OT: Podcast recommendations?
by Buffalo , The Dirty South, Monday, January 25, 2016, 12:48 (3005 days ago)
I was hoping to get the group's recommendations for podcasts. I have about a 30 minute commute each way, and have really taken to listening to podcasts in the past year.
I have tried (and generally like):
Story-telling: This American Life and Serial
History: Hardcore History
Sports/Pop Culture: Bill Simmons, Nerdist
ND: Irish Illustrated, Irish Sports Daily (Power Hour)
Fishing: Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast; Anchored
I was rather optimistic about "Presidential"--a new podcast about each US President that the Washington Post is putting out as a run up to the election. But the first one was so terrible I probably won't go back.
I don't have a comedy one, might be nice. A decent political or political history one would be good in the run up to the election, perhaps.
But just wondering what you fine folks are listening to.
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podcasts
Some suggestions
by NDTex , Dallas, TX, Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 05:41 (3003 days ago) @ Buffalo
CFB: Solid Verbal, The Audible (Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel)
Pro Wrestling: Rudo Radio, Stone Cold Steve Austin Podcast (he has two feeds, one clean, one explicit--both have great guests/interviews)
Video Games: Final Encounter Cast (long, not regular as it's an offshoot of a Final Fantasy XIV podcast [Limit Break Radio], but I think the hosts bring a very entertaining product to the table)
ND: Blue and Gold Illustrated (Coach D's new home), Stay Gold (although it's kind of a pain to subscribe since it's on vsporto's ND app)
Shameless Plug: Her Loyal Sons - This is the primary way that I contribute to HLS now. I turned the CFB news Friday Roundup post into a podcast and the show as a ND slant in there. The show is on break now, but I'm going to fire it back up sometime next month and bring on some guests throughout the offseason.
Next season, I'm probably going to do another show with a pure ND focus as I did some offshoot episodes like that which did well. HLS TV will be back as well with a new co-host and the audio feed will be in this feed as it has been in the past. We have another contributor that is thinking about tossing in some contributions as well.
Main idea is to have something for everyone and to have multiple voices/opinions/shows/styles on the same feed.
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"Welcome to Night Vale" is weird but extremely addicting
by KelleyCook , Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 04:35 (3003 days ago) @ Buffalo
To summarize the plot: Its just a small town's community radio broadcast as it would exist if every conspiracy theory was true.
I blasted through three years of episodes in a few weeks last fall.
A few
by JRT, Island of Misfit Toys, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 06:05 (3004 days ago) @ Buffalo
Talk show: The Moment (one hour celebrity interviews)
Light science/history: Surprisingly Awesome (half hour interesting explorations of boring subjects)
Serial plus Slate's Serial Podcast Spoiler (hour long show; half hour recap/analysis)
This American Life (hour long story)
Bill Simmons (hour long ramble on sports)
Grammar Girl (15 minute writing tips)
If you're on iOS, I highly recommend Overcast as the app
by PootND , New Jersey, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 05:11 (3004 days ago) @ Buffalo
Oak recommended it on twitter about a month or two ago. I switched over and could never go back to the regular Podcasts app. The SmartSpeed function is really useful and has helped me get through my backlog of podcasts. Plus the overall functionality of the app is awesome. It's just so much easier to use.
Seconded
by NDTex , Dallas, TX, Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 05:24 (3003 days ago) @ PootND
Smart Speed is brilliant, but being able to put your podcasts in playlists and having all kinds of granular control over that play list is great. You can also share podcasts starting at a certain timestamp which is something that's been woefully missing from the stock app.
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The regular Podcast app is so, so bad
by Jim (fisherj08) , A Samoan kid's laptop, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 06:49 (3004 days ago) @ PootND
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It might actually be worse than iTunes for windows.
by PAK, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 06:55 (3004 days ago) @ Jim (fisherj08)
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Which podcast app for android?
