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My personal favorites (and IMHO any of them are excellent introductions to LPOTL) are their series on H. H. Holmes, L. Ron Hubbard, Charles Manson, Aum Shinrikyo and Jonestown. Really riveting stuff.
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Aum shinrikyo was a good episode but the guy’s cartoonishly racist impression got tiresome. Do they do that kind of thing a lot?
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Snowy posted:Aum shinrikyo was a good episode but the guy’s cartoonishly racist impression got tiresome. Do they do that kind of thing a lot? Not really, I think that was mostly a holdover from their Charles Ng impression (who apparently really did sound like that).
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Anyone have any good 'general bullshit but entertaining' podcasts you can recommend? I'm not great at finding good stuff on my own so I'm sure there's tons of stuff that people are listening to but all I've been listening to have been Retsutalk- which was fantastic- the RoosterTeeth stuff and The Official Podcast.
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RareAcumen posted:Anyone have any good 'general bullshit but entertaining' podcasts you can recommend? I'm not great at finding good stuff on my own so I'm sure there's tons of stuff that people are listening to but all I've been listening to have been Retsutalk- which was fantastic- the RoosterTeeth stuff and The Official Podcast. Chapo Trap House is a pretty funny politics podcast that occasionally goes into long digressions about The Noid or whether or not Garfield is canonically male
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RareAcumen posted:Anyone have any good 'general bullshit but entertaining' podcasts you can recommend? I'm not great at finding good stuff on my own so I'm sure there's tons of stuff that people are listening to but all I've been listening to have been Retsutalk- which was fantastic- the RoosterTeeth stuff and The Official Podcast. It's topic-focused but Laser Time is great for just general fun pop-culture roundtable discussions with people who are reasonably personable and knowledgable about whatever weird thing they decide to focus on. Like one episode will be about the classical music that we all know from trailers and old cartoons, another about awful celebrity raps, and the next will be a deep dive on the life and career of Jim Varney AKA Ernest P. Worrell or the dozens of other hilariously awful novelty songs the guy made the Monster Mash did.
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Seconding both of those, chapo is a little ~saucier~ tho. Also check out the somehow-related podcasts to each, cum town and street fight for chapo and all the niche shows on laser time network. Whatever you pick it's just a bunch of typical SA demographic (mid 20s to late 30s) people joking around and talking about whatever bullshit is going on and being funny. I'm sure people can think of a million more, but is there something you're at least a little interested in focusing on? Politics, pop culture, travel, food, whatever? There's shows for those where it's definitely still mostly just chatting but have a little bit of an anchor, but not to the point where it's too focused. life is a joke fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Mar 4, 2018 |
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Mar 4, 2018 00:20
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RareAcumen posted:Anyone have any good 'general bullshit but entertaining' podcasts you can recommend? I'm not great at finding good stuff on my own so I'm sure there's tons of stuff that people are listening to but all I've been listening to have been Retsutalk- which was fantastic- the RoosterTeeth stuff and The Official Podcast. Give Uhh Yeah Dude a shot. Their recent stuff is really good so start with the most recent.
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rumble in the bunghole posted:Give Uhh Yeah Dude a shot. Their recent stuff is really good so start with the most recent. I was gonna suggest this. They literally just ramble on about things but it’s pretty funny.
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life is a joke posted:I'm sure people can think of a million more, but is there something you're at least a little interested in focusing on? Politics, pop culture, travel, food, whatever? There's shows for those where it's definitely still mostly just chatting but have a little bit of an anchor, but not to the point where it's too focused. Yeah, okay that's fair enough. Gimme pop culture, like comic books or something. I'm certainly not watching any documentaries- and I'm too low a denominator for anything decent, I didn't care for Game of Thrones for one- so there's somewhere to start I guess. Guy Goodbody posted:Chapo Trap House is a pretty funny politics podcast that occasionally goes into long digressions about The Noid or whether or not Garfield is canonically male See, I've heard of Chapo Trap House and had no idea that it'd go off the rails into bizarre conversations like that. I thought it was like a sensible people arguing against the Alt-Right clickbait 'Anita Sarkeesian puts man in hospital for buying Senran Kagura; free speech run amok 1984 Orwell state!' videos.
