OT: Podcasts

[emptyNedder]

Interested in suggestions.

On a car trip this week I listened to "Deep Cover." It was such a fascinating story. The host uses one former FBI agent to tell the nearly decade-long story of how the war on drugs in the 1980s went from biker bars in Detroit to the invasion of Nicaragua. I found myself shaking my head at just how outrageous (including a drug-addicted pig and a parrot who greeted guests with profanities) things are in a part of the world I know nothing about.

I would highly recommend "The Happiness Lab" for anyone who is interested in psychology and/or self improvement. The host poses the same question before every episode

Our minds are constantly telling us what to do to be happy—what if our minds are lying to us, leading us away from what will really make us happy?

She then answers it every episode in a way that forces you to rethink how you are living your own life.

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[Anton Dubinchuk]

Love Puck Soup

 

[Buenos Necas]

Love Puck Soup

I'll second that for hockey podcasts. I loved MvsW, wasn't a fan of the Wysh/Lozo Puck Soup, but the setup is a lot better now with Ryan and Sean.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I'll second that for hockey podcasts. I loved MvsW, wasn't a fan of the Wysh/Lozo Puck Soup, but the setup is a lot better now with Ryan and Sean.

I'll disagree there - Wysh/Lozo was incredible (if not very hockey-centric). I also like this iteration too though. It's very different, but still very good.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

anything the mcelroys touch is outstanding

 

[Unsustainable]

I listen to Rogan primarily.

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

Meateater is excellent if you’re into that type of thing

 

[GoldiFox]

anything the mcelroys touch is outstanding

The Adventure Zone - Season 1 is an epic on par with some of my favorite fantasy series. Dungeons and dragons fully fleshed out campaign which I found very endearing and captivating. 82 hours of content and none of it is wasted.

 

[DaveG]

I now want a profane parrot

Slow Burn is probably my go to for U.S. History stuff.

 

[Unsustainable]

I now want a profane parrot

Slow Burn is probably my go to for U.S. History stuff.

Hard-core History and History on Fire are excellent.

HOF is with an Italian History Professor Daniele that lives in the US, but still heavy accent. I like it a lot.

Dan Carlin Hardcore History is very good.

 

[Unsustainable]

@DaveG

Try this out, its Daniele and Dan going back and forth.

 

[Buenos Necas]

I'll disagree there - Wysh/Lozo was incredible (if not very hockey-centric). I also like this iteration too though. It's very different, but still very good.

Very different for sure, I suppose I enjoy having the dry Canadian guy to balance things out.

If anyone is a Kurt Vonnegut fan I've been listening to Kurt Vonneguys lately and really enjoy that one. It's been done for a couple years now so they've gone through all of his novels and some short story collections.

 

[emptyNedder]

If anyone is a Kurt Vonnegut fan I've been listening to Kurt Vonneguys lately and really enjoy that one. It's been done for a couple years now so they've gone through all of his novels and some short story collections.

I heard Vonnegut speak twice about 5 years apart, once in undergrad and once in grad school. Pretty sure he gave the same speech—somehow he drew the beetle from "The Metamorphosis" while discussing the difference between complex literature and "happy-ending" literature.

 

[cptjeff]

I binged through "The Space Above Us" recently, it's a mission by mission history of US manned spaceflight. 20 minute episodes, with multi-parters. But a lot of fun stories, and a lot of interesting science and engineering history. It's only an episode every two weeks, but if you go from the start it's a good ride. I've also been listening to Johnson Space Center's podcast "Houston We Have a Podcast", which generally pretty well done, but not every episode is going to be of interest to everybody.

On the hockey side, beyond Civ's podcast, I've been enjoying ESPN on Ice. A lot more structured than Puck Soup, which IMO makes it a lot easier to follow, and some really good interviews with some really big names.

I've also been slowly working my way through The History of English- which is exactly what it sounds like. A history of the English language. Lots of "oh, so that's where that comes from", and "huh, that's really neat!". It's not linguistically technical, so don't let that scare you off.

Right now it's in reruns due to COVID, but if you like bluegrass, Mountain Stage has their full 3 hour live shows as podcasts, not just the 1 hour radio edit you get on NPR. They have an utterly ridiculous back catalog, too.

 

[emptyNedder]

Listening to "Bad Blood: The Final Chapter." The entire story fascinates me. Perhaps the most WTF moment was when the host was explaining that it is hard to get investors to sue because then they won't be "welcome" to other investments opportunities. Apparently the ultra-wealthy have don't ask/don't tell mores.

