I’ve been looking for more podcasts since I started going on daily walks.
Mine are:
- Conan O’Brien needs a friend
- Wolf and owl
- Off menu
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Darknet Diaries is right up there. All about hackers, malware, and penetration testers. Too bad the guy is on a mental health sabbatical. Plenty of binge worthy there though. Click Here is in the same space and of similar quality.
Love the show as well.
Too bad the guy is on a mental health sabbatical
That was unexpected, do we know why?
Surprised nobody has mentioned my two favourites:
- Behind The Bastards: Robert Evans (formerly of Cracked fame) talks about the worst people in history for hours.
- Oh No Ross and Carrie: “When they make the claims we show up so you don’t have to.” Maybe start with the series on scientology, it’s some of the best work they’ve done.
Most of the other stuff I listen to is either industry specific or fandom/hobby specific.
Having just finished up 6 episodes on G. Gordon Liddy, knowing nothing about him beforehand, I second the recommendation of Behind the Bastards.
I highly recommend the series Gaslit and White House Plumbers for a pair of incredible depictions of this loony.
Love BtB
ONRAC is one of my favorites. They have such a lovely approach to crackpots and charlatans of all stripes. Gentle mockery leavened with genuine engagement with the aim to better understand these bowel movements of human thought and expose the underlying motives of grift behind so many of them.
Darknet Diaries is nothing like every other podcast I’ve ever listened to. Listened to every episode 2-3x. It’s a podcast mostly about social engineering, hacking and cyber security.
Start with episode:
- 92: The Pirate Bay
- 116: Mad Dog
- 102: Money Maker
I love the Episode about The Pirate Bay
Check out Casefile’s series on The Pirate Bay!
Edit: I was stupid yesterday and conflated The Pirate Bay and Silk Road
Is this the Silk Road one? Can’t find anything on just TPB.
Thanks, I’ll check it out!
Right now I’m listening to The Deprogram. It discusses the problems with capitalism from socialist’s perspectives. It’s very entertaining
Blowback is the most incredible podcast I’ve listened to. If you like behind the bastards, blowback is better, entire seasons on particular historical events.
- Co-recursive
- the Haskell Cast
- the Lambda Cast (not that fun to listen to but it taught me a ton)
Tech:
- Fedora Podcast
- Linux user space
- Linux Experiment (simply more content than the videos)
- Thundercast
- Sudo show
German
- Deutschlandfunk Nova Hörsaal
- Chaosradio
- Set & Setting (Jascha Renner)
- Das ist Netzpolitik
- off/on Netzpolitik
- Lage der Nation
3x netzpolitik aber kein logbuch!? :D
- Roderick on the Line
- Risky or Not?
- Penn’s Sunday School
- This Podcast Will Kill You
- Reconcilable Differences
- Accidental Tech Podcast
I love Reconcilable Differences! Probably my favourite podcast at the moment. I’m currently working my way through all the old episodes. ATP is very good too, but I think it’s too focused on current events to go through all previous episodes
On the humorous side:
- My Brother, My Brother And Me - 3 brothers giving not-so-serious advice to listeners, reacting to questions from Yahoo Answers (when that was a thing), and overall being funny/silly
- My Dad Wrote A Porno - 3 people reacting to an “erotica” book series that one of the guys’ dad published (I would say the books are maybe only 5%-20% explicit, depending on the chapter) (some of the characters’ voices can be annoying/grating, and the narrator tends to repeat sentences after they react to them which can be annoying as well)
- No Such Thing As A Fish - the behind-the-scenes staff of the show QI bring up interesting facts and tidbits from history/nature/etc. (each episode is split into 4 parts where each member brings up a fact and the others react to it and bring up related facts)
- If I Were You - Jake & Amir from CollegeHumor giving advice to listeners (mostly in a sarcastic/tongue-in-cheek way but sometimes genuinely), mostly about relationships/dating
- SmartLess - Jason Bateman and Will Arnett (Arrested Development) and Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) interview a famous person each episode where only one of the hosts known who it is beforehand (it gets better after the first few episodes, though some conversations are less funny/entertaining than others)
- Office Ladies - Jenna and Angela from The Office (US) reacting to each episode of the show and bringing up behind-the-scenes stuff (some of episodes include interviews with other cast members/staff)
I loved MBMBAM from like 1-350. It’s unlistenable to me now. I can’t bear it.
Why’s that?
Eh it’s just not funny to me anymore. Everything is so flanderized and weird.
The old episodes had such a “just three dudes being funny in their basement” feel, and the new ones are like “we ran out of funny so here’s a half hour of Munch Squad”
I can’t blame them after HUNDREDS of episodes but it’s not for me.
Uhh Yeah Dude They’ve been doing the podcast since 2006, and coming up on their 1000th episode. Listener supposed and ad free. Just two guys trying to figure it all out.
I’m a history buff, so :
-The Age of Napoleon: brilliant podcast that covers the entire Napoleonic era from different angles, currently about halfway, one episode per month
-The history of Rome: finished podcast that goes over every era and emperor in Roman history
Are there any good podcasts that try to connect the dots regarding the American and French revolutions and related events?
Good question, but I don’t know the answer. I’m sure there are, but I would guess those will likely be in French.
Are there any episodes of these in particular that stick out to you?
I find them all good, but he does make some episodes about lesser known aspects. He has a series of 4 or 5 episodes where he really takes a deep dive in Haiti and its tumultuous history. This was a french colony at the time and one of Napoleons, if not the most questionable, decisions. He dives into the history of the Haitian resistance, the slavery, the politics, etc … and then ties it in with why Napoleon did what he did (reinstate slavery in Haiti). The guy who makes the podcast is a history student and took such a deep dive in the history of Haiti he is now considered one of the foremost experts in the field, and has been asked to give lectures about it. Fascinating stuff.
But if you want to know about Napoleons brilliance in battle, the entire Italian campaign is legendary for a reason and the episodes do it justice, while also doing a good job at separating fact from fiction (and in the process explaining the birth pf Napoleons propaganda machine).
Also the battle of Eylau episode gave me goosebumps. Incredible episode.
Awesome, I’m sold! Downloading them now. Thanks so much for taking the time to write this. Looking forward to listening!
The Napoleon one sounds amazing, thanks!
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- Spout Lore - the best real play RPG podcast
- Last Podcast on the Left - True Crime, aliens, and cryptids.
- Marvel By The Month - every Marvel comic, one month at a time
- Blank Check - The best movie podcast
- The Flop House - the best bad movie podcast
- Depresh Mode - Mental health, also the best named podcast in history
- No Dogs In Space - alternative music history
- Sawbones - Medical history, also relationship goals
- Till Death Do Us Blart - the eternal podcast
- Improvised Star Trek - Sadly ended but still hilarious
The Unmade Podcast (https://unmade.fm/) is probably my GOAT. Brady Haran (from Numberphile, Computerphile, etc.) and his Childhood friend, Tim Hein, come up with wacky ideas for podcasts that they won’t actually make. Definitely the funniest podcast I’ve ever heard.
Hello Internet, also from Brady, with CGP Grey, is also amazing. Though sadly on hiatus.
- my brother my brother and me (funny)
- sawbones (medical mythbusting and funny)
- the adventure zone (funny d&d)
- Darknet diaries (hacking and security stories) (EDITTED)
- npr up first (quick daily news)
Those are the ones I’ve stuck with. Also:
- Hardcore history (in depth history lessons)
Forehead Fables
Those who know, know
