Today I listened to...

Cienciano · 16-04-2019 12:12pm

Anyone listen to the latest Reply All? Some guy had a weird problem about podcasts, for some reason 99% Invisible wouldn't play through Bluetooth in his car stereo. Great episode.

jessiblah · 20-04-2019 8:20pm

Listened to Gary Vee a bit today. His podcast used to be great and you'd learn a lot, but I'm finding the information to be a lot more diluted now. It's a lot of the same thing on repeat and it's not as interesting as it used to be. Too much filler, very disappointing.

Also listened to an episode of Roisín Meets from the Irish Times. I don't think it's still running anymore but there was an episode with a holocaust survivor. I didn't want it to end, heartbreaking and fascinating.

neris · 26-04-2019 11:07am

New 1 I found called sports wars thats only started out. 1st series is about 2 players in the NFL going after the 1 spot on the team. Similar kind of presentation to business wars.

steve_r · 26-04-2019 2:57pm

Some recent listens:

The dropout - great story

Michael Lewis - Against the rules - latest episode is about Art and ratings agencies in the financial crash. My favourite episode so far.

The Butterfly Effect by John Ronson
Late to the party on this, this is a series from 2017 on the impact of the changes to the porn industry.
Only listened to the first episode so far but found it really interesting.

Charged - This is a podcast from Slate and the Appeal. The current season is looking at the impact of New York's sentancing rules for gun possesion, which made the penalties and custodial sentances much more severe. It follows individuals as they go through the system, so in that sense it reminds me a lot of Season 3 of Serial (which I gave up on) but I'll give the second episode a go becuase I think it could potentially be a very interesting story.

John Mason · 01-05-2019 1:24pm

I have been listening to "That Peter Crouch Podcast" which i am really enjoying considering i had to google who he was.

i am also loving "I secretly recorded by boyfriend"

But great for work when doing boring tasks but dont really require an attention.

d8491prj5boyvg · 02-05-2019 2:24pm

John Mason wrote: »

I have been listening to "That Peter Crouch Podcast" which i am really enjoying considering i had to google who he was.

i am also loving "I secretly recorded by boyfriend"

But great for work when doing boring tasks but dont really require an attention.

I loved the first series of the peter crouch podcast but the second one has taken a huge nosedive. It's like they are aware of their own popularity and try to emulate it, spoiling the spontaneity that made it good in the first place. It would have been much better as a single series or if they got someone else in for series 2.

The Black Oil · 03-05-2019 7:45pm

BBC World Service about the Grenfell tower fire. Difficult listening at times, but informative.

10, 9, 8, 7 re the missions before the Moon landing - good also.

griffin100 · 03-05-2019 9:21pm

Just finished listening to The Last Days Of August by Jon Ronson. It’s about the suicide of a porn star after online bullying. Was good but not as good as his Butterfly Effect series which is about the impact PornHub has had on the porn industry - that’s really good.

Started Forest 404 on the BBC, it’s different but enjoying it so far.

Gimme A Pound · 06-05-2019 7:02pm

The Teacher's Pet - very compelling stuff.

neris · 06-06-2019 2:41pm

listened to the 1st 3 episodes of a 7 series called Inside Star Wars. Its a Wondery production so the usual dodgy voice overs but so far seems good. Giving background in to George Lucas and his career up to producing Star Wars

degsie · 06-06-2019 4:29pm

Listened to the companion podcast for 'Chernobyl' from HBO. Great insight to the characters and making of.

DopeTech · 06-06-2019 4:53pm

Lew later.

Cienciano · 12-06-2019 5:29pm

degsie wrote: »

Listened to the companion podcast for 'Chernobyl' from HBO. Great insight to the characters and making of.

Started this too, really good. Looks like they had a podcast out each week after an episode of the TV show, definitely worth a listen if you liked the tv series.

gmisk · 13-06-2019 10:30am

Dear Joan and Jericha

Absolute filth...Julia Davis is a genius

S.M.B. · 13-06-2019 7:08pm

Only just started Headlongs latest season Running from COPS and really liking it. Hadn't come up on my radar before now. 6 part series looking into the absurdoty of the reality TV show COPS.

jessiblah · 14-06-2019 11:06am

Giving Eoghan McDermott's podcast a listen. The editing isn't great with noticeable cuts (there's one point where it sounds like there's three cuts in fifteen seconds) but the guest RuthAnne is very good. I'd always liked her in interviews before anyway

humberklog · 14-06-2019 11:11am

Listened to Caliphate very good insight into ISIS recruitment.