by Frank, Monday, January 25, 2016, 17:56 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
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Pocket Casts
by CW (Rakes) , Harlan County, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 04:48 (3004 days ago) @ Frank
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thank you
by Frank, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 19:09 (3004 days ago) @ CW (Rakes)
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Request for Podcast audio: Charlie Rose Show
by JPH, Monday, January 25, 2016, 17:52 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
Laying down my middle-aged man card here, but for crissakes why doesn't the Charlie Rose Show makes its audio available via podcast? Is there any television show more suited for a derivative audio podcast? Night after night, it's just Charlie, the guest, that round oak table, and the infinite beyond out of depth of focus. Several shows release their audio in podcast -- 60 Minutes, Frontline, Meet the Press, etc. The technology exists! And the variety of current-day discussion there is pretty amazing -- heads of state, journalists, artists, actors/directors, scientists, the list goes on. I've tried DVR'ing it (airs at midnight in my market), but hard to consistently find the time to shoehorn in an intellectual discussion while your on the couch, 4-5 nights a week. Driving/commuting, on the other hand...
I've tweeted the show and they've bluntly responded "no podcast available." They have archived video on PBS, so presumably these shows just don't waft into the ether. Who knows Herr Rose -- our collective networks must have some in-road? How do we use our full communal leverage to effect this change? If we can keep field turf from our beloved stadium, **surely** our voice can be brought to bear on this, too.
Couldn't agree more on the lack of a Rose podcast.
by hobbs, San Diego, CA, Monday, January 25, 2016, 18:55 (3005 days ago) @ JPH
Of course if he ever had a audio archive I'd likely OD on it. So many interesting people and subjects are on that show on a nightly basis I'd probably listen to it daily.
it's so stupid. first show I looked for, too
by Jay , San Diego, Monday, January 25, 2016, 17:58 (3005 days ago) @ JPH
when I first listened to a podcast.
I would add two in your existing categories
by Mike (Max) , Orlando, Monday, January 25, 2016, 16:26 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
Storytelling: Snap Judgment. My personal favorites are the annual "Spooked" episodes, released at the end of each October.
Sports/pop culture: Sklarbro Country. Sports, comedy, music.
Bonuses: The Dana Gould Hour, Til Death Do Us Blart
semi-related: on Making a Murderer
by Jay , San Diego, Monday, January 25, 2016, 15:48 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
Finished the series. If anybody comes across any essential postmortem commentary (so to speak), please post. I read the New Yorker piece and listened to the filmmakers interviewed by Alec Baldwin (which was awful; he obviously did little prep and asked lousy questions). I understand Kratz is out there hammering away.
Yeah, Baldwin mailed it in
by BPH, San Diego, Monday, January 25, 2016, 16:19 (3005 days ago) @ Jay
I was excited to hear that episode, and it was very disappointing. Pop Culture Happy Hour similarly let me down (too much talk about "true crime" in general, not enough discussion of the actual show/case).
iHeartRadio has Rebutting a Murderer. Efficient capsule
by Buck Mulligan, Martello Tower, Monday, January 25, 2016, 16:03 (3005 days ago) @ Jay
responses to each episode delivered in efficient newscaster fashion by a lawyer newsman who covered the trial. I found it credible and well done. And efficient.
Here are a bunch!
by Simon (OFD), Washington, DC, Monday, January 25, 2016, 15:09 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
For humor / news: Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me
Politics: The Axe Files (highly recommended)
Trivia / fun: Ask Me Another
Interviews: WTF (I mean, does anyone top this?), Fresh Air
WTF is like listening to a 10-years-long suicide note
by Dylan, Indianapolisish, Monday, January 25, 2016, 15:54 (3005 days ago) @ Simon (OFD)
Every episode is the same.
Intro.
What did your dad do?
Nobody will ever love me.
Outro.
It's gotten remarkedly better in the last 6 months or so.
by Simon (OFD), Washington, DC, Monday, January 25, 2016, 21:18 (3005 days ago) @ Dylan
As long as he's personally in a decent place, he's good to go.
Even when he's a wreck, the interview in the middle is generally good stuff anyway.
Thanks, Obama.
by JRT, Island of Misfit Toys, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 09:31 (3004 days ago) @ Simon (OFD)
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Don't forget "Lorne wronged me"
by BPH, San Diego, Monday, January 25, 2016, 16:19 (3005 days ago) @ Dylan
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Football Weekly from The Guardian if you like soccer.
by Crehart , Hermosa Beach, CA, Monday, January 25, 2016, 15:08 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
A bunch of serious journalists sitting around being not so serious as they discuss the Premier League (mainly) and touch on other international soccer leagues and competitions.
