Podcasts

[SovietArmy]

Debate: 'Only Socialism Offers Any Hope for the Future.
Brilliant worth listening.
Debate: 'Only Socialism Offers Any Hope for the Future' | The Socialist Party of Great Britain

 

[Reno]

A general thing about US podcasts: They are generally for better than UK ones, but I find it jarring that presenters have to do their own commercials for sponsors, it undercuts their credibility. Some are better at it than others who seem obviously embarrassed by having to do it. And there seem to be more and more "sponsor messages" as well. especially for Panoply podcasts. it's annoying, I'd rather they'd just have commercial breaks.

 

[QOTH]

I've just seen an ad for Serial season 2! Sarah Koenig looking at a different story this time - about a guy imprisoned in Afghanistan.

Still ploughing through Undisclosed, but getting a bit lost in the technicalities of the US legal system. This will make me sound shallow, but I could do with something dramatic happening. Serial had a pace that unisclosed is struggling to keep up, interesting though the analysis is.

 

[skyscraper101]

Been getting into podcasts a bit more these days, but its seriously affecting my phone storage capacity now

I like:
Adam Buxton
Medium Brow (George Lamb with Marc Hughes)
Richard Herring
Scroobius Pip

 

[Sea Star]

I listen to loads but I'll pick a few;

Danny Baker

Link?

 

[Sea Star]

I used to listen to one called the skeptics guide to the universe which I loved. But two things happened that soured it for me. Firstly they took on advertising and i found it much less enjoyable and secondly when i tried to join the associated forum they rejected me. So I stopped listening.

 

[D'wards]

Link?

I get it through an app on my phone called Pocket casts - you just search and select. Not sure on the other ways

 

[D'wards]

Marc Maron does a great one, if you only listen to people youve heard of

 

[Reno]

I used to listen to one called the skeptics guide to the universe which I loved. But two things happened that soured it for me. Firstly they took on advertising and i found it much less enjoyable and secondly when i tried to join the associated forum they rejected me. So I stopped listening.

That's a shame. I never miss a single episode and I think it does quite an important job. The Skeptics Guide is a voice of sanity in a country which seems to be going increasingly batshit.

The advertising is a necessary evil for most US podcasts as presenters and production staff have to get paid and they aren't that cheap to produce on a regular basis. The only exceptions are really small hobby podcasts or those who are part of a publicly funded radio station like the BBC or NPR, so I'll put up with that. If I didn't I would have to stop listening to most of my favourite podcasts. I listen to them on my smart phone and most podcast apps let you skip buy 30 seconds increments, which is what I do for ads.

Did they give a reason why the forum rejected you ? I just checked and they have an email address in case you have problems registering.

 

[Sea Star]

That's a shame. I never miss a single episode and I think it does quite an important job.

The advertising is a necessary evil for most US podcasts as presenters and production staff have to get paid and they aren't that cheap to produce on a regular basis. The only exceptions are really small hobby podcasts or those who are part of a publicly funded radio station like the BBC or NPR, so I'll put up with that. If I didn't I would have to stop listening to most of my favourite podcasts. I listen to them on my smart phone and most podcast apps let you skip buy 30 seconds increments, which is what I do for ads.

Did they give a reason why the forum rejected you ? I just checked and they have an email address in case you have problems registering.

Nope - they didn;t give a reason and I asked a few times.

As for the advertising I wouldn;t have minded an ad spot but the way they worked their ads into the conversation really irked me. It was like old fashoined sponsor spots on US telly. Cheesy!!!

I was considering paying for the ad free version but when I was refused entry to their forum I decided not to bother.

ETA i might try again. Glad they're still going though.

 

[Reno]

Nope - they didn;t give a reason and I asked a few times.

As for the advertising I wouldn;t have minded an ad spot but the way they worked their ads into the conversation really irked me. It was like old fashoined sponsor spots on US telly. Cheesy!!!

I was considering paying for the ad free version but when I was refused entry to their forum I decided not to bother.

ETA i might try again. Glad they're still going though.

Yeah, I wrote about it above that I feel it undermines the credibility of the presenters, but that's how advertising is done in all of podcasting. I still find the podcast frequently eye opening and it made me look at science reporting in a different way.

I've become hugely addicted to podcasts over the last few years, it's the only aspect of the internet I unreservedly love, because it lets me get on with other stuff while I listen to them. And unlike with radio you you can do your own programming.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Politics:
Best of Left
The Majority Report
Paleo Radio

Science:
Star Talk with Neil Degrass Tyson

Comedy:
Real Time with Bill Maher
Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me.

Craft:
Reclaimed Audio

Food:
Main Street Vegan
Splendid Table

Hiking:
All Who Wander
The First 40 miles

Misc:
Storycorps.

 

[D'wards]

Since becoming aware of Vocal Fry I find a lot of American podcasts unlistenable - its so effing irritating. Its not a sexist thing, as plenty of men do it as much as women these days

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Since becoming aware of Vocal Fry I find a lot of American podcasts unlistenable - its so effing irritating. Its not a sexist thing, as plenty of men do it as much as women these days

I find Millennials to be a little irritating to listen to. Do they all put a rising tone at the end of declarative sentences? It sounds like they're all asking a question when they're making a statement. Its sad, because I often find the content useful.

 

[toblerone3]

Melodica Weekly Balearic music podcast by Chris Coco hosted on Mixcloud

Chris Coco

 

[D'wards]

I find Millennials to be a little irritating to listen to. Do they all put a rising tone at the end of declarative sentences? It sounds like they're all asking a question when they're making a statement. Its sad, because I often find the content useful.

Upspeak!

