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Man... that was crazy. I've done a lot of shows on OJ Simpson at work recently because of the 20-year anniversary so I'm morbidly fascinated by the whole thing. Not once did I EVER hear about that show. I kinda want to see it now.
Quick side story: when I was a kid I met OJ Simpson at the Atlanta airport. I asked him to sign the book I was reading, a Clive Cussler novel. He was a Clive Cussler fan and we talked about that. He signed it "OJ Simpson: Peace to You". He was REALLY nice. Little postjack walked away from that thinking OJ was the man. I pretty much just knew him from the Naked Gun movies but he was my favorite part of those.
Six months later I'm sitting at a friend's house watching the Bronco chase. Crazy stuff.
Oh man that is crazy. Hold onto that book for dear life man. That's too good.
I also love the mental picture of OJ Simpson raving about the same book with a small child.
I listened to the first episode last night! It was pretty fun. I see the episodes are all much longer from here on out. I hope they get more "mysterious."
Have you listened to many of them? Good stuff?
I've listened to a few. The Britney episode is great. So's the Vanity Plate one. They're all pretty solid so far though
I listened to the first episode last night! It was pretty fun. I see the episodes are all much longer from here on out. I hope they get more "mysterious."
Have you listened to many of them? Good stuff?
I've listened to a few. The Britney episode is great. So's the Vanity Plate one. They're all pretty solid so far though
Post by NothingButFlowers on Sept 10, 2015 11:21:59 GMT -5
Just got my tickets for Doug Loves Movies in October! Gotta figure out what I'm going to do for my name tag. I didn't have one last time I went to a taping because I had never listened to the show before that, so I didn't know about them.
beebee, how was the one you went to? Did he have good guests?
Just got my tickets for Doug Loves Movies in October! Gotta figure out what I'm going to do for my name tag. I didn't have one last time I went to a taping because I had never listened to the show before that, so I didn't know about them.
beebee, how was the one you went to? Did he have good guests?
the guests were alright at the show here, there weren't any of the regulars i recognized. it was still really cool to be there though. i just want so badly to attend a taping with "mark wahlberg." as far as nametags go, if you're gonna do it, really go for it. ours looked really good, but were too small. make it huge and able to be picked out of a giant crowd.
Getting ready for the DLM taping this weekend! Here are our name tags:
(Credit goes to Josh for making them because I don't understand how Photoshop works.)
how was it? i started the vegas episode at the gym, but i probably won't finish it for a few days.
It was great! I love the Nerdist podcast, so it was really cool for those guys to be the guests.
Also about 8 or 9 minutes in, when they are doing the introductions and talking about the decreasing standing ovations, Chris Hardwick says "this guy didn't get up for any of it," and then Matt Myra says he did get up initially - they were talking about Josh (my husband). (And he did stand up. He just sat down sooner than most.)
A friend of mine has me hooked on "The Black Tapes" - it borrows a lot from Serial (even has the same music), but it more horror-related. It doesn't get good until episode 3 or 4 but then it picks up. I'm enjoying it.
Does anyone here listen to Harmontown? I love Harmon's work, and loved the Harmontown documentary, and really want to enjoy it, but every time I put it on I just can't push through it. The episodes are like two hours, seems to be way more noise than signal. Maybe I'm just not willing to put in the time to start getting all the jokes?
Some of my favorite podcasts have ended in the last month. My favorite TV podcast was the Alan Sepinwall/Dan Feiberg podcast on hitfix and now that is cancelled because one of them switched jobs. The end of Grantland means I lost another 6 pods that were in my regular rotation. Now its down to How Did this Get Made, WTF (only if I like the guest), and a bunch of random gambling podcasts that nobody on here would be interested in.
Sad times.
You ever listen to Nerdist? I know its been on forever but I'm new to it, really enjoyed the recent interviews with Jack Black, Colin Hanks, and Ron Howard/Brian Grazer.
How about This American Life, Radiolab, or Freakonomics?
You ever listen to Nerdist? I know its been on forever but I'm new to it, really enjoyed the recent interviews with Jack Black, Colin Hanks, and Ron Howard/Brian Grazer.
How about This American Life, Radiolab, or Freakonomics?
