Good podcasts
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@MajorRage said in Good podcasts:
Malcom Gladwell stuff is interesting, although it's tough to have on just in the background
Revisionist History Podcast - Malcolm Gladwell Podcast - Pushkin Industries
Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Click now to listen to the Revisionist History podcast on Pushkin Industries.
Got two of his books in the queue to read, outliers and blink I think. I don't know anything about him other than he looks like the sort of person I would find immensely irritating in the flesh.
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@Voltron said in Good podcasts:
Freakonomics is a must.
the bugle is probably the greatest podcast of all time but has gone downhill since the departure of John Oliver. Old episodes are great. Might be a bit too "left" for you
Planet Money
Serial is excellent. So far they've done 2 seasons, essentially as the title suggests, each season is a single story across multiple episodes
This American life is i think the most listened podcast in the world, can be a bit tree huggy at times but they have their moments
Irriligiousophy is great if you're an atheist. Some fun bible and American founding father takedowns.Don't mind hearing from the left if they are able to make me understand their point of view and/or challenge my own. Have huge issue with lefties who approach life with the attitude of "this is what I think if you don't feel the same way you must be a misogynist/racist/redneck/shill/far right nutjob etc etc etc".
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Rubin Report.
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Agree with @Tim about Bret Easton Ellis. The Tarantino interview was great, although I notice that doesn't seem to be on itunes anymore? Alec Baldwin's 'Here's the Thing' gets some pretty good conversations.
If you like 80's & 90's movies I recommend 'How Did This Get Made?'. It's pretty fantastic.
I like Rogan's podcast but I have to be very selective. There must be well over 10 hours a week of content from him, right?
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@Siam said in Good podcasts:
Jegga did you ever take Rogans advice and lisren to Dan Carlins history casts?
I did and while I lost about 2 days, by christ I feel educated on the first world war!
Very good
No, sounds good. I think this was the one I was listening to the other day, cover the origins of burning man , its tie in with fight club and how they are using MDMA as a way of treating PTSD.
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99% Invisible covers a wide range of interesting topics http://99percentinvisible.org/episodes/
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More or Less (from BBC) is my favorite statistics podcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrss1/episodes/downloads
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Do The Right Thing - funny gameshow podcast with comedians about doing the right (or wrong) thing in any situation https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/dotherightthing/ Try this one first from the last series with Andy Zaltzman and sex expert Lou Sanders https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/dotherightthing/series6_5/
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The Infinite Monkey Cage. Brian Cox and Robin Ince talking about science with scientists and comedians http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads
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Lance Armstrong's podcast has been really good with some interesting guests. Very honest and up front. I was never an Armstrong fan (cheating bastard) but after listening to his podcast - respect! This bloke is a winner.
The Forward
The Forward Podcast with Lance Armstrong gives the audience a rare and revealing listen into Armstrong's conversations with an eclectic range of personalities—some well-known, others simply with intriguing stories to tell. Guests, which hail from the worlds of politics, entertainment, art, business...
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@GagaBoy said in Good podcasts:
Lance Armstrong's podcast has been really good with some interesting guests. Very honest and up front. I was never an Armstrong fan (cheating bastard) but after listening to his podcast - respect! This bloke is a winner.
The Forward Podcast with Lance Armstrong gives the audience a rare and revealing listen into Armstrong's conversations with an eclectic range of personalities—some well-known, others simply with intriguing stories to tell. Guests, which hail from the worlds of politics, entertainment, art, business...
Interesting hearing him talk after his massive fall from grace and as Rogan pointed out a lot of other admitted drug cheats are still in the record books while he's been removed.
Still this he's a fluffybunny though.
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Well, I think Armstrong himself summed it up pretty well in Rogan's podcast. Rogan was trying to justify/explain/normalise the cheating a little, and Armstrong said that people might have been able to get over the cheating, but how he aggressively went after his whistle blowers is something they can't get over.
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I've good things about this one:
https://www.acast.com/mydadwroteaporno
"Imagine if your Dad wrote a dirty book. Most people would try to ignore it and pretend it had never happened - but not Jamie Morton. Instead, he's decided to read it to the world in this brand new comedy podcast. With the help of his friends, James Cooper and BBC Radio 1's Alice Levine, Jamie will be reading a chapter a week and discovering more about his father than he ever bargained for."
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Radiolab have some decent ones but they are short, I'd be interested in what others think of this because I think in one way or another it is in our future and it has pretty huge ramifications .
Update: Eye In the Sky
Ross McNutt has a superpower — he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he?
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@Duluth I actually like Stav. I find enthusiasm infectious. I love that he enquires of every woman mentioned if "they have nice big titties?"
I understand that a lot of people are put off by his cackle though. Guess I just got used to it fast.
Cousin Ralph is my favourite character.
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@Siam said in Good podcasts:
Jegga did you ever take Rogans advice and lisren to Dan Carlins history casts?
I did and while I lost about 2 days, by christ I feel educated on the first world war!
Very good
Second vote for Carlin, the one about the mongols was a cracking listen too, was free when I got it, but his stuff sometimes charges
538 does a good, pretty even handed, weekly US politics podcast -
FiveThirtyEight Politics Show - PodCenter - ESPN Radio
Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team cover the latest in politics, tracking the issues and "game-changers" every week.
Chapo Trap house is probably best described as US poltics for anarchists, they take an entertaining shit on pretty much everyone -
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@Tim said in Good podcasts:
@Duluth I actually like Stav. I find enthusiasm infectious. I love that he enquires of every woman mentioned if "they have nice big titties?"
I understand that a lot of people are put off by his cackle though. Guess I just got used to it fast.
Just listened. It sounds like they keep him lower in the mix. I wonder if he's nervous on other shows too, he seemed to cackle a lot less here.
Hardcore History Series
Chapo Trap House Podcast | Free Listening on Podbean App
