Podcasts Recs

[TamiTaylor]

Already listened to Dirty John and Dr.Death. Looking for more stuff like that and some lighthearted podcasts.

[jaycee]

Up and Vanished - missing person case
Savage Lovecast - sex advice
Blabbermouth - liberal politics
Pod Save America - liberal politics

[konapoppy]

If you like TV, I love Extra Hot Great. I also like their other podcast - Again with This: Beverly Hills, 90210. It is a recap/convo of every single episode of the original show.

[game blouses]

I love The Moth. People up on stage, telling true stories, no notes. You hear some amazingly inspiring, moving, funny, and thoughtful stuff from celebrities and regular people alike. Whenever I’m between podcasts I go back to The Moth.

I also like Conversations with People Who Hate Me and Serial (though I haven’t started season 3 yet).

[insominac]

Like Dr. Death and Dirty John: Happy Face. It’s a podcast about a serial killer told from the perspective of his daughter and (ex?) wife.

[joy]

Ear Hustle - it’s about life inside San Quentin Peniteniary.

Criminal - all kinds of criminals (not just murder)

Mystery Show - a girl tracks down every day myserties. Example - her friend found this fancy belt buckle on the street one day as a kid. The host goes in search of its owner, finds out who he is, who had the buckle made, how it ended up lost on the street, etc. It sounds a bit odd, but the stories are sweet or funny or just fun.

The Habitat - an experiment involving a team of people living in potential Mars habitat. Nasa runs these experiments to design future missions.

[Deleted]

Hi, my name is angryharpy, and I have a podcast addiction.

General News:
Up First (it’s a mini-Morning Edition, perfect for staying informed with those calming NPR voices without a big time commitment)
The Daily
Today Explained
The Impact (season 2 hits next month!)
It’s Been a Minute

Politics and policy:
Pod Save America
Lovett or Leave It
The Wilderness
Hysteria
The Weeds
NPR Politics
Embedded
Amicus

International stuff:
Pod Save the World
Worldly

Miscellany:
Fresh Air (depending on the guest)
Slow Burn
Serial
The Dream (new podcast all about MLMs)
Katie Couric (depending on the guest)
This American Life
Reveal (investigative journalism)
Mom and Dad are Fighting (parenting)
2 Dope Queens
Sooooo Many White Guys
She Says (chronicles the story of a sexual assault victim)

[joy]

Some others that are good...

Ask a Manager - the host is good at answering work questions. I listen to the problem and am like “damn, I don’t know” and then the host talks for twenty minutes and suddenly the answers are so easy! Lol.

Where Should We Begin - back for season 3 this month! It’s couples counseling sessions with real couples. It’s heavy but very interesting.

[joy]

I have now downloaded “The Dream,” @angryharpy. Obviously.

Up First is one of my favs!

[whitemerlot]

The Dream is a new one about MLM companies.

[CrazyLucky]

I'm just starting to listen to Up and Vanished from 2016. From the titles of the episodes, it looks like they found the bad guy, which is cool. I like all these cold case podcasts, but it's nice when there's a resolution.
Some I like are:
Embedded
Cults
Casefile
Crimetown
Stuff you Missed in History Class
Someone Knows Something
Accused is ok, but the person speaks so slowly! When I turn on the option to reduce silences, the length is reduced by about 30%!
TED Talks are always cool

If you have kids:
Circle Round
Wow in the World
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. They haven't had a new one in forever, but there's about a dozen they made.

[laterz]

I like 60-second science, because I have little attention span. LOL.

[fivechickens]

True Crime Obsessed. They are hilarious.
I just started listening to My Favorite Murder. They are pretty funny too.
Up and Vanished

[snshne322]

Misc:

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
The Dream - The inside of MLMs
Last Seen - The story and investigation into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist

Politics/Policy

Any of the Crooked Media
Slow Burn

[sarahsays]

I listen to a lot of the ones previously mentioned, but I also started The Teacher's Pet recently.

It's an investigative podcast sponsored by The Australian about the disappearance of an Australian woman.

"Chris and Lyn appear to have the perfect marriage. But when Lyn goes missing, dark secrets are buried. This is no fairytale, but a sordid story of strangely close twin brothers, teenage student lovers, and probable murder."
www.theaustralian.com.au/the-teachers-pet

[rachachella]

The Teacher's Pet - another missing persons case
 - sorry, just saw this was already mentioned.  But it is good!

[notreal]

Oct 10, 2018 8:01:43 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

...Accused is ok, but the person speaks so slowly! When I turn on the option to reduce silences, the length is reduced by about 30%!

You Must Remember this is the same way to me. I put it on 2x speed and it sounds normal.

[eb777888]

I've been listening to the Teacher's Pet, and it's okay, I just wish it were condensed a bit more. I'm getting a bit tired of it and I'm starting to zone out when listening to it.

I'm also kind of over True Crime Garage. The Captain guy is starting to grate on my nerves more than usual.

