Podcast?

[samadriel]

What do y'all listen to? I recently stumbled across Utopian Horizons, a podcast that looks at all sorts of utopian and dystopian things, concerning both the real world and fiction, from Neuromancer to Corbyn's Labour. The breadth of subject matter is really refreshing, different to most podcasts I've looked at recently, which, good or bad, have tended to only look at one form of media; the episodes aren't overly long, from forty minutes to an hour or so, so it doesn't drag.

I'm also fond of School of Movies, which covers the odd bit of TV and videogames as well. I find the 2 to 5(!) hour runtime a bit exhausting, but the conversation and analysis are quite enjoyable.

What else should I listen to? I'm new to podcasts, most of the other ones I listen to are Aussie comedy podcasts (the Becky and Cam Hotline is hilarious) but I'd like to broaden my podcast horizons.

[Ham Bap]

These are all of the ones i currently dip in and out of though im always looking for anything else to listen too.
Some I havent listened to in ages.

Richard Herring
Adam Buxton
WTF with Marc Maron
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
The Nolan Show - Stephen Nolan, N.Ireland news
Betamax Video Club
Conan O'Brien needs a friend
Scroobius Pip
Life is Short with Justin Long
Bill Burr
Nothing is Real - Beatles Podcast
Talking Sopranos
The Computer Game Show
the Transfer Window - Football
Those Conspiracy Guys
The After Hours Club - Twilight Zone Podcast

Ive also recently subscribed to Spotify so im gonna catch up on Joe Rogan and Last Podcast on the Left

[frajer]

Good list.

Another shout for Dr Buckles and his fantastical Ramblechat.

My favourite recent discovery is Wolf and Owl (which was recommended by someone here who I've forgotten but cheers!) which gives me several huge chuckles every ep.

I've got podding stalwarts Ian Boldsworth and Barry Dodds arriving in my ears via their Patreon pages.

And in a less comedic vein, Toby Hadoke's Patreon pod is very entertaining and as in-depth as expected for all things Doctor Who related.

[Lord Mandrake]

Bad Friends
Lex Fridman

[badaids]

I listen to :

Chart Music - like nearly everyone on here but its not been mentioned yet in this thread.
Fair Game - Leah Remini's scientology podcast.
Rule of Three - the superb pull apart a comedy thing to see how it works
Song Exploder - same thing but with a song.
Evolution of Horror - vacuous but interesting enough look at horror genres and films
Perfect Organism - an utterly shallow yet not without merit look at the Alien universe. It's like On Cinema for real at times, with the hosts passive aggresive bickering.
The Sitdown - Mike Recine's real life mafia podcast, its a bit shakin cum town and you have to pick and choose the episodes but still enjoyable.

[Pranet]

Rule of Three - the superb pull apart a comedy thing to see how it works

Seems to have stopped that one.

Apart from the obvious, couple that might not be so well known I currently listen to:

Apocrypals. One of the many podcasts where two American nerds talk about something, in this case the bible. Enjoying it, is sort of on my level.

Cautionary Tales- Tim Harford, the acceptable face of Ted Talks.

[paruses]

Seems to have stopped that one.

Yes same with Box of Delights which was a sort of lite version. Pleasant to pass 20 mins with. It's a husband and wife across the two podcasts. Given last year am hoping the stoppage is not tragedy related.

My Dad Wrote a Porno is being pushed on a few podcasts I have on. I am amazed it's still going. Must be a good 5 years since it started and had run its course after a series, I thought.

[paruses]

Point of my post above was to say Box of Delights even though it looks to have stopped now. Apart from the The Sopranos episode because from what I remember it seems to be discussed by two people who have never seen The Sopranos.

[DrGreggles]

Brian Gittins & Friends

Brian and a special guest ask David Edwards questions, while Charles the robot is on hand to assist.
No idea why I find it so funny, but it definitely is.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Well There's Your Problem  - long podcasts about engineering disasters
Chapo Trap House
Ideas Man / Dodds Incarcerated - Ian Boldsworth talking to Barry Dodds about stuff
Alexi Sayle's Podcast

I dip in and out of Richard Herring too but haven't really been compelled to listen for a while.

[mr. logic]

Frank Skinner's weekly one is a pleasure. Football Weekly, Talking Sopranos.

Any good book ones? I enjoy booklisted (?) to a point but don't tend to know the boom they're discussing.

[Pranet]

I quite like Frank Skinner's poetry podcast. I am no expert on poetry and I find it quite good as an introduction, and he is interesting.

[non capisco]

Yes same with Box of Delights which was a sort of lite version. Pleasant to pass 20 mins with. It's a husband and wife across the two podcasts. Given last year am hoping the stoppage is not tragedy related.

Box Of Delights came back for a brief run around Christmas and Joel Morris was a recent guest on Tim Worthington's Looks Unfamiliar podcast, I'm guessing it's just that he and Jason Hazeley are too busy with writing work at the moment for more Rule Of Three. Would love to have it back at some point though, excellent podcast that it was a pleasure to discover and burn through over the first lockdown.

[Neomod]

Currently ...