I'm going to miss reading Grantland and listening to the podcasts but it is kind of a blessing in disguise. I spend so much time listening to weekly podcasts on sports or tv that need to be listened to that week to have any relevance. I'm not listening to new music or my vinyls as much as I'd like too. So I need to decide how much I want to add to my rotation but these will be at the top of the list if I try new ones out.
With my podcasts I'm always trying to find a balance between entertainment and education. I have no science background at all but have found I'm fascinated with it, via podcasts like Radiolab and Startalk. Also the "stuff" podcasts, How Stuff Works and Stuff To Blow Your Mind.
Radiolab in particular is one of the best executed podcasts I listen to, and there is a wealth of back episodes that are still very relevant.
I'm also just getting into the Dan Carlin stuff. I guess you could call his Common Sense podcast "political" but that makes it sound nasty, really its just one really well informed guy speaking pragmatically about the political issues of today, kind of the polar opposite of the "political" programming you see on cable news. He has another podcast called "Hardcore History" that I'm just getting into, but it is super informative, he basically walks the listener through certain historical events going into deep detail. Really fascinating stuff.
Some of my favorite podcasts have ended in the last month. My favorite TV podcast was the Alan Sepinwall/Dan Feiberg podcast on hitfix and now that is cancelled because one of them switched jobs. The end of Grantland means I lost another 6 pods that were in my regular rotation. Now its down to How Did this Get Made, WTF (only if I like the guest), and a bunch of random gambling podcasts that nobody on here would be interested in.
Sad times.
You ever listen to Nerdist? I know its been on forever but I'm new to it, really enjoyed the recent interviews with Jack Black, Colin Hanks, and Ron Howard/Brian Grazer.
How about This American Life, Radiolab, or Freakonomics?
Major second recommendation for Radiolab and This American Life.
Radiolab might be one of my favorites, every episode is enthralling even if I thought I wouldn't have been interested in it based on the subject.
And This American Life is just fascinating. It can often make me stop and reconsider my perspective on things.
I'm going to miss reading Grantland and listening to the podcasts but it is kind of a blessing in disguise. I spend so much time listening to weekly podcasts on sports or tv that need to be listened to that week to have any relevance. I'm not listening to new music or my vinyls as much as I'd like too. So I need to decide how much I want to add to my rotation but these will be at the top of the list if I try new ones out.
With my podcasts I'm always trying to find a balance between entertainment and education. I have no science background at all but have found I'm fascinated with it, via podcasts like Radiolab and Startalk. Also the "stuff" podcasts, How Stuff Works and Stuff To Blow Your Mind.
Radiolab in particular is one of the best executed podcasts I listen to, and there is a wealth of back episodes that are still very relevant.
I'm also just getting into the Dan Carlin stuff. I guess you could call his Common Sense podcast "political" but that makes it sound nasty, really its just one really well informed guy speaking pragmatically about the political issues of today, kind of the polar opposite of the "political" programming you see on cable news. He has another podcast called "Hardcore History" that I'm just getting into, but it is super informative, he basically walks the listener through certain historical events going into deep detail. Really fascinating stuff.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Nov 2, 2015 17:43:48 GMT -5
Anyone sign up to "Howl"? The new service that has all the archived Earwolf and WTF shows (plus a bunch of exclusive content and stand up albums)?
I signed up and just started listening to "Hardcore Game of Thrones" which is basically just someone parodying Dan Carlin's Hardcore History but all about Game of Thrones. I like what I've heard so far.
I have mixed feelings about the change (Earwolf took all of their episodes that are older than six months and put them on Howl so unless you saved them/backed them up you're screwed) but I do feel it's cheap enough PLUS I get all the exclusive and WTF podcasts if I want.
I also recently downloaded Pocketcasts app to check out other stuff.
Does anyone here listen to Harmontown? I love Harmon's work, and loved the Harmontown documentary, and really want to enjoy it, but every time I put it on I just can't push through it. The episodes are like two hours, seems to be way more noise than signal. Maybe I'm just not willing to put in the time to start getting all the jokes?
Harmontown is my absolute favorite behind Doug Loves Movies, but I will admit that it takes a few episodes to get into. Dan tends to just go the stream-of-conciousness route, so it's pretty confusing for new people, but I can't miss an episode now. He's got a certain style that can rub people the wrong way. But, he told a story on a recent episode (the title is something like "A Well Regarded Arborist") about his neighbor and their trees with the actual neighbor's help that had me in tears at work from laughing so hard.
