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I have started to listen to podcasts on long car journeys. I find it is more interesting than music.
I like things which are smart and amusing covering science, politics, finance, cars and maybe history and films.
Current things that I have subscribed to are:
I like things which are smart and amusing covering science, politics, finance, cars and maybe history and films.
Current things that I have subscribed to are:
- Friday Night Comedy from BBC R4 (the News Quiz and the Now Show, sometimes Dead Ringers)
- The Infinite Monkey Cage BBC R4 (Brian Cox and Robert Ince talking about areas of science with eminent scientists and comedians)
- Freakonomics Radio (weird economic consequences)
- History of the World in 100 Objects R4 (Old but interesting - the trouble is the annoying Peruvian panpipe jingle makes me want to put my foot through the radio after five episodes)
- My Dad wrote a porno
- Grumpy old geeks
- Film Snuff
Life Scientific, Jim Al Khalili interviews people working in science about their career - I usually give episodes I don't think I'll be interested a go anyway and get sucked in within a few minutes 
More or Less, delving in to the statistics or science behind news stories
Little Atoms, interviews with authors of popular science type books
Citation needed, comedy quiz show based around the panel trying to work out what happened in an event lifted from Wikipedia - not tried the podcast yet watched an episode on youtube the other night and it turned out to be surprisingly funny
More or Less, delving in to the statistics or science behind news stories
Little Atoms, interviews with authors of popular science type books
Citation needed, comedy quiz show based around the panel trying to work out what happened in an event lifted from Wikipedia - not tried the podcast yet watched an episode on youtube the other night and it turned out to be surprisingly funny
Give the Joe Rogan Podcasts a go.
Brian Cox (obviously) and Neil deGrasse Tyson should be right up your street but he's had dozens of interesting and entertaining people on.
The podcasts with Steve-O of Jackass fame are surprisingly interesting but there's dozens of good ones...covering all sorts of subjects.
Dan Carlin, Graham Hancock, Randall Carlson, Dr Rhonda Patrick, Jesse Ventura, Dorian Yates, Russell Brand, two guys who's names I can't remember that climbed Everest, Bill Burr etc. etc.
ETA. Jim Jeffries (reminded above) and Louis Theroux etc.
Brian Cox (obviously) and Neil deGrasse Tyson should be right up your street but he's had dozens of interesting and entertaining people on.
The podcasts with Steve-O of Jackass fame are surprisingly interesting but there's dozens of good ones...covering all sorts of subjects.
Dan Carlin, Graham Hancock, Randall Carlson, Dr Rhonda Patrick, Jesse Ventura, Dorian Yates, Russell Brand, two guys who's names I can't remember that climbed Everest, Bill Burr etc. etc.
ETA. Jim Jeffries (reminded above) and Louis Theroux etc.
Edited by roboxm3 on Friday 8th December 15:01
My favourite one is "Serial".
https://serialpodcast.org
Season one is absolutely amazing. Season 2 isn't as gripping but still worthwhile to follow. It's based on real world events.
1. Adnan Syed - accused of murdering his girlfriend but the evidence doesn't stack up
2. Bo Berghdal - US marine who went AWOL to get captured by the taliban and held hostage to set off a huge international relations situation.
https://serialpodcast.org
Season one is absolutely amazing. Season 2 isn't as gripping but still worthwhile to follow. It's based on real world events.
1. Adnan Syed - accused of murdering his girlfriend but the evidence doesn't stack up
2. Bo Berghdal - US marine who went AWOL to get captured by the taliban and held hostage to set off a huge international relations situation.
Few of my favourites:
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"A podcast about the internet' that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it." - The Guardian. Hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman, from Gimlet.
Criminal
Criminal is a podcast about crime. Not so much the "if it bleeds, it leads," kind of crime. Something a little more complex. Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, and/or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. We are a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
Hardcore History
In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.
Joe Rogan can be hit/miss for me. I've given up on the the fellow comedian podcasts but listen to ones that look to have an interesting guest.
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"A podcast about the internet' that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it." - The Guardian. Hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman, from Gimlet.
Criminal
Criminal is a podcast about crime. Not so much the "if it bleeds, it leads," kind of crime. Something a little more complex. Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, and/or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. We are a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
Hardcore History
In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.
Joe Rogan can be hit/miss for me. I've given up on the the fellow comedian podcasts but listen to ones that look to have an interesting guest.
Far and away the most interesting and entertaining podcast I've come across so far - Dan Carlin's Hardcore History:
http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
He takes subjects that have so much potential to be dry but keeps them fascinating. And I love the balance of his views when discussing contentious issues.
I'll be watching this thread with interest though; I've only got about 18 hours left in the current Hardcore History series I'm listening to.
http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
He takes subjects that have so much potential to be dry but keeps them fascinating. And I love the balance of his views when discussing contentious issues.
I'll be watching this thread with interest though; I've only got about 18 hours left in the current Hardcore History series I'm listening to.
Another vote for No such thing as a fish.
Also to add:
Answer me this - questions and answers - interesting and amusing
The Modern Mann - magazine show with one major guest topic and some standing features, like an audio GQ I guess
David Baddiel Tries to understand - quick digests of stuff like Islam, Fracking etc
They Walk among us - uk true crime, interesting case reviews
City AM unregulated - Professional development / entrepreneurial interviews
Also to add:
Answer me this - questions and answers - interesting and amusing
The Modern Mann - magazine show with one major guest topic and some standing features, like an audio GQ I guess
David Baddiel Tries to understand - quick digests of stuff like Islam, Fracking etc
They Walk among us - uk true crime, interesting case reviews
City AM unregulated - Professional development / entrepreneurial interviews
RumbleOfThunder said:
Your choices are waaaaaaaaaaay too BBC centric!
I suspect that's because...a) The BBC do a very good job of making their podcasts easily available.
b) They don't have annoying ads in them.
c) They're not bloody American!
If it hadn't already been mentioned, I would've recommended No Such Thing As A Fish, plus Richard Herring's Leicester Square Comedy Podcast is often very good.
My biggest challenge when trying to find good podcasts is that pretty much without exception, American voices on podcasts make me want to put my head in a microwave full of Polyfilla inside a couple of minutes. I'd love more recommendations of UK podcasts though. Or Aussies, or Kiwis. Even Saffas. Even the bloody Scots for God's sake! Just not Americans.
Getting back to being BBC centric, The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry is quite good fun. The one about potential cladding fires on high rise buildings which first aired a couple of days before Grenfell Tower went up was a bit spooky listening to it a couple of days afterwards, though.
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