Podcasts

[Badgers]

One major flaw (for me) on the Google Podcast app is a lack of sleep timer

Might install this but it seems a pain to add a sleep timer app

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Not sure if this has been posted so far, but here are two lists of podcasts.

22 Podcasts You Should Listen To For The Rest Of The 2018

27 of the best podcasts for curious minds in 2018 | WIRED UK

 

[Badgers]

Cheers

Subscribed to the Tip Off

 

[Lord Camomile]

Cheers

Subscribed to the Tip Off

It can be a really interesting podcast

[pathetic claim to fame]When the President's Club story broke I got in touch with them on Twitter and suggested they cover it, and they did! Because, y'know, they probably wouldn't have thought to do it themselves... [/pathetic claim to fame]

 

[paolo]

Personal Faves

- 99% Invisible. Design/Social/Stuff. Presenter Roman Mars has a superbly soperific voice.
- The Bugle. Weekly satire and nonsense, still good even though John Oliver is long gone.
- The Allusionist. A must for anyone curious about language.

 

[Plumdaff]

From the Wired list Reply All is fantastic. It's hard to describe exactly what it is usually odd or intriguing stories about technology or the Internet but it's consistently fascinating.

 

[D'wards]

I really like one called Disgraceland which is about the awful things musicians have done.

It's quite stylised but not in an annoying way

 

[Admiral Fitz]

Another good one from the BBC is Intrigue: The Ratline about a the disappearance of a senior Nazi after the war.

BBC Radio 4 - Intrigue: The Ratline

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Presenter Roman Mars has a superbly soperific voice.

He does have a lovely voice. Very calming to listen to.

 

[Lurdan]

Found this series pretty engrossing
Escaping NXIVM - CBC Radio
7 part Canadian series based around Sarah Edmondson, a former high ranking member of NXIVM ('Nexium') the self-empowerment cult/pyramid scam that targetted the wealthy and aspirational, and of its inner women's group which branded one another with the initials of the group's (male) leader. She was the source for the New York Times story last October that triggered an FBI investigation which has put it's leader and a number of others behind bars awaiting trial. Doesn't shy away from the issue of her own role in recruiting members and the money she earned doing it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Escaping NXIVM - CBC Radio

Cheers - that looks interesting.

Had a look at the podcast app on my phone and another cheerful one looks interesting - Happy Face. The daughter of a serial killer investigates her father's crimes, and the psychological legacy it left his children.

 

[flypanam]

I have started listening to Podcast | Kreative Kontrol a pretty good discussion with musicians about the records they've made.

Also just started listening to the Reel Politik which wants to be Chapo Trap House but isn't.

 

[killer b]

Reel politik is dreadful.

 

[Plumdaff]

Found this series pretty engrossing
Escaping NXIVM - CBC Radio
7 part Canadian series based around Sarah Edmondson, a former high ranking member of NXIVM ('Nexium') the self-empowerment cult/pyramid scam that targetted the wealthy and aspirational, and of its inner women's group which branded one another with the initials of the group's (male) leader. She was the source for the New York Times story last October that triggered an FBI investigation which has put it's leader and a number of others behind bars awaiting trial. Doesn't shy away from the issue of her own role in recruiting members and the money she earned doing it.

This is good. If you are 'into' podcasts about cults I'd recommend the Heaven's Gate podcast; it's presented by someone who was brought up in a cult so is very psychologically thoughtful.

Non cult the recent podcast phenomenon Dr Death is great; and terrifying - I'm fairly convinced he will win his appeal.

The new series of Serial is, I think, the best yet. It's an examination of the judicial system and like any large bureaucracy, what it finds is a reflection of the society it is in. Scary. I'd like to see a UK version.

 

[flypanam]

Reel politik is dreadful.

It fucking is. Listened to two episodes and ditched it. Smug, Ceral Killer level smug.

Anyhow, I've started listen to Your Kickstarter sucks which is pretty funny.

 

[Whagwan]

TrashFuture is a much better alternative to ReelPolitik

 

[Patteran]

Reel politik is dreadful.

Unbearable, innit. Vapid. Profile based on obsequious relationship with high-profile left twitter. Flatters to deceive.

 

[Badgers]

Starting listening to the BBC That Peter Crouch Podcast yesterday and enjoyed the first couple. It is fairly light and a bit laddish but interesting glimpse behind the scenes of Premier League football. Also Crouch is one of the more personable/likeable chaps in the modern game.

 

[Badgers]

From The Wire to The West Wing, your favourite TV dissected – podcasts of the week

 

[D'wards]

Pop Culture Happy Hour by NPR is quite a good film one.

Beware though, it's so middle class liberal it could almost be a parody- for example they complained that First Men was too white male focused.

The men sound an awful lot like Brian from Family Guy.

 

[Badgers]

Bit of a techie question here

I am persevering with the Google Podcasts app for now. It keeps going silent then fading back in when I am listening to podcasts am using Bluetooth headphones but they are not the problem as calls/radio are fine?

Is it possibly due to my old phone (Samsung Note 4) or the software (6.0.1) not keeping up with the player?

 

[Pickman's model]

Bit of a techie question here

I am persevering with the Google Podcasts app for now. It keeps going silent then fading back in when I am listening to podcasts am using Bluetooth headphones but they are not the problem as calls/radio are fine?

Is it possibly due to my old phone (Samsung Note 4) or the software (6.0.1) not keeping up with the player?

fade away and aggravate

 

[rubbershoes]

Just listened to Caliphate.

Very good, even though the presenter starts every sentence with So or Right

 

[D'wards]

Lineker and Baker Behind Closed Doors is a good one for football fans who wanna hear funny anecdotes rather than boring analysis.

They restrict themselves to one Gazza story per episode

 

[BristolEcho]

Just started listening to this, really enjoying it. His Revolutions podcast is excellent too. As is Age of Napoleon which is done by another guy with a pretty good voice for radio.

Struggle session is a pretty good podcast, though depends on the guests. Looks at modern pop culture and gaming from a leftish perspective.

He's doing the Mexican Revolution at the moment.

The Wire podcast mentioned is also good.

 

[Badgers]

From The Wire to The West Wing, your favourite TV dissected – podcasts of the week

Am enjoying this. Will probably have to watch The Wire again the bonus podcasts with cast from the show are excellent.

 

[lizzieloo]

The Grenfell Tower Enquiry Podcast is just getting into questioning the tenant management organisation, Gas supply companies etc. I think from here on in we'll begin to hear testimony from the council and the construction firms that carried out the "refurbishment"

I've been listening to all of them, it's been fire service and then witnesses until now, awful, harrowing, I had to skip some of the witness testimony, it was heartbreaking.

I think now though they might start to begin getting some answers.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry with Eddie Mair - Downloads - BBC Radio

 

[Badgers]

Cheers for that link

 

[Fozzie Bear]

David Harvey has a new podcast dealing with current affairs David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles by David Harvey on Apple Podcasts

 

[danny la rouge]

David Harvey has a new podcast dealing with current affairs David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles by David Harvey on Apple Podcasts

I’ve been listening to these. It’s Harvey. You know what to expect.

They’re 20 mins long, so that’s ideal for me. But the latest one, allegedly about the Brazilian elections, turned out to be about US affairs and the Koch brothers again. So there’s that.