Podcasts

[Ashley]

Couldn't find a thread from the last few years.

 

I finally started listening to podcasts like all the cool kids.

 

Currently working my way through Serial and going to try My Favourite Murder after a few recommendations.

 

Listen to Talking Simpsons too but its getting a bit meh lately because its turning in to one of those "friends just talk about themselves" and Thirty Twenty Ten.

 

Downloaded the odd random episode of various podcasts to get a flavour of some of them.

 

And also language learning ones but that's a different kettle of fish.

 

What about y'all?

[Goafer]

I've just started listening to My Brother, My Brother and Me. In their words, it's an advice show for the modern era. They take questions from Yahoo Answers (and people write in specifically to them as well) and dish out advice, although it's rarely useful.

 

Edited May 20, 2017 by Goafer

[S.C.G]

Easy Allies

Podcast

 

 

"I'm enjoying these microtransactions!"

 

[Happenstance]

At the moment I only really listen to the Giant Bombcast and Giant Beastcast along with the occasional episode of Comic Geek Speak. I am planning on trying to find some new ones soon though. I used to listen to loads of podcasts and I miss that.

[Josh64]

I have a long list of regular Podcasts, as I use them when doing housework, walking places and playing MineCraft so it's about... 70% of my waking life :p

 

Retronauts is a great quality one that I've been listening to for about 2 years which gives interesting history, music lessons and sometimes interviews about retro games.

 

The Kongversation is a (nearly) weekly Podcast about the DK Universe (So any games surrounding DK, Rare and Playtonic) - It's probably the least professional sounding podcast I listen to given the tangents and the nature of its whole concept but I like it for its weirdness and deep lore. After about 2 years of regular listening i'm finally starting to understand the endless in-jokes and almost bible-like view of the interconnected universe.

 

The Bottom Line is a business show from the BBC hostd by Evan Davis, very forward and to the point.

 

The Frank Skinner Show is a weekly podcast from Absolute Radio which I listen to all the time but that's super hit and miss for me. Sometimes I find it hilarious and other times terrible, it generally depends on how good/bad the topic is and how annoying the one co-presenter decides to be on that given week.

 

This Week in KPop is a bi-weekly round-up of all the best kpop releases as well as discussions about the music videos. It's hosted by two 30-ish asian-americans working in Korea so it's nice hearing the opinions of someone closer to my age as oppose to 'liTERALLY SCREAMING' fan girls.

 

Despite my avid (although somewhat waning) love for Nintendo I didn't have a regular Ninty podcast to listen to for a very long time but Radio Free Nintendo put a change to that fairly recently. I like it as the cast seem very balanced, not afraid to criticise and they seem aware of other consoles and PC, which is nice compared to other Nintendo things that always seem a bit too trapped in their own Nintendo bubble.

 

Thirty Twenty Ten is another weekly one for me, which looks at movies, tv shows, games and music from this week 30 years, 20 years and 10 years ago. The 2007 segments always get me in a kind of 'holy shit that's ALREADY 10 years old!?' kinda way.

 

From the same guys is Laser Time, probably my favourite of their podcasts, which looks at a certain pop culture topic each week. Some of my favourite episodes are one about the oldest media formats (the first ever recording is creepy as hell) and 'the worst song covers of all time' which is about as amazing as you'd expect.

 

Bonus Time, like what I just mentioned but an extra hour long version about more personal topics about the hosts which is a patreon only thing.

 

Like Ashley, I was really into Talking Simpsons but it has slipped a lot recently, I tend to just put it on when I've finished all my other stuff. They go on way too many tangents now and it's oddly political.

 

They're my main ones, I listen to the odd episode of It Came From Japan (JPOP music, not too invested nowadays), Vidjagame Apocalypse (videogame show hosted by Laser Time and Talking Simpsons guys) which I listen to when it has games I'm intereted in and Retsutalk which I would listen to regularly but only gets updated a handful of times a year now thanks to commitments the hosts have.

 

Still mourning the loss of The Gamebrit Podcast.

 

Will definitely try not to get hooked on any more podcasts for a while as I don't think I could keep up with many more :p

[Will]

I really like My Dad Wrote a Porno. Really funny, easy to listen to and the third season is about to start. The group that present it are a likable bunch and I believe it's become quite popular there. I'd recommend giving it a go.

[Ashley]

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Oh yeah I think that was the first one I started with. Really looking forward to it returning.