Clever, witty, informative, irreverent... but in an easygoing fashion.
Barry Glendenning (an Irish sports journalist) comes up with some real gems, and the host James Richardson is smooth. Just a lot of fun.
OT?: There are a lot lot of free "books on tape" out there
by Jeff (BGS) , A starter home in suburban Tempe, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:38 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
Especially the classics. I burned through a few of them on a couple of recent drives to Iowa.
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Yes!
by Dylan, Indianapolisish, Monday, January 25, 2016, 15:00 (3005 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)
I just discovered this and it's crushed my podcast listening.
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/default.aspx
Download the Overdrive app and you're all set. My only beef is that the interface and search functions are just terrible, but the price is right.
Anyone like Radiolab?
by Grantland, y'allywood, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:58 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
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[raises hand]
by MHB (Rakes of Mallow), Chicago, IL, United States, Earth-199999, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:24 (3005 days ago) @ Grantland
Saw them live a few years ago, which was fun, but fairly pointless compared to just listening to the podcast.
The stories are usually great (CRISPR, alternative dinosaur extinction theories, Fritz Haber, the man hiking Antarctica finding his buried snacks, etc.) and the production is unique, at least among my other listening choices.
the massive ant colony under my house
by Jay , San Diego, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:56 (3005 days ago) @ MHB (Rakes of Mallow)
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I can't get past the too-cute production
by Dylan, Indianapolisish, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:05 (3005 days ago) @ Grantland
and faux-spontaneous banter.
I definitely get that but for some reason it works for me.
by Grantland, y'allywood, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:11 (3005 days ago) @ Dylan
It keeps my attention at least versus the many monotonous NPR productions.
C-Span's "Q&A" is consistently interesting
by Coach Gillespie , Omaha, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:56 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
It's not necessarily a "podcast" as it's just a recording of the weekly program. But I like it. Brian Lamb (the white haired guy from C-Span) has an unusual, totally neutral style that makes for some amusing questions and answers from the typically politician/journalist guests. A recent episode featured Washington Post Editor Marty Baron and a lot of interesting discussion/background on "Spotlight."
If you're a science geek
by Brendan , The Chemical and Oil Refinery State, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:42 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
I love The Infinite Monkey Cage, with physicist Brian Cox of "Wonders of the Universe" fame and comedian Robin Ince. They have very eclectic panels that have always fun and often thoughtful discussions on scientific topics, ranging from forensic science to the origin of the universe. And their theme song is by Eric Idle, who is also an occasional guest and impressively up-to-date science geek himself.
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Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
by OGerry , Maine wilderness, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:39 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
and A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor will be stepping down soon.
Just heard Wait Wait Don't Tell Me for the first time last
by Jack , Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:44 (3005 days ago) @ OGerry
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week that a colleague played in the car.
It won't be the last time, I really enjoyed it.
Wait, Wait is great.
by Bryan (IrishCavan), Howth Castle and Environs, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:43 (3005 days ago) @ OGerry
My 11-year old loves it as well. For some reason, I could never get into Prairie. I much prefer Keiller's The Writer's Almanac.
Is there a Minnesotan in the room
by OGerry , Maine wilderness, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:25 (3005 days ago) @ Bryan (IrishCavan)
who could light a candle at the Statue of the Unknown Norwegian for IrishCavan?
I finally tried Hardcore History
by Pat, in the cloud, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:36 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
It's been sitting in my podcast app, just waiting to be downloaded, for years it seems. The whole idea of multi-part, multi-hour talks seemed so daunting. But I gave Wrath of Khans a go and, while enjoyable, I think Carlin could have made it 50% shorter if he just edited himself a bit. If you took a drink for every time he said "historical arsonist" or brought up his feelings on revisionist historians, you'd be drunker than Ögedei Khan.
Other history or current events podcasts?
by nedhead, Monday, January 25, 2016, 15:21 (3005 days ago) @ Pat
From my end, if you enjoyed Carlin but think he's too long-winded, consider History of Rome by Mike Duncan. It's probably sets the bar for narrative history. I've also very much enjoyed the continuation History of Byzantium by Robin Pierson, and Duncan's return in Revolutions. But that French Revolution, it never ends! It still hasn't even really begun yet, and I think I want to cry.