Post by TacticalTurtleneck on Nov 5, 2015 23:56:39 GMT -5
I spend pretty much all my time at work or in the car listening to podcasts lately, so here are my favorites:
Harmontown: Dan Harmon (creator of Community and Rick & Morty, among other things) discussed life and society. There's occasionally some D&D-style role-playing towards the end. Funny, though a bit manic and disorganized.
WTF with Marc Maron: Been listening for years. Marc's a great interviewer. His talks with Louis CK, Robin Williams, Obama, Ian McKellen, and Keith Richards are classics.
Doug Loves Movies: Doug Benson collects groups of comedian friends to talk movies and play trivia games in front of a live audience. Lots of fun.
Put Your Hands Together: Basically a stand-up comedy open mic hosted by Cameron Esposito. Worth it just for Cameron's crowd work, but her guests are always great,too.
I Was There Too: Interviews with small character actors or featured extras that were on hand during the filming of some of film's most famous scenes. They've talked with Phil LaMarr about his time getting his face blown off by Travolta in Pulp Fiction and Paul Scheer tells a pretty great story about his time working on the Eddie Murphy bomb Meet Dave. It's a fascinating podcast.
All Songs Considered/Tiny Desk Concerts: NPR's music podcasts. It's a great way to keep up with upcoming releases as well as hear premieres of new songs.
Invisibilia: An NPR show about the inner workings of the human brain, and what makes it tick. There's only been 6 episodes or so, but they're really interesting. My favorite looks into a few people that have dealt with being blind by developing echoloation (they click their tongues and listen for echoes to map their surroundings).
The Hollywood Prospectus (well, it will be called something else) will be back under Bill Simmons' umbrella. Really happy to hear that, probably my favorite podcast.
NothingButFlowers and other doug loves movies fans, in one of the recent episodes, they confirmed that julian loves music is actually happening. julian mcullough is taking the dlm format, and plans to have a panel of two comedians and one musician to play games. i'm curious to see how it goes, it could be fun. also, i still just really want a dlm taping at bonnaroo.
NothingButFlowers and other doug loves movies fans, in one of the recent episodes, they confirmed that julian loves music is actually happening. julian mcullough is taking the dlm format, and plans to have a panel of two comedians and one musician to play games. i'm curious to see how it goes, it could be fun. also, i still just really want a dlm taping at bonnaroo.
Interesting, I'm not really familiar with Julian McCullough, but if he has good guests, that could be worth listening to, so I'll probably give it a shot.
Doug did a DLM at some festival a while, and it seemed like it went pretty well, so I would think a Bonnaroo one would not be out of the question.
I'm debating whether I want to go see Doug do standup next weekend. I saw him once before in Atlanta and enjoyed it. I'm not a huge, huge fan of his standup in general, and I'm kind of broke, but he apparently plays DLM games with the audience at his standup shows sometimes, so that could be fun.
Doug did a DLM at some festival a while, and it seemed like it went pretty well, so I would think a Bonnaroo one would not be out of the question.
I'm debating whether I want to go see Doug do standup next weekend. I saw him once before in Atlanta and enjoyed it. I'm not a huge, huge fan of his standup in general, and I'm kind of broke, but he apparently plays DLM games with the audience at his standup shows sometimes, so that could be fun.
i think it was pemberton fest. i remember going to one of his movie interruptions at bonnaroo and loving it. there's no reason why they couldn't do dlm there with a great panel. my boyfriend went to his stand-up set here the day before the podcast taping, and said it was funny enough. i definitely prefer the podcast to the stand-up that i've heard.
I Was There Too: Interviews with small character actors or featured extras that were on hand during the filming of some of film's most famous scenes. They've talked with Phil LaMarr about his time getting his face blown off by Travolta in Pulp Fiction and Paul Scheer tells a pretty great story about his time working on the Eddie Murphy bomb Meet Dave. It's a fascinating podcast.
Invisibilia: An NPR show about the inner workings of the human brain, and what makes it tick. There's only been 6 episodes or so, but they're really interesting. My favorite looks into a few people that have dealt with being blind by developing echoloation (they click their tongues and listen for echoes to map their surroundings).
