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HIJK: Nov 25, 2012; in the room where you sleep

This may be an odd request but are there any podcasts that go into mythology about angels and other divine messengers? I'm not interested in anything that's just preachy sermons but there might be something that talks about angels, their roles in myths, their names and functions etc.

Thanks in advance

# ? Jan 21, 2020 20:16

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# ? May 9, 2024 20:59

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Warbird posted:

I don't know if this is the proper place to ask, but I figure one of you ought to know.

I'm trying to find a method to add a podcast hosted on archive.org to my podcast client (Overcast). It's an older show and doesn't appear to be listed on any of the modern platforms, so I need to add it manually via RSS. I think I can get the RSS needed via archive.org's advanced search function but haven't been able to do so thus far. Has anyone more familiar with the platform than myself done something like this before?

I find it odd that archive.org hosts podcasts but doesn't provide any RSS, so it must exist somehow...

But anyway, you can view source of the page and get all the URLs to the audio files and their names e.g.

code:

<div itemprop="hasPart" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/AudioObject">
        <meta itemprop="name" content="This Year #S6: Sampler 2013">
        <meta itemprop="duration" content="PT0M25660S">

                  <link itemprop="associatedMedia" href="https://archive.org/download/this-year-collection/thisyearS06_sampler2013_96kbps.ogg">
                  <link itemprop="associatedMedia" href="https://archive.org/download/this-year-collection/thisyearS06_sampler2013_96kbps.mp3">
              </div>

Then just put together a XML podcast file and host it somewhere temporarily.

code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <link>http://whatever.com/podcasts/</link>
    <title>This Year Collection</title>
    <description>this is my nice description</description>
    <item>
      <title>This Year #S6: Sampler 2013</title>
      <description>foo</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +08:00</pubDate>
      <enclosure url="https://archive.org/download/this-year-collection/thisyearS06_sampler2013_96kbps.mp3" />
      <guid>https://archive.org/download/this-year-collection/thisyearS06_sampler2013_96kbps.mp3</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>...</title>
      <description>...</description>
      <pubDate>...</pubDate>
      <enclosure url="..." />
      <guid>...</guid>
    </item>
        ...
  </channel>
</rss>

# ? Jan 22, 2020 02:51

Warbird: May 23, 2012; America's Favorite Dumbass

Awesome, thank you! My understanding is that you can get XML as a result if you use the advanced search, but I didn�t have much in the way of luck getting it to play nice. I had jury rigged up a solution using Plex, but this would be way better.

Edit:
Took longer than it should have, but I got everything put together. Turns out GitHub is a perfectly acceptable home for this sort of thing so now I can piddle with it as I see fit. Might be nice to suss out how to get actual art and whatnot included on the "feed".

Warbird fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Jan 23, 2020

# ? Jan 22, 2020 06:16

Salvor_Hardin: Sep 13, 2005; I want to go protest.; Nap Ghost

Apologies if this is off-topic but I've found that for some reason I can't download podcasts that are hosted by Libsyn at home. The app just hangs up and the download doesn't initiate. I confirmed that I get no connection if I try to browser over to traffic.libsyn.com.

It works when I drop wifi or connect to any other network so I have no idea why this random postcast host became blocked on my home network.

# ? Jan 27, 2020 17:52

Lutha Mahtin: Oct 10, 2010; Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

There's a home networking thread in SHSC that might be able to help you.

# ? Jan 28, 2020 23:44

mrfart: May 26, 2004; Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

So did somebody find out what the mystery hair growth thing is from the possibly crazy person in the latest episode of reply all?
Asking for a friend.

# ? Jan 30, 2020 18:44

pangstrom: Jan 25, 2003; Wedge Regret

mrfart posted:

So did somebody find out what the mystery hair growth thing is from the possibly crazy person in the latest episode of reply all?
Asking for a friend.

