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I tend to go for story-telling podcasts, and within those I gravitate towards Twilight Zone-style weird anthologies. I don't know how under-appreciated they are, but I rarely see the genre represented in discussions much.

Right now I'm finding a lot of great stuff in:

• The Other Stories (all kinds of stuff, they have a different theme every month or so)
• The Wrong Station (similar, but less likely to stick to a theme for a while)
• Gray Matter (lots of modern adaptations of older horror/sci-fi, like Lovecraft)
• The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings (higher ratio of dumb stuff, but still some gems)
• The Program (Black Mirror-esque)
• The Truth (various radio plays. Many aren't sci-fi, but still weird in some way. Kind of reminds me of the bits of Inside No. 9 I've seen.)--

My two favorites are:

Darknet Diaries - a podcast about hackers, cybercrime and hacktivism.

Well There's Your Problem - ~~a truecrime podcast about social murder~~ A podcast about engineering disasters, with slides!

Cautionary Tales by Tim Harford

Knowledge Fight. Two great dudes who break down the insanity of Info Wars

I've always liked 99% invisible

I don't know if they are under appreciated, but:

My brother my brother and me

The Adventure Zone

Sawbones

Articles of Interest. It's nominally a fashion podcast, but they tie it into lots of other topics: history, culture, identity, religion...

This Podcast Will Kill You if you want something brainy. They cover various deadly phenomena along with their biological and medical histories.

BigSoftTitty.png if you want something a bit more loose. Two married comedians find odd things on the internet and make fun of each other, basically. Very knowingly stupid and very intentionally silly. They've had Paul F Tompkins on a few times, just to give an idea of their comedic sympathies. One host actually has a "gameshow" on YouTube (So You Wanna Win A Penis Pump?) in which Paul was a contestant....by way of a tablet strapped to her husbands face because they live in Australia where Paul is not. Just good, stupid fun.

Dungeons and Daddies (not a BDSM podcast), an actual pay D&D podcast about four dads and a Honda Odyssey accidentally thrown into the forgotten realms.

The players are the writers and director from the rocket jump YouTube channel, they also made a show called videogame highschool. The DM is Anthony Burch, creator of "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playing?" As well as the lead writer behind borderlands 2 (and basically the reason it's a good game).

Two ordinary cops. It's two ex coppers talking about their time as coppers in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Never Post!

https://www.neverpo.st/

a podcast for and about the internet, it's my favourite

From Rewatch With Love, if you like James Bond rewatch podcasts. Finished now so you could watch/listen to them all.

I listen primarily to Am I The Genius?, Am I The Jerk?, and The Survival Podcast, especially TSP.

I Don't Speak German

Film Reroll

NADDPOD is my jam right now, it's four comedians playing D&D

If you have any interest in biology/neuroscience, Robert Sapolsky's Father-Offspring Interviews is fantastic

Kill James Bond

I have no way of evaluating what is popular or under appreciated but I just started listening to Too Many Tabs (Pearlmania 500) and I'm very much enjoying it.

Ologies with Alie Ward, for fun dives into specific topics!

If you like or care about clean energy, I’m a fan of Volts with David Roberts

Not under appreciated at all, but the XFM shows (the Ricky Gervais show) are fantastic. Only mention because I'm not sure how popular/well-known it is globally.

If its new to you, OP, give it a shot.