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Carlin's source for the bone field stuff is Donovan Webster's Aftermath: The Remnants of War. Whom he believes is credible. I found a dissucssion on the HH forums where Carlin defends he choice to include it http://www.dancarlin.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14953&start=60
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Regarding the bone fields, Carlin describes it more as something that's "said" to be in russia, and immediately follows that statement with a skeptical "A part of me feels If it were real, we probably would have heard more about it.", then he quotes from the aforementioned book. If nothing else, it's at least not presented as 100% historical fact, even if he says he sees the author as reliable.fatherboxx posted:I live in ex-Stalingrad and a whole lot of bones sticking out of earth would have been the most metal thing for kids to explore, sadly all we got is digging for rusty pieces of iron. My only memory from a school trip around the "brotherly graves" sites is the unholy stench of the nearby bird factory. The nearest major city is volgograd, but the actual mystery bone pile is supposed to be "in the middle of nowhere", somewhere on the steppes as there's described to be empty plains for "miles" around them. Yes, I have no self control and I bought Ghosts since my last post about it. ;( Bohemian Nights fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Jan 23, 2015 |
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Bohemian Nights posted:Yes, I have no self control and I bought Ghosts since my last post about it. ;( You did a good thing.
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Fledgling Gulps posted:Don't forget Punic Nightmares Yeah Punic Nightmare is top tier.
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outlier posted:That's interesting because I was slightly taken back by his depiction of the tsar in the latest episode, whom he paints as disinterested in ruling, at least relative to his devotion to his family. I'm reading Orlando Figes "A Peoples Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution" at the moment, and it seems to tell an entirely different story: an ill-prepared ruler who nonetheless is over-fascinated with administration and wedded to the idea of the tsar as an autocratic ruler, over-confident of his expertise and although eager to think of himself as protector of the peasantry, completely disconnected from the realities of what is going on. There's likely some truth to both -- out of his depth, often focusing more on his family than his job, but devoted to maintaining the position of the Tsar because that's what he was born to do, without recognising that ceding some of his power might be necessary to keep himself in power.
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Kurtofan posted:Is Mike Duncan an historian? He's researching and presenting history. He's a historian even if he works mainly from secondary sources.
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If Doris Kearns Goodwin gets to be called a historian, then Mike Duncan does also.
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Kurtofan posted:Is Mike Duncan an historian? That's a question of semantics, but he is thorough enough in his sourcing that information he gives is generally reliable, so I'd say yes.
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Carlin is hit or miss with Common Sense. The show on Charlie Hebdo he both missed the point and was smug about it too, but I have to say he hit the nail on the head this last one about income inequality.
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Zeta Taskforce posted:Carlin is hit or miss with Common Sense. The show on Charlie Hebdo he both missed the point and was smug about it too, but I have to say he hit the nail on the head this last one about income inequality. Pretty sure I've heard him say he expects people to agree with him half the time. At least that's my experience. I don't really enjoy his show more or less when I think he's wrong though, he's just a good talker no matter what the subject, and typically seems to use real sources at least. Though his Ukraine shows seemed Alex Jonesish and stupid.
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I know I'm late to the party at this point but Ghosts of the Ostfront is the best and is what got me into Carlin. I've listened to the whole thing 3 times over the last few years during work commutes.
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trying Skeptoid for the first time ever, high. based on this thread's recommendations listened to the UFO listener feedback episode  I love how all the messages are read in the same dumb filtered voiceand the (still imprisoned??) host has a great podcast voice 
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TheFallenEvincar posted:trying Skeptoid for the first time ever, high. based on this thread's recommendations He really is the worst. I assume he was picked on a lot so that's why he talks about smoking cigars in hot tubs. I still listen to the show though because it's short and there's no banter and the editing isn't irritating. edit -  
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his voice is kind of like a "SERIOUS GUY" voice I might have done in high school, but somehow prolonged for the entirety of a podcast episode. I love it (also a little Muppet and/or Sesame Street?) (he sounds demonic in the Pope Joan episode and it's freaking me out) Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Mar 2, 2015 |
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Imagine two punch drunk prize fighters duking it out on the beach from Planet of the Apes
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Anybody listened to "Prof. CJ's Dangerous History" podcast? It's kind of a Hardcore History ripoff, and he has a really annoying libertarian viewpoint on a lot of things. But I initially stumbled upon him because I listened to his episodes on the Bronze Age Collapse and the Greek Dark Age, and they were pretty decent actually. I was much more disappointed when I listened to his collapse of Western Rome episode, though. No, dumbass, the social safety net was NOT a reason why Western Rome fell.