I Was There Too is awesome. The Inglorious Basterds episodes is one of my favorite podcasts ever.
Post by g a b f r a b on Feb 3, 2016 21:32:23 GMT -5
Podcasts are by far my favorite form of media. I barely listen to music anymore because they consume so much of my time. I listen to most of the big ones but also a lot of medium-sized shows that you may not know. Anyway, here's a few recommendations:
Lots of stuff on Earwolf is great, as most of you know. CBB, Who Charted, and How Did This Get Made are all favorites. CBB is the gold standard of improv/character based comedy as far as I'm concerned.
The Doug Stanhope Podcast - Great tales from the road and the drunken, scuzz life that entails. The first episode is about his friend confronting the guy who molested him as a kid. The friend jokes about wanting video tapes the molester made so he can release his own child porn. If that's not your sense of humor then this show prob isn't for you. Doug is a wonderful, dark as fuck comedian but I like the podcast and all its characters more than his albums.
Tell 'Em Steve-Dave: This is easily my favorite podcast but also perhaps the hardest to recommend. They are almost 300 episodes in and so much of the humor is related to other episodes and all the characters in their universe. That archive of episodes is some of the funniest stuff on the planet so I feel the learning curve is worth it. It's three longtime friends giving each other shit and it should be easy to find the humor in their natural repertoire. If it means anything these guys are from the shows Impractical Jokers (fucking hilarious) and Comic Book Men (not so much). If you've seen Comic Book Men and hated it then don't judge them based off that. Even they know it's shitty. They're also related to the Kevin Smith/SModcast world if that matters to anyone. This is a hilarious ep that involves a lot of characters from their universe but showcases their funny: soundcloud.com/tesdpodcast/stevedave-246
Fans have also animated short clips from the show. These are a good representation of the humor:
The 40 Year Old Boy: This is a one man podcast from a comedian who never really made it. He toured with Jimmy Pardo but couldn't get out of his own way and fucked it up, which is a common theme on this show. If you're a creative person it's interesting to hear the daily struggles of someone who has all the talent in the world but just can't make it happen. Most of the show is about his day to day life, mixed in with adolescent stories and trying to make it as a writer and comedian. The show these days is extremely hit or miss, but this guy is the best storyteller I've ever heard. I've been listening to him since 2008 and him and the Risk! podcast are easily the biggest influences on my writing/storytelling. Unfortunately he doesn't keep much of his catalog on itunes. He has an insanely good album on Spotify that is mostly storytelling and a great intro to his life: play.spotify.com/album/4ZTZoghSf4LXzDdmoZHrB1
Risk! - As I just mentioned, this along with 40 Year Old Boy taught me at least as much about storytelling as four years of college. It's similar to The Moth or even This American Life but goes to darker places and more fully explores emotions. When I listen to Moth I like it and realize the skill of the storytellers, but it always feels a little too neat and removed from the real world. Not the case with Risk.
Monday Morning Podcast: Bill Burr is fucking hilarious. I laugh out loud and very hard at almost every episode. I started listening to this on my kayak trek this summer and literally listened to Bill 8 hours a day for a week straight. I don't know what to say other than it's extremely funny shit.
Post by actually @fortyfive33 now on Feb 12, 2016 1:52:10 GMT -5
I've updated the OP with a an unofficial list of podcasts recommended in this thread (and other stuff that I like that hasn't been discussed in this thread). Let me know if I missed anything. In addition, I'll put links to the different podcasts in the OP as well.
Also, if you could drop a link to the podcasts in posts, that'd be awesome. I'll go out and find what I can when I can but this will make the process much easier.
Sometimes, for a change of pace, I listen to a podcast called The Vinyl Cafe. It's kind of like a Canadian Prairie Home Companion but without the radio play aspect. It's pretty low key stuff but it passes the time when driving.
Anyways, the most recent one included a long-form version of this news story:
I wouldn't it's one of my favorites but I listen to The Mothership every once in a while. It's really hit or miss, if anyone has better "nerdy" podcast suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them!
Leading up to Election Day 2016, The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. Hosted by Lillian Cunningham, the series features Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers like David McCullough and Washington Post journalists like Bob Woodward. New episodes are released on Sundays.
