The Global Story with Katya Adler. The Beeb at its best. Nobody needs the utter self serving donkey cock of the media jocks Campbell and Stewart, to say nothing of Globalists Maitlis and Sopel. You’ve paid your licence fee, now get your VFM.
Order the Disorder, proper liberal reporting. See also the doughty Arthur Snell’s Behind The Lines.
Shortly to bin off The Two Matts; I like centrists patting each other on the back as much as the next liberal but the scouse accent ffs, leave the city, bin the chips.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk can be good albeit massively eclectic
I still haven’t listened to the Rory Stewart / Alastair Campbell one - supposed to be great - not sure how much time I want to spend listening to contemporary politics stuff tho
The good the bad podcast has Hask in it I think. He such an insufferable aunt I can't listen. Try the BBC version, it's so much better or flats and shanks.
I really like the dream kitchen one with ed gamble and James acaster
Briefing Room looks potentially good on a selective basis.
There’s a pod called Elements which covers one chemical element per episode. Takes a biographical approach, looks at their uses and contribution to society. That’s good.
I listen to three Everton podcasts. I genuinely think it's having a negative impact on my mental health.
Apart from that:
60 Songs that Explain the 90s - Rob Harvilla's love letters to 90s music is wonderful and his voice is radio perfect.
Hit Parade - history of pop-music phenomenons (topics like 'instrumental hits', 'bands whose second albums sold more but were worse than their debut' etc.)
The Offensive - Comedy series about a fictional Kent Premier League football club called Ashwood United with Thick of It Style humour.
Backlisted has had some weaker episodes lately, but I re listen to the older ones occasionally and they're still great.
How to fail like all of the interview ones depends on the guest, try Sheila Hancock, Geena Davis or Clemency Burton Hill. She often has guests on to talk fertility, and bluntly, I find that very dull.
Cosh - northerner's not a birthright, surely you have to practice or you're just someone who was once northern. The ref episodes are good, and anyone with Cloughie stories. The adverts are awful.
How to fail like all of the interview ones depends on the guest, try Sheila Hancock, Geena Davis or Clemency Burton Hill. She often has guests on to talk fertility, and bluntly, I find that very dull.
Thanks. Looking at the back catalogue and taking personal interest into account, I'll try Bernie Sanders or Dan Carter first
The Panpsycast guys are quite good once you get past the fact they’re also annoying. Philosophy Bites is very good if brief, Melvyn’s In Our Time philosophy eps are generally good.
I also love a bit of Knowledge Fight, a podcast about Alex Jones, particularly the ones concerning his getting sued into the next millenium over the last year or so.
Lovecraft Investigations on BBC is excellent. Fictional takeoff set in modern times of an investigative podcast looking into HP Lovecraft inspired mysteries - someone here recommended it to me and I got addicted (also the Aldrich Kemp podcast series by the same writer - Julian Simpson)
I have enjoyed listening to Alistair Campbell on Young again and Jamie Doran on Desert Island Discs and BBC sounds. Both very likeable and Doran has great sense of humour. They are both my wry friends.
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Rummy - you are a wise and discerning person; thank you.
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Aw thanks backatcha
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me too, for same reason
I don’t tend to like ones with only one voice tho. Exceptions would be Signals to Danger and Disaster Area.
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The zoo ones, with desperate bantah, are genuinely unlistenable.
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agreed, there is a happy medium
the most bantah intense football one, Football Ramble, is my least favourite. Been on the skids for years tho as its founders have moved on.
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Any recommendations? I love podcasts. Perfect background while walking the dogs.
General interest / storytelling: Revisionist History (Malcolm Gladwell), Sideways (Mathew Syed) and Cautionary Tales (Tim Harford)
Movies: The Rewatchables
Rugby: The Good, The Bad and The Rugby
History: The Rest is History
US Politics: Pod Save America
Conversation / interview: The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Global Story with Katya Adler. The Beeb at its best. Nobody needs the utter self serving donkey cock of the media jocks Campbell and Stewart, to say nothing of Globalists Maitlis and Sopel. You’ve paid your licence fee, now get your VFM.