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RareAcumen posted:See, I've heard of Chapo Trap House and had no idea that it'd go off the rails into bizarre conversations like that. I thought it was like a sensible people arguing against the Alt-Right clickbait 'Anita Sarkeesian puts man in hospital for buying Senran Kagura; free speech run amok 1984 Orwell state!' videos. They do mock the alt-right a fair amount, but they also mock normal Republicans and right wing democrats plenty too. It's a good blend of serious political discussion and riffs about Metal Gear Solid.
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chapo is about harassing women between your shifts at the racism factory. But no for real it's a really good leftist podcast where a small group of socialists talk about politics while also being huge nerd failsons who can't avoid making weird twitter references and poo poo too. They make fun of the alt right but they treat it exactly how it should be treated, 'these guys are stupid, we're not going to give them the thrill of making them sound powerful, instead we're going to talk about their root issues like white supremacy in general'. They focus their dunkings on the more ~respectable~ figures like the kind of losers that get hired by the new york times to do op-eds or absolute luntatics like Rod Dreher who have been around way longer than 'egg shaped simpleton weeps openly about the jews ruining call of duty'.
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I try to get into Chapo but they spend so much time talking about Twitter personalities I don’t know that it’s hard to stay interested.
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I don’t think chapo’s really relevant. They have goofs about dumb poo poo but so does almost every podcast.
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Snowy posted:I try to get into Chapo but they spend so much time talking about Twitter personalities I don’t know that it’s hard to stay interested. In a recent episode Matt was just overcome with exasperation at Felix's constant references to obscure Soundcloud rappers, and I empathized.
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Speaking of leftie podcasts, whomever recommended Citations Needed and News Roast was a good call.
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I really like Chapo Trap House, though I'm an old normie and don't agree with everything they say and definitely don't get more that 2/3rds the references. (I get most of the SA references; clearly at least one of them was a goon at some point, if that hasn't already been established)
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RareAcumen posted:Anyone have any good 'general bullshit but entertaining' podcasts you can recommend? I'm not great at finding good stuff on my own so I'm sure there's tons of stuff that people are listening to but all I've been listening to have been Retsutalk- which was fantastic- the RoosterTeeth stuff and The Official Podcast. High and Mighty Jordan Jesse Go The Long Shot
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pangstrom posted:I really like Chapo Trap House, though I'm an old normie and don't agree with everything they say and definitely don't get more that 2/3rds the references. (I get most of the SA references; clearly at least one of them was a goon at some point, if that hasn't already been established) Felix dropped a bigpeeler reference in a recent ep
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Your Kickstarter Sucks and What a Time to Be Alive are both pretty good riffing podcasts
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I gotta admit, I haven't listened to Chapo regularly in a while. It's become just another "talk about current events" show, for the most part, although I'll still listen to stuff like the recent one about the West Virginia teachers' strike that focus mostly on a single issue. Every time I see a description of an episode that's about multiple news stories, I think back to the very first episode where they say they didn't want to become another Daily Show and sigh. And when their reading series involves one of the rotating gang of villains, I think back to a few episodes after the first one, when they responded to Baseball Crank mania by saying they don't want to overfocus on one person, and sigh again. And yeah, they lay the "references as humor" on a little thick, though not to the extent of someone like John Oliver. As for stuff I am currently listening to: How Was Your Week is back to coming out with weekly episodes. It's the only good thing about Difficult People getting canceled and Julie Klausner being currently unemployed. She was rather harsh about the bichon frese that won the Westminster Dog Show, though.