[Londragon]

I listen to a lot of science stuff from the BBC. Global news, In Our Time, The Infinite Monkey Cage, More or Less, Best of Today, Science in Action, Inside Science, Dr. Karl, Kermode and Mayo's film review, and a few Nintendo related ones.

 

 

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[Helmsly]

 

Lasertime is probably my favourite podcast, @Josh64 explained it pretty well in his post (pretty cool to hear someone on this forum listens to that show). I pretty much listen to everything on their network. Talking Simpsons, ThirtyTwentyTen , Vidyagame apocalypse and VGMpire which is about video game music, with each show dedicated to covering music from one game series. Cheappopcast which they cover that months WWE events, Cape Crysis which is now on hiatis but was about comic books and their patreon exclusive show Bonustime

 

Other non-lasertime podcasts I listen to are,

 

Richard herrings Leicester square theater podcast

Comedy podcast where Richard herring interviews a comedian or comedy actor each week. He uploads video versions of the show on youtube.

 

Steve Austin Show and Steve Austin Show Unleashed

I used to watch WWE a lot back in the 90's but I've pretty much lost all interest in the current product, but this show is great as Stone Cold gets on a lot of old timer's from the past as well as people he worked with in his heyday. You end up with a nice casual interview talking about the era they wrestled in.

 

 

The Adam Buxton Podcast Adam of Adam and Joe chatting to different entertainers and comedians.

 

I also listen to a couple of podcasts that are just recordings from regular radio shows:

 

The Danny Baker show. from BBC 5 live. Airs every Saturday on 5 live at 9am. They normally have a set of ten things to talk about that they put out to callers, then a half hour interview at the end with either a sporting or musical guest.

 

Iain Lee on talkradio Standard call-in show but the callers he gets sound like the kind of callers you'd hear on a GTA radio station or Down the line. I pretty much find myself laughing at most of what Iain does on his show, but he also gets a lot of great musical guests from the past for interviews. He also does a spin off podcast called Down the rabbit hole which is pretty good.

Edited May 22, 2017 by Helmsly

[martinist]

I almost never listen to podcasts but I'll shove on the Giant Bombcast when i'm trying to get to sleep every now and then.

 

Edited May 21, 2017 by martinist
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[Ashley]

I don't know what it is, but I just don't have much interest in gaming podcasts.

[Happenstance]

I almost never listen to podcasts but I'll shove on the Giant Bombcast when i'm trying to get to sleep every now and then.

 

 

I tend to skip Bombcast episodes when they have Rorie on them now. Cant stand him.

[martinist]

I tend to skip Bombcast episodes when they have Rorie on them now. Cant stand him.

 

I'll admit the ones without Jeff and the rest of the old Gamespot crew can get a little boring.

[Happenstance]

I'll admit the ones without Jeff and the rest of the old Gamespot crew can get a little boring.

 

I dont mind the ones without Jeff too much, its just Rorie that drives me away. I always enjoy listening to Will Smith so I would have listened to this week's but there has just been a Rorie overload lately.

[James]

Guardian Football Weekly

[bob]

I miss the football podcasts that Baddiel and Skinner used to do during summer tournaments. They were brilliant.

[dan-likes-trees]

Iain Lee on talkradio Standard call-in show but the callers he gets sound like the kind of callers you'd hear on a GTA radio station or Down the line. I pretty much find myself laughing at most of what Iain does on his show, but he also gets a lot of great musical guests from the past for interviews. He also does a spin off podcast called Down the rabbit hole which is pretty good.

 

Used to listen to the Lost podcast he did like.. ten years ago. It was great! Formative listening for me.

 

Guardian Football Weekly

 

Get your ears on the Little White Lies film podcast - Jimbo presents it - started a few weeks ago. Very good thus far!

 

My go-to's are Slate Cultural Gabfest, New Statesman Podcast(s), and the IGN UK podcast, amongst a tonne of other that I struggle to keep up with! All excellent.

 

I've also been finding S-Town to live up to Serial's high standard from the first few eps

[dwarf]

Been getting into podcasts this year.

 

Bard put me onto The Bugle, which has lost its bite since Jon Oliver left but still worth tuning into every now and then. There's only one Andy Zaltzman.

The above mentioned S-Town, which I've just finished, was excellent. I listened to the entirety of the podcast thinking it was finely crafted fiction, only to realise after the fact that it's real. Mind blown. Obviously the journalistic style leads to that effect, but still, throughout I thought the recordings and structure of it were too implausible for it to be true.

