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You know that Highland Games thing where they throw hatchets and axes at a target? It's not that interesting, even on TV. Listening to an audio recording of it is extremely not interesting.
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Chairman Capone posted:I've just started listening to Behind the Bastards over the last few weeks and I definitely agree, the bagel poo poo loving sucks and really just drains my interest away. The latest episodes about Jerry Falwell felt like it reached critical mass with his lead weight of a bagel obsession. Which is a shame because I really like every other aspect of the podcast. i feel like it works better in person.
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Anyone else listen to Sean's Russia Blog Podcast?
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Karenina posted:Anyone else listen to Sean's Russia Blog Podcast? A couple years ago, has his delivery improved at all?
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Karenina posted:Anyone else listen to Sean's Russia Blog Podcast? Yes it’s very good. The episode from this fall about authenticating hitlers skull fragments was wild.
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I've been listening to En Clair recently. It's a linguistics podcast, it's main focus is forensic linguistics but in season one it's also done episodes on cryptography and hidden messages. The first episode, "Derek Bentley", is a really good introduction into what kind of show it is. It helps that the production is pretty good (the background music can get a little distracting sometimes, YMMV) and the host has a pleasant voice even though she's reading from a script. It feels like a podcast that should have more attention than it's getting.
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I like the bagel schtick. I acknowledge that my sense of humour is likely broken.
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Sulphagnist posted:I've been listening to En Clair recently. It's a linguistics podcast, it's main focus is forensic linguistics but in season one it's also done episodes on cryptography and hidden messages. The first episode, "Derek Bentley", is a really good introduction into what kind of show it is. It helps that the production is pretty good (the background music can get a little distracting sometimes, YMMV) and the host has a pleasant voice even though she's reading from a script. It feels like a podcast that should have more attention than it's getting. Oh cool, I want to that university and still live in the city, I'll give it a listen.
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I like the new history of Persia podcast.
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I've come into a recent interest in the region around the Texas-Mexico border (largely from reading Blood Meridian), and I'm wondering if there are any podcasts that touch on the area. Topics that involve that region include the secession of Texas and the ensuing US-Mexican war all the way up to modern drug cartels and ~*the wall*~. Conflict-focused stuff is mostly what I'm looking for. Because of how expansive this is I'm looking for entire podcasts that focus on these topics, or on individual episodes of other podcasts that touch on the region somehow. Any suggestions?
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Dec 22, 2019 15:39
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The Mexican Revolution season of Revolutions focuses a lot on that area, might be worth checking out.
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Yeah, Revolutions and the Houston archive war episode of the Dollop are all I can think of podcast-wise. If you're really interested in the subject, I'd recommend reading some books. If you live in the area, your local library probably will have some books specific to it.
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SlothfulCobra posted:If you're really interested in the subject, I'd recommend reading some books.
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evilpicard posted:A couple years ago, has his delivery improved at all? It's stilted here and there, but I just treat it like I'm attending a lecture or conference. The content's all I'm here for. coathat posted:Yes it’s very good. The episode from this fall about authenticating hitlers skull fragments was wild. I haven't listened to that one. I think my favorites have been the ones on Central Asian migrants, the Soviet nuclear industry, the Spanish Civil War, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Lots of good stuff there.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll look into those. Anyone listened to Fall of Civilizations podcast?
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It is very good.
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I've only listened to the Khmer episode so far but it was great and easily worth the time. Can't wait to download the rest and catch up.
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The Aztec episode is 4 hours long, and starts with the age of dinosaurs.
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I've listened to all of Fall of Civilizations, it is excellent. I recommend particularly the Easter Island podcast as an examination of Eurocentrism gone to extremes. Jared Diamond fans be warned, you won't enjoy this. The Bronze Age Collapse is another great podcast although the claim that unsent letters from rulers were found is contested.
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There's some stuff in the Roman Britain episode that is also popular myth more than history but I've enjoyed Fall of Civilizations too, binged most of it this week.
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I know you are all probably listening to it but Duncan’s Russian Revolution chapter is some of the best he’s ever done and some of the best podcasting ever. He’s master tier.
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Part Three of Inward Empire's series about Ngo Dinh Diem is up as well
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I tried listening to history of Persia but I just couldn't get past the dudes voice, alas.
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Fall of Civilizations episodes just keep getting longer and longer and it is excellent. Hoping the trend continues and we get a 6 hour episode on uhhh the Han Chinese or something. Longer lengths do mean less time dedicated to the "fall" and more to the general history but it's all interesting as hell and that's a ok with me.
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I'm enjoying The Siecle but it does have some pretty big spoilers for Age of Napoleon
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Dec 31, 2019 18:35
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Fall of Civilizations is a lot of fun so far. I like the style, and it's not too "guy reading off a paper into a cheap mic" like History of Rome was for me
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Dec 31, 2019 18:43
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I had an Audible credit remaining and got The End Is Always Near audiobook. Less than two minutes into Chapter 1: "...imagine that two boxers step into the ring together..." AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Dec 31, 2019 |
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Dec 31, 2019 19:30
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Just like the Bioshock games, in that "there's always always a lighthouse". For us history podcast listeners, There's always two men in a boxing ring.
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History Podcasting: *context intensifies*
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Waypoint radio mentioned they're going to intentionally limit themselves to shorter podcasts and I am furious.
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Thanks for the Fall of Civilisations rec btw, three episodes in and it's been a great listen so far!
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webmeister posted:Thanks for the Fall of Civilisations rec btw, three episodes in and it's been a great listen so far! Yeah it really is. I love the voice acting. It's a neat little touch. He also finds the perfect Macleod tracks, prolific as that guy is.
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Jamie Loftus did a 4 piece podcast on Mensa that's a lot of fun and interesting. She was also a really good guest on blocked party.
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C-Euro posted:Supernova in the East Pt 3 is up for you Hardcore History goons. Nearly five hours long I've finally made it through more than half of this. It's... Very rambling in the Singapore section. It feels like he took an hour to say what he could have in five or ten minutes
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Yeah I burned through Dan's stuff on iTunes and I'll say this for the man: He can fill airtime. Duncan is my go-to for good storytelling though. Does anyone know why 10.26 of Revolutions isn't available on iTunes anymore?
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I think there was an issue with the audio for some people, does this link work? https://www.revolutionspodcast.com/2019/12/1026-the-far-east.html
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twerking on the railroad posted:I've finally made it through more than half of this. It's... Very rambling in the Singapore section. It feels like he took an hour to say what he could have in five or ten minutes Just wait till he gets to MacArthur, Dan spends like an hour grinding the story to a halt to make sure you understand how quirky MacArthur is. I normally don't mind the more rambling aspects of HH, but for some reason Supernova Part 3 really burned me out with how little Carlin managed to get across in such a huge chunk of time. webmeister posted:Thanks for the Fall of Civilisations rec btw, three episodes in and it's been a great listen so far!  Slowly working my way through it during my commutes, this is good poo poo.
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Sydin posted:
Yeah, I was a little bored with the Roman one because, well, I've heard/read a hundred different fall of Rome accounts, but the one about the Mayans was REALLY interesting.
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