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Title: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on November 23, 2020, 08:36:18 PM
I've been listening to Dan Carlin's Hard Core History - the series on the war in the pacific, "Supernova in the East." I find it riveting. It's not the first series of his I've gone for and he's generally very thorough and entertaining. It's good. I recommend it.   
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: MN Dave on November 25, 2020, 12:11:58 PM
There's a zen buddhist one I listen to, but I don't care for most others. I cohosted a podcast a ways back and didn't even care to do that for long!
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: SimonNZ on November 25, 2020, 03:34:31 PM
Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time was the first podcast I ever listened to. It's still going strong and I've still got the highest regard for it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/player

A number of the Guardian"s "Long Read" essays get turned into audio as podcasts, and I try to hear as many of those as I can:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-audio-long-read

Until recently I was enjoying a great many interviews with academic authors on The New Books Network, but they've had some kind of meltdown and are currently in limbo.


For dealing with the Trump era there are these, all of which are in the format of interviews with experts on whatever issue is under discussion - I have no interest in a political podcast that is just one or two people sounding off with nothing more than their own spin, no matter how smart they are:

Preet Bharara's Stay Tuned:

https://cafe.com/stay-tuned-podcast/

David Axelrod's The Axe Files:

https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/axe-files

David Plouffe's Campaign HQ:

https://shows.cadence13.com/podcast/hq-plouffe

The Ezra Klein Show:

https://www.vox.com/ezra-klein-show-podcast

Yasha Mounk's The Good Fight:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-fight/id1198765424


A trio of regulars on random topics in culture

Tyler Cowen's Conversations With Tyler:

https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler

David Parsons' The Nostalgia Trap

https://www.nostalgiatrap.com/episodes

Eric Weinstein's The Portal:

https://art19.com/shows/the-portal


A History one I've been following:

Liz Covart's Ben Franklin's World:

https://benfranklinsworld.com/


A couple on Bob Dylan:

"Is It Rolling, Bob?":

https://play.acast.com/s/isitrollingbobtalkingdylan

"Pod Dylan":

http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/pod-dylan/


one on the Beatles:

"Something About The Beatles":

https://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/


one more general:

"My Favorite Album"

https://jeremydylan.net/podcast




Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: greg on November 25, 2020, 04:03:03 PM
Quote from: milk on November 23, 2020, 08:36:18 PM
I've been listening to Dan Carlin's Hard Core History - the series on the war in the pacific, "Supernova in the East." I find it riveting. It's not the first series of his I've gone for and he's generally very thorough and entertaining. It's good. I recommend it.
I never heard of Dan Carlin but a few days ago I listened to a 3 hour podcast on Lex Fridman's channel with him, anyways:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k-ztNsBM54

So yeah, besides Lex Fridman the podcasts I listen to (that are purely podcasts rather than "podcast-like") are Joe Rogan and Trash Taste (which is about anime/otaku stuff).

Great to listen to long podcasts when either gaming or working.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on November 26, 2020, 02:17:21 AM
Quote from: SimonNZ on November 25, 2020, 03:34:31 PM
Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time was the first podcast I ever listened to. It's still going strong and I've still got the highest regard for it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/player

A number of the Guardian"s "Long Read" essays get turned into audio as podcasts, and I try to hear as many of those as I can:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-audio-long-read

Until recently I was enjoying a great many interviews with academic authors on The New Books Network, but they've had some kind of meltdown and are currently in limbo.


For dealing with the Trump era there are these, all of which are in the format of interviews with experts on whatever issue is under discussion - I have no interest in a political podcast that is just one or two people sounding off with nothing more than their own spin, no matter how smart they are:

Preet Bharara's Stay Tuned:

https://cafe.com/stay-tuned-podcast/

David Axelrod's The Axe Files:

https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/axe-files

David Plouffe's Campaign HQ:

https://shows.cadence13.com/podcast/hq-plouffe

The Ezra Klein Show:

https://www.vox.com/ezra-klein-show-podcast

Yasha Mounk's The Good Fight:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-fight/id1198765424


A trio of regulars on random topics in culture

Tyler Cowen's Conversations With Tyler:

https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler

David Parsons' The Nostalgia Trap

https://www.nostalgiatrap.com/episodes

Eric Weinstein's The Portal:

https://art19.com/shows/the-portal


A History one I've been following:

Liz Covart's Ben Franklin's World:

https://benfranklinsworld.com/


A couple on Bob Dylan:

"Is It Rolling, Bob?":

https://play.acast.com/s/isitrollingbobtalkingdylan

"Pod Dylan":

http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/pod-dylan/


one on the Beatles:

"Something About The Beatles":

https://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/


one more general:

"My Favorite Album"

https://jeremydylan.net/podcast
I used to listen to In Our Time. I don't know why I stopped. It's good. I've listened to the Beatles one and I'd like to hear the Dylan ones.

