It would be great if they are on the Apple “podcast” app. So I can download them easily and listen on the go. However it isn’t a must. Also current events discussed casually theme would be good!
I really like Nihongo Con Teppei - he has both beginner and intermediate content, and uploads really regularly. I’m pretty sure it’s available on Apple!
Well, it is in Japanese for learners of Japanese, but it is a pretty unique podcast. I kind of graduated to native podcasts, but still listen to Teppei now and then because he is so great and is an easy listen. He basically rambles about a lot of interesting everyday stuff. I credit a lot of my learning to him.
Give it a try. Unless of course you have no trouble understanding native podcasts comfortably, it is not probably relevant anymore.
There is NHKラジオニュス, バイリンガルニュス (half English half Japanese, sometimes a bit too much English for us JP-learners maybe), and the one I keep up to date on currently, “Let’s learn Japanese from small talk” (completely JP). I’d give those a try!
I also still have “Big in Japan”, “Machigai Podcast” and “Slow and Easy in Japan” in my list, but can’t speak for them as I haven’t listened to those yet.
I listen to the podcasted shows from Sakura Radio, a japanese language station in the US http://www.sakuraradio.com/ - I use android so I’m not sure if they’re available on Apple’s podcast app.
I really like the Konnichiwa Podcast at https://konnichiwapodcast.podbean.com/
It’s a bilingual podcast and it’s fairly easy to follow because they say it in both languages.