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I spend five hours of my shift alone at work so I've been listening to these sorts of podcasts lately. I just caught up on the thread and added a bunch of things I hadn't already found bit I'll give some brief thoughts on what I've listened too. We're Alive: the first couple seasons are pretty decent but it ends on kind of a lame fart. It was like they didn't actually have any idea for an ending so they made some stuff up and I wasn't really a fan. It's a shame they pitched the idea as a tv show just before the Walking Dead craze, a year or two later and they could have had a better budget. Leviathan Chronicles: I haven't actually finished season 2 but I don't think it's actually ended yet. Season 1 isn't bad it's a pulpy adventure series that segues from a National Treasure sort of feel into an alien invasion story. Byron Chronicles: I don't think I ever caught up with this. It has an rear end update schedule of randomly and without warning. About a Sam's Choice Sandman doing something with the city of Portland. He ends up squaring off against a being with power to rival God. Black Tapes: started with promise but by the time I caught up to the newest episode I've really begun to lose interest. There was so much potential and it's just kind of...wasted Tanis: just like BT. I like the concept but Nic is just the worst. And like others have mentioned there should be more interaction between the shows if they take place concurrently. How did Alex not mention Nic going missing in her own show? Night Vale: the early stuff was the best but as it went from weird town stuff to the Cecil/Carlos show I began to lose interest. I can see why people would like that but I was there for the Twilight Zoney happenings not the radio hosts private life. I don't think I've listened to any others lately but once I listen to the others mentioned in the thread I'll post my thoughts.
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Turtlicious posted:This is set up for poo poo later, it goes back to what it was in a bit. When is in a bit? I think the last one I listened to was the heist episode. I'm about halfway through Limetown and holy poo poo it is so much better than Tanis. She is a better protagonist than Nic can ever hope to be.
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Jun 27, 2016 13:27
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Double posting. I just finished Limetown and that's where it stops? And it's been on break for how long?! Shenanigans!
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Jun 28, 2016 03:17
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I started the Bright Sessions today. Quite enjoyable so far. It's a psychologist for people with special abilities only it feels like there's an underlying plot building.
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Jun 29, 2016 15:49
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It's probably just me but I think it's weird that podcasts ask for patreon donations one to two episodes in. I get that podcasts with actual production values aren't cheap and take time but it seems weird to start asking for donations right off the bat before people know if your series is going to be worth supporting.
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Jun 30, 2016 01:19
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I've been hearing a lot about stamps.com
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Jun 30, 2016 18:23
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Just finished Bright Sessions. I don't want to wait until fall for more 
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Jul 1, 2016 11:23
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The Truth is good but all over the place with episode themes. Some are really good others are kind of bland. The first one is a what if story where the lunar lander crashed stranding the astronauts on the moon
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Jul 5, 2016 23:59
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Wolf 359 ep 32 Poor plant monster ):
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Jul 6, 2016 10:32
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The opening parts of Wolf 359 remind me of Red Dwarf. Just a few people stuck on a ship with a terrible AI and the hijinks that happen Edit: and done with Wolf 359 until September. I've listened to Tanis, Black Tapes, Bright Sessions and Archive 81. Any other good ones to binge through? They don't even need to be podcasts I'm okay with radio shows. I think those are still popular in England? Len fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Jul 6, 2016 |
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Jul 6, 2016 12:51
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Vonnegut Asterisk posted:I think only one person mentioned it in the thread, but I liked The Behemoth, and it helps that episodes are really short. I'm realizing with the new show that is out from that producer, Scotch, is pretty slow if you listen to it in real time. I think I like The Behemoth more because I just zipped through all the episodes. His overall stories are intriguing, but not much happens in each individual episode. I forgot to mention Limetown. I haven't done Alice isn't dead yet. Is it more than pandering to tumblr like Nightvale became?
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Jul 6, 2016 15:45
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Jurgan posted:Does "pandering to tumblr" mean "has gay characters?" Not just has gay characters but made their relationship front and center. I liked Nightvale more when it was just a town full of weird poo poo with a gay host. Then the relationship between Cecil and Carlos took center stage and the weird stuff was the underplayed background and I jumped off. At least that was how it felt for me.
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Jul 6, 2016 16:40
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Jurgan posted:The series changed over time because Finknor wanted it to. You don't have to like it, but it's silly to call it "pandering" just because it's not catering to your tastes anymore. It just felt like the change kicked in around the time it blew up big on tumblr. I can blame tumblr for whatever I feel like though even if it was always the original intent to switch things to a romcom laid over the Twilight Zone.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:00
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A Gnarlacious Bro posted:I stopped listening to it then too but I'm not a dipshit who gets mad at fan girls. My girlfriends sister is one of those fan girls so that might have something to do with it? Jesus all I wanted to know was if it was more like Nightvale classic and more supernatural/slightly off or like New Nightvale and was more of a light-hearted thing with the creepy stuff mostly taking a backseat.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:13
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Slamhound posted:The supernatural/slightly-off is like early Night Vale, but much darker, and the central plot is a woman searching for her wife, so....it's both? I have no problem with it being about a woman looking for her wife. I just figured it would be more in a Cecil/Carlos style and ignored it.
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Jul 6, 2016 18:21
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I listened to episode one on the way home. Is the narrator Dana? And yeah rereading what I posted I sound like a gigantic prick. The issue I had with Nightvale isn't the gay relationship it's just that there's a relationship at all. It would be like if Black Tapes suddenly became about an Alex/Strand romance and the tapes were secondary it would turn me off the series and I would check out.
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Jul 7, 2016 00:37
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Echophonic posted:The narrator is Jasika Nicole, but she's not playing Dana Cardinal. I didn't think she was playing Dana but I thought that was the same actress.
