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Beau · 22-01-2019 1:38pm

I enjoyed The Last Days of August podcast available with an Audible sub.

7 30 minute episodes investigating the reasons why a pornstar killed herself.

griffin100 · 21-02-2019 2:14pm

Just finished listening to How To Burn A Million Quid from BBC Radio 4. It's a comedy recreation of the life and times of the KLF leading up to them burning a million pounds. Really enjoyed it.

retro:electro · 21-02-2019 4:47pm

The Jill Meagher episode on Mens Rea podcast. Jesus, no words for that piece of shlt who murdered her. The whole thing is maddening beyond words. I was familiar with the case and was aware he has previous convictions, but when you listen to the extent of what he got up to and what he got away with, it’s just disgraceful.

Worztron · 25-02-2019 2:44pm

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-57/ 🐧

Pidae.m · 25-02-2019 7:56pm

retro:electro wrote: »

The Jill Meagher episode on Mens Rea podcast. Jesus, no words for that piece of shlt who murdered her. The whole thing is maddening beyond words. I was familiar with the case and was aware he has previous convictions, but when you listen to the extent of what he got up to and what he got away with, it’s just disgraceful.

Australia true crime done it very well too.

fixXxer · 25-02-2019 8:01pm

Currently working my way through This Podcast Will Kill You

Each week they talk about an infectious disease from its biological traits to its history with humans. Both hosts are epidemiologists so they know their subject matter.

kirk buttercup · 26-02-2019 12:14pm

the dirtbag diaries

neris · 27-02-2019 11:19am

Got listening to this for some reason. About an american football player who was jailed for murder and then committed suicide. Only listened to 1st episode but its not bad. Based on investigations done by journalists at the Boston Globe newspaper.

https://wondery.com/shows/gladiator/

GingerLily · 27-02-2019 11:40am

I'm listening to Root of Evil, it's a bit bizzare but an interesting story!

MillField · 27-02-2019 1:20pm

Swindled is a great podcast about white collar crime

Pidae.m · 28-02-2019 9:11am

MillField wrote: »

Swindled is a great podcast about white collar crime

Great tip, gripping stuff.

optogirl · 28-02-2019 10:30am

At the moment enjoying

Who the hell is Hamish

Over my Dead Body

The Drop Out

el Fenomeno · 01-03-2019 10:10am

Any podcast series (or just single episodes of a series) that discusses the grind of a 9-5 job, alternative approaches, changes in philosophy re: the working day etc.?

Really liked the Johann Hari episode of Joe Rogan when he started talking about this towards the end.

Gwynplaine · 03-03-2019 11:15pm

Really enjoying The Infinite Monkey Cage.

Ciaran_B · 06-03-2019 4:08pm

MillField wrote: »

Swindled is a great podcast about white collar crime

I listened to the first 4 episodes of a new series called The Dropout. It's about the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos fraud. She claimed to have invented a new technology that would allow all kinds of bloodtests to be done with just a drop of blood - not the vials of blood we previously have to draw. Her technology is completely fake, of course.

Really good pod showing how far you can take a con if you're rich, white and confident. Very recommended for any white-collar crime fans.

08-03-2019 12:22pm

The current run of "American scandal" is about the hare Krishna murders. Good so far.

08-03-2019 12:25pm

neris wrote: »

Got listening to this for some reason. About an american football player who was jailed for murder and then committed suicide. Only listened to 1st episode but its not bad. Based on investigations done by journalists at the Boston Globe newspaper.

https://wondery.com/shows/gladiator/

Pretty poor overall. Gets worse as it goes along.

Really stretches to try to make conclusions near the end.

neris · 08-03-2019 1:28pm

Ciaran_B wrote: »

I listened to the first 4 episodes of a new series called The Dropout. It's about the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos fraud. She claimed to have invented a new technology that would allow all kinds of bloodtests to be done with just a drop of blood - not the vials of blood we previously have to draw. Her technology is completely fake, of course.

Really good pod showing how far you can take a con if you're rich, white and confident. Very recommended for any white-collar crime fans.

I read a book about that last year, bad blood. best book ive read in a long time so will defo be downloading that

08-03-2019 1:34pm

Hope Elizabeth Holmes gets jail.

Nutter sociopath, if not psychopath.

Scientist employee driven to suicide over pressure to pretend / falsify, patients blood tests maybe not giving proper results etc.

