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Lawman 0 posted:I just finished the history of Rome podcast! Good Job, Start on Revolutions if you haven't already
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I couldn't get enough of History of Rome and would listen to a couple a day, but got burned out on Revolutions within a few episodes and at this point would need to restart it to remember what was going on. I don't know if I just OD'd on the host or if I just liked Roman history better.
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Jun 3, 2014 17:13
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Drunkboxer posted:I couldn't get enough of History of Rome and would listen to a couple a day, but got burned out on Revolutions within a few episodes and at this point would need to restart it to remember what was going on. I don't know if I just OD'd on the host or if I just liked Roman history better. I had to skip the English revolution part because I just couldn't get into it, but I don't know if that was just my own lack of context/interest or if the first few episodes really were that rough, but the American revolution held my attention just fine.
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Jun 3, 2014 17:20
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An interesting podcast I've started listening to recently is "Exposing PseudoAstronomy" http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/ It focuses, of course, on explaining the truth behind a lot of astronomy misconceptions; but also delves into explaining why a lot of generally space-related conspiracy theories and such are bullshit (like Billy Meier, the dude from Switzerland who's claimed aliens have been in contact with him since the 60s; and a bunch of Coast To Coast AM regulars). There's also many episodes that simply explain basic and not so basic concepts in astronomy in general that help you understand why things are wrong. Some of the early episodes are kinda dry because he hadn't really gotten going yet, but as he's gone on he's developed better flow. He also releases video episodes from time to time, Separately and slightly related there's also 365 Days Of Astronomy, http://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/ Originally it was supposed to be a single year project for 2009, to do a 5-15 minute podcast from many different groups once a day for an entire year. It ended up being able to sustain itself and continues to do the one 5-15 minute podcast on astronomy topics per day, 5 years on. Some episodes are roundups of news related to space and astronomy, others are meant to tell you about a certain events in the sky that will be coming up, and still others will just cover general topics. I usually end up only keeping up with it for a few months a year because there's just so much content! Incidentally if you wanted to listen to the first 3 years of the podcast now, you're better off listening to the "52 weeks of astronomy" format that got discontinued after 2011: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/52WeeksofAstronomy It simply removed the redundant segments from each episode in a week and put them together (since you'd be going back and listening, you didn't need to hear the short intro song and closing section for each episode every 10 minutes)
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Jun 9, 2014 03:11
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I discovered Caustic Soda thanks to this thread for which I am grateful. It's a solid show and it's always fun to find something new with a sizeable archive of episodes. I don't find the music interludes terribly interesting and their habit of including nws images in show notes is really grating but overall it's consistently enjoyable. Variety of topics keeps things interesting. When looking for something similar I found Sawbones which I like even more. Podcast focuses on medical history and how people looked at and treated various conditions and illnesses in the past. Each episode tackles one issue, for instance the practice of bloodletting or treatment of leprosy. The show manages to be both very informative and entertaining. The hosts have really good chemistry with each other (as they should, as they are married  ). Another show I recently discovered was Oh No, Ross and Carrie! The hosts investigate various religious groups/fringe science practices by going to their meetings/undergoing procedures and then describing their experiences. So they might try to join church of Mormonism and describe the whole process or go to get their ears candled. They are skeptics but the show feels really good natured and fun - while they point out and make fun of bullshit aspects of the things they investigate they end up liking a lot of people they meet. I really recommend this one, it's really interesting to learn about these first hand experiences.
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Jun 9, 2014 09:17
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Revolutions Podcast has returned from its break (to focus on the French Revolution), in case anyone doesn't check their subscriptions to that or something.
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Jul 15, 2014 00:12
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He's also going to drat the torpedoes, discard the 15 episode per revolution format and take all the time he needs to cover the French Revolution!
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Jul 16, 2014 11:25
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Hearing Paul F. Tompkins at the start of the newest episode of The Nerdist (the one with Superego) speak at some length on his love of In Our Time and the impossibility of listening to it passively was an unexpected delight.
