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Another vote here for "The Coming Storm" - I've listened to and watched a fair few shows now about QAnon and related stuff but this podcast is head and shoulders above the rest imho....just hits the sweet spot between enough detail and still remaining succinct.

Just started listening to what could be a decent companion piece called "The Assault of America" - an investigation into background of the January 6th riots...happy to recommend so far anyway.

Re: Sweet Bobby - listened to all of this last week and it left me unimpressed I have to say...started off interesting enough but fizzled into a shaggy dog story imho.

They never really explained the motivations of the scammer, or why the victim was so susceptible to it. I can understand someone getting duped for a few months, but nearly 10 years (!?!?). Maybe I missed something in one of the episodes but thought it was a waste of time if I'm being honest

Tried "The Assualt on America".

Good content, but so...many...ads... Possibly the most I've ever heard in a podcast.

i have listened to it as well, i used pocket cast and did'nt get any ads at all ( very few) I've also noticed a difference when listening to podcasts when i'm connected to my home WiFi, as to when i'm listening in the car using mobile data. there doesn't seem to be as many ads when in the car on mobile data???

Need to research this or can someone offer a reason here @boards for this?

Same here. Great show.

Yup, the ads are horrendous but I just smash the fast forward button.

I'm thoroughly enjoying this , well its a bit of escapism and some of its funny, 7/10

Shite Talk : An Irish History Podcast is quite good, easy to listen to and the humour hits the right note.

A regular of mine. They can go a bit too far off-topic at times but it's usually entertaining and informative. Their episodes on Sean Quinn and John Delaney were real eye-openers since I lived through those, and I was amazed to learn all about Ireland invading Canada.

I listening to one about the Northern Bank Robbery found it disappointing. Listened to a bit of another one to see was it a one off. One of the fellas is good on it. Has his research done. But the other fella, Jayus he is annoying. Sort of like the drunk friend on a night out who keeps interrupting the conversation - with comments that only he thinks are gas. Whatever the fellas name is, quick witted he is not! His lines normally start with 'they were like's' - insert joke here and 'were they like?' - insert joke here. And 'I bet they were like' - insert joke here.

The fella who thinks he is funny - is not funny at all. And basically tires to be funny (after nearly every fecking sentence) the other fella says.

Another BBC podcast called Fake Psychic. Really interesting about psychics in America and one in articular who wrote a book exposing his own psychic scam.

It's very interesting and well made with re-enactments to help the story along. The main guy sounds a bit like Napoleon Dynamite's brother. Good story though.

following

There's another very interesting BBC4 podcast called Things Fell Apart. It's written and presnted by Jon Ronson (the psychopath test and the men who stare at goats)

It's looking at the culture wars but it looks at them in previous generations and the earlier iterations of similar themes we see today. Really worth a listen.

[Things Fell Apart] 1. 1000 Dolls  

https://podcastaddict.com/episode/134491913 via @PodcastAddict

I listen to a lot of marketing focused podcasts, like The Business of Authority, 2Bobs, Ditching Hourly, The Futur. Not sure if that's the kind of thing you're looking for, but could be worth checking out.