Love me some Darknet Diaries and Hacked.
I love me some darknet diaries. I haven’t checked out hacked, how would you say it compares?
Similar subject matter but it’s two Canadian guys discussing recent events (typically things in the news recently) rather than interviews.
I listen to it between Darknet Diaries episodes when I can’t get my fix otherwise. It’s pretty good but less well researched, more like two guys shooting the shit who happen to talk about cyber security and hacks mostly.
The Scathing Atheist - three atheist comedians talk about religious over reach on society.
God Awful Movies - those same three comedians talk about terrible religious movies
Cognitive Dissonance - two skeptical best friends from Chicago talk about the news.
Citation Needed - the guys from The Scathing Atheist and the guys from Cognitive Dissonance take turns reading essays based on Wikipedia pages and joking about them.
Behind The Bastards - hilarious and well informed host talks about histories greatest Bastards.
The Greatest Generation/The Greatest Trek - two guys review Star Trek episodes. Generation focuses on older trek shows, currently going through Voyager, Trek reviews the new shows as episodes release.
GoNintendo - Rawmeat Cowboy from GoNintendo and his friends talk about Nintendo news and utterly fail to stay on topic.
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Friend of mine introduced me to Behind the Bastards. Very much enjoy Robert Evans and his guests. Finishing the Josh Duggar series.
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I really like all three of those guys but for some reason the podcast doesn’t work for me. It feels forced or disingenuous or something I can’t quite put my finger on.
It took me awhile to like them, I see what you’re saying. I think it’s the interviews that are what really keeps me. They have honest conversations with their guests because they know them. It’s definitely a bro culture type pod.
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Stuff You Should Know
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Barbell Medicine
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Ham Radio Crash Course
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2 White Lights
I just started listening to Stuff You Should know a few weeks ago, I really like it. Since I started at ‘the beginning’ it is a bit of a walk down memory lane, currently around 2009, it’s really funny and a bit strange… Are you up to the current episodes, is it still Chuck and Josh doing all the talking?
Yep! They’re still the hosts. It’s as good as ever.
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Soooo many, but here are my top 5
- The Daily Beans - News. With Swearing
- Cognitive Dissonance - Two shouty atheists talk about stuff
- The Skepticrat - Funny hot takes on the news
- Behind the Bastards - All about the worst people
- NPR Politics - 90% American, 10% international, but still about America
I’ve been listening to CogDis since they had something like six episodes. It’s great seeing how far they’ve come.
I just added Cognitive Dissonance to my podcast feed. Are there any standout episodes that you would recommended grabbing?
Attempting to ping @[email protected] so they see this question too. Is that a thing on lemmy?
Eh, they mostly talk about current events. Try looking for episodes that released shortly after certain events your curious to get their opinion on.
I was coming back to suggest just this. Beat me too it! Also to add that they have a YouTube channel that is still up (there is some controversy) that you amy enjoy too.
My inbox didn’t notify me of a post, but went looking for that sweet reward of engagement. CogDis has call backs but it’s very much about what’s in the news at the time. I went back about a year when I found them during a road trip across America. Things really changed during the Trump years, not for the worse but the focus shifted from New Atheists type content and more toward US politics. They have crossover episodes with other podcasts that are a real hoot! Maybe go back for those?
Drifting Off with Joe Pera: A Sleep Podcast
https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drifting-off-with-joe-pera/id1669125364
https://open.spotify.com/show/56Vb1dQgGFEFJ9r937U3pg
Drifting Off With Joe Pera is an evening comedy podcast from comedian Joe Pera and composer Ryan Dann. With low-key jokes, immersive soundscapes, and relaxing phone conversations, Joe’s narration and Ryan’s sound design will help you unwind and perhaps even fall asleep. Featuring guest composers and interviews with interesting folks, the podcast will be released on the first Sunday of every month. Sorry, it’s not more often but this is the fastest we can do thoughtful, quality work.
After the cancellation of Joe Pera Talks With You, I was glad to learn that Joe and his calming voice would be making new content. Especially content I can drift off with.
The Omnibus – a weird collection of obscure knowledge and topics, hosted by Ken Jennings and John Roderick. I’ve learned about the Charge of the Light Brigade (and why a cardigan is called a cardigan), I’ve learned about John Wayne’s yacht that was converted from a minesweeper ship, and about the Hillbert Hotel way to visualize infinite numbers. It’s good shit.
Also will always recommend This American Life from NPR. Sometimes it can be a bit of a miss, but usually it’s my favorite way to start the workweek drive.
Been binging a lot of Last Podcast in the Left. The David Miscagive (Scientology) and Joseph Smith (Mormonism) episodes are amazing takedowns of cult leaders.
Seconding LPOTL. Both those series are frequent relistens for me.
They’re pretty good. Especially the conclusion of Joseph Smith as the rock farmer magician turned cult leader conman.
Do you like the paranormal/UFO episodes like Skinwalker Ranch?
- Bad Friends
- Take Your Shoes Off
- Tigerbelly
- Conan O’Brien needs a friend
- Darknet Diaries
+1 for Darknet Diaries. got anything else to recommend in that nerdy/edgy genre of story telling?
Someone already mentioned Hacked on here, but some others are:
- Hacking Humans
- Malicious Life
- Modem Mischief
- What the Shell?
Some additional security related ones include:
- Caveat
- CSO Perspectives
- CyberWire Daily
- Paul’s Security Weekly
- Research Saturday
- Risky Business
- Security Now
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, and Off Menu.
I love Off Menu, but damn do I wish you could get subtitles for podcasts.
Where are you from that you can’t understand it? Is it James that you struggle with, or some guests?
I’m from the US and Jame’s accent is crazy thick. To be fair, I’m starting to get used to it and I can follow along much better now but I do need to rewind sometimes. With that being said, he’s probably in my top 5 favorite comedians at the moment.
Fair enough, he has a bit of a speech impediment too which doesn’t help.
Conan! I loved his recent Paul Lannister interview. I didn’t think it was necessary to see his photos to hear him reminisce about his life. Though I am holding out for a recorded version on YouTube!
My podcasts fall into two groups:
Linux/Tech
- Destination Linux
- Late Night Linux and its brethren
- Linux GameCast and its sister show LWDW
Urbanism
- The War on Cars
- The Urbanist Agenda
- Strong Towns Podcast
- Upzoned
They release on almost a daily schedule, so I always have something to listen to.
Behind the Bastards, Knowledge Fight, and Castle Super Beast!
If Books Could Kill
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