What are your favourite Podcasts?

donspeekinglesh · 25-11-2020 3:53pm

Alicano wrote: »

Yeah I was lucky I was on the Armchair from the start so don't have a huge backlog. I skip ones that I don't have interest in. But it's rare. Their choice of guest can be very interesting.

Fair point re Smartless. I'm a huge Bateman fan and find he moves it along and is very quick and funny etc. It gets better. At first they hadn't much of a clue and made fun out of themselves doing a podcast. But nowadays its a slicker show. Currently listening to the Paul McCartney Ep. Really good chat. Not much messing. Glad you like em

I have been listening from the start, but my commute got shorter a few years ago and I had to reduce the frequency I add the AE episodes to my Up Next list, otherwise I'd never get to listen to my other podcasts. I find it very hard to skip any as they're all interesting, even if I didn't previously know the guest.

I must try adding Smartless again - the ones I had listened to were very early on (Dax and RDJ)

Alicano · 08-12-2020 8:08am

glasso wrote: »

Just going to mention that brilliant one-off piece (7 episodes) that goes down in podcast history for its uniqueness (or characters and circumstance)

"S-Town"

Might not work for everyone but if anyone has not listened to it, don't google anything about it and try it.

I have 16mins left on the final episode. Can't understand how it is so popular? I think it won awards? Nothing actually happens in it. Nothing

But I kept on listening waiting for the 'Gold' moment.
I think it could have been done in 3 or 4 episodes max.
I did enjoy the audio clips of John rambling on the phone or being recorded.
What have I missed? I need to know haha. Like I said it is/was very popular.

ILikeBoats · 08-12-2020 9:13am

Alicano wrote: »

I have 16mins left on the final episode. Can't understand how it is so popular? I think it won awards? Nothing actually happens in it. Nothing
But I kept on listening waiting for the 'Gold' moment.

I remember thinking the exact same thing when I listened

Larsso30 · 08-12-2020 9:16am

ILikeBoats wrote: »

I remember thinking the exact same thing when I listened

Ditto. Finished it because felt committed to find out the big thing come the end, never came.

El_Duderino 09 · 08-12-2020 9:27am

I don’t know what to tell you if you didn’t get S-Town. The story is good but the characters and their way of life is what I loved. Listened to it when it was coming out weekly and listened again about 6 months ago and it was great the second time around too.

Why continue listening to a podcast you’re not enjoying? Podcasts are one thing in life that most people won’t listen to or talk about anyway. It’s not like a blockbuster movie or tv series where everyone’s talking about it.

There’s no test at the end of the podcast. If you enjoy it, listen on. If you don’t enjoy it, find one you like. The last thing I want a podcast to be is a commitment.

Mantis Toboggan · 08-12-2020 10:02am

Was such a let down after the first serial.

spuddy90 · 08-12-2020 10:37am

Loving the latest episodes on "Real dictators" this 4 part is on general tojo of japan around ww2. Fascinating stuff on japan and their beliefs as far back as the samurai

siblers · 08-12-2020 1:28pm

Off Menu with James Acaster and Ed Gamble is brilliant. It's incredibly entertaining

CiaranW · 08-12-2020 4:13pm

spuddy90 wrote: »

Loving the latest episodes on "Real dictators" this 4 part is on general tojo of japan around ww2. Fascinating stuff on japan and their beliefs as far back as the samurai

This sounds interesting, may give this a go.

08-12-2020 4:44pm

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I don’t know what to tell you if you didn’t get S-Town. The story is good but the characters and their way of life is what I loved. Listened to it when it was coming out weekly and listened again about 6 months ago and it was great the second time around too.

Why continue listening to a podcast you’re not enjoying? Podcasts are one thing in life that most people won’t listen to or talk about anyway. It’s not like a blockbuster movie or tv series where everyone’s talking about it.

There’s no test at the end of the podcast. If you enjoy it, listen on. If you don’t enjoy it, find one you like. The last thing I want a podcast to be is a commitment.

Exactly, S-Town is about the characters, primarily the main character and the way that the podcast changed completely due to what happened with the main character.

I found the character John B. McLemore fascinating and the bizarre relationship with the people he knew, the people looking for "the gold", his sexuality, the unusual phone-call conversations etc

It was just all very unique.

It's not about the plot but rather the experience.

I said that it wouldn't work for everyone.

But for the people for whom it does, it usually leaves a big impression.

The association with Serial is stupid imo - they had some of the same producers but are nothing to do with each other really and not at all alike.

