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May 2017 Moms
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NBR: Favorite Podcasts
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I usually listen to podcasts during my commute. I'm currently in a podcast drought as it seems many of my favorites are between seasons. Can anyone recommend any new podcasts? My favorites include:
Serial (Season 1 was the best, but I also thought 2 was interesting)
In the Dark (covers the Jacob Wetterling case)
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This American Life
Mystery Show
Criminal
Invisibilia
Serial (Season 1 was the best, but I also thought 2 was interesting)
In the Dark (covers the Jacob Wetterling case)
Heavyweight
Reply All
This American Life
Mystery Show
Criminal
Invisibilia
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Re: NBR: Favorite Podcasts
Anna Farris is Unqualified- she interviews cel rotors and they give relationship advice to callers (and Chris Pratt is on it a lot!)
The Birth Hour- birth stories
Bitch Sesh- a real housewives breakdown that is very funny
Crimetown- this season is about Providence RI in the 70s-80s lots of mob corruption etc.
How did this get made?- Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Manzoukais watch terrible movies and talk about them- very funny.
If if you like Rick and Morty and have a sick and twisted mind- Grandmas Virginity podcast is hilarious and always puts me in a good mood.
RadioLab - I love this one because every episode is about something completely random.
More Perfect - a RadioLab spin-off. It covers Supreme Court rulings. As a Canadian with little knowledge of the American judicial system I find this one really interesting.
Freakonomics - I like the randomness of this one as well.
The Nerdist - Chris Hardwick interviews famous people about nothing in particular. I don't always find Chris funny, but the geek in me loves the guests he has.
Science Vs. - There aren't a ton of episodes, but it pits facts vs fads and controversial theories.
I've heard about Serial before, but I can't find it on Google Play. Was it a one-time thing?
I like Science Vs. too. I forgot to include it. They have a new season starting next week. Serial has about 22 episodes between the first two seasons and they are working on a 3rd. I get all my podcasts through the Apple app so I can't speak to its availability in Google Play. You could get the NPR app and it should be on there.
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@CherryBananas - More Perfect is my favorite podcast of all time. I wish they would release more episodes though! Science vs. sounds interesting, I've never heard of it.
@Hansolosparka - The Birth Hour sounds like a good one, I'll definitely add that to my list!
I also listened to the first season of Serial, but did not like the second season at all though, which was a bummer.
I'm a big fan of Stuff You Should Know - it's from How Stuff Works, and their topics are all over the place. The hosts, Josh and Chuck are just awesome. There are hundreds of episodes, and I'd recommend going back and listening to the early ones first.
I also like Court Junkie and Up & Vanished- both crime stories. Court Junkie follows a variety of true crime stories, and Up & Vanished follows one cold case out of Georgia.
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@kayemjay2 I wish there were more as well! The main guy that does it took a few months off from RadioLab in the fall so I'm hoping now that he's back there will be some more coming.
@starphish18 I listened to Undisclosed for a bit as well. I meant to include "and all it's spin-offs" in my Serial recommendation. In that vein, I also listened to Slate's Serial Spoiler Specials and The Serial Serial.
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@CherryBananas - I hope that's true, that would be amazing! There are so many more interesting Supreme Court stories left to be told!
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FiveThirtyEight's Politics podcast: it's weekly but they sometimes do additional side/spinoff series like a recent one on the state of party politics, or during the election on voter demographics
NPR's Politics podcast: also one weekly round up but an additional 1-3 every week with specialized topics
Best of the Left: every episode is a different topic and rounds up what different leftist sources are saying about it (it's not as good and the sources aren't as varied as it was when I first started listening to it in like 09)
And then a couple of NPR weekly game shows, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Says You.
My faves include:
- How I Built This - innovators and entrepreneurs share how they got big movements growing (i.e. Richard Branson starting Virgin)
- Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell
- TED Radio Hour
- Stuff Mom Never Told You
- Freakonomics
- This American Life
- Ram Dass Here and Now
- The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe (quick listens)
I'm obsessed, can you tell?
Most of the podcasts I listen to have already been mentioned, but I've recently gotten into the Moth and the Longest Shortest Time.
I use the PodBean app. It seems to have everything from everywhere, and it's pretty easy to use.
My favorite podcast is The Minimalists. Anyone trying to simplify their life could get some great value from it.
Another that I like is MindPalace podcast, but you have to be okay with some giggling and going off script. It's a woman from Britain and a woman from Hawaii who shoot the shit about ways to live a more meaningful life.
I might be into some crunchy froo-froo stuff.
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Also Stuff You Missed in History Class. We listen to this one on long road trips. But I'm not a big fan of the current hosts.
Homecoming is a podcast that's like a TV show- fictional with characters and multiple seasons (although only one so far). I got into the story line pretty easily and can't wait for the second season.
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The Longest Shortest Time helped me survive those early middle of the nights when I was trying to rock my son to sleep. I loved how the volume never got really loud, and the stories of other moms helped me feel less alone.
Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017
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I was just going to post that! I'm on episode 4 or 5. So good.
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