The money fraud is the least of the crimes.

neris · 14-03-2019 6:06pm

MillField wrote: »

Swindled is a great podcast about white collar crime

Listened to the episode on FIFA, between the long silences and the guys voice I thought I was going to fall asleep

neris · 14-03-2019 6:07pm

Ciaran_B wrote: »

I listened to the first 4 episodes of a new series called The Dropout. It's about the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos fraud. She claimed to have invented a new technology that would allow all kinds of bloodtests to be done with just a drop of blood - not the vials of blood we previously have to draw. Her technology is completely fake, of course.

Really good pod showing how far you can take a con if you're rich, white and confident. Very recommended for any white-collar crime fans.

They have a show on that on TV in the states thats out monday so sure it will be online somewhere

Gwildor · 14-03-2019 6:32pm

neris wrote: »

Listened to the episode on FIFA, between the long silences and the guys voice I thought I was going to fall asleep

I find the same thing. It's a shame too because the subject matters are actually quite interesting. I think I'll stick with it for now and hope it improves with time.

14-03-2019 9:17pm

yes the swindled guy manages to butcher potentially interesting topics imo.

both with his boring voice and the material.

don't find it very good at all.

MillField · 15-03-2019 10:46am

Listen to Swindled on 1.5 speed and it's much better

optogirl · 18-03-2019 2:18pm

neris wrote: »

Listened to the episode on FIFA, between the long silences and the guys voice I thought I was going to fall asleep

Find him very hard to listen to - I'm zoning out a lot.

fixXxer · 19-03-2019 6:43pm

Just started listening to Inside the Black Box today.

First couple of episodes are short, but interesting. It's done more in Casefile style than an overly dramatic style. So I suppose it could be seen as a little dry, but I prefer the facts approach.

kirk buttercup · 20-03-2019 11:02am

The Drop out

Gwildor · 20-03-2019 11:38am

The Ricky Gervais Guide Too....

Starting to find a lot of very good Podcasts/ series on Audible. Some really good true crime stuff too.

jay0109 · 29-03-2019 2:40pm

The Anfield Wrap

I'm not a Liverpool fan at all but the latest podcast was recommended to me by a friend. It features a discussion with a lad who's written a book on football culture, focusing on Barca when Pep took over.
Really good show and some great stories of what was going on with Ronaldinho, Zlatan, Messi in his early days etc

megapixel · 31-03-2019 11:44am

Crime Junkie
https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/
Love listening to these when i'm out walking or in work.

The Dalkon Shield (ep36) is very interesting.

S.M.B. · 31-03-2019 1:44pm

Gwildor wrote: »

The Ricky Gervais Guide Too....

Starting to find a lot of very good Podcasts/ series on Audible. Some really good true crime stuff too.

I was happy to stumble upon these last week then realised I had listened to them 10 years ago

GingerLily · 02-04-2019 7:23pm

Has anyone listened to the latest Mensrea? I feel like getting sick - I advice skipping this one, or at least the details of the crime.

Edit: Episode is Tortures Teens

Gentleman Off The Pitch · 02-04-2019 8:08pm

GingerLily wrote: »

Has anyone listened to the latest Mensrea? I feel like getting sick - I advice skipping this one, or at least the details of the crime.

Tough listen alright, can't believe i never heard of the first case before, appalling

fixXxer · 03-04-2019 1:16pm

GingerLily wrote: »

Has anyone listened to the latest Mensrea? I feel like getting sick - I advice skipping this one, or at least the details of the crime.

Just seen it pop up on my app, but know nothing about the crime :-/

Thought I'd give Those Conspiracy Guys a listen as I'd seen them described as a comedy podcast. Unsubscribed after the Sandyhook episode. So many things wrong with how they handled that. Awful awful stuff.

GingerLily · 03-04-2019 1:43pm

fixxxer wrote: »

Thought I'd give Those Conspiracy Guys a listen as I'd seen them described as a comedy podcast. Unsubscribed after the Sandyhook episode. So many things wrong with how they handled that. Awful awful stuff.

I didn't even make it through that episode, I've already heard awful stuff about what the victims families are dealing with and I don't want to be a part of that Infowars stuff.

radiotrickster · 04-04-2019 1:53pm

fixxxer wrote: »

Thought I'd give Those Conspiracy Guys a listen as I'd seen them described as a comedy podcast. Unsubscribed after the Sandyhook episode. So many things wrong with how they handled that. Awful awful stuff.

I’ve been subscribed to those guys for a while but haven’t given them a listen yet. Surely Sandyhook isn’t even a conspiracy though?

fixXxer · 04-04-2019 2:07pm

radiotrickster wrote: »

I’ve been subscribed to those guys for a while but haven’t given them a listen yet. Surely Sandyhook isn’t even a conspiracy though?

