Podcasts

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:13 am

Really enjoying Six Trophies by Shea Serrano. His story to start the last episode had me rolling.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:18 am

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:13 am Really enjoying Six Trophies by Shea Serrano. His story to start the last episode had me rolling.

I didn't realize how much I missed the two of them together until I started listening when it debuted.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:31 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:10 am "The Rest Is History" is a really good podcast - with a British slant on things.

"Bombing With Eric Andre" always makes me laugh. Usually about a half hour of Eric Andre talking with comics about their worst experiences on stage.

That sounds fantastic, need to check it out. Started watching the Eric Andre show. It's my go-to when I am too high to focus on anything else. 2-minute bits of pure insanity are the perfect amount of time. I can't imagine what the guests are thinking.

I started listening to Jim Jeffries "I Don't Know About That." Jim is one of my favorite comedians, and if you like Jim you'll like this. Weird premise, they have a guest expert speak about a topic every episode. It starts with Jim trying to guess the topic by looking at the expert and their office (all Zoom guests). Then Jim answers a series of questions to see how much he knows about a topic. When he doesn't, he confidently answers with hilarious made up facts. This is the gold of the show. Then the expert answers the questions while Jim chimes in with zingers. Some of the guests are interesting, but it's mostly just Jim's quick wit with no chance to prepare.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:33 am

rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:18 am
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:13 am Really enjoying Six Trophies by Shea Serrano. His story to start the last episode had me rolling.
I didn't realize how much I missed the two of them together until I started listening when it debuted.

I'd never heard either one of them talk tbh and Jason's voice/laugh still kills me.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:39 am

The Ringer's Justin Sayles has a podcast called The Wedding Scammer that I'm enjoying right now.

It's about how he stumbled into the orbit of a con man and what he did to track him down. It's a 7 part series and part 5 just came out.

https://www.theringer.com/2023/10/17/23 ... newsaratti

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:32 am

Thanks for the suggestions, guys!!

I've been binging Dumb People Town with the Sklar Brothers and Daniel van Kirk going back to 2017. VERY funny, but I need to add some variety back into the mix.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:34 am

Oh, and for a very good "limited series" from Serial/NYT.. The Kids of Rutherford County is pretty good. Fair warning, it'll make your blood boil.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:33 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:34 am Oh, and for a very good "limited series" from Serial/NYT.. The Kids of Rutherford County is pretty good. Fair warning, it'll make your blood boil.

The Retrievables did that, made my blood boil. Because my wife went through the process.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:59 pm

The new Daniel Tosh podcast made me laugh.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:32 pm

Shannon Doherty's new podcast is quite interesting so far. Especially if you are around her age and watched her career. She's fighting stage 4 breast cancer which has spread to her bones so she talks about that and being a advocate for cancer survivors.

Plus all the dirt from the past, why did she get fired from 90210? Why did she get fired from Charmed? Why has she been married 3 times, why did she do Mallrats?

https://youtube.com/@LetsBeClearSD?si=f5VA_VnJeS2T15f0

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:44 pm

Just got an email that Google Podcasts is going away in March, you have to migrate your subscriptions to YouTube Music .

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:06 pm

KEXP has a new podcast, based on a list that Kurt Cobain had of his top 50 albums.

The Cobain 50

I've listened to the first one...about The Stooges "Raw Power"...and it was pretty interesting. For example...the band got permission from Moe Howard to call themselves "The Stooges"...

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:15 pm

"Locust Abortion Technicians" has always been one of my favorite album names.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:59 pm

Tara Palmieri has a politics podcast on The Ringer called Somebody's Gotta Win. And I'm just kinda done with it.

I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon because The Ringer had a political podcast called Keepin' It 1600 that eventually became Pod Save America after Trump won. So it seemed like it was worth listening to.

It isn't. She's just fucking annoying. And she keeps hitting on the "OMG BIDEN IS SO OLD" beat with every guest she has since that throws line from the special council came out and when faced with the truth of who Biden will be facing off with, she has a whiney fucking "YEA, BUT..." tone.

