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I love Hardcore History and will get the backlog as soon as money allows, but in the meantime I began to listen to the History of the English Language and it's really pretty great. I like the guy's style of narration and his mixing of linguistics and history goes down well. I tried Revolutions but I feel like I'd get more if I just read a book. Or if the dude literally posted up his scripts and I just read those I'd like it better, he's not a very engaging speaker imo. I'm looking for podcasts on 3 differing subjects: Either a good music history podcast. At this point I'll take any genre, but specifically underground punk/post punk or a History of Hip-hop, if such a thing exists. Ideally, it'd be people who know the subject dissecting some genre or album and listening to the music with that in mind. Or a show on animals or general zoology would be great. I've always like the BBC nature documentaries, so something like that in audio form could be cool. Lastly, a podcast, whether in English or French, that talks about current modern French politics on a national level.
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Rick posted:You might try Sound Opinions. It's NPRish at times and definitely rockist but they do dissect a few classic albums a year and it's a good way to get exposed to stuff from basically the 50s on. That might not be exactly what you're looking for, sorry. I'll look into it. Pretty much I just finished reading Our Band Could Be Your Life and I'd love to have that in podcast form.
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Aug 27, 2015 09:21
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Prop Wash posted:The Ongoing History of New Music, by Alan Cross, is an excellent series. He's not so much hip-hop, more punk/grunge/rock, but he's a good speaker and has some really good insights. Unfortunately it's a little difficult to queue up since it's not exactly a podcast (he's been doing it on radio for like two decades). I'll look for a good source to stream them - I think they're all on YouTube but that's not a great method of delivery. That could work since I usually listen to podcasts while cleaning. Punk and grunge are so my scene so that sounds like a great fit for now.
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Sep 2, 2015 21:15
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Franchescanado posted:My friend pointed me towards Switched On Pop, which is a half-hour show where two musicians look into the musical structure and styles of a specific pop song, for example "Someone Like You" by Adele, and how she musically captures nostalgia, melancholy, and other things happening under-the-surface. It's very fun, and I highly recommend it for people who like music in general. This sounds awesome. Definitely going to look into it. There's been some talk of classical music podcast but I can't remember what page that was on.
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I know I mentioned this after first discovering this thread, but anyone aware of any good animal/zoology/nature podcasts? I realize it's not the same without the visuals but I'm just envisioning something like Attenborough going on about something spectacular.
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Mar 21, 2016 11:00
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fritz posted:DO I Yes! These are definitely gonna get slotted once I'm done binging Lexicon Valley, which is terrific.
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Trier posted:retrospective music podcasts please. Analysis of great albums, interviews with important people from whatever subculture is the topic, anything as long as it's in-depth and about music history. What's the native tongue/country? It could be interesting to any multi-lingual listeners amongst us.
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Cool thanks. It's not the one of the languages I speak, but that is certainly a cool idea for a show.
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Hey. So I've used the native apple podcast for ages now without issue despite it not being all that good but it was serviceable enough for me since I didn't expect much out of it. I've an iphone 4 and it's stuck on update 7.1.2 and I cannot at all get it to download things any more (though I can still stream at least). I don't want a solution for it but rather a good podcast app to replace it. I've looked at Overcast but I need iOS 9 to get it. Anyone know of anything I could actually download with my old technology? It doesn't even have to be free I can spare a few bucks if I have to. 100YrsofAttitude fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Jun 16, 2016 |
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~Coxy posted:I thought that if you went to the App Store on your iPhone4 it would let you download an old version of Overcast. I didn't have much luck but I realized that my problem came from having no storage space left like a dolt. The thing's working fine now it seems.
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Jun 29, 2016 07:34
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I know I've asked several times about podcasts in French and I finally got a tip to heads towards radio France (this seems obvious in retrospect). They've a slew of podcasts ranging all sorts of subjects in French. Obviously there's a bunch on politics, but surprisingly to me a very well developed music based section. I'm going to listen to a few and report back (particularly on ones on politics, language, and history), though I've no idea if anyone was looking for these things but myself.
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Oct 11, 2016 08:46
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I absolutely love Alice Isn't Dead. It's so good.
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Oct 27, 2016 16:51
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Fruits of the sea posted:Another request for history podcasts! Iiked the idea behind Hardcore History, but Carlin's intense voice and dramatic music is too over the top for me. Is there something of a middle ground between that and History of Rome? (which is downright soporific). History of Rome dude can be a bit dull but I've really enjoyed his Revolutions series, it's almost peppy.
