Podcasts

[jolene]

What are your favs?
I love True Crime Garage and Up and Vanished. Post your recs!

[clemsongirl]

I love love love Crimetown. It's about the rise and fall (and rise and fall again) of Buddy Cianci as the mayor of Providence, RI. I'm a Rhode Island homer so I was already familiar with the material but the number and scope of people who are willing to speak out now that he's passed has astounded me.

[jolene]

AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution) Breakdown is good but I couldn't finish the current season. It was the hot car death of a little boy. At first I could handle it due to it more being about the legal process, but when it got down to this poor baby being left in the back of the car by a dirt bag dad, it made me have to pause. I rec the first season and justice is served with that one. It's easy to find on iTunes. Criminal by Phoebe Judge is a good one. It's something different every ep.

[Kevin]

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History and Common Sense are pretty great. The Moth is a good listen, but not really a podcast so much as an NPR show in podcast form.

[knight_shadow]

I listen to podcasts religiously these days, so I have tons in my queue. Aside from the popular ones (Serial, etc), I enjoy:

• My Favorite Murder - True Crime - The 2 hosts focus on one murder (or attempted murder) case and give details surrounding it. They are comedians, but are respectful of the subject matter
• Jordan, Jesse Go! - Interview - 2 longtime friends/comedians interview a guest host.
• The Nerdist - Interview - Chris Hardwick does long-form interviews with different guests. It's clear that these guests typically do the "soundbyte" type interviews, so they let their hair down for this
• Where's My 40 Acres - Pop Culture - Hip Hop / Pop Culture show with 4 hosts. Lots of the music I listen to today has come from them.
• Undisclosed - True Crime - I started listening because of Serial, but the current series revolves around Freddie Gray. It's not a "story" as much as it is a semi-legal look at the case
• The Vanished - True Crime - New to this one, but it's basically Unsolved Mysteries for missing people
• 99% Invisible - Culture - Design/Architecture-related
• Good Job, Brain! - Culture - Trivia podcast with questions revolving around a certain theme each episode
• Sword and Scale - True Crime - One of the most interesting true crime series I've listened to, but this has included 2 episodes that made me ill when listening (I am not faint of heart, but these were *very* tough to stomach). They're pretty good about trigger warnings beforehand, though.
• We're Alive - Fiction Storytelling - AMAZINGLY produced story-form podcast discussing a zombie apocalypse.

Some others:

• The Read
• Throwing Shade
• The Black Guy Who Tips
• Breakfast for Dinner
• What's The Tea?
• We Hate Movies
• Pop Rocket (mostly because I used to listen to it when I lived in Boston so now I listen and pretend I'm still there )
• How Did This Get Made?
• Criminal
• Freakonomics

There are a ton more, but these are the main ones that I never miss.

I can talk Podcasts all day so I'll be back to this thread for sure lol

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by jolene

AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution) Breakdown is good but I couldn't finish the current season.

I got about 4-5 episodes in, but the host's talking style wasn't jiving with me. I really want to continue it, but it'll probably be a while before I can bring myself to do it.

[KSUViolet06]

Some I like that have not been mentioned:

Generation Why
In Sight
Missing: Maura Murray

[jolene]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Some I like that have not been mentioned:

Generation Why
In Sight
Missing: Maura Murray

I'm checking out James Renner's book about MM from the library today. He has been on TCG a few times.

[LaneSig]

My favorites:

The Moth - I like listening to people tell their own stories. Some are better than others.
This American Life
You Must Remember This- stories about old Hollywood; this previous season's theme was "Dead Blondes"
Serial
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

You Must Remember This- stories about old Hollywood; this previous season's theme was "Dead Blondes"

Is this still going? I listened to the Manson series, but I'm not a big "Old Hollywood" person so the other stories were kinda bleh to me. Wondering if any new stories of note are up.

[jolene]

Ah! So many! I love podcasts for when I'm on a run, walk, hike or even a commute. Lots to keep me busy!

[ColdInCanada11]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I listen to podcasts religiously these days, so I have tons in my queue. Aside from the popular ones (Serial, etc), I enjoy:

• My Favorite Murder - True Crime - The 2 hosts focus on one murder (or attempted murder) case and give details surrounding it. They are comedians, but are respectful of the subject matter
• Jordan, Jesse Go! - Interview - 2 longtime friends/comedians interview a guest host.
• The Nerdist - Interview - Chris Hardwick does long-form interviews with different guests. It's clear that these guests typically do the "soundbyte" type interviews, so they let their hair down for this
• Where's My 40 Acres - Pop Culture - Hip Hop / Pop Culture show with 4 hosts. Lots of the music I listen to today has come from them.
• Undisclosed - True Crime - I started listening because of Serial, but the current series revolves around Freddie Gray. It's not a "story" as much as it is a semi-legal look at the case
• The Vanished - True Crime - New to this one, but it's basically Unsolved Mysteries for missing people
• 99% Invisible - Culture - Design/Architecture-related
• Good Job, Brain! - Culture - Trivia podcast with questions revolving around a certain theme each episode
• Sword and Scale - True Crime - One of the most interesting true crime series I've listened to, but this has included 2 episodes that made me ill when listening (I am not faint of heart, but these were *very* tough to stomach). They're pretty good about trigger warnings beforehand, though.
• We're Alive - Fiction Storytelling - AMAZINGLY produced story-form podcast discussing a zombie apocalypse.

Some others:

• The Read
• Throwing Shade
• The Black Guy Who Tips
• Breakfast for Dinner
• What's The Tea?
• We Hate Movies
• Pop Rocket (mostly because I used to listen to it when I lived in Boston so now I listen and pretend I'm still there )
• How Did This Get Made?
• Criminal
• Freakonomics

There are a ton more, but these are the main ones that I never miss.

I can talk Podcasts all day so I'll be back to this thread for sure lol

I'm so disappointed by My Favourite Murder- it started off so well, and now 70% of the episode is a tangent. It's also unfortunate that they spend time complaining about fans. Wish it hadn't gone downhill!

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by ColdInCanada11

I'm so disappointed by My Favourite Murder- it started off so well, and now 70% of the episode is a tangent. It's also unfortunate that they spend time complaining about fans. Wish it hadn't gone downhill!

I love their tangents lol

Most of the non-crime talk happens in the first half. I haven't noticed them veering off topic too much during the actual discussions. But since it doesn't bother me that much, I probably just ignore the tangents lol

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Is this still going? I listened to the Manson series, but I'm not a big "Old Hollywood" person so the other stories were kinda bleh to me. Wondering if any new stories of note are up.

It has its ups and downs. I liked some of the episodes about the Hollywood Blacklist and liked the Manson series,too.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

It has its ups and downs. I liked some of the episodes about the Hollywood Blacklist and liked the Manson series,too.

Oh yea! I remember the blacklist now. I did listen to those as well.

I think I pulled the ones with names I recognized (Elizabeth Taylor and ..., Marlon Brando does..., etc) but the others were tough for me to get into.