I've been enjoying Casefile, I just have to find a good one. I can't listen to child death or any of the serial killer ones.

I love Generation Why. They wrap it up in one episode and keep it concise. I'm all caught up, though.

I need to find some new podcasts as well, maybe some that aren't about murder? lol. I can't do politics because that's already weighing on my mind every fucking day, I need a brief escape from that.

OHHHH. A really interesting one was a rec from here about a sex therapist counseling couples. Esther Perel. Very interesting one.

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Oct 10, 2018 9:49:43 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

OHHHH. A really interesting one was a rec from here about a sex therapist counseling couples. Esther Perel. Very interesting one.

Where Should We Begin?

I've only listened to an episode or two, but agreed, it's very interesting.

[eb777888]

Oct 10, 2018 10:21:25 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Oct 10, 2018 9:49:43 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

OHHHH. A really interesting one was a rec from here about a sex therapist counseling couples. Esther Perel. Very interesting one.

Where Should We Begin?

I've only listened to an episode or two, but agreed, it's very interesting.

Yes! Sorry, couldn't think of the name. 

It definitely satisfies my nosey curiosity about other people's sex lives. And I've learned a lot. 

[happyholiday]

I mostly listen to true crime and love My Favorite Murder and What Did You Do? For something different and highly, highly entertaining, Mother May I Sleep With Podcast is great. The host and a guest watch/analyze/talk shit about Lifetime Movies. Start with the Jody Arias one!

[lo]

Oct 10, 2018 10:43:37 GMT -5 happyholiday said:

I mostly listen to true crime and love My Favorite Murder and What Did You Do? For something different and highly, highly entertaining, Mother May I Sleep With Podcast is great. The host and a guest watch/analyze/talk shit about Lifetime Movies. Start with the Jody Arias one!

Yeah, MFM is a comedy podcast about murder. I really like it.

[happyholiday]

Oct 10, 2018 10:48:16 GMT -5 lo said:

Oct 10, 2018 10:43:37 GMT -5 happyholiday said:

I mostly listen to true crime and love My Favorite Murder and What Did You Do? For something different and highly, highly entertaining, Mother May I Sleep With Podcast is great. The host and a guest watch/analyze/talk shit about Lifetime Movies. Start with the Jody Arias one!

Yeah, MFM is a comedy podcast about murder. I really like it.

It's so good! If anyone is thinking comedy and murder is an odd mix, the hosts are actually very respectful of the victims.

[cabbagecabbage]

I’ll second/third

Where Should We Begin?
The Dream . I just started it but I’m obsessed.


For lighthearted and hilarious, l love Mortified (people read their old diaries in from of an audience) and My Dad Wrote a Porno (a man and his friends read chapters of the erotic fiction novels his father wrote and self published, nsfw obviously but I am often gasping from giggling so hard.)

[justcallmekhaleesi]

Casefile True Crime
The Teacher’s Pet
Accused
Happy Face
In the Dark

[jigsy]

A few that I love that haven't already been mentions

-Why won't you date me w/ Nicole Byer (not safe for work/kids, lol)
Nicole brings on guests and talks about dating and life, they look at her tinder profile and give suggestions, and she asks why they would/wouldn't date her. I love her body positivity. She is hilarious. And she can get surprisingly vulnerable.

-What Really Happened
Andrew Jenks looks into things to figure out what really happened. Every episode is different, some more interesting than others, but I enjoy them all.

-Haunted Places
Each episode is about a real haunted place, it talks about why/how it became "haunted" through stories. Its basically like a ghost story podcast.

-Serial Killers
Discusses various serial killers - who they were, "why" they did it.

-Now What with Arian Foster
Ex-NFL player interviews all sorts of different people. Hes had an astronaut, artists, therapist, sports people, comedians...basically everyone. And he always has a really interesting conversation with them

Who Weekly
A really stupid pop-culture round up about all the "who" celebrities.

[liverandonions]

I really like Armchair expert with Dax Shepherd.

[breebug]

@angryharpy are we the same person? I think so.

Ditto everything she said. I also like True Crime Garage (hosts can be annoying but will grow on you).

Serial - first season is the best. Insane. Season 3 just came out and I’m hooked.

Heavyweight

Homecoming. It’s a fictional story and has a few well-known actirs voicing the characters. Amazon Video is actually releasing a series soon starring Julia Roberts based on the story. It’s good!

I just listened to Uncover: Escaping NXIVM and it was mind blowing. It’s a story from the perspective of an actress who left the (alleged) cult that’s been in the news recently. Crazy.

[dancelnow]

American Innovations and Business Wars

Both are by Wondry and have the cheesy "this is what their conversations might have been" dialogue, but I enjoy the kind of behind the curtain aspect of the histories.

[breebug]

Oct 10, 2018 19:55:55 GMT -5 dancelnow said:

American Innovations and Business Wars

Both are by Wondry and have the cheesy "this is what their conversations might have been" dialogue, but I enjoy the kind of behind the curtain aspect of the histories.

Yes!! I love Wondry so much.