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Really liking The Heart. Seems it used to be called Audio Smut. Something about the cadence of Kaitlin's voice really draws me in. It has the same amount of production that I usually call overproduced, but it doesn't seem to bug me. I've only listened to about 10-20 episodes so far, so it might get old, but it's worth listening to a few. 208: Movies In Your Head was the episode that really got me interested.

 
What the hell happened to Norm? Was the reinvigorated podcast a play for the CBS Late Show, and after that went to someone else he quit doing it?

 
Sex Nerd Sandra is pretty awesome.

I only have time for a couple of podcasts, but it's good enough to be part of the rotation.

She won more bonus points with the latest episode that was with my childhood hero, Nina Hartley.

 
What the hell happened to Norm? Was the reinvigorated podcast a play for the CBS Late Show, and after that went to someone else he quit doing it?
I'm pretty sure he only did 12 episodes last year as well, disappeared for months, and the only word was that he was on a break. Entertaining as hell, but a weird dude.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
Any recommendations as to particular episodes of Carlin's older stuff?

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
Any recommendations as to particular episodes of Carlin's older stuff?
So I specifically remember these to be some of my favorites:

Wrath of the Khans series

Prophets of Doom

Old School Toughness

History Under the Influence

Steppe Stories

These are also really good, but not my absolute favorites:

The Death Throes of the Republic series

Desperate Times

Judgement at Nineveh

Bubonic Nukes

Thoughts on Churchill

The What-Ifs of 1066

Punic Nightmares is OK, but the other two bigger seires, DTOTRepublic and Wrath of the Khans are better.

I honestly find his WWI (including Blueprint for Armageddon) and WWII ones to be sub-par. Blueprint for Armageddon is so dry. I feel like he just keeps re-hashing how horrible the trench conditions were and how much some of these strategy moves played a role in the battle. I get it...but it's not interesting for 4 episodes. I'll be glad when he moves on. His ancient history stuff is much better.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
Any recommendations as to particular episodes of Carlin's older stuff?
It really depends on what you like, his HcHist podcasts are soooooo detailed and long (some 9+ hours total) and you can easily drift off if its not something that you're dedicated too. He covers topics from the Roman empire, to the rise of Luther (Lutheran religion) to WW2 stuff

Its amazing how deep he goes, but can get long winded and confusing at times.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
Any recommendations as to particular episodes of Carlin's older stuff?
So I specifically remember these to be some of my favorites:

Wrath of the Khans series

Prophets of Doom

Old School Toughness

History Under the Influence

Steppe Stories

These are also really good, but not my absolute favorites:

The Death Throes of the Republic series

Desperate Times

Judgement at Nineveh

Bubonic Nukes

Thoughts on Churchill

The What-Ifs of 1066

Punic Nightmares is OK, but the other two bigger seires, DTOTRepublic and Wrath of the Khans are better.

I honestly find his WWI (including Blueprint for Armageddon) and WWII ones to be sub-par. Blueprint for Armageddon is so dry. I feel like he just keeps re-hashing how horrible the trench conditions were and how much some of these strategy moves played a role in the battle. I get it...but it's not interesting for 4 episodes. I'll be glad when he moves on. His ancient history stuff is much better.
Thanks for the recommendations. I agree on WW1 - overall it's been interesting, but I skipped over large chunks of the last episode where he's just describing the trench conditions over and over again.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
Any recommendations as to particular episodes of Carlin's older stuff?
Ghosts of the Ostfront is great, as is the series on the Mongols and Genghis Khan. The Roman empire saga is probably the longest and best-known, also great but didn't quite hold my interest.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
Any recommendations as to particular episodes of Carlin's older stuff?
Ghosts of the Ostfront is great, as is the series on the Mongols and Genghis Khan. The Roman empire saga is probably the longest and best-known, also great but didn't quite hold my interest.
I actually really like some of his blitz and shorter episodes a lot. I think some of my favorites have been the non-series ones that are just one and done, because they often take unsual spins on things. Old School Toughness really makes you think about how tiny we all are in the grand scheme of things, and is very applicable to living in the US in this day and age. Prophets of Doom is interesting just b/c it's not a story I had ever heard before.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
i'm listening to his series on WW1, and his series on the Mongols. I agree, it's great stuff.

 
The Mongol series was good. The Anabaptist one was crazy. I really need to download the Ostfront and Roman series.

 
Corolla dropped Alison Rosen after 4 years.

Shame, she was a great addition to the show and always candid.

The way he so unceremoniously explained the situation today makes me think this was a nasty "break up". Neither are giving any details but Adams explanation was "she's not a good sidekick"

After 4 years? Def. a bs excuse in my opinion.

