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I really do think there's something of value to him trying to give an overview of ongoing political battles and current events in as neutral a facade as possible, particularly for his Non-American listeners (although I guess I don't know how many of those care about CS) unfortunately, I lack the patience to deal with what is, rather clearly, a facade, however admirable it is from a journalistic standpoint you can editorialize a little Dan, the listeners will forgive you
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rotinaj posted:He has really wanted to bag on Trump specifically for like the last four Common Sense episodes, and has had to restrain himself from doing so. I don't think CS will be worth listening to until after the election. Pretty sure he's come out on the side that wants to vote none of the above. A lot of Trump's appeal is the fact he's been doing circles around the traditional establishment. Jeb Bush had to wheel his loving mother out to defend himself from Trump. Hilarious enough as it might be, it's not a solid policy for governance and Dan Carlin knows it. Clinton on the other hand is practically at the center of the vortex of corruption on the Federal level. I think most Americans have wanted someone to do the poo poo Trump is doing but without the insanity portion of it. Each one of the little tidbits he covered deserves it's own hour long show. Brexit, Turkey's Coup and the hosed up American Elections are complex issues that can't be summed up in 15min. I don't like the fact that he's bought into the everything bad ever is caused by racist angle that the media and people seem to espouse nonstop.
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YouTuber posted:Pretty sure he's come out on the side that wants to vote none of the above. A lot of Trump's appeal is the fact he's been doing circles around the traditional establishment. Jeb Bush had to wheel his loving mother out to defend himself from Trump. Hilarious enough as it might be, it's not a solid policy for governance and Dan Carlin knows it. Clinton on the other hand is practically at the center of the vortex of corruption on the Federal level. I think most Americans have wanted someone to do the poo poo Trump is doing but without the insanity portion of it. He pretty much talks around everything in circles for an hour without ever really saying anything.
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mcmagic posted:He pretty much talks around everything in circles for an hour without ever really saying anything. As a Hardcore History listener who subscribes to, but has never listened to, Common Sense, I'm glad to hear that my suspicions are dead-on.
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FadingChord posted:As a Hardcore History listener who subscribes to, but has never listened to, Common Sense, I'm glad to hear that my suspicions are dead-on. It's not always the case though. Some Common Sense episodes are actually pretty well thought out, and some he just feels a need to talk about certain issues but doesn't have the patience to deal with offending his audience, and so we get episodes like the recent one.
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 Dan Carlin is like the last dude whose takes on the Turkish coup or Brexit I'd be interested in. he's barely ever on point domestically so I can't imagine what him trying to explain Turkish politics would be likehe's always been one of those fake "middle" South Park Republican dudes tho. I mean you could see something like that coming a mile away from someone with the "guts" to call their show "Common Sense". it's like calling something the "NO SPIN ZONE" hey at least he's good at making entertaining podcasts about ancient Persian history and world wars and other stuff. It's whenever he gets too close to contemporary that it starts going off the rail Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Aug 25, 2016 |
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Ron Roenicke posted:Lizard People might be along these lines. I only recently heard about it and haven't actually gotten around to any episodes yet, though, so I can't vouch for how seriously it takes the actual theories (it's styled as conspiracy theories and comedy, so maybe something Dollop-esque?) I gave the Denver Airport episode a listen and stopped halfway through since I was annoyed at the constant tangents (and I felt like I was eavesdropping on a private conversation I shouldn't be listening to). Hopefully the other episodes aren't as bad.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:
I've never listened to Common Sense and don't intend to, but I really liked that "Radical Thoughts" episode and would like a more expanded series on the Cold War someday.
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Is that the one where he says the Red Scare was kind of justified because there were really commies infiltrating the government?
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I thought that the consensus was that Carlin is a libertarian wingnut and Common Sense more or less worthless compared to HH
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Common Sense does kind of suck because it's basically just a long talk radio segment on current affairs, not because Carlin has super objectionable politics. If he put as much research and work into one as he does a hardcore history episode it could probably be good, but he doesn't so they're bad
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TheFallenEvincar posted:Is that the one where he says the Red Scare was kind of justified because there were really commies infiltrating the government? Ehh. Not really. More that it's easier to condemn looking back on it because we know the threats of the Cold War were mostly vastly overblown, but people at the time obviously couldn't have known that. Also the unique kind of pressure put on a democratic society in that situation. He still largely condemns it but is forgiving more in the sense that fear is irrational. He makes a point that some people lived through the first Red Scare, regretted overreacting, and then did it again during the second one.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:Is that the one where he says the Red Scare was kind of justified because there were really commies infiltrating the government? I think he did that thing where he says he doesn't think something was a good thing or the right thing but that it made sense at the time.
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WEH posted:I thought that the consensus was that Carlin is a libertarian wingnut and Common Sense more or less worthless compared to HH He's definitely not a libertarian. I think he was a long time ago but now he supports things like universal health care.
