Today I listened to...

optogirl · 12-11-2019 10:44am

Hunting Warhead - new podcast about tracking down the people responsible for some of the worst stuff on the dark web.

neris · 12-11-2019 12:20pm

listening to a series called "the shrink nextdoor". True story about a jewish business man in the states who inherited half is parents business and wealth and was then controlled & Manipulated by a shrink he had used. The nextdoor neighbour is the narrator & a new york times journalist. Mad stuff really

The Black Oil · 18-11-2019 11:27pm

Final episode of Stardust was devastating.

Wegian · 18-11-2019 11:51pm

optogirl wrote: »

Hunting Warhead - new podcast about tracking down the people responsible for some of the worst stuff on the dark web.

Thanks for the tip. Episode 2 is a tough listen

Cantona's Collars · 21-11-2019 10:40am

Wegian wrote: »

Thanks for the tip. Episode 2 is a tough listen

I listened to the whole series on the recommendation from here,thanks op.

It's a very tough listen especially the later episodes when the full horrors are unveiled. If you aren't genuinely angry and sad listening to it then there's something wrong with you.

Wegian · 24-11-2019 9:14pm

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

I listened to the whole series on the recommendation from here,thanks op.

It's a very tough listen especially the later episodes when the full horrors are unveiled. If you aren't genuinely angry and sad listening to it then there's something wrong with you.

You can say that again, I thought Ep 2 was bad but overall it a really horrible story

fixXxer · 24-11-2019 9:26pm

Just finished the Star Dust one myself very well done. Only reservation I had was with the last episode. I think they way overdid the music going for the emotional finish. The story was strong enough that it didn't need it.

igCorcaigh · 25-11-2019 12:09am

The Black Oil wrote: »

Final episode of Stardust was devastating.

Just finished the last two episodes last night.
Powerful stuff.

I hope the families finally get justice.

28-11-2019 11:22am

Futureproof is the only podcast I don't tire of. It's great, accessible science with a touch me Irish humour.

I find I don't like listening to American accents, or even a lot of uk accents on podcasts, strange given how much of their tv I watch.

The Black Oil · 29-11-2019 11:06pm

Unprecedented https://wamu.org/topic/unprecedented-podcast/

Thought it was a good run through of where the boundaries are re free speech, protesting, etc.

dastardly00 · 14-12-2019 1:59pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

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

Thanks for the recommendation. I've just finished listening to it and it was excellent. Such an awful event and those people haven't got justice.

Mrcaramelchoc · 14-12-2019 2:02pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

Final episode of Stardust was devastating.

Did anyone else think couldn't they have got a better phone line with the woman from northern Ireland.the sound was awful barely audible.

optogirl · 16-12-2019 10:32am

Adam Buxton's latest podcast is with Billy Connolly and is great!

fixXxer · 20-12-2019 12:26pm

Has anyone heard any good podcasts discussing the ongoing issues at Boeing?

neris · 23-01-2020 1:35pm

fixXxer wrote: »

Has anyone heard any good podcasts discussing the ongoing issues at Boeing?

Not really the ongoing issues but Business Wars have a series Boeing V Airbus, discussing the rivalry theyve had over years and the whole 737max thing is talked about in the last episode. Some of the business/stock pods might have it but probably more to do with how its affecting share price etc

The Black Oil · 25-01-2020 5:46pm

I thought Martin Scorsese came across very well on Fresh Air recently. Haven't really heard longer stuff with him before. As a btw, Adam Driver walked out on a recording of that a few weeks ago because Terri Gross (host) played a clip of him and he can't stand to hear this own work.

I've been going through some pre-Christmas stuff from This American Life. One was about children in the US being given growth hormones because of their height...but really because of the parents. Ugh.

BBC World Service had a few solid episodes by Gordon Corera on spying. Nothing too surprising.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w27vq6ps
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007fqc4

neris · 31-01-2020 3:07pm

new one out from Wondery presented by the guy who does business wars called WeCrashed. Its a 6 parter about WeWork. Ive read a good bit abit wework and its fall but listening to the 2 epsiodes out and the soundbites and intereviews with the people involved you really have to wonder how investors got suckered into that company

MissDisaster · 04-02-2020 2:09pm

Stephen Fry’s 7 Deadly sins. Quite enjoying it actually, love the historical aspect.

