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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.
I love Marc Maron's podcast, but haven't checked it out in awhile. This brought me back.
That was a good one, but I think I like the couple of times he was on Joe Rogan better.
I'll have to check it out. I love the background story of growing up in Kentucky from a coal mining family, his mom throwing his Steppenwolf cassette out the window after hearing The Pusher, working at McDonald's, driving a Corolla, praise for Marvin Gaye for being an established R&B artist and choosing to make more socially relevant and politically charged albums at the height of his success, realizing he needed to focus on the writing aspect after moving to Nashville and hearing how good the guitar players were, how the mood and emotion is more important in his vocal delivery than perfect cadence and all the stories of how Dave Cobb was a Waylon fan and unbeknownst to Sturgill kind of took him in that direction on the first record and how hearing Metamodern Sounds influenced Chris Stapleton to enlist Cobb to produce Traveler which made so many waves in that industry since he already had his stakes in with some of the insiders as a songwriter. Great interview by Marc, as usual.
i'm going to visit friends in columbus next weekend, and we're all going to a taping of doug loves movies. i lost the file for the nametag i made last time, so it's time to make another one. i'm leaning towards "stephen king's brit" but having trouble finding the "IT" font.
Soon I may also venture into the Gilmore Guys podcast as well...
I have a few friends who are West Wing nuts. They love this podcast.
I'm someone who has watched every episode at least five times, earlier ones even more, and I still get a lot out of the podcast.
I've left it liking some favorite episodes less (eg, "The Crackpots And These Women" and gained a new appreciation for episodes that I really didn't like before (eg, "In Excelsis Deo").
My only complaint is that there is only one episode per week, if that. It's requiring a level of patience that my binge-watching ass finds difficult. (They still are not even halfway through the first season!)
Post by 3post1jack1 on Jul 11, 2016 15:11:00 GMT -5
I have a specific podcast recommendation I think all inforoo'ers would enjoy. The Tobolowsky Files, episode 44, "The Voice From Another Room". This is the only episode of the podcast I've listened to, but it came highly recommended from a friend of mine who wouldn't say anything other than it had something to do with "True Stories", the David Byrne/Talking Heads movie/record, and how Tobolowsky ended up with a screenwriting credit for the film.
For those who don't know, Stephen Tobolowsky is one of those "oh i know that guy" actors who's been in a million things. Apparently he has a lot of good stories to tell because there are a butt load of episodes of this podcast. I know him best as Ned Ryerson from Groundhog's Day:
Regarding the content of the podcast, I won't say anything because I don't want to spoil it. I know its hard to convince you to listen based on "it's the guy from groundhog day talking about David Byrne", but I'll just say it is a truly wonderful story that results in some wonderful rock n roll nerd trivia.
It's totally possible this is a story everyone knows besides me, but I just finished listening today at lunch and it blew my lil' mind.
EDIT: and no knowledge of True Stories the movie is required. I've never seen the movie (but i've of course listened to the record many times).
I have a specific podcast recommendation I think all inforoo'ers would enjoy. The Tobolowsky Files, episode 44, "The Voice From Another Room". This is the only episode of the podcast I've listened to, but it came highly recommended from a friend of mine who wouldn't say anything other than it had something to do with "True Stories", the David Byrne/Talking Heads movie/record, and how Tobolowsky ended up with a screenwriting credit for the film.
For those who don't know, Stephen Tobolowsky is one of those "oh i know that guy" actors who's been in a million things. Apparently he has a lot of good stories to tell because there are a butt load of episodes of this podcast. I know him best as Ned Ryerson from Groundhog's Day:
Regarding the content of the podcast, I won't say anything because I don't want to spoil it. I know its hard to convince you to listen based on "it's the guy from groundhog day talking about David Byrne", but I'll just say it is a truly wonderful story that results in some wonderful rock n roll nerd trivia.
It's totally possible this is a story everyone knows besides me, but I just finished listening today at lunch and it blew my lil' mind.
EDIT: and no knowledge of True Stories the movie is required. I've never seen the movie (but i've of course listened to the record many times).
I listened to one of the other episodes of The Tobolowsky files and enjoyed it. He's a good storyteller. I'm pretty sure I know the True Stories story, but I don't think I know it from that episode. I think he told it when he was on The Nerdist, but I imagine that was a more abridged version, so I'm excited to listen to that episode of the Tobolowsky Files now!
