What podcast(s) do you recommend?
cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/19617221
If you listen to any podcast(s) you recommend, tell us about it
cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/19617221
If you listen to any podcast(s) you recommend, tell us about it
Great pod
Darknet diaries. It's about anything security, spy, hacking, some networking bots, etc. do NOT need to be a nerd to love it, recent episode was a guy who started tracking stolen bikes and found a crazy web of criminals though patterns.
Very well spoken, very well edited, very easy to listen to, even if you're technically challenged.
This week’s Behind the Bastards about Jim Caviezel is hilarious.
Oh cool! I'm always a week or so late on Behind the Bastards, I wait until they put it on youtube so I can use sponsorblock and kill the ads. I like the coolzonemedia podcasts, but they're way too heavy on the ads for me without a blocker
Yeah, that one stung because I loved his version of The Count of Monte Cristo.
My son loves Behind the Bastards!
Trueanon, if I ever make a manifesto I'm mentioning them in it
best podcast
Oologies. A charming interviewer talks to experts in various disciplines.
A few not yet mentioned:
And a vote for previously mentioned podcasts:
The Dollop is one of my all time favourites.
Lateral - guests try to solve weird puzzles that require lateral thinking
Regular Features - regulars take turns telling a funny story each. They can be all kinds of different things. Songs, plays where everyone needs to get involved, or even true stories backed up with covert voice recordings.
That's Absurd Please Elaborate - regulars either explain something weird and interesting or listeners will prompt then with a question that they will go and research and explain in the podcast.
Horne Section Podcast - Little Alex Horne (of Taskmaster fame) interviews a guest alongside his band that will keep playing improv music of all kinds of different genres throughout. Regularly playing songs that end up being relevant to the guest, for example could be a funny retelling of their life or some fun word play on their name etc. the banter between Alex and band makes this one. They probably didn't even need guests to be honest.
A Problem Squared - 2 regulars each try to solve a question posed by listeners. Is often very intellectual but the two hosts are very witty and can find an interesting and funny way to explain someone's complicated concepts that anyone could understand and learn from.
James Acasters Perfect Sounds - each episode James shares an album specifically from the year 2016 to try and convince a guest that 2016 was the best year in music in an attempt to justify his obsession of trying to physically collect every album released in 2016. The reasons for it being 2016 specifically are very personal to him and uses each album to explain why. (This is like a companion piece/extension to a book he wrote prior on the same subject, except this time with other people involved and their opinions as well as the audible medium allowing him to share snippets of the sins they are talking about).
Some other ones I regularly listen to:
Cox n Crendor
Geekenders
Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast
C.R.E.A.M. (Cars Rule Everything Around Me - The TDC Podcast)
SmartLess
Windbreaker
Better Offline (A good one for Tech Sceptics that hate the big tech monopolies)
The Magnus Archives is still the best podcast of all time, if you're into audio dramas.
I also love The Deep 3, Thinking Basketball, and the No Dunks podcast for the NBA.
Not Another D&D Podcast is the only one I reliably listen to.
Similar vein - 8 Bit Book Club.
Not another D&D podcast is what i always recommend if people want a dnd podcast. I stopped listening to it though since I listen to podcasts whilst sleeping now and ill easily lose track of what I have actively listened to and whatnot. Will eventually get back on it at some point though.
Overcast premium has some history remembering stuff that might be helpful for you. I generally listen while doing chores so haven’t bothered with it in depth.
Maybe try using sleep timers? Most apps offer that as well.
I can't have a sleep timer cause i need it to stay on for when i periodically wake up through the night. It's so I don't focus on my tinnitus and can no longer sleep.
The Fall of Civilizations is hauntingly beautiful
I'm a fan of Lingthusiasm. It's two linguist friends chatting about interesting things in their field. They keep it pretty approachable for non-linguists (like me)
I hope you enjoy it! The podcast is in English, but they don't always talk about English linguistics. One of the two hosts works primarily on Nepalese languages, and they frequently have guests on to discuss their work
I couldn't find it, can you share the link or at least mention one of the hosters?
I can! Here is the first episode on their website https://lingthusiasm.com/post/154520059101/lingthusiasm-episode-1-speaking-a-single-language
The episode can be listened to via soundcloud on that page. Slightly further down the page, it has links to the episode on Spotify, iTunes, and Youtube as well, plus an RSS link. The hosts are Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch
Done, thanks
Though I've never studied lingthusiasm as a student, I have always preceived it as complex when I read something about it , I'll give this podcast a try
Here are some I really enjoy, which I also use to fall asleep to.
This History of Rome -- Pretty much exactly what the title says. This is an old podcast. It started in 2007 and finished in 2013. It pioneered the history podcast genre. It was made by Mike Duncan, who went on to create...
Revolutions -- Mike Duncan's follow up to The History of Rome. It's a similar format, but rather than a single on-going historical narrative, each season focuses on a different historical revolution. The original run of the show covered the English Revolution, American, French, Haitian, Spanish-American, 1830 French Revolution, 1848 European Revolutions, Mexican, and Russian Revolutions. He then concluded the podcast in 2022, but started it back up again late last year. This season is a fictionalized podcast about the Martian Revolution of the 24th century (told as a history from someone living well in the future of it). He's said that once he's done this season he's going back to doing historical revolutions picking back up after the Russian Revolution.
This Podcast will Kill You. It's about illness causing pathogens and poisons. It's super cool they break it down so nicely. AND they cite their sources!!!
Yes. This one! Sawbones is good too(-a doctor and a comedian podcast)
Oooo yes! I've listened to them too!!!
