Podcast recommendation (and discussion) thread

[Iron]

Hey there escapist denizens. I'd like to ask you if you could share with us some neat podcasts you enjoy or enjoyed in the past (if they've already concluded) and would like to share it with the rest of us!

I'm a history buff, so I was delighted when I started following Mike Duncan's podcast about ancient Rome. I was very pleasantly surprised when he veered off course (after finishing Rome, and not starting Byzantium!) to the Revolutions podcast.
Here there are nicely narrated narratives of various revolutionary movements in history - starting with the classic American one, he covered around 10 different topics now - French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, 1848, and he's slogging through the Russian one as I type this introduction.

Check it out, very well done!

Revolutions

A weekly podcasting exploring great political revolutions. Now: The Russian Revolution Next: ???

thehistoryofrome.typepad.com

 

[MrCalavera]

twitch.tv/castlesuperbeast is LIVE now. Go see it.

 

[Trunkage]

I'm into Ten Very Big Books rn. Ive restarted book 8 and plan to finish before they do. They regularly have Eriksen on and he's a treat

Econtalk. Been listening since the GFC. He initially discussed it a lot but fortunately and spread back out to different topics. Because he's Libertarian, he faults only government and not businesses and that's gets a bit tiresome

Duckfeed guys. Mainly WOFF whenever they do a game Ive played

As to History, on YouTube there is a History Guy that I find fascinating. It isn't abour particularly battles etc. He goes into history of food, screws, plane crashes or particular battle units like the Night Witches. Not necessarily a podcast

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I've been listening to the Weekly Planet for about 6 years now. Just two mates having fun talking about comic books and movies, and just nerd stuff in general. Really easy to listen to, been using them as my workout noise for the past few months. Nothing is harder than trying to maintain a plank when you really want to laugh.

A recent interest of mine isn't really a podcast, but Luetin09's long ass videos about Warhammer 40K lore is always a great listen. I have never cared about WH40K before, but his soothing voice and choice of lore to share made me fall in love with the franchise. I'm not about to go out and buy some figurines, but I'll keep updated on the latest lore developments.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Lore is a good one if you're at all interested in dark, creepy stuff from history.

 

[happyninja42]

Skeptics Guide to the Universe

God Awful Movies

Drawing a blank on some others currently, as I've sort of phased out of podcasts currently, but those were two of my favorites for a long time.

 

[dreng3]

I enjoy Philosophize This. It makes philosophy easier to understand and delivers it in a good format.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Parapod were good, but haven't heard from them in quite a whiles since their crowdfunded movie came out, which I also haven't seen.
Infinite Monkey Cage were good, but I don't find it the amusing parts amusing anymore and not sure if that's familiarity, quality or depression or a heady mixture of all three.

All that's left is Boston's Favourite Son I suppose. But I'm usually too ashamed to recommend it to anyone.

 

[Tireseas]

Spoiler: News, Political, Tech, Culture, and Business

I'm not a simp for Vox podcasts, but most of them are quite good and cater to a variety of interests and tastes.
Political: The Weeds (Vox) - mostly focuses on policy (with politics mostly being a question of feasability), discusses white papers, and has interviews with academics in various fields discussing applied policy theory. It usually alternates between Vox contributors/writers and interviews twice a week

Political: Worldly (Vox) - A semi-spin-off of the Weeds focused on foreign affairs and foreign policy, with a US-centric view by dint of the reporters backgrounds covering foreign affairs and national security policy, though non-US stories are often in the headlines. Most episodes have a third devoted to "elsewhere" where the discussion is expressly focused on an issue or event where the US has little or no importance.

General Interview: The Ezra Klien Show (Vox) - this is an interview show that covers a wide range of topics, generally regarding politics, policy, and culture, but often goes well beyond those issues and is clearly a "booktour" stop for a lot of non-fiction writers. Truthfully, I only listen to about a quarter of them on subjects I'm actually interested in, but with academics, thought leaders, comedians, fiction writers, politicians, and others of all stripes and backgrounds, including many conservatives, there's a lot of material to cater to any interest.

Tech/Business: Pivot (New York Mag) - Kara Swisher (NYTimes collumnist and tech writer) and Scott Galloway (Investor and Business School professor) talk tech, business, and politics. It tends to be rather crude and to the point in many discussions, but is delightfully entertaining, if also a window into the lives of the upper class.

Spoiler: Entertainment

Historical: Slow Burn (Slate) - So far covering the Watergate Scandal, the Lewinski Affair, the Murder of Tupac, and the political career of David Duke, this series tries to convey the contemporary thoughts, events, and surrounding atmosphere to give a window into these events with context, often with first hand interviews of witnesses and substantial archival recordings.

Comedy: BBC Radio 4 Friday Comedy Podcast - the weekly podcast containing the News Quiz, The Now Show, and Dead Ringers.

The Bugle - Before John Oliver became the host of Last Week Tonight, he cohosted this very popular "Audio Newspaper for the Visual World" with Andy Zaltzman. Following several long gaps due to the hosts busy schedules, it returned as a weekly podcast with Andy and a rotating selection of comedians as co-hosts including Hari Kantobolu, Nish Kumar, Alice Frasier, Helen Zaltzman, and Tom Ballard.

Identeco's Angel City Stories - This live-play Twitch/YouTube/Podcast series takes place in the cyberpunk future following several violent colorful characters as they make a living in the corporate dystopia of 2099. Such activities include fighting gangs, obtaining items in less legal fashion, and inadvertently enrolling in college.

 

[dreng3]

General Interview: The Ezra Klien Show (Vox) - this is an interview show that covers a wide range of topics, generally regarding politics, policy, and culture, but often goes well beyond those issues and is clearly a "booktour" stop for a lot of non-fiction writers. Truthfully, I only listen to about a quarter of them on subjects I'm actually interested in, but with academics, thought leaders, comedians, fiction writers, politicians, and others of all stripes and backgrounds, including many conservatives, there's a lot of material to cater to any interest.

I really like that one, especially because Ezra covers a lot of topics and people, even the ones he clearly disagree with. But at the same time Ezra presents himself as an intelligent person with worthwhile questions. Of course there are topics I might care about and ones I don't.