Order the Disorder, proper liberal reporting. See also the doughty Arthur Snell’s Behind The Lines.
Shortly to bin off The Two Matts; I like centrists patting each other on the back as much as the next liberal but the scouse accent ffs, leave the city, bin the chips.
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I'm a massive fan of Lanterne Rouge.
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Recommendations please (I was bereft when shot town ended)
Am currently working through BBC sounds audiobooks
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You forgot these ((( ))).
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Tom Holland is my new favourite left of centre podcaster now the talking politics podcast is no more (ended 2 years ago I think)
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Oh Goose, bless, don’t bother reading the credits for anything.
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I listen to Trashfuture religiously. Disagree with plenty of their politics but they scratch the itch in the OP for me. Funny fvckers.
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The Rest of History is great.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk can be good albeit massively eclectic
I still haven’t listened to the Rory Stewart / Alastair Campbell one - supposed to be great - not sure how much time I want to spend listening to contemporary politics stuff tho
The Cycling Podcast
I need to find a good cricket one
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And Quickly Kevin ofc
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The good the bad podcast has Hask in it I think. He such an insufferable aunt I can't listen. Try the BBC version, it's so much better or flats and shanks.
I really like the dream kitchen one with ed gamble and James acaster
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is there a proper centrist dad podcast? Other than Stewart-Campbell
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The most popular ones do well for a reason so The rest is... set are good, as is Empire. Cautionary Tales is brilliant.
Others I like:
Backlisted, for book geeks
Decoder with Nilay Patel, covers big tech trends
You should have been there, travel chat -more rucksack than resort.
Undr the Cosh, if you like football chat to be northern, rough around the edges, and lower leagues- so just me then.
Song Exploder
More or Less, quite a few of the R4 or World Service ones are excellent really.
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More or Less
The Briefing Room
From our own correspondent
Curious cases of Rutherford and Fry
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I used to be a backlisted fave but eventually got very tired of Andy Miller, soz not soz.
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I’m not sure the most popular podcasts are that for a reason tbh. Most of the BBC ones are shite for instance.
Empire looks good and is from the Goalhanger stable, which also includes the outstanding Football Cliches
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One guy I think should do a podcast is Zed Shaw, the techie and polemicist. He’s good value.
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Briefing Room looks potentially good on a selective basis.
There’s a pod called Elements which covers one chemical element per episode. Takes a biographical approach, looks at their uses and contribution to society. That’s good.
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How to Fail
Where there’s a will there’s a wake
Rockonteurs
Adam Buxton
Happy Sad Confused
Things fell apart
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I should re-engage with Under the Cosh although I find professional northerners irritating (being a northerner myself).
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I listen to three Everton podcasts. I genuinely think it's having a negative impact on my mental health.
Apart from that:
60 Songs that Explain the 90s - Rob Harvilla's love letters to 90s music is wonderful and his voice is radio perfect.
Hit Parade - history of pop-music phenomenons (topics like 'instrumental hits', 'bands whose second albums sold more but were worse than their debut' etc.)
The Offensive - Comedy series about a fictional Kent Premier League football club called Ashwood United with Thick of It Style humour.
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Thanks Queenie - How to Fail looks interesting. Will listen to it tomorrow. Any particular episode that stands out in your memory?
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I can’t do single club podcasts. Or single club media generally. No one football team interests me that much, not even newcastle.
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Backlisted has had some weaker episodes lately, but I re listen to the older ones occasionally and they're still great.
How to fail like all of the interview ones depends on the guest, try Sheila Hancock, Geena Davis or Clemency Burton Hill. She often has guests on to talk fertility, and bluntly, I find that very dull.
