What podcasts are you listening to?

[epilogue]

It seemed like a lot of aimless bullshitting.

Hey: welcome to podcasting!

Did you ever try In Our Time? They just did an episode on the neutron, and another on the Year Without a Summer. Both very good.

That's a huge pet peeve of mine, and a big part of why I find it difficult to find podcasts I like.

I did, yes. I've only scratched the surface, but I like it quite a bit so far.

I'm amazed you can find podcasts to like if that's a pet peeve of yours. That's like, the genre, man.

Not the good ones. The good ones try to eliminate that. (Usually.)

Name 12 good ones.

[LoathedVermin72]

It seemed like a lot of aimless bullshitting.

Hey: welcome to podcasting!

Did you ever try In Our Time? They just did an episode on the neutron, and another on the Year Without a Summer. Both very good.

That's a huge pet peeve of mine, and a big part of why I find it difficult to find podcasts I like.

I did, yes. I've only scratched the surface, but I like it quite a bit so far.

I'm amazed you can find podcasts to like if that's a pet peeve of yours. That's like, the genre, man.

Not the good ones. The good ones try to eliminate that. (Usually.)

Name 12 good ones.

I don't know if there are 12 good ones.

[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.

[epilogue]

It seemed like a lot of aimless bullshitting.

Hey: welcome to podcasting!

Did you ever try In Our Time? They just did an episode on the neutron, and another on the Year Without a Summer. Both very good.

That's a huge pet peeve of mine, and a big part of why I find it difficult to find podcasts I like.

I did, yes. I've only scratched the surface, but I like it quite a bit so far.

I'm amazed you can find podcasts to like if that's a pet peeve of yours. That's like, the genre, man.

Not the good ones. The good ones try to eliminate that. (Usually.)

Name 12 good ones.

I don't know if there are 12 good ones.

So you're not even gonna try?

[LoathedVermin72]

It seemed like a lot of aimless bullshitting.

Hey: welcome to podcasting!

Did you ever try In Our Time? They just did an episode on the neutron, and another on the Year Without a Summer. Both very good.

That's a huge pet peeve of mine, and a big part of why I find it difficult to find podcasts I like.

I did, yes. I've only scratched the surface, but I like it quite a bit so far.

I'm amazed you can find podcasts to like if that's a pet peeve of yours. That's like, the genre, man.

Not the good ones. The good ones try to eliminate that. (Usually.)

Name 12 good ones.

I don't know if there are 12 good ones.

So you're not even gonna try?

I could name, like, three.

[epilogue]

It seemed like a lot of aimless bullshitting.

Hey: welcome to podcasting!

Did you ever try In Our Time? They just did an episode on the neutron, and another on the Year Without a Summer. Both very good.

That's a huge pet peeve of mine, and a big part of why I find it difficult to find podcasts I like.

I did, yes. I've only scratched the surface, but I like it quite a bit so far.

I'm amazed you can find podcasts to like if that's a pet peeve of yours. That's like, the genre, man.

Not the good ones. The good ones try to eliminate that. (Usually.)

Name 12 good ones.

I don't know if there are 12 good ones.

So you're not even gonna try?

I could name, like, three.

Yeah, I never listened to any podcasts until Serial. And I loved that one so much that I've spent the last few years trying to find something that scratches the itch with any real satisfaction. I've got a few I listen to regularly now, but it's more out of habit or something to do to tune out assholes on the subway. I don't have many that I genuinely love, especially ones that do more than just bullshit back and forth.

[bune]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

what episode are you listening to? The last one - the one I said was terrible - probably isn't the best one to start on.

I thought he was funny on last comic standing (yeah, it's been awhile) and I think his stand-up is pretty bad so maybe this podcast is just enough Doug for me.

I listened to the one with Paul Scheer, Jacob Sirof, and Moshe Kasher from January. It seemed like a lot of aimless bullshitting.

You listed three of the most aimless bulshitters though. And Jacob is already established as a jackass.

Good ones?

Alice Isn't Dead
This American Life
Good Job, Brain
How Did This Get Made?
Welcome to Night Vale

I have 16 total that I listen to and only those five would I consider non-meandering. HDTGM is borderline but they have a dedicated topic each week so it's focused at least that much (though if you don't like Paul Scheer then maybe not?). Alice Isn't Dead & Welcome to Night Vale are both story-based, TAL is pretty popular so I won't go into that, and Good Job, Brain is a trivia podcast with weekly topics.

