What podcasts are you listening to?

[The Argonaut]

Thanks for having the wife and me to your dinner party.

[Simple Torture]

I started listening to The Black Tapes after reading some good reviews, and while the first two episodes were sufficiently creepy (although the third one was a step down), I'm finding it hard to get over the fact that all of these "fictional podcasts based on Serial" are over-acted to shit. You can tell that they tell their actors, "Act casual!" and they all come off stilted and weird, especially when they want to play a "quirky" character.

On the other hand, Lore, which is a podcast about tall tales, folklore, and unexplained phenomena, is great. I just listened to an episode about a supposedly haunted doll in the dark and it freaked me out good.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[LoathedVermin72]

On the other hand, Lore, which is a podcast about tall tales, folklore, and unexplained phenomena, is great. I just listened to an episode about a supposedly haunted doll in the dark and it freaked me out good.

I only listened to the first few eps, but they were all great. Need to get back on board.

Thanks to these posts, I am now hooked on Lore. I definitely prefer the story/location-based episodes over the creature-based episodes, though.

[Simple Torture]

On the other hand, Lore, which is a podcast about tall tales, folklore, and unexplained phenomena, is great. I just listened to an episode about a supposedly haunted doll in the dark and it freaked me out good.

I only listened to the first few eps, but they were all great. Need to get back on board.

Thanks to these posts, I am now hooked on Lore. I definitely prefer the story/location-based episodes over the creature-based episodes, though.

There's a bunch of episodes that take place in Massachusetts, so I love the local flavor, too.

[Self]

I just listened to the first episode of Lore. I felt nothing.

[LoathedVermin72]

I just listened to the first episode of Lore. I felt nothing.

I wasn't crazy about the first ep. Loved the second, though.

[Self]

I just listened to the first episode of Lore. I felt nothing.

I wasn't crazy about the first ep. Loved the second, though.

I'll give it a shot on the ride home. I need something new.

[epilogue]

I have a bunch of episodes of Lore ready to go but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.

The Black Tapes is fun for what it is but some of the charm definitely wore off after a bit. I liked the opening of Season Two, though.

I took a shot on Tannis (by the same people that do Black Tapes) and really liked the first episode a lot. I think I dig it more than Black Tapes but its similar.

My wife turned me on to Love + Radio. I listened to four episodes, two were outstanding, one was really stupid and the last one was a lot of fun.

[Simple Torture]

I took a shot on Tannis (by the same people that do Black Tapes) and really liked the first episode a lot. I think I dig it more than Black Tapes but its similar.

I subscribed to this; it better be good!

[BurtReynolds]

I just listened to the first episode of Lore. I felt nothing.

I wasn't crazy about the first ep. Loved the second, though.

I'll give it a shot on the ride home. I need something new.

I was hoping for more history. It's mostly just ghost stories and people saying they saw ghosts.

[epilogue]

I took a shot on Tannis (by the same people that do Black Tapes) and really liked the first episode a lot. I think I dig it more than Black Tapes but its similar.

I subscribed to this; it better be good!

The first episode is fun. It's mostly the same people, it's a real spinoff of Black Tapes. Same characters and voices, but this one is hosted by Nick not Alex. And it's weirder. At least, the first episode is. I don't know. I need to listen to more before I give it a full endorsement but I like ep 1.

[Simple Torture]

I took a shot on Tannis (by the same people that do Black Tapes) and really liked the first episode a lot. I think I dig it more than Black Tapes but its similar.

I subscribed to this; it better be good!

The first episode is fun. It's mostly the same people, it's a real spinoff of Black Tapes. Same characters and voices, but this one is hosted by Nick not Alex. And it's weirder. At least, the first episode is. I don't know. I need to listen to more before I give it a full endorsement but I like ep 1.

No Black Tapes spoilers? I'm only 4 episodes into that, I think.

[epilogue]

I took a shot on Tannis (by the same people that do Black Tapes) and really liked the first episode a lot. I think I dig it more than Black Tapes but its similar.

I subscribed to this; it better be good!

The first episode is fun. It's mostly the same people, it's a real spinoff of Black Tapes. Same characters and voices, but this one is hosted by Nick not Alex. And it's weirder. At least, the first episode is. I don't know. I need to listen to more before I give it a full endorsement but I like ep 1.

No Black Tapes spoilers? I'm only 4 episodes into that, I think.

Not in that first episode no. It's a different thing. It's "Producer Nick's" show. He talks to Alex Regan; she's in the episode. It's a Pacific Northwest Stories podcast or whatever. But there was nothing in the first episode that spoiled anything in Black Tapes.

[Simple Torture]

I took a shot on Tannis (by the same people that do Black Tapes) and really liked the first episode a lot. I think I dig it more than Black Tapes but its similar.

I subscribed to this; it better be good!

The first episode is fun. It's mostly the same people, it's a real spinoff of Black Tapes. Same characters and voices, but this one is hosted by Nick not Alex. And it's weirder. At least, the first episode is. I don't know. I need to listen to more before I give it a full endorsement but I like ep 1.

No Black Tapes spoilers? I'm only 4 episodes into that, I think.

Not in that first episode no. It's a different thing. It's "Producer Nick's" show. He talks to Alex Regan; she's in the episode. It's a Pacific Northwest Stories podcast or whatever. But there was nothing in the first episode that spoiled anything in Black Tapes.

[Self]

I just listened to the first episode of Lore. I felt nothing.

I wasn't crazy about the first ep. Loved the second, though.

I'll give it a shot on the ride home. I need something new.

I was hoping for more history. It's mostly just ghost stories and people saying they saw ghosts.

Yeah. It might be good by a campfire...if everyone was high.

[Simple Torture]

I started listening to The Black Tapes after reading some good reviews, and while the first two episodes were sufficiently creepy (although the third one was a step down), I'm finding it hard to get over the fact that all of these "fictional podcasts based on Serial" are over-acted to shit. You can tell that they tell their actors, "Act casual!" and they all come off stilted and weird, especially when they want to play a "quirky" character.

I was about to come back to the thread to post that I was frustrated with the "allegedly-serial" nature of the podcast, and how things just didn't seem to tie together at the end of each episode. But I just finished one (episode 6) and they've got a teaser at the end that keeps me intrigued--we'll see!

Also, the Canadian accents are starting to get to me.

[Simple Torture]

I finished the first season of The Black Tapes and enjoyed it; however, I feel like it's just "good" with some flashes of greatness, and that for some reason it can't get over the hump. I started TANIS instead of moving onto The Black Tapes season 2, and it's caught my attention much more quickly--there just seems to be a much deeper lore right off the bat, and the stakes of the mystery are much more apparent. However, the similarities to House of Leaves so far (I'm 2 episodes in) are bothering me a bit more than the similarities to the X-Files in the finale of TBT season 1.

[epilogue]

I finished the first season of The Black Tapes and enjoyed it; however, I feel like it's just "good" with some flashes of greatness, and that for some reason it can't get over the hump. I started TANIS instead of moving onto The Black Tapes season 2, and it's caught my attention much more quickly--there just seems to be a much deeper lore right off the bat, and the stakes of the mystery are much more apparent. However, the similarities to House of Leaves so far (I'm 2 episodes in) are bothering me a bit more than the similarities to the X-Files in the finale of TBT season 1.

Ooh, bummer. Yeah, I haven't gotten into the second episode yet. But I don't like that.

[LoathedVermin72]

Anyone have any recommendations for good history or academic podcasts? I want, like, class lecture stuff. Dry and informative.