Podcasts

Hopefully he'll keep it up.

Listening to podcasts at work is better than listening to the same twenty prerecorded CDs our college radio station broadcasts over summer break.

Firesign Theater is GREAT - they're a classic surreal stoner baby boomer comedy troupe

Simulacrum - v funny fake interviews with celebrities

Slate Magazine is hit or miss

my friend and i have been trying to get a radio show for ages but it's not working out

A copy of Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

With the lame mp3 encoder: http://lame.sourceforge.net/ (probably comes with the Audacity download, I don't remember)

$5 a month mp3 hosting from LibSyn: http://www.libsyn.com

That's about it.

haha

This week's podcast is DJ Jonny Sender of Konk from March 2005. Track list below.

Podcast: http://www.alldisco.net/podcast.xml

war - galaxy
fantastic aleems - hooked on your lovin'
instant funk - got my mind made up
positive force - we got the funk
happy song (bootleg edit)
eurythmics - sweet dreams
chic - good times
incredible bongo band - apache
first choice - love thang
Moody Boys
falco - machine brennt
electric mind - zwei (dub)
jago - i'm gonna go
billy frazier & friends - billy who?
Brenda and the Tabulations - Let's Go All the Way Down

Listen to them... in the car? On the subway? It's basically surrogate radio for an iPod. Not so exciting, but still useful.

Also Probe ministries ( http://www.probe.org/ ) does a pretty good and informative talk show about various topics in Christianity or society.

There some okay science ones like "Science and Society"

I've also found a few language ones. Depending on which language you want to learn you can search through itunes store directory. I got one called "HESS Chinese survial guide."

how about good podcasts in french???

I've decided to utilise the full functional capacity of mypod. At the momment only listening to those available via itunes. Currently sampling:

Radio4's Best of Today
Amnesty International
NPR's It's All Politics
Newsweek
New York Times Op-Ed
Slate
Rob Da Bank's Sunday Best
The Onion
Ricky Gervais

These all fairly obvious. Can anyone offer me anything a bit more off-beat and esoteric? Not that I am either of those things but i might like to be.

Is Tom Ravenscroft's Channel 4 one still going?

fuck! that was good, that. and i've forgotten all about it. arse.

The Sound of Young America
Jordan, Jesse Go!
Never Not Funny

R U Sirius has a show with interesting guests sometimes

i like radio lab a lot. very sound rich, but doesn't come out very often (probably b/c the quality is so good).

I listen to:

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! (NPR panel show about the week's news)
The Paul Goebel Show (beat the geeks tv nerd talks about tv and says funny things)
Fighting Talk (BBC 5 sports panel show... I like panel shows, what can I say?)
Escapepod (Sci-fi short stories read to me! Yum!)
Hooting Yard (Cool prose, I think? I dunno, I love it but I don't get it)

That's it for now. I am sure I will listen to more as time passes though, I keep adding to it.

Ps. RIP Stycast

xpost HA! I had just come here to say Radio Lab! We are of one mind.

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/

I listen to all the standard NPR ones (Wait Wait, Fresh Air, TAL), the Elvis Mitchell show on KCRW, the Harry Shearer show on KCRW, the Design and Architecture show on KCRW, Sound Opinions (laugh it up, rock snobs), and a couple DJ shows of friends.

Just added to the iPod:

NYer Comment
Sound of Young America
Intelligence Squared
Resident Advisor
Beats in Space
Tha Hunga Mixtape Show (unsigned hip-hop)

Avoid RadioLab nowadays, btw. My post from 11 months ago couldn't be more wrong now. It's just stinking up the joint lately.

Jeez, I'm crabby today. I sound like Harry Shearer! Who, not incidentally, is also off my love list. "Curmudgeon" is a great-sounding word until you find yourself listening to the opinions of one. :(

Trying to figure out how to get vlogs on this piece.

I used to use whatever this is called now on XP, but it's been a while.

Anybody know anything else I ought to add?

This American Life & RadioLab are no gos for me I'm afraid.

for all-talk, I started this thread a while ago, and there's some good recommends there.

Your favorite podcasts, non-music edition

I'm still happy with The Bugle, even though the jokes stop being novel after a few eps, but John Oliver is always good with the nearly outraged "omg this is ridiculous!" tone of delivery, and Andy Zaltzman on a good week still comes up with solid-gold chunk of absurdity. Something about the Archbishop of Canterbury conducting a funeral and launching into some weird tirade making fun of the corpse... "You're dead and you know you are!" I laughed for like a week. Your mileage may vary.