Probably a money thing. She wants to advance her career as well but it's impossible to talk for more than 15 seconds when Adams in the room.

Anyway, I probably care too much but I've listened daily for 4 years now so it was a bit of shocking news.

 
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So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
i'm listening to his series on WW1, and his series on the Mongols. I agree, it's great stuff.
Another WW1 episode dropped last week. Got me hooked again so I downloaded a bunch of back episodes off iTunes. Not all that cheap ($2.99 an episode) but I consider part of that a repayment for the free content I've listened to already. Listened to the extra episode on the Khans and starting the Ostfront series now on the recommendations in this thread.

 
Corolla dropped Alison Rosen after 4 years.

Shame, she was a great addition to the show and always candid.

The way he so unceremoniously explained the situation today makes me think this was a nasty "break up". Neither are giving any details but Adams explanation was "she's not a good sidekick"

After 4 years? Def. a bs excuse in my opinion.

Probably a money thing. She wants to advance her career as well but it's impossible to talk for more than 15 seconds when Adams in the room.

Anyway, I probably care too much but I've listened daily for 4 years now so it was a bit of shocking news.
I always thought she was terrible. She was pretty self-involved and I just never thought she had the chemstry with Adam and Bryan like Teresa did. Plus, the show has gotten stale. We had heard all of Alison's stories, and all Adam's stories, and only one of those people is indispensable to the show. I stopped listening altogether this summer but am curious enough to pick it back up again now.

 
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Definitely a lot of canned, repeated shtick by Adam. But I also think that's a symptom of his dedication to get a new podcast out DAILY. 90 mins a day of new material is almost unheard of in the podcast world. A lot of stuff gets retreated. His "take a knee" series is pretty good if you're interested in bettering yourself.

 
So I've got 3 go-to's at the moment.

My #1 is Dan Carlin's Hard Core History, but the 3 month wait between episodes is killer. I went and found a torrent of all his older stuff and binge-listened to them last summer. (I then threw him a $20 donation because I know he charges for old episodes on his site) Great, great stuff.

A buddy of mine got me listening to 99% Invisible. It's a design-based pod-cast. Short segments, but they're interesting. Some of the older ones are very amateur, but I enjoy them, and they're frequent.

And of course...like basically everyone, I'm listening to Serial.
i'm listening to his series on WW1, and his series on the Mongols. I agree, it's great stuff.
Another WW1 episode dropped last week. Got me hooked again so I downloaded a bunch of back episodes off iTunes. Not all that cheap ($2.99 an episode) but I consider part of that a repayment for the free content I've listened to already. Listened to the extra episode on the Khans and starting the Ostfront series now on the recommendations in this thread.
About to start this one on in the car tonight....hoping it's the last of the Ostfront ones.

 
Artie Lange is starting up his podcast today. Dont know whether or not it will be good, but when his inevitable relapse occurs it may end up being as fascinating as when he was on Stern.

 
Corolla dropped Alison Rosen after 4 years.

Shame, she was a great addition to the show and always candid.

The way he so unceremoniously explained the situation today makes me think this was a nasty "break up". Neither are giving any details but Adams explanation was "she's not a good sidekick"

After 4 years? Def. a bs excuse in my opinion.

Probably a money thing. She wants to advance her career as well but it's impossible to talk for more than 15 seconds when Adams in the room.

Anyway, I probably care too much but I've listened daily for 4 years now so it was a bit of shocking news.
I always thought she was terrible. She was pretty self-involved and I just never thought she had the chemstry with Adam and Bryan like Teresa did. Plus, the show has gotten stale. We had heard all of Alison's stories, and all Adam's stories, and only one of those people is indispensable to the show. I stopped listening altogether this summer but am curious enough to pick it back up again now.
I thought she was better than Bryan, but in terms of a sidekick, she was overall fairly weak. I don't care much for Bryan. Curious to see how they fill this. Adam is even more of a monologue guy than Stern, but you can see glimpses with the right guest that he's capable of some give and take.

 
Corolla dropped Alison Rosen after 4 years.

Shame, she was a great addition to the show and always candid.

The way he so unceremoniously explained the situation today makes me think this was a nasty "break up". Neither are giving any details but Adams explanation was "she's not a good sidekick"

After 4 years? Def. a bs excuse in my opinion.

Probably a money thing. She wants to advance her career as well but it's impossible to talk for more than 15 seconds when Adams in the room.

Anyway, I probably care too much but I've listened daily for 4 years now so it was a bit of shocking news.
I'm with you. She added a nice light tone to Adam's bile.

