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Jack Gladney posted:I hope the next one is his suicide note. Takes a lot of balls to bag on PBS drives while doing the same and scamming millions that nobody took back. Can u give me a little back story on that? I don't know that guy or listen to the show but that sounds interesting.
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Kings Of Calabria posted:Can u give me a little back story on that? I don't know that guy or listen to the show but that sounds interesting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dunning_(author) They only prosecuted the first 15 thousand, but he likely got a lot more than that. He ends every podcast asking for weekly "micropayments" because he quit his job (as a pro scammer) to make it. He has the smuggest voice that ever smarmed.
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It was even better hearing that smug voice going like "You'd give money to KANYE WEST but not a humble science man like ME????" all the while I'm proud to be the last man on earth to listen to Skeptoid. I was hoping he'd at least end the PBS ep by going "And that's why we need more public funding for PBS, let me tell you about these nasty politicians defunding it!!" but nahhhhhh I wish he'd at least go back to doing episodes about like..."The Mysterious Glowing Orange Death Light of North Carolina" but I guess he's run out of poo poo like that
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Jan 27, 2016 05:00
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Jack Gladney posted:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dunning_(author) lol he sounds like a dorky Seth Rogen, what a goober. Surprised hje is so popular. Even if he was the coolest guy in school who would want to listen to an hour of someone being like "yes but science  "
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Kings Of Calabria posted:lol he sounds like a dorky Seth Rogen, what a goober. Surprised hje is so popular. Even if he was the coolest guy in school who would want to listen to an hour of someone being like "yes but science That's why his podcast is ten to fifteen minutes long.
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Are people liking History on Fire? I've stayed subbed but haven't really delved into much other than the first ep just because the vibes and Joe Rogen connection made it seem like an even more casualass "history dad" podcast than Hardcore History. I've got them all sitting here though and Ive caught up to most of my other podcasts so I might start listening to a few more I'd also like to announce my new podcast EXTREME HARDCORE HISTORY ON FIRE EXPLODING. It's good if you're uhh really into wars Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jan 28, 2016 |
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TheFallenEvincar posted:Are people liking History on Fire? I've stayed subbed but haven't really delved into much other than the first ep just because the vibes and Joe Rogen connection made it seem like an even more casualass "history dad" podcast than Hardcore History. I've got them all sitting here though and Ive caught up to most of my other podcasts so I might start listening to a few more I like the two episodes on the slave wars. Definitely recommendable. That being said, his twitter has a weird dudebro audience. Apparently he wrote a couple of books that seem a bit on the self-help side. Whatever. I like what I listened to, will definitely pick it up once I finish other stuff.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:Are people liking History on Fire? I've stayed subbed but haven't really delved into much other than the first ep just because the vibes and Joe Rogen connection made it seem like an even more casualass "history dad" podcast than Hardcore History. I've got them all sitting here though and Ive caught up to most of my other podcasts so I might start listening to a few more I haven't listened to the just released episode but I have heard the rest. I like it well enough, I guess. It's like a Hardcore History-lite that comes out more often and isn't as long (thank god). The host is not an exceptional storyteller but he's not bad. I thought I would have a harder time understanding his thick accent than I have. The show is fine. I know that sounds like faint praise and I guess it is but sometimes fine is good enough. I've enjoyed the topics he has chosen so far. I think if you like the topics you'll think it's fine too. This podcast is okay. I like the cover art.
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I've finished the English Monarchs arc of Rex Factor. I won't comment on the results beyond their being fine, but my favorite ended up being Charles II, and Ali being left as Edward I's only real fan was hilarious.
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Yeah I'm listening to the Xenophon eps and they're pretty serviceable I guess. You're right that decent to fine still has some value considering how hard it is to find history podcasts to stick with. I'll have stretches with nothing to listen to and then one day five podcasts I'm subscribed to will decide to update all at once and it's like gently caress man. Maybe I'll try Rex Factor. I like the look of the topics and episode lengths, though "light-hearted" worries me given how subjective what anyone finds funny can be, the Lesser Bonapartes didn't really stick with me. I'm sure my not having a whole lot of detailed knowledge on this aspect of history might make it more okay if they're a lighter history podcast. I also started listening to the 538 election podcast thingie on the recommendation/ad from the Slate's Whistlestop. Whistlestop, by the way, remains a consistently good historical/political podcast. There's a nice little new ep on the Dean Scream. The 538 podcast, eh, it's decent current political white noise.
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Don't forget that you're comparing late Dan Carlin to the first few episodes this guy has done. He's already fairly enjoyable and if he gets a hundred hours of historical storytelling under his belt, he'll probably be really good as well.
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Megazver posted:late Dan Carlin Phrasing! I nearly freaked out.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:Are people liking History on Fire? I've stayed subbed but haven't really delved into much other than the first ep just because the vibes and Joe Rogen connection made it seem like an even more casualass "history dad" podcast than Hardcore History. I've got them all sitting here though and Ive caught up to most of my other podcasts so I might start listening to a few more Dan Carlin's been on Joe Rogan's podcast like 4 times as well, not sure why that's a big deal.
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It's not a big deal per se, just something that could be a warning sign when accompanied by other more significant warning signs. They're fine. It's fine. Although it's kind of weird how often the Italian guy keeps plugging and using Dan Carlin's name. He'll just keep recommending you listen to this superior podcast Hardcore History and discussing what Dan Carlin's favorite part of whatever story he's telling is. I get enough darn Carlin listening to Dan Carlin, man, you don't have to ALSO drop boxing analogies. I've liked his telling of the Xenophon's Anabasis well enough though. Fine is fine. I like how often he keeps feeling like he needs to remind his audience that homosexuality/bisexuality was more prevalent and accepted in that era.
