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    #392
    The Black Oil
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    Just started an episode of On Point and they opened with news about Tom Ashbrook.

    Sounds like it might be the end of him.

    http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/12/19/more-allegations-ashbrook

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    #393
    pc7
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    Listened to Our Town (2 parts) on This American Life, very interesting


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    #394
    The Black Oil
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    pc7 wrote: »
    Listened to Our Town (2 parts) on This American Life, very interesting

    That's the chicken plant/immigration thing, yeah? I've part 2 lined up in my list.

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    #395
    pc7
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    The Black Oil wrote: »
    That's the chicken plant/immigration thing, yeah? I've part 2 lined up in my list.

    Yeah that’s it


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    #396
    pc7
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    Listening to True Crime All The Time and enjoying it. Covering cases I’ve never heard as well as biggies. Bit on style of True Crime Garage but dude two isn’t as annoying as the Captain.


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    #397
    retro:electro
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    Looking for a true crime story to listen to along the lines of Dirty John, SKS, In the dark standards... anything good lately?


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    #398
    pc7
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    anna080 wrote: »
    Looking for a true crime story to listen to along the lines of Dirty John, SKS, In the dark standards... anything good lately?

    Trying some of the suggestions here https://www.buzzfeed.com/katangus/podcasts-you-need-to-listen-to-in-2018?utm_term=.dg2bV8y93#.sfmWovDRy

    Limetown looks good


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    #399
    sentient_6
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    Limetown isn't true crime. Sci fi fiction.


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    #400
    pc7
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    sentient_6 wrote: »
    Limetown isn't true crime. Sci fi fiction.

    Oh sorry, just was reading list, looks good, have you listened?


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    #401
    sentient_6
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    Ya its excellent.


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    #402
    Arghus
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    Listening to Slow Burn. It's a podcast about Watergate and how it went from this story that many didn't seem to care about to the biggest show in the world. Pretty good. The history is just so fascinating in and of itself and then they have lots of good talking heads popping in to fill out the blanks. Only a few episodes are up so far but I've found it entertaining.


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    #403
    duffer247
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    anna080 wrote: »
    Looking for a true crime story to listen to along the lines of Dirty John, SKS, In the dark standards... anything good lately?

    Someone on the Casefile thread recommended Trace which is a cold case investigation into an Australian :eek:(I know!) murder in 1980

    Also A Killing on the Cape is pretty good


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    #404
    retro:electro
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    Is season 2 of someone knows something better than season 1? I found season 1 kind of boring, as bad as that sounds.


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    #405
    pc7
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    anna080 wrote: »
    Is season 2 of someone knows something better than season 1? I found season 1 kind of boring, as bad as that sounds.

    Season 2 very good, couldn't get into 3 and couldn't listen to 1 as a kiddie, can't do those ones.


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    #406
    steve_r
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    Listened to Song Exploder, which has musicians talk through the creative process of writing a specific songs, recent ones have been on REM, Nine Inch Nails and The roots. Well worth a listen.

    Tried the first episode of Limetown and enjoyed it. I see a few post scattered around but it may merit its own thread as a second season is coming?

    Getting frustrated with Nightvale so unsubscribed, enjoyed it for a long while but feel its gotten very repetitive.


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    #407
    Arghus
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    Song Exploder is great.


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    #408
    Rumpy Pumpy
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    The Inquiry by the BBC World Service. Excellent podcast about things in the news: what is bitcoin, North Korea’s nuclear bomb capabilities, is the Pope a Catholic etc. Haven’t listened to a dud one yet.


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    #409
    pilly
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    Started listening to My Dad wrote a Porno recently and it's made me laugh a lot. Good for a trip home from work to cheer you up after a tough day.


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    #410
    Arghus
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    Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »
    The Inquiry by the BBC World Service. Excellent podcast about things in the news: what is bitcoin, North Korea’s nuclear bomb capabilities, is the Pope a Catholic etc. Haven’t listened to a dud one yet.

    Very good podcast: no-nonsense BBC brain-food. I'd recommend a vaguely similar BBC show The Briefing Room - a thirty minute crash course in a topical subject by experts of that subject. It's got a very similar approach to The Inquiry.


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    #411
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    Hidden Brain by NPR.

    really good topical exploration of a topic that verges on a mix of things about how the mind works / humans think intersects with business and lots of other ways just at the right level for a podcast. (not too deep/technical/taxing, not too flimsy)
    really recommend this if you haven't heard of it yet and it's your sort of thing.


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    #412
    Beersmith
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    Whats the story with podcast charts. The blindboy podcast keeps saying its number one in the irish charts. I don't see that anywhere when i google lists.


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    #413
    noveltea
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    I just finished listening to Ambushed. It's quite good. It's a true story about a RCMP officer and his partner who were murdered. It's based in Alberta.


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    #414
    BackforFPL
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    Beersmith wrote: »
    Whats the story with podcast charts. The blindboy podcast keeps saying its number one in the irish charts. I don't see that anywhere when i google lists.

    iTunes have been ranking it number one in their app pretty much constantly since it came out. Under the comedy section.

    Having said that I don't really get their ranking system. Regularly see very very old podcasts of little-listened to RTE shows popping up down the charts. Like - who's downloading Neil Delamere's Second Republic or Ray D'Arcy's mailbag in 2018?


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    #415
    steve_r
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    BackforFPL wrote: »
    iTunes have been ranking it number one in their app pretty much constantly since it came out. Under the comedy section.

    Having said that I don't really get their ranking system. Regularly see very very old podcasts of little-listened to RTE shows popping up down the charts. Like - who's downloading Neil Delamere's Second Republic or Ray D'Arcy's mailbag in 2018?

    Ray D'Arcy and Neil Delamere I'd say


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    #416
    pc7
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    Atlanta Monster it’s by Payne Lindsey who did Up and Vanished (Tara Grimstead case), very promising so far will be an 8 episode series.


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    #417
    Beersmith
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    BackforFPL wrote: »
    iTunes have been ranking it number one in their app pretty much constantly since it came out. Under the comedy section.

    Having said that I don't really get their ranking system. Regularly see very very old podcasts of little-listened to RTE shows popping up down the charts. Like - who's downloading Neil Delamere's Second Republic or Ray D'Arcy's mailbag in 2018?

    AFAIK that iTunes chart isn't who is really number one. Just who has gotten the most recent subscribers


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    #418
    BackforFPL
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    Beersmith wrote: »
    AFAIK that iTunes chart isn't who is really number one. Just who has gotten the most recent subscribers

    Ah that would explain things. Although still not why ancient ones pop up! Who are these weirdoes?


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    #419
    bonzodog2
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    I found this today, via Science360 radio
    https://www.si.edu/sidedoor/
    The Side Door, from the Smithsonian


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    #420
    Beersmith
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    BackforFPL wrote: »
    Ah that would explain things. Although still not why ancient ones pop up! Who are these weirdoes?

    Still people getting into pods, i had to resubscribe to pods getting a new phone also.


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    #421
    _feedback_
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    Listened to sodajerker yesterday for the first time. Noel Gallagher and Imelda May episodes. Really enjoyed it. They get really in to how certain songs were written and it leads to some great stories. The guests come across really interested and relaxed, as it's not your run of the mill interview that they are used to doing every day.

    Would recommend


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