Everything from Cool Zone Media
Knowledge Fight including spinoffs
Triple J The Hookup
Rude Tales of Magic
Many good ones on channel zero
I love Knowledge Fight. I came across Know Rogan podcast after seeing it linked a lot on the KFddit and I find it really good as well. If you like KF give KR a shot
I gave the Know Rogan guys' other podcasts a shot but they weren't for me. The Know Rogan one was good I even joined the Patron for it.
Thanks! With this I'll feel better tomorrow.
If you're at all techy or in to self-hosting or home automation, the Self-Hosted podcast is excellent listening.
Shout out to Linux Unplugged, from the same network, Juipeter Broadcasting
Plenty of audience participation, current and active.
They also have meetups, community stuff and are very fediverse involved!
The only one I listen to anymore is the WAN show. I just never have time to listen to them anymore so it usually takes 3-4 days to finish it.
General interest
Game history
Talking about current video games
Thanks for the recommendations. No idea Victor Lucas had a podcast, I’ll have to check it out.
Never Post - an audio magazine about the internet and stuff
Search Engine - deep dives into interesting subjects
Your Kickstarter Sucks - sarcastic evaluations of bad kickstarter projects and other witty social commentary
The three I listen to on a regular basis:
Is adrift hosted by Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port?
Yes, that's the one.
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People, basically someone calls in to talk about anything they want with the host (comedian Chris Gethard). The caller can hang up any time, the host must hang up after exactly one hour.
People call in to talk about so many different things, and Gethard is really good at getting people to open up in a very genuine yet casual manner.
Unmade Podcast - 2 dudes talking podcast.
Lots of great suggestions. If you want one that will make you mad, Swindled is a great one about white collar crime. Podcaster is left leaning (outwardly so) and it's (sometimes) therapeutic to hear him talk about some of the topics.
acquired. deep dive into the history of major businesses. like ikea, rolex, tsmc, mars..
LeVar Burton Reads
It's exactly what you see on the label. Curated collection of short stories read by Mr. Buron. There are very few "to be continued" episodes, so you can pretty much jump in wherever and have a listen.
My brother, my brother, and me- a fake advice show. Pardon My Take- national sports podcast. The Ringer F1 Show- ins and outs of Formula 1 Motorsport.
MBMBAM was good for the first couple hundred… then… not.
Well, that’s an opinion.
I fell off around 300…350? A bit past Munch Squad started. Then it started to get kinda stale and stuff… which is understandable after HUNDREDS of hours of funny.
I’ve tried some newer ones and I find them completely insufferable, unlistenable. Everything is so flanderized and insincere and weird.
The materialism podcast has stopped, but is absolutely worth listening to the backlog. It's a material science podcast.
What's Left of Philosophy? - Good for elevating your philosophy game.
Uhh Yeah Dude. 2 guys choppin it up since 2006.
https://www.youtube.com/@doomscrollpodcast/podcasts ("Doomscroll explores online culture and politics in the 21st century.") (thoughtful one-on-one interviews with people that are active in youth culture, including people related to Chapo Trap House)
https://www.youtube.com/@spoonkid57/podcasts (a person who runs a Rust gaming channel talks with their friends about various things)
If you like NBA basketball, No Dunks!
My experience with basketball was terrible, should I say no thanks or give it a try?
Origin Story - two people (from British print media) go into the backgrounds of terms, groups, ideologies, and people in the news.
I haven't listened to this recently, but I know that Forehead Fables Podcast had an interview with John McAfee shortly before they died: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dajjuH4LFjY&list=PL0AyYv4PjzJ6vGxDjrfzSbWTj3Vgjd4mh&index=119
The podcast is run by the same person that controls https://www.youtube.com/@GeneralSam
Bone Valley, eight-episode, superb quality true crime podcast by Pulitzer prize winner Gilbert King.
Whenever I know that a podcast has a specific number of episodes I just wonder: what to do after finishing it? especially if I really get interested in it?... so what do you do in this case?
Ha, good question, it was not easy. I've just been picking over at other content in the true crime genre trying to chase that dragon - I tried a couple of other podcasts that were recommended (Beyond All Repair and Death On The Ice), but what really ended up grabbing me next was "Who TF Did I Marry," which is a woman's 7-hour recounting on TikTok of her experience being married to a pathological liar, and how it feels as it slowly dawns on her. She's an amazing storyteller, strongly recommended
I'm not into stories podcasts tbh but I'll give it a try
For a Pulitzer prize winner to come up with "Bone Valley" as a title really makes you think 🤭
Armchair Expert.
I'd recommend not listening to podcasts unless you're specifically learning something.
Always nice when people say something helpful.
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You're welcome.
I held a similar view many years ago, applied to all media and religiously motivated. I believed pleasure was sinful. My views and beliefs have since changed. Why do you make this recommendation?
Certainly not due to religion I can tell you that much.
Most podcasts are simply brain-rot. They aren't even entertainment any more, they're just zombification at this point.
This constant need to be entertained by something is ruining people's aptitude for their own thinking minds. Listening to podcasts seems to be a way for people to absorb WHAT to think, instead of HOW to think. Nobody I've seen who listens to these podcasts does so with a critical mind, because a podcast doesn't converse back. They listen to podcasts to be told what to think about a subject, so they can regurgitate it later.
I appreciate your view and I think I probably agree with you. I work a manual labor job and I’m alone most of the time. I listen to many audiobooks on Libby and many podcasts. I’ve noticed over the past several months my thinking getting more muddled, almost like there’s just too much information in my skull. I’ve started to build audio breaks in my week where I go a day or two without consuming anything with earbuds. I feel better. On info diet days my mind wanders, I’m able to think about things more carefully, my workflow is more organized, and I think more about the people in my life.
Thanks for elaborating, I totally agree with you about this
I’d recommend not posting on the internet unless you’re saying something helpful
Being unable to recognize helpful advice, doesn't mean I'm not being helpful.