Today I listened to...

Summer In the City · 03-04-2018 9:07pm

Game of our Lives. It's a football podcast but a bit different. The first episode has Werner Herzog as an interview. Makes a nice change from the slog of Second Captains and Football Weekly.

Arghus · 06-04-2018 3:37pm

Listened to a few Episodes of Ear Hustle, tales from prison from those inside prison, San Quentin in this case.

Really good. Well made. Well told. It gets pretty real.

optogirl · 06-04-2018 4:09pm

Arghus wrote: »

Listened to a few Episodes of Ear Hustle, tales from prison from those inside prison, San Quentin in this case.

Really good. Well made. Well told. It gets pretty real.

Latest episode was a tough listen - really like it though

bonzodog2 · 08-04-2018 8:24am

The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu

emc2 · 09-04-2018 9:32am

Really enjoying the Breach podcast. It goes into the Yahoo hack and hacking in general but in a very accessible way.

duffer247 · 10-04-2018 2:31pm

This morning I listened to Snap Judgement. It's produced I think by the same public radio that Freakonomics is on. Not sure what the general gist of the pod is but it appears to relay stories on a given theme. Today's them was 'Forgiven'.

The first story was about a woman from New York whose husband was killed by a bomb planted by a terrorist couple in the 1970s. He was NYPD bomb squad. The couple were caught and sent to prison. Many years after, having re married and had another child, the female member of the couple got in touch from prison. And so started a 3 year friendship but there's a bit of a twist...

steve_r · 10-04-2018 4:13pm

Intrigued now, will give that a listen

duffer247 · 10-04-2018 6:52pm

duffer247 wrote: »

This morning I listened to Snap Judgement. It's produced I think by the same public radio that Freakonomics is on. Not sure what the general gist of the pod is but it appears to relay stories on a given theme. Today's them was 'Forgiven'.

The first story was about a woman from New York whose husband was killed by a bomb planted by a terrorist couple in the 1970s. He was NYPD bomb squad. The couple were caught and sent to prison. Many years after, having re married and had another child, the female member of the couple got in touch from prison. And so started a 3 year friendship but there's a bit of a twist...

Just seen that the first post in this thread is a review of same podcast and same episode. I thought the episode was New!
How freaky is that!!

Dots1982 · 14-04-2018 3:06pm

Listening to empire on blood, good stuff.

TJ Mackie · 19-04-2018 4:49pm

Off topic, but I wish Pocketcasts would allow me to create folders or groups on my subscribed podcasts page, i.e. I could have a "True Crime" folder, or a "Sports" folder.

The Black Oil · 19-04-2018 7:00pm

TJ Mackie wrote: »

Off topic, but I wish Pocketcasts would allow me to create folders or groups on my subscribed podcasts page, i.e. I could have a "True Crime" folder, or a "Sports" folder.

Drop them a note. http://support.pocketcasts.com/feedback/

sentient_6 · 19-04-2018 7:27pm

TJ Mackie wrote: »

Off topic, but I wish Pocketcasts would allow me to create folders or groups on my subscribed podcasts page, i.e. I could have a "True Crime" folder, or a "Sports" folder.

You can customise the sort order so maybe a kinda temporary work around is to sort by type.

TJ Mackie · 19-04-2018 7:44pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

Drop them a note. http://support.pocketcasts.com/feedback/

I see it's been asked on their subreddit a year ago - they said they have their own wishlist and goals they want to accomplish first before getting to user requests.

Will I Am Not · 19-04-2018 7:45pm

Does anyone listen to The Frank Skinner Show podcast? If so, are you having trouble with it playing?

wtspd_2018 · 24-04-2018 4:11pm

Michael Gervais finding Mastery interview with Cal Fussman. Amazing stories.

The Black Oil · 24-04-2018 7:59pm

Radiolab's border trilogy.

Hector Savage · 25-04-2018 11:57am

Look and listen to these two racist far right BIGOTS !!!