Actually, On The Media is probably the show I look most forward to every week. Make of that what you will. And though it depends on the featured DJ (Don Letts clearly needs a swift and mighty kick in the groin and to be hauled off the radio with a giant vaudevillian hook), I do like the fabric podcast. It's mostly Brits deeply appreciating the American soul and funk records that us yanks take for granted and have mostly forgotten about.

If you like John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman you should try and find their BBC radio show, The Department.

kenan I'm listening to On The Media's most recent show now, they're interviewing this guy and I am actually seeing red.

actually? LITERALLY?!

(A friend and I have now taken to inserting the word "figuratively" anywhere that someone might be tempted to misuse the word "literally." As in, "Jeez traffic is so slow. It's figuratively going to take us all day to get there!")

Valid!

OH I totally forgot the resident advisor podcast

http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast.aspx

Haha subscribed to that one a couple days ago.

u know i don't really follow sports at all but i kind of love sports lore and stories (and esp movies) and i have been LOVING the bill simmons 30 for 30 podcast. where can i see these movies??

Listened to this for the first time this morning. He's a great storyteller. And oh what stories.

http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh

they're shown on espn. i found a public torrent with the first 15 (?) episodes on it. i wonder if any have come out on dvd. i've not heard.

xp to slcki

also there is a 30 for 30 thread, they might know of youtubes etc

i found some!

doing some excruciating & labour/time intensive art work in my room this week & have been listening to a lot of this american life can u guys recommend me some other cool stuff to listen to. don't care abt what rly, current events, history, quirky anecdotal shit, nerdy stuff

thx in advance ilx

*blows kiss*

doing some excruciating & labour/time intensive art work in my room this week & have been listening to a lot of this american life can u guys recommend me some other cool stuff to listen to. don't care abt what rly, current events, history, quirky anecdotal shit, nerdy stuff

Some starters:
http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/
feed://www.hometowntales.com/htpodcast.xml (RSS link, website kinda broken at the moment)
http://twfps.com/

thanks, i was looking for a good bbc one

I am listening to the Quarter to Three podcast (which focuses on movies). it's absolutely ace.

You might like Radio Lab. This American Life sometimes uses stories from the show.

Oooh Radio Lab is GREAT!!! I love it too. Did you listen to the one which featured Linda Thompson (talking about going mute (?)).

yes, that was a good one

I've got a couple of UK-based music podcasts, Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? and Record Mirror Disco Charts. The former has "a good group dynamic" (three hosts), and includes "a mixture of comedy and research". The latter is higher profile, as my co-host (a well-known UK DJ) is good at getting other well-known people on as guests.

How To Enjoy Experimental Film

Oh, this sounds interesting. What's the format like/what do they cover?

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My taste in non-fiction podcasts tends to be "a single expert tells you about a subject in great depth" - no guests, no banter, very few jokes. So my main two recommendations at the moment would be The History of Philosophy (without any gaps) and The Fall of Civilizations.

My current exception to the no-podcast-banter rule is The Maniculum, where a pair of mediaevalists talk about old texts & tales & sagas etc, and then give you ideas for turning them into ttrpgs. They are definitely pretty bants-heavy but I still like them.

Oh, this sounds interesting. What's the format like/what do they cover?

Looking at my current subs -

Music:
Jokermen
Tape Notes (except when the artist sucks)
No Tags (UK dance music culture)
Clout Farm (an acquired taste probably)
Pablo Held Investigates (chill long-form jazz musician-to-musician interviews)
60 Songs...
What Had Happened Was (dormant)
Questlove Supreme (defunct)
Hanging Out with Audiophiles (Jamie Lidell interviews people)

DJ mixes:
Resident Advisor
Dekmantel
Truancy

Comedy etc:
Endless Honeymoon (Moshe Kasher & Natasha Leggero)
Taskmaster the Podcast
Off Menu

Normie:
Hard Fork, Search Engine, Heavyweight, Ezra Klein, This American Life, No Such Thing

i really love Jokermen - i always find it oddly soothing because Evan & Ian have very public radio sounding voices to me. (also i find it very funny)

I hate at least half the music they cover, so it's truly a testament to their approach.

their root beer report was my fave part of the Beach Boys series lol

So my main two recommendations at the moment would be The History of Philosophy (without any gaps) and The Fall of Civilizations

emil.y, I see two different podcasts called The Fall of Civilizations, it's the one you like hosted by Paul Cooper?