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Ehh. Not really. More that it's easier to condemn looking back on it because we know the threats of the Cold War were mostly vastly overblown, but people at the time obviously couldn't have known that. Also the unique kind of pressure put on a democratic society in that situation. He still largely condemns it but is forgiving more in the sense that fear is irrational. He makes a point that some people lived through the first Red Scare, regretted overreacting, and then did it again during the second one. actually communism is good
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Is Bruce Carlsen's new audio equipment not set up correctly? Latest My History Can Beat Up Your Politics sounds really bad. Now I literally just had a whole lot of wax cleaned out of my ears, so things do sound differently, but it sounds like there's a filter blocking out all the highs and making it sound like mud.
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His podcasts are super uneven. It's not limited to his more current events episodes either. A couple of his Dozen Ronald Reagan episodes are really badly mixed/edited.
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Yeah I really like the premise of the Ronald Reagan series but I don't have enough time to listen to poorly put together podcasts when there's a whole crazy election going on. Keeping It 1600 is even going to start releasing two episodes a week because they keep getting stumped by Trump's antics.
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I think Carlin's issue with contemporary politics is his fan base. The type of person who listens to a six hour podcast on Roman history is probably not sporting an NPR tote bag. He risks alienating a large portion of his audience by taking any sort of stance that could be seen as partisan (which is everything in tyool 2016). As evidence: "thought experiment: what if America isn't the best country ever??? (and other, equally as Humanity 101 course arguments for people who haven't thought outside their political bubble very much) And I'm just throwing it out there: I like 538's podcast much more that Keeping it 1600 for my polling-data-as-news coverage. Lurks Morington fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Aug 30, 2016 |
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I listen to both but if I had to pick it'd be 538.
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Lurks Morington posted:I think Carlin's issue with contemporary politics is his fan base. The type of person who listens to a six hour podcast on Roman history is probably not sporting an NPR tote bag. Really? Every history nerd I know is super liberal. Though, I guess pretty much everyone I know is super liberal. Am I just in a bubble (yes) and history nerds are generally conservative? feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Aug 30, 2016 |
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You probably have to differentiate between 'military history nerds' and 'history nerds'.
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Lurks Morington posted:I think Carlin's issue with contemporary politics is his fan base. The type of person who listens to a six hour podcast on Roman history is probably not sporting an NPR tote bag. 
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Dan's official forum has a distinct libertarian and paleocon bent to it. It's the kind of place where feminism and socialism tend to be dismissed as cute ideas that just aren't right for America by well-meaning middle-aged white dudes.
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Socialism probably IS a bad idea for America, though, given our government's history of incompetence. Although I suspect that social programs will eventually have to refined and expanded because the population is only going to rise and the amount of work to be done is only going to diminish.
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joe football posted:Common Sense does kind of suck because it's basically just a long talk radio segment on current affairs, not because Carlin has super objectionable politics. If he put as much research and work into one as he does a hardcore history episode it could probably be good, but he doesn't so they're bad He doesn't say enough of anything to be objectionable. If anything he's milquetoast.
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Antti posted:I listen to both but if I had to pick it'd be 538. I'm listening to both, Political Gabfest, and sometimes The Weeds and Primary Concerns, but 538 is probably my favorite of all of them. I'm not sure what it is about their dynamic but it's a lot of fun to listen to. And yes I am very ready for this election to be over.
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mike12345 posted:You probably have to differentiate between 'military history nerds' and 'history nerds'. also chapotraphouse > 538 > Keeping it 1600
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What's the deal with Harry Enten on 538? Is there any particular reason he comes off as a huge dick most of the time?
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rotinaj posted:What's the deal with Harry Enten on 538? Is there any particular reason he comes off as a huge dick most of the time? never having ben to NYC I picture him looking exactly like Barton fink.
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rotinaj posted:What's the deal with Harry Enten on 538? Is there any particular reason he comes off as a huge dick most of the time? I haven't heard the podcast, but earlier today I read a couple of articles on the 538 website he wrote ~13 months ago. He seems just to be unpleasant and snarky, as well as an objectively poor analyst.
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rotinaj posted:What's the deal with Harry Enten on 538? Is there any particular reason he comes off as a huge dick most of the time? 
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I don't mean this as an insult, but I feel like there's a really good chance Harry Enten is mildly autistic. Aside from his job in data journalism, he's also really really into weather. Plus the socially awkward stuff, of course.
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To me Harry's just someone who's always been that my way, Nathaniel. He was writing polling analysis for the Guardian when he was 25. Guy's actually a whiz kid and that itself can make you really cocksure inside your domain.
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feedmyleg posted:Really? Every history nerd I know is super liberal. Though, I guess pretty much everyone I know is super liberal. Am I just in a bubble (yes) and history nerds are generally conservative? There's an odd group of people called "neoreactionaries" that tend to be really into history and really against democracy. So, things like returning to a monarchy, and stuff like that. Not a widespread movement.
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Whiz Kid Harry Enten He's looking for a girlfriend
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Just saw someone link this on Twitter http://www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Anyone give it a listen yet?
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