The storyline doesn't really land a punch though.

degsie · 14-06-2019 12:27pm

'13 Minutes to the Moon' from the BBC is very listenable

The Black Oil · 15-06-2019 6:20pm

Fresh Air interview with Jim DeRogatis who has been working on the R. Kelly story (for 19 years). I'd heard much of this before, but it's still horrendous e.g. getting a tape of what he did to young women. DeRogatis took a lot of flack from the African American community for his coverage. He's never retracted or been sued, though. Can't imagine being Kelly's lawyer, tbh.

Radiolab - The Good Samaritan about fentanyl, overdoses and opioids. One of the best in a while.

neris · 20-06-2019 10:20am

2 from Wondery Sports wars & Inside Start Wars. Good listening if you can over the ads and dodgy voice overs

mcgucc22 · 20-06-2019 3:44pm

neris wrote:

2 from Wondery Sports wars & Inside Start Wars. Good listening if you can over the ads and dodgy voice overs

Only stumbled across Sports Wars the other day. Even though I have no interest in the NFL, I really enjoyed the Favre vs Rodgers story. Looking forward to listen to the rest of them now.

Hector Savage · 25-06-2019 4:06pm

Sam Harris talks to Jared Diamond - very very interesting talk.

https://samharris.org/podcasts/161-rise-fall/?utm_source=Sam+Harris+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b8feec14bb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_12_51_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1c2a2c9db-b8feec14bb-207159165&mc_cid=b8feec14bb&mc_eid=4505329fad

igCorcaigh · 30-06-2019 4:47pm

https://twitter.com/JoannaDonnellyL/status/1145356986390913024?s=19

Cienciano · 01-07-2019 12:06pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Sam Harris talks to Jared Diamond - very very interesting talk.

https://samharris.org/podcasts/161-rise-fall/?utm_source=Sam+Harris+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b8feec14bb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_12_51_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1c2a2c9db-b8feec14bb-207159165&mc_cid=b8feec14bb&mc_eid=4505329fad

JAred Diamond was great, but Sam just seemed to repeat "You can't have a conversation about X without being called Y".

Thundercats Ho · 04-07-2019 2:41pm

Una & Andrea's United Ireland:
I listened to a few of these today (Antrim / Dublin, and might start Mayo in a while).

It's not nationalist (as the name may suggest).
32 Episodes, 32 Counties, 32 questions.

https://open.spotify.com/show/13kfczldGsKoccxdWpJjIL?si=gh_62RDJS0mScha_RH0flA

Bawnmore · 01-08-2019 10:11am

Few episodes into the Charles Manson season of the You Must Remember This podcast. I knew the gist of the Manson story, but it's mindblowing to hear the extent of it. The podcast itself does a great job of tying the story to what Hollywood was like at the time. Really enjoying it - started listening after reading that you'd need to know the ins and outs of it to fully enjoy Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

fixXxer · 08-08-2019 8:22am

Searching for a horror podcast. I started listening to The Magnus Archives recently. On season 3 and very much enjoying it. Think little stand alone ghost stories where a few of them start to link together over the course of the show.

Gwildor · 08-08-2019 7:29pm

Here's a few horror pods that I listen too...

The Something Scary Podcast
Scare You To Sleep

Both tell very good horror stories.

If you're looking for something along the same lines but a little more light hearted, try The Parapod. One of my all time favourite pods.

fixxxer wrote: »

Searching for a horror podcast. I started listening to The Magnus Archives recently. On season 3 and very much enjoying it. Think little stand alone ghost stories where a few of them start to link together over the course of the show.

fixXxer · 08-08-2019 7:43pm

Gwildor wrote: »

Here's a few horror pods that I listen too...

The Something Scary Podcast
Scare You To Sleep

Both tell very good horror stories.

If you're looking for something along the same lines but a little more light hearted, try The Parapod. One of my all time favourite pods.

Cheers, will give them a listen.

voldejoie · 09-08-2019 8:58pm

I've just recently stumbled across Revolutions and it's incredibly good. Each season focuses on a different revolution, I'm about halfway through the French Revolution and it's well researched and presented. It's a period of history I have a lot of knowledge and interest in but I think it's also quite accessible! Looking forward to branching out into the other seasons too.

I've been catching up a lot on Red Handed, which is a true crime podcast that is really well done and has a good balance between famous cases and lesser known ones.

recyclops · 14-08-2019 3:10pm

has anyone been listening to Conan O Brien needs a friend, the first season was very good with excellent guests but the two Dana Carvey specials have been hilarious.

O Brien may not be too everyones taste but he can be alot looser on this as can his guests.

