Recommend a Podcast

The_Dark_Lord

Although they haven't uploaded anything new in a year, I'm enjoying the Still At Large podcast. A podcast that focuses on unsolved murders in the UK. The episode about the murder of Janet Brown I found particularly unsettling. https://player.fm/series/still-at-large-podcast-2313710/still-at-large-series-3-episode-2-janet-brown-1995

nf2k

New podcast on Dublin history called 'Three Castles Burning'. Really enjoyed the first episode! 'The History of Ireland' is also a great addition to the Irish history podcast space.

padjocollins

Rte documentary on one. A national treasure. I'm 48 so being a bit older probably helps relate to a lot of them.

cloudatlas

A scam for the ages in terms of the money involved! Ruja Ignatova called herself the Cryptoqueen. She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival Bitcoin, and persuaded them to invest billions. Then, two years ago, she disappeared. Jamie Bartlett spent months investigating how she did it for the Missing Cryptoqueen podcast, and trying to figure out where she's hiding.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads

Not in Kansas

padjocollins wrote: »

Rte documentary on one. A national treasure. I'm 48 so being a bit older probably helps relate to a lot of them.

I couldn't agree more. So many brilliant, brilliant docs, most of them listenable to in the length of a commute or long walk.

The Irish are natural story tellers and RTE regularly win international awards for radio docs.

Slideways

I’m enjoying one from ABC.

The last voyage of the Pung Su. About a North Korean ship that attempted to bring 150kg of heroin into Australia

Slideways

Slideways wrote: »

I’m enjoying one from ABC.

The last voyage of the Pung Su. About a North Korean ship that attempted to bring 150kg of heroin into Australia

Pong Su, as I found out whilst searching for it...

Not sure if it was mentioned already but "The Warren" is seemingly a collection of Irish Podcasts. I mentioned already I love the Critter Shed on it - but "The Warren" is a small but diverse collection of podcasts by Irish people.

Below is a single podcast which discusses - with short samples - the podcasts that are in "The Warren" so you get a good overview of them all to see if one of them interests you:

https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-critter-shed/welcome-to-the-warren/

Slideways

Slideways wrote: »

I’m enjoying one from ABC.

The last voyage of the Pung Su. About a North Korean ship that attempted to bring 150kg of heroin into Australia

the local small town old surfer guy is the very definition of the "I know everything" outback / small town Aussie cant.

Kingp35

cloudatlas wrote: »

A scam for the ages in terms of the money involved! Ruja Ignatova called herself the Cryptoqueen. She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival Bitcoin, and persuaded them to invest billions. Then, two years ago, she disappeared. Jamie Bartlett spent months investigating how she did it for the Missing Cryptoqueen podcast, and trying to figure out where she's hiding.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads

Cheers for this recommendation, I really enjoyed it. I had never heard of OneCoin before.

I would definitely recommend this one to others.

El Tarangu

Always nice coming to this thread when I've run out of podcast episodes, some great recommendations above

There is a good one that was featured on 99% invisible called 'Cautionary Tales' - reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell's books (indeed, he features in some of the dramatic recreations), stories about how things go wrong, and really drilling down into the build-up to some famous calamaties, some serious, some trivial.

Slideways

I did some google searching but haven’t found anything definitive.

Any uk political shows in the same vein as Callens kicks?

doughef

Death in Ice Valley

It’s a BBC podcast. Really well made
Set in Norway - accents / background sounds really set the scene

Nice and quick episodes too

Also .. casefile has been a bit hit n miss recently - but I thought episode 133 about the Lonergans was very good

humberklog

Hesitant recommendation as I've only started listening. Danny Baker is back after being shot out of a cannon from BBC (the fuse lit by himself).

So if you're missing your light and breezy saturday morning fill The Treehouse is where you'll find him and Louise Pepper.

Same old nonsense. Red sauce, brown or no sauce at all?

Mehaffey1

Call Me God

An Audible Original free podcast about the 2002 D.C. Sniper. Really well presented and in a lot of detail, runs over the course of 12 or so 30-40 minute episodes.