She's had Gingrich on and treated him with kid gloves. And she's recently had Meghan McCain on because I guess being the political progeny of John McCain means something. Her latest featured House Rep Philly Democrat Brendan Boyle. Every time he swatted down her nonsense she just kept coming back with something else. It was grating.

Anyway, rules:

Post by **brian** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:41 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:06 pm KEXP has a new podcast, based on a list that Kurt Cobain had of his top 50 albums.

The Cobain 50

I've listened to the first one...about The Stooges "Raw Power"...and it was pretty interesting. For example...the band got permission from Moe Howard to call themselves "The Stooges"...

Green almost seems surprising to me except it was a kick-ass record and REM probably weren’t considered sellouts by hipsters when Cobain made the list.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:47 pm

"The Rest Is History" is great.

They just did a 4 parter on the political crises in the UK in 1974 and it was both gripping and entertaining as hell.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:10 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:47 pm "The Rest Is History" is great.

They just did a 4 parter on the political crises in the UK in 1974 and it was both gripping and entertaining as hell.

Yeah, that was great.

"The Rest Is Football" with Gary Linekar, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards is great as well.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:30 pm

Behind The Bastards is going in on Robert E. Lee. 3 of the 4 episodes have been released so far. Very entertaining.

Special guest in the episodes is Propaganda, the rapper, who has his own pretty great podcast called Hood Politics. Very much worth a listen.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:26 pm

The current "Sports Bizarre" is an incredible and very funny story of a horse racing scam in Australia. It's called "The Fine Cotton Affair," and it's like a great comedy film waiting to be shot.

Post by **brian** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:23 pm

Running low on podcasts with all this time in the truck so looking for recs on good history or documentary podcasts. As an example I just finished The Big Dig and am a big fan of American Scandal and American History Tellers.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:12 pm

brian wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:23 pm Running low on podcasts with all this time in the truck so looking for recs on good history or documentary podcasts. As an example I just finished The Big Dig and am a big fan of American Scandal and American History Tellers.

Badlands
American Fiasco (limited series from a long time ago)
History of Standup (limited series from awhile ago)
Orgins Originals with James Andrew Miller (limited series from awhile ago)
It was Said

Post by **brian** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:38 pm

I liked Fiasco but it’s subscription only on Audible and I ain’t messing with that. Just want stuff I can DL from Apple Podcasts. Thanks for the recs. I’m checking some of them out.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:58 pm

brian wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:23 pm Running low on podcasts with all this time in the truck so looking for recs on good history or documentary podcasts. As an example I just finished The Big Dig and am a big fan of American Scandal and American History Tellers.

My history rotation:

Behind the Bastards
Dan Snow's History Hit
The Dollop (history based comedy)
The Rest Is History
Unsung History
We Have Ways Of Making You Talk

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:19 pm

Revolutions by Mike Duncan is also very good. Gonna start the us revolutionary war series soon

Post by **brian** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:31 pm

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:19 pm Revolutions by Mike Duncan is also very good. Gonna start the us revolutionary war series soon

Thanks gonna start with the Haiti one. Always wanted to learn more about that.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:37 pm

Just heard about a podcast called What is Music? Haven't listened yet, but it's a deep dive through an artist's catalog, chronologically I think.

They're on R.E.M. now, 14 episodes in (all at least an hour, some up to two) and they've only made it to Fables of the Reconstruction.

The pod started with Manic Street Preachers, then Muse, Billie Eilish, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill, and now R.E.M.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:35 am

brian wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:23 pm Running low on podcasts with all this time in the truck so looking for recs on good history or documentary podcasts. As an example I just finished The Big Dig and am a big fan of American Scandal and American History Tellers.

If you want any True Crime (in the Serial lane), I can fill you hours up.

I don't really like the shows that are weekly where two hosts break down cases each episode. Much more into a limited series that gets deep into a given crime.

That said, I also have a bunch of comedy-based stuff that are mindless but engaging enough to burn down some hours.

(I'm also eyeballing these history podcasts. Might as well learn something beyond cold cases and the Black Dahlia and such.)

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:43 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:58 pmThe Dollop (history based comedy)

Seconded. With over 600 episodes.