Seems to be a white middle class liberal thing, the vocal fry and upspeak. Its a tricky thing because if anyone criticises it, and its a man doing the criticising, its taken as a misogynistic attack (if its a woman being pulled up). Whereas regardless of gender it is flipping irritating, and I've had to abandon This American Life because of it.

Fella on today's Guardian Film podcast had it terribly as well - I wish i'd never been told what it was

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Upspeak!

Seems to be a white middle class liberal thing, the vocal fry and upspeak. Its a tricky thing because if anyone criticises it, and its a man doing the criticising, its taken as a misogynistic attack (if its a woman being pulled up). Whereas regardless of gender it is flipping irritating, and I've had to abandon This American Life because of it.

Fella on today's Guardian Film podcast had it terribly as well - I wish i'd never been told what it was

Thank god someone else has noticed. I thought I was just imagining it. I've actually listened to more young men doing this than women, maybe that's just my sexism own showing.

 

[Reno]

Since becoming aware of Vocal Fry I find a lot of American podcasts unlistenable - its so effing irritating. Its not a sexist thing, as plenty of men do it as much as women these days

Why not listen to what people have to say instead ? I find this preoccupation with and policing of how people speak something that has been totally blown out of proportion. It's the latest thing the Internet tells us we all are supposed to hate and people dutifully grab their pitchforks. If the speaker has something of interest to say, so what ? And in the end it is a sexist thing. Yes, men do it just as much (Obama speaks with vocal fry) but the hate for it mostly centres on young female speakers. Female presenters are getting all sorts of nasty shit for it while male presenters generally don't. The criticism has mostly been used to discount the voices of young women.

 

[Reno]

Thank god someone else has noticed. I thought I was just imagining it. I've actually listened to more young men doing this than women, maybe that's just my sexism own showing.

Someone else noticed ? It's hard not to with all the online outrage over it. Young people, how dare they speak different from you ?

Language and speech patterns have always been a changing and evolving thing and older people have always gotten into a huff over how younger people speak differently.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Someone else noticed ? It's hard not to with all the online outrage over it. Young people, how dare they speak different from you ?

Language and speech patterns have always been a changing and evolving thing and older people have always gotten into a huff over how younger people speak differently.

 

[skyscraper101]

For all the Alan Partridge fans out there, this new podcast is excellent...

MONKEY TENNIS - The Alan Partridge Podcast - POST/POP PODCASTS by POST/POP on iTunes

Lynn, idea for a podcast: four idiots discuss their love of all things Partridge in this unofficial podcast – including their favourite Alan moments, his cultural legacy and lots more, one episode at a time. A-ha!

Just listened to the second one this morning and was chuckling away on the bus, it will make most sense of course if you know every episode of I'm Alan Partridge pretty well.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Why not listen to what people have to say instead ? I find this preoccupation with and policing of how people speak something that has been totally blown out of proportio. It's the latest thing the Internet tells us we all are supposed to hate and people dutifully grab their pitchforks. If the speaker has something of interest to say, so what ? And in the end it is a sexist thing. Yes, men do it just as much (Obama speaks with vocal fry) but the hate for it mostly centres on young female speakers. Female presenters are getting all sorts of nasty shit for it while male presenters generally don't. The criticism has mostly been used to discount the voices of young women.

I actually was unaware of this as "a thing." I have a different theory as to why they talk that way.

I remember hearing the same comment when I was a twenty-something. I also remember getting criticism for sounding like I was unsure of what I was saying. And, being frustrated that no one would listen to me. I think its mostly a confidence issue. I suspect that the rise at the end of sentences will go away as they develop and grow into their place in the world.

Hadn't noticed the "vocal fry" thing. Still can't really hear it, but I've had some low-range hearing loss for decades.

 

[quimcunx]

I like the sound of Limetown - will give it ago once I've figured out who killed Hae Min Lee

What are our thoughts on Nightvale? That's something I never really got into but maybe didn't give it enough of a chance.

I've been listening to this the past week or so from the beginning. I like it. Not sure why. Maybe the glowing cloud is making me.

 

[8den]

Z Dead list
Sunday Supplements
Isy Sutties The Things we do for love
Infinite Monkey Cage
Dan Savage's Savage love (gay advise columnist who came up with the alternative meaning for "Santorium")
Athletico Mince
The Black Tapes
My Dad wrote a Porno
Kermode and Mayo
Adam Buxton
The History of English
The Writers Panel
And a bunch of UK/US/Middle Eastern Politics.

I've got between a 6-8 hour commute every week. I go through ALOT of podcasts

 

[Plumdaff]

Bookshambles is good. Various comedians/authors/scientists/historians talk to Josie Long and Robin Ince about their favourite books.

 

[Idris2002]

8den - you might like this one: Podcast and Chill. Three 20something Kiwis shoot the breeze about relationship issues in the twentyfirst century.

 

[Plumdaff]

Bookshambles is good. Various comedians/authors/scientists/historians talk to Josie Long and Robin Ince about their favourite books.

In a similar vein I also enjoy Radio 4's A Good Read. Again, people discussing books.

 

[nogojones]

Been really enjoying the Hip Hop Saved My Life podcast with Romesh Ranganathan...

audioBoom / Hip Hop Saved My Life with Romesh Ranganathan

 

[D'wards]

Bret Easton Ellis is an interesting podcast. Ostensibly an interview, but he probably talks for well over 50% of the time. His intros can be half an hour and are usually irrelevant to the guest.
I think you'd call him a right-wing libertarian, and he rallies against political-correctness in Hollywood (#oscarsowhite etc). He does go on a lot about "Social Justice Warriors" or Snowflakes as he now calls them.

His attitude is diversity is good, forced diversity is bad.

You may not agree with what he says but he's interesting to listen to

 

[Idris2002]

He sounds like a cunt.