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#375 Re: Really good podcasts
June 22, 2023, 12:58:13 pm
Thanks for all the suggestions. Showing my podcast naivety I'd never heard of The Bugle! Enjoy Andy Zaltzmann on The News Quiz so that's perfect. Loads of others to go at to. Cheers!
If you end up enjoying the Bugle, I’d recommend going back to the older ones where it was Andy and John Oliver hosting. The current stuff is good, but the older stuff was often excellent.

Wanted to say thanks for this recommendation. I don't know how I've not come across The Bugle before, but I'm wondering where it's been all my life and am thoroughly glad that at least I can catch up now. There was a moment in episode 31 (I think) just now featuring a continuation of a joke about the Queen which was so funny I had to pull my car over to mop the tears out of my eyes.

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#376 Re: Really good podcasts
June 23, 2023, 08:54:34 am
Marianne in Conspiracyland on BBC sounds, a listenable series which reports on the rise of qanon style weirdness (some pretty worrying), initially in Totnes,  Devon.  The journalist is excellent,  I think; I like her reporting on Americast and this.

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#377 Re: Really good podcasts
June 23, 2023, 01:14:47 pm
Any opportunity for a Newton abbot lad to have a dig at Totnes eh?!

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#378 Re: Really good podcasts
June 23, 2023, 10:11:04 pm
Any opportunity for a Newton abbot lad to have a dig at Totnes eh?!

Anything to uncover the hippie anti vaxxers.

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#379 Re: Really good podcasts
June 24, 2023, 04:51:22 pm
I saw the news from Russia this morning and was overcome by a sudden strong desire to relisten to the Hardcore History eps on the ancient Roman civil wars, because "someone with a private army rebels and may now be marching on the capital" certainly rings some bells.

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#380 Re: Really good podcasts
June 24, 2023, 05:29:42 pm
Taking Rostov the crossing of the Rubicon, Prigozhin the Caesar, Putin the Pompey? Pretty low rent versions.

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#381 Re: Really good podcasts
June 24, 2023, 05:37:01 pm
Prigozhin is more Flavius Odoacer than Julius Caesar.

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#382 Re: Really good podcasts
August 14, 2023, 08:12:03 am
These are 14min mini-podcasts about the first set of Reith Lectures in the 1950s. They have a current expert on the subject of each commenting on what was said in the Lecture back then. I thought it was a fascinating mix of the history and the subject matter. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09756z3/episodes/player

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#383 Re: Really good podcasts
August 14, 2023, 08:22:10 am
https://play.acast.com/s/realscienceofsport/theshoethatmayhavechangedrunningforever

Not sure if this should go here, or in the "..runners" thread, but interesting thoughts about "supershoes".

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#384 Re: Really good podcasts
August 14, 2023, 11:11:29 pm
Are there any funny podcasts out there?  Comedy is very subjective of course and I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for.... probably something fairly stupid and also apolitical.

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#385 Re: Really good podcasts
August 14, 2023, 11:32:25 pm
Not exactly a left field suggestion, but I find Off Menu (James Acaster and Ed Gamble) is often pretty funny, if slightly guest dependent. 200 episodes, I'm sure you'll be able to find one that you enjoy! (Unless you dislike the hosts, in which case fair enough, you're out of luck.)

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#386 Re: Really good podcasts
August 15, 2023, 08:44:53 am
Are there any funny podcasts out there?  Comedy is very subjective of course and I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for.... probably something fairly stupid and also apolitical.
I was once on a long car journey with someone who played the Blackadder sound tracks from a cassette tape. I was astonished at how well it worked without the visuals. If anything it was funnier than seeing it on TV. I just saw it is still available on CD from Amazon. I guess some sort of file must be out there too.

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#387 Re: Really good podcasts
August 15, 2023, 09:12:47 am
I’ve got Bleak Expectations on cd it’s a BBC production, so it might be on the Iplayer somewhere.

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#388 Re: Really good podcasts
August 15, 2023, 09:18:38 am
Are there any funny podcasts out there?  Comedy is very subjective of course and I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for.... probably something fairly stupid and also apolitical.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b04fh2sw

These would fit the bill. Sadly some of the older ones have disappeared

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#389 Re: Really good podcasts
August 15, 2023, 01:28:03 pm
The Unbelievable Truth (comedy panel show with David Mitchell chairing) is a regular listen of mine.

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.

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#390 Re: Really good podcasts
November 20, 2023, 10:31:53 am
I've just started listening to Written in Stone from Kris Hampton (Power Company Climbing).

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/written-in-stone-climbings-most-important-ascents/id1710771665

Maybe a bit too American for my tastes, but I do love a bit of climbing history. Routes covered so far - Masse Critique (1st female F8b+) and Hubble. Latest episode is Action Directe. Couple of episodes on each route - a bit about the route's history and then an interview with someone (not the ascensionist) on how that route influenced them or why it was an important route for them. Hubble interviews were Buster Martin and Steve McClure.

No idea what the remaining routes in the series are going to be, but I'd guess Lynn Hill on the Nose, Tribout on Just Do It, one of the Alex Huber routes, Fred Rouhling and maybe Fred Nicole will be in there.

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#391 Re: Really good podcasts
November 20, 2023, 02:31:36 pm
I've just started listening to Written in Stone from Kris Hampton (Power Company Climbing).

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/written-in-stone-climbings-most-important-ascents/id1710771665

Maybe a bit too American for my tastes, but I do love a bit of climbing history. Routes covered so far - Masse Critique (1st female F8b+) and Hubble. Latest episode is Action Directe. Couple of episodes on each route - a bit about the route's history and then an interview with someone (not the ascensionist) on how that route influenced them or why it was an important route for them. Hubble interviews were Buster Martin and Steve McClure.

No idea what the remaining routes in the series are going to be, but I'd guess Lynn Hill on the Nose, Tribout on Just Do It, one of the Alex Huber routes, Fred Rouhling and maybe Fred Nicole will be in there.

I've really enjoyed these too. Great for those who like their 90s climbing history.

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#392 Re: Really good podcasts
December 10, 2023, 03:55:46 pm
I've been listening to this ongoing series about the UK Labour Party from 2015 until the present day. I realise the subject matter won't be of interest to everyone but I'm fascinated. It has great interviews with some key insiders (though with some notable absences, sadly).
https://shows.acast.com/eight-years-hard-labour

My overall feeling is that the whole story is a sobering reality check as to how much democratic choice the UK public are allowed. Especially now that Labour are ruling out polices that have widespread popular support (eg increased taxes for the very richest, ending the farcical gouging by creditors/owners of water utilities etc etc).

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#393 Re: Really good podcasts
February 25, 2024, 07:45:30 am
 Mariana Mazzucato speaks really clearly in this Nick Robinson interview. She's a bit of a hero of mine in terms of public policy thinking. She basically makes the points that I struggle to articulate in any of the discussions that touch on public policy in other threads.   :)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001wr1r

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#394 Re: Really good podcasts
February 27, 2024, 07:20:58 am
A bit drab, but a rare discussion about some of Sharmas hard deep water solos in Mallorca with Matty Hong.

 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UUMld7UD0oY7lVBNcCXUx?si=f444d7260c754e43

 

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