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Jul 20, 2014 22:04
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Antti posted:He's also going to drat the torpedoes, discard the 15 episode per revolution format and take all the time he needs to cover the French Revolution! And that we might get to Napoleon by Christmas, which is fantastic. I love history podcasts 
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Jul 21, 2014 00:32
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I started The History of Rome like a week ago, and I now just got up to Rome salting Carthage and conquering Greece. Yeah, it's mostly dry military history, but I don't mind because it does give some nice chronological context to bunch of ancient events I've heard here and there out of order. This is the first time I've heard of Cincinnatus and Marcus Furius Camillus. This is also the first time I've heard of the constitutional traditions of the Roman Republic and it given with a good amount of weight. My plan is to finish Rome and go to his Revolutions podcast. I had a huge fascination with the Haitian Revolution in the past few years; I hope he tackles it well.
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Jul 29, 2014 04:14
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Yeah, I'm a Rome nerd so HoR has been right up my alley. I'm especially interested in the Republic and he could've probably spent more time on it (Yes, I've listened to Dan Carlin's Death Throes of the Republic) but it's all good.
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Jul 29, 2014 06:36
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Well, I'm listening to it as a history guy who never found Rome particularly interesting. Like many people who watched the history channel a decade ago, I had a few "phases" like a World War II phase, English history phase, U.S. Civil War phase, Mongol Empire phase, and Haitian Revolution phase. Rome has always been one of those history nerd subjects (like the Sengoku period, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, American Revolution, Napoleonic era, the Renaissance, Ancient Greece) that never really "clicked" with me despite knowing the broad strokes. The podcast gives nice chronological context to a lot of things I've heard of and explains the evolving political environment in Italy and the Mediterranean in that era quite well. I'm not that big of a military history guy, and the Senate politics are still quite dry too, but I figured Rome is one of those big history subjects I figured I had to get around to looking into. There's not too much "A People's History of Rome" narratives that aren't mostly speculation, so I'm stuck with stories about Great Men and Great Battles for now.
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Jul 29, 2014 07:42
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I'm surprised that History of England hasn't gotten all that much love here. I really love it - it gets dry at times, and I think I'm going to have to relisten to everything between Henry III and the Battle of Crécy to make it stick, but I usually find it riveting. Crowther started out a little dull as a podcaster, but no worse than Mike Duncan when he started out, and he has improved markedly. At this point he's just finished Mr. Crazypants Richard II's reign, which I found extremely interesting. I knew the broad beats of Richard's downfall, since I saw the TV movie of the Shakespeare play on "The Hollow Crown" (which is so good), but I didn't really understand the details. Super fascinating stuff, in my book. Antti posted:Yeah, I'm a Rome nerd so HoR has been right up my alley. I'm especially interested in the Republic and he could've probably spent more time on it (Yes, I've listened to Dan Carlin's Death Throes of the Republic) but it's all good. I thought Carlin's take on the fall of the Republic was spot-on, except for the freaking Catiline conspiracy. Way too much revisionist crap about Cicero and Catiline. Like it or not, Dan, Catiline was the bad guy in that situation.
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Jul 29, 2014 17:13
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I like the idea of history podcasts but this Hardcore History sounds way too dense for me. I'd like a more abridged history podcast. I'm not really deep into podcasts so I don't know where to look for something like that. Wondering if anyone could help me.
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Jul 30, 2014 00:44
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Eggie posted:I like the idea of history podcasts but this Hardcore History sounds way too dense for me. I'd like a more abridged history podcast. I'm not really deep into podcasts so I don't know where to look for something like that. Wondering if anyone could help me. The Memory Palace is only about five minutes per episode. It's very much about a single tiny story rooted in history, though, and not an overview of a historical event. I would really recommend giving Hardcore History a try, though. The fact that it goes so in-depth is what makes it so engaging.
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Jul 30, 2014 14:13
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Eggie posted:I like the idea of history podcasts but this Hardcore History sounds way too dense for me. I'd like a more abridged history podcast. I'm not really deep into podcasts so I don't know where to look for something like that. Wondering if anyone could help me. It already is an abridged view of history - there's just a lot to talk about and describe (and make boxing analogies of).
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Jul 30, 2014 15:06
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Possibly try some of the one-off episodes of hardcore history. The multi-parters are pretty dense some times (I like it, I can see how some wouldn't) but the single episodes cover pretty major events in an hour or two.
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Jul 30, 2014 17:27
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Eggie posted:I like the idea of history podcasts but this Hardcore History sounds way too dense for me. I'd like a more abridged history podcast. I'm not really deep into podcasts so I don't know where to look for something like that. Wondering if anyone could help me. Stuff You Missed in History Class isn't all that dense. Sometimes I think the hosts are deliberately trying to make me drowsy with their sleepy-whisper talk, but I still like it.
