[lukeyboy]

Have added to my playlist, cheers

[nai]

The show which has viewers exactly reflective of national polls is... University Challenge! (weirdest stat of them all?)

Question Time isn't it?

[Falling Down]

As Sean had mentioned Band of Brothers on another thread I rewatched it with W who had never seen it. She loved it and I did too. It’s really stood up well considering it’s over 20 years old.

I then discovered this podcast just before we went on holiday and we’ve both really enjoyed listening to an episode each day. 

The sound quality on the first episode with Tom Hanks is a bit crap but it gets better from there on in.  Each episode features a member of the cast, a writer or the production team or both. Really interesting and at times, quite moving.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/band-of-brothers-podcast/id1583082956

[dunnyg]

I've been listening not darknet diaries, which is. About cyber crime/hacking, but doesn't need any specialist knowledge.

Really interesting stuff, and the guy isn't too annoying for a yank.

[Yossarian]

Have mentioned on here but the Rule Of Three podcast (comedians deconstructing their favourite comedy) is great - the Frasier (Miles Jupp) and Airplane (Charlie Brooker) ones are brilliant.

This is / was one of my favourites for a while. Other excellent episodes include Rufus Jones / Midnight Run, Mat Baynton / The Big Lebowski, Anna Crilly / Human Remains, Robert Popper / Fawlty Towers (have listen to this at least a dozen times), Joe Thomas / The Office - Quiz Night.

Kids and I almost exclusively listened to Off Menu, until we discovered Three Bean Salad (https://pod.link/1564066507) which has now completely taken over all car journeys. The collective musings of Mike Wozniak, Henry Paker, and Benjamin Partridge, with a listener suggested theme each episode. I would advise starting at the beginning and going through them in order. Various themes / tropes have emerged over the show's history, which often earn themselves specific jingles, including The Regal Zone, Provincial Dad Chat, and Digestive Tract Talk. You will probably love it or hate it.

[duncan]

This got lost in Power Club a while back but should be here:

If you’re the kind of person that loves a 6 hour nerd-out about how Olivier Messiaen influenced Radiohead’s Kid A then Bandsplain could be for you. It’s a music podcast mostly about 80s and 90s indy/alt. rock made by white American and British men. The twist is presenter Yasi Salek is neither. The first few minutes will tell you if her valley girrrl persona grates or is fresh and entertaining. It works best when the guests offer a contrast as in the Radiohead, Talking Heads and Clash episodes.

[jwi]

This got lost in Power Club a while back but should be here:

[...]

Tangentially, I have enjoyed Rick Beato's interviews with old musicians on youtube. (I'm not a big fan of his 'angry man shouting at clouds' round-ups of current popular music, however).

Some of his interviews are pure gold, including

Keith Jarret


Billy Corgan


Brad Mehldau


Yngwie Malmsteen


and many many more, including Sting, George Benson, Pat Metheny etc.

One of the reason the interviews work so well is that Beato dwell on the technical aspects of music making. The artist become very relaxed when talking shop. Even the famously spiky Malmsteen seems to be totally at ease. Chapeau.