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I don't know. One of the first podcasts I listened to when I was trying the whole thing out (finally had a car that could play my iPhone), was the WTF with Rappaport. I thought he was pretty funny.

Speaking of Simmons, I just listened to his one from February with Malcolm Gladwell. I found it somewhat surprising that they seemed like such good friends. Gladwell seems to really like Simmons. It's not that he shouldn't, it's just that I wouldn't have guessed it.

You guys missed out on the continued beef between Rapaport and LeBatard. He called him a "fat fuck" and "mother fucker" over and over to the point that Bill felt awkward and Rapaport was like "No, you're leaving this in. You're not deleting it." Good stuff.

DaveInSeattle wrote:Bill Simmons... Is there anyone who finds him at all interesting or funny?

This would have also been an acceptable post.

DaveInSeattle wrote:Why does Bill Simmons continue to have Michael Rappaport as a guest on his podcast? Is there anyone, besides Simmons himself, who finds him at all interesting or funny?

Instant deletion...

Not a Rappaport fan, but I would listen to him on repeat for eternity before listening to Simmons. Still can't fathom how that guy has a career. Simmons should have Matthew Berry on an episode, so someone can firebomb the studio.

I listened to the Rapaport/Simmons podcast this weekend. It was pretty great, actually.

Shirley wrote:I listened to the Rapaport/Simmons podcast this weekend. It was pretty great, actually.

I did too. I liked the rant on Rapaport's beaf with Le Batard.

Listened to Simmons with the South Park guys this morning. Very interesting on how they view politics, how the show is constructed, and how the show has changed over the 20 years (!) that it's been on.

"Hey Ike! Do your impression of David Caruso's career!"

Oh, those were the days.

Just announced...

Rush2112 wrote:Listened to Simmons with the South Park guys this morning. Very interesting on how they view politics, how the show is constructed, and how the show has changed over the 20 years (!) that it's been on.

The speed with which they can turn around an episode is unbelievable. Their story about the election night re-write was amazing.

Hey, hope everyone's doing great. Figured I'd share some of my favorites here.

Must listen:
More Perfect
99% Invisible
EconTalk (can be great but also can be really bad)
In The Dark
The Uncertain Hour
Hardcore History (though it's hard to devote enough time because eps are so long)
Radiolab
Invisibilia
Ezra Klein Show
Containers (just started this one)

Sometimes listen:
Death, Sex, and Money
Planet Money
Science Vs
Startup Podcast
Reply all
What's the point
Revisionist History

I'm gunna give the In The Dark podcast a shot. (There's two when I search. Is it the one with Jason Bryden?)

And welcome back, btw!

(Man, I keep feeling like we need to do another Swampcast. Is Skype + Callburner + editing with Audacity still the easiest way to go about it? That's what I did 5+ years ago.)

I've started listening to the Dollop a bunch, catching up on old episodes. Its a history/comedy podcast, where the one host (Dave Anthony) reads a history story to the other host (Gareth Reynolds) who has no idea what the story will be. Recent ones have included Disco Demolition night and 10 cent beer night.

Johnnie wrote:I'm gunna give the In The Dark podcast a shot. (There's two when I search. Is it the one with Jason Bryden?)

And welcome back, btw!

(Man, I keep feeling like we need to do another Swampcast. Is Skype + Callburner + editing with Audacity still the easiest way to go about it? That's what I did 5+ years ago.)

Thanks! It's In the Dark by APM Reports, narrated by Madeleine Baran (she's fantastic, btw). http://www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark

degenerasian wrote:

Remarkable interview. Peterson can get a little over-heated at times, but intellectually he just nails the identity politics/SJW mindset and its psychological underpinning. I particularly liked this exchange:

Rogan: "You're one of the first people that are sounding an alarm. That there's a real issue with controlling people. There's a real issue with controlling dialog, controlling the way people communicate. And that these ideologies, although seemingly innocuous, they can take you down very dangerous roads."