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Jul 30, 2014 18:12
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If you find certain podcasts are otherwise good, but the pace makes you sleepy, speeding up playback by like 10% or so might help.
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Jul 30, 2014 20:08
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It's not the pace it's their sleepy voices, same goes for How Stuff Works.
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Jul 30, 2014 20:22
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Eggie posted:I like the idea of history podcasts but this Hardcore History sounds way too dense for me. I'd like a more abridged history podcast. I'm not really deep into podcasts so I don't know where to look for something like that. Wondering if anyone could help me. You may want to try out Revolutions which is one of the current favorites around here. It's multi-episode but really casual. Also, if you want bite-sized history videos, Crash Course World/US History is on YouTube and is nicely produced.
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Jul 30, 2014 21:22
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In Our Time does quick 30 minute programs on topics and there is an archive of history subjects on itunes.
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Aug 1, 2014 02:46
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Drunkboxer posted:Stuff You Missed in History Class isn't all that dense. Sometimes I think the hosts are deliberately trying to make me drowsy with their sleepy-whisper talk, but I still like it. Yeah, the voices can be drowsy, but my biggest peeve with that podcast is that you get at least two ads for a 30 minute podcast (some for Stuff you Should Know), which is very annoying considering that Dan Carlin can go 3 hours with ads just at the end of the podcast. Also, has anyone heard When Diplomacy Fails? I've been listening to the July Crisis episodes, the road towards WWI and while it can be interesting, sometimes there's too much pointless information and the guy makes weird voices when quoting people.
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Aug 1, 2014 02:58
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radlum posted:Yeah, the voices can be drowsy, but my biggest peeve with that podcast is that you get at least two ads for a 30 minute podcast (some for Stuff you Should Know), which is very annoying considering that Dan Carlin can go 3 hours with ads just at the end of the podcast. It's so unfortunate when a podcaster's voice ruins the whole project. On one History of England, there was a guest episode on the Avignon Papacy, I think. I was super-excited to listen to it, because I know a little bit about it but always wanted to learn more. But ooooooh my Lord the voice. The horrible loving VOICE. Super nasally New York accent that just made the whole drat thing unlistenable. I was disappointed, because the guy has his own podcast on the Papacy, which I would totally listen to. If my ears wouldn't bleed listening to him.
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Aug 1, 2014 05:55
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That's why I find Dan Carlin so unboring. He knows how to talk to the mic that just makes me want to listen to more of him and inevitably do.
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Aug 1, 2014 06:00
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If you're worried about being engaged while learning things, I couldn't recommend The Infinite Monkey Cage enough. It's 60/40 informational and comedy respectively, but even the comedy is of an educational bent - if you need a segue into these kind of podcasts that's a good gateway drug.
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Aug 1, 2014 06:02
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Majorian posted:It's so unfortunate when a podcaster's voice ruins the whole project. On one History of England, there was a guest episode on the Avignon Papacy, I think. I was super-excited to listen to it, because I know a little bit about it but always wanted to learn more. But ooooooh my Lord the voice. The horrible loving VOICE. Super nasally New York accent that just made the whole drat thing unlistenable. I was disappointed, because the guy has his own podcast on the Papacy, which I would totally listen to. If my ears wouldn't bleed listening to him. Is there a second History of England? Cause the one I'm listening to has a very british accent. E: Oh, was the guest voice the issue? That makes more sense. zeekner fucked around with this message at 07:13 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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Aug 1, 2014 07:10
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Uncomfortable Gaze posted:Is there a second History of England? Cause the one I'm listening to has a very british accent. E: Oh, was the guest voice the issue? That makes more sense. Yes, the guest voice. I like David Crowther's voice, because it sounds like Michael Palin (at least to my dumbass American ears) and that makes me happy. The guest host was Stephen Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast. I haven't listened to his regular podcast, but hopefully he'll, you know. Not sound like that anymore.
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Aug 1, 2014 07:28
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Dan Carlin's voice and affect is the reason that I find Hardcore History to be completely unlistenable but then again I read and enjoy super dry academic history books (the more footnotes the better!), so I'm kinda weird
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Aug 1, 2014 07:57
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I switched to Overcast because of its volume normalization feature, HH will put it to the test. I have no idea why his audio guy doesn't do more to normalize Dan's normal, booming voice with his quiet aside/quote voice.