Norman Centuries by Lars Brownworth and China History Podcast by Laszlo Montgomery are both pretty great. History Cafe by Adam Franklin Lyons is much more academic and should have less appeal, but I love it. In Our Time is interesting, but hit-and-miss. I've got a bunch lined up, but so many of them fail.
Also looking for good current history podcasts. Right now my only one is China in Africa by Eric Olander and some guy with a Dutch name.
I am keeping my eyes out for others of interest. Also, I dreamt about cleaning the toilet. I mean, sure, it's dirty, and yes, it's probably past time to clean it, but really? Is is so dirty that I dreamt about it?
Wrath of Khans was my first Hardcore History listen.
by Crehart , Hermosa Beach, CA, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:10 (3005 days ago) @ Pat
And I thoroughly enjoyed it. I had started it once -- briefly -- and didn't get into it, but when I was in a better state of mind (or had more time, or was in the right mood, or whatever) I dove in and really loved it.
I hear what you're saying about him over-hammering on those points about "revisionist historians" etc., but I took it as passion and kind of liked him more for it.
Wish I weren't so slammed at the moment, as I'd love to listen to Blueprint for Armageddon.
lol, slammed "at the moment"
by Dylan, Indianapolisish, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:21 (3005 days ago) @ Crehart
I've been trying to get through that one for two years. I think everyone is probably too slammed at every moment to listen to a 30-hour podcast.
Just curious
by Bryan (IrishCavan), Howth Castle and Environs, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:41 (3005 days ago) @ Pat
what does he even mean by "revisionist" historians? I have never heard this podcast, so I ask out of curiosity, since history is always being revised.
boiling it down
by Pat, in the cloud, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:49 (3005 days ago) @ Bryan (IrishCavan)
You get the sense he isn't a big fan of historians who, in his terms, whitewash the atrocities of someone like Genghis Khan in order to talk about the good things that came out of their impact on the world. Khan helped connect Asia and Europe...at the cost of tens of millions of lives.
He made the point that someone eventually will write a book about the good things that came out of the Third Reich's attempt to take over the world. He clearly doesn't like historians who do the same about Khan while not giving enough coverage of just how many men, women, and children he killed.
Do you pronounce that Jzhenzhiss or Ganguiss?
by Greg, seemingly ranch, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 08:13 (3004 days ago) @ Pat
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he used jen-gisss
by Pat, in the cloud, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 08:48 (3004 days ago) @ Greg
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Ah. That clarifies things.
by Greg, seemingly ranch, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 08:52 (3004 days ago) @ Pat
Douchebag
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Interesting.
by Bryan (IrishCavan), Howth Castle and Environs, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:03 (3005 days ago) @ Pat
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Normally, "revisionist," at least in American history, is applied to those who no longer whitewash history...i.e., historians who point out the flaws of the United States. Typically, it is used by people outside of academia. In Irish history, it means those who revised the nationalist narrative, but is used within academia. It is my pet peeve when people throw the term around loosely, as they often do in general discourse.
poor word choice on my part
by Pat, in the cloud, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:10 (3005 days ago) @ Bryan (IrishCavan)
Hopefully in the future people will look back on this post and re-interpret it in ways more favorable to me.
Dismantling the PATriarchy one privilege at a time.
by Buck Mulligan, Martello Tower, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:16 (3005 days ago) @ Pat
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It wasn't directed toward you.
by Bryan (IrishCavan), Howth Castle and Environs, Monday, January 25, 2016, 14:13 (3005 days ago) @ Pat
Plus, you haven't killed THAT many people.
If you want something political
by CW (Rakes) , Harlan County, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:08 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
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HuffPost just started a new one called Campaign Confessional, which is talking to losers of various races about what went wrong, which seems pretty promising. So far they've had Howard Dean, a top Romney aide and Michele Bachmann.
For history, I've been enjoying The Dollop as of late. Its premise is pretty simple: One guy tells his friend an interesting story from American history. It's well-researched (as far as I can tell) and entertaining. I also listened to a few episodes of Lore while snowed in over the weekend. It discusses the true stories/folklore behind scary things and was interesting without overstaying its welcome.
