PODCASTS!!!: Recommend (or don't) a podcast

[direwolf]

If you're into movies, the Blank Check podcast is really fun. They focus on directors who had big successes early in their careers, which gave them money and free rein to make whatever passion projects they wanted going forward.

They're currently doing a series on Martin Brest of Beverly Hills Cop fame, and they just put out an episode on one of my favorite movies of all time, Midnight Run. Great stuff.

[Itse]

"Queer and dumb" is super good. The basic idea is answering dumb (and less dumb) questions that non-queer people have about queer topics, highly recommended if you want to inform yourself or just be less dumb around queer people "The Queer" in the show, Jamie McDonald, is not just a friend of mine, but quite funny (a professional stand-up comedian), and literally the absolute best at explaining things in a simple, friendly and informative way. Never feels like homework, I promise. You also don't have to be particularly woke to listen to this, just interested in hearing a perspective.


For any history buffs, I would also very highly recommed "Bad Gays", which is a show about "Evil and complicated gays in history". The format of the show is that the first 4/5 or so they just go through the life of a historical person, followed by discussion. I quite often skip the discussion, but the show is still great for hearing about a lot of really interesting historical characters that aren't always talked about that much, or very interesting takes on already well known characters. The show is most interested in cultural history, so you get a lot of stories about the ways in which different times and places were different in interesting ways. Of course, a lot of it is about the way they were different in gay ways, but that too is often extremely interesting stuff, even for non-gays like myself.

The hosts are super left and woke, but it doesn't get in the way of the history because the show is not trying to convert anyone, so the sidetracks are always short.

[Engine09]

Originally Posted by direwolf

If you're into movies, the Blank Check podcast is really fun. They focus on directors who had big successes early in their careers, which gave them money and free rein to make whatever passion projects they wanted going forward.

Always heard the name but haven't listened before, just downloaded the Furiosa, 13th Warrior and Predator episodes.

[troutman]

The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcas...llar-gold-scam

It was the biggest gold discovery in history... until it wasn’t. In 1995, Canadian mining company Bre-X announced to the world it had found a significant amount of gold deep in the jungles of Indonesia. Stock prices soared as investors worldwide fought to stake their claim. But when Bre-X’s chief geologist mysteriously fell from a helicopter over the jungle, the story of the billion dollar discovery began to unravel. Nearly three decades later, no one has ever been held accountable. Now, host Suzanne Wilton takes listeners from the jungles of Indonesia to small town Alberta, Canada, to investigate what really happened and find out more about the man behind the biggest goldmine fraud of all time. Produced for the BBC World Service and CBC by BBC Scotland Productions.

[jayswin]

Looking for a good podcast that deals with the current Policital climate, misinformation and how it's affecting society.

[Engine09]

Seth Andrews brings on a palentologist to break down and address the complete garbage spewing out of Mel Gibson and Joe Rogan's pieholes. They say a lot of incorrect things, a lot. And then there are the claims of curing cancer with horse deworming medication, all sorts of lunacy.


https://www.thethinkingatheist.com/p...bson-is-a-mess

[jayswin]

I'll check that out for sure. I was wanting a podcast that deals more with human nature and what's happening with social media and politics that ones directly addressing specific examples of misinformation spreaders. But will definitely check that out.

[Calgary]

Call Her Daddy

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by direwolf

If you're into movies, the Blank Check podcast is really fun. They focus on directors who had big successes early in their careers, which gave them money and free rein to make whatever passion projects they wanted going forward.

They're currently doing a series on Martin Brest of Beverly Hills Cop fame, and they just put out an episode on one of my favorite movies of all time, Midnight Run. Great stuff.

Yeah I like that one.. also The Flop House is good for a less serious version, where they watch bad movies instead. Pretty knowlegable group and very funny

[#-3]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Looking for a good podcast that deals with the current Policital climate, misinformation and how it's affecting society.

Maybe flip through Ezra Kleins back catalogue,

Even if you don't have the same politics as him, he takes the people he interview seriously and considers what they say, I'm sure he has several episodes on the topic. A lot of consideration around the problem, but I'm not sure he or anyone has solutions ready to go.



I also liked this one, although not really updated for 2024.

https://www.preposterousuniverse.com...-and-bull####/

[Engine09]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I'll check that out for sure. I was wanting a podcast that deals more with human nature and what's happening with social media and politics that ones directly addressing specific examples of misinformation spreaders. But will definitely check that out.

What about Canadaland? I grab episodes from time to time, they land in those areas once in a while.

https://www.canadaland.com/podcasts/

[DownInFlames]

Blank Check released a 3h40m episode with the Dough Boys about The Hudsucker Proxy.


You know, for kids!

[Icantwhisper]

Not sure if already mentioned but "Small Town Murders" is pretty fun listen.
obviously about smalltown murders but done by a couple stand up comedians who have pretty good on air presence.
They make fun of the small town for the first 20 mins to give you a perspective on the local climate relating to such crimes.
Also a disclaimer in the episodes that they never make fun of the victims or the families before anyone gets bent out of shape.

[Engine09]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Blank Check released a 3h40m episode with the Dough Boys about The Hudsucker Proxy.


You know, for kids!

I must have listened to over 100 episodes over the past year, great podcast for movie fans.

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

Not sure if already mentioned but "Small Town Murders" is pretty fun listen.
obviously about smalltown murders but done by a couple stand up comedians who have pretty good on air presence.
They make fun of the small town for the first 20 mins to give you a perspective on the local climate relating to such crimes.
Also a disclaimer in the episodes that they never make fun of the victims or the families before anyone gets bent out of shape.

I’ll give it a try. I hope it’s not one if those with hosts who waste the first 10 minutes chatting about their weekend and their families. Doesn’t sound like it.

[Icantwhisper]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

I’ll give it a try. I hope it’s not one if those with hosts who waste the first 10 minutes chatting about their weekend and their families. Doesn’t sound like it.

They don't talk about themselves at all, it does feel like they could shorten up the back story of the town sometimes but that might just me being eager to hear about the crime.

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

They don't talk about themselves at all, it does feel like they could shorten up the back story of the town sometimes but that might just me being eager to hear about the crime.

Listened to one; I like it. I’ll add it to my rotation. Thanks.

[Engine09]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

I hope it’s not one if those with hosts who waste the first 10 minutes chatting about their weekend and their families.

This is the absolute worst thing about any podcast, I don't know if they're trying to mimick traditional radio with the personal banter or they're so oblivious and don't realize listeners don't care about their personal stories. Even worse than that, podcasts that are not in the comedy realm in any way but the hosts think they're funny and even throw in clips and sound effects. Insufferable.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Engine09

This is the absolute worst thing about any podcast, I don't know if they're trying to mimick traditional radio with the personal banter or they're so oblivious and don't realize listeners don't care about their personal stories. Even worse than that, podcasts that are not in the comedy realm in any way but the hosts think they're funny and even throw in clips and sound effects. Insufferable.

Maron was the worst for this. About 20 minutes of boring personal babble, then he plays guitar poorly at the end. At least with podcasts you can fast forward through the boring preambles.

[habernac]

That’s also part of Maron's charm, letting you into his weird little world.