Cienciano · 15-12-2020 1:13am

spuddy90 wrote: »

Loving the latest episodes on "Real dictators" this 4 part is on general tojo of japan around ww2. Fascinating stuff on japan and their beliefs as far back as the samurai

I love Real Dictators, got it from a boards recommendation too. If you liked that one, Hardcore History, the latest series is Supernova in the East, which goes into more detail into Japan, Tojo and WW2. Definitely worth a listen. The first episode starts off explaning how Japanese people were such nationalists and would do anything for the country. They're long episodes, but brilliantly told.

Robert McGrath · 21-12-2020 11:52pm

Adam Buxton’s interview with Paul McCartney is well worth a listen. McCartney is charming and generous as an interviewee in a way that I really didn’t expect for such an enormous star.

Robert McGrath · 21-12-2020 11:52pm

Cienciano wrote: »

I love Real Dictators, got it from a boards recommendation too. If you liked that one, Hardcore History, the latest series is Supernova in the East, which goes into more detail into Japan, Tojo and WW2. Definitely worth a listen. The first episode starts off explaning how Japanese people were such nationalists and would do anything for the country. They're long episodes, but brilliantly told.

Hardcore History really is awesome

alchemist33 · 21-12-2020 11:58pm

Robert McGrath wrote: »

Hardcore History really is awesome

I started one this morning for the first time but found it very rambling and gave up after 15 minutes. Might try again sometime.

By contrast, I quite like Sh*te Talk, a good mix of informative and entertaining.

Cienciano · 24-12-2020 12:08am

alchemist33 wrote: »

I started one this morning for the first time but found it very rambling and gave up after 15 minutes. Might try again sometime.

By contrast, I quite like Sh*te Talk, a good mix of informative and entertaining.

Which one? I couldn't get into the roman empire one. Try blueprint for armageddon, that's a brilliant intro

alchemist33 · 24-12-2020 4:08pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Which one? I couldn't get into the roman empire one. Try blueprint for armageddon, that's a brilliant intro

Celtic Holocaust, or words to that effect. Thanks, will try Armageddon

igCorcaigh · 24-12-2020 5:13pm

alchemist33 wrote: »

Celtic Holocaust, or words to that effect. Thanks, will try Armageddon

I didn't like that one either. The ww1 stuff is great.

Anyone listen to Year '21 from BBC yet? About the creation of the NI state 100 years ago.

Worztron · 25-12-2020 11:28am

I'm currently listening to One Foot in the Podcast. You guessed it - it's about the sitcom, One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000).

Fr Tod Umptious · 29-12-2020 12:07pm

alchemist33 wrote: »

Celtic Holocaust, or words to that effect. Thanks, will try Armageddon

I too gave up of Celtic Holocaust after about 15 mins, as you said he was rambling.
Armageddon and Supernova in the East are brilliant.

But the best of them all from Hardcore history is the standalone story of The Münster Rebellion, "Prophets of Doom" or something like that it's called.

It's easley the best single episode podcast I have heard. I was aware of the story from an earlier "In our time" podcast but this one went way further.

weldoninhio · 29-12-2020 4:23pm

Reganio 2 wrote: »

Listening to a few myself, mainly football ones, Football Ramble being a particular favourite. New hosts as well to keep it fresh. That Peter Crouch Podcast is always good for a giggle.
Was looking for Irish ones, gave blindboy a go but yeah found him hard work so gave up. Stumbled upon the Angry Bartender Ireland one which is a good laugh easy to listen to although kinda off point at the moment as the lads have nothing to talk about with the bars closed but they still get a chuckle every now and then.

If you're into football pods, Undr The Cosh is very good. Interviews with retired footballers, no holds barred. Some hilarious stories. Not afraid to touch on sensitive subjects too. Decent range of players too, from those who never made it out of the lower leagues, to former Prem players. 2 of the hosts are ex-footballers too, so I think that lets the guests open up as they know the footballing world.

danoriordan1402 · 05-01-2021 4:20pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

If you're into football pods, Undr The Cosh is very good. Interviews with retired footballers, no holds barred. Some hilarious stories. Not afraid to touch on sensitive subjects too. Decent range of players too, from those who never made it out of the lower leagues, to former Prem players. 2 of the hosts are ex-footballers too, so I think that lets the guests open up as they know the footballing world.

These are really good I must add - Chris Kirkland's issue with depression and the Ian Dowie one were eye openers.