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So has it ever been proven that the host of Skeptoid was framed by a Masonic conspiracy?
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Why would the masonic conspiracy frame their own misinformation agent?
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Exactly why it's so devious.
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Maybe Dunning ran afoul of his big pharma paymasters and this is how they dealt with him.
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Majorian posted:Anybody listened to "Prof. CJ's Dangerous History" podcast? It's kind of a Hardcore History ripoff, and he has a really annoying libertarian viewpoint on a lot of things. But I initially stumbled upon him because I listened to his episodes on the Bronze Age Collapse and the Greek Dark Age, and they were pretty decent actually. I was much more disappointed when I listened to his collapse of Western Rome episode, though. No, dumbass, the social safety net was NOT a reason why Western Rome fell. I almost want to listen so that I can find out how libertarianism could potentially function in a world without easy transportation or communication.
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I was listening to the Thor's Angels episode of hardcore history today because I was desperate for a podcast and hadn't heard it before. I think I avoided it earlier because I just looked at the title and I'm not too into vikings, but it turned out to be really awesome, not about vikings and referenced the planet of the apes over and over. Anyway, at the end he talked about all these interesting plans about putting out more shortform stuff, interviews and generally more content. This podcast was from early 2012 and that never even remotely happened. I guess dan really can't be trusted to ever do a short podcast himself, but I think the interview thing would be a great idea to get out some more content without too much work on his part. Just find some academic historians who are good at talking and ask them to describe their research interests as though it was a heavyweight titlefight
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I've just finished bingeing through Blueprint for Armageddon - has he said how many episodes it's intended to last? Based on what I already know of the war, I'd guess at another two episodes, but has there ever been any definitive information either way?
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joe football posted:I was listening to the Thor's Angels episode of hardcore history today because I was desperate for a podcast and hadn't heard it before. I think I avoided it earlier because I just looked at the title and I'm not too into vikings, but it turned out to be really awesome, not about vikings and referenced the planet of the apes over and over. Anyway, at the end he talked about all these interesting plans about putting out more shortform stuff, interviews and generally more content. This podcast was from early 2012 and that never even remotely happened. I guess dan really can't be trusted to ever do a short podcast himself, but I think the interview thing would be a great idea to get out some more content without too much work on his part. Just find some academic historians who are good at talking and ask them to describe their research interests as though it was a heavyweight titlefight He did do a couple interviews and a couple 'blitz' episodes that are more short in terms of time spent on research than actual length of podcast. He did settle back in to just doing traditional HH after that though.
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Hahah, Skeptoid is legit one of my favorite podcasts now somehow. It bums me out because the current host guy I don't even bother listening to (it helps that I have hundreds of Dunning eps to catch up on), it really isn't the same show without smugvoice. I still skip the episodes where he does lovely little jingles or gets too cute (him whining about Kanye West or Justin Bieber or w/e at the end of an episode to get funding is always hilarious and lame even without considering the whole prison thing), and sometimes he has some ideological positions or vibes I find questionable (like Carlin but nowhere near as often, no one's perfect), but man there's a lot of great content. Listener Feedback, all of the little oddities and things being discussed, fun conspiracy debunking, I kinda love it. As cynical as it may be, I kind of hope he's going to just jump back and get on with the show once he's out of prison, I really couldn't give a gently caress about his whole scandal or ripping off eBay or w/e since it's not like you're gonna catch me donating to a podcast anyway. Although it will forever ruin/void Listener feedback, I think, since all the conspiracy nuts could just be like "Oh yeah, well you're a loving crook". It does kind of hurt his credibility as a host. Though obviously with Listener feedback he just selectively went over responses so I'm sure he could just uhhh, ignore the ones pointing out his fall from grace. Normally I hated podcasts with eps this short, since I stick to podcasts where I can just play something that'll be an hour or longer and leave it on...but Skeptoid has proven to be the exception, I really do like the format and episode lengths. Despite seeming too short on paper they never seem too short on listening and they transition so smoothly that I can just leave it on as it goes episode by episode.