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I've been trying to listen to podcasts to help me learn Spanish. I have at this point a pretty good understanding of Spanish grammar and the mechanics that go into verb conjugation and such. However, almost all language learning programs focus on this idea of vocabulary and phrase memorization, which I think is the least useful way to learn a language...though I guess it must work for some people, since that's pretty much how introduction to Spanish works. Here is the word for hair. Here is the word for sandwich. There's a really good podcast by a guy called The Spanish Dude, I think. He's not a natural Spanish speaker, which is again really helpful if one wants to learn a language -- learn it from someone who had to overcome that hurdle. His podcast goes into not just what a phrase is, but how it is constructed. It does me little good to know how to specifically ask where the loving bathroom is if I also can't ask any number of questions. This podcast talks about conjugation, the adjective-noun pairing relationship, and other things that are really, really important to understanding how to speak in another language and not just repeat remembered syllables. HOWEVER this podcast suffers from the same awful, lazy editing that has made most YouTube videos unwatchable for me. This guy edits his video with this kind of idea that there must not be more than a moment of dead air. It sounds like he must have just had a sound editing program cut all instances of silence. The result is that everything he says sounds extremely unnatural, like even though it's a pretty clean edit, you know there's no way he can say this and then say that without a breath somewhere in between. It's staggering, like this constant syncopated dialogue. It feels like physically uncomfortable. It's like the audio version of the stuttering choppy edits that kinds use for their Goddamn YouTubes. So, that being said, I guess I want to ask, has anyone heard this podcast, or knows a similar one, but also one that is just either performed so well that very little editing is needed, OR it's edited so as to feel natural? It upsets me that I think I found a podcast that really suits my needs but the framing is...I hate to be so anal but it seriously starts to hurt, hearing this jagged cuts every other second in my ear.
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credburn posted:I've been trying to listen to podcasts to help me learn Spanish. I have at this point a pretty good understanding of Spanish grammar and the mechanics that go into verb conjugation and such. However, almost all language learning programs focus on this idea of vocabulary and phrase memorization, which I think is the least useful way to learn a language...though I guess it must work for some people, since that's pretty much how introduction to Spanish works. Here is the word for hair. Here is the word for sandwich. I agree with whoever told you to look into the Michel Thomas Spanish course. It teaches almost no vocabulary, instead it focuses on sentence construction, tense and conjugation. The other option is just to contact the guy and give him your feedback. I've found the podcasting community to be extremely responsive. I've contacted a bunch of people to fix their archives so they display more than 100 episodes, only had one instance where I couldn't get ahold of anybody and that was for a defunct podcast (RIP Walking the Room).
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It looks like a new version of Overcast just came out and it's now limiting large playlists to display 500 episodes. By default it's showing the 500 most recent, but the patch notes seem to imply that you can change the list to show the 500 least recent episodes. I can't find any option to do so, though. Am I blind and missing a setting somewhere?
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Holy poo poo there's a Chuck Tingle podcast called Pounded in the Butt by My Own Podcast.. just listening to it now but I had to say something.
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padijun posted:Your Kickstarter Sucks and What a Time to Be Alive are both pretty good riffing podcasts I’m really enjoying What a Time to be Alive, thanks.
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Red_Fred posted:I’m really enjoying What a Time to be Alive, thanks. I think about the widowmaker bidet and involuntarily laugh like once per week
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I was wondering why I kept subscribing to The Scumbag when there was no indication that they'd ever make another episode, but it's back with just Ed Zitron (also, how is that the name of an actual human being?). I guess the first episode back got the guest to realize that Twitter is horrible, causing him to quit. For those who don't remember The Scumbag or don't know, it's a podcast about the bad aspects of the internet.
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Need niche music podcasts. I like the style of All Songs Considered but I find a lot of what they play pretty bland. I don't really mind what genre the podcast is (or if it covers everything) but it'd be good if there was a focus on lesser known acts. A higher music to interview/talking ratio would be nice as well. Not particularly interested in ppls inspiration or studio process.
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Song Exploder is good.