Feenix · 10-01-2021 11:20am

danoriordan1402 wrote: »

These are really good I must add - Chris Kirkland's issue with depression and the Ian Dowie one were eye openers.

Dowie sounded like he was off his tits.

Blub123 · 10-01-2021 11:46am

Came upon The Troubles Podcast during the week.
Excellent.

Aidric · 17-01-2021 7:31pm

siblers wrote: »

Off Menu with James Acaster and Ed Gamble is brilliant. It's incredibly entertaining

It's one of the best podcasts out there, only discovered it recently. So far have listened to the episodes with David O Doherty, Aisling Bea & Romesh Ranganathan. Laughing out load at regular intervals during each episode.

Cienciano · 17-01-2021 10:04pm

Off Menu is great, the Romesh episode was one of the best.

Aidric · 18-01-2021 8:06pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Off Menu is great, the Romesh episode was one of the best.

I rarely listen to an episode more than once but I've listened to that 3 times already. If you need a good laugh I highly recommend this episode.

Arghus · 22-01-2021 3:00am

The Rest is History is a fantastic newish history podcast that was brought to my attention.

Two historians - one specialising in ancient, the other in modern - have a discussion on different historical topics: civil wars, what constitutes historical greatness - that kind of thing. The two guys are very knowledgeable, but come at things from slightly different perspectives, which can compliment and differ. One can talk about an issue in terms of root causes and then the other can provide nuances that alter or enrich that perspective.

Excellent, excellent, podcast from what I've listened to so far.

El_Duderino 09 · 22-01-2021 10:22am

Arghus wrote: »

The Rest is History is a fantastic newish history podcast that was brought to my attention.

Two historians - one specialising in ancient, the other in modern - have a discussion on different historical topics: civil wars, what constitutes historical greatness - that kind of thing. The two guys are very knowledgeable, but come at things from slightly different perspectives, which can compliment and differ. One can talk about an issue in terms of root causes and then the other can provide nuances that alter or enrich that perspective.

Excellent, excellent, podcast from what I've listened to so far.

That sounds excellent. The real antidote to what I’ve getting recently. Has anyone else noticed the increased usage of low quality comedians in podcast, particularly since the pandemic?

I like history shows like this one called You’re Dead to Me by the BBC. It’s a show where they have a host, an expert in a historical topic and a naive layman comedian who chips in witty observations and then they test how much the comedian has learned.

But since comedians can’t work because of the pandemic, they have been getting bigger and bigger roles in otherwise good shows.

Take this one as an example
https://overcast.fm/+UIL7fqYlw
Really interesting topic about a character from Ancient Rome. But the comedian keeps breaking up the flow with terrible jokes and often just interrupting to restate what the expert has told us. Total nuisance.

I look forward to this podcast and the topics look interesting. Cheers

Edit. I’m listening to the most recent one about Pompeii, right now, and it’s very good. Great recommendation.

Amirani · 29-01-2021 4:15pm

Arghus wrote: »

The Rest is History is a fantastic newish history podcast that was brought to my attention.

Two historians - one specialising in ancient, the other in modern - have a discussion on different historical topics: civil wars, what constitutes historical greatness - that kind of thing. The two guys are very knowledgeable, but come at things from slightly different perspectives, which can compliment and differ. One can talk about an issue in terms of root causes and then the other can provide nuances that alter or enrich that perspective.

Excellent, excellent, podcast from what I've listened to so far.

Yeah, have been listening to this since the start. It's great.

igCorcaigh · 29-01-2021 4:31pm

Have been listening to the Revolutions podcast by Mike Duncan.

Very detailed. Have learned a lot about the 1848 revolutions in Europe.

igCorcaigh · 16-02-2021 2:26am

Arghus wrote: »

The Rest is History is a fantastic newish history podcast that was brought to my attention.

Two historians - one specialising in ancient, the other in modern - have a discussion on different historical topics: civil wars, what constitutes historical greatness - that kind of thing. The two guys are very knowledgeable, but come at things from slightly different perspectives, which can compliment and differ. One can talk about an issue in terms of root causes and then the other can provide nuances that alter or enrich that perspective.

Excellent, excellent, podcast from what I've listened to so far.

Yeah, I've been liking this a lot, thank you for introducing it to me!

The guest speaker on the Pompeii episode was brilliant.

Loved the episodes on 1981 and the 1990s.

What irritates me though, is that the two guys laugh too much and stop short in mid sentence, as they talk to each other and not the audience.

