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Trying to find more good podcasts. What are some of your favorites? Give a brief description if you would.

Here are some of my favorites:

Ben Shapiro Show - Conservative political podcast.

Louder with Crowder - Conservative political humor.

Rubin Report - Great interview podcast

Waking up with Sam Harris - Has some really good conversations with a variety of guests.

Dogma Debate - Pretty good religious debate podcast.

Real Time with Bill Maher - Left wing political humor

Intelligence Squared Debates - Good Debate podcast, needs more content.

Philosphize this - Really good philosophy podcast, start from beginning if you haven't heard of it. Really good introduction to Philosphy.

Joe Rogan Experience - Really good at times, pretty much look to see who the guest is first because sometimes can be quite boring.

Under the Skin with Russell Brand - While funny at times, He has some really good guests and can get into some interesting discussions. Pretty far Left perspective.
 
I really enjoy the Joe Rogan Experience, especially when he has scientists and academics on. He gets a good mix of political leans on.

I enjoy The Young Turks, but fair warning, they are very progressive.

The podcast I have listened to the longest is Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. If you like science then I highly recommend it.
 
I am just now getting into podcasts, after having never listened before. I have been on the lookout for a few good ones.

I just finished my first, for a Psych and the Law class, called S-Town.

It's not about politics or sports or anything. It's about murder and lies and hidden gold and sex and theft and scandals in small town Alabama.

I was addicted. It was only 7 episodes long, and I was hurrying home every day to get to the next episode.
 
Trying to find more good podcasts. What are some of your favorites? Give a brief description if you would.

Here are some of my favorites:

Ben Shapiro Show - Conservative political podcast.

Louder with Crowder - Conservative political humor.

Rubin Report - Great interview podcast

Waking up with Sam Harris - Has some really good conversations with a variety of guests.

Dogma Debate - Pretty good religious debate podcast.

Real Time with Bill Maher - Left wing political humor

Intelligence Squared Debates - Good Debate podcast, needs more content.

Philosphize this - Really good philosophy podcast, start from beginning if you haven't heard of it. Really good introduction to Philosphy.

Joe Rogan Experience - Really good at times, pretty much look to see who the guest is first because sometimes can be quite boring.

Under the Skin with Russell Brand - While funny at times, He has some really good guests and can get into some interesting discussions. Pretty far Left perspective.

I like to listen to Larry Kudlow.
 
I am just now getting into podcasts, after having never listened before. I have been on the lookout for a few good ones.

I just finished my first, for a Psych and the Law class, called S-Town.

It's not about politics or sports or anything. It's about murder and lies and hidden gold and sex and theft and scandals in small town Alabama.

I was addicted. It was only 7 episodes long, and I was hurrying home every day to get to the next episode.

If you haven’t already listened to serial then you should. It’s made by the people who made S town
 
I listen to:

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - funny as hell
Oh No! With Ross & Carrie - they investigate all kinds of quackery, weird religions, UFO nuts, etc, great stuff
Penn Jillette - awesome stuff
Kevin Pollack's Chatshow - great celeb guests, interesting and funny.
 
I am just now getting into podcasts, after having never listened before. I have been on the lookout for a few good ones.

I just finished my first, for a Psych and the Law class, called S-Town.

It's not about politics or sports or anything. It's about murder and lies and hidden gold and sex and theft and scandals in small town Alabama.

I was addicted. It was only 7 episodes long, and I was hurrying home every day to get to the next episode.

If you like true crime, missing persons, and paranormal, and don't mind a severe Canadian accent, try The Night Time podcast. The podcaster (Jordan Bonaparte) just created a spinoff podcast called Emma Fillipoff is missing. Dedicated to the disappearance of Emma Fillipoff from Victoria, British Columbia. Very sad story.
 
Welcome to Night Vale. Because I'm creepy like that.
 
Trying to find more good podcasts. What are some of your favorites? Give a brief description if you would.

Here are some of my favorites:

Ben Shapiro Show - Conservative political podcast.

Louder with Crowder - Conservative political humor.

Rubin Report - Great interview podcast

Waking up with Sam Harris - Has some really good conversations with a variety of guests.