How dare Mr. Sowell not confirm to the MSM's representation of a black man!!

great talk ...

Mantis Toboggan · 25-04-2018 1:22pm

Starting listening to death in ice Valley from the BBC.

It's good but the story is very patchy so far. Will see how it goes.

Junkyard Tom · 25-04-2018 7:42pm

I've recently stared listening to podcasts and I'd recommend this.

http://www.stephenfry.com/greatleapyears/

JohnnyFlash · 25-04-2018 8:08pm

It’s a great idea for a podcast, but I find Fry insufferable. His pomposity comes across in his voice. If he was cake he’d eat himself.

The Finanical Times have a new podcast called Big Picture. First 2 have been great. One about the changing face of works, and the other about the crisis in democratic capitalism in Europe.

Junkyard Tom · 25-04-2018 8:33pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It’s a great idea for a podcast, but I find Fry insufferable.

I can take or leave Fry myself but I think the subject matter of his podcast is interesting enough to overcome any discomfort experienced from his tone.

Arghus · 26-04-2018 1:10am

Listened to The New Yorker radio hour interview with James Comey. Pretty interesting hearing things from the horse's mouth.

steve_r · 08-05-2018 5:15pm

British Podcast awards top 20 -

https://twitter.com/britpodawards/status/992386613333450752

Anyone any recomends on that list?

optogirl · 09-05-2018 1:58pm

steve_r wrote: »

British Podcast awards top 20 -

https://twitter.com/britpodawards/status/992386613333450752

Anyone any recomends on that list?

I love Adam Buxton - have loved him since the Adam & Joe show and their BBC 6 Music Show. His podcasts are great - lovely chatty style of interviewing & great guests

steve_r · 09-05-2018 2:22pm

optogirl wrote: »

I love Adam Buxton - have loved him since the Adam & Joe show and their BBC 6 Music Show. His podcasts are great - lovely chatty style of interviewing & great guests

Thanks, will give it a shot

shannonman81 · 10-05-2018 6:28pm

optogirl wrote: »

I love Adam Buxton - have loved him since the Adam & Joe show and their BBC 6 Music Show. His podcasts are great - lovely chatty style of interviewing & great guests

I'm with you on that.
Song wars!
I still go back and listen to them.
I do love his interview style, it's just a chat where he manages to get the subject to open up more than they maybe would in a more formal setting.
He has found his niche.

13-05-2018 7:25pm

Business Wars
https://wondery.com/shows/business-wars/

They have done Netflix vs Blockbuster, IBM, Adidas vs Nike.

The style is sort of dramatization in a way - entertaining stuff if you are interested in business. some annoying ad placement mid-podcast.

would still recommend.

bonzodog2 · 14-05-2018 11:45am

glasso wrote: »

Business Wars
https://wondery.com/shows/business-wars/

They have done Netflix vs Blockbuster, IBM, Adidas vs Nike.

The style is sort of dramatization in a way - entertaining stuff if you are interested in business. some annoying ad placement mid-podcast.

would still recommend.

Yes, the ads are annoying, but I am enjoying this.

14-05-2018 12:39pm

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Yes, the ads are annoying, but I am enjoying this.

the presenter, even though he borders on cheese occasionally, does set the scene well and the background sound effects that they put in to evoke the era that they are talking about actually do work.

steve_r · 14-05-2018 7:49pm

shannonman81 wrote: »

I'm with you on that.
Song wars!
I still go back and listen to them.
I do love his interview style, it's just a chat where he manages to get the subject to open up more than they maybe would in a more formal setting.
He has found his niche.

Yeah, listened to the interview with Michael Lewis and really enjoyed it.
There's a lot to be said for an interview where the interviewer listens and asks the right questions as a result. I think some interviewers think they need a "gotcha moment", or just ask their questions regardless and don't focus on the answers.

Podcasts are a good medium for these longer conversations

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