anyone listen to Risk? the latest one was pretty intense.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Scriptnotes is a fantastic podcast. It's mainly for budding screenwriters, but I enjoy it as process porn. On The Media is reliably good look at the state of capital-J-Journalism.NY Times Book Review is great for keeping my Amazon wish list well stocked.
I listen to too many podcasts but those three are my reliable go-tos. Cultish is a great idea for a podcast, hope it comes back one day.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
I would like to find a good True Crime podcast...
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
Our local npr station has a show about podcast that covered a lot of the true crime ones out there. Didn't listen but it's prob a good place to start
http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/the_big_listen_a_broadcast_about_podcasts/16/04/10/csi_podcast
― Heez, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:23 (eight years ago) link
Criminal has some good crime stories: http://thisiscriminal.com/
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
Thanks, I'll check them out.
I still listen to podcasts on my ipod classic and I noticed I have about 40 GBs of unheard shows from my feed. And all I do is listen to podcasts the past couple of years.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Have you tried the Charles Manson season of You Must Remember This?
― glandular lansbury (sic), Thursday, 21 April 2016 01:02 (eight years ago) link
ding ding ding
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 April 2016 03:14 (eight years ago) link
sword and scale is worth a listen for true crime - the guy is kind of a dick sometimes (melodramatic, too opinionated), but it features some really interesting stories that'll send you down the rabbit hole, eg:
#5 & 6 a woman's son is kidnapped decades ago, takes all sorts of bizarre twists and turns
#11 & 12 the woman whose daughter dies and she insists it's a murder
#22 about the disappearing wife
#45 & 46 the carnation murders
― just1n3, Thursday, 21 April 2016 06:32 (eight years ago) link
the one about gypsy whatsername is CRAZY
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 April 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
wait which one was that
― just1n3, Saturday, 23 April 2016 00:48 (eight years ago) link
Just posted this in the comedy podcasts thread but you guys, "hello from the magic tavern" is so goddamn funny
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:54 (eight years ago) link
xxxxxxxxxpost Speaking of the West Wing, I'm enjoying the "Keepin' It 1600" podcast (which is on the Channel 33 feed, I believe) hosted by Jon Favreau and Dan Ffeiffer from Obama's communications staff. It has a very dorky Sorkin feel where they're usually interviewing an ex-co-worker about this or that speech was written, or when they tested WHCD jokes on NSA guys in the hallway while Obama was in the other room killing Bin Laden.
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 29 April 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
Worst podcast: "How I Built This" interviewing dot-com founder assholes
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 04:06 (seven years ago) link
it's like true crime podcasts a-go-go now
Accused - Cincinnati Enquirer true crime journalist digs into the Elizabeth Andes cold case. I really, really like this one. Does a lot of what I wanted & never got from Serial.
In The Dark - about Jacob Wetterling. Really good, lot of great interviews with old locals etc. A little flip at times but mostly good.
Casefiles - Australian podcast but covers international cases too. Really concise & well researched - and the dude sounds like my brother
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 04:40 (seven years ago) link
i've been enjoying last podcast on the left a lot recently - tales of serial murders, the occult, extra-terrestrial shenanigans and conspiracies which is like 90% of all the stuff i'm interested in. funny, weird, unsettling and occasionally in very poor taste
― yokohama fuckdolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 10:42 (seven years ago) link
my favorite murder also real good
― yokohama fuckdolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 10:45 (seven years ago) link
xxpost yeah all these "branded" podcasts like Placemakers and Open Account are annoying
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 12:46 (seven years ago) link
somewhat interestingly Mystery Show, one of last year's ballyhooed podcasts, was axed from the Gimlet network
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 12:48 (seven years ago) link
Christopher Kimball from America's Test Kitchen has a new podcast, I'm not sure anyone told him he was the worst part of ATK (and its radio show/podcast)
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
What's the best 'interviewing interesting people' podcast? Not really into themed discussion podcasts, comics interviewing comics, etc.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 12:52 (seven years ago) link
i can't get down with Last Podcast on the Left, it's too much like We Hate Movies for murder lol
i love my favorite murder tho
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
xpost Wil Anderson's Wilosophy podcast is a pretty good longform interview show. A lot of comedians but he talks to other people too. it's not really comedic, just good convos
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
Just found In the Dark and enjoying it immensely. Gotta check out Accused and My Favorite Murder!