 
Corolla dropped Alison Rosen after 4 years.

Shame, she was a great addition to the show and always candid.

The way he so unceremoniously explained the situation today makes me think this was a nasty "break up". Neither are giving any details but Adams explanation was "she's not a good sidekick"

After 4 years? Def. a bs excuse in my opinion.

Probably a money thing. She wants to advance her career as well but it's impossible to talk for more than 15 seconds when Adams in the room.

Anyway, I probably care too much but I've listened daily for 4 years now so it was a bit of shocking news.
Whenever I brought up the show with friends they always commented on how weak they thought Alison and Brian were.

I think Brian is fine but found Alison much too timid. Like she was dipping her toes into the pool with every opinion. Also don't come up with a sign-off that you are often embarrassed to say.

 
The Wednesday Carolla show was good.

Adam addressed the blowback and for the most part agreed that he handled Alison's dismissal poorly. Will say his reasoning with firing her via email was a bit of a stretch. He basically said Alison has said throughout the year's she would prefer that rather then an awkward meeting.

David Wild really was a voice of reason when explaining to Adam how Monday's show was disrespectful to Alison and to the audience. Saying it was way too brief and perhaps the new girl should have started the next day. I'm not a fan of Alison but Wild was spot on with his critique.

 
Another WW1 episode dropped last week. Got me hooked again so I downloaded a bunch of back episodes off iTunes. Not all that cheap ($2.99 an episode) but I consider part of that a repayment for the free content I've listened to already. Listened to the extra episode on the Khans and starting the Ostfront series now on the recommendations in this thread.
About to start this one on in the car tonight....hoping it's the last of the Ostfront ones.
So honestly, this Ostfront Blueprint for Armageddon one is by far the best of the series so far. Focus shifts from the repetitive "The trenches were bad, lots of people died," that we saw in the first few episodes to a focus on happenings in Russia and some in-depth looks at Woodrow Wilson. Very interesting on both sides. Especially Wilson, who I didn't honestly know much about.

 
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Another WW1 episode dropped last week. Got me hooked again so I downloaded a bunch of back episodes off iTunes. Not all that cheap ($2.99 an episode) but I consider part of that a repayment for the free content I've listened to already. Listened to the extra episode on the Khans and starting the Ostfront series now on the recommendations in this thread.
About to start this one on in the car tonight....hoping it's the last of the Ostfront ones.
So honestly, this Ostfront one is by far the best of the series so far. Focus shifts from the repetitive "The trenches were bad, lots of people died," that we saw in the first few episodes to a focus on happenings in Russia and some in-depth looks at Woodrow Wilson. Very interesting on both sides. Especially Wilson, who I didn't honestly know much about.
I think you are talking about Blueprint for Armegeddon. I agree it was better but there was still a little too much lapsing into trench horror stories.

 
Another WW1 episode dropped last week. Got me hooked again so I downloaded a bunch of back episodes off iTunes. Not all that cheap ($2.99 an episode) but I consider part of that a repayment for the free content I've listened to already. Listened to the extra episode on the Khans and starting the Ostfront series now on the recommendations in this thread.
About to start this one on in the car tonight....hoping it's the last of the Ostfront ones.
So honestly, this Ostfront Blueprint for Armageddon one is by far the best of the series so far. Focus shifts from the repetitive "The trenches were bad, lots of people died," that we saw in the first few episodes to a focus on happenings in Russia and some in-depth looks at Woodrow Wilson. Very interesting on both sides. Especially Wilson, who I didn't honestly know much about.
I think you are talking about Blueprint for Armegeddon. I agree it was better but there was still a little too much lapsing into trench horror stories.
Shoot. Yes. My bad. The latest one.

 
Daywalker said:
The Wednesday Carolla show was good.

Adam addressed the blowback and for the most part agreed that he handled Alison's dismissal poorly. Will say his reasoning with firing her via email was a bit of a stretch. He basically said Alison has said throughout the year's she would prefer that rather then an awkward meeting.

David Wild really was a voice of reason when explaining to Adam how Monday's show was disrespectful to Alison and to the audience. Saying it was way too brief and perhaps the new girl should have started the next day. I'm not a fan of Alison but Wild was spot on with his critique.
I was an Allison fan for this reason: she was a more reserved foil to Adam's adult-themed humor. While she seems more reserved than Adam, I think that dynamic worked really well.

 
Daywalker said:
The Wednesday Carolla show was good.

Adam addressed the blowback and for the most part agreed that he handled Alison's dismissal poorly. Will say his reasoning with firing her via email was a bit of a stretch. He basically said Alison has said throughout the year's she would prefer that rather then an awkward meeting.