Sandyhook was "Bull****. Unanimously voted bull****". They don't think it happened, a false flag operation for.... reasons.

It's also infantile in places, like where one of the guys says she wouldnt have shot the school nurse because he remembered his school nurse had"nice veiny tits" "I like that, they look alive......well maybe not for long" Queue much lols from the group.

Looking back, I don't know what I was expecting but it was just so so bad.

radiotrickster · 04-04-2019 2:21pm

fixxxer wrote: »

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Sandyhook was "Bull****. Unanimously voted bull****". They don't think it happened, a false flag operation for.... reasons.

It's also infantile in places, like where one of the guys says she wouldnt have shot the school nurse because he remembered his school nurse had"nice veiny tits" "I like that, they look alive......well maybe not for long" Queue much lols from the group.

Looking back, I don't know what I was expecting but it was just so so bad.

Jesus. I’m unfollowing them everywhere. I know there’s a lot to be said for listening to other people’s views and trying to understand another perspective but that’s just insane.

steve_r · 08-04-2019 8:36am

Few I've tried recently

- New Michael Lewis podcast "Against the rules" which seems to be looking at fairness in society, first episode is looking at NBA referees. If you like his books you'll like this.

- You are not so smart - saw this recommended elsewhere and gave the first episode a listen, all about how your brain pays attention to what's going on around it. Interesting but I'm not sure if I'll go back to it.

- That Peter Crouch podcast - would recommend if you are an EPL fan

- No Encore - an Irish music podcast which I really enjoy, comes out weekly and covers a broad spectrum of music and music news.

neris · 08-04-2019 12:35pm

Dont really go for crime but been listening to a show called "over my dead body". About the murder of a husband in Florida after a bad divorce and access to children. Bit dragged out and slow

S.M.B. · 08-04-2019 12:37pm

Hadn't yet heard of the Michael Lewis podcast. Will check it out.

I haven't listened to any Pushkin Industries productions so will add Revisionist History and Broken Record to my deed along with Against the Rules.

steve_r · 08-04-2019 2:09pm

I liked Revisionist History, haven't heard of the other one

S.M.B. · 08-04-2019 4:04pm

For generations of music lovers, the liner notes on albums were a central part of the way music was heard.... Broken Record is a show that tries to restart that conversation for a world without liner notes. It's a long-form podcast that tells stories for a new audience of music lovers.

Sounds like my sort of thing.

jessiblah · 08-04-2019 9:49pm

Giving the Blindboy Podcast a go at the moment but it’s quite long for me. I find it harder to concentrate on most podcasts if I’m walking and the bulk of my trip home from work (about 30 out of 40 minutes) is spent walking so I don’t have a lot of time for it. Once I’m home, I put it on but forget to listen ðŸ€¦*♀️

noveltea · 11-04-2019 12:19am

Just listened to all "the dropout" episodes based on the recommendations here. Really enjoyed it. Thought it was well put together and interesting story. I would love to hear her real voice.

Kingp35 · 11-04-2019 8:29am

noveltea wrote: »

Just listened to all "the dropout" episodes based on the recommendations here. Really enjoyed it. Thought it was well put together and interesting story. I would love to hear her real voice.

There's a HBO documentary called The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. I haven't seen it though so don't know if it's good or not. I would recommend the book that the podcast is based on, it's brilliant.

neris · 11-04-2019 8:46am

Kingp35 wrote: »

There's a HBO documentary called The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. I haven't seen it though so don't know if it's good or not. I would recommend the book that the podcast is based on, it's brilliant.

will second the book its a really good read. Theres a series of clips about 10 minutes long on youtube from a programme aired the states a few weeks ago based on the podcast. I,ll try post the link later

S.M.B. · 11-04-2019 10:42am

The HBO documentary is not great. I have yet to see the abc night line one myself but feel like I've had enough theranos for now. Will give it a break until the movie which I believe is due later this year.

Edit: I now just see Hulu are making a mini series adaptation of the podcast which is bizarre.

neris · 12-04-2019 11:33am

A BBC podcast on Billy Bookcase.

Part of a series called 50 things that made the modern economy. Short podcasts on various things thats are now part of our lives and helped the way we live

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads

gmisk · 12-04-2019 11:41am

S.M.B. wrote: »

The HBO documentary is not great. I have yet to see the abc night line one myself but feel like I've had enough theranos for now. Will give it a break until the movie which I believe is due later this year.

Edit: I now just see Hulu are making a mini series adaptation of the podcast which is bizarre.

Apparently Jennifer Lawrence is playing the lead in a film version...I can see that working to be fair.

Kate McKinnon is going to be playing her in the hulu thing as well....random

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