Peterson: "Yes well, seemingly innocuous ideology. Those words do not go together. There are no innocuous ideologies. They're all forms of pathological oversimplification... The advantage to me being in ideologue is I can explain everything. I can feel morally superior. And I know who my enemies are."

He's back. I have yet to listen to the one you posted, but now I have to in anticipation for this one.

https://youtu.be/USg3NR76XpQ

I'm on the fence with the latest Crooked Media podcast Pod Save The People with DeRay McKesson. The latest has Edward Snowden, so I'll continue to give it a shot.

But if Brittany Packnett continues to be insufferable, I'm done with it.

Johnnie wrote:Pardon My Take had Theo Epstein on the other day. Theo talked about how when he was trying to get Schilling to the Red Sox, he saw a "Negotiating for Dummies" book in his office.

Today Curt Schilling is on. I just heard a snippet just now and it sounds fun.

Don't let it be said that Harbaugh doesn't have a sense of humor.

Oh, most definitely.

I really enjoyed the first season of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast "Revisionist History."

The first episode of season 2 just arrived and it was so irritating that I stopped listening 2/3rds of the way through.

It's interesting, but hardly surprising that when I am annoyed by his central thesis - golf is bad - I find that his stats are misleading, and that he seemingly intentionally conflates coincidence and causation.

Blake Griffin put Boston on his Mount Rushmore of NBA cities on the latest Pardon My Take and it took like 0.4 seconds to ask him if only half of him put it on the list. Real good moment.

New Hardcore History is out. Forgive me if that's been posted already.

False alarm. New Common Sense is out.

Pruitt wrote:I really enjoyed the first season of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast "Revisionist History."

The first episode of season 2 just arrived and it was so irritating that I stopped listening 2/3rds of the way through.

It's interesting, but hardly surprising that when I am annoyed by his central thesis - golf is bad - I find that his stats are misleading, and that he seemingly intentionally conflates coincidence and causation.

Just listened to Simmons newest podcast today and it features Gladwell. He touches briefly on the return of his podcast and the topic.

As a dude who hates golf because of the reasons he gave along with the type of people who engage in said sport (sorry not sorry golf fans of the Swamp), I'm ready to listen.

Golf is the most preposterous activity I've ever witnessed. And I've been to Magic: The Gathering tournaments to watch.

Nice. There was recently a Freakonomics episode on how dumb lawns are. Good pairing.

Pruitt wrote:It's interesting, but hardly surprising that when I am annoyed by his central thesis - golf is bad

Whoa. That wasn't his argument at all. It was "publicly-subsidized golf courses for rich white men are bad".

Pruitt wrote:I really enjoyed the first season of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast "Revisionist History."

The first episode of season 2 just arrived and it was so irritating that I stopped listening 2/3rds of the way through.

It's interesting, but hardly surprising that when I am annoyed by his central thesis - golf is bad - I find that his stats are misleading, and that he seemingly intentionally conflates coincidence and causation.

This is my experience with Gladwell on a number of topics. I think he routinely plays fast and loose with evidence and data. I might not catch that if his central point is one I'm inclined to agree with. But I've noticed some pretty glaring weaknesses when I come in with a more skeptical mindset. I'll never forget how he pitched Vivek as a basketball genius because he was having a team of 13 year old girls run a full court press. Gladwell then claimed that underdogs should press more at all levels of the sport, which is actually a terrible idea. Underdogs in basketball should generally try to limit the number of possessions, and pressing does the exact opposite. An NBA team that tried to press the Warriors might give up 200 points in a game.

P.D.X. wrote:

Pruitt wrote:It's interesting, but hardly surprising that when I am annoyed by his central thesis - golf is bad

Whoa. That wasn't his argument at all. It was "publicly-subsidized golf courses for rich white men are bad".

Turned it off after 20 minutes or so.