[LoathedVermin72]

How Did This Get Made? is far and away my favorite podcast. I actually like Scheer. Because their discussion always has a focused topic, BSing is usually kept at a minimum there.

The other podcasts I listen to regularly:
The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
Lore
On Cinema (defunct now)
Real Time with Bill Maher
Watching the Throne - A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West (My friends run this, though, so I'm biased.)
WTF with Marc Maron (skipping Maron's solo BS, of course)

[Simple Torture]

Regular (Meaning: Whenever a new episode comes out, I listen immediately, that day):
The Adventure Zone
The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project (RIP)
Embedded
538 Elections
Hello from the Magic Tavern
In Our Time
Lore
My Favorite Murder
Serial
Star Wars Minute
The X-Files Files
The Black Tapes
Tanis
Limetown

Semi-Regular (I have a big backlog of these podcasts, but I'm working through them)
Comedy Bang Bang
The Dead Authors Podcast
Radiolab
This American Life
Us & Them
99% Invisible

Sometimes (Will listen, depending on the guest or topic)
The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Canon
Channel 33
I Was There Too
WTF

I'm also subscribed to a bunch of podcasts that I either haven't dug into yet or that I'm like "Meh, maybe someday."

[epilogue]

Alice Isn't Dead

Wait, what's this about? Is this fiction, like Limetown or Nightvale?

[bune]

I Was There Too

Does he update anymore? It stopped for so long that I unsubbed.

Alice Isn't Dead

Wait, what's this about? Is this fiction, like Limetown or Nightvale?

It's by one-half of Night Vale, actually.

Alice Isn't Dead - a new serial fiction podcast from the team behind Welcome to Night Vale.

A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time, and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman.

Every other Tuesday, from March 8 to July 12, 2016.

Note it has an end date so the story seems to be self-contained. Jasika Nicole is the driver.

[epilogue]

I've never listened to Night Vale, though I've heard good things about it. Is Alice as good? I might check it out. I have a hard time with fictional podcasts, though. I haven't found one that I'm in love with yet.

[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.

[bune]

I've never listened to Night Vale, though I've heard good things about it. Is Alice as good? I might check it out. I have a hard time with fictional podcasts, though. I haven't found one that I'm in love with yet.

It's possible you'll like it because you've never listened to Night Vale and don't have expectations. The best thing about the show is that it doesn't sound 'fake' like someone's in a basement talking to a microphone.

As for the show itself...it's kind of hard to pigeon-hole what it's like. I can't really say too much about how I felt about the first episode or two without coloring it.

[Simple Torture]

I Was There Too

Does he update anymore? It stopped for so long that I unsubbed.

Started back up again in February; there's a new episode every 2 weeks.

[LoathedVermin72]

I listened to a really heavy episode of Death, Sex & Money today about a guy who killed someone when he was 17, is now 41 and still in prison, and is married with kids. The thought of being imprisoned for (potentially) life for something stupid you did as a teenager...fuck. That's overwhelming to think about it.

[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.

[epilogue]

I listened to a really heavy episode of Death, Sex & Money today about a guy who killed someone when he was 17, is now 41 and still in prison, and is married with kids. The thought of being imprisoned for (potentially) life for something stupid you did as a teenager...fuck. That's overwhelming to think about it.

We watched Shawshank Redemption last night, so I really get where you're coming from.

I can't stop laughing at this. Trag, I know what you're getting at here but fuck if this isn't one of the most unintentionally funny posts I've ever read.

[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.

[epilogue]

I listened to a really heavy episode of Death, Sex & Money today about a guy who killed someone when he was 17, is now 41 and still in prison, and is married with kids. The thought of being imprisoned for (potentially) life for something stupid you did as a teenager...fuck. That's overwhelming to think about it.

We watched Shawshank Redemption last night, so I really get where you're coming from.

I can't stop laughing at this. Trag, I know what you're getting at here but fuck if this isn't one of the most unintentionally funny posts I've ever read.

It was intentionally funny. Mission accomplished!

Spoiler: show

But we did actually watch Shawshank last night, 'coz Mrs. Trag had never seen it.

Oh!

Sorry. Outstanding post, then, sir.