What are your favourite podcasts?

[Jam do Bronx]

Podcasts are probably the main way I consume media these days, and just wondering which ones you listen to and looking for ideas for new ones.

[Dougella]

^ Is that ex Labour MP Chris Williamson?

[SpectralOwls]

Welcome to Nightvale, though it's been a looong time since I've listened in. It's not the common "talk around the room" kinda podcast though, but more like story telling. :]

[anxiouslondoner]

The only podcast I take an interest in is "This Week In Retro" and I usually watch it on Youtube (it has a video version) so I'm not sure if that counts. It's about old computers, games and things and is part of the RMC (once Retro Man Cave) cinematic universe.

[biscuits]

Most people I know listen to true crime podcasts but that would give me bad dreams and make me jittery at night!

What sorts of podcasts do you listen to jam? Do they have genres or types?

I have to confess I don't know much about podcasts at all! But I have Spotify so maybe I'll try and find one and report back.

[Jam do Bronx]

I mainly listen to MMA podcasts.
Luke Thomas
Dan Hardy
Jack Slack

It's really shocking to me how much detail they go into when describing the sport, like breaking down and analysing techniques, fight tactics, the differences between the multiple disciplines of martial arts and styles, training methods, etc. When I listen to them I give it the attention it deserves.

For boxing, I like Teddy Atlas's podcast. I find it hilarious at how outrageously hyperbolic he gets about sh*t.

Outside of MMA I listen to
Lex Fridman
I really like Hip Hop Saved My Life by Romesh Ranganathan (though hasn't been updated for a while)
Sometimes Joe Rogan
Philosophize This
Few others.

I get so much joy from listening to podcasts while lifting weights, cooking, or commuting.

[Franz of Franzylvania]

These are the ones I've been binging most lately:


The Cryptid Factor is fun, ostensibly about cryptozoology but usually 99% silliness.

Oh No Ross and Carrie - investigating pseudoscience etc

Shadows at the Door - dramatisations of spooky stories with great voice actors, but the 'drunk ghost stories' episodes are probably the best

Behind the Bastards - deep dives into crappy historical or current public figures, depressing but interesting too

The HP lovecraft literary podcast - started off about Lovecraft but now they talk about all kinds of weird fiction, not in an overly serious way.

Completely Arbortrary - tooth rotting wholesomeness and facts about trees.

Originally Posted by SpectralOwls

Welcome to Nightvale, though it's been a looong time since I've listened in. It's not the common "talk around the room" kinda podcast though, but more like story telling. :]

Oh yeah WTNV is great, i'm also really behind on the new episodes though.

[Rocket Spud]

Johnny Vaughn
Marc Maron
Adam Buxton
Get Sleepy

I really need to do a search for other podcasts because i haven't done that for a long time and there are better things to listen to, i'm sure. Johnny Vaughn is still quite amusing and has a weekly show. Marc Maron used to have an interesting guest at least once a month but it's been dire for a long time and i haven't downloaded anything of his for a while. Adam Buxton usually has interesting guests but is sporadic and sometimes won't have any updates for months. Get Sleepy is a 'meditation' thing to aid sleep that i use every now and then.

I usually listen to radio (LBC, Radio 4 or 5Live) but a podcast is better if you'd rather have control of whatever it is you want to listen to. Audiobooks are the other option, though obviously lengthier.

[biscuits]

I set aside some time to try out a few podcasts of various genres to try and find what I like. I don't like any of them. It's because I want to participate in the discussion too! I struggle to sit and listen and not be able to join in.

I think I'd love to make a podcast!

[βetty]

Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port "A comic tragedy for anyone flailing in the sea of their own inadequacy"

[T]

Not a huge podcast but Ned Boulting, David Miller and Peter Kennaugh does a good one if your a cycling fan! its called Never Strays Far!

[SpectralOwls]

Originally Posted by Franz of Franzylvania

These are the ones I've been binging most lately:


The Cryptid Factor is fun, ostensibly about cryptozoology but usually 99% silliness.

Oh No Ross and Carrie - investigating pseudoscience etc

Shadows at the Door - dramatisations of spooky stories with great voice actors, but the 'drunk ghost stories' episodes are probably the best

Behind the Bastards - deep dives into crappy historical or current public figures, depressing but interesting too

The HP lovecraft literary podcast - started off about Lovecraft but now they talk about all kinds of weird fiction, not in an overly serious way.

Completely Arbortrary - tooth rotting wholesomeness and facts about trees.



Oh yeah WTNV is great, i'm also really behind on the new episodes though.

These podcasts sound like they'd be in my interest. Perhaps I should try to get into it again. I'm more for factual or story type podcasts I've realized, I'm not really into the discussion heavy ones. I zone out pretty badly with that.

[Jam do Bronx]

Originally Posted by biscuits

I think I'd love to make a podcast!

I would listen, like, and subscribe in an instant.

But only if I'm allowed to be a guest in one episode, cos I think it would be an honour to chat sh*t with you.

[biscuits]

^

I always think that you and Appear off of sauk would be an amazing podcasters.

It would be so cool if sauk radio became a thing again. Although I’m not entirely sure what sauk radio entailed.

[Mr. Nobody]

Originally Posted by biscuits

It would be so cool if sauk radio became a thing again. Although I’m not entirely sure what sauk radio entailed.

I recall Godfather doing some kind of chat thing, it really was rather good,
Think it was a thread where you just made up shit and talked about it in a funny voice, and uploaded to soundcloud or something,

T'was rather lol-some

[biscuits]

^ oh, wow! That sounds amazing.

sauk radio was a podcast pioneer!

[Merritt]

Originally Posted by Franz of Franzylvania

Behind the Bastards - deep dives into crappy historical or current public figures, depressing but interesting too

I've been listening to a lot of this lately, while playing American Truck Simulator, because I can only focus on listening while my other senses are occupied with mindnumbing tedium.

It is indeed pretty depressing, and kind of chips away at the little faith in humanity I have. But it's very listenable and light, in a sort of 'Wow, our species really is a blight on the world, lol' way. So far I've found a lot of the guests a bit, for the lack of a better word, cringe, though. The host will come out with all this well researched info, and they'll respond with the most boneheaded comments.

[3stacks]

Been listening to a true crime one called Bearbrook lately. It's pretty interesting

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[genovese]

Originally Posted by βetty

Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port

Same.
Did you used to listen when they did the radio show?

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Reasons to be cheerful- Ed Milliband (the greatest prime minister who never was)

[biscuits]

I've started listening to one that I can't remember the name of .. haha I need to look..

Marianna in Conspiracyland

It's quite serious compared to what I usually listen to, but it's interesting.

Marianna is very calm and she delves into The Light newspaper.