― splendor in the ASS (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 December 2016 06:58 (seven years ago) link
Hound Tall with Moshe Kashner might the most listenable Nerdist podcast - three comedians and a straight-man scientist/expert talk about a topic for 45 minutes or so.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 4 December 2016 11:44 (seven years ago) link
Homecoming was pretty well done:
https://gimletmedia.com/homecoming/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
^ I just finished this. It was AMAZING. Like as good as a great TV show. Maybe the only audio drama I've ever heard that I didn't actively hate?
Great script: checkGreat dialogue: checkGreat acting: checkGreat production: checkLots and lots of Catherine Keener and Oscar Isaac: Check
Head over heels I headed straight for Bronzeville, and... ruh-roh. Yeesh.
Apparently Amazon is spending $5M on new scripts for new audio dramas??
Other podcasts I tried recently that I did not like:
The MessageDigitsMy Dad Wrote A PornoDeath Sex & moneyComedy Bang BangReply All
I tried Hollywood Handbook and liked it for one episode but once I got into the next episode I was sort of like.... okay I get the joke now that's enough.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 June 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
Seems like podcasts break down into:
- make me laugh- teach me something (the recent plsuplus podcast about CRT TV recycling was AWESOME for this.. Production and presenting were both strictly bargain-basement but it didn't matter cause it was so damn interesting and well-reported)- hold me in suspense
Are there other genres or is that it?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 June 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
oh and made it through about 3 minutes of "Terms".. such a good idea tho :/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 June 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
(i guess The Dollop is a cross between 1) make me laugh and 2) teach me something?)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 June 2017 13:48 (six years ago) link
ok shit "hello from the magic tavern" is transcendent
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:26 (six years ago) link
despite the host reminding me so much of tom scharpling that it's distracting. it's a show that i kind of can't believe matt berry ISN'T on. limmy should be on it too.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
ha ha Did you listen to the ILX episode of Reply All?
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:40 (six years ago) link
that one was GREBT obv
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:40 (six years ago) link
I've weeded out almost all comedy podcasts from my subscription list, since I think I only enjoy them when I'm binging a couple years' worth of them. Of course now that everybody's putting their 6 months or older stuff behind a paywall I'm not likely to go back and catch up.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
pretty evenly split between politics (Crooked Media podcasts, mostly), sports (Bill Simmons, the Lowe Post, the Bill Barnwell Show) and laffs (Filmdrunk Frotcast and the $600 Podcast).
― evol j, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:53 (six years ago) link
I'm listening to the Black Tapes Podcast - supposed to build into a Lovecraftian turn later on but six episodes in it's just sort of Unsolved Mysteries: NPR Edition.
Can't tell if I find the dialogue horribly staged and acted or if it's actually dead on and the Serial/Radiolab-style is just that bad.
― louie mensch (milo z), Friday, 25 August 2017 05:36 (six years ago) link
there's a podcast called "containers" all about shipping containers but i'm not really sure it'll tell me more than the great bbc four doc i watched on the same subject a couple of years ago. still that sort of thing is "my jam."
there are some truly awful podcasts out there. the anna faris one. the guilty feminist. the outline world dispatch.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 August 2017 09:27 (six years ago) link
I was about to become the very last person in the world to check out "My Dad Wrote A Porno" but the 'about' page has just put me off it completely. It is the most off-putting 'about' page I have ever seen, it not only makes me hate this podcast I haven't heard, but also all other podcasts, all other media, and life in the 21st century in general.
http://www.mydadwroteaporno.com/about/
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 21 July 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
yeesh
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 21 July 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
Lol
― President Keyes, Saturday, 21 July 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
Big fan of Ben Rodgers' new podcast The Rodge Tapes. Talking with other Earwolf adjacent comedians about some obscure movies from the 80s/90s.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 3 April 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link