If you want something football - and this was mentioned a couple weeks ago - Podcast Ain't Played Nobody is nerdy fun from Stephen Godfrey and Bill Connelly. They seem like good people who don't hate college football, which is nice.
And of course my perma-recs for My Brother, My Brother And Me and How Did This Get Made?, which are always enjoyable.
FiveThirtyEight is starting a political podcast this week
by Flann, Central New Jersey, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:50 (3005 days ago) @ CW (Rakes)
I tried their regular podcast and found it reasonably informative, but not very enjoyable. The terrible music didn't help. I'll give their political one a try though.
I love fivethirtyeight for politics, but for sports it's meh
by Jack , Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:55 (3005 days ago) @ Flann
You can't beat Nate Silver on reading political poll trends, though, especially when so many other pundits are so bad at it.
That one might be worth a listen.
One note: 538 has been terrible this election cycle
by Ken Fowler, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 07:07 (3004 days ago) @ Jack
They repeatedly dismissed both Trump and Bernie Sanders as having no shot.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/15/nate_silver_trump_has_about_5_chance_...
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/podcast-totally-subjective-presidential-odds-early-a...
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/why-donald-trump-isnt-a-real-candidate-in-one-chart/
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-bernie-sanders-surge-appears-to-be-over/
538 is very good at one thing: On the day of the election, they average the polls, in a somewhat weighted fashion, and then predict an outcome. 538 is very bad at predicting how people will react to politicians and candidates' movement over time.
No, there haven't been any votes cast yet
by Jack , Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 08:02 (3004 days ago) @ Ken Fowler
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The "election cycle" doesn't start until next week.
But go ahead, ignore them at your peril.
And as for the long term predictions, I think they've been pretty darn good in the past and will prove to be in the future. They're focusing on the whole cycle, not merely on what happens in individual states, especially two states as unrepresentative of the country at large as Iowa and New Hampshire.
As for adding up and interpreting the polls, yes, that's exactly what they do. They also grade and weight the individual polls as to how well they've historically predicted outcomes.
Those are two separate things
by Ken Fowler, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 08:44 (3004 days ago) @ Jack
The staff is very, very good at identifying which polls are most reliable and observing other trends to adjust the final polls.
The staff has not had anywhere near the same success making predictive probability estimates. As an example, look how wildly the Trump and Sanders probability models have moved.
I think that's the whole idea
by Jack , Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 10:36 (3004 days ago) @ Ken Fowler
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It's fluid, things change every day. And they state exactly that, continuously.
I don't see what they've done wrong at all. That's why what they say is stated as a probability, not a prediction and they update the probabilities every time they get new information.
A copule I didn't see previously mentioned...
by BillyGoat, At Thanksgiving with Joe Bethersontin, Monday, January 25, 2016, 13:05 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
(though I just scanned the earlier threads -- so sorry if there's duplication)
I Was There Too -- (usually) fairly minor actors interviewed about their roles in big movies. For example, the guy from Goodfellas who bought his wife the new Cadillac and mink coat. Or one of the Inglorious Basterds that nobody ever heard of.
How Did This Get Made -- I forget their real names, but Andre (Paul Scher?)and Raffi (Jason Marzukis -- also Dennis Feinstein from Parks and Rec) from The League discuss the making of some notoriously horrible movies. For sure if you like those guys you'll like the podcast.
Mike Golics Jr. and Sr. have one now. I happen to really enjoy both those guys and it's an enjoyable time listening to father and son discuss sports and yuck it up.
James Bonding -- If you're up for a deep dive on each James Bond movie, it's a pretty fun way to do it. Episodes are long, but generally entertaining.
Start with the tag on the right side of the page
by BPH, San Diego, Monday, January 25, 2016, 12:52 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
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Doh!
by Buffalo , The Dirty South, Monday, January 25, 2016, 12:56 (3005 days ago) @ BPH
Funny, I searched "podcast" in the search box for that reason! Thanks.
I don't do podcasts, but this one screams out "TPG"
by Greg, seemingly ranch, Monday, January 25, 2016, 12:50 (3005 days ago) @ Buffalo
http://earthsmightiesthistory.tumblr.com/
It's like Jay's dream podcast, right?
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