Bawnmore · 14-08-2019 5:31pm

Bawnmore wrote: »

Few episodes into the Charles Manson season of the You Must Remember This podcast. I knew the gist of the Manson story, but it's mindblowing to hear the extent of it. The podcast itself does a great job of tying the story to what Hollywood was like at the time. Really enjoying it - started listening after reading that you'd need to know the ins and outs of it to fully enjoy Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Finished this - well worth a listen.

Mehaffey1 · 14-08-2019 6:12pm

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voldejoie wrote: »

I've just recently stumbled across Revolutions and it's incredibly good. Each season focuses on a different revolution, I'm about halfway through the French Revolution and it's well researched and presented. It's a period of history I have a lot of knowledge and interest in but I think it's also quite accessible! Looking forward to branching out into the other seasons too.

I've been catching up a lot on Red Handed, which is a true crime podcast that is really well done and has a good balance between famous cases and lesser known ones.

Nice post, gonna give these two a listen!

Worztron · 17-08-2019 9:02am

fixxxer wrote: »

Searching for a horror podcast. I started listening to The Magnus Archives recently. On season 3 and very much enjoying it. Think little stand alone ghost stories where a few of them start to link together over the course of the show.

TMA is good alright. Fair play to them for using a Creative Commons license also.

Cienciano · 17-08-2019 10:03pm

If anyone has deleted the Chernobyl podcast feed, they released 1 more update pod yesterday.

terrydel · 22-08-2019 3:07pm

Pat Falvey interviewed on Ireland Unfiltered.
He's hard to listen to.

gmisk · 25-08-2019 9:06am

Kermode and mayo film review with Geoff Lloyd as a stand in for Mayo...he was excellent IMO

Wegian · 13-09-2019 9:47pm

The Guardian long reads is worth subscribing to, of late the Trudeau and Air Conditioning episodes were worth a listen

bonzodog2 · 08-10-2019 5:07pm

http://irrationalpublicradio.com/podcast/
may amuse some of you!
poss a bit like WWN or uncyclopaedia

neris · 25-10-2019 9:53am

Subscribed to a new 1 that showed up in the recommended list on my app the other day, Espionage from parcast network. About spies and spy networks. Only in to the 2nd episode but its good listening

igCorcaigh · 25-10-2019 1:37pm

fixXxer wrote: »

Searching for a horror podcast. I started listening to The Magnus Archives recently. On season 3 and very much enjoying it. Think little stand alone ghost stories where a few of them start to link together over the course of the show.

Thanks.

Should I start at the first one, or just randomly choose?

stoneill · 25-10-2019 1:42pm

The Maamtrasna murders!
The story of a murdered family, the trail that followed and a wrongful hanging in 1882.

el_gaucho · 25-10-2019 4:43pm

stoneill wrote: »

The Maamtrasna murders!
The story of a murdered family, the trail that followed and a wrongful hanging in 1882.

Is that a specific podcast dedicated to Maamtrasna? I know it was covered on the Irish History podcast.

fixXxer · 25-10-2019 5:46pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Thanks.

Should I start at the first one, or just randomly choose?

Start at the beginning and work through them. It's a slow burner but they weave together as it goes on.

igCorcaigh · 31-10-2019 5:01pm

The Stardust podcast by journal.ie is well worth a listen. Harrowing though.

31-10-2019 5:30pm

Always refreshing to hear something other than an American accent on a podcast even if we can't pronounce our T's

The Black Oil · 01-11-2019 1:35pm

BBC World Service doing docs on Northern Ireland in 1969.

Quite sobering to listen to on the bus home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07sdcj7

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rqhv0

The Black Oil · 07-11-2019 10:19pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

The Stardust podcast by journal.ie is well worth a listen. Harrowing though.

Only one episode in and it's already living up to the praise I've heard. We've done fire safety in work, which has included reference to (and illustration of) Stardust, but this podcast certain shines a new perspective on it.

Bellbottoms · 08-11-2019 9:58pm

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Una & Andrea's United Ireland:
I listened to a few of these today (Antrim / Dublin, and might start Mayo in a while).

It's not nationalist (as the name may suggest).
32 Episodes, 32 Counties, 32 questions.

https://open.spotify.com/show/13kfczldGsKoccxdWpJjIL?si=gh_62RDJS0mScha_RH0flA

I had a listen to this, and while I might not agree with everything Una has to say or writes. She writes well, is articulate and construct a reasoned argument.

But Andrea makes the whole thing unbearable, she is a vapid waste of space. And adds nothing to the podcast other "So hot babes", and her other ridiculous sub par part valley girl-part Ross O Carroll Kelly witticism.

AVOID

The Black Oil · 11-11-2019 11:48am

Stardust episode 4 is probably the most powerful thing I've heard all year. Hard to put into words. Not heard 5 yet.

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