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Megazver posted:Does anyone here listen to Radio War Nerd? I do. It's alright, I think they're at times overly skeptical and cynical but mostly it's a very sober, even-handed look at the terrible poo poo going on around the world.
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I'll check that out, I also like war on the rocks, which bills itself as realist.
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I like war nerd though I find its often a little soft on issues like russian intervention and imperialism in contrast to the treatment of western power's equivalent. That said, Brecher's stuff is often insightful and interesting and I'd recommend it for anyone interested in modern conflict, so long as they apply a bit of a healthy filter in terms of bias- though good luck finding anything that ISN'T biased one way or another in this particular field e: also he hates our own Brown Moses and bellingcat 
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Bohemian Nights posted:I like war nerd though I find its often a little soft on issues like russian intervention and imperialism in contrast to the treatment of western power's equivalent. That said, Brecher's stuff is often insightful and interesting and I'd recommend it for anyone interested in modern conflict, so long as they apply a bit of a healthy filter in terms of bias- though good luck finding anything that ISN'T biased one way or another in this particular field Ames and Dolan are cool and it's a good podcast.
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You Must Remember This is back from its hiatus! In case any of you aren't familiar with it, it's an exceptionally well researched and produced podcast about the history of Hollywood. If you want somewhere to start, the series on the Manson Family murders are a great place to start. quote:[this series of] You Must Remember This will explore the murders committed in the summer of 1969 by followers of Charles Manson, and the Hollywood music and movie scene surrounding the killings. Throughout the series, we’ll learn how a single sociopath’s thwarted dreams of fame and fortune led to the gruesome events which became the symbolic “end of the sixties.” Future episodes will explore the various celebrities, musicians, movie stars and filmmakers (including Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, The Beach Boys, Dennis Hopper, Doris Day and more) whose paths crossed with Manson’s in meaningful ways, both leading up to the murders and in their aftermath.
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You Must Remember This owns, but you can probably safely skip the blacklist stuff. Despite being kinda interesting in concept, most of the stories felt very much like variations on a theme. But yeah, that Manson series was riveting as hell.
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I listen to a metric fuckton of podcasts, and You Must Remember This is absolutely one of the top 10 shows out there.
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Joe Rogan interviewed Alex Jones, and it is very historical, informational, and educationalsuburban virgin posted:There's a lot of good poo poo in there - the moon landings, psychic vampires, Buzz Aldrin's martian monolith, pizzagate, the real deal behind Barry Sotero's birthplace and parentage, weather control, chemtrails, interdimensional aliens, the 2012 end of the world, the 2012 Ridley Scott movie Prometheus, Y2k, 9/11, the list goes on. But it's a long-form rambling conversation by design. I chilled out last night and played some XCOM2 listening to the whole thing and drinking cider in the dark. It wouldn't feel right cutting it all to pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZPCp8SPfOM Warning: 4 hours
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Feb 3, 2017 12:27
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mike12345 posted:Joe Rogan interviewed Alex Jones, and it is very historical, informational, and educational Yeah, he asked the listeners of one of the previous episodes to tweet him questions about all the conspiracies they wanted him to ask Alex Jones about. (The Leah Remini episode was really good, btw. I found out poo poo about Scientology I hadn't heard before, even though I watched/read a bunch of stuff about it.)
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Feb 3, 2017 13:19
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Joe Rogan and Alex Jones are both retarded.
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Maybe it's just been a while since I've listened to a Hardcore History, but I'm about halfway through the latest episode and feel like what I've heard could easily be cut in half. Dan is talking in circles so many times and I just want him to get on with it.
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Did they bring up the time Alex Jones infiltrated the bohemian grove? That's probably the most interesting thing Jones has done and I'd love to hear more about drunk Republican millionaires frolicking around the woods.
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Why is he talking about Prometheus
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Dinosaurs! posted:Maybe it's just been a while since I've listened to a Hardcore History, but I'm about halfway through the latest episode and feel like what I've heard could easily be cut in half. Dan is talking in circles so many times and I just want him to get on with it. I felt the same way, a lot of the stuff before the Cuban missile crisis felt light on detail and heavy on "what's that like??!" digressions. I chalked it up to knowing a lot more about recent history so not being super interested in a broad overview
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I kind of liked the whole "what's it like for one person to have the power to end all of humanity, and how unusual is it that they never used it" angle on these. I've got a long commute so I don't mind the detail.
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I've listened to his newest episode twice and it already has me wanting to re-read Command and Control and The Dead Hand. It's crazy that people like Stanislav Petrov didn't have loving global holidays and parades dedicated to them.
