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Anybody listen to the Podcast/Story "We're Alive"? Podcast started in 2009 about surviving the Zombie Apocalypse. Like the idea, but the acting and writing are just OK.

 
pantherclub said:
I am halfway through "S town" and honest to God cannot believe this is a real story.  Trying to find time to finish it up.
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It's incredible. 

What I found fascinating is it was totally believable to me as I know people like that. My relationship was similar to the authors in I was an outsider and they welcomed me in but I totally understood it. The angst and forgotteness of rural America is a huge deal. 

 
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Was just listening to a WW2 podcast, where they took a break for a Lufthansa ad delivered by people with German accents. I wonder what marketing genius placed that one. 

 
thecatch said:
The History of WWII Podcast. It’s been around forever somehow despite the fact that it’s not all that good. 
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It hit such a brick wall when he paused with Moscow surrounded to move to the Pacific.  Now it's just poor interviews (wow, that's amazing) and battles that he's not conveying properly in narrative form.

 
badmojo1006 said:
Anybody listen to the Podcast/Story "We're Alive"? Podcast started in 2009 about surviving the Zombie Apocalypse. Like the idea, but the acting and writing are just OK.
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It has a couple of follow-ups, Lockdown and Gold Rush.  It has flaws as you said, but I enjoyed it overall.

 
Tick said:
It hit such a brick wall when he paused with Moscow surrounded to move to the Pacific.  Now it's just poor interviews (wow, that's amazing) and battles that he's not conveying properly in narrative form.
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I actually like the interviews as it is a break from the host’s normally very bizarre reading cadence, and the guests usually manage to convey some interesting stuff notwithstanding the poor questions. 
 

Now I’m reconsidering why I listen at all - any other WW2 pods that people enjoy?

 
thecatch said:
I actually like the interviews as it is a break from the host’s normally very bizarre reading cadence, and the guests usually manage to convey some interesting stuff notwithstanding the poor questions. 
 

Now I’m reconsidering why I listen at all - any other WW2 pods that people enjoy?
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Not a podcast, but my son and I really enjoyed listening to the trilogy of audiobooks by Rick Atkinson starting with An Army at Dawn.  It follows the main 3 US European campaigns - book 1 is North Africa, book 2 is Sicily/Italy, and book 3 is northern Europe.

 
Joe Bryant said:
pantherclub said:
I am halfway through "S town" and honest to God cannot believe this is a real story.  Trying to find time to finish it up.
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It's incredible. 

What I found fascinating is it was totally believable to me as I know people like that. My relationship was similar to the authors in I was an outsider and they welcomed me in but I totally understood it. The angst and forgotteness of rural America is a huge deal. 
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What’s really crazy about that pod is it starts in one direction and ends in a completely different (and more fascinating) one.  The story literally evolves.   

 
Not sure if it was mentioned here but The Dropout is really good.  It’s the story of Theranos and Elizabeth Homes.   

 
beer 30 said:
Just ran across this eight part podcast, fascinating stuff.

Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness. She was the founder of OneCoin, a crypto currency that never was but bilked investors to the tune of $15.5 billion euros. 

The Missing Cryptoqueen
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Thanks for this one. Hopefully they can arrest her and everyone else involved. From my 15 minutes of internet research it looks like there are dozens of these scams that keep popping up from the same scammers. I don’t understand how these people fly under the authorities’ radar. Igor Alberts should be locked up for pushing Dagcoin given that it’s a Onecoin clone. 

 
Dickies said:
Thanks for this one. Hopefully they can arrest her and everyone else involved. From my 15 minutes of internet research it looks like there are dozens of these scams that keep popping up from the same scammers. I don’t understand how these people fly under the authorities’ radar. Igor Alberts should be locked up for pushing Dagcoin given that it’s a Onecoin clone. 
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Yea that's the stuff that's really amazing, that they are still pushing OneCoin but that one of OneCoin's main sellers went off on his own and started the exact same scam in Dagcoin and are selling it like hotcakes.

 
The Crime Junkies podcast is made in Indianapolis and there's a pretty scathing article about it in the most recent Indianapolis Monthly magazine.  Lots of accusations of plagiarism and not crediting authors, reporters, etc.  I've never listened to it personally but it's supposed to be one of, if not the top-rated crime podcast out there.

