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Started by JayzusB.Christ, 29 January, 2016, 12:56:07 PM

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JayzusB.Christ

Anyone got any?  My work involves a lot of being on my own listening to headphones, and my podcast intake is gargantuan. 

Not hugely interested in comicy ones (apart from the various 2000ad-related ones which I already subscribe to).  I'm looking for comedy, science, history, interesting facts, that kind of thing.

I've already listened to all of the Infinite Monkey Cage, everything Adam Buxton has ever done, most of In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg, all of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History and quite a bit of his Common Sense series, and lots of Skeptoid.  I recommend them all, by the way, but I'm at a loss as to where to go now.

Thanks!
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

radiator

Radiator's Podcast Picks (2016 Edition)

Bold are the ones I'd mark as my top picks and ones I listen to religiously. All others I tend to dip in and out of depending on the subject or interviewee. Apologies if these are a bit niche.

General/Pop Science
No Such Thing as a Fish (Qi)
How Stuff Works
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Most Useful Podcast Ever
How To Do Everything

Comedy/Chatshow
Answer Me This
WTF with Marc Maron
Richard Herring's Edinburgh/Leicester Square Theater Podcast(s)
Distraction Pieces with Scroobius Pip
The Nerdist
Harmontown

Movies
The Empire Podcast
The /Filmcast
The Canon
Now Playing
I Was There Too
The Flop House
How Did This Get Made?

Videogames
Cane & Rinse
Retronauts

Board Games
Cardboard!

Pop Culture/TV
Laser Time
Talking Simpsons
Thirty Twenty Ten
A Cast of Kings (Game of Thrones/ASOIaF)
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour (Game of Thrones/ASOIaF)

Since You're into history stuff, I'd also recommend the BBC series America: Empire of Liberty for a light, entertaining overview of American History. You can get it as a series of audiobooks from Audible.


JayzusB.Christ

thanks a million, guys, these are exactly the kind of things I'm looking for!  I'm actually already suscribed to the Richard Herring podcast and No Such Thing as a Fish, but you've given me plenty of other stuff to wrap my ears round.
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

radiator

I would highly recommend a subscription to Audible. Podcasts are great but I burn through them so quickly, it's great to have a longer novel or non-fiction book to keep your mind engaged on a long day. I tend to listen to autobiographies/pop culture/historical stuff and am currently working my way through A Song of Ice and Fire.

CalHab

The Kermode and Mayo film review is usually entertaining.

Buttonman

'My Dad Wrote a Porno' is laugh out loud funny. I also get Richard Herring (guest dependent), Frank Skinner and Adam Buxton. Mayo & Kermode is OK and 'Everything Comes Back to 2000ad' has its moments.

JayzusB.Christ

Thanks again, all.  You know, Radiator, I might just follow your advice and take out an Audible subscription (hell, Dan Carlin's told me to do it about fifty times). 
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

The Legendary Shark

Always fascinating and thought-provoking, sometimes anger-making: The Corbett Report.
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JayzusB.Christ

Cheers, Sharky, will give it a listen
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

Timothy

Totally Tintin is a current fave here.

Professor Bear

War Rocket Ajax is theoretically a comics podcast in the same way each 120+ minutes episode is theoretically an hour long.  Hosted by fanboys-turned writers Chris Sims and Matt Wilson (and in its early days Eugene Hahn, better known as nerdcore rapper Adam War Rock), it can cover anything from cult movies to Wu-Tang Clan albums, and while each episode manages to do some topical comics reviewing, mainly it's a rambling exploration of a certain generation of American popular culture that continues to exert an influence disproportionate to its actual creative worth.
There's a lot being discussed that I haven't the slightest baldy notion about (such as the interviews with amateur wrestlers and voice actors), but it's all good-natured and the hosts are never less than articulate about what they enjoy and why.

JayzusB.Christ

My aural cup runneth over!  Thanks for this, everyone - I've also just managed to remove some kind of memory-filling virus or summat on my phone so I'll be listening the fuck out of all your suggestions over the next few months.
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

Buttonman

Quote from: Timothyjacobs on 30 January, 2016, 08:15:44 PM
Totally Tintin is a current fave here.

Good call on this - love my Tintin. Three hours on each book a bit excessive? I think not!

ming

Another Radio 4 one, BBC Inside Science is also worth a listen.