Podcasts

[amputeeporn]

Finally gotten round to Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder.

After being slightly overwhelmed by the STACK of names involved, I'm utterly engrossed. What a revolting story about revolting people, ending with the most revolting of all (the Murdoch empire).

It's been around a while but highly highly recommended to fans of true crime podcasts.

[Repeater]

Aye, my thing with Podcast Addict is it doesn't have an option to add passwords/usernames to feeds so I can't listen to certain 'casts. Unless I'm missing the option?

[olliebean]

Aye, my thing with Podcast Addict is it doesn't have an option to add passwords/usernames to feeds so I can't listen to certain 'casts. Unless I'm missing the option?

I guess you must be, as it's had that option for a couple of years: https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/237642-how-to-subscribe-to-an-authenticated-premium-rss-f

[sprocket]

Has anyone paid for Stitcher Premium?  That's where all the old Gilbert Gottfried episodes are and I was wondering if there's enough other material to make it worthwhile.

I signed up using the 90% off code* a couple of months ago, I haven't really used Premium for anything other than Hollywood Masterclass though. To offset this utterly unhelpful information, I do know there's a new 50% offer for the next week using code BLACKFRIDAY, I think you still get a month's free trial with that too.


* I've no idea whether or not that still works.

[Enrico Palazzo]

Just started listening to The Reducer podcast - https://www.balls.ie/the-reducer/the-reducer-podcast-389096

The Tim Lovejoy on Football episode is an absolute gem.

[Bogbrainedmurphy]

Finally gotten round to Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder.

After being slightly overwhelmed by the STACK of names involved, I'm utterly engrossed. What a revolting story about revolting people, ending with the most revolting of all (the Murdoch empire).

It's been around a while but highly highly recommended to fans of true crime podcasts.

We're up to episode 8 of the first series of this and it is quite a daunting "cast" list but as you say, revolting people and a disgusting, disgraceful story is being told here.

[DrGreggles]

Have I mentioned Crime in Sports on here?

If not, Crime in Sports.
If so, I agree with my previous post.

[Mobius]

Just started listening to The Reducer podcast - https://www.balls.ie/the-reducer/the-reducer-podcast-389096

The Tim Lovejoy on Football episode is an absolute gem.

Thanks for this. Just listening to the Lovejoy one at work and enjoying it. Main bloke sounds an awful lot like Dara O'Brien.

Ok he's just thanked his brother Dara, so that solves that..

The Daniel Morgan podcasts are incredible as well, if you're into Serial etc. Bowraville is another good'un, similar vibe but about some Aussie crime.

[phantom_power]

I am enjoying the Quickly Kevin podcast. It is nostalgia-tastic but then I am nostalgic for 90s football so it fits the bill.

Has anyone heard the new David Baddiel podcast about David Bowie?

[Ferris]

The Beef and Dairy Network
Ben Partridge doing surreal comedy from a faux-meat-industry perspective. Lots of good guest actors, well written, very funny. Worth your time.

The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium
Once you get past the wacky title, it's basically quite a funny radio 4 comedy play. Jemaine Clement is in it, and it's on Spotify.

The Adventure Zone
Dungeons and Dragons role playing podcast, but by the McElroys mentioned previously. It starts off slow but builds into all sorts of big reveals and callbacks with musical cues and everything. Will catch you off-guard at how good it is.

Also:

The Daily - New York Times daily news podcast. 20 minutes, very informative.
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law - Roman Mars and a constitutional law professor talking about the current crop of yahoos in the White House.
Pod Save America - another US politics podcast hosted by former Obama staffers. They're sometimes a bit pleased with themselves (and one guest seems to exist solely on twitter so when her gags stop working she literally just says hashtags) but it's good spirited and quite funny.

[saltysnacks]

Roman Mars

Imagine having a name that cool.

[DrGreggles]

Just started listening to The Reducer podcast - https://www.balls.ie/the-reducer/the-reducer-podcast-389096

The Tim Lovejoy on Football episode is an absolute gem.

Thanks for the heads up.
Lovejoy-slagging is always fun (and should be more common).

Is there a copy of him hosting 6-0-6 the night Chelsea lost to Barca (and the ref!) in 2009 out there somewhere? It was fucking hilarious!

Caller: "You're sounding like a Chelsea fan!"
Lovejoy: "I'm a famous Chelsea fan."
Caller: "Well I've never heard of you."

[Ferris]

Who is Tim Lovejoy?