Aliens Minute Starting with Alien, short podcast episodes covering a minute of screen time.
Chart Music Of course
Classic Scottish Albums Does what it says on the tin. Presented by Davie Scott out of the Pearlfishers
Comedy Bang Bang I skip as many as I listen to these days but this pod has brought me laffs galore over the years
Crying on Main Street Disney Theme Parks by two goth girls. I've always had a fascination with theme park art design and nobody does it better[nb]makes me feel sad for the rest[/nb] than Disney
Dead Eyes Connor Ratliff is obsessed with getting fired from a small part in Band of Brothers by Tom Hanks for supposedly having 'Dead Eyes'
Doughboys Nick Wiger (Burger Boy) and Mike Mitchell (Spoonman) review American chain fast food joints with comedian guests
The Murder Squad Cold cases investigated by two guys, one of which recently brought the Golden State Killer to justice.
Hidden Mickeys Another Disney Park Podcast with Natalie Palamides
Podcast The Ride Oh look another theme park podcast
Rosemary's Baby 6:66 Kubrick's The Shining covered two minutes and thirty seven seconds at a time
Seincast All 180 episodes of Seinfeld covered
Sodajerker on Songwriting Interviews with songwriters about the craft by two mop-top lads from Liverpool
Swindled Often depressing stories of corporate greed, swizzers and con artists. The narrator's monotone takes a bit of getting used to.
The Cowsills Podcast This Sunshine Pop family is an obsession of mine and they've just started a podcast. Mainly listened to for more stories of their horrible dad and how they came out ok on the other side
The Giddy Carousel of Pop Smash Hits Issues discussed by a couple of personable lads and
guests
The Projection Booth Long form discussion of films
The Rialto Report Long Form Discussion of (porn) films from 'the Golden Age'
Threedom Scott Aukerman, Paul F Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus mess about.
Unauthorized Cinnamon A Deadwood Podcast "swedgin, cocksucker"
We Buy Records Our very own Lazyhour's vinyl themed podcast

[Icehaven]

I only discovered Adam Buxton 's podcast last year so I've listened to it almost exclusively since to catch up, but I've nearly finished now. I've got a few (mostly recommendations from his) to start on but it'll be weird listening to someone else, I'll almost feel like I'm cheating.

[shagatha crustie]

An Impossible Way of Life - two musicians, a Canadian and a Mancunian with a very pleasing transatlantic accent, talking about classic rock albums. Digressive, irreverent barstool vibe. The recent episode where they try and taxonomise every major 60s and 70s act into 'pirate', pagan', 'pilgrim' and 'clown' is very funny, but I'd equally recommend just picking your favourite album that they've done and starting there.

[mr. logic]

We Hate Movies is a great one. Remarkable consistency. Their riff on a particular moment in Saw 3 during last week's had me laughing out loud in Gorki Park, to the bemusement of the Russian people around me

[badaids]

What's the one that is always being advertised on Chart Music? Got a tinkly piano and whistling jingle and two old sounding cunts saying how funny their podcast is in gurning voices. Even if I could remember the name of it I wouldn't type it as it sounds absolute fucking gash and I hate it. Can someone who knows what it is and listened to it please tell me that I'm right?

Edit:  Oh and I won't listen to Gossipmonger since they binned Poppy, but that was dead good but I think they've removed all the old ones no?

[PlanktonSideburns]

What do y'all listen to? I recently stumbled across Utopian Horizons, a podcast that looks at all sorts of utopian and dystopian things, concerning both the real world and fiction, from Neuromancer to Corbyn's Labour. The breadth of subject matter is really refreshing, different to most podcasts I've looked at recently, which, good or bad, have tended to only look at one form of media; the episodes aren't overly long, from forty minutes to an hour or so, so it doesn't drag.

I'm also fond of School of Movies, which covers the odd bit of TV and videogames as well. I find the 2 to 5(!) hour runtime a bit exhausting, but the conversation and analysis are quite enjoyable.

What else should I listen to? I'm new to podcasts, most of the other ones I listen to are Aussie comedy podcasts (the Becky and Cam Hotline is hilarious) but I'd like to broaden my podcast horizons.

Been really enjoying utopian horizons, thanks for that.
If you like that, you may like some of future fossils podcast, and weird studies, particularly their readings of films and TV and books

[Ferris]

Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's? is the only one I regularly make time for. I very much enjoyed the Onion's A Very Fatal Murder which was a very sharply edited satire of crime podcasts, but it was only half a dozen episodes at 15 minutes each so you get through it in a day. Good though.

Interested to try some of these suggestions.

[PlanktonSideburns]

Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's? is the only one I regularly make time for. I very much enjoyed the Onion's A Very Fatal Murder which was a very sharply edited satire of crime podcasts, but it was only half a dozen episodes at 15 minutes each so you get through it in a day. Good though.

Interested to try some of these suggestions.

Don't sleep on pizza at McDonald's

Gold from day 1

[dr beat]

I listen to :

Chart Music - like nearly everyone on here but its not been mentioned yet in this thread.

