I’ve been looking for more podcasts since I started going on daily walks.

Mine are:

  • Conan O’Brien needs a friend
  • Wolf and owl
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  • Tw1@lemmy.roembol.nl
    40·
    8 months ago

    Darknet Diaries is nothing like every other podcast I’ve ever listened to. Listened to every episode 2-3x. It’s a podcast mostly about social engineering, hacking and cyber security.

    Start with episode:

    • 92: The Pirate Bay
    • 116: Mad Dog
    • 102: Money Maker
  • Samuel Proulx@rblind.comEnglish
    25·
    8 months ago

    Surprised nobody has mentioned my two favourites:

    • Behind The Bastards: Robert Evans (formerly of Cracked fame) talks about the worst people in history for hours.
    • Oh No Ross and Carrie: “When they make the claims we show up so you don’t have to.” Maybe start with the series on scientology, it’s some of the best work they’ve done.

    Most of the other stuff I listen to is either industry specific or fandom/hobby specific.

    • bpm@lemmy.ml
      5·
      8 months ago

      Having just finished up 6 episodes on G. Gordon Liddy, knowing nothing about him beforehand, I second the recommendation of Behind the Bastards.

    • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      ONRAC is one of my favorites. They have such a lovely approach to crackpots and charlatans of all stripes. Gentle mockery leavened with genuine engagement with the aim to better understand these bowel movements of human thought and expose the underlying motives of grift behind so many of them.

  • SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world
    20·
    8 months ago

    If you’re into gaming I would suggest

    • NoClip (video game documentarians about modern video games)
    • video game history hour (general video game history done by the video game history foundation)
    • insert credit ( almost game show style, the hosts have only a few minutes to answer all kinds of questions about games, the gaming industry, or even opinions.)

    Otherwise I really enjoy

    • behind the bastards ( kind of like deep dives into shitty people of the world and what makes them tick)
    • cautionary tales ( true stories about disasters, humon error, and catastrophies )
    • 99 percent invisible (weekly episodes on all kinds of deep dives into things that often go without notice in our lives, the most recent episode covers the history of album art for example)
  • 001Guy001@lemm.ee
    17·
    8 months ago

    On the humorous side:

    • My Brother, My Brother And Me - 3 brothers giving not-so-serious advice to listeners, reacting to questions from Yahoo Answers (when that was a thing), and overall being funny/silly
    • My Dad Wrote A Porno - 3 people reacting to an “erotica” book series that one of the guys’ dad published (I would say the books are maybe only 5%-20% explicit, depending on the chapter) (some of the characters’ voices can be annoying/grating, and the narrator tends to repeat sentences after they react to them which can be annoying as well)
    • No Such Thing As A Fish - the behind-the-scenes staff of the show QI bring up interesting facts and tidbits from history/nature/etc. (each episode is split into 4 parts where each member brings up a fact and the others react to it and bring up related facts)
    • If I Were You - Jake & Amir from CollegeHumor giving advice to listeners (mostly in a sarcastic/tongue-in-cheek way but sometimes genuinely), mostly about relationships/dating
    • SmartLess - Jason Bateman and Will Arnett (Arrested Development) and Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) interview a famous person each episode where only one of the hosts known who it is beforehand (it gets better after the first few episodes, though some conversations are less funny/entertaining than others)
    • Office Ladies - Jenna and Angela from The Office (US) reacting to each episode of the show and bringing up behind-the-scenes stuff (some of episodes include interviews with other cast members/staff)
    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      31·
      8 months ago

      I loved MBMBAM from like 1-350. It’s unlistenable to me now. I can’t bear it.

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          5 months ago

          Eh it’s just not funny to me anymore. Everything is so flanderized and weird.

          The old episodes had such a “just three dudes being funny in their basement” feel, and the new ones are like “we ran out of funny so here’s a half hour of Munch Squad”

          I can’t blame them after HUNDREDS of episodes but it’s not for me.

  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
    16·
    8 months ago
    • 99% Invisible
    • Well There’s Your Problem
    • The War On Cars
    • The Urbanist Agenda
    • The Climate Deniers Playbook
    • Underunderstood
    • Induction
    • Hard Fork
    • Drilled
    • The Adam Ragusea Podcast

    In no particular order.

  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    10·
    8 months ago
    • my brother my brother and me (funny)
    • sawbones (medical mythbusting and funny)
    • the adventure zone (funny d&d)
    • Darknet diaries (hacking and security stories) (EDITTED)
    • npr up first (quick daily news)

    Those are the ones I’ve stuck with. Also:

    • Hardcore history (in depth history lessons)
  • yaboiweeaboojones@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    8 months ago

    Last Podcast on the Left: cryptids, cults, and killers. My go to everyweek they just covered Andrew Cunanan.

    Something Rotten: Jacob Geller and Blake Hester analyze darker video games. I love Jacob’s youtube channel and Blake Hester has some great insights in this series as well. They are currently covering Silent Hill 2 and just had SuperEyePatchWolf guest star.

  • IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee
    8·
    8 months ago

    Darknet Diaries is right up there. All about hackers, malware, and penetration testers. Too bad the guy is on a mental health sabbatical. Plenty of binge worthy there though. Click Here is in the same space and of similar quality.

  • mwproductions@lemmy.world
    8·
    8 months ago

    The Memory Palace - Short, surprising stories of the past, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, often a little bit of both.

    Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, and hilarious fiascos. They’ll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser.

    I Spy - True stories told by spies who steal secrets, kill adversaries, and turn agents into double agents. Each episode features one spy telling one dramatic story. Unfortunately, this show seems to be defunct. Still an interesting listen, though!

