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#275 Re: Really good podcasts
May 29, 2021, 06:12:30 pm
ttps://runoutpodcast.com/index.php/2021/03/22/runout-58-dave-graham-goes-off/

DG telling stories and being amusing. Skip the first 20 mins or so if you don't want to hear Andrew Bisharat and Chris Calous just chatting.

One of the funniest things I've ever witnessed was DG clearly stoned out of his box, onsighting something quite hard in Siurana, stopping for ages mid route to repeatedly shout at his belayer "look at the squirrels man, they're fucking amazing, just look at the squirrels, look at those incredible squirrels...." etc.

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#276 Re: Really good podcasts
June 16, 2021, 07:33:43 am
Latest episode of the Intelligence squared podcast has an interview with Gillian Tett. I'd recommend it. She's a FT journalist btw.

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#277 Re: Really good podcasts
June 24, 2021, 07:37:30 am
A few recent podcasts:

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
Light entertainment interview format with an interesting premise: what does the interviee eat if noone is looking?

Cross question a political debate show often slightly resembles question time on acid, the guests determine how entertaining it is, but Ann Widdecombe Vs Owen Jones Vs Andrew Adonis is surprisingly funny.


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#278 Re: Really good podcasts
July 09, 2021, 11:09:44 pm
The rest is history
Really good,  informative and funny. Recent ones about rivals in the football are a novel idea

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#279 Re: Really good podcasts
August 02, 2021, 01:07:10 pm
Think the real science of sport has been mentioned on here before?
Anyway they've got a climbing one up with Ollie Torr of lattice:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OxjoWo63FIhKmhOJmzh1E?si=xgcGK-JWQsWD9G0ZISosbg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
Not listened yet but may be interesting.

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#280 Re: Really good podcasts
August 02, 2021, 01:33:47 pm
The real science of sport podcast is great for cycling/running/energy systems and has some interesting debate on controversial subjects such as DSD, transgender athletes, doping and technology in sport.

But I don't think the climbing episode had much in it for climbers, it was more an introduction for non climbers to competition climbing, the rules, and a basic discussion of climbing physiology.

I don't think anything was discussed that a climber wouldn't already be aware of.

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#281 Re: Really good podcasts
August 02, 2021, 05:01:32 pm
Sideways on BBC Sounds - covers all sorts of topics in an interesting and entertaining way without being overly sensationalist.

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#282 Re: Really good podcasts
August 02, 2021, 05:48:00 pm
Sideways on BBC Sounds - covers all sorts of topics in an interesting and entertaining way without being overly sensationalist.

I like this too. Syeds books are well worth reading. The recent episode on restorative justice was interesting I thought.

If I haven't mentioned it before, The Rest is History is brilliant, and if I have, it's worth restating, especially the recent episode on the modern Olympics, which is full of great trivia and some interesting more serious historical observation.

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#283 Re: Really good podcasts
August 02, 2021, 06:53:39 pm
[quote author=TobyD link=topic=29949.msg641610#msg641610 date=1627922880
If I haven't mentioned it before, The Rest is History is brilliant, and if I have, it's worth restating, especially the recent episode on the modern Olympics, which is full of great trivia and some interesting more serious historical observation.
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Just listened to a few of these on your recommendation (while driving to / from Northumbria) and really enjoyed them.  The hosts (Tom Holland is one - whose books on ancient Rome and Persia are pretty good) wear their learning with an appreciably light touch, without it seeming like dumbing down.

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#284 Re: Really good podcasts
August 02, 2021, 11:17:13 pm
[quote author=TobyD link=topic=29949.msg641610#msg641610 date=1627922880
If I haven't mentioned it before, The Rest is History is brilliant, and if I have, it's worth restating, especially the recent episode on the modern Olympics, which is full of great trivia and some interesting more serious historical observation.

Just listened to a few of these on your recommendation (while driving to / from Northumbria) and really enjoyed them.  The hosts (Tom Holland is one - whose books on ancient Rome and Persia are pretty good) wear their learning with an appreciably light touch, without it seeming like dumbing down.
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Great to hear that you like them too.

Another recent podcast I'd recommend is The Stories of our Times,  a Times newspaper thing, but leagues ahead of 90% of what is printed in the paper.  Its effectively about half an hour a day of quality investigative journalism on a range of topics.  The one on abandoned ships I listened to today was incredible. 
Some of them are occasionally a bit mediocre; it can depend on who is presenting it as well as the topic. 

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#285 Re: Really good podcasts
August 03, 2021, 08:24:47 am
I'll have a look - another invesitgative journalism one I recently encountered is "the tip off" - stories behind the kind of articles that end up as "Guardian long reads" (last one I heard was on the use of gang / slave labour in Italy to farm tomatoes).

The Rest is History fills the gap in my schedule left by my listening to the Tides of History back catalogue - lots of interesting stuff there - the latest season is on the development of early civilisations - transition from hunter-gatherer to farming etc - lots of interesting stuff on paleo-archeology (stable isotope analysis, genomics). 

The first "Fall of Rome" season was good too - I had never really realised the scale of the economy and it's importance to the empire's stability (bulk, subsidised movement of commodities across continents allowed urbanisation and specialisation), and how disruption to that made a lot o large settlements unsupportable (large towns in Britain etc disappeared very quickly once we became untethered). I just had a vague feeling that barabarians were to blame! 

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#286 Re: Really good podcasts
August 03, 2021, 09:21:38 am

The first "Fall of Rome" season was good too - I had never really realised the scale of the economy and it's importance to the empire's stability (bulk, subsidised movement of commodities across continents allowed urbanisation and specialisation), and how disruption to that made a lot o large settlements unsupportable (large towns in Britain etc disappeared very quickly once we became untethered). I just had a vague feeling that barabarians were to blame!