One of my favorite podcasts just for fun is Tim Heidecker's "Office Hours." But It's a quirky take on comedy. I do recommend it for those with odd comedy taste.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: SimonNZ on December 11, 2020, 05:44:11 PM
Just learned Jeremy PacMan has started an interview podcast called The Lock In.

Also recently started is a series devoted to the career and scandals of Berlesconi called Bunga Bunga.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: SimonNZ on December 19, 2020, 02:57:49 PM
^That 8-part one on Berlusconi (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2J1bmdhLWJ1bmdh?hl=en-NZ) was excellent, btw. Pity it wasn't available as required listening in 2016.

Three more ongoing ones I've just stumbled on, sampled,  and now added to the mix:

Cold War Conversations (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xNjcyMjMucnNz?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ4aUDahgKEwiQl8T329jtAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQrwc&hl=en-NZ)

The History of the Cold War Podcast (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MTk0MDUzNjczL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ4aUDahgKEwiQl8T329jtAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQmQY&hl=en-NZ)

East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yYWRpb2dkci5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ4aUDahgKEwiQl8T329jtAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQ7Qg&hl=en-NZ)


Does anyone here know of any good, intelligent non-introductory podcasts on classical music?
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: SimonNZ on August 27, 2021, 03:40:42 PM
Surely others here have podcasts they listen to and could recommend...?


Anyway, I've just stumbled on an interesting one not yet finished which is author Iain Dale following up the publication of his book on the Prime Ministers of Britain with interviews with each of the 55 authors who wrote essays in it on each of the 55 PMs, getting them to expand on their thoughts about each of their subjects. The episodes do not follow the chronological order.

The Prime Ministers (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuaG9zdGluZy50aGlzaXNkYXguY29tLzg4Y2MyY2FkLWRlZTQtNDAyZS1hZDM1LTU2MzEyODg4OTNjZQ?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjQ973xr9LyAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en-NZ)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71i2xHf5f4L.jpg)

Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Jo498 on August 27, 2021, 11:49:11 PM
Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook (+ often guests) "The rest is history"
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on August 29, 2021, 04:40:11 AM
Gilbert Gottfried's podcast is great fun if you can get over his laugh. He (and his cohost) interview many forgotten actors, writers and directors from previous eras of entertainment/Hollywood. There are too many personalities to mention really but they take nostalgia very seriously and have a lot of regard for character actors and the details of comedy, television and movies from each decade the media existed. If you like to dwell on the 70's, 60's, 50s (and beyond) and the stars, shows and films of those times, you'll enjoy this podcast.   
https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 29, 2021, 09:10:22 AM
Don't listen very often to podcasts though I have listened to a few by the Sports Illustrated and tennis commentator Jon Wertheim.  He used to do one called "Beyond the Baseline".  I don't know whether or not he'll be doing more of them in the future.  I suspect that he might be doing a hiatus from it due to the pandemic, but don't know.  Perhaps the funding dried up?  You can listen to old ones here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-baseline-sis-tennis-podcast-with-jon-wertheim/id1005210315

PD
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on September 28, 2021, 03:50:13 AM
Quote from: milk on November 23, 2020, 08:36:18 PM
I've been listening to Dan Carlin's Hard Core History - the series on the war in the pacific, "Supernova in the East." I find it riveting. It's not the first series of his I've gone for and he's generally very thorough and entertaining. It's good. I recommend it.
I just wanted to bump this because it was such an awesome series!
(https://www.dancarlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HH-62-cover-ep1-1400px.jpg)
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on October 25, 2021, 03:09:57 PM
The Carson Podcast! So much fun!
This is a podcast devoted to Johnny and Late night TV.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: SimonNZ on October 25, 2021, 03:46:54 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on August 27, 2021, 11:49:11 PM
Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook (+ often guests) "The rest is history"

just in case we start a squabble on a different thread, I'd like to say thanks very much for this recommendation. I've been binge-listening it over the last couple of months, almost to the point of completion.

Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: SimonNZ on December 04, 2021, 01:17:39 PM
The Guardian:

'I almost wet myself laughing': 50 funny podcasts to make you feel much better (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/05/i-almost-wet-myself-laughing-50-funny-podcasts-to-make-you-feel-much-better)


from that list I was particularly intrigued by this:

Dear Joan and Jericha
Rude, childish and oozing with body fluids, this horror agony aunt podcast is the funniest, filthiest thing you can subject your ears to. Its hosts, Joan Damry (Julia Davis) and Jericha Domain (Vicki Pepperdine), dispense terrible advice to listeners on their definitely-not-made-up problems, usually ending in lengthy digressions on the majesty of the male phallus. Less blush-inducing to listen to at home than on your morning commute – and, unless you live alone, use headphones.