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Jan 17, 2017 18:11
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Hyrax Attack! posted:I'd recommend 3.1, the start of the French Revolution. The English revolution episodes are well made but the events are hard to follow (not the fault of the podcast, was an odd revolution), and the American revolution is good but the French one is outstanding. The American revolution is good and gives you interesting details, but you may find it redundant if you ever studied US history in depth. French revolution is really good, and everything is really properly linked to it.
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Guy Goodbody posted:Revolutions. Each episode is only 30 minutes or so long, but they're more like chapters in a book than stand alone episodes, so you end up with something around 8 hours on the English Revolution, 30+ hours on the French Revolution, etc. I don't know how people listen to those things weekly. I need to take in at least 3 or 4 at a time otherwise I risk getting lost. I just wait until he finishes his current plot before listening.
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Apr 26, 2017 08:41
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mike12345 posted:If you're interested in classical music or want to learn about the fine nuances between conductors and performers, check out My companion is gonna love this. Thanks for the recommendation.
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toanoradian posted:I wonder if there's a The American Life for other countries as well. I kinda want a podcast or radio broadcast in the style of TAM in non-English languages, like German, Japanese or Indonesian. I get this feeling a lot. I'd kill for a Lexicon Valley type show for foreign languages (French or Spanish, being the only other two I can speak), whether in English or those languages. But it seems to me that podcasting is less developed than in the English speaking world. Almost makes you want to make it yourself.
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Jul 28, 2017 07:17
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Double post from the Historical, Informational, and Educational Podcast Megathread. Let me know if that's not kosher to do, but I figure if I can get this guy more exposure it's a win for me as a fan of the show and a win for the guy making this great content: The Wild Episode: Found this a few weeks back and it seems to be a new series. There are only 6 episodes, and the update schedule seems to be every few weeks. It's an excellent show about interesting animals with a slight, perhaps coincidental, focus on extinction and conservation. The production values are really good and the shows are finely crafted. If anyone has even a passing interest in zoology I really recommend it, each episode I've heard has been great and you won't go wrong starting at the first one or where ever. Episodes are 20-30 minutes long so it's really easy to check out if it's to your liking. I'm hoping the guy gets listeners because it's a really great show.
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May 18, 2018 13:54
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Hyrax Attack! posted:We Hate Movies has done some Lifetime films that made for hilarious discussion. Episode 74: Invisible Child and Episode 216: Cyberseduction: His Secret Life. Cyberseduction is a gem of a Lifetime movie, we had a real good time riffing on it back in the day.
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Lampsacus posted:anyway, thanks for giving me somewhere to write this. cheerio! Beautiful, I can always appreciate such a passion. I never listened to these, and I don't think they're my type of media but I do know lots of people who grew up around this stuff and swear by it. It must've been such a strange time to be on radio, not that any of them would know just how much things would change in such a short time.
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Fcdts26 posted:https://www.drawnpodcast.com I didn't ask for this but it seems like a cool suggestion. Going to give it a go once I finish catching up with Lingthusiasm. Speaking of which it's a linguistics podcast without quite the charm of Lexicon Valley. It's pretty good, though one of the hosts is a bit too much of a personality at times for me. Still it can be pretty interesting and overall it's well-done.
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Sep 11, 2018 21:34
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~Coxy posted:To save anyone else googling it: Quadramind posted:I've been enjoying Broken Record with Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin. So on these music podcasts do they actually play the track alongside the explanations? Years ago, I came across one, the name of which I can't remember, but they wouldn't play the track with their talk which seemed incredibly pointless to me.
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mike12345 posted:Is there a podcast about cooking that's a bit more on the science side of things? Like what happens when you cook meat, proteins breaking down or whatever, and why fried tomatoes have a different health benefit, that sort of thing. Didn't know I wanted that until now.
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WHY BONER NOW posted:What's a good game of thrones podcast? I'm looking for something that updates with each episode, where the hosts enjoy the show but joke around and make fun of it too (not hatewatching). The zoology podcast, Drunk Safari, often guests a guy from Boars, Gore and Swords, who is pretty funny. Don't listen to the show though so I couldn't say.