Dogma Debate - Pretty good religious debate podcast.

Real Time with Bill Maher - Left wing political humor

Intelligence Squared Debates - Good Debate podcast, needs more content.

Philosphize this - Really good philosophy podcast, start from beginning if you haven't heard of it. Really good introduction to Philosphy.

Joe Rogan Experience - Really good at times, pretty much look to see who the guest is first because sometimes can be quite boring.

Under the Skin with Russell Brand - While funny at times, He has some really good guests and can get into some interesting discussions. Pretty far Left perspective.

Couple favorites.

The Dan Bongino Show, conservative commentary.

Ear Hustle, prison life.

The Night Time Podcast, true crime, missing persons, paranormal.

Beyond The Darkness, paranormal.

Whitley Strieber's Dreamland, paranormal. Dreamland free version is kinda limited, but I haven't subscribed, and it's still enjoyable.

What about apps? What're y'all using to listen? I like Podcast One, castbox, and Tune in radio.
 
Couple favorites.

The Dan Bongino Show, conservative commentary.

Ear Hustle, prison life.

The Night Time Podcast, true crime, missing persons, paranormal.

Beyond The Darkness, paranormal.

Whitley Strieber's Dreamland, paranormal. Dreamland free version is kinda limited, but I haven't subscribed, and it's still enjoyable.

What about apps? What're y'all using to listen? I like Podcast One, castbox, and Tune in radio.

I listened to Dan Bogino for awhile but got away from it for a bit.

I use PodBean for the App. It automatically downloads the podcast I follow and has most of the podcasts on there.
 
i was going to start a thread on this, but i wondered if someone else had already started one. sure enough. here are my favorites :

Stuff You Should Know.

https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com

Josh and Chuck take apart a lot of complex topics and make them easily understandable and fun. this was the first podcast that i dove into back in 2009, and i'm still a constant listener and fan.

Stuff You Missed in History class is another favorite.

https://www.missedinhistory.com

they cover cool history stuff that you probably didn't know about.

Lore :

https://www.lorepodcast.com

this podcast covers everything from history to cryptozoology, and then some. i just binge listened to every episode since November of 2017 in the past five days or so. it made the work days go by a lot more quickly.

Tech Stuff :

https://www.stuffmedia.com/techstuff

this is a cool podcast. the most recent suite covers the space race, and Jonathan Strickland is great at making complex tech accessible to the layman.

and last but not least,

https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/

Radiolab.

if you haven't checked this one out yet, do it now. just flat out awesome.
 
i'm currently binge listening to this podcast :

https://upandvanished.com

it's an extensive investigation into a missing person cold case. i'm about halfway through season one, and i've listened to the first episode of season two. it's definitely interesting and well done.
 
i was going to start a thread on this, but i wondered if someone else had already started one. sure enough. here are my favorites :

Stuff You Should Know.

https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com

Josh and Chuck take apart a lot of complex topics and make them easily understandable and fun. this was the first podcast that i dove into back in 2009, and i'm still a constant listener and fan.

Stuff You Missed in History class is another favorite.

https://www.missedinhistory.com

they cover cool history stuff that you probably didn't know about.

Lore :

https://www.lorepodcast.com

this podcast covers everything from history to cryptozoology, and then some. i just binge listened to every episode since November of 2017 in the past five days or so. it made the work days go by a lot more quickly.

Tech Stuff :

https://www.stuffmedia.com/techstuff

this is a cool podcast. the most recent suite covers the space race, and Jonathan Strickland is great at making complex tech accessible to the layman.

and last but not least,

https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/

Radiolab.

if you haven't checked this one out yet, do it now. just flat out awesome.
Check out the padcast about watergate. Called "slow burn". Very well done and entertaining. Plays interedting portions of the nixon tapes. Cant overstate how brilliantly its edited and narrated.

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Check out the padcast about watergate. Called "slow burn". Very well done and entertaining. Plays interedting portions of the nixon tapes. Cant overstate how brilliantly its edited and narrated.

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cool, thanks, man. i'll put it on the list.
 