That sounds good,  I might check it out.  Great discussion in the Olympics episode of TRIS on how the modern Olympics is almost entirely the creation of Hollywood from the LA games in 1932 (the podium among other things) and Nazi Germany from Berlin in 1936 (the Olympic torch etc)

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#287 Re: Really good podcasts
August 03, 2021, 10:05:58 am
The first "Fall of Rome" season was good too - I had never really realised the scale of the economy and it's importance to the empire's stability (bulk, subsidised movement of commodities across continents allowed urbanisation and specialisation), and how disruption to that made a lot o large settlements unsupportable (large towns in Britain etc disappeared very quickly once we became untethered). I just had a vague feeling that barabarians were to blame!

This one?

https://open.spotify.com/show/4uxl02KkkbvH8kYxWtKs8b?si=161507b509694ddf


(In the unlikely event that someone is looking for good French podcasts: Avoir Raison avec ... has five episodes of 30 min per week. The five weekly episodes are devoted to different aspects of a single thinker. So far this summer they have done Françoise Dolto, Charles Darwin, Edouard Glissant, Noam Chomsky and Simone Weil)

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#288 Re: Really good podcasts
August 03, 2021, 10:48:17 am

If I haven't mentioned it before, The Rest is History is brilliant, and if I have, it's worth restating, especially the recent episode on the modern Olympics, which is full of great trivia and some interesting more serious historical observation.

I've found these slightly hit and miss, depending on the subject. However the two part-er on Hitler with his biographer Ian Kershaw was excellent.

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#289 Re: Really good podcasts
August 07, 2021, 08:47:37 pm
Andy Popp - you might already be aware of this one:  Unesco RILA - the Sounds of Integration

I really enjoyed the last one, about home: 

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/unesco-rila-the-sounds-of-inte-1583035/episodes/e14-to-build-a-home-96081413






[disclosure...this is blatant plug as my fine lady is producing them.   :wub:

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#290 Re: Really good podcasts
August 10, 2021, 10:08:55 am

If I haven't mentioned it before, The Rest is History is brilliant, and if I have, it's worth restating, especially the recent episode on the modern Olympics, which is full of great trivia and some interesting more serious historical observation.

I've found these slightly hit and miss, depending on the subject. However the two part-er on Hitler with his biographer Ian Kershaw was excellent.

I listened to this on your recommendation, I thought decent, but not as good as some of the others for me. Must just depend on what interests you I guess. I liked the East India company one.

Also good for history enthusiasts, Ian Hislops recent programmes on the Union for BBC radio 4, it's on sounds as well.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ykph

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#291 Re: Really good podcasts
August 13, 2021, 10:02:53 am
A recent discovery, if you're interested in the process of writing and journalism then 'always take notes' is really good. They're long interviews with novelists, journalists and reporters. Henry Winter - one of the Times sports writers is fascinating. Being a football reporter sounds incredibly difficult, as they all write most of the match report by 60 minutes through the game as it has to be filed so quickly; it's then a total nightmare if the game changes in the last third.

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#292 Re: Really good podcasts
August 13, 2021, 11:29:14 am
they all write most of the match report by 60 minutes through the game as it has to be filed so quickly; it's then a total nightmare if the game changes in the last third.

Often comes up on football podcasts. Sounds like a nightmare!

Heat Rocks is an American music podcast where the two hosts discuss an album selected by one of their guests. The “twist” (from the perspective of the general demographic of this forum) is that almost no-one associated with the podcast is white and the vast majority of the music would fit in the category that’s often labelled “urban”. The passion, knowledge and intellectualism with which they cover records like (for example) Hard Core, What’s the 411?, It Must be Magic and It’s Dark and Hell is Hot regularly gives me, as someone who’s loved those records for years but has never known them to be taken seriously, goose bumps and it’s turned me on to lots of other stuff too. Looks like they’re taking a six month break so it’s a good opportunity to get up to date with the 200+ existing episodes. :thumbsup:

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#293 Re: Really good podcasts
September 17, 2021, 11:37:05 pm
The most recent off menu podcast in which Ed Gamble and James Acaster mainly crack stupid jokes,  and then sort of do an interview is excellent; Jamie Oliver is essentially pretty similar to them and the three actually make a good comedy trio.

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#294 Re: Really good podcasts
October 12, 2021, 10:00:00 am
What the f*** is going on?
A topical half hour or so of Mark Steel ranting,  with occasional assistance of other guest comedians. I find it quite funny. 

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#296 Re: Really good podcasts
October 23, 2021, 07:17:36 pm
I really enjoyed Fight of the Century. It tells the story of the first Ali vs Frazier boxing match but situates it in its historical context of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam war. The production style is very slick with a superb Motown/Soul soundtrack and bits of drama interspersed. I found it a really nice change from the usual stuff I listen to which tends to feature some nerdy guy giving an alternative take and a bunch of facts about a topic (i.e. the Malcolm Gladwell style).

It's on the BBC Sounds app.

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#297 Re: Really good podcasts
October 28, 2021, 10:36:45 am
For those who enjoy a story, Gudrun on BBC sounds is a good listen. Adaptation of Icelandic legend. I've not finished it yet and it seems daunting at seven series long but the episodes are short 15 minute snatches.
Series 1 is up on Sounds for 30 more days.

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#298 Re: Really good podcasts
November 17, 2021, 05:45:10 pm
Doomsday Watch

A really good way to scare the living s*** out of yourself with reality. I've only listened to the first one so far on the potential for serious political violence in the US in the next couple of years. It's really interesting, although somewhat unsettling.

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#299 Re: Really good podcasts
December 19, 2021, 10:29:40 pm
Most recent episode of R1s evening session is particularly good

 

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