5 Unique Podcasts that’ll Improve Your Life as a Student

Lesser known podcasts to improve your student life

Dr. Jay Chatwani
ILLUMINATION
3 min readFeb 3, 2024

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Students have unique problems, from being consistent in studying to handling the stress of exams and socialising.

Guidance can be beneficial when you’re at a stage where you’re still figuring things out and also learning about yourself.

Here are 5 podcasts that will help you in your student life.

  1. The Inforium

Thomas Frank is a well-known content creator. If you’ve watched any of his content, you might know that the guy’s a geek.

He thrives on optimising things, be it note-taking apps or being more productive.

In this podcast, he discusses various topics with his friend Martin.

Some valuable episodes

  • Can we do anything about burnout?
  • Social skills: How to be more confident in social situations
  • What are the alternatives to college
  • How to actually use productivity tips and improve your life
  • The Search for the Ultimate note-taking app

2. Not Overthinking

A podcast where Two brothers Ali a Retired doctor and his brother Taimur who’s an entrepreneur sit down and delve into a wide range of topics from how to deal with imposter syndrome to how to tackle competition.

Some particularly useful ones are...

  • Toxic productivity, competition, and framing work
  • Intentional socialising
  • The Principles of Productivity
  • Why do we struggle with Motivation

3. Deep Questions

If you are a student, you might have come across the work of Cal Newport.

His books “Digital Minimalism” and “Deep Work” along with “How to Become a Straight A Student” are top-rated.

In this podcast, he offers advice about cultivating focus and Improving productivity

  • Why be productive
  • Improving concentration, Influential books, and Figuring out what to focus on
  • How much should I read
  • What is Discipline (And how to get it)

4. White Coat Investors

Learning about personal finance early in your life can be very handy in managing your spending and saving money early on.

Here, the Host discusses topics like personal finance with guests, which can be very useful can be very useful.

  • Understanding tax brackets
  • All about medical school loans
  • Improve your personal financial literacy
  • Passive Income

5. Student Affairs NOW

This podcast is beneficial for students aspiring to higher education. It tends to become political, so choose the episode carefully.

  • Geeking out on higher education
  • Collage students' basic needs
  • Finance of Higher education

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