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Jul 7, 2016 00:49
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So far it kind of reminds me of Silent Hill meets what I imagine Twin Peaks is like.
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Jul 7, 2016 09:51
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Scoop Hound reminds me of a short story I read. I don't remember the name but it was in a book about stories after a lovecraftian apocalypse. The story was about these smiling men that had taken over a city and watched everyone occasionally doing things like giving them guns in their ration boxes just to see what happens.
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Jul 26, 2016 02:08
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Ornamented Death posted:Small Town Horror has started its second season. The first season was a little uneven at times, and some of the voice talent was just out and out bad, but there seems to be a good mystery at the core, and the preview for season two was creepy as hell. Yeah I'm curious to see where it goes. Hopefully it isn't slow like Black Tapes or Tanis.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:19
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Did The Byron Chronicles ever end? I used to listen to it but it felt like I only got one episode a year. In other news I'm about to finish Magnus Archives today. I really like it but I want to know more about the setting.
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Oct 4, 2016 14:43
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I have a question for those of you who do podcasts. I don't have a frame of reference for how much a podcast costs to make so when they talk about how much they cost to make it's just kind of meaningless words. About how much does it cost to make a podcast?
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Oct 6, 2016 01:28
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Nothing about the Magnus Archives finale? Specifically the bit at the end with the missing tapes and having Not Sascha named in the credits. Apparently the only tapes that were stolen were the ones where she talks.
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Oct 20, 2016 01:36
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Drunk Tomato posted:We're Alive is dumb but I had fun with it. We're Alive should have ended sooner than it did. After a point it felt like they were running out of ideas. And the fact that what 16 years after the apocalypse (small spoilers on who lives/dies) Burt is still alive and well training the troops seems really off.
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Oct 25, 2016 23:52
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Slamhound posted:Yeah, it's just not doing anything. And the guy sounds like he has a headcold or something. I was thinking a mouth full of cotton balls.
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Oct 27, 2016 19:05
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New Leaf posted:Does anyone else have volume issues with Magnus Archives? This is all kinda anecdotal, but I only listen in my car.. I keep my volume at 10-12 for normal podcasts, but Magnus I have to crank up to 17. At that volume the intro music is blaring, but once he puts on that tape recorder filter I can barely hear him unless I turn it up. Same. My speakers are old and stock so I have to crank it up into the 50s but the intro is loud as hell in the 30s
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Oct 27, 2016 19:54
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/darkest-night/id1163871694?mt=2 Has else listened to this? I went through the first two episodes today and it's got potential to be okay?
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Nov 3, 2016 00:16
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calandryll posted:I listened to it on Halloween when both episodes dropped. It has potential, plus they got a lot of bigger named people for the voice acting. Yeah the first two are intriguing. I'll give it a few more episodes to find out if it's something to keep up with.
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Nov 3, 2016 14:45
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D34THROW posted:Starting Welcome to Night Vale...what the gently caress am I listening to? This sounds like somebody's bad acid trip. I'm intrigued though. A fun little NPR from the twilight zone until mid year 2 then it switches to focus more on Cecil rather than the creepy town stuff.
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Nov 10, 2016 21:25
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Mokinokaro posted:It does have those, but they don't really start until year 2. I jumped off when Kevin named the desert other world the new Desert Bluffs
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Nov 11, 2016 13:16
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I found and went through a series called Help Me the other day it wasn't bad. It's only like 15 episodes long and they're short. A girls friend killed herself and she found a tape recorder of the events leading up to it and then spooky stuff happens. It's worth listening to imo
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Nov 18, 2016 16:36
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Slamhound posted:Yeah, it's rough and amateurish in places, but there are some real bright spots. I'm not sure if the audio mixing was off or my cars speakers are garbage but the music was louder than the voices at times.
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Nov 18, 2016 18:27
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I've been listening to Wooden Overcoats and I dig it. It reminds me of things like Black Books or Father Ted just a cheesy British sitcom.
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Dec 2, 2016 15:56
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Meinberg posted:I recently binged the entire first season of Mabel and while I have no idea what actually happened, it was really great. It also has transcripts on the web site which is a rare and nice touch. Yeah I went through season 1 Friday at work and I'm not really sure what happened.
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Dec 4, 2016 07:16
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Wolf 359 gettin' tense. Gonna be interesting to see where season 4 goes.
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Dec 13, 2016 20:35
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I checked out the podcast mentioned by the newest Bright Sessions, Alexandria Archives. It isn't terrible kind of a Nightvale knockoff that cuts to NoSleep style stories (only with less child abuse) possibly worth keeping an eye on. Did season 2 of Small Town Horror get better? I dropped it because it wasn't really doing anything
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Dec 15, 2016 00:11
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It felt like they had a story in mind then decided to fluff it up
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Dec 16, 2016 02:03
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Yeah it's weird. But then again 30 Rock also showed GE in a mostly negative light so maybe they understand they're a megacorp that can do whatever they want and are rolling with it
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Dec 22, 2016 14:14
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Slamhound posted:The Box - A woman finds an old box full of X-Files-like journal reports that she takes to be a writing project. When she starts a podcast to read them, things start to get out of control. Sweet I've run out of audiobooks and podcasts to listen to. Been binge listening to things during this work week from hell. Just two days left.
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I finished up lifeafter today and I think I liked The Message more overall. The ending was pretty okay up until he goes back to his wife that chose her long dead sister over him. She faked her death and left him miserable for 8 months and he's just going to forgive her? That seemed a stretch to me but I've not had to deal with bereavement so maybe it isn't?
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