[DrGreggles]

A massive MASSIVE cunt.

[Ferris]

Here's a good one - A Very Fatal Murder.

It's done by the consistently funny writers at The Onion, and is a spoof of "Serial"-esque true-crime podcasts, but well observed and skewers the genre (and the creators' motives) perfectly.

Tightly scripted, good production, very funny. Definitely worth a listen.

Edit: listening to it again, they're about 12 minutes, 6 episodes total. You could do the entire series in the entire time it takes to listen to one RHLSTP (rhlstp).

[olliebean]

Here's a good one - A Very Fatal Murder.

Is there a RSS feed for that one? Not sure I can be arsed if there's no way to get it into my podcast app.

<edit> Found it: http://feeds.megaphone.fm/veryfatalmurder

[dannyfc]

A massive MASSIVE cunt.

Read this earlier, and was about to pipe in about how the Lovejoy hate is a meme and his worst crime was being a banal, inoffensive TV host for laddish culture. Much worse people to target abuse at etc. etc.

But NOPE - just listened to The Reducer episode and it's justified. Some proper spiteful stuff in there, especially directed at women and even his own daughter.

Enjoyed the hosts and interested in checking out the other episodes. Only criticism is the audio quality is quite poor.

[bgmnts]

A massive MASSIVE cunt.

http://www.cuntscorner.com/forums/topic/61545-tim-lovejoy/

[Utter Shit]

http://www.cuntscorner.com/forums/topic/61545-tim-lovejoy/

What a depressing bunch of over-compensating macho desperados that place seems to house.

Best Lovejoy moment was on 606 when a caller got so angry at Lovejoy's endless twattery he almost cried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbLde_htQmg

[bgmnts]

What a depressing bunch of over-compensating macho desperados that place seems to house.

Best Lovejoy moment was on 606 when a caller got so angry at Lovejoy's endless twattery he almost cried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbLde_htQmg

Aye. Just thought it was relevant to the 'Lovejoy is a cunt' point.

[dannyfc]

What a depressing bunch of over-compensating macho desperados that place seems to house.

Best Lovejoy moment was on 606 when a caller got so angry at Lovejoy's endless twattery he almost cried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbLde_htQmg

Reckon Jason Mohammed and Robbie Savage are equally as bad, and most of the callers tbf. Stopped listening a while a go but always liked Pat Nevin who was probably the only non-reactionary person on 606.

[olliebean]

Best Lovejoy moment was on 606 when a caller got so angry at Lovejoy's endless twattery he almost cried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbLde_htQmg

Bloody hell, a bit of warning would be appreciated if a link is just someone droning on about football. All he seems to be angry about was Lovejoy being a Chelsea fan, but I've quite possibly missed some nuance because it was all about football and hence deathly dull.

[Utter Shit]

I'm not sure what else you were expecting from a 606 clip.

[Ferris]

Well don't let all this Lovejoy-Hatejoy overcloud the fact that A Very Fatal Murder is a very good podcast.

[DrGreggles]

I'm not sure what else you were expecting from a 606 clip.

In the Danny Baker days I'd have expected a man phoning up because he'd once gone to a football match by accident with a self-made saucepan stuck on his head. Or something.

[DrGreggles]

Here's a good one - A Very Fatal Murder.

It's done by the consistently funny writers at The Onion, and is a spoof of "Serial"-esque true-crime podcasts, but well observed and skewers the genre (and the creators' motives) perfectly.

Tightly scripted, good production, very funny. Definitely worth a listen.

Done Disappeared is another excellent true crime parody podcast.
Very funny and brilliantly observed - right down to the fake ads.

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

Danny in the Valley can be interesting sometimes.

[EOLAN]

Enjoying the A Very Fatal Murder. It especially captures the type of ads on podcasts. Loved the anti-Stamps.com one in the last episode.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Here's a good one - A Very Fatal Murder.

It's done by the consistently funny writers at The Onion, and is a spoof of "Serial"-esque true-crime podcasts, but well observed and skewers the genre (and the creators' motives) perfectly.

Tightly scripted, good production, very funny. Definitely worth a listen.

Edit: listening to it again, they're about 12 minutes, 6 episodes total. You could do the entire series in the entire time it takes to listen to one RHLSTP (rhlstp).

Thanks for the recommendation, I'm really enjoying this. A very sharp, caustic, funny piece of satire.

[Ferris]

Glad you're both enjoying it!