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I've had luck recommending the Wild Episode by Brian Ruckley to people. Weird stories from the world of zoology. He has a knack of finding and talking about genuine zoological curiosities in a way any layman can understand. It's not supernatural, but often truth is stranger than fiction. And being someone who reads a lot about animals I have genuinely learned a lot from his choices, he really knows how to pick them. There's a nice little back-log at the moment, and while updating is a bit slower than the every two weeks he hoped for originally (he has a writing project at the moment) it's constant enough. The production values are great and he has a really nice speaking voice. I can't recommend this enough.
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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.
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mrfart posted:I wanted to post this on the Marc Maron WTF thread. But it’s been archived. I watched all of Seinfeld's Coffee Car Comedian show and he doesn't come off as a rather empathetic man. Not malicious or anything, but I seriously don't think he sympathizes with a whole lot of other people. I don't think it's just a rich dude thing, I think that's just him, just not really on the average wavelength of humanity.
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The_Doctor posted:Your only value to him is how funny you are. If you’re not able to make him laugh, he has little interest in you. That’s the vibe I’ve always got from watching Triple-C. That's exactly it and he's really serious about that, it's not just a gimmick. Groundskeeper Silly posted:I think a few years ago Seinfeld got into some hot water for saying he thinks he's somewhere on the spectrum or something. IIRC, he said it in a way that made him seem pretty out of touch. I don't want to internet-diagnose someone but that wouldn't surprise me all that much. Azathoth posted:Guess that's why he didn't have a problem dating a 17 year old when he was 38. Just not on the same wavelength as the rest of humanity. That's probably just a rich dude thing. It's pretty common with that lovely demographic.
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Awesome she's one of our favorite comedians.
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So, I'm looking for a new podcast to listen to with my partner. We really enjoy(ed) serialized fiction podcasts from the Nightvale Presents family with our favorites being Alice Isn't Dead and the second season of Within the Wires. We've enjoyed things done by our favorite comedians like the current program by Tig Notaro and the Oh Hello, Podcast. Individually I tend to listen to zoology and history podcasts and she likes true crime, but it's not something we want to do together. We tried listening to one of the many D&D things (Rude Tales of Magic) and neither of us really liked it. We don't want people ripping on a thing, unless I guess it's people we particularly like, and would rather absurd or strange fiction, but not necessarily urban legends and the like. I looked at the above Weird Tales and that's just actual stories, which is good, but not exactly what we have in mind. Any suggestions?
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Azathoth posted:For light-hearted fare, I highly recommend the following: Thanks for the suggestions. I'll swing them by her and see what she thinks. We actually settled on It Could Happen Here which she's enjoying, but that's rather short, even if I'd argue it's a touch out of date because 2020 has been completely unpredictable.
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Aug 25, 2020 22:08
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All I want to know is if it’s the end.
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Imagined posted:lol nope Well, I guess it's the waiting game for me then. That's fine.
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mrfart posted:Have been binging lions led by donkeys the last weeks. It’s pretty good most of the time. Having a hard time finding something else worth listening, though. The apology line is interesting, a least it diverges a bit from typical crime podcasts. But I’m wondering what goons are listening to these days. Behind the Bastards I've spent the pandemic catching up through the archives and it's always pretty enjoyable. I don't care for every guest, but I see them as a necessary evil. Some of them are very good and funny though. Aside from that I listen to my trio of Zoology podcasts: The Wild Episode, whose host I'm pretty sure should inherit Attenborough's throne. His voice is perfect, his interest tangible, and he really does great legwork in researching the research. Strange Animals Podcast which isn't anywhere near as good, but the host is so quirky and charming, she's like talking to an overly enthusiastic 5th grader and I love it. The Common Descent Podcast I don't listen to every episode, since they focus a lot on paleontology but there's great episodes in there and the two hosts are both full-blown researchers and really great at explaining things. I personally wouldn't mind another language podcast aside from Lexicon Valley, which is good, but somehow also very formulaic. I like McWhorter but I did like the chemistry between the two former hosts. Seems like he's leaving the job this year so I'm curious what they'll do with it. I'd love something like that but that focuses on Spanish or French, it can be in those languages too. Anyway, I listen to all of this as I wait for the big history podcasts to release updates or before I binge full seasons (like Revolutions, The Fall of Civilizations, The History of English Podcast). I think my biggest disappointment recently was "Don't Ask Tig". I think Tig Notaro is super funny, but her guests are less so, but worst of all it's a lot of First-World Problems where the solution is "Be Rich and Privileged" and it's annoying.