Cosh - northerner's not a birthright, surely you have to practice or you're just someone who was once northern. The ref episodes are good, and anyone with Cloughie stories. The adverts are awful.
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Thanks. Looking at the back catalogue and taking personal interest into account, I'll try Bernie Sanders or Dan Carter first
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well if northerner is a birthright, I’m not a northerner, as I was born in warwickshire
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I fooking love TRIH. Only complaint is that they are too slow on releases now I have listened to all the back cat.
I also like to listen to the History Hit: Ancients. But mainly the stuff about ancient hominids and cave art.
Dan Snow's stuff on the main History Hit is very poor compared to TRIH imo.
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He has done a good show about castles on netflix tho
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I would like a good Pod on philosophy if anyone knows of one
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Wang - not sspecifically apodcast, but I think you wwould love dachinefel's you-tube output
Eg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ygXLnRAm-A
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castles is a good subject for a podcast tbftbf, I’d pod that
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Top three british castles laz.... GO
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Crisis what crisis with Andy Coulson is good too
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The Panpsycast guys are quite good once you get past the fact they’re also annoying. Philosophy Bites is very good if brief, Melvyn’s In Our Time philosophy eps are generally good.
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i'm choosing old wardour castle and corfe castle as my fave castles but i'm not a castle badger
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I would have corfe as well, so cool high up on the hill.
Also portchester vos of the setting.
And bodiam, because it looks just like a castle should look, even if it is t a proper one
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all wonderful
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I also love a bit of Knowledge Fight, a podcast about Alex Jones, particularly the ones concerning his getting sued into the next millenium over the last year or so.
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When it hits the fan is good — crisis PR with David Yelland
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Lovecraft Investigations on BBC is excellent. Fictional takeoff set in modern times of an investigative podcast looking into HP Lovecraft inspired mysteries - someone here recommended it to me and I got addicted (also the Aldrich Kemp podcast series by the same writer - Julian Simpson)
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A short history of is quite good.
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TRIP, TRIH and Cautionary tales, obviously.
Unobscured for deep, deep dives into the nastiest bits of history.
British Scandal with Alice Levine and Matt Forde.
Richard Herring’s RHLSTP and Adam Buxton.
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I heart 💕 TRIH
Fear TRIP might be too smug?
Which is weird cos I know TRIH is smug and I love that about it
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Spectwotor coffee house shots
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A friend of the show!
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Good for you
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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-muslim-a-jew-go-there/id1732552661?i=1000647475039
Superb
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And I say that even though both these people can be extremely annoying and self serving at times. But it’s a great combo.
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I have enjoyed listening to Alistair Campbell on Young again and Jamie Doran on Desert Island Discs and BBC sounds. Both very likeable and Doran has great sense of humour. They are both my wry friends.
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Desert island discs back catalogue is amazing. Patrick Grant the tailor or Mark Johnstone racehorse trainer are two of my favourites.
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Ep 2 of Warsi and Baddiel up
If you wonder why this is needed just look at Jemmima Khan’s replies on Twitter.
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TRIP and Leading are my regulars
Although Rory and Alastair are in danger of putting me off with their smuggery.
The Political Party can also be good.
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Yes!
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Handily reminded today of what a tit is Ian Dunt. How does he even have a career.
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The Rest is Entertainment (I LOVE this one)
Adam Buxton (I even bought a mug!)
BBC History Extra
Not Just the Tudors
Gone Medieval
A Short History Of…
Danny Wallace’s Important Broadcast
You’re Dead To Me
Sentimental Garbage
The Kitchen Cabinet
And I’ve just this past week discovered Where Are You Going, which is short, sweet, fascinating and just lovely.
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The Patch
Boring Talks
Ramblings
are my favourites.
The Elland episode of The Patch is probably the most wonderful thing I’ve ever listened to on radio 4.
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there's an excellent Rob Reiner JFK assassination series which I've just finished. Spoiler alert - he's a massive conspiracy theorist...!
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