And oh my they are not kidding. Hilarious, though, if can take it, and I love how thy play it straight.

I've also been bingeing You're Wrong About which is much more reliably informative, and is also on that list.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on December 06, 2021, 07:55:47 AM
Quote from: SimonNZ on August 27, 2021, 03:40:42 PM
Surely others here have podcasts they listen to and could recommend...?


Anyway, I've just stumbled on an interesting one not yet finished which is author Iain Dale following up the publication of his book on the Prime Ministers of Britain with interviews with each of the 55 authors who wrote essays in it on each of the 55 PMs, getting them to expand on their thoughts about each of their subjects. The episodes do not follow the chronological order.

The Prime Ministers (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuaG9zdGluZy50aGlzaXNkYXguY29tLzg4Y2MyY2FkLWRlZTQtNDAyZS1hZDM1LTU2MzEyODg4OTNjZQ?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjQ973xr9LyAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en-NZ)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71i2xHf5f4L.jpg)

I am a subscriber of "For the Many" featuring Ian Dale and ex-Labour Home Secretary, Jackie Smith. An irreverent and at times raunchy look at world politics.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on January 04, 2022, 08:22:28 AM
Hunting Ghislaine: https://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/hunting-ghislaine/hunting-ghislaine-maxwell-john-sweeney-podcast/

Jaw dropping! Not least the "Little Black Book" episode revealing the names of the great and not so good.

Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 04, 2022, 08:36:58 AM
Quote from: Irons on January 04, 2022, 08:22:28 AM
Hunting Ghislaine: https://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/hunting-ghislaine/hunting-ghislaine-maxwell-john-sweeney-podcast/

Jaw dropping! Not least the "Little Black Book" episode revealing the names of the great and not so good.
I haven't listened to these podcasts, but have been keeping an eye on both the Epstein story and her arrest and trial.  I trust that you have heard what charges she has been convicted of Irons?

Speaking of which, I wonder whether or not Prince Andrew will ever be tried here in the US?  His lawyers are trying to get his case dismissed:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59865102

PD
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on January 05, 2022, 08:17:31 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 04, 2022, 08:36:58 AM
I haven't listened to these podcasts, but have been keeping an eye on both the Epstein story and her arrest and trial.  I trust that you have heard what charges she has been convicted of Irons?

Speaking of which, I wonder whether or not Prince Andrew will ever be tried here in the US?  His lawyers are trying to get his case dismissed:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59865102

PD

I find it ironic PD that rich and entitled males abuse underage females and yet it is a female who will be locked up.

Prince Andrew, much as I detest the man, should not stand trial in a US criminal court. I feel the pain of the parents of Harry Dunn and justice has been denied by the US authorities who refused extradition of Anne Sacoolas.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/09/uk/anne-sacoolas-harry-dunn-community-service-intl-gbr/index.html
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on January 07, 2022, 03:36:58 AM
Quote from: Irons on January 04, 2022, 08:22:28 AM
Hunting Ghislaine: https://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/hunting-ghislaine/hunting-ghislaine-maxwell-john-sweeney-podcast/

Jaw dropping! Not least the "Little Black Book" episode revealing the names of the great and not so good.
Thanks for this. I was hanging on every word. I'm not done yet but almost.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on January 07, 2022, 08:31:21 AM
Quote from: milk on January 07, 2022, 03:36:58 AM
Thanks for this. I was hanging on every word. I'm not done yet but almost.

Great! How can you have sympathy for a monster? But.......
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on January 09, 2022, 04:33:22 AM
Quote from: Irons on January 07, 2022, 08:31:21 AM
Great! How can you have sympathy for a monster? But.......
Right. Maybe growing up with my own shame and traumas I can almost imagine being that monster. But, I do see people act without guilt and I could never escape the mirror. Once in a while I meet people who obviously do not see themselves. I feel sorry for her, but am glad she got the consequences.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on January 10, 2022, 01:17:39 AM
Quote from: milk on January 09, 2022, 04:33:22 AM
Right. Maybe growing up with my own shame and traumas I can almost imagine being that monster. But, I do see people act without guilt and I could never escape the mirror. Once in a while I meet people who obviously do not see themselves. I feel sorry for her, but am glad she got the consequences.

The Philip Larkin poem* quoted in the podcast holds true not only for Ghislaine, also Andrew. I am aware she had brothers and sisters but she was daddy's little girl.

