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I'm looking to stock up on podcasts, whether in Mandarin, French or English. Don't worry about my tastes I'll sort it out later
But share good podcasts in other languages if you know any (it might be useful for other people)
Is there any podcasts that are interesting that isn't a cus her white guy?
Valley Heat. Great writing, hilarious.
the yard
On a more personal level I also listen to various collections of Alan Watts talks in addition to Sam Harris's Making Sense podcast.
I second behind the basters.
Seconding Behind the Bastards. Great podcast.
For anyone with the slightest interest in meditation, I second Sam Harris’s Waking Up app! His podcast Making Sense is great too
. Mad At The Internet
And if you like Sawbones, check out My Brother, My Brother, and Me.
It’s a comedy advice podcast from the lovable idiot and his two brothers. It’s great fun, and was referenced in the musical Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda is a big fan).
There is only one podcast truly worth your valuable time, and it's the Get Skrek'd Podcast - "A shot-by-shot analysis of the award-winning film, Shrek 2 by your tour guide and host, Logan Flinders."
No other podcasts compare. No other podcasts matter.
Get Shrek'd is love. Get Shrek'd is life.
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned "if books could kill".
They basically tear all their top seller self help books to shreds. It's very entertaining and actually really smart too.
It is a great podcast. But all of Michael Hobbes podcasts are. He still co hosts maintenance phase and now Sarah is running you are wrong about alone.
100%. I still listen to you're wrong about too.
Almost Plausible is a show where three friends take ordinary objects (for example, a paperclip, a ceiling fan, or a toilet brush) and create movie plots based on those objects.
Full disclaimer: This is my podcast.
The eastern border https://theeasternborder.lv/
A podcast about history and current events in the post Soviet sphere geared towards a western audience by a Latvian journalist. Unfortunately one current topic dominates for the last 3 years. Please take a guess, which it might be.
I looked through a number of comments and am surprised not to see Let's Learn Everything.
Every two weeks the hosts cover two topics in a lot of depth, anything from quantum mechanics to swear words.
I don't listen to podcasts often. But I like:
Citations Needed: a podcast about media. Basically goes into how media covers some events and topics from a leftist perspective.
Cane and Rinse: video game discussions and analyses. Each episode covers a specific game
I second the Citations Needed recommendation. Their episodes are so well researched.
Citations Needed: a podcast about media. Basically goes into how media covers some events and topics from a leftist perspective.
Interesting. I'll check this out.
Well there’s your problem podcast. A podcast about engineering disasters; with slides.
Lateral with Tom Scott It's a great non-political podcast.
I don't listen to podcasts that much, but I am a big fan of the Lingthusiasm podcast. I was actually introduced to it by none other than Tom Scott (although he doesn't really host it himself).
I’ve enjoyed Blowback.
Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast (especially series 3 covering the French Revolution) and his The History of Rome series.
I mostly go for nonfiction stuff related to current events or history. Unfortunately some of these aren’t free.
Slow Burn - Each season goes deep on a particular event in recent (US) history. Quality falls off a bit after the first few seasons.
Fiasco - produced and hosted by the the guy that did the first 2 seasons of Slow Burn. Also US centric.
History on Fire - Haven’t listened to too much of this yet but was suggested the episode on Ötzi the Iceman which made me a fan. Probably the only one on here that isn’t US centric.
Throghline from NPR. Another history-ish podcast but focuses on current issues and the history behind them.
Going to check out some of these suggestions.
Love QAA! Will have me cackling out loud at times
Wait a minute, are you Julian? Cackle cackle.
I like planet money from NPR
Dungeons and Daddies is one I've been working through recently, its a DND actual play, has some talented people, they had an episode with another podcast hey riddle riddle, not gotten to them yet but they seemed good too.
I think most of the ones I usually mention in threads like this have been covered, but a glance through hasn’t shown me
I’ll admit that this one may take a minute to really get, but once it locks in you’ll love it forever.
It’s basically just an Irish author, comedian, and former rapper telling stories, talking about mental health (he also has a masters in psychology), and interviewing people. One week he’ll be interviewing a couple of lads about insects, the next he has Cillian Murphy on. Last week was an hour about how he ended up in an office canteen covered in black hair dye, holding a bag of lemons.
It’s a wonderful podcast hug every week, and I can’t recommend it enough.
Some English-language ones I haven't seen in this thread yet:
We Hate Movies- a comedy movie review show mostly about entertainingly bad movies in the vein of How did This Get Made.
No Such Thing As a Fish- some of the researchers from QI share facts they found while prepping the TV show
Unclear and Present Danger- looks at thrillers of the 90's through an historical and leftist lens
Mortal Podkast- Lore dumps about every fighter in the Mortal Kombat series up through MK11. Now over but I still recommend it if you like Mortal Kombat
Mom Can't Cook: A DCOM Podcast- humorous, tangent-heavy recaps of Disney Channel original movies.
Three Black Halflings- insightful discussions about D&D and race from a black perspective. Also some very good actual play series and one-shots mixed in.
For true crime I really like Murder in America
These are some of my favorites, I'm sure I'm missing some though.
Darknet diaries is one of my all time favorites.
If you like music analysis then Strong Songs is also interesting
And for a non serious listen I like to listen to Sherlock & Co, which is an amazing audioplay where Watson becomes a podcaster to deal with his PTSD. The adventures are self contained, so you can hop on any you like.
Srsly Wrong
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Dungeons and Daddies
The What If? Podcast
Turned Out A Punk
Something Rotten
Behind The Bastards
My regular rotation (in order of how many of them I listen to, %):
Lions Led By Donkeys! Weird and usually stupid military history, featuring everything from Roman warfare up to Vietnam.
I'll also toss in Well There's Your Problem. It's an engineering disasters podcast. With slides (if you're watching on YouTube).
Behind the Basards, History of Rome and Revolutions by Mike Duncan, Hardcore History.