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So I finally started listening to Blueprint for Armageddon. I thought you guys were exaggerating about the boxing analogies. 
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Someone on D&D linked to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics and I think it's just great. The host's voice reminds me a lot of Dan Carlin, except he speaks much slower, doesn't get lost in boxing analogies and doesn't sound so conspiratorial/AM radio shock jock. I've so far listened to an episode where he talks about Nixon, and the part where he explains the Anna Chennault affair is particularly topical as of the last 2-3 days.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Someone on D&D linked to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics and I think it's just great. The host's voice reminds me a lot of Dan Carlin, except he speaks much slower, doesn't get lost in boxing analogies and doesn't sound so conspiratorial/AM radio shock jock. I like this podcast a lot and I've been listening to it for years. If I have to choose one complaint, it's how corny his imitations of various U.S. presidents are when he quotes them.
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So I'm listening to the "In Our Time" episode on Ashoka the Great, and it's a pretty good discussion, but I'm kind of twitching at one of the female profs on it. I think it's Jennifer Frazier? She seems to imply a number of times that Jainism is an atheistic religion, which it manifestly isn't. It reminds me of when people claim that Buddhism is an atheistic religion, which it also isn't - one can be a Buddhist and an atheist at once without there being much of a disconnect, but the vast majority of Buddhists definitely believe in some gods or a greater Divinity.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:Hahah, Skeptoid is legit one of my favorite podcasts now somehow. It bums me out because the current host guy I don't even bother listening to (it helps that I have hundreds of Dunning eps to catch up on), it really isn't the same show without smugvoice. I still skip the episodes where he does lovely little jingles or gets too cute (him whining about Kanye West or Justin Bieber or w/e at the end of an episode to get funding is always hilarious and lame even without considering the whole prison thing), and sometimes he has some ideological positions or vibes I find questionable (like Carlin but nowhere near as often, no one's perfect), but man there's a lot of great content. Listener Feedback, all of the little oddities and things being discussed, fun conspiracy debunking, I kinda love it. The thing that makes him poo poo is that he stole millions that he still has and has the audacity to beg like there are huge costs associated with making his podcast "full-time." Yeah, I can google for 20 minutes and write e-mail too, and I can do it for free and still keep a job.
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Jack Gladney posted:The thing that makes him poo poo is that he stole millions that he still has and has the audacity to beg like there are huge costs associated with making his podcast "full-time." Yeah, I can google for 20 minutes and write e-mail too, and I can do it for free and still keep a job. It does seem especially incongruous for a sceptics podcast - where credibility and truth are supposed to be valued traits. Smugness is another thing that drives me away from sceptical podcasts. I always wonder if what would happen if I ended up on the opposite side of an argument to those guys, and if they'd be just as condescending and snarky.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:his episode on raelians just made me wanna join them If you liked the Skeptoid Raelian episode you REALLY need to listen to Oh No Ross and Carrie's TWO episodes on Raelians. After they put out their first one, the Raelian's contacted them and gave them a cease and desist letter. I won't give too many spoilers, but the Lion King theme appears prominently, they comment on the logo, the wrist band thing is true, in the end they become baptized and become Raelian themselves. Seriously you need to listen to it. I laughed out loud  http://ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2012/5/1/ross-and-carrie-go-raelian-joining-a-world-famous-alien-move.html http://ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2012/6/2/ross-and-carrie-go-raelian-part-2-keepin-it-rael.html Here's the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbpIxhAewIU Zeta Taskforce fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Mar 14, 2015 |
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I'm interested in reading transcripts of the Revolutions podcasts, are they available somewhere?
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Am I supposed to be impressed by Smugvoice McSkeptoid informing me that...pssst, check this poo poo out bro...HARRIET TUBMAN IS REAL.  "NEXT ON SKEPTOID, IS SHE REAL OR IS SHE FICTIONAL: DEBUNKING THE HILLARY CLINTON MYTH" 
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Every time I listen to an older Skeptoid and get to the part where he does that little "let's make this a two way street" sphiel all I can think of is how much money he was stealing possibly at that period of time. It's really hard to take any of the good poo poo he says seriously with that line of crap tacked to the end of it.
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He is a turd and I hope he gets his skull cracked on a steel prison toilet by the aryan brotherhood for trying to get them involved in a cigarette pyramid scheme.
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