I second Ologies. Enthusiastic and often funny interviews with (usually) scientists under a "no question too stupid to ask" ethos.

If you have interest in video games, Aftermath Hours is far and away my favorite, as they will talk about current gaming news in a wider (often political) context, whereas other games podcast hosts don't seem to have many interests outside of geek culture junk.

The Allusionist and Words Unraveled are both good for word nerdery, the former especially.

ICYMI is fun if you want to stay abreast of internet culture, though if you're like me, it'll often make you feel old, and sometimes covers influencers I don't care about.

Most of my podcast listening is cinema related. Outside of that...

Music
History Of Rock & Roll In 500 Songs
Afropop Worldwide

Comics
Comic Books Are Burning In Hell
Mangasplaining
Very Fine Comic Book Podcast

Politics
Politics Theory Other (I used to listen to a lot of leftist podcasts but so many of them have gone too doomer; this is the only one that I feel like actually helps me make sense of the world, without falling into lib wonkishness)

Miscellaneous
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn (dude's a really good interviewer with ILXish tastes. Good eps I remember include Big Boi, Paul Williams, Herb Alpert, Bob Mortimer, the Tamaki sisters, the dude who invented Katamari Damarcy...)
Pure Tokyoscope (two Americans living in Japan keep us updated on geeky japan shit and also what the current fast food offers are)
Unburied Books (going through the NYRB classics)

-Behind The Bastards
both are history/comedy & i enjoy them a lot!

I'm not a fan of the presentation style, but the guy does meticulous research to a level that is highly impressive. I think I bumped into this one when trying to find out who the heck this ageing loser-nerd Curtis Yarvin is.

Almost all interviews with folks I'm not familiar with but the host is good, so it feels like I'm discovering cool new artists rather than getting a lecture with too much information (had to stop listening to Modern Art Notes for that reason)

― Elvis Telecom

As you might be able to tell I rather like the "lecture with too much information" format so I might have to check out Modern Art Notes, but a good interview can also work for me.

emil.y, I see two different podcasts called The Fall of Civilizations, it's the one you like hosted by Paul Cooper?

― Krustacean the Clown (Leee)

Yes, that's the one. I was concerned before going in that it might be a little glorifying of War and Power and Great Leaders but it honestly comes across pretty even-handed and sensible. He talks about where the sources of information come from and the issues with them, and is clear when his narrative moves from historical description to hypotheticals - I listen to a lot of podcasts about past events where they prioritise giving you a nice complete story (this is usually more from spooky/mystery type shows tbf) so the fact he even addresses this earns him a fair bit of trust from me.

Separately, made another guest appearance on a podcast today, but it helps if you like Suede

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2438248/episodes/17292299-definitely-not-the-london-suede-with-ned-raggett

I've been listening to History of Rock in 500 Songs and while I like it, the sound mixing is kinda bad? I have to crank the volume up to hear the host, and sometimes when he talks over a song, I have a hard time hearing what the's saying because the song is mixed too high. Does the mixing ever get better?

he has a whole thing about the mixing being balanced between headphones and listening in the car and how it isn't going to change - but since he isn't doing the editing himself the complaints have completely dried up.

I have been listening to S5 of Blowback (covering the secret bombing of Cambodia) now that all the eps are out from behind the paywall. I confess i have been finding it morbidly comforting? Like in a, “hmm. what’s WORSE than today’s news. ah yes, my programs.”
which sounds terrible i guess

It kinda functions how people’s appreciate of true crime shows do, I would propose, as it effectively is a true crime show, just with national perpetrators

Relatedly, Brace, Liz, and Yung Chomsky are in the NYT as TrueAnon gets their pod featured

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/style/trueanon-podcast-left-conspiracy-theories.html

https://archive.is/a14DG

oh thats cool

Yung Chomsky, straying in from

Worst Hypothetical Rapper Names

Annoyed with the newest episode of If Books Could Kill on David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, it isn't a perfect book by any means, but Michael's apparent inability to get that a world outside the present-day American capitalist system could or does exist gets tiresome very fast, I'm not sure if he's doing it as a bit to some extent but it was really grating and I think I might be off the bus on this one. The "ultra-processed foods" episode of Maintenance Phase was also annoying, yes the specific book & articles they cover are bad, that does not mean that there definitely isn't a problem.

He is kinda full of shit around half the time, they should stick to the fish in a barrel stuff