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uPen posted:It was a good episode, best episode is still the one about the Anabaptists taking over a town. This episode got me into reading more about early Anabaptists, and the craziness certainly didn't end (or begin) with Münster. Asked Gary Waite, who wrote a lot about the subject, for some advice on which books to read first. He mailed me a bunch of reading materials, which was really cool of him, but he also sent two of his articles as PDF scans, so here's the Dropbox links if someone wants to read more on radical Anabaptism: From Apocalyptic Crusaders to Anabaptist Terrorists: Anabaptist Radicalism after Münster, 1535-1544 Apocalyptical Terrorists or a Figment of Governmental Paranoia? Reevaluating Anabaptist Violence in the Netherlands and Holy Roman Empire, 1535-1570
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I've listened to his newest episode twice and it already has me wanting to re-read Command and Control and The Dead Hand. It's crazy that people like Stanislav Petrov didn't have loving global holidays and parades dedicated to them. What are your thoughts on The Dead Hand, I've had it sitting in my Kindle library for a bit and haven't had a chance to read it
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SHOAH NUFF posted:What are your thoughts on The Dead Hand, I've had it sitting in my Kindle library for a bit and haven't had a chance to read it I loved it. It's dedicated mostly to the Soviet Biopreparat bioweapons programs and, later, the titular Dead Hand. I left the book actually having some respect for Ronald Reagan - not what I expected - in how committed he seemed to be when it came to nuclear arms reduction, even if he was naive when it came to SDI/"Star Wars." I would absolutely recommend it if you enjoyed the latest Hardcore History episode.
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I just started reading it under my desk at work and loved the prologue. I also had ordered a copy of Stalin and the Bomb after Carlin mentioned it during the last podcast.
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stealie72 posted:I kind of liked the whole "what's it like for one person to have the power to end all of humanity, and how unusual is it that they never used it" angle on these. I've got a long commute so I don't mind the detail. If detail is what you want you do not want to listen to Carlin. He takes 15 hours to tell you basically what a sixth grade textbook would.
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The recent episode of Common Sense was awful.
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There's basically nothing more obnoxious than calling your political podcast "common sense" Well, other than saying it's "dangerously thoughtful" I guess it could be worse and you could be locked in a room listening to 538 forever though Who knew the white guy really into World War Two and military history had dumb political opinions, nvr seen that before
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Both sides are the saaaaaaaaame
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to be ABSOLUTELY fair he's totally right about the Dems desperately trying to act like nothing's wrong if Ellison doesn't beat Perez the leadership has learned nothing
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Rodyle posted:
I don't see how, considering they agree on pretty much everything.
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evilpicard posted:Both sides are the saaaaaaaaame did you know that the truth... is somewhere in the middle? (This latest Common Sense has made me give up on listening to the Common Sense podcast, holy poo poo does it take forever to not say anything)
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rotinaj posted:did you know that the truth... Since Democrats are hypocrites, and Republicans are also hypocrites, the correct answer is write in Ross Perot 
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rotinaj posted:did you know that the truth... I'm glad that Carlin put that disclaimer in his old Hardcore History episodes not to listen to Common Sense if you were just in it for the history. I've never listened to it, and I get the feeling that my enjoyment of Hardcore History would be somehow lessened if I did.
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rotinaj posted:holy poo poo does it take forever to not say anything) I've been listening to a lot of historical audiobooks lately and it was quite jarring to go back to the last HH episode where every new event must be accompanied by five minutes of explanation of how exactly each person must have felt.
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what you have here is a Clint Eastwood...in his FINEST ROLE. But opposing him you got a guy that's more of a Charles Bronson in the PRIME OF HIS CAREER. Whaddya do? - Carlin trying to explain Marius vs Sulla
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But how many haymakers have they thrown?
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"Clint Eastwood in the Batman sorta role" to describe Leonidas (I think?) was probably the worst of the lot
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webmeister posted:"Clint Eastwood in the Batman sorta role" to describe Leonidas (I think?) was probably the worst of the lot Actually that makes perfect sense because both have been in Zach Snyder directed films.
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The newest HH finally did get good but holy poo poo could the first three hours have been 45 minutes.
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What are some of the more outrageous or outlandish Dollop episodes? The Rube and Dolphin are the two I hear the most from fans, but if I were to put together a list of 5-10 to listen to with a newcomer what are the other craziest ones?
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The Willie Dee and The Toxic Woman of Riverside are two of my favorites edit: and Ten Cent Beer Night, of course
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