Haven't listened to it but crazy + hair growth = morgellons, maybe?

edit: Okay it's some software guy who thinks he found a food that regrows your hair (or he says makes you healthier in general, including regrowing your hair), but yeah I think either it's a blip due to who knows what or maybe he has some cycling disorder or thought/delusional disorder or something. Or he's just doing the setup for a scam. My only guess was some bizarre fish's eggs or something.

pangstrom fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Jan 30, 2020

# ? Jan 30, 2020 19:06

mrfart: May 26, 2004; Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

pangstrom posted:

Haven't listened to it but crazy + hair growth = morgellons, maybe?

edit: Okay it's some software guy who thinks he found a food that regrows your hair (or he says makes you healthier in general, including regrowing your hair), but yeah I think either it's a blip due to who knows what or maybe he has some cycling disorder or thought/delusional disorder or something. Or he's just doing the setup for a scam. My only guess was some bizarre fish's eggs or something.

It would be funny if i was a scam and they unwittingly helped him scam their own listeners.

# ? Jan 30, 2020 20:52

pangstrom: Jan 25, 2003; Wedge Regret

Yeah when he was like "I can't afford a supply myself so I'm still losing hair" and "can I get you to send out my email" that's when I thought "oh it's probably a scam". But maybe they kicked the tires a little before publishing, one of those guys is pretty street-smart (and the other very much isn't, I forget who is who).

# ? Jan 30, 2020 21:02

Riptor: Apr 13, 2003; here's to feelin' good all the time

I cannot believe they put that guy on the show. He's either schizophrenic or a scammer or both

# ? Jan 30, 2020 22:00

Lutha Mahtin: Oct 10, 2010; Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

I haven't listened to the episode but it sounds pretty off-brand for Reply All to genuinely have any kind of "try this one weird trick" person on the show.

e: Is it possible they're trying to test their audience with a fake scam, and they're going to follow up on it later?

# ? Jan 30, 2020 23:04

Do it ironically: Jul 13, 2010; by Pragmatica

Guy absolutely sounded like a scammer it was odd they gave him a platform

# ? Jan 31, 2020 00:49

Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

Lutha Mahtin posted:

I haven't listened to the episode but it sounds pretty off-brand for Reply All to genuinely have any kind of "try this one weird trick" person on the show.

e: Is it possible they're trying to test their audience with a fake scam, and they're going to follow up on it later?

No, that's really not possible. Or, if they did, it's such a massive violation of audience trust that I can't even fathom it not blowing up in their face.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 01:41

mrfart: May 26, 2004; Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

Listening to first contact.
It's an interesting podcast, with topics similar to sleepwalkers, reset or maybe darknet diaries.
'hacking your brain' and 'bots to date' where pretty good.
But the hosts voice is a bit annoying for me. That's probably just me.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 14:01

El Spamo: Aug 21, 2003; Fuss and misery

mike12345 posted:

Are there literary podcasts where a bunch of people talk about current bestsellers, but more in a lighthearted/banter way? Like "I don't even own a a television", for example. Spectology fits the bill, but is for scifi only.

Try http://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/

# ? Jan 31, 2020 19:43

ZenMasterBullshit: Nov 2, 2011; Restaurant de Nouvelles "À Table" Proudly Presents:
A Climactic Encounter Ending on 1 Negate and a Dream

Is there a thread for Critical Role on the forums? I just manages to catch up after like 6 months of binging them at work.

# ? Feb 10, 2020 00:49

WHY BONER NOW: Mar 6, 2016; Pillbug

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3850885

# ? Feb 10, 2020 04:50

Do it ironically: Jul 13, 2010; by Pragmatica

I really enjoyed the newest episode of Inside the Black Box, I really like his style of presenting the information and explaining the crash, reminds me somewhat of the casefiles guy

# ? Feb 10, 2020 05:29

Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

Do it ironically posted:

I really enjoyed the newest episode of Inside the Black Box, I really like his style of presenting the information and explaining the crash, reminds me somewhat of the casefiles guy

Yeah, as someone who has watched every episode of Mayday, I really dig his delivery and style. Even if I know what happened in a particular Incident, I always pick up new stuff and the way he tells the story is always gripping.