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I’m going to suggest the zoology series I love and I’m always happy to plug: The Wild Episode is a thoroughly researched slowly updating show with a small back log and high production values that focuses on seriously unique animals. Some can be as famous as say the colossal squid, but the host, who has a soothing accent, really brings up some facts that are great and frankly new to me. I want him to replace David Attenborough. Strange animals podcast is far more casual but the host has the enthusiasm of a 5th grader going on about their favorite critter and I love it just how infectious it is. Animals chosen are really varied and there is a big backlog over 100+ episodes though they’re shorter. Updates often. The common descent podcast Two nerdy scientists with a background paleontology and evolutionary science talk just about that. It’s great for a layman and cover topics from individual species, to geological eras, extinction events, famous biologists, to biomes. More often than not they talk fossil animals. I don’t listen to every episode but you can quickly see the ones that you may like. What I like about these three is that none are just reading Wikipedia like so many other zoology podcasts and they have character to spare. On the other spectrum is a fiction podcast with a loose loose narrative about an ex-super villain who hosts a rock program on the radio. It’s hard to explain... The Hornet’s Nest if anyone is interested. It’s funny and just very reminiscent of a certain era of radio. It’s more about rock than super villainy but it varies.
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WEH posted:Really enjoying this, thank you! It's so good. So many zoology podcasts are just wikipedia pages read by rather dull hosts. If he made a patreon I'd donate in a heartbeat, it's the first podcast I would've ever donated to. Apparently, he's a fantasy writer otherwise? And is working on the latest Transformer comic, which makes explains why the podcast output, though steady is slow.
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Hyperlynx posted:Subject matter doesn't really matter. As long as the people talking work in that subject, I'm keen. I mentioned it earlier but you would love The Common Descent Podcast their both evolutionary biologists and they go through all sorts of topics related to that subject. I tend to stick to the contemporary creatures, but they'll do fossil creatures, geologic eras, biomes, extinction events, famous biologists, you name it. Their knowledgable and can get into the weeds, but tend to keep it accessible to laymen. Similarly the Tetrapod Zoology Podcast is like that with paleo-biologist and a paleo-artist talking tetrapods, though I find they focus more on fossil animals, which I find interesting, but as I don't recognize them, I don't ever know what they're talking about. I also feel they faff about just a bit much. Can be very in-depth though. I don't know if it's still updating as I dropped it. I used to listen to Lingthusiasm, but I found McCollough to be too much for me. Too much energy, too much nerding out, I couldn't handle it. I still like Lexicon Valley though despite or because of McWhorter's idiosyncrasies.
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Franchescanado posted:Any good video game music podcasts? So... Les Demons de Midi does a playlist monthly more or less, that's about 2 hours long. However it's in French. So you may not get the explanations, however you'll be able to hear all sorts of music?
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mrfart posted:I'll be honest, I only checked this out because of the silly jeu de mots. I don't recognize a lot of the titles. They both work for Video Game websites I believe and are pretty knowledgable about the industry as a whole. They have nice chemistry and seem like nice and interesting individuals. After every song, they'll give you the title, game, and composer and some info on the composer including their resumé if they can. They range from newer to older titles and we're talking really old. One of them is particularly into electro beat Japanese pop, and the other seems to play a lot of more moody European PC titles, but aside from that the songs are generally good all over the place. They each get to showcase the music from a recently played game, there's a bit halfway through where they get a composer to suggest a song that inspired them, and they wrap up with a video game cover while plugging the artist's social media, which is pretty cool. There's a couple of annual events like Listener Suggestions but otherwise they alternate between loose "Themes" and miscellaneous Jukeboxes. I find they do a good job of getting all sorts of composers and titles, and not just sticking to the main ones. It's still on-going too, they're just on the summer break. I guess the only downside is that it's in French, if you're not a francophone, but again there's only about 30 secs/minute dialogue between tracks, so it's easy to work around. And hey maybe a good excuse to pick up the language!
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Confusedslight posted:Is there's any good podcasts or just podcast episodes that delve into prehistory? Love learning about that era! I can't speak for Pre-history Human civilizations, but if you're talking paleontology and fossil animals, as well as geological eras and all in between I highly recommend the Common Descent Podcast. It's definitely big on Natural Sciences but they do focus a ton on fossil animals and their geological eras. The hosts have a good chemistry, they're very knowledgable and you got a nice back-log to dig into. Great for the lay-person.
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