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Any fans of British comedy podcasts? For about a year I've been binging them and learning a ton about the British comedy scene and "commercial indie digital radio." Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theater Podcast (RHLSTP) is a show where he interviews comedians. He is also a comedian, and was fairly well known in 90s Britain with his double-act partner Stewart Lee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mARqejlb6Y Richard's show was my gateway into learning about Adam and Joe. They had a TV show in the 90s and branched into radio on XFM and later 6Music. Podcasts were made out of those radio appearances. They're an incredibly likeable duo whose chemistry and slight rivalry (as Joe's film career took off) formed the basis of a lot of great riffs. Memorable bits include Song Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6CoNUE5Zho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hAMhLoQUc The Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pen4_hmrcCU and STEPHEN! Which for a short time became a meme that antagonized Fleet Foxes concerts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISZBfgyP1dY Unfortunately for Podcast listeners Joe's career skyrocketed and he went to America to work with Spielberg. Adam still runs his own podcast, The Adam Buxton Podcast, where he interviews comedians and film directors and actors and writers, but I miss the rapport between two hosts who are long time friends. Enter The John Robins and Elis James Podcast. They recapture a lot of the old Adam and Joe magic, albeit with different interests. John in a rabid Queen fan while Elis is interested in history and Welsh Things. They have a lot of great segments on their podcast about shame, obscure facts, humblebrags, and email (these days you simply must be on email.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aApXw7mGPbI Richard Herring, Adam Buxton, and John Robin & Elis James' podcasts are all currently running. Adam and Joe is great but the last show was in 2011 so if you listen to their back catalog there are many dated references. It's too bad, since the chemistry and interests between Adam and Joe was my favorite. Ccs fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Mar 18, 2018 |
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Ccs posted:Adam and Joe Hell yes, still probably my favorite podcast of all time. You absolutely must check out Peacock & Gamble if you like A&J, another comedy duo with great chemistry. I hadn't heard of John Robin & Elis James but I'll check them out. A few other British comedy recommendations: Collings and Herrin Ian Collins Wants a Word Pappy's Bangers and Mash Under the Radar with Sean Hughes (RIP) Koburn fucked around with this message at 06:51 on Mar 18, 2018 |
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I listened to a bunch of Collings and Herrin but Richard is so over the top on that show, especially with his abuse of Collins, that it went sour. And then they got into some fight and it stopped. I did like all the digressions Collins would go on about the Mitford sisters. It's his weird pet topic that links in with a bunch of interesting historical events and movements. Collins later appeared on RHLSTP and they worked through some of their baggage which was cathartic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5sCjCePYvg I'll definitely listen to Peacock and Gamble, anything similar to Adam and Joe has got to be great.
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Is there a way to queue up all of a podcast's episodes in order of release date in the iOS Podcasts app? I want to start listening to Adventure Zone from the beginning, but I can't figure out how to just make it play all, or how to download an entire podcast's archive.
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get that OUT of my face posted:I was wondering why I kept subscribing to The Scumbag when there was no indication that they'd ever make another episode, but it's back with just Ed Zitron (also, how is that the name of an actual human being?). I guess the first episode back got the guest to realize that Twitter is horrible, causing him to quit. Cool, reasubscribed.
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Pollyanna posted:Is there a way to queue up all of a podcast's episodes in order of release date in the iOS Podcasts app? I want to start listening to Adventure Zone from the beginning, but I can't figure out how to just make it play all, or how to download an entire podcast's archive. If you click the three dots next to the “continue playing” menu near the top of the podcast page, there will be settings there. I’m there you can set it to play in sequential order. I think you need to be on 11.1 or later for continuous play to work.
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Speaking of... Does anyone know of any good rules discussion podcasts for D&D? The official podcast is super cringey in places, but actual play podcasts don't interest me much.
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GoingPostal posted:Speaking of... Does anyone know of any good rules discussion podcasts for D&D? The official podcast is super cringey in places, but actual play podcasts don't interest me much. a summary of every play podcast ever: *action and talk is interrupted by 5 minute stretches of fwipfwipfwipfwipfwipfwip as the GM looks something up in the book and the players start messing with their phones to distract themselves*
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credburn posted:Yeah, I guess I am more specifically looking for something that doesn't have like, a religious agenda per se, but still provides a really compelling argument for it. I know that's oddly specific, but Sadly it's only a couple of episodes but The Partially Examined Life covers religion. 129: Is Faith Rational? Has 2 philosophy grads and 2 practicing Christians and they talk about faith. It's really interesting, and feels like everyone there is respecting each other while still having a conversation. 112, 165-66 are other episodes with faith but sadly I think that it's. The rest of the podcast is more about different philosophers. I would recommend giving 129 a listen.
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GoingPostal posted:Speaking of... Does anyone know of any good rules discussion podcasts for D&D? The official podcast is super cringey in places, but actual play podcasts don't interest me much. Seconding this would love a podcast that goes in depth on game design in general.
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