And everyone should watch True Stories! It's the best! (And I know it's been mentioned before, but the song Radio Head is where Radiohead got their name from.)
Post by 3post1jack1 on Sept 6, 2016 13:51:13 GMT -5
For those who haven't heard it, Jad from Radiolab did a miniseries about the Supreme Court over the summer. It's called "More Perfect", and in it he tells some great stories, stories so interesting and so influential in terms of the precedents they created that it is remarkable they aren't better known.
Production value is typical grade A Radiolab quality. Recommended if you want to learn you something.
For those who haven't heard it, Jad from Radiolab did a miniseries about the Supreme Court over the summer. It's called "More Perfect", and in it he tells some great stories, stories so interesting and so influential in terms of the precedents they created that it is remarkable they aren't better known.
thanks for the recommendation. i need something new to listen to while working on projects, and i'm all caught up on my regular podcasts. starting episode two now.
Post by actually @fortyfive33 now on Oct 6, 2016 13:33:10 GMT -5
The podcast I have with my friend actually went well this week.We're starting to have a little fun with it, and I'm starting to embellish the podcast a bit more.
For example, since we talked a lot about music this week, I added snippets of the songs we talked about in post.
For those who haven't heard it, Jad from Radiolab did a miniseries about the Supreme Court over the summer. It's called "More Perfect", and in it he tells some great stories, stories so interesting and so influential in terms of the precedents they created that it is remarkable they aren't better known.
Production value is typical grade A Radiolab quality. Recommended if you want to learn you something.
Just finished this. I really enjoyed it! It was very cool to hear some of the background information about the cases they discussed.
i've been listening to a LOT of reply all recently. every episode is great, but i wanted to share one particular episode that i just listened to. i'm pretty far back into the archives at this point, so this episode is from may 2015. they tell the story of the president of ecuador lashing out at citizens for talking bad about him on the internet. it feels very timely, given our current situation. it's only a little over 20 minutes long, and you should all listen.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
10goldbees moving this over here because i'm on episode two of analyze phish. i just about wrecked my car laughing when scott referred to the xylophone in one of the songs as banging bones on skeleton heads. so far, as a person who has never listened to phish, i pretty much agree with scott's opinions and remain uninterested in the music.
10goldbees moving this over here because i'm on episode two of analyze phish. i just about wrecked my car laughing when scott referred to the xylophone in one of the songs as banging bones on skeleton heads. so far, as a person who has never listened to phish, i pretty much agree with scott's opinions and remain uninterested in the music.
Totally fair! Harris didn't exactly do a great job of selling them. Also they're a pretty divisive band to begin with.
I could listen to those two read the dictionary though. Such a fun podcast start to finish. Except for one episode where Scott and Paul F. Tompkins discuss the movie Jaws? Skip that one. I think it's episode 5.
Oh and my favorite exchange on the show was probably, "So Scott you told me you like Talking Heads." "No, you called me earlier today and asked me if I like Talking Heads."
If you like the silliness of Analyze Phish there's also U Talkin' U2 To Me which is Scotty Auks and Adam Scott discussing U2... but somehow less structured than Analyze Phish.
10goldbees moving this over here because i'm on episode two of analyze phish. i just about wrecked my car laughing when scott referred to the xylophone in one of the songs as banging bones on skeleton heads. so far, as a person who has never listened to phish, i pretty much agree with scott's opinions and remain uninterested in the music.
Analyze Phish really drove home how ridiculous my favorite band is. It simultaneously made me more ashamed and more proud to be a Phish phan. More specifically, it illuminated that becoming a real Phish fan takes an incredible time commitment. You have to listen to a LOT of Phish before things start to click and you begin receiving maximum enjoyment out of the experience. You need to know all of their songs backwards and forwards so you can appreciate the changes that happen live, like when a song is unexpectedly jammed out that is not normally jammed out. You have to be intimately familiar with how Phish live sets are normally structured so that when they do something out of the ordinary you are pleased, like when they open with a song they don't normally open with. You have to be aware of how long it's been since they've played certain songs, so when it's "busted out" at a show you can freak out.