*This Be The Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on January 10, 2022, 03:29:47 AM
Quote from: Irons on January 10, 2022, 01:17:39 AM
The Philip Larkin poem* quoted in the podcast holds true not only for Ghislaine, also Andrew. I am aware she had brothers and sisters but she was daddy's little girl.

*This Be The Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.


And they stuck by her. I signed up for his trial coverage too. We're in a strange place now as the whole trial could really be declared a mistrial. It's a real possibility.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Karl Henning on January 25, 2022, 07:49:53 AM
https://sexyboomershow.com/jim-meskimen/
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: SimonNZ on May 21, 2022, 04:58:43 PM
Just stumbled on an 8 part series by John Eliot Gardiner on Monteverdi and his times:

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tb250ZXZlcmRpLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz

Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Olias on May 21, 2022, 06:09:06 PM
Conductor Joshua Weilerstein (Alisa's brother) has a great podcast called Sticky Notes.

https://stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com

Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on May 22, 2022, 05:15:43 PM
Matt and Shane's secret podcast featuring Louis CK. Here's a 4-part series on every American president. It's good fun and gets better and funnier as you listen. There's lots of bawdy humor but also some genuine insight.

https://mattandshanessecret.libsyn.com/ep-393-the-presidents-feat-louis-ck
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on December 27, 2022, 07:12:22 AM
Becoming addicted to Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook's podcast The Rest is History. Many to go but so far cherry picked Trafalgar (3), Qatar: A History, Morocco: The Rif War, Marilyn Monroe and half way through Gorbachev, the fall of the Soviet Union.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 28, 2022, 04:30:03 AM
Quote from: Irons on December 27, 2022, 07:12:22 AMBecoming addicted to Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook's podcast The Rest is History. Many to go but so far cherry picked Trafalgar (3), Qatar: A History, Morocco: The Rif War, Marilyn Monroe and half way through Gorbachev, the fall of the Soviet Union.
Thanks for mentioning these podcasts.  I just listened to one on van Eyck (No. 271).  :)

PD
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Jo498 on December 30, 2022, 08:51:36 AM
Quote from: Irons on December 27, 2022, 07:12:22 AMBecoming addicted to Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook's podcast The Rest is History. Many to go but so far cherry picked Trafalgar (3), Qatar: A History, Morocco: The Rif War, Marilyn Monroe and half way through Gorbachev, the fall of the Soviet Union.
They are just brilliant, especially Tom (I might prefer him slightly because I am far more interested in ancient+medieval history than in 20th century Britain ;)). I have not listened to all of them as quite a few are a bit too UK-specific or otherwise not that interesting to me and they are also more than I have time/leisure for. But they have an almost perfect mix of seriousness, information, often nice details even for people not totally unfamiliar with the themes, banter, great guests, great topics.
Highly recommended! Almost everyone will like at least some of their episodes, I'd expect.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 30, 2022, 09:53:54 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on December 30, 2022, 08:51:36 AMThey are just brilliant, especially Tom (I might prefer him slightly because I am far more interested in ancient+medieval history than in 20th century Britain ;)). I have not listened to all of them as quite a few are a bit too UK-specific or otherwise not that interesting to me and they are also more than I have time/leisure for. But they have an almost perfect mix of seriousness, information, often nice details even for people not totally unfamiliar with the themes, banter, great guests, great topics.
Highly recommended! Almost everyone will like at least some of their episodes, I'd expect.

I quite enjoyed the one that I have listened to so far.

PD
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on January 06, 2023, 10:41:33 PM
Quote from: Irons on December 27, 2022, 07:12:22 AMBecoming addicted to Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook's podcast The Rest is History. Many to go but so far cherry picked Trafalgar (3), Qatar: A History, Morocco: The Rif War, Marilyn Monroe and half way through Gorbachev, the fall of the Soviet Union.
I'm going to have to try this. My brain is turning to mush from listening to too many Dateline podcasts.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on January 07, 2023, 12:07:02 AM
Quote from: milk on January 06, 2023, 10:41:33 PMI'm going to have to try this. My brain is turning to mush from listening to too many Dateline podcasts.

I recommend Qatar and Morocco as starters. Fascinating.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Karl Henning on June 02, 2023, 03:04:42 PM
Ted Bonnitt interviews Mel Blanc's son Noel on Phil & Ted's Sexy Boomer Show (https://sexyboomershow.com/noel-blanc/)
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: Irons on June 27, 2023, 06:59:41 AM
"Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds".

The life story in two parts of Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
Title: Re: What podcast are you listening to?
Post by: milk on August 09, 2023, 03:00:03 AM
The Apology Line. Crazy thing that really existed in the 80s. Interesting podcast.