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SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

254 months

Wednesday 20th November 2019
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El stovey said:
FunkyNige said:
AstonZagato said:
SpeckledJim said:
I recommend Overcast.
Me too
Me three - I like it so much I paid to get rid of the ads.
There seems to be a few overcasts is it a podcast or app?

Edited by El stovey on Wednesday 20th November 09:08
Its an app for playing your podcasts. Someone was asking for recommendations.

ben5575

6,334 posts

222 months

Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Yes it was me who asked. Downloaded and now using. Thanks all for the recommendation!

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

254 months

Wednesday 20th November 2019
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ben5575 said:
Yes it was me who asked. Downloaded and now using. Thanks all for the recommendation!
beer

Lukas239

454 posts

97 months

Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Anybody else a Kinda Funny fan?

TCEvo

12,816 posts

203 months

Friday 22nd November 2019
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ben5575 said:
MajorMantra said:
Has anyone mentioned The Ratline? It's been out for a while but I only just listened. Very well told story about a Nazi war criminal on the run.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06lh2b5

It's on the same podcast feed (Intrigue) as Tunnel 29 which I'm told is very good too. That's next on my list...
The rat line was very good. Thanks for the recommendation.
Just finished The Ratline - it's very good, cheers for the heads up.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

197 months

Saturday 23rd November 2019
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Hunting Warhead, absolutely superb if a little tough to hear sometimes given the subject matter.

anonymous-user

55 months

Monday 25th November 2019
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dave_s13 said:
David87 said:
Recently discovered GOSSIPmongerS. Hilarious, haven’t laughed so much at a podcast since My Dad Wrote A Porno. The stupid robot voice between stories needs to be dumped ASAP, but otherwise I find it very funny indeed.
I tried it again today, the incessant cackling is intensely annoying, had to turn it off.

Dr Death it really good....that bloke was off the scale.
I like gossip mongers but that voice between the stories is REALLY annoying.

Rich135

769 posts

243 months

Monday 25th November 2019
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I have just picked up a few useful tips from above - thanks all.

My recommendation would be Ear Hustle - podcast about living in San Quentin prison in California and what life is like for them. Really interesting and lots of episodes to listen to.

Rich

Truckosaurus

11,400 posts

285 months

Monday 25th November 2019
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Finished listening to 'Ratline' over the weekend, it's an enjoyable story but somewhat light on the Ratline itself, so don't get into it if you want to learn about that.

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

254 months

Monday 25th November 2019
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Truckosaurus said:
Finished listening to 'Ratline' over the weekend, it's an enjoyable story but somewhat light on the Ratline itself, so don't get into it if you want to learn about that.
I thought it was a bit thin, to be honest. Preferred Tunnel 29 from the same source, which I've just finished. But again, thought it was a bit thin.

AdeTuono

7,274 posts

228 months

Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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Love him or hate him (I'm firmly in the 'love him' camp), Danny Baker's just started his new Treehouse podcast with Louise Pepper, twice weekly.

Chris77

941 posts

195 months

Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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AdeTuono said:
Love him or hate him (I'm firmly in the 'love him' camp), Danny Baker's just started his new Treehouse podcast with Louise Pepper, twice weekly.
I've always liked him when he has appeared on the podcasts I subscribe to.

Will check it out (As long as its not a football podcast)

Truckosaurus

11,400 posts

285 months

Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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Baker has hit the floor running with his Treehouse podcast. It's a continuation of his BBC London/FiveLive radio shows so not football as such.

ben5575

6,334 posts

222 months

Monday 9th December 2019
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Code Severe is an interesting puff piece from UK Counter Terrorism that goes 'behind the scenes' of a couple of counter terrorism operations.

Only two 20min eps sadly, but well produced, even if their central message is rammed down your throat as unsubtly as a Lord Kitchener poster.

ben5575

6,334 posts

222 months

Thursday 19th December 2019
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Cautionary Tales

I loved this but it's really difficult to explain.

The closest thing I can think of is the court scene in Chernobyl when he explains the sequence of events that ultimately led to the disaster. If you liked that, odds are you'd like this podcast.

This podcast uses real life examples; some catastrophic, some incredibly benign, to explain the psychological, systemic and organisational failings that breed disaster. Why, for example, is Warren Beatty reading out the wrong Oscar winner connected to 3 Mile Island?

Presented by Tim Harford who is one of those incredibly rare people who can distill complex ideas into simple language (unlike me as you can see from this post!), it is intellectual yet easy listening and very well produced. Give the first episode a go.

Edited by ben5575 on Thursday 19th December 16:00

dave_s13

13,816 posts

270 months

Thursday 19th December 2019
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ben5575 said:
Cautionary Tales

I loved this but it's really difficult to explain.

The closest thing I can think of is the court scene in Chernobyl when he explains the sequence of events that ultimately led to the disaster. If you liked that, odds are you'd like this podcast.

This podcast uses real life examples; some catastrophic, some incredibly benign, to explain the psychological, systemic and organisational failings that breed disaster. Why, for example, is Warren Beatty reading out the wrong Oscar winner connected to 3 Mile Island?

Presented by Tim Harford who is one of those incredibly rare people who can distill complex ideas into simple language (unlike me as you can see from this post!), it is intellectual yet easy listening and very well produced. Give the first episode a go.

Edited by ben5575 on Thursday 19th December 16:00
That sounds intriguing...will look it up. Cheers.

eldar

21,872 posts

197 months

Thursday 19th December 2019
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dave_s13 said:
That sounds intriguing...will look it up. Cheers.
Fascinating and well presented. Interestingly varied subjects.

silverthorn2151

6,298 posts

180 months

Friday 20th December 2019
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Alex said:
Ted is going to be on Chris Harris's Collecting Cars podcast next week.
Listened to this during a god awful drive from Cheltenham to Chingford yesterday (5 hours). Its a nice long episode that made the journey much more bearable. Jolly interesting to hear the PH backstory.

Googie

1,192 posts

127 months

Tuesday 31st December 2019
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This is worth a listen- The Fake Heiress


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c9mb

andy_s

19,422 posts

260 months

Wednesday 1st January 2020
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ben5575 said:
Cautionary Tales

I loved this but it's really difficult to explain.

The closest thing I can think of is the court scene in Chernobyl when he explains the sequence of events that ultimately led to the disaster. If you liked that, odds are you'd like this podcast.

This podcast uses real life examples; some catastrophic, some incredibly benign, to explain the psychological, systemic and organisational failings that breed disaster. Why, for example, is Warren Beatty reading out the wrong Oscar winner connected to 3 Mile Island?

Presented by Tim Harford who is one of those incredibly rare people who can distill complex ideas into simple language (unlike me as you can see from this post!), it is intellectual yet easy listening and very well produced. Give the first episode a go.

Edited by ben5575 on Thursday 19th December 16:00
That sounds a bit 'Freakonomics', good stuff.