Mehaffey1

El Tarangu wrote: »

Always nice coming to this thread when I've run out of podcast episodes, some great recommendations above

There is a good one that was featured on 99% invisible called 'Cautionary Tales' - reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell's books (indeed, he features in some of the dramatic recreations), stories about how things go wrong, and really drilling down into the build-up to some famous calamaties, some serious, some trivial.

Going to give that one a go. Malcolm Gladwell is always a good listen, the podcasts even more so than the audiobooks I find, probably due to the the plot being condensed a bit more.

peteeeed

This is wonderful, Billy connolly on the Adam Buxton podcast

https://play.acast.com/s/adambuxton/2aabff15-0178-48d1-a72c-d5c864c89ec5

nf2k

Hi all. There is a Christmas double bill on the Irish Economics podcast - might be of interest to some. It covers questions like - is Christmas important for the economy, what is the best type of present to get and is Christmas REALLY coming earlier every year?

https://www.irisheconpod.com/

Full disclaimer - this is my podcast

cloudatlas

Even if you're not interested in the terrible Harvey Weinstein sexual assault/abuse scandal the investigative journalism that went on behind the scenes is very interesting.

New York Times Reporters discuss their investigation: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/podcasts/the-daily/harvey-weinstein-lisa-bloom.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/podcasts/the-daily/harvey-weinstein-gloria-allred.html

Ronan Farrow 'Catch Kill Podcast' discusses his investigation
Catch Kill Podcast

Cienciano

El Tarangu wrote: »

Always nice coming to this thread when I've run out of podcast episodes, some great recommendations above

There is a good one that was featured on 99% invisible called 'Cautionary Tales' - reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell's books (indeed, he features in some of the dramatic recreations), stories about how things go wrong, and really drilling down into the build-up to some famous calamaties, some serious, some trivial.

I listened to this too, really good. The unplayable piano was excellent. It's actually better than 99% invisible at this stage!

Gwildor

May have been recommended before, but I’ve just finished listening to The Missing Crypto Queen. Another smashing investigative pod from the BBC. Fascinating from start to finish.

Cartman78

peteeeed wrote: »

This is wonderful, Billy connolly on the Adam Buxton podcast

https://play.acast.com/s/adambuxton/2aabff15-0178-48d1-a72c-d5c864c89ec5

Thanks for that....listening to it now....excellent and very poignant interview

doughef

‘The assassination’

It’s about the assassination of Pakistan’s former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto.

It’s from the BBC World service

Hadn’t a clue who she was / or what happened but it’s fascinating!!

05eaftqbrs9jlh

The Poetry of Music Podcast

https://www.facebook.com/poetryofmusicpodcast/

https://soundcloud.com/user-195016657

Three Cork folks (assorted guests, with Stan and Dave as the hosts) select a particular artist and discuss their career, trivia about them and personal attachment to the music. The show features a local band performing a cover of one of the songs by the artist and Stan Notte writes a poem inspired by the artist's songs, which he performs to original local music to close the show. It's such a pleasant format and they're always really hilarious to listen to.

So far, they've done Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen and I think Prince is next, or Bowie.

Cartman78

Not sure if people are into scripted podcast series but came across a couple of decent ones lately -

"Hunted" is about a prison breakout and subsequent police manhunt, well acted & produced...found it entertaining;

"Blood Ties" - an interesting family/corporate mystery with a cliffhanger ending and a second series on the way

"Funny How" by Matt Morgan just started. He used to have a radio shoe with Russel brand. First episode is an interview with Noel Gallagher. Its entirely comedy oriented. I find him hilarious but I'm very familiar with him.

cloudatlas

‘7 deadly sins’ with Stephen fry. Every episode he takes a sin and discusses it. It’s just a bit of a rant but it’s an eloquent entertaining one.

cloudatlas

cloudatlas wrote: »

‘7 deadly sins’ with Stephen fry. Every episode he takes a sin and discusses it. It’s just a bit of a rant but it’s an eloquent entertaining one.

Been listening to that too. Not hugely insightful but a Nice bit of entertainment.

Steve F

https://hgkx83.podbean.com/

If you are interested in all things Elvis
I've only just started this channel so be gentle with me...it's a steep learning curve

Scaltan

My favourite is the New York Times Book Review, I've been listening to it for over a decade