Political podcasts [split topic]

[Pink Gregory]

I've been scrolling through my feed today, and remembering the glory days of You're Wrong About, whose series on the Washington sniper was one of the best things I've heard.

Post-Michael YWA and post-YWA Michael are less than the sum of their parts.

If Books Could Kill is pretty decent.  Maintenance Phase seems to be on a long break but it's YWA adjacent if a bit more specific.  Have enjoyed both. 

[touchingcloth]

If Books Could Kill is pretty decent.  Maintenance Phase seems to be on a long break but it's YWA adjacent if a bit more specific.  Have enjoyed both. 

I like the pairing on IBCK, but there have been a couple of books I'm familiar with that have come off as hatchet jobs rather than giving a fair summary, which makes me question their takes on books I'm not familiar with.

Decoding the Gurus is a similar format where the focus is going on the attack, but they have longer episodes and do a decent job of playing long sections of their subjects and trying to give the positives as well as the negatives.

[FeederFan500]

I didn't really get on with IBCK either, I started with ones where I'd already read the book but I agree with the 'hatchet job' comment above.

[Hobo With A Shit Pun]

Behind the Bastards is always interesting, although some of their guests are annoying.

[Pink Gregory]

I like the pairing on IBCK, but there have been a couple of books I'm familiar with that have come off as hatchet jobs rather than giving a fair summary, which makes me question their takes on books I'm not familiar with.

Decoding the Gurus is a similar format where the focus is going on the attack, but they have longer episodes and do a decent job of playing long sections of their subjects and trying to give the positives as well as the negatives.

which ones?  out of curiosity

[Memorex MP3]

Behind the Bastards is one of those podcasts where if you bulk download episodes you will get to hear the same pair of 30 second adverts twice per episode across the entire batch.

[touchingcloth]

which ones?  out of curiosity

Population Bomb was the main one where it felt like they completely misrepresented the book - like they didn't like his conclusions, and ignored his reasoning.

I think their Outliers and Freakonomics takes were harsher than necessary, but they did make good points and they were more valid subjects as massive airport books.