Recommend a Podcast

If someone was to ask me what is the best podcast series you've listened to? Then I probably would say - on balance - West Cork as well.

Stuff You Should Know

Omnibus

History of Rome

Love & Radio

These aren't my personal favourites, but it would be difficult to argue that they aren't among the best podcasts in terms of storytelling an production:

This American Life

Serial

S-Town

99% Invisible

I just came across this whole section, didn't realise it existed. Here are a few I'd recommend, apologies if they've been recommended before, there's 22 pages.

They Walk Among Us - true crime quite good, quite consistent

Picture The Scene Podcast - True crime - Quite new but episode 2 is an Irish case, the girl that got kidnapped and killed a few years ago in Dublin and episode 5 amused me. Still new so you can hear teething problems but hopefully could be good

True Crime Investigators UK - True crime - quite unique, they're two ex British police and they actually speak to some of the victims and investigators from the actual crimes - Some they investigated themselves. One of the cases they interview Stephen Downing who was wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years.

Grounded with Louis Theroux - If you like Louis you'll like this, if you don't you'll hate it

Mysterious Universe - Complete nonsense and I should hate it but it constantly makes me laugh. I'm convinced it's a huge p**s-take and the hosts don't believe anything at all. The topics are all paranormal and aliens and stuff like that

Super familiar with the Wilsons - Again logically I should hate this, it's a couple from the states just chatting mostly about nothing important but I find myself listening to it every week still.

Thanks for that, Sideways is really great.

Saw this in Sunday time, about the 99% of young footballers from the academys who don't make it as a professional. Called.

It was all a dream

https://open.spotify.com/show/2sGeapTb5NvIz30lSqLcBl?si=LwE__YlgTnmCRfMQhGl1qg&utm_source=copy-link

I'd go with Hardcore History but there's only about 3 a year so sort of unfair.

Another couple I'm listening too at the minute that are very good and a welcome alternative to the onslaught of depressing news flying around....

The always excellent "Slow Burn" is back with a new series about the LA Riots in 1991 and the context in which it happened.

Also listening to "Fat Leonard" which is an investigation into the US Navy scandal which is likely to be major news story in the coming months.

And a recently discovered pair of guilty pleasures which probably have very niche target audiences that I'm smack in the middle of.... "Football Cliches" - a witty and erudite uncovering of the absolute horsesh1t that is spoken around football, and "The Rewatchables" which is a few guys in their 40's talking about much beloved movies which they've watched a million times

Planet Money by NPR is one of the first podcasts that I started out with and is probably still my favorite. Great storytelling and you don't need to have an interest in economics or finance to enjoy it!

"Planet Money is an American blog and podcast produced by NPR. The Planet Money multimedia team covers the global economy and began around the same time as the financial crisis. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening. That's what we're going for at Planet Money"

West Cork is now available on Apple podcasts. Was previously only available on Audible, I believe.

Enjoying this at the moment - Power Trip, the first season of New York Magazine’s newest podcast, Cover Story.

"Power Trip, the first season of New York Magazine’s newest podcast, Cover Story. The investigative series uncovers the secrets and exposes the darkest corners of the psychedelic revolution through a twisted, deeply personal tale at the intersection of mind, body, and control. The eight-episode series will be released on Tuesdays starting November 30."

I've found podcasts made by CBC podcasts in Canada seem to be decent quality. I was on holidays last week and got to binge a few and quite enjoyed White Hot Hate, thanks for the recommendation.

I also just finished Escaping NXIVM. Another uneasy subject matter but fascinating listen. Description below.

"NXIVM calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is an investigative podcast series about the group, its leader Keith Raniere and one woman’s journey to get out "

The socially distant sports bar is good fun. 3 lads discussing sports documentaries, books etc. Probably better to listen to some of the early episodes to get a feel for the presenters…

This is excellent. I usually only listen to podcasts while out walking but had to binge the last 3 episodes at home. An unbelievable story with an excellent narrator, Keith Morrison. Highly recommend it.

Dateline NBC have a some brilliant stories, I haven't listened to this one yet but it's on my list!