I always have at least one complaint on podcasts

Did you smash it · 16-02-2021 2:54am

What do people think is the best podcast behind a Patreon paywall? Other than second captains.

Gwildor · 16-02-2021 9:07pm

Did you smash it wrote: »

What do people think is the best podcast behind a Patreon paywall? Other than second captains.

Not Patreon, but West Cork on Audible is one of the best 'paid' podcasts I've listened to.

Mollydog123 · 16-02-2021 9:32pm

Casefile, They walk amongst us, Men's Rea, Irish History Podcast and Naked Scientists

Arghus · 16-02-2021 9:45pm

Gwildor wrote: »

Not Patreon, but West Cork on Audible is one of the best 'paid' podcasts I've listened to.

Have to second this. West Cork is amazing.

weldoninhio · 17-02-2021 10:42am

Gwildor wrote: »

Not Patreon, but West Cork on Audible is one of the best 'paid' podcasts I've listened to.

Listened to two on Audible recently. The Rise of the Iron Men by Mischa Glenny, about Dutuerte, Bolsonaro, Trump, Modi, Johnson etc. and Shootout, about the North Hollywood shoot out in 1996.

Both are excellent. The North Hollywood one is really brilliant, with real life descriptions from those who were there.

el_gaucho · 29-04-2021 9:36pm

West Cork is on Apple Podcasts now.

phelixoflaherty · 27-05-2021 10:56pm

The Froth

sheroman01 · 28-05-2021 1:10am

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster is my new favourite.

They invite guests, usually comedians, on to discuss their dream 3 course meal. The conversations and funny tales flow easily and you get great stories from the guest. The Louis Theroux episode is a highlight for me, he’s so funny in it.

Cienciano · 29-05-2021 10:05am

sheroman01 wrote: »

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster is my new favourite.

They invite guests, usually comedians, on to discuss their dream 3 course meal. The conversations and funny tales flow easily and you get great stories from the guest. The Louis Theroux episode is a highlight for me, he’s so funny in it.

POPPADOMS OR BREAD?

It's a great pod, love it. Great idea of something to chat about. romesh ranganathan episode is great too

Brackwom · 28-06-2021 5:28am

My favorite podcast is Milltown Malmo of The Tommy, Hector & Laurita.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 29-06-2021 11:00pm

Did you smash it wrote: »

What do people think is the best podcast behind a Patreon paywall? Other than second captains.

Generally I stay away but there's a few I support that genuinely need the cash to survive. I support second captains as I've always been a fan and the content is generally good. I pay a fiver a month to a few other ones that only require a donation, they're quite niche like fantasy football and xfm ricky gervais fan pod..would I give the likes of an already rich celeb money just jumping on the podcast phenomenon, no. Podcasts should be niche, not for the masses.

ILikeBoats · 30-06-2021 9:16am

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 wrote: »

I pay a fiver a month to a few other ones that only require a donation, they're quite niche like fantasy football and xfm ricky gervais fan pod..would I give the likes of an already rich celeb money just jumping on the podcast phenomenon, no. Podcasts should be niche, not for the masses.

Would Ricky Gervais not count as a rich celeb?

I know he used to have the hilarious podcast over 10 years ago with Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington, that was gold. Is the new one as good?

Kingp35 · 30-06-2021 10:15am

ILikeBoats wrote: »

I know he used to have the hilarious podcast over 10 years ago with Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington, that was gold.

Are these podcasts still available anywhere?

ILikeBoats · 30-06-2021 10:39am

They're listed here but I can't get it to play

https://www.therickygervaisshow.com/xfm-vault

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 30-06-2021 10:47am

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Would Ricky Gervais not count as a rich celeb?

I know he used to have the hilarious podcast over 10 years ago with Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington, that was gold. Is the new one as good?

No, a fan podcast that goes through every xfm show from the early 2000s. Nothing to do with Ricky/Steve/Karl.

ILikeBoats · 30-06-2021 10:53am

Oh right
Does it include snippets from the original?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 30-06-2021 4:33pm

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Oh right
Does it include snippets from the original?

No snippets. The original xfm shows are heavily guarded as are all the podcast series they made.

Worztron · 04-10-2022 7:08am

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Mo Ghile Mear · 16-10-2022 11:14pm

Fall of Civilisations is excellent. Really well researched and narrated. It tells the story of a different civilisation in each episode and goes onto their way of life etc and their eventual demise. I had forgotten about it for months but back into it now again and I'm really enjoying it.

What are your favourite Podcasts?

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