 

[AD Skinner]

Ive only recently dipped my toe into podcasts but I've been enjoying "Omnibus" from Jeopardy champion (and rightful host) Ken Jennings. He and his buddy (who is kind of a blowhard, but the dynamic works) find weird stuff that they find fascinating and basically give you a book report and tell jokes about.

 

[WreckingCrew]

I mostly just listen to podcasts on the weekends when I'm walking/hiking with my pupper on a trail for a bit, but depending on my mood lately

D&D: Hello From the Magic Tavern

Brain-teaser: Hey Riddle Riddle

Science: Cosmic Queries (with Neil deGrasse Tyson), Science Fridays (NPR)

Thought-provoking: The Thinking Atheist

 

[DaveG]

Listening to "Bad Blood: The Final Chapter." The entire story fascinates me. Perhaps the most WTF moment was when the host was explaining that it is hard to get investors to sue because then they won't be "welcome" to other investments opportunities. Apparently the ultra-wealthy have don't ask/don't tell mores.

The book itself was outstanding. Definitely not surprised that the amount of investors looking to sue is shockingly low, even in the book the company comes off like more of a cult than a biotech company.

 

[The Stranger]

Was just listening to Don Cherry's latest podcast. The topic turned to Marc Savard becoming the Windsor coach...and then the Savard/Cooke hit. I knew Cherry went hard after Cooke on CC, but never knew Cooke confronted him at the PNC (at the time RBC) arena after a questionable hit on Cole and Cherry called him out. There's video of it here...Cherry claims Cooke was like "are you gonna say those things to my face". I had fun going back and watching Cherry's one-man campaign against Cooke...and everything like that.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Deep cover is really good, great recommendation

 

[The Stranger]

Jimmy Hayes had fetanyl and cocaine in his system at the time of death, per the toxicology report. I did not see if the coroner ruled those were the cause of death or even what the official cause of death was, just that they were in his system.

Rogan had a recent interview with Michael Shellenberger that was pretty good.

Societal drug issues/outcomes/treatments was a major focus. Shellenberger said drug ODs were skyrocketing in the US...over 90k last year...a big driver is fetanyl.

Rogan shared an anecdote that within the past month or so, 3 people died at the same party (some party affiliated with the comedy scene) because the nose candy they had was laced with fetanyl.

Scary stuff.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Rogan had a recent interview with Michael Shellenberger that was pretty good.

Societal drug issues/outcomes/treatments was a major focus. Shellenberger said drug ODs were skyrocketing in the US...over 90k last year...a big driver is fetanyl.

Rogan shared an anecdote that within the past month or so, 3 people died at the same party (some party affiliated with the comedy scene) because the nose candy they had was laced with fetanyl.

Scary stuff.

When I was young I honestly believed that one day we might reach the point as a society where we just legalize pot and everyone could just party happily without major legal or medical repurcussions.

I was half right.

 

[The Stranger]

We've talked about this before. Libertarians are functionally Republicans. The movements were dovetailed several election cycles ago, and are now funded by the same sources, move in lockstep with the same talking points, and share a voter base.

The main function of the the libertarian movement in 2022 is to act as a holding station for disgruntled R voters to spend 47 months feeling and behaving like they're part of a grassroots opposition, then that critical 48th month saying "well I guess I'll hold my nose and vote Republican again, no sense in wasting my vote!" Which is absolutely by design and the reason that serious candidates end up with the Rs and the goofball L candidates never get any actual traction. The goofballs are there for the explicit purpose of not being taken seriously as threats to the R establishment. There is a reason the Ls indirectly endorse the R candidate sooner or later. They know you aren't going anywhere, and only need to be nudged to do the thing.

Once you figure that middle paragraph out and the reality of it sets in, you realize you are a functional Republican. Your speech and behavior perfectly matches the Republican profile, and the Republican strategy is to activate you when they need you to tilt the scales to 51%, and then ignore you the rest of the time.

Signed,
A Former Libertarian Voter Who Figured It Out After Comparing Their Donor List And Platform History To The Republicans

A Mises Caucus LP member is going to have diametrically opposed policy views to a NeoCon on basically everything...foreign policy, fiscal and monetary policy, Federal vs States rights, etc.

For anyone interested in a decent discussion on Libertarian Party policy beliefs (over time, different factions, and how it compares to other political parties), check out the last interview with Nick Gillespie podcast.

For anyone interested on whether Libertarians should logically vote for another party...and what the actual goals of the LP currently are, listen to the latest Michael Malice podcast interview with Dave Smith (specific discussion starts at around 48:45).