# ? Feb 10, 2020 05:56

mrfart: May 26, 2004; Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

Azathoth posted:

Yeah, as someone who has watched every episode of Mayday, I really dig his delivery and style. Even if I know what happened in a particular Incident, I always pick up new stuff and the way he tells the story is always gripping.

Mayday, or air crash investigations as it�s called here, is still one of my wife�s favorite shows. Pretty much the only thing we watch on NG. I�ll give this a listen.

# ? Feb 10, 2020 06:45

El Gallinero Gros: Mar 17, 2010

Good punk podcasts other than Going off Track and Turned Out A Punk?

El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Feb 11, 2020

# ? Feb 11, 2020 15:55

100YrsofAttitude: Apr 29, 2013

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Good punk podcasts other than Going off Track and Turned Out A Punk?

What exactly is talked about in a punk podcast? I love punk rock but I've never found music podcasts to be great as they often can't play songs due to licensing costs.

# ? Feb 11, 2020 17:51

El Gallinero Gros: Mar 17, 2010

100YrsofAttitude posted:

What exactly is talked about in a punk podcast? I love punk rock but I've never found music podcasts to be great as they often can't play songs due to licensing costs.

Road stories, formative experiences, etc.

# ? Feb 11, 2020 17:54

Chas McGill: Oct 29, 2010; loves Fat Philippe

Any recommendations for informative podcasts where the experts are allowed to talk at length without interjections, cuts to music, voiceovers from the hosts paraphrasing what the actually interesting person is saying? I love In Our Time for example, but it's necessarily brief, and Bragg sometimes plays a bigger role than he should.

Essentially...I guess I'm looking for a condensed lecture format rather than an interview style podcast. I enjoyed the Reith lecture series for example.

# ? Feb 11, 2020 20:21

mike12345: Jul 14, 2008; "Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Road stories, formative experiences, etc.

Not really a punk podcast per se, but "I don't even own a television" recently reviewed Rollins' "Get in the Van", about his time in Black Flag, touring, etc. It's pretty funny, check it out if you haven't yet.

# ? Feb 11, 2020 22:32

TV Zombie: Sep 6, 2011; Burying all the trauma from past nights
Burying my anger in the past

Chas McGill posted:

Any recommendations for informative podcasts where the experts are allowed to talk at length without interjections, cuts to music, voiceovers from the hosts paraphrasing what the actually interesting person is saying? I love In Our Time for example, but it's necessarily brief, and Bragg sometimes plays a bigger role than he should.

Essentially...I guess I'm looking for a condensed lecture format rather than an interview style podcast. I enjoyed the Reith lecture series for example.

I, with caution, suggest Ologies with Alie Ward. There is no music and not too many interjections from the host while you learn about a lot of different things.

# ? Feb 12, 2020 05:02

Snowmankilla: Dec 6, 2000; True, true

TV Zombie posted:

I, with caution, suggest Ologies with Alie Ward. There is no music and not too many interjections from the host while you learn about a lot of different things.

Why caution? I like learning things?

# ? Feb 12, 2020 05:05

TV Zombie: Sep 6, 2011; Burying all the trauma from past nights
Burying my anger in the past

Snowmankilla posted:

Why caution? I like learning things?

It doesn't exactly fit with what you want. Depending the subject, the host will interject herself more into the conversation and even pause to interject a note. Sometimes these interjections can be quite frequent so it doesn't exactly fit the lecture style that you are aiming for.

# ? Feb 12, 2020 06:05

mike12345: Jul 14, 2008; "Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."

Chas McGill posted:

Any recommendations for informative podcasts where the experts are allowed to talk at length without interjections, cuts to music, voiceovers from the hosts paraphrasing what the actually interesting person is saying? I love In Our Time for example, but it's necessarily brief, and Bragg sometimes plays a bigger role than he should.

Essentially...I guess I'm looking for a condensed lecture format rather than an interview style podcast. I enjoyed the Reith lecture series for example.

