Yeah if you're not interested in Rome I wouldn't recommend listening to hundreds of hours of episodes about it.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 17 November 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
I'm excited for his take on Russia. obviously.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Saturday, 17 November 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
Been doing Slow Burn S2 which is about the Clinton scandals. Fascinating listening but can’t say it improves my opinion of him much.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 2 December 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
agree. makes me re-appreciate Monica, in that I recognized a lot of myself in her “silly girly behaviour” that is basically kinda “early twenties” but in a much bigger spotlight on a way bigger stagealso that linda tripp interview was something
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 December 2018 02:51 (five years ago) link
Slate is doing a Ruby Ridge series and I still could give a fuck what happened to Weaver
― President Keyes, Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
I am listening to that one too. that sociologist who interviewed The Order was about as creepy as the people he was studying imo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 December 2018 05:34 (five years ago) link
Finished it and p convinced now that both Broaderick's and Jones's stories are true. Would be nice if he also finally faced an investigation into all those trips he made to Jeffrey Epstein's island, now that that slime is back in the news again.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 3 December 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
Neyfakh's observation about that one little detail in Paula Jones's story impressed me -- the fact that it was very unlikely she would make up a story in which he said "I don't wanna make you do anything you don't want to do"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 3 December 2018 22:58 (five years ago) link
Have started listening to The Rialto Report, history of the golden age of porn - interviews w key players etc. There’s an episode on Linda Lovelace that is p interesting.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
I was just moments away from checking out The Rialto Report. Someone on Twitter recommended the episode on Avon Films, which I guess is the Linda Lovelace one you mention
― Josefa, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
i really need some podcast recommendations. i'm going to be doing a lot of mindless computer work over the next few months, and i've already exhausted the "dear prudence" catalogue. <3 daniel ortberg
science, philosophy, art history, music history, literary history, history in general all good. can't do mainstream politics. npr tone tends to grate on me. something with a deep catalogue, preferably free.
― macropuente (map), Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
the dollop? radiolab? in our time?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
also i wanna stan for relentless picnic even though it's even whiter than that list. it's a little intense but lots of history and lots of friendly intellectual egging-on
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
thumbs up, thanks
― macropuente (map), Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
i'm very podcast-illiterate
cosign the dollop, v good funrevolutions is a good history one, deep catalogcocaine & rhinestones - country music deep dive, long eps, not a huge catalog but def worthwhilesecret history of hollywood: good catalog, LONG episodes which i love, beautifully researched
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
This Is Actually Happening StrangersArrvls Hear Be MonstersEverything Is StoriesWhy Won’t You Date Me99% Invisible How To Be A GirlNocturneare some of my non-true crime favs
― just1n3, Thursday, 6 December 2018 05:59 (five years ago) link
*HERE Be Monsters, sorry
― just1n3, Thursday, 6 December 2018 06:00 (five years ago) link
I try to keep an updated list on my blog (quartzcity.net). Whittling it down some:
99% InvisibleAll In The MindBenjamen Walker's Theory of EverythingCocaine & RhinestonesDesert Oracle RadioDynamite Hemorrhage RadioOutside PodcastRevolutionsSkylight BooksSpycastThe Agony ColumnThe Antarctic Sun PodcastThe Memory PalaceThe Social Engineer PodcastThe Trap SetThis Is Actually HappeningThis Week in ParasitismTravelCommonsUncontrolled AirspaceYou Can't Eat The SunshineYou Must Remember This
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 December 2018 06:21 (five years ago) link
My mistake, these are two different episodes, but I like the style of this pod and will come back for more
I've been enjoying We're Just Here to Help, which is political roundup with humor. One host grew up in Russia and the other in Iran, so they have lots of insights into totaliatarianism, how it grows and functions and so on
If you're at all interested in the music business Andrew Loog Oldham's Sounds and Vision has been quite juicy through four episodes so far
― Josefa, Thursday, 6 December 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link
literary history
I'd like to find more podcasts on this. I listen to Literature and History (so far he's covered from Sumerian cuneiform texts up to Roman literature) and Literary Hangover (fairly new podcast, American lit from a leftist perspective.)
There are several others I've heard of but haven't dived into:The Canon Ball (reading through Harold Bloom's Western Canon list)The History of LiteratureAmerican Writers One Hundred Pages at a Time
― President Keyes, Thursday, 6 December 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
The Canon Ball is very good (nb I know the guys who make it).
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
Backlisted is a good literature podcast, albeit it's less about critical acumen and more about thralldom. It's good for discovering things that have slipped out of print, been ignored etc. All relative to your knowledge of literature, of course.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
Slightly Foxed has a podcast along the same lines I think--only one episode so far
― President Keyes, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
enjoying relentless picnic, thanks for the recommendation tracer
― macropuente (map), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
i know it's like just people listing podcasts they enjoy, but i'm really grateful for all these recommendations. i was feeling like the endless solitary hours of document grabbing i need to do for $ was becoming this heavy weight around my neck, and now it feels much more manageable.
― macropuente (map), Friday, 7 December 2018 03:41 (five years ago) link
I have a boring ass job too and a few enthralling eps of a podcast can really speed the day along
― just1n3, Friday, 7 December 2018 07:53 (five years ago) link
Phoebe Judge has one of the best speaking voices not just in podcasting but, like, in all media ever.