And what boggles my mind is most of the Phish fanbase appears to be at this level of obsession. Like when Phish played "Harpua" on 7/4/10, which is arguably the most exciting Phish song to get live and one that is rarely played, it wasn't just a handful of fans at the venue that knew what was happening. The whole place went fucking apeshit when the first notes of the song was played. People were tearing their own flesh off and hurling themselves down flights of stairs. There was blood EVERYWHERE.
Anyway all I'm saying is it's a lot to ask to get someone into Phish. I've been a Phish fan for maybe twenty years, and I can only claim one convert, and that just happened a few months ago. So twenty years worth of study to turn one person into a fan.
10goldbees moving this over here because i'm on episode two of analyze phish. i just about wrecked my car laughing when scott referred to the xylophone in one of the songs as banging bones on skeleton heads. so far, as a person who has never listened to phish, i pretty much agree with scott's opinions and remain uninterested in the music.
Analyze Phish really drove home how ridiculous my favorite band is. It simultaneously made me more ashamed and more proud to be a Phish phan. More specifically, it illuminated that becoming a real Phish fan takes an incredible time commitment. You have to listen to a LOT of Phish before things start to click and you begin receiving maximum enjoyment out of the experience. You need to know all of their songs backwards and forwards so you can appreciate the changes that happen live, like when a song is unexpectedly jammed out that is not normally jammed out. You have to be intimately familiar with how Phish live sets are normally structured so that when they do something out of the ordinary you are pleased, like when they open with a song they don't normally open with. You have to be aware of how long it's been since they've played certain songs, so when it's "busted out" at a show you can freak out.
And what boggles my mind is most of the Phish fanbase appears to be at this level of obsession. Like when Phish played "Harpua" on 7/4/10, which is arguably the most exciting Phish song to get live and one that is rarely played, it wasn't just a handful of fans at the venue that knew what was happening. The whole place went fucking apeshit when the first notes of the song was played. People were tearing their own flesh off and hurling themselves down flights of stairs. There was blood EVERYWHERE.
Anyway all I'm saying is it's a lot to ask to get someone into Phish. I've been a Phish fan for maybe twenty years, and I can only claim one convert, and that just happened a few months ago. So twenty years worth of study to turn one person into a fan.
In other CBB news... Paul Rust is on WTF tomorrow. That should be fun.
I only caught the opening and Dax this morning. Saving Paul Rust for lunch, looking forward to it.
I was at that show. Everything Postjack says is true actually happened.
Paul Rust was definitely entertaining. Sounds like he had a pretty normal upbringing so there's plenty of Marc projecting his rebellious persona onto Paul haha. I'm looking forward to finishing it this evening.
Post by 10goldbees on Mar 20, 2017 10:13:35 GMT -5
In other Earwolf/friends of Earwolf news... Gillian Jacobs and Claudia O'Doherty are on How Did This Get Made today and I am VERY much looking forward to that.
Post by 3post1jack1 on Mar 20, 2017 10:22:07 GMT -5
Speaking of Maron, the recent episode with Louis Theroux was great. It felt a bit old school WTF the way Maron kept taking little passive aggressive jabs at Theroux. It's clear Marc really likes him.
Random WTF observation: I think Godfrey is my all-time favorite WTF guest. He definitely makes me laugh harder than any other WTF guest. I'd listen to a podcast with just him and Maron ripping on each other.
Post by crazykittensmile on Mar 20, 2017 14:27:52 GMT -5
I put this in another thread, but My Dad Wrote a Porno is hilarious. A British guy and two of his friends reading excerpts from an erotic story his dad wrote/published. It has me laughing out loud regularly.
If you like the silliness of Analyze Phish there's also U Talkin' U2 To Me which is Scotty Auks and Adam Scott discussing U2... but somehow less structured than Analyze Phish.
i finished analyze phish (i enjoyed it a lot because of harris and scott, but still have no care about phish) and i'm a few episodes into u talkin' u2 to me. i put it off for so long because while i am unfamiliar with phish, i actively dislike u2. my fiance has been bugging me to listen and promised that i'd like it and so far, i'm enjoying it. i like their banter and how little they actually discuss the band. these two podcasts are filling a little bit of the void i felt after finishing all of the old farts and procreation episodes.
