• Contemporarium@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    Cumtown when it was still around

    Matt and Shane’s secret podcast before Shane got mega famous and stopped showing up to most shows

    Lemon Party

    some Radiolab

    some This American Life

    This is important

    The very first Serial

    I like crass comedy podcasts for the most part and ones that tell interesting stories; as well as good serialized true dramas like the first Serial but there’s so many that suck ass cuz they try to follow a formula instead of trying their own thing

  • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Here’s my top 10 and a suggestion for each

    1-5. Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History

    • if you can find it his old podcasts have some phenomenal 24hr behemoths! Id suggest from those; Blueprint for Armageddon, Wrath of the Kahns, Death Throes of the Republic
    • otherwise Supernova in the Pacific is were to start
    1. Lions Led by Donkey’s
    • Men Who State at Cats …
    1. Behind the bastards
    • The War of the Eggs
    1. The Dollop - (history when you need a laugh)
    • the NY to Paris Race
    1. Fall of Civilization podcast
    • the inca
    1. The Unknown Soldiers podcast
    • The Soviet Afghan War
  • druidgreeneyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Search Engine with PJ Vogt is an excellent periodic deep dive into random questions from the internet. It’s always interesting and it always goes somewhere I didn’t expect. 10/10 would dive into attendance filtering philosophy at an underground Berlin club again.

    The podcast scene is an absolute haven for incredible journalism, from the deeply humanist short pieces from This American Life to the deeply told longform series like Serial or Scene On Radio, to the focused single-target (and often single-season) shows like Hazard NJ, Empire City, Ghost of a Chance, or Homegrown OKC (or many many others).

    There is, lastly, plenty of ground-breaking audio fiction, from genre-bending scripted dramas like Give me Away or The Electric Easy to medium-aware quasi-fourth-wall-breakers like Sherlock &Co. or The Lovecraft Investigations, to the comically weird absurdism of Death By Dying or Midnight Burger. Also Impact Winter and The Bookburners, my two absolute favorites.

    Basically podcasts are shit and you should just give up now.

  • jamie_oliver@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I don’t listen to many podcasts these days but right now I am listening start to finish to The Chinese Revolution Podcast (it is about the Chinese revolution if that wasn’t clear). The production is not great and there is sometimes bg music which I hate because it makes me tired, but the content is really good with complementary maps on substack etc.

    My favorites over time have been:

    • Martyr Made. Very in depth history. We are talking 10 episodes of 5 hours each in some cases. My favorite one was about the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the history of the region.

    • Behind The Bastards. I do not like this pod anymore, it turned into a series of bad jokes imo. The first 150 or so episodes are grwat though. Some of the most interesting and bizarre bastards from history are covered and it is a lot of fun as well as informative.

    • Darknet Diaries. Interesting stories from tech, but no need for in depth technical knowledge to listen.

    • Hardcore History. Like Martyr Made but with focus on different things.

    Honorary mention to Drunk Tank. RIP. Was my favorite podcast before it became super well produced and boring and everyone had a thousand scandals and shit… The early episodes were a lot of fun at the time, idk if they hold up tho.

    Edit: I forgot this one which I actually listen to regularly because I watch the show on YouTube, but it is technically a podcast and the only podcast I still regularly listen to:

    • A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein. Honestly amazing, they talk about problemativ people, movements or politics from a pop culture perspective. Anything from stay at home influencers to taylor swift stans to elon musk really. It’s really good tho. I don’t agree with every thing tvey say but the general analysis and overvies is always amazing.

    Another one is:

    • Tor’s Cabinet Of Curiousities. Odd stories, about anything. As long as it is an odd story it gets an episode. Extremely prolific dude, makes like two videos a week. You can listen like a podcast no problem basically 0 editing anyways.
    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      The Rest is History is pretty good as well. I’m going to try out Martyr Made.

      You might try Behind the Bastards again, I did enjoy the 4-part Zizz series. But the damn ads are getting out of control. I either have to find a way to cut them and repackage the podcast or I’m going to drop it. Anything on Iheart is shit now.

      • jamie_oliver@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        I only listened to the cultural revolution episode of Rest Is History and it was pretty fun, I liked the guest a lot, the hosts didn’t say much tho. Will check out again next time I zone in on some history. Currently just digging through Chinese 19th and 20th century.

  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    History of philosophy without any gaps: starting in 2010, and 465 episodes later, we’re finally in the early modernity and starting with Descartes. It’s also have a parallel podcast of History of [Aficana | Indian | Chinese] philosophy.

  • RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    Do yourself a favour and find and listen to all the back episodes of Heavyweight

    I was crushed when they announced that Spotify cancelled the show but a recent update says they have found a new home and they’re working on a new season.

    No other show has made me feel so many feelings so strongly.

      • RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Sometimes. It’s usually about helping people get closure on things that happened quite a long time back, usually by helping them connect with someone they lost contact with or helping them do something they have been meaning to do. But to be very clear, this is not a show about helping people deal with long-held traumas or PTSD or things like that.

        There are some really heart-warming tales and the narrative style is filled with humour.

        Some of my favourite episodes:

        • Ep 2 is about the host’s friend who claims he lent a budding music artist some CDs and that person used some of their music to make an album and didn’t credit them. And now the host’s friend wants their CDs back. Oh, and that music artist and his album? Moby - Play (and Moby actually features on this episode)
        • Ep 12 is about a guy who got hit by a car and that changed his life. Now he wants to connect with that driver and thank him. The episode covers how these 2 people’s lives changed after the accident and when they finally meet after so long, how that meeting goes.
        • Ep 45 is about a woman who mistakenly taped a Billy Ray Cyrus concert over a recording of her father’s tv interview after getting injured in Vietnam. The showrunners try to help find another recording of it.
        • Ep 52 is a sad one. It’s about the passing of the host’s once best friend and chronicles their childhood and how they drifted apart and got close again just before the friend passed, etc.

        In many episodes, they don’t succeed in what they originally set out to do, but the endings are usually very good regardless.

  • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    I like TirarADeguello, Kindred Frequencies, Chili B. Things I can listen to with my eyes closed to relax or go to sleep.

  • HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Behind the Bastards.

    Jim Cornette’s Drive Thru.

    Tell Me A Story With Eddie Lenihan, though I’m pretty sure it’s been discontinued.

    Old Gods of Appalachia, though I’ve fallen off of following it.

  • Aggravationstation@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    The Beef And Dairy Network Podcast. It’s the number one podcast for those involved or just interested in the production of beef animals and dairy herds. https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/beef-and-dairy-network/

    Any on the Last Podcast network, they’re all great. https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/

    Timesuck with Dan Cummins. Well researched stories with a hilarious host and a fantastic message of positivity. https://www.badmagicproductions.com/

    The Dollop. Great obscure stories from American history with hilarious comedy. https://www.dolloppodcast.com/podcast

    All Killa No Filla. Two brilliant comedians who talk about serial killers and constantly go off topic in the best way possible. https://allkillanofilla.libsyn.com/

    Dark Net Diaries. Cyber crime interviews. https://darknetdiaries.com/

  • SmokeyDope@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    I like park after dark by the trailer park boys. Just three guys bullshitting about dumb stuff they found on the internet for half an hour. My mom and I would watch them each week.

  • peaches@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Wiser than me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus - she interviews a lot of senior famous ladies and talk about all the knowledge they gathered during their lives. I really like it. It is full of knowledge, humor, feelings, it is a privilege to learn from these women with such vast experiences.