Hearing her rep for Mancrates.com, though, is such a cringe/lol.
Also, Vegemitegrrl, please to single out any particularly exceptional true crime episodes or series you've heard lately (or this year)?
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 20 December 2018 00:47 (five years ago) link
map: I recommend "Heavyweight" (for real)
Also "Stop Podcasting Yourself", which has to be my longest-running sub that I still consistently listen to, and I didn't see here.
Heads up: all white Canadian dudes with loose formats
― maffew12, Thursday, 20 December 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
xpostNotable shows:Bear Brook Teacher’s PetDr DeathAll 3 were excellent, cannot recommend Bear Brook highly enough. Notable Single Episodes (imo): Casefile:Ep 90 Hoddle Street Ep 100 The Beaumont ChildrenMy Favorite Murder: Ep 150 Reyna Marroquin made me cry Ep 113 Live in Utah - SLC library hostage Ep 111 Van Nuys Courthouse shootingLast Podcast on the Left: Eps 335-337 West Memphis Three: surprisingly good, there were details I didn’t know or rememberEps 306-307 Casey Anthony, same reason as above
Cocaine & RhinestonesEp3 Murder Ballad of Spade Cooley - not a true crime podcast normally but this is 100% a true crime ep, details are horrific (and he makes it easy to skip that part if you need to) but the story is absolutely one that should be heard
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 20 December 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
sweet! thank you
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 20 December 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
:D I am a big fan of MFM & Last Podcast but I tend not to recommend them to ppl much just bc their humor & chatter is v subjective & not everyone is into that style. But Karen on MFM has a real knack for telling some incredibly compelling stories, and Marcus on Last Podcast does a herculean amount of research, and I think they both help occasionally raise the bar from “jokey murder chatz”
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 20 December 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
I loved Dr. Death, all the more compelling because it happened in my city.
Listening to Bear Brook now!
After scanning this thread about a week ago, I checked out an episode of This Actually Happened on a whim, and it turned out to be the one about a girl who was systematically sexually abused by her parents and other locals, and it was legitimately traumatizing. The episode had a trigger warning and everything, but I had no idea what I was in for. It kinda ticked me off, like maybe the warning should have been a little more pronounced. I don't remember the name of the episode and can't seem to find it, maybe someone knows which one I'm referencing
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 20 December 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
I know which one you’re talking about - but I’ve been listening for a long time so it wasn’t as shocking. There aren’t any others as disturbing as that one, but a few are pretty heavy. There’s a domestic abuse/attempted murder story that’s pretty hard to listen to. .
I’d also strongly recommend the Mary Vincent ep of MFM - it’s an “I survived” story and is incredible.
― just1n3, Thursday, 20 December 2018 07:24 (five years ago) link
oh shit yes, that was a great one
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 20 December 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
I still think about Mary all the time tbh
― just1n3, Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
holy shit walking down the road naked, covered in blood, and no arms
i still think it was shitty of those dudes to drive off, but you would have to ask yourself if what you were seeing was... real? i mean, i didn't think a person could survive double amputation!
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 20 December 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
crazy
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 December 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
Take it to the true crime thread seriously
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 21 December 2018 01:59 (five years ago) link
Like wtf?
who are yer guys?
― maffew12, Friday, 21 December 2018 02:10 (five years ago) link
sorry PK, forgot there was a dedicated true crime thread
― rip van wanko, Friday, 21 December 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
i really like matt and shane's secret podcast and recommend it.
in a particular category, china-focused podcasts:the little red podcast, maybe starting from the three part series on xi jinping's war on the uighurs, but go back and listen to the episode on chinese police statistics and the one on china's resettlement industry sinica, even though kaiser kuo's apologies for the regime + claiming to be a "neoliberal" get old but they have access to some important american china wonks (less interesting now that they've all been mostly marginalized) and occasionally cover more interesting things, esp when they get academics instead of bureaucrats on and let jeremy goldkorn go, go back into the archives to when they were both still in beijing. n(u with an umlaut) voices, and please listen to the recent episode with new yorker writer jiayang fan. probably should recommend laszlo montgomery's china history podcast, too. not my thing but if you want to hear a guy talk about, like, the history of china-vietnam relations, tea, legalism, zhou enlai...
― XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Friday, 21 December 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
Thought I'd share this: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/12/best-podcasts-2018/578899/
Most of these are new to me but that's not saying much. I know I've seen a few of these listed here.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
Agree with their #1- Caliphate is really, really good
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
50 podcasts. no thanks
― there are no good podcasts (||||||||), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
podcacalypse
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
On the next season of StartUp... we sell-out to Spotify!https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/spotify-reportedly-in-advanced-stages-of-acquiring-podcast-company-for-230m/
Hope all the creators have IP rights!
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 3 February 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
i think some do have a certain split
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 3 February 2019 12:27 (five years ago) link
Damn. Well, I guess it's every start-up's goal to sell out to a bigger start-up, right? Unfortunately I like Reply All and Heavyweight enough to figure out how to listen to them on Spotify if necessary, which I suppose is worth $230 mil to them.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link