Clegg · 05-02-2020 11:59pm

Rude Tales of Magic. It's a live play Dungeons and Dragons podcast played by comedians. It's a light-hearted D&D campaign where the characters take centre stage rather than the plotting. It's very funny and has excellent production values.

carrollsno1 · 06-02-2020 11:55am

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2UUFFJMJPo31a6AKFxRWZm?si=VM3o4MR5QO67DSfU4e7vzw

Honest and open look into life for us Irish all Down Under, far from all sunshine and surfing.

Wegian · 02-04-2020 11:21pm

I would have thought there would be more recommendations here given, well, what’s going on

My latest:
RTÉ Nobody Zone - well done I thought even though I have heard criticism of it being drawn out

02-04-2020 11:29pm

Listened to the nobody zone myself this week.
I enjoyed it, particularly episode 2!
Thought it was going one way after that episode but went a different way.
They could have made more of that author I think.
But interesting podcast I thought

02-04-2020 11:40pm

Found it fairly hit and miss. Started strongly but then meandered and ended somewhat flat. I found the audio of the interviews with Kelly very hard to hear. A few of the threads were kinda pointless like the interview with the guy who hired Kelly when he first got to London. I dunno. Some better ones out there.

carrollsno1 · 03-04-2020 12:57am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Found it fairly hit and miss. Started strongly but then meandered and ended somewhat flat. I found the audio of the interviews with Kelly very hard to hear. A few of the threads were kinda pointless like the interview with the guy who hired Kelly when he first got to London. I dunno. Some better ones out there.

Thought the interview wiyh Brian Slyman was brilliant, gave an insight into the man before he really went to ****.

bigron2109 · 15-04-2020 10:45am

Apologies if it has been mentioned already, But I started to listen to "The Gossipmongers". Quiet a funny podcast and easy to listen to. Its about people who send stories in and they are read all. Its all about rumours and Gossip.

carrollsno1 · 15-04-2020 11:09pm

bigron2109 wrote: »

Apologies if it has been mentioned already, But I started to listen to "The Gossipmongers". Quiet a funny podcast and easy to listen to. Its about people who send stories in and they are read all. Its all about rumours and Gossip.

Definitly not everyones cup if tea but im a fan

15-05-2020 6:31pm

Loving Rabbit Hole by the new york times. It examines a few examples of Internet culture such how YouTube can radilcalise people politically, the rise of the alt right and pewdiepie allegedly being a nazi.

Bellbottoms · 18-05-2020 11:14pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Found it fairly hit and miss. Started strongly but then meandered and ended somewhat flat. I found the audio of the interviews with Kelly very hard to hear. A few of the threads were kinda pointless like the interview with the guy who hired Kelly when he first got to London. I dunno. Some better ones out there.

I found it all very confusing.
I don't even know who he killed.
Was it just one person, or was he the serial killer he claimed to be?

optogirl · 19-05-2020 2:03pm

Louis Theroux has a new one called 'Grounded'. I like it but I know Louis is an acquired taste.

recyclops · 19-05-2020 5:10pm

if been listening to american scandal , narrator is easy to listen too and the scandals are very interesting, a few i knew and some i thought i knew

carrollsno1 · 19-05-2020 10:56pm

Listened to The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast episode 14 and 38 today. Two seperate interviews with two brothers who emigrated in the 50s/60s from East Clare to Australia/England and they give an account of life becore leaving and how they made a new life for themselvss on foreign soil as well as a few tunes along the way.

Thundercats Ho · 28-05-2020 3:01pm

Unheard: The Fred & Rose West Tapes
Tough going in parts, but interesting stuff.

https://open.spotify.com/show/2RaVHoj2OyYEGpb8deVK85?si=s9-L8SXlSzOM7HaQ2Cdy3g

CBear1993 · 31-05-2020 11:38pm

Gossipmongers. Not for everyone but some great laughs, some of the callers’ stories can be crap. It is English humour but I laughed out loud walking which was a first for me with any podcast ever. S2 best of 2019 is class

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2020 12:49am

New Dan Carlin episode, supernova in the East IV.

Cushtie · 08-06-2020 7:37pm

The Drop out. About this college dropout who created a startup based on doing multiple blood tests on a single drop of blood. Got huge investment and serious business people to join the board of directors, things weren't all that they seemed however.....