Also mentioned above is the Adam Buxton podcast of which I've only listened to one episode. I mention it here because his most recent conversation with Louis Theroux concerns S-Town and its charm factor. It's one of the best episodes of any podcast series I've come across.

The Allusionist is a fun-sized language/linguistics podcast by the sister of Andy Zaltzman - Helen Zaltzman. She has a very relaxing voice and the podcast is really well produced.

FiveThirtyEight politics podcast is a good place to go for a discussion of American politics and current affairs without the tumult of Twitter and reactionary press coverage.

Development Drums is a solid archive of in-depth academic discussions about international development. It ended a couple of years ago but something similar can be found on the CGD podcast.

Haven't been using it recently but the BBC In Our Time series has accessible academic overviews on pretty much every subject going, with a focus on the humanities. They cover major authors, philosophies and periods of history that you should know at least something about.

I used to be a big fan of Stuff You Should Know as it's a bit more light hearted and fun. Basically two intelligent guys who are good friends research a topic and then talk about it in an entertaining way.

Under the Skin with Russell Brand has been giving me a lot of joy lately - he talks to left-leaning radical thinkers and brings out the best in himself and his guests. He occasionally derails discussions with his well-established preoccupations with spirituality and whatnot but they're fantastic. In particular I recommend his chat with Carne Ross about anarchism.

I've listened to bits of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series (the WW1 Armageddon one) but because they're not split into conveniently sized chunks (at least in the way I've encountered them) I've not persisted with them. Upon first listen he sounds like a crackpot but you gently succumb to his delivery.

If Romesh Ranganathan frequently featured high-profile guests on his show Hip Hop Saved My Life, I'd put more emphasis on that. As it is, his episode with Frankie Boyle is incredible, but there isn't much else to draw you in. Katherine Ryan's appearance was also good though.

I used to listen to Athletico Mince, featuring Bob Mortimer and his friend, exclusively for Bob's tales about Steve McClaren and his failures. Some of those were hysterically funny.

 

Does anyone know of any music podcasts that are part-discussion, part music, with an educational vibe to them? I remember loving the BBC documentary Seven Ages of Rock, and would like something similar in the form of a podcast. I need a music mentor in my life to guide me to good music and explain its significance in history etc, but I don't have anyone like that right now - someone who fucking lives it, ya know? Any pointers appreciated.

@dan-likes-trees any help here? You're basically me.

 

Edited October 26, 2017 by dwarf

[dan-likes-trees]

On 25/10/2017 at 10:36 PM, dwarf said:

Does anyone know of any music podcasts that are part-discussion, part music, with an educational vibe to them? I remember loving the BBC documentary Seven Ages of Rock, and would like something similar in the form of a podcast. I need a music mentor in my life to guide me to good music and explain its significance in history etc, but I don't have anyone like that right now - someone who fucking lives it, ya know? Any pointers appreciated.

@dan-likes-trees any help here? You're basically me.

 

Ha! Apologie, only just spotted this. I've got little for you but a couple worth checking out..

Song Exploder - Not so much historical, but it has great musicians on; each episode is another artist breaking down one of their songs, how they come up with, construct and layer it up. Pretty interesting and the bands they have on are pretty high calibre!

Have only listened to a couple episodes but Hit Parade from Slate is pretty much what you described; goes through big hits through history and goes through how their influences, why they resonated with their times and their significance after release.  My issue with it is that it's pretty rare that he does stuff about bands I'm interested in!

Lastly, Unbreak My Chart is a good listen; slightly similar to the above but with current top 40 stuff, looking at why what's popular is popular.

That's all I got!

[dwarf]

For anyone who's pissed off with Brexit, I recommend the Remaniacs podcast. A weekly discussion of the catastrophe as it unfolds, and particularly worth listening to for Ian Dunt's comic disbelief about the way UK MPs are handling it.

https://player.fm/series/remainiacs-the-brexit-podcast

[Shorty]

If you like D&D, or even if you don't, the guys from My Brother, My Brother and Me have a very funny podcast called The Adventure Zone.

[Zell]

If you grew up following football in the 90s, I would recommend the Quickly Kevin, will he score? podcast. Each week they get a 90s football personality to guest star, such as Matt Le Tissier, Jim Rosenthal, Paul Merson... they even get the guy who made Championship Manager to appear.

I've also been watching OSW Review for a while now. A great series for people who grew up watching wrestling.