    Limetown - A 22 episode fictional story about the mysterious disappearance of over 300 people from a small town in Tennessee.

    The Other Half - Two friends watch the same movie—except one only watches the first half, and the other only watches the second half. Then they get together and discuss the film, and try to figure out the context of what they saw.

    Hey Riddle Riddle - My favorite podcast at the moment. Three improvisers answer riddles some of the time, and goof off most of the time. They do improvised scenes and have a good time.

    Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. It’s basically 99% Invisible, but for audio.

    What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law - Particularly interesting if you live in the U.S., this show takes a look at modern issues and controversies through the lens of constitutional law. You’d think a podcast about legal matters would be dry and obtuse, but the show really is geared for a non-legal-minded audience.

    Almost Plausible - My own podcast! A couple of friends and I friends take an ordinary object, such as a pillow, or a ceiling fan, or a toilet brush, and we come up with a movie plot where that object plays a central or critical role. Note: At the time of posting, we have just released our Halloween episode, which breaks from the regular format. So if you go listen to the Pumpkin episode, although it’s an entertaining one, it’s not representative of the show.

  • Lunch@lemmy.world
    103·
    8 months ago
    • Linux Unplugged
    • Linux Lads
    • Linux After Dark
    • Linux Downtime
    • Linux Matters
    • Linux Userspace
    • Linux Actio News
    • Linux + Open Source News, by TLE
    • Late Night Linux
    • Coder Radio
    • 2.5 Admins
    • Darknet Diaries
    • Tech over Tea
    • The Homelab Show
    • Selfhosted
    • The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show
    • FriendsPerSecond

    And yes, I listen to all of these and more (but these are the English ones), I really like podcasts…

  • demesisx@infosec.pubEnglish
    7·
    8 months ago
    • Co-recursive
    • the Haskell Cast
    • the Lambda Cast (not that fun to listen to but it taught me a ton)
    • demesisx@infosec.pubEnglish
      61·
      8 months ago

      IMO, Sean seems more intent on impressing the audience and the expert rather than conducting a good interview. I listened to an episode that involved category theory and he regularly interrupted the guest so he could show off how much he knows about it.

      • Blóðbók@slrpnk.net
        1·
        8 months ago

        I’m relistening to that episode now because I’m curious about what it is you perceived.

        He interjects sometimes to help tie things together (“and this is interesting because of [earlier observation]”) or to adjust the level of technicality to suit his intended audience (“we’re allowed to use the word torus here”). Not all Mindscape guests have a solid feel for the podcast and default to giving popscience breakdowns with analogies and leaving out technical jargon, and so he has to set the bar a bit by explicitly allowing the introduction of technical terms and bringing together of complex related topics.

        Don’t know if that’s what made you feel like he was trying to show off.

        • demesisx@infosec.pubEnglish
          6·
          8 months ago

          I perceived this when he interrupted the guest to jump to different aspects of category theory that she isn’t talking about at the moment.

          • Blóðbók@slrpnk.net
            1·
            8 months ago

            Well I don’t know what you are referring to, but I’m not going to argue about your perception. I listened to the whole thing again (there are usually things that pass me by the first time, so I don’t mind doing that for the interesting episodes) and I don’t know how he could have done a better job at steering the conversation. He’s a podcast host; he needs to pick at the parts that are of particular interest to him and his audience in a limited amount of time, as well as keeping the level of technicality just right so as to be digestible.

            For someone familiar with the topic, it’s natural to feel like they could have gone on about something at a more advanced level, and for someone entirely unfamiliar, it’s natural that they would want to linger on things they don’t quite get instead of moving on to something else.

            Anyway, I’m not really going anywhere with this. Just curious about your perception since I tend to think of SC as someone quite smooth and approachable around people (unlike me). I guess even he can’t be smooth enough for everybody all the time.

  • Pringles@lemm.ee
    6·
    8 months ago

    I’m a history buff, so :

    -The Age of Napoleon: brilliant podcast that covers the entire Napoleonic era from different angles, currently about halfway, one episode per month

    -The history of Rome: finished podcast that goes over every era and emperor in Roman history

      • Pringles@lemm.ee
        2·
        8 months ago

        I find them all good, but he does make some episodes about lesser known aspects. He has a series of 4 or 5 episodes where he really takes a deep dive in Haiti and its tumultuous history. This was a french colony at the time and one of Napoleons, if not the most questionable, decisions. He dives into the history of the Haitian resistance, the slavery, the politics, etc … and then ties it in with why Napoleon did what he did (reinstate slavery in Haiti). The guy who makes the podcast is a history student and took such a deep dive in the history of Haiti he is now considered one of the foremost experts in the field, and has been asked to give lectures about it. Fascinating stuff.

        But if you want to know about Napoleons brilliance in battle, the entire Italian campaign is legendary for a reason and the episodes do it justice, while also doing a good job at separating fact from fiction (and in the process explaining the birth pf Napoleons propaganda machine).

        Also the battle of Eylau episode gave me goosebumps. Incredible episode.

        • Haggunenons@lemmy.world
          2·
          8 months ago

          Awesome, I’m sold! Downloading them now. Thanks so much for taking the time to write this. Looking forward to listening!

    • worldsayshi@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      Are there any good podcasts that try to connect the dots regarding the American and French revolutions and related events?

      • Pringles@lemm.ee
        2·
        8 months ago

        Good question, but I don’t know the answer. I’m sure there are, but I would guess those will likely be in French.