 
I can't remember if I added it at some point, but King Falls AM is a decent fiction Podcast - It's almost up to 100 episodes.  The first 60 or so are awesome, but it gets slow.  It sucks you in though.  I also enjoyed the 1st season of Limetown (2nd season got really odd...), and Steal the Stars, both of which are in that sci-fi fiction genre.

I love missing and murder mystery stories like Hell and Gone, Someone Knows Something, and Up and Vanished.  If anyone has any other recommendations for ones like that, I'd love to hear them.

 
I listen to way too many movie podcasts, so I have been trying to balance that out with some music podcasts.  I've found a few that I really like so far:

Dissect - WAY in depth dissection of a handful of albums so far.  Looks to be mostly rap, but loved the season breaking down Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly.  Looks like 5 albums/seasons so far.  

Songs of Note - a new one from the last couple months.  Just 9 episodes so far with songs from Radiohead to Beatles to John Coltrane.  

Heat Rocks - the main hosts bring in somebody to talk about 1 album and break it down.   Again feels rap-centered.  

The Classic Rock Album by Album Podcast -  pretty self explanatory 

There are 3-4 others I subscribed to, but haven't gotten around to listening to too many episodes of yet.  

A few others that I also have been listening to or just started:

Your Divided Attention -  I have loved Tristan Harris when I have heard him on other pods, and this is his that started this summer

Armchair Expert - I gave this one another go, and have liked it a lot more.  Dax seems to get some interesting stories out of people.  

Office Ladies -  another fun one with some good behind the scenes stories.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
I listen to way too many movie podcasts, so I have been trying to balance that out with some music podcasts.  I've found a few that I really like so far:

Dissect - WAY in depth dissection of a handful of albums so far.  Looks to be mostly rap, but loved the season breaking down Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly.  Looks like 5 albums/seasons so far.  

Songs of Note - a new one from the last couple months.  Just 9 episodes so far with songs from Radiohead to Beatles to John Coltrane.  

Heat Rocks - the main hosts bring in somebody to talk about 1 album and break it down.   Again feels rap-centered.  

The Classic Rock Album by Album Podcast -  pretty self explanatory 

There are 3-4 others I subscribed to, but haven't gotten around to listening to too many episodes of yet.  

A few others that I also have been listening to or just started:

Your Divided Attention -  I have loved Tristan Harris when I have heard him on other pods, and this is his that started this summer

Armchair Expert - I gave this one another go, and have liked it a lot more.  Dax seems to get some interesting stories out of people.  

Office Ladies -  another fun one with some good behind the scenes stories.  
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you probably would like the trap set with joe wong.  interviews with drummers.

 
thecatch said:
I actually like the interviews as it is a break from the host’s normally very bizarre reading cadence, and the guests usually manage to convey some interesting stuff notwithstanding the poor questions. 
 

Now I’m reconsidering why I listen at all - any other WW2 pods that people enjoy?
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Dan Carlin and Hardcore History has been discussed here ad nauseam (rightfully so), and this isn't a general WWII pod but more Soviet/Nazi specific, his Ghosts of the Ostfront is fantastic. Supernova in the East covers Asia from like 1935-1945 isn't his best work but that's like saying I got the worst BJ. It was still pretty good.

For WWI his Blueprint for Armageddon is the gold standard of history/war pods IMO.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Dissect - WAY in depth dissection of a handful of albums so far.  Looks to be mostly rap, but loved the season breaking down Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly.  Looks like 5 albums/seasons so far. 
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Had a bout with insomnia last night and began this upon your recommendation. Started with Kanye and the "All Of The Lights" episode because I particularly like that song and album. Kendrick is also, of course, a Class A choice for dissection.

 
strykerpks said:
Dan Carlin and Hardcore History has been discussed here ad nauseam (rightfully so), and this isn't a general WWII pod but more Soviet/Nazi specific, his Ghosts of the Ostfront is fantastic. Supernova in the East covers Asia from like 1935-1945 isn't his best work but that's like saying I got the worst BJ. It was still pretty good.

For WWI his Blueprint for Armageddon is the gold standard of history/war pods IMO.
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Yep, Carlin is the best. 

 
rockaction said:
Had a bout with insomnia last night and began this upon your recommendation. Started with Kanye and the "All Of The Lights" episode because I particularly like that song and album. Kendrick is also, of course, a Class A choice for dissection.
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Did you like the podcast?

