NPR

Basically anything that doesn't have Haskall in it who is mindfuckingly annoying, Tindall is a little behind him in that respect, but Haskall out there on his own in terms of shiteness.

I've found Off The Menu surprisingly fun. Ed Gamble and James Acaster talk to people, mainly other comedians as tends to be the way with podcasts set up by comics, within the loose structure of the guest coming up with their dream 3 course meal. They do have some random non-comedian guests at times. I've noticed that one episode I've yet to listen to features Corey Taylor of Slipknot! I know they're both metal fans, so they'd obviously be up for it, but I'd love to know how they swung that. Maybe they'll mention it in the show when I get to it.

Also, having finally decided to watch Taskmaster, the Taskmaster podcast hosted by Ed Gamble. It starts on the most recent series, but it's also catching up on previous ones too. They're up to series 4 with the historic ones now.

I quite enjoy the Good, the Bad and the Rugby. Payne and Tindall are quite good at balancing out the Hask when he gets too excited. They had some great guests on too, really enjoyed the Pocock episode.

The Rugby Pod with Goode and Hamilton is a regular for me too. I find Hamilton very funny.

The BBC rugby union podcast is ok, better for catching up on news than for lads lads lads sort of banter.

I thoroughly enjoy the Joe Marler podcast, both his usual one and the more recent Lions podcasts. Dan Coles was great value for money for his few appearances.

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:02 pm British Scandal is quite fun. The first season is all about the murder of Litvinenko which of course is not a fun subject but it's put together and presented by Matt Forde and Alice Levine, two comedians who have great chemistry and there are some genuine laugh out loud moments amongst the seriousness of the crime itself.

There's four seasons, current one is about Nick Leeson bringing down Barings.

Definitely in for this one. I was at Barings for several years and had a lot to do with SE Asian markets, all in the run-up to Leeson’s fuckwittery. I know a lot of the characters in this story.

If you're into serial killer, strange stuff, horror, gore and comedy - The Last Podcast on the Left is well worth a listen. Henry Zabrowski can be a bit much sometimes - but they do some pretty decent research and their banter is not too bad.

For completely no reason other than I love the TV show - Office Ladies is a good way to pass the time if you want to know anything about The Office: An American Workplace. Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey are very likeable and they have great guests.

For deep dives behind the Musicians - Disgraceland is pretty interesting - good bite sized episodes. Jake Brennan is a little hard to listen to - he's a bit 'too cool for school'....but the subject matter is pretty compelling. He also does the 27 Club about the famous folk who left us at 27.

S-Town is so thoroughly engaging I binged it all in about 2 or 3 days.

Serial is brilliant - but you need to commit to a pretty big chunk of time to listen to it all.

Three lads who were extras in A Bridge Too Far having a chat about what it was like being part of the film: https://fightingonfilm.podbean.com/e/at ... ivatearmy/

mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:20 am I tried Dan Carlin but I found him tedious in the extreme

Me too. I've dipped in and out many times over the years but it's too much waffle for me.

My cousin got ripped off by a conman, sort of.

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/c ... 1516505977

The Joe Marler podcasts on cults was very good, if not slightly terrifying.

mat the expat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:06 am I've been listening to Melvin Bragg's In Our Time: History.

https://open.spotify.com/show/1795Kl2MS ... ldP83e5SRw

Interesting range of topics

The greatest podcast series ever. Always have some in the car for a long journey.

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:38 am

mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:20 am I tried Dan Carlin but I found him tedious in the extreme

Me too. I've dipped in and out many times over the years but it's too much waffle for me.

I was really shocked as I'd heard good things

Probably a long shot but anyone know of any podcasts around Humanitarian Action, particularly the history of it?

Jock42 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:12 pm Probably a long shot but anyone know of any podcasts around Humanitarian Action, particularly the history of it?

Is this a specific organization, or do you mean humanitarian efforts in general... for example, efforts by the UN to distribute food, etc.?

Niegs wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:51 pm

Jock42 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:12 pm Probably a long shot but anyone know of any podcasts around Humanitarian Action, particularly the history of it?

Is this a specific organization, or do you mean humanitarian efforts in general... for example, efforts by the UN to distribute food, etc.?

In general. Probably shouldn't have capitalised Humanitarian Action in fairness.

Jock42 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 4:08 pm

Niegs wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:51 pm

Jock42 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:12 pm Probably a long shot but anyone know of any podcasts around Humanitarian Action, particularly the history of it?

Is this a specific organization, or do you mean humanitarian efforts in general... for example, efforts by the UN to distribute food, etc.?

In general. Probably shouldn't have capitalised Humanitarian Action in fairness.

I haven't listened to these, but a search revealed...
https://www.unhcr.org/awakeatnight/
https://www.undispatch.com/category/podcast/
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcast
https://www.whf.london/about/whf-digita ... ast-series
https://player.fm/series/harvard-humanitarian-podcast
https://player.fm/series/rethinking-development-podcast
https://news.un.org/en/tags/podcast
https://www.rescue.org/displaced (appears to be just a short run)

It also sounds like the sort of topic you'd get from big media orgs, like BBC Sounds, CBC Podcasts, ABC ... mabye The Economist or Newsweek?

Cheers mate. Was listening to the New Humanitarian earlier.