Either a) check out moocs from edx or coursera, I think you can dl the videos as mp3 and pretend it's a podcast, or b) listen to audiobooks about a topic you like. I don't mean to sound patronising by suggesting audiobooks, it's just what I started doing when some podcast topics were too brief.

# ? Feb 12, 2020 09:03

Imagined: Feb 2, 2007

There's also The Great Courses, which are pretty easy to :filez:

# ? Feb 12, 2020 13:13

SpannerX: Apr 26, 2010; I had a beer with Stephen Harper once and now I like him.; Fun Shoe

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Good punk podcasts other than Going off Track and Turned Out A Punk?

This isn't being done anymore but I think these still work: http://dissonance.libsyn.com/

# ? Feb 12, 2020 14:20

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

TV Zombie posted:

I, with caution, suggest Ologies with Alie Ward. There is no music and not too many interjections from the host while you learn about a lot of different things.

Seconding the Ologies recommendation, it�s a fun show with a good back catalog and interesting guests.

# ? Feb 13, 2020 22:47

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Two questions:

A) Is there a Last Podcast on the Left thread?

B) Because they're going to Spotify starting today, are they killing the RSS feed? Spotify doesn't alert me when a new episode is available like Pocket Casts does for me, so I'd prefer to keep using Pocket Casts to listen to it like I have been for like 2 years.

# ? Feb 14, 2020 22:47

Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

I don't believe there is a thread.

And yes, their RSS feed is going dead, if it hasn't already done so. I have the same problem with Spotify and I would love to know how to fix it.

# ? Feb 14, 2020 23:11

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Azathoth posted:

I don't believe there is a thread.

And yes, their RSS feed is going dead, if it hasn't already done so. I have the same problem with Spotify and I would love to know how to fix it.

Goddamnit

Thanks for the answer.

# ? Feb 14, 2020 23:14

Shinji2015: Aug 31, 2007; Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

Azathoth posted:

I don't believe there is a thread.

And yes, their RSS feed is going dead, if it hasn't already done so. I have the same problem with Spotify and I would love to know how to fix it.

Yeah, it's dead. I found out yesterday that they were planning to keep the Patreon RSS feed going, but Spotify made them kill it as well.

I'm not a fan of the move. The only way to download episodes now is to install the Spotify mobile app; you can't use the desktop version to download it unless you have wifi to link it to the mobile app.

# ? Feb 15, 2020 00:09

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Can't wait for podcast piracy to really take off.

# ? Feb 15, 2020 00:25

Lampsacus: Oct 21, 2008

~Coxy posted:

Can't wait for podcast piracy to really take off.

I can't believe the medium that consisted of single dudes breathing into mics in their bathrooms in 2005 has blown the frik up in this way. It's so surreal. Review us on podcast alley!
I have a feeling services like Luminary will be part of a bursted bubble and Google/youtube will scope up the remains.

# ? Feb 15, 2020 00:34

mike12345: Jul 14, 2008; "Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."

Lampsacus posted:

I can't believe the medium that consisted of single dudes breathing into mics in their bathrooms in 2005 has blown the frik up in this way. It's so surreal. Review us on podcast alley!
I have a feeling services like Luminary will be part of a bursted bubble and Google/youtube will scope up the remains.

Is Luminary still NA and Australia (?) only? History on Fire moved to Luminary, and now I can't listen to it anymore. So dumb.

# ? Feb 15, 2020 00:38

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# ? May 9, 2024 20:59

Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

Shinji2015 posted:

Yeah, it's dead. I found out yesterday that they were planning to keep the Patreon RSS feed going, but Spotify made them kill it as well.

I'm not a fan of the move. The only way to download episodes now is to install the Spotify mobile app; you can't use the desktop version to download it unless you have wifi to link it to the mobile app.

I at least appreciate the explanation they gave, and that they're using the money to pay their employees a living wage.

I just really wish that they hadn't picked the company with the worst possible app for podcasts. I mean, they apparently want to be serious about podcasts while their app literally doesn't have a way to notify users of new episodes. I get that it probably isn't a big deal for music, but that's like the only purpose of a podcast app.

# ? Feb 15, 2020 00:43

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