There's also Cortex, a conversation between two self-employed dudes about their work habits and productivity.
 
i'm currently binge listening to this one :

https://themoth.org/podcast

basically, these are storytelling slams held in different places with a theme for each event. some of the best stories make the podcast. i have been making my way through this year's episodes for the past couple days, and a lot of the stories are fascinating, funny, and touching. definitely worth a listen.
 
i just found this one yesterday or the day before :

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https://historyoftheworldpodcast.com/page/1/

this is a new one that i don't think that a lot of people know about. this podcast takes human history back to the early hominids and keeps marching forward, getting into serious depth and discussion. i get the feeling that the narrator is new at podcast production, but he does a wonderful job with it. explaining complex science and evolution to a layman audience is a huge challenge, and i would argue that he has succeeded. i'm up through the episode in which Homo sapiens finally makes its way to North America. i have really enjoyed a lot of these, especially the episode about the development and evolution of speech. that's something that i've often wondered about.
 
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I am hooked on the Joe Rogan Experience.

He can discuss anything with anybody and the conversation comes off as intelligent.

That is not an easy thing to do.
 
i have really enjoyed a lot of these, especially the episode about the development and evolution of speech. that's something that i've often wondered about.


Edit: This is development of languages, not speech. Oops. Still neat.


I believe the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel is about that. This story was written (well, came into existence orally) relatively shortly after the agricultural revolution. The story talks about the tower (agricultural education) reaching towards the sky and getting too close to God. When we first discovered planting seeds, we thought what grew was a different life form than the seed, in a way creating life.

So, we built this tower (agricultural knowledge) and got too close to God (seeds changing into another life form) and so we were struck with different languages.

How do we get from agriculture to different languages? The advent of agriculture (so to speak) brought about a new style of family and life. Families could now grow very big and life became very sedentary. Now a patriarch could have 10 sons and each could expand away from his land occupying their own.

This caused a spreading out and permanent disconnection between tribes. People no longer were nomads. People once a nation were flung to the far corners of the region. It was agriculture that created the circumstances and new system of life, and distance, that created new tongues like never before.

The Tower of Babel is the agricultural revolution, in the Fertile Crescent, and resulting dispersion creating languages.
 
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Edit: This is development of languages, not speech. Oops. Still neat.


I believe the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel is about that. This story was written (well, came into existence orally) relatively shortly after the agricultural revolution. The story talks about the tower (agricultural education) reaching towards the sky and getting too close to God. When we first discovered planting seeds, we thought what grew was a different life form than the seed, in a way creating life.

So, we built this tower (agricultural knowledge) and got too close to God (seeds changing into another life form) and so we were struck with different languages.

How do we get from agriculture to different languages? The advent of agriculture (so to speak) brought about a new style of family and life. Families could now grow very big and life became very sedentary. Now a patriarch could have 10 sons and each could expand away from his land occupying their own.

This caused a spreading out and permanent disconnection between tribes. People no longer were nomads. People once a nation were flung to the far corners of the region. It was agriculture that created the circumstances and new system of life, and distance, that created new tongues like never before.

The Tower of Babel is the agricultural revolution, in the Fertile Crescent, and resulting dispersion creating languages.

my guess is that speech / language developed incrementally from grunts / gestures to more complex words and phrases over many thousands of years. this was the theory proposed in the podcast. the Tower of Babel story is compelling allegory, though. i feel the same way about the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis.

you should check out the podcast, though. there are two great episodes on the birth and spread of agriculture (episodes 15 and 16.) the whole thing is like taking a great post-grad elective course.

https://historyoftheworldpodcast.com/page/1/

i think that the only post grad elective course that i ever took was electron microscopy. it was worth it. i got a great SEM photo of the facets of a fly's eye, which went on to become the cover for our band's album. good times.
 
here are a few more recent recommendations. these are generally true crime themed, as that's what i've been listening to.

Casefile can get a bit disturbing, but it is really well done and interesting :

Welcome to Casefile: True Crime Podcast

Criminal is a little less heavy, but is also very good :

Criminal | A Podcast About Crime

Disgraceland is music themed true crime podcast :

Disgraceland

these two are from This American Life :

S-Town Podcast

i'm currently working my way through this one :

Serial: Season Three
 
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