Pruitt wrote:

P.D.X. wrote:

Pruitt wrote:It's interesting, but hardly surprising that when I am annoyed by his central thesis - golf is bad

Whoa. That wasn't his argument at all. It was "publicly-subsidized golf courses for rich white men are bad".

Turned it off after 20 minutes or so.

The meat of the episode is in the last 15 minutes. "Golf is bad" is absolutely not what this episode was about as PDX states.

The only questionable thing about this podcast was the correlation of CEOs that golf all the time seem to be in charge of businesses that could be doing better. He framed it improperly. It's more accurate to say bad CEOs would rather play golf.

And i love that the girl at the end was like "When you fly over Los Angeles the only green you see are golf courses and cemeteries."

Funny. I wonder who mentioned that in a stand up once...

https://youtu.be/Z4w7H48tBS8

Joe K wrote:I'll never forget how he pitched Vivek as a basketball genius because he was having a team of 13 year old girls run a full court press. Gladwell then claimed that underdogs should press more at all levels of the sport, which is actually a terrible idea. Underdogs in basketball should generally try to limit the number of possessions, and pressing does the exact opposite. An NBA team that tried to press the Warriors might give up 200 points in a game.

Eh, at lower levels of basketball - like 13-year-old girls - a full court press can be devastating even against more skilled opponents. That advantage lessens as you move up the skill ladder. You can get away with it some in college, but not so much in the NBA.

Spotify is getting into the game. Looks like they have a bunch of the popular ones.

ESPN launched a 30 for 30 podcast series.
1.) 30 for 30 has proven to be poor naming.
2.) 5 pods in the first series
3.) Kicking off with Dan and Dave. Remember Dan and Dave....
4.) I wonder how many people remember which one botched the Olympic trials. I honestly can say it was a 50-50 guess on my part.

So the Ringer and Sports Illustrated went to food-angled things within days of each other. Interesting.

These dudes have been sponsoring the array of podcasts I listen to (and probably many I don't).

https://bluebottlecoffee.com

I may have to try them when I get low on coffee.

Ringer is doing podcasts now hosted by Simmons' buddies?

brian wrote:Ringer is doing podcasts now hosted by Simmons' buddies?

Shack House (House's golf podcast with a dude with "Shack" in his last name) was one of the first handful of podcasts on their podcast network. So, yea.

Reply All has been sort of blah the last 6-12 months. Experimenting with different topics and formats.
However, the latest episode is the one of the best things you'll ever hear and what the show really should be about. Cracking internet mysteries.

https://gimletmedia.com/episode/long-distance/

degenerasian wrote:Reply All has been sort of blah the last 6-12 months. Experimenting with different topics and formats.
However, the latest episode is the one of the best things you'll ever hear and what the show really should be about. Cracking internet mysteries.

https://gimletmedia.com/episode/long-distance/

Yeah, it's been a bit boring lately. Good to know it's back.

And I just listened to another of Malcolm Gladwell's "Revisionist History" podcasts - "The Footsoldiers of Birmingham." It was 35 minutes based on nothing more significant than the fact that an artist took artistic license when making a sculpture based on an incident during the civil rights battles in the 60s.

Kind of interesting, but his tone was as if he had revealed the secrets of the universe. Loved this show last season, but am getting irritated by it this year.

And Gilbert Gottfried's podcast with Bobcat Goldthwait was very entertaining.

Johnnie wrote:These dudes have been sponsoring the array of podcasts I listen to (and probably many I don't).

https://bluebottlecoffee.com

I may have to try them when I get low on coffee.

It's good. My boss loves them, and my first time out to our HQ, I drove into the warehouse district of Oakland to go to their main location as a time kill adventure on the way to the airport. Cool place (you can see the picture of it on the website you linked). Totally not worth it, but the area was a cool hipster West Coast Brooklyn. Curious to see how much the neighborhood has changed over 3 years.

Johnnie wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/BV71KTqhPrf/

The way they talk about the way House eats/orders food, that guy has got to be a complete fat tub of goo...