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Which is your favourite Behind the Bastards podcast? I found the one on Zuckerberg interesting
I haven't gotten that far yet actually! I only started them a couple weeks ago and I've been working through timely and relevant episodes. The Robert Maxwell one is insane though
Ooooh I'd not seen that good tip.
Grumpy Old Geeks gog.show
My longest term podcast subscription. They talk about tech, security, and other nerdy stuff. What I like about them versus other tech podcast is that they come from the early days of Internet and computers.
(What really turned me off other tech podcasts was them dedicating entire episodes to over-analyzing the latest Apple announcement.)
- My Dad Wrote A Porno
- Welcome to Night Vale
- David Tennant Does A Podcast With...
- Dear Joan & Jericha
- Girl in Space
- I Was A Teenaged Fundamentalist
Darknet Diaries
Decentered (by wedistribute.org)
The 404 media podcast
Small Town Murder! shutupandgivememurder.com
Super good true crime show from two comedians. It's been the only podcast I never miss a new episode of for the last couple years
Mostly Philosophy/Spirituality:
Deconstructing Yourself
You Are Not So Smart
Tantra Illuminated with Christopher Wallis
Making Sense with Sam Harris
The Emerald
Humans Decoded
Satsang with Shambavi
Some of my subscriptions:
Knowledge Fight.
Behind the Bastards. (It was better before, IMHO. Not every topic needs to span several episodes)
GD Politics.
Pod yourself a gun (might be a bit niche)
NYT The Daily.
Reuters World News.
Kill James Bond
Knowledge fight and kill James Bond sound interesting what do you like about them?
KF - I have an unhealthy fascination with awful people, especially Alex Jones. KF basically documents and debunks all of his shitty takes and explain a lot of the actual background info that are the basis of his conspiracy theories. They also keep track if any news regarding him and all the money he owes after Sandy Hook, as well as the recent departure of his 2nd in command, Owen Schreuer. And the fact that they manage to make such a miserable topic entertaining and funny is impressive. The back catalog is pretty intimidating, so it's not a requirement to listen to all of it. Oh, and it's free of ads, so it's pretty good for background listening while you're doing other stuff.
Kill James Bond started as a podcast about how James Bond is a menace to society and should be in prison for his many crimes. It's basically a rewatch podcast where each episode is dedicated to one movie. After they ran out of James Bond movies to cover they proceeded with other movies. Alice of "Well There's Your Problem" - fame is the main host.
That's really interesting thanks. If you like awful people you might like some of you're wrong about
Audio Unleashed if you dig audio and wanna hear the Statler and Waldorf of hi-Fi journalism rant about…
To counterbalance the more intelligent choices so far, I listen to three podcasts. In order of frequency:
Tell 'Em Steve Dave (~Comedy podcast with Kevin Smith's childhood buddies and their cohort)
Park After Dark (Trailer Park Boys)
Canadaland (Canadian News/Media Criticism) - I save this for days when I feel particularly dumb and want to feel more smarter, or a topic pops up that was already on my radar.
I love Last Podcast on the Left and also Behind the Bastards.
I haven't listened to all of it, especially since they became spotify exclusive, but their series on Mormonism is amazing.
Last podcast on the left looks great! I'm listening to one on Jonbenet Ramsey now thanks for the suggestion
We have Concerns (Science-Comedy)
Revolutions (History)
Philosophize This (Philosophy)
Apropos Philosophize This, it's also worth checking out History of Philosophy without any gaps
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm about to finish a different history podcast (not Revolutions) and needed something else to check out. This will be next on my list.
~~Just FYI, your link didn't work for me, but I found it in my podcast app.~~
Edit: Link worked 2nd try.
Which are the best revolutions ones you've listened to?
A word of warning, each of the revolutions start with setup episode(s) that are rather dry and not particularly interesting but necessary to set the scene.
English (1st series) and American (2nd) are skippable. He was trying to make the revolutions fit a shorter format and it didn't really work.
I didn't know much about the French revolution (3rd) so that was pretty interesting.
The Independence of South America (5th), with Simon Bolivar, is good and has some set up for the Mexican revolution.
The european revolutions of the 1840s (7th) was really interesting and I'd never heard of them before. I feel like they are helpful in seeing how moderates react in a revolutionary setting.
The French Commune (8th) was interesting, especially in regard to how they dealt with the inevitable.
I think the Mexican Revolution (9th) was my favorite. Some great "characters" with Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. My recollection is the setting is an elderly government that refused to give up power... That may or may not have relevance today.
The Russian Revolution (10th) was interesting in how a relatively small group (10k people) was able to take power in an apathetic population of 100M. Also, that the other politicians and groups thought the Communists were a joke and weren't really threatened when they took power.
Also, if you liked the Andor (Star Wars) show, the writer for that was apparently heavily influenced by the Revolutions podcast.
That's a really thorough helpful breakdown! I'd have picked English and American so thanks for the heads up