Love John McWhorter's Lexicon Valley. A podcast about languages. Latest episode is why languages have gender, or why English does not. Or why there are male spoons and female forks.
I've found it pretty enlightening to listen to how the English language developed. It gives a lot of context to my personal ethic history.
I ended up dropping Lexicon valley after awhile for something very stylistically different, The History of English. I really like the long form historic narrative podcast style, and the pacing felt a lot better to me.
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99% Invisible is fantastic; it's my go to.
"99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world."
The episodes are all pretty short ~15 minutes, so you never get bogged down in the minutia of the topics, and even though it looks at architecture and design, it doesn't require the listener to have any previous knowledge about design or architecture.
I also really like I Don't Know About That with Jim Jefferies.
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13 Minutes To The Moon (BBC)
Las Culturistas (Matt Rogers, Bowen Yang)
The Vinyl Guide
Best Of Stand-Up From Conan
The Three Questions With Andy Richter
Smartless
13 Minutes To The Moon (BBC)
Las Culturistas (Matt Rogers, Bowen Yang)
The Vinyl Guide
Best Of Stand-Up From Conan
The Three Questions With Andy Richter
Smartless
My wife raves about Smartless and Conan.
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Podcasts are based on personal taste. I like true crime, WWII history, other history, and the natural sciences. Let me know any recommendations on those topics.
I listened to one the other day as I was out walking about the Halifax explosion during WWI and the three presenters were discussing why Canada was even in the war. That was annoying but I got angry when one said: we followed America was into WWI like we follow them everywhere including WWII. Fact is, we were in both wars well before the U.S. entered. It was an ignorant comment and I felt if they’re going to delve into history they should get their facts straight.
I thank you for the recommendation, but reading isn't my strongest area, when I see blocks of text I just end up reading the same line over and over again and it takes me a while to process why the book doesn't make sense.
So I likely won't take you up on it.
I also struggle to listen to audio books, because the length of them can throw off my podcast diet, and I get annoyed when I'm listening to week old current events podcasts
It took me a while to find podcasts, but when I found them about 6 years ago I started listening to a prolific amount of them quickly, I think it has a bit to do with my reading issues.
I also really like I Don't Know About That with Jim Jefferies.
As do I, it's hilarious and informative.
My current subscriptions (in alphabetical order thanks to Google Podcasts):
A Bit of Optimism - Simon Sinek
Airways Podcast
Gaslit Nation with Andrea Chalupa and Sarah Kendzior
I Don't Know About That - Jim Jefferies
Mike Birbiglia's Working it Out
Rory Sutherland's On Brand
Something to Wrestle With Bruce Prichard
The Debaters
Uncool with Alexa Bliss
A Bit of Optimism is about leadership and interviews with leaders and how they look to the future.
Airways for the AvGeek in me
Gaslit Nation is an interesting review of the craziness of the Trump Administration (not sure where they're going now, likely focus on the rest of the Trumpers in the GOP)
Workin' it Out is fascinating to hear comedians talk about their process of writing and trying material with each other.
On Brand is a focus on marketing and different counter-intuitive ways to market that on the surface shouldn't work but do.
Something to Wrestle With is a neat look behind the curtain on the WWE and how things are done. Interesting insights on your childhood heros as well.
The Debaters is the CBC comedy show that makes me laugh for 20 minutes as week.
Uncool with Alexa Bliss for two reasons (1) it humanizes celebrities and shows they're regular people too; and (2) I've totally got a celebrity crush on the future Mrs. Q-Scout Alexa Bliss.
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I wonder - do the comedians know the topics ahead of time, and write material before the show? They always seem prepared and funny.
I haven't seen it live, but I get the impression that they're prepared. I would imagine they give them the topics before hand. I wouldn't be surprised if they know their 'opponent' is and they work together.
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Podcasts are based on personal taste. I like true crime, WWII history, other history, and the natural sciences. Let me know any recommendations on those topics.
I listened to one the other day as I was out walking about the Halifax explosion during WWI and the three presenters were discussing why Canada was even in the war. That was annoying but I got angry when one said: we followed America was into WWI like we follow them everywhere including WWII. Fact is, we were in both wars well before the U.S. entered. It was an ignorant comment and I felt if they’re going to delve into history they should get their facts straight.
There are so many True Crime podcasts now. I think Parcast alone has a dozen.
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I haven't listened to this one, but whenever I've seen this guy my first thought is, Quack, Quack, Quack!
Yeah. He struck me the wrong way at first too.
But a lot of what he says makes sense. Starts with Why and Leaders Eat Last are great books.
Honestly the biggest problem I think he has is that he has a punchable face. That said, I think his work is great. The concept of the golden circle makes a lot of sense; the infinite game theory is spot on; supporting each other and your employees is something I've always believed in.
I'm not gonna say he's perfect, but I've incorporated lots of his teaching into my leadership style. Happy to have a conversation over DM as to not derail the thread.
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Podcasts are based on personal taste. I like true crime, WWII history, other history, and the natural sciences. Let me know any recommendations on those topics.
I listened to one the other day as I was out walking about the Halifax explosion during WWI and the three presenters were discussing why Canada was even in the war. That was annoying but I got angry when one said: we followed America was into WWI like we follow them everywhere including WWII. Fact is, we were in both wars well before the U.S. entered. It was an ignorant comment and I felt if they’re going to delve into history they should get their facts straight.
I've found myself loving 'Heist Podcast' for an easy listen. They call it a 'true crime podcast without the murder'. It also contains a quite a bit of history but that's not really the main point.
Its the only pod I've been listening to for a while now because I am fascinated with heists and love the historical aspects and the deep dives into the aftermaths.
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Maybe an odd request but I really like history podcasts ala The History of Rome/Revolutions and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good podcasts about the history of France or the Holy Roman Empire/Habsburg Dynasty?
Maybe an odd request but I really like history podcasts ala The History of Rome/Revolutions and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good podcasts about the history of France or the Holy Roman Empire/Habsburg Dynasty?
Hardcore History is pretty good. I'm not a huge history buff, it depends on the topic.
That said their series on World War I - Blueprint for Armageddon was fantastic. I learned so much, and it answered a number of things I've often wondered but not to the point that I'd look it up.
I know they've got a number of different topics from ancient Rome and previous to that. I'd check them out.
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