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You Must Remember This is back with a new season long subject: The Blacklist. I thought her last series on MGM was good if a little direction-less. I really enjoyed the season before that (Manson) so I hope the new series on the Blacklist returns to a more focused style.
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Really dug the first ep, and it's a subject I'm really interested in at the moment. Great toning!
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Is there a podcast series out there about the early settlers, plymouth colony and all that? Initially looked for a mooc, but have trouble finding anything.
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In this week's In Our Time on Chromatography, Lord Barg is at his wit's end with all these guests. He's always short, but now he's openly scornful, especially of the American who did chromatography in the studio.
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Goddamn is the new You Must Remember This blacklist episode depressing. I never knew HUAAC was so blatantly and openly racist, sexist, anti-semetic, and generally anti-progressive. I just knew it was a communist witch hunt. Thanks, history, for making me feel terrible this morning.
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Mr. Squishy posted:In this week's In Our Time on Chromatography, Lord Barg is at his wit's end with all these guests. He's always short, but now he's openly scornful, especially of the American who did chromatography in the studio. Yeah that was gold. "So the interesting thing about this technique is that it was developed by a German industrial chemist in the lat-" "WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW, TELL ME ABOUT <X>" Although I did find this episode extraordinarily dull. It seems like such a visual science, so listening to academics describe it for 45 minutes just doesn't do it justice. webmeister fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Feb 10, 2016 |
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Him cutting off the experts in the middle of interesting stories like that is what put my off the show. Specially since he seems to allow for a bunch of less interesting table setting at the top every episode. Sometimes it feels like debate team or something.
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Academics can and will talk about whatever their area of knowledge is for hours if you let them. Bragg's job is to cover a series of points about a topic within a fixed time frame, not to allow his guests to wax poetic.
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WEH posted:Academics can and will talk about whatever their area of knowledge is for hours if you let them. Bragg's job is to cover a series of points about a topic within a fixed time frame, not to allow his guests to wax poetic. Sometimes Bragg accomplishes this. Other times it feels like he's personally offended whenever an expert doesn't offer the exact answer he's expecting to a given question. If he's not willing to allow the conversation to develop a little more organically, he should just abandon the interview format altogether imo.
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PerilPastry posted:Sometimes Bragg accomplishes this. Other times it feels like he's personally offended whenever an expert doesn't offer the exact answer he's expecting to a given question. If he's not willing to allow the conversation to develop a little more organically, he should just abandon the interview format altogether imo. I'm only guessing but I bet he gets sick of guests not getting it every week. Never new to him, always new to them, etc. A while back I asked for USA politics podcasts and got great recommendations. Can I get any for USA foreign policy on the middle east and Africa / world problems / crises? Sorry I know that's vague, basically I can't keep on top of the middle east thread and want something more detailed than the guardian articles and more frequent than topical common sense episodes.
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PerilPastry posted:Sometimes Bragg accomplishes this. Other times it feels like he's personally offended whenever an expert doesn't offer the exact answer he's expecting to a given question. If he's not willing to allow the conversation to develop a little more organically, he should just abandon the interview format altogether imo.
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I just think it needs to be longer.
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Drunkboxer posted:I just think it needs to be longer. Yeah, there's a lot more of Bragg being terse in the older episodes that were like 20 minutes long. They'd be better off with 90-minute biweekly episodes or something.
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Just do the 90 minutes and make an editor trim it down, they already have extra stuff at the end of the podcast done during commercials, no Bragg stress there.
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I think the show is a live broadcast, so it has to fit into its time slot as is.
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Yeah, probably its greatest strength and weakness is that it's a radio show, not a podcast. They can't just let it go for as long as they like. No matter what you think of particular episodes, or Bragg's presenting style in general, I do think it's hard to argue with the body of work that the show makes in total. Has covered such a ludicrously broad range of ideas, usually in some level of detail and pretty consistently entertainingly.
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In case anyone was wonder what happened to it, Invisibilia's social media accounts finally started going again and the show will be back in June.
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quote:A while back I asked for USA politics podcasts and got great recommendations. Can I get any for USA foreign policy on the middle east and Africa / world problems / crises? Sorry I know that's vague, basically I can't keep on top of the middle east thread and want something more detailed than the guardian articles and more frequent than topical common sense episodes. Foreign Objects, Radio War Nerd, War on the Rocks, CSIS Podcast. e: jihadology COPE 27 fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Feb 13, 2016 |
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If anyone's not listening to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, give it a try. He's doing a 12-parter on Reagan and his presidency, and it's been fascinating and remarkably even-handed. As someone who grew up during his presidency, it's nice to get a historical take on it.
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stealie72 posted:If anyone's not listening to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, give it a try. He's doing a 12-parter on Reagan and his presidency, and it's been fascinating and remarkably even-handed. As someone who grew up during his presidency, it's nice to get a historical take on it. I do like how he's been covering it. Although I suspect that at least half of the reason for him doing it is to show off his rather good Reagan impression.
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But it's hampered by the terrible quality of the actual recordings of Reagan's actual speeches. I thought it was just the radio chatter from the first part but it sounds like he's recording a YouTube clip with his phone. Still good though.
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