El_Duderino 09 · 08-06-2020 7:47pm

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Unheard: The Fred & Rose West Tapes
Tough going in parts, but interesting stuff.

https://open.spotify.com/show/2RaVHoj2OyYEGpb8deVK85?si=s9-L8SXlSzOM7HaQ2Cdy3g

Cheers for that. I've got them ready to go.

There was a good one by RTE on an Irish serial killer in London called the nobody zone.

Worth a listen.
https://overcast.fm/+XrLhVhpy8

El_Duderino 09 · 11-06-2020 10:03pm

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Unheard: The Fred & Rose West Tapes
Tough going in parts, but interesting stuff.

https://open.spotify.com/show/2RaVHoj2OyYEGpb8deVK85?si=s9-L8SXlSzOM7HaQ2Cdy3g

Listening to the first few episodes. Good recommendation. It's made in a similar style to The Nobody Zone I recommended above.

optogirl · 12-06-2020 2:35pm

For Adam Buxton lovers his autobiography is now on Audible and as lovely as expected

Tork · 14-06-2020 12:12am

Donal Fallon's "Three Castles Burning" https://podtail.com/en/podcast/three-castles-burning/ One about monuments in Dublin.

lozzapozza · 23-06-2020 11:32am

Today I listened to I'm Grand Mam

Hilarious podcast full of funny Irish sentiments

fixXxer · 23-06-2020 4:48pm

Listened to Death in Ice Valley recently, about the body of a woman found in Norway during the cold war.

It was grand, 35ish minutes episodes but it felt like too many episodes for the amount of material they actually had. The Norwegian lady has a lovely accent, very easy to listen to, but they didn't seem to say a huge amount. Might be worth it if you're between your regular podcasts

The Black Oil · 24-06-2020 4:31pm

Over the last while, a couple of This American Life episodes: 708/707/706/704.

All a bit confrontational and difficult due to policing, BLM, missing people, US border, etc. However, well-handled, as you'd expect.

704 (border stuff) is the one that got them a Pulitzer - a first for audio journalism.

thalia_13 · 24-06-2020 6:26pm

Lost Art podcast has been the main one for me these days, went back listened to all the older episodes again and even joined Patreon for extra content.

Think I found anything with heavy topics too hard to deal with during Covid, even found Adam Buxton tough to keep listening to at times.
I was mainly listening to music in my job, was frontline working till last week, so their playlists were deadly.

Tork · 27-06-2020 5:35pm

fixXxer wrote: »

Listened to Death in Ice Valley recently, about the body of a woman found in Norway during the cold war.

It was grand, 35ish minutes episodes but it felt like too many episodes for the amount of material they actually had. The Norwegian lady has a lovely accent, very easy to listen to, but they didn't seem to say a huge amount. Might be worth it if you're between your regular podcasts

I thought this was good, especially towards the end. Don't bother with the bonus episode which was recorded later on. It's a waste of time

The Black Oil · 29-06-2020 12:51pm

BBC File on 4: 5g the con job that could make you sick

First main interview was with a Dad whose daughter got sick in school. He didn't take to a doctor and moved her to a school away from any masts...

And later, there's stuff about autism, ugh.

castletownman · 01-07-2020 5:32pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

New Dan Carlin episode, supernova in the East IV.

Loved it as usual. Particularly the movie-esque animosity between the Navy and Army guys.

But one thing bugs me about him: his regular Star Wars references. We haven't all watched it y'know Dan

maryk123 · 24-07-2020 1:33pm

I listened to Trisha and dan podcast. Love Trisha Lewis and her journey. So positive. Not so sure about Dan being honest I feel he tries too hard. She is a natural.

The Black Oil · 27-07-2020 12:08pm

Some further BBC File on 4 episodes on mental health and crime during Covid, plus the Rochdale child abuse case.

Also started Believe from NPR which looks at the Larry Nassar case. If you're familiar with Athlete A on Netflix there's probably not a lot new, but this is powerful too.

https://believed.michiganradio.org

DH2K9 · 28-07-2020 1:45am

Listened to Episode 22 of The Earthly Delights Podcast. Really good chat on recovery from addiction. Learned a lot from the interview and would highly recommend the listen.

The Black Oil · 10-08-2020 10:29am

I finished Believed mentioned above. I'd put it up there with Stardust for its power and emotional impact. Devastating. Not often I say 'oh Jesus' whilst listening to a podcast.

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