Can't say I've heard of it

[studpuppet]

Things I've listened to are am currently listening to in no particular order:

We Have Ways Of Making You Talk - Al Murray and James Holland (one of the posh talking heads that's on every Ch5 war documentary). If you're interested in WW2 it's a must-listen. Don't expect it to be tub-thumbing 'weren't the Brits great' stuff though; they've had some very good guests over the couple of years they've been doing them.

Crime In Sports - two American comics telling the story of sports stars who go bad. Quite funny when they're dealing with US subjects. Absolutely hilarious when they're doing British footballers or cricketers because they have no idea about the sports or the pronunciations.

Build For Tomorrow - used to be called Pessimist's Archive. Examines events where innovations spark fear into the populace (pinball, Walkmans, novels etc.). It's mutated a bit since the early episodes, but still worth listening to.

Swindled - don't let the sarcastic monotone delivery put you off. This is a really good podcast about white collar crime. US-centric but covers major cons and swindles from other parts of the world.

Conversations - I sometimes dip into this. They're 30-60min chats with people on Australian radio (one of the interviewers used to be in the Doug Anthony Allstars!). Sometimes they're famous, and sometimes they're just brilliant (extra)ordinary folk like this nurse: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/sarah-brown/10309376.

Radiolab - another one to dip into. Popular science-based, and there's over a decade's worth of shows to listen to.

Stuff The British Stole - Australian radio series about things kept in British museums that aren't being given back.

And a trio of Beatles ones to finish off:

Nothing Is Real - two former Beatles Brain of Ireland winners chew over various facets of the Fab Four's career. Sticking it to Jeff Lynne and Donovan is their leitmotif.

Producing the Beatles - taking apart tracks and isolating parts to show how they were put together - comes out sporadically.

Winter Of Discontent - forensic examination of the Jan '69 Get Back sessions. Ten episodes out so far, and he's only about two days into the sessions.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Top Flight Time Machine often makes me hoot with laughter. In fact it was an absolute godsend during lockdown, it really lifted my spirits.

It started out as a humorous football podcast, but after about six months the football content became secondary to daft improvised chats about anything and everything between the hosts, Andy Dawson (off of Athletico Mince) and Sam Delaney (who, much like Danny Baker, has at his disposal a seemingly bottomless reserve of beautifully told and hilarious personal anecdotes).

Nowadays they hardly ever talk about football at all, and whenever they do it's not necessary to know anything about the sport as, much like Mince, they've created a cast of characters who presumably bear scant resemblance to their real-life footballing counterparts. For instance, I don't really know who Frank Lampard is, but thanks to TFTM he will be forever etched in my consciousness as some sort of spoiled Little Lord Fauntleroy type.

If anyone's interested, I recommend starting with their never-ending deep dive into Roy of the Rovers strips from the early '80s. I never read that comic as it was about boring old football, but that doesn't hamper my enjoyment of the ridiculous alternative universe they've created around it.

_{That was a long post, wasn't it Andy?}

[mr. logic]

Is it better than Mince?

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Well no, because Bob Mortimer isn't involved, but it's still very funny.

[DrGreggles]

Classic Scottish Albums Does what it says on the tin. Presented by Davie Scott out of the Pearlfishers

Thought that said Davie Stott for a second.

Crime In Sports - two American comics telling the story of sports stars who go bad. Quite funny when they're dealing with US subjects. Absolutely hilarious when they're doing British footballers or cricketers because they have no idea about the sports or the pronunciations.

Please excuse their ignorance...
One of my fave pods. So many people/stories I'd never heard of before.

Top Flight Time Machine...
If anyone's interested, I recommend starting with their never-ending deep dive into Roy of the Rovers strips from the early '80s. I never read that comic as it was about boring old football, but that doesn't hamper my enjoyment of the ridiculous alternative universe they've created around it.

The Roy of the Rovers stuff is the only thing that has stopped me from bailing.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

The Roy of the Rovers stuff is the only thing that has stopped me from bailing.

Fair enough. I also enjoyed their deep dives into the Roy Keane and Kevin Keegan memoirs. Their portrayal of Keegan as a cheeky little character from the Beano was rather sweet.

Nothing Is Real - two former Beatles Brain of Ireland winners chew over various facets of the Fab Four's career. Sticking it to Jeff Lynne and Donovan is their leitmotif.

I really enjoy that one too. You'd think the last thing the world needs is another Beatles podcast, but the hosts are very knowledgable without being remotely po-faced about it. They're a likeable duo, and I've actually learned quite a lot from listening to them.

[DrGreggles]

Yes, those were good too. Keggy needs to write another book.

I just think they're doing too many pods now and the quality has dropped due to them spreading themselves too thin.

Sam's stories are good though.

[Custard]

Chart Music.....CHART MUSIC. *Fanfare*

The Best Show. These days mainly for Wurster's calls

Old School Wrestling. It just really makes me laff

Sail On. A really really in-depth Beach Boys podcast. 'Tis ace

Talking Sopranos, with Christopher and Bobby Baccala

Take It Away - the Paul McCartney solo years podcast. Finished now, as sadly one of the hosts passed away. Was recommended it on this very forum

The Weekly Planet - TV and film blather

Word In Your Ear - The Word magazine's Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. I'm starting to consider them both as national treasures