ESPN Podcasts with a great four-part series (so far?) on Iranian women, the Revolution, and their passion for football.

https://30for30podcasts.com/

The Infinite Monkey Cage is back, always top-notch.

I've also taken to The Hated and The Dead.

Apologies if already done, as this aired a few months ago, but Ed Helm with an engaging 8-part series about the Able Archer 83 exercise that nearly led us to nuclear war.


https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-snafu-102539700/

Also on Apple and Spotify:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s ... 1635374692

Niegs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:30 am Apologies if already done, as this aired a few months ago, but Ed Helm with an engaging 8-part series about the Able Archer 83 exercise that nearly led us to nuclear war.


https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-snafu-102539700/

Also on Apple and Spotify:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s ... 1635374692

Cheers! Sounds fun.

I'll also add (apologies if RR)

The Rest is History (very eclectic, pretty well done - I especially enjoyed the 3 parter on Trafalgar)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0d0mj5v

No Such Thing as a Fish (the QI elves chatting about interesting stuff they find when doing research for the show)
https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/

13 Minutes to the Moon (season 1 is about Apollo 11, season 2 is about Apollo 13, both in lots and lots of fantastic nerdy detail)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p083t547

A fun look at your grandparents' banana, now not really available, called the Gros Michel, by Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries"

https://www.mobituaries.com/news/gros-michel/

If you are interested in some behind the scenes chat about Band of Brothers with some of the central actors and production crew - then this little podcast is pretty amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFJn3qRdOew

mat the expat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:10 am

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:38 am

mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:20 am I tried Dan Carlin but I found him tedious in the extreme

Me too. I've dipped in and out many times over the years but it's too much waffle for me.

I was really shocked as I'd heard good things

Nah, I'm big a Carlin fan

Possibly one of the few times I line up with Torq!!

Kiap wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:59 am

mat the expat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:10 am

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:38 am

Me too. I've dipped in and out many times over the years but it's too much waffle for me.

I was really shocked as I'd heard good things

Nah, I'm big a Carlin fan

Possibly one of the few times I line up with Torq!!

His accent/delivery doesnt' work for me at all

I might have shared this in another thread, but finally got around to finishing it. What an excellent tale! WW1 experience from a Kiwi bad boy.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/readi ... robin-hyde

I was interested to see what he looked like as he was described as 'black' and had Native and African American ancestry! Found this: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/opi ... st-soldier

For the plane nerds. USAF pilot talks about his time with the A-10 ... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!!!





... it was interesting hearing him admit that they probably wouldn't have lasted long had it all kicked off, but their job was to go in and cause as much mayhem as possible to invading Russians. Probably daft thinking with today's tech and countermeasures, but you'd like to see one (or even better, an old Skyraider) strafe some Russians in Ukraine.

Niegs wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:57 am For the plane nerds. USAF pilot talks about his time with the A-10 ... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!!!





... it was interesting hearing him admit that they probably wouldn't have lasted long had it all kicked off, but their job was to go in and cause as much mayhem as possible to invading Russians. Probably daft thinking with today's tech and countermeasures, but you'd like to see one (or even better, an old Skyraider) strafe some Russians in Ukraine.

Yup, the whole defence of Europe would have seen most of the RAF based in Germany, (Jaguars, Phantoms and Harriers) wiped out by the Russians in about an hour. Even though pilots have to believe their fighter jets are the best in the world..they would all have been going on suicide missions.

There's a very good history podcast called Fall of Civilisations. Only 15 or 20 episodes, but some of them top four hours (good for long flights!). Each episode looks at an ancient civilisation and examines how and why it collapsed. So Aztecs, Incas, Easter Island, Greenland Vikings, Khmer, Nabatea, Carthage, Songhai, etc. Really fascinating

https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/

Biffer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:15 am There's a very good history podcast called Fall of Civilisations. Only 15 or 20 episodes, but some of them top four hours (good for long flights!). Each episode looks at an ancient civilisation and examines how and why it collapsed. So Aztecs, Incas, Easter Island, Greenland Vikings, Khmer, Nabatea, Carthage, Songhai, etc. Really fascinating

https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/

Downloading that now, love the long form factor history,

Not a podcast per se, but have been going through Archive.org's BBC Radio drama uploads and quite enjoyed The Psychedelic Spy! Bond-esque, set in 1968, but more grounded in reality.

(click on the Greek-like structure icon to go to the download page)

A fun series of chats with people who worked at the Disney theme park in California, many with disguised voices fearful of the Mouse's reach over the things they criticize.

https://shows.acast.com/keystothekingdom/episodes

... there's nothing really THAT bad, but I found it interesting.

Good Omens full cast radio play:

Two one-hour eps of Ian Hislop exploring the history of British comedy (pre 1800s). I feel like the randy songs of the post Puritan era would make for good rugby songs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001vkvg

History Extra had an interesting chat last week that's probably relevant to a lot of discussions going on at the moment. Are discussions too polar?

This looking at British Imperial history:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir ... ce=w_share

Controversies surrounding the history of the British empire have become particularly intense in recent years, with academics, politicians and commentators all offering differing views about how we should understand the nation's imperial past. A new book, The Truth about Empire, delves into the debate, with the stated aim of foregrounding the view of historians. Matt Elton spoke to three people involved in the project – Alan Lester, Bronwen Everill, and Sathnam Sanghera – to find out more.