lays out her grievances with Apple’s default Podcasts app on iOS.

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions and podcast recommendations — remember that you can always send in questions about any topic to us by tweeting @LaurenGoode, @KaraSwisher or @Recode with the hashtag #AskRecode.

Listen to or download the episode in the player above, or click here to subscribe on iTunes. We also just launched on Google Play Music! Or, you can find Too Embarrassed to Ask on TuneIn and Stitcher.

Want more podcasts that are made by Recode? How about Recode Media with Peter Kafka, which features in-depth, no-BS interviews with the most interesting people in the media world every Thursday. Click here to subscribe to Recode Media right now on iTunes and click here to listen on Google Play Music.

On Monday, Kara Swisher will be back on Recode Decode to interview Khosla Ventures partner Keith Rabois. Click here to subscribe on iTunes, and click here to listen on Google Play Music. And on Recode Replay, you can hear all the audio from our live events, including some don’t-miss sessions from Code/Media 2016. To subscribe to that, click right here for iTunes and right over here for Google.

You can follow @Recode on Twitter for the latest on upcoming guests.

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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