Thought he did a great job breaking down lyrics, giving some backstory and context, and talking about where the different samples came from.   I listen to a bit of music, but really don't dig this deep and I am for sure not a lyrics guy, so I thought the season for To Pimp was great.  I haven't gone on to the other albums yet.  

I wish there were more podcasts that did this for an album.  

 
Another I forgot to list, but I haven't gotten to is Coffee & Flowers.   It was billed as a podcast about The National, and it looks like S1 was breaking down a song an episode for the album Boxer.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
Did you like the podcast?

Thought he did a great job breaking down lyrics, giving some backstory and context, and talking about where the different samples came from.   I listen to a bit of music, but really don't dig this deep and I am for sure not a lyrics guy, so I thought the season for To Pimp was great.  I haven't gone on to the other albums yet.  

I wish there were more podcasts that did this for an album.  
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I liked it and wrote them, actually, as a new listener, to get their emails, news, etc. As for the show, I listened to about twenty minutes of it. I think I spaced a little when they were dissecting Rihanna's hook and what it meant to the song. If anything, I thought they were giving some pop tropes a bit too much weight, but it is called dissection, so it wasn't off-putting or ludicrous. 

 
My new obsession is trivia podcasts.  I've found a few are that are pub trivia-style and really have been enjoying trying to play along.  

The main one I tried is Triviality.  The two that I have seen mentioned a bit are Trivial Warfare and Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, so I will give those a listen this weekend.  

 
thecatch said:
strykerpks said:
Dan Carlin and Hardcore History has been discussed here ad nauseam (rightfully so), and this isn't a general WWII pod but more Soviet/Nazi specific, his Ghosts of the Ostfront is fantastic. Supernova in the East covers Asia from like 1935-1945 isn't his best work but that's like saying I got the worst BJ. It was still pretty good.

For WWI his Blueprint for Armageddon is the gold standard of history/war pods IMO.
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Yep, Carlin is the best. 
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He posted an Addendum episode yesterday on Alexander the Great's mother ... I'm an hour in with two and half to go.  Just good stuff.

 
Mjolnirs said:
He posted an Addendum episode yesterday on Alexander the Great's mother ... I'm an hour in with two and half to go.  Just good stuff.
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Saw it dropped yesterday, looking forward to it.

Just finishing this up. Eddie Gallagher on Cleared Hot. Interesting to hear his side but it wasn't exactly a hard hitting host, pretty sure Andy is in his corner.

 
I frequently listen to Sam Harris. That led me to Eric Weinstein. Any reviews for The Portal?  Any recommendations for 'people who liked this podcast might like this other podcast'? 

 
Zerp said:
I frequently listen to Sam Harris. That led me to Eric Weinstein. Any reviews for The Portal?  Any recommendations for 'people who liked this podcast might like this other podcast'? 
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I learned about Weinstein thru Rogan. Give that one a listen to get a feel for how he thinks. I’ve caught a few of the Portal, really liked his interview with Andrew Yang but Weinstein is way outta my league when it comes to a lot of the subjects he discusses. I tend to listen to podcasts as background noise, checking in and out but I can’t do that with the Portal.

 
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but I really enjoyed season 3 of Slow Burn. It's a podcast from Slate and the season is about Biggie vs Tupac.

 
Mjolnirs said:
He posted an Addendum episode yesterday on Alexander the Great's mother ... I'm an hour in with two and half to go.  Just good stuff.
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What is this called and where is it? I haven’t been able to find the episode you’re speaking of anywhere.  I’d love to hear it.  

 
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I don’t know how I have missed this podcast but “The Daily” NYT podcast is really great.

Picks an interesting topic, sometimes topical often just an interesting subject, and gives about 20-30 minutes of well produced audio on it.

 
I think Jocko is just about at critical mass with podcasts but his most recent effort is pretty freaking good. He is teaming up with Darryl Cooper (Martyrmade) and they are taking a look at an historical event through both of their eyes. They started with the current Iraqi war. 4 episodes in and it’s been great with Darryl’s unique telling of history along with the parallel of Jocko’s career & on the ground perspective it’s really cool.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-thread/id1507329859

As a primer, Jocko had Darryl on his regular podcast right before to discuss his life and the new podcast they are doing together, that was an interesting look behind the current at Darryl.

https://jockopodcast.com/2020/04/08/224-in-an-uncertain-world-stack-the-deck-in-your-favor-with-darryl-cooper/

 
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