Podcasts

[Tredman]

BBC Radio 4 - The Coming Storm

QAnon and the plot to break reality. Reporter Gabriel Gatehouse investigates.

www.bbc.co.uk

Read about this in the paper the other day - need to give it a listen. Have been making my way through Jon Ronson's new podcast and that touches on QAnon (and I still very much recommend finding Q above too)

 

[YoungWolf]

Will listening to pods about QAnon just make me more furious with how nuts people can be? I'm gonna listen to the BBC one (which one is the one you mention Tredman?) - but would like to be mentally prepared for it!

 

[Tredman]

Will listening to pods about QAnon just make me more furious with how nuts people can be? I'm gonna listen to the BBC one (which one is the one you mention Tredman?) - but would like to be mentally prepared for it!

Yep, pretty much. Though I think its always good to try and understanding people's motives and the Finding Q podcast is good at that.

This is the one I started with:

Finding Q: My Journey into QAnon

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Please note: this series contains adult themes, explicit language and references to child abuse and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. It started with an anonymous post in 2017. They called themselves 'Q' and left a trail of crypt...

www.audible.co.uk

Needs an audible subscription (they have tons of free offers though).

 

[Paul]

Will listening to pods about QAnon just make me more furious with how nuts people can be?

I think that's all they can do, I was watching a piece on Facebook about Alex Jones in Texas and I truly understand why they have the death penalty

 

[WolfMan]

This is a podcast as well as a YouTube channel so I think it qualifies to be here.

Lex Fridman has some fascinating guests on his podcast. I find him a great interviewer as he's incredibly intelligent himself so understands alot of the concepts more than a presenter on TV would.

Not sure what I think of Elon Musk as a person but I found this discussion absolutely fascinating, he's obviously a genius, probably on a par with Da Vinci when you consider the breadth of disciplines he's involved with.

Found his explanation of money as a database particularly interesting on this one. We really are so lucky nowadays that we can listen to long form conversations with the most interesting people of the time, historians jobs will be alot easier in the future.

 

[Tredman]

This sounds brilliant and amazing to see the Serial team covering UK stories:

The Trojan Horse Affair (Published 2022)

An unlikely duo chases down the origins of a mysterious letter that caused a national scandal.

www.nytimes.com

 

[WolfMan]

This sounds brilliant and amazing to see the Serial team covering UK stories:

The Trojan Horse Affair (Published 2022)

An unlikely duo chases down the origins of a mysterious letter that caused a national scandal.

www.nytimes.com

Bloody loved serial - did you listen to S Town? Absolutely brilliant as well.

 

[Tredman]

Bloody loved serial - did you listen to S Town? Absolutely brilliant as well.

Yep, its what prompted me to start this thread a long time ago

 

[Alan]

My sister helps run a podcast about unsolved mysteries and one of her co-hosts is from the West Midlands, apparently (near Worcester I think?). He definitely mentions that his brother lives near the Worcestershire Sauce factory.

No pressure on anyone of course! More for comedy than for actually solving things, but I like 'em (biased by my sister's presence, obv). They work very hard on it! (I'd recommend starting with the eps on the Dyatlov Pass incident). Or the Jan 10th ep about Vasili Arkhipov!

Death by Monsters on Apple Podcasts

 

[Tredman]

Will give it a listen @Alan

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

BBC Radio 4 - The Coming Storm

QAnon and the plot to break reality. Reporter Gabriel Gatehouse investigates.

www.bbc.co.uk

I am half way though this and it is excellent.

I was slightly concerned that listening to it might send me down a rabbit hole but it turns out I'm not bat shit crazy It is astounding (and a little frightening) how the whole theory managed to gain it's way into the mainstream although I suspect plenty of Q followers don't actually believe it (surely they can't??) they just use it as a way to attack the Clinton's/Democrats and promote Trump.

I am very much looking forward to listening to the last 4 episodes and will also have to check out the QAnon podcast that Tredman mentioned.

 

[Tredman]

Adnan Syed freed finally.

 

[YoungWolf]

Just seen that!

Might have to relisten to Serial. I think there was a documentary about it too actually which I never got round to listening to

 

[Tredman]

New Season one ep out:

‘Serial’ Season 4: Guantánamo

“Serial” returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

serialpodcast.org

 

[Wolf Hunting]

For a while now I've been listening to CASEFILE.
It's narrated by an Australian guy but if you can get over the accent it's very good.
Some could be distressing if you have young kids but mainly it's detailed enough to give you a complete picture of what happened but not enough detail to become smutty.
They come out every Saturday, but if you subscribe (for free) you can access #1. Each one is around 1 hour maybe more, and a few are split up into parts, like one Australian story went to 5 x 1 hour sessions.
They cover Murders or Crime all over the place, Australia (Many), USA (Many), UK (a good few, including the Midlands, West Mids and Manchester (even Stockport, an address about a mile from where I used to live!) to across Europe.
Brilliant for walking the dog or driving.
You can hit 'See all episodes' and choose. they're up to Case 223 at the moment.
If you do try them out, just a heads up, Avoid cases 1 -30. He was just getting going and hadn't quite developed his style or speed, so they're not great, but any after 40-50 are excellent.

 

[Tredman]

This looks good

The Coldest Case in Laramie

A long-unsolved murder. An unexpected arrest. A slam-dunk case that mysteriously fell apart. The sound of an investigation as it unfolds. All eight parts arrive on Thurs, Feb. 23.

www.nytimes.com

 

[jd1981]

Not sure if these have been posted on here but nevertheless:
For all the history boffs like me:
Real Dictators
History Hit
Going Medieval
All on spotify very good listening and well put together.

 

[Tony Towner]

Not sure if these have been posted on here but nevertheless:
For all the history boffs like me:
Real Dictators
History Hit
Going Medieval
All on spotify very good listening and well put together.

 

[YoungWolf]

Football Cliches podcast has moved to goalhanger which is a relief because I was worried it wasn’t coming back!

 

[Jack Regan]

Football Cliches podcast has moved to goalhanger which is a relief because I was worried it wasn’t coming back!

Hopefully as they're moving that means they'll be keeping the team together since David Walker left the Athletic last year.

*Confirmed the same team on Adam Hurrey's twitter so excellent news.*