There are a few references that carry over from one episode to others, but they have mostly stopped over time.

If you want a random one that may be of some interest to you, I would suggest episode #188, "The Domino's Pizza Story". It's about former Tigers owner Tom Monaghan (and the usual storyteller/commenter roles are reversed).

Or #54 on Cassius Clay.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:50 am

The Dollop guys have been on a few other podcasts as guests and I kept meaning to subscribe. Thanks for the reminder.

Brian - If you're looking for a pretty entertaining comedy show that I find addicting: Dumb People Town with the Sklaar brothers and Daniel Van Kirk is pretty consistently funny. Obviously, if the brothers annoy you, stay away. I'm actually not a huge fan of their stand up, but they take things down a bunch of notches on this show so that's not all schtick. And Dan Van Kirk is a delightful human being with Illinois/Wisconsin roots. Love that dude.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:50 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:35 am
brian wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:23 pm Running low on podcasts with all this time in the truck so looking for recs on good history or documentary podcasts. As an example I just finished The Big Dig and am a big fan of American Scandal and American History Tellers.
If you want any True Crime (in the Serial lane), I can fill you hours up.

I don't really like the shows that are weekly where two hosts break down cases each episode. Much more into a limited series that gets deep into a given crime.

That said, I also have a bunch of comedy-based stuff that are mindless but engaging enough to burn down some hours.

(I'm also eyeballing these history podcasts. Might as well learn something beyond cold cases and the Black Dahlia and such.)

I’m with you. I like true crime but I want it more “classic” documentary style not just a couple guys riffing. Send a few my way if you don’t mind.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:58 pm

Ok, well right off the top Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family is INSANE. Centers around the guy strongly suspected to be the Black Dahlia killer, but it's from two of his granddaughters and the family story is FUCKED UP.

I'll go back and look for more.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:26 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:58 pm Ok, well right off the top Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family is INSANE. Centers around the guy strongly suspected to be the Black Dahlia killer, but it's from two of his granddaughters and the family story is FUCKED UP.

I'll go back and look for more.

[+] spoiler: I think it was that podcast I was listening to, the details of the murder almost made me puke, so I had to stop listening.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:27 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:26 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:58 pm Ok, well right off the top Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family is INSANE. Centers around the guy strongly suspected to be the Black Dahlia killer, but it's from two of his granddaughters and the family story is FUCKED UP.

I'll go back and look for more.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:24 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:26 pm The current "Sports Bizarre" is an incredible and very funny story of a horse racing scam in Australia. It's called "The Fine Cotton Affair," and it's like a great comedy film waiting to be shot.

I lost it at the end of part 1 when they bought 30 buckets of dye to dye the horse the right color. And turned it stop sign red.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:51 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:50 am And Dan Van Kirk is a delightful human being with Illinois/Wisconsin roots. Love that dude.

Dan Van Kirk was always great on the "Doug Loves Movies" podcast as "Mark Wahlberg". The accent was spot on.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:41 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:26 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:58 pm Ok, well right off the top Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family is INSANE. Centers around the guy strongly suspected to be the Black Dahlia killer, but it's from two of his granddaughters and the family story is FUCKED UP.

I'll go back and look for more.

[+] spoiler
I think it was that podcast I was listening to, the details of the murder almost made me puke, so I had to stop listening.

[+] spoiler: The crazy family history of incest and severe mental illness is difficult to listen to, for sure.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:42 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:50 amAnd Dan Van Kirk is a delightful human being with Illinois/Wisconsin roots. Love that dude.

I will never get tired of him telling stories about talking people out of fighting when he was a bouncer.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:15 am

Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:12 am

bfj wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:59 pm The new Daniel Tosh podcast made me laugh.

I basically have run out of all the ones I'm interested in, so gave this a shot on our walk this morning. It's funny except I've never heard so many ads in a podcast before.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:08 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:12 am
bfj wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:59 pm The new Daniel Tosh podcast made me laugh.
I basically have run out of all the ones I'm interested in, so gave this a shot on our walk this morning. It's funny except I've never heard so many ads in a podcast before.

Oh, it's a pure money grab on his part.