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Aug 1, 2014 08:05
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WDIIA posted:Dan Carlin's voice and affect is the reason that I find Hardcore History to be completely unlistenable but then again I read and enjoy super dry academic history books (the more footnotes the better!), so I'm kinda weird What about it don't you like, just out of curiosity?
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Aug 1, 2014 16:57
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I, personally, don't find his voice abrasive but I could see it being too nasally and high pitched for some people.
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Aug 1, 2014 18:09
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I actually felt the same way about Carlin at first. At the time the only podcast I'd ever listened to was the first half or so of The History of Rome so when I went from that to Carlin's Death of the Republic it was a huge difference and I just didn't like it. He sounded like a crazy person raving. I listened to like 10 minutes, gave up, and a couple months later once I finished Rome and needed something to listen to I tried again. After the first hour or so I guess I just adjusted, because now I listen to all his podcasts and love them.
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Aug 1, 2014 18:14
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:I actually felt the same way about Carlin at first. At the time the only podcast I'd ever listened to was the first half or so of The History of Rome so when I went from that to Carlin's Death of the Republic it was a huge difference and I just didn't like it. He sounded like a crazy person raving. I listened to like 10 minutes, gave up, and a couple months later once I finished Rome and needed something to listen to I tried again. After the first hour or so I guess I just adjusted, because now I listen to all his podcasts and love them. Just wanted to echo this. At first, his voice had this tone that reminded me of really aggressive radio personalities, like Rush Limbaugh or something. But then I got wrapped up into the narrative of the Mongol hordes and whatever, it was cool.
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Aug 1, 2014 18:19
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This is why I've never listened to a whole episode of his podcasts, hopefully if I try again I'll have a similar experience to you guys. Because when I tried listening to him he reminded me of Alex Jones.
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Aug 1, 2014 18:30
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Beeez posted:This is why I've never listened to a whole episode of his podcasts, hopefully if I try again I'll have a similar experience to you guys. Because when I tried listening to him he reminded me of Alex Jones. And the MONGOLS put the ARABS in FEMA CAMPS where they were subjected to ABHORRENT EXPERIMENTS funded by ILLUMINATI AGENTS, we have the documents folks, infowars dot com, fight the power and take back OUR COUNTRY. We're up against HEAVYWEIGHTS and they're knuckleballing us hard, but if we feint to the right and left, they'll never get a hit in and we can outLAST them, WAKE UP AMERICA. Infowars dot com.
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Aug 1, 2014 21:34
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Beeez posted:This is why I've never listened to a whole episode of his podcasts, hopefully if I try again I'll have a similar experience to you guys. Because when I tried listening to him he reminded me of Alex Jones. Yeah, I've tried on countless occasions to get into Dan Carlin, but I cannot stand his presentation. He could be reading a history book that I know and love and I would immediately question everything he's saying based on his intonation.
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Aug 1, 2014 21:48
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Majorian posted:What about it don't you like, just out of curiosity? I can't really put my finger on it. But part of it is because of the high-pitched fast aggressive voice. And part of it is because he takes historical events that I would find completely interesting in a super bland lecture and tries to "up-sell" it with boxing analogies and dramatic pauses and whatever. The end result is that to me, he almost sounds like a stereotypical used car salesman with a gold fake Rolex Like, I totally get why a ton of people love it but it's just not for me 
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Aug 1, 2014 21:49
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BottledBodhisvata posted:And the MONGOLS put the ARABS in FEMA CAMPS where they were subjected to ABHORRENT EXPERIMENTS funded by ILLUMINATI AGENTS, we have the documents folks, infowars dot com, fight the power and take back OUR COUNTRY. We're up against HEAVYWEIGHTS and they're knuckleballing us hard, but if we feint to the right and left, they'll never get a hit in and we can outLAST them, WAKE UP AMERICA. Infowars dot com. IT STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN! The Siege of Kiev was a false flag operation!
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I was kind of the opposite with Carlin. The first episode of HCH I listened to was the Bubonic Nuke one and was really put off by all the sound effects and voice filters he used in order to make it more dramatic. Then I listened to one of the later episodes which was just Carlin ranting and ended up enjoying it much more.
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