David Wild really was a voice of reason when explaining to Adam how Monday's show was disrespectful to Alison and to the audience. Saying it was way too brief and perhaps the new girl should have started the next day. I'm not a fan of Alison but Wild was spot on with his critique.
I was an Allison fan for this reason: she was a more reserved foil to Adam's adult-themed humor. While she seems more reserved than Adam, I think that dynamic worked really well.
I agree. I actually really liked Allison. Sad to see her go.
 
This past Sunday, Carolla did a podcast with Anthony Cumia. He goes into detail and why he didn't feel Alison was a suitable sidekick for him. It does come off as petty at points but it shows Adam was just not comfortable with her. It is Adam's show and his prerogative to do what he wants.

He just botched the dismissal from the beginning. That's why he had to got into detail because the reaction could not get more negative.

He said he wants a Robin Quivers. Someone who is unabashedly interested in his life who could then add to the show. What he got was someone, in his opinion, zoned out when it didn't suit them.

 
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This past Sunday, Carolla did a podcast with Anthony Cumia. He goes into detail and why he didn't feel Alison was a suitable sidekick for him. It does come off as petty at points but it shows Adam was just not comfortable with her. It is Adam's show and his prerogative to do what he wants.

He just botched the dismissal from the beginning. That's why he had to got into detail because the reaction could not get more negative.

He said he wants a Robin Quivers. Someone who is unabashedly interested in his life who could then add to the show. What he got was someone, in his opinion, zoned out when it didn't suit them.
Simmons and Cousin Sal laughing that Carrolla hired a new sidekick with big cans was hilarious. I'd love to hear the actual ribbing Carrolla is taking from those guys, Kimmel included.

 
This past Sunday, Carolla did a podcast with Anthony Cumia. He goes into detail and why he didn't feel Alison was a suitable sidekick for him. It does come off as petty at points but it shows Adam was just not comfortable with her. It is Adam's show and his prerogative to do what he wants.

He just botched the dismissal from the beginning. That's why he had to got into detail because the reaction could not get more negative.

He said he wants a Robin Quivers. Someone who is unabashedly interested in his life who could then add to the show. What he got was someone, in his opinion, zoned out when it didn't suit them.
I didn't think the stuff involving her podcast was petty at all. He had plenty of reasons to let her go (in terms of fit, not because she was stealing or anything), it was just badly mishandled.

 
He said he wants a Robin Quivers. Someone who is unabashedly interested in his life who could then add to the show. What he got was someone, in his opinion, zoned out when it didn't suit them.
I must say that comes across as very petty and insecure.

 
This past Sunday, Carolla did a podcast with Anthony Cumia. He goes into detail and why he didn't feel Alison was a suitable sidekick for him. It does come off as petty at points but it shows Adam was just not comfortable with her. It is Adam's show and his prerogative to do what he wants.

He just botched the dismissal from the beginning. That's why he had to got into detail because the reaction could not get more negative.

He said he wants a Robin Quivers. Someone who is unabashedly interested in his life who could then add to the show. What he got was someone, in his opinion, zoned out when it didn't suit them.
Simmons and Cousin Sal laughing that Carrolla hired a new sidekick with big cans was hilarious. I'd love to hear the actual ribbing Carrolla is taking from those guys, Kimmel included.
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This past Sunday, Carolla did a podcast with Anthony Cumia. He goes into detail and why he didn't feel Alison was a suitable sidekick for him. It does come off as petty at points but it shows Adam was just not comfortable with her. It is Adam's show and his prerogative to do what he wants.

He just botched the dismissal from the beginning. That's why he had to got into detail because the reaction could not get more negative.

He said he wants a Robin Quivers. Someone who is unabashedly interested in his life who could then add to the show. What he got was someone, in his opinion, zoned out when it didn't suit them.
Simmons and Cousin Sal laughing that Carrolla hired a new sidekick with big cans was hilarious. I'd love to hear the actual ribbing Carrolla is taking from those guys, Kimmel included.
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biggins

 
Al Michaels fans: Excellent podcast with Al on The B.S. Report. Check it out if you can. A great guy with some great stories that he was part of throughout his illustrious career.

 
The recent Radiolab on American Football is pretty good - the Carlisle School, Pop Warner and the forward pass.
:goodposting: That was a great piece, the history buffs in here should really enjoy it.
Subscribed...I was looking for a new podcast now that I'm pretty much caught up on all the ones I currently listen to (Hardcore History, Serial, 99% Invisible, This American Life...) Yes...I listen to A LOT of Podcasts.

 

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