You can set a 5 10 15 30 or 60 minute sleep timer so depending on how tired I am ill know within at least a couple minutes
I've been through hardcore history, so I listen to audio tv shows that I download like meet the press, Fareed Zakarias CNN show, or interviews that I search for with some historians I love like david mccoulough or jon meacham.
iSleep Easy is a great app that comes from the same person (Marry Maddox) who did the the Meditation Oasis podcast. If I feel like staying up a little later and want some entertainment my go to is Radio lab
I fell asleep to Hardcore History and woke up thinking Genghis Khan was standing over me. Couldn't fall asleep for an hour and a half :(
I love when simple off shoot questions like "What is a mailer daemon?" spawn amazing content. Zouks and Kroll killed it, again.
Not nearly as entertaining as most of these, but if you are an avid fiction reader, the "Writing Excuses" podcast is often really interesting. It's designed as a writing class for aspiring writers, but I've enjoyed it as a "how it's made" type podcast. I equate it to a cooking tv show. Most people might not like it, but I've enjoyed it.
Anthony Jeselnik does a podcast with NFL.com analyst Gregg Rosenthal that is pretty hilarious if you like his style of comedy. It's nfl sponsored somehow. The two went to college together and are best friends. Just search their names and you will find it. I highly recommend it
Mike Duncan wrote this http://blogs.reuters.com/great-deba...-and-the-fall-of-rome-have-in-common-nothing/
Duncan is great.... And that claim by the Harvard professor is so crazy that I can't even put it into words.
http://wdfpodcast.blogspot.com/ When Diplomacy Fails is a weekly podcast covering the buildup to, break out of and consequences of various conflicts throughout history.
Is there a separate thread for people who have questions about podcasting or can someone in here answer my questions?
"Lore" is one of my new favorites. Really liking every episode. Just finished the H.H. Holmes one and the Jersey devil one.
I started out with We're Alive and haven't found anything as good since. Leviathan Chronicles was really good but the lack of an ending sucks so bad. I tried Edict Zero, Fetidus, and Our Fair City but couldn't get into them. I think I'll give Edict Zero another chance based on this thread. Also, the new fiction podcasts in the style of Serial are pretty good, but there's not a lot of content at this point. I just finished these up in the past week and enjoyed them: Limetown, The Message, Tanis, and The Black Tapes.
One that I haven't seen mentioned much is The Infinite Monkey Cage. BBC-affiliated podcast that deals with science topics, usually astrophysics and biology, but also some philosophical discussion as well. The format is unique in that it's usually a multi-guest panel recorded in front of a live audience. There is always a comedian or two on the panel so it keeps the tone light. Humor is usually dry British wit.
"Lore" is pretty damn interesting. "Knifepoint Horror" is good as well. It's basically a different story each time told from a first person p.o.v. Some of them are really creepy.
If you like true crime stuff, "Sword and Scale" might be worth checking out. He chooses the most fucked up crimes and cases that i've ever heard. Some of the episodes are straight up chilling and honestly sometimes hard to listen to, due to level of evil these people are capable of. I really have been hooked on it for a while now. Fair warning, it can be extremely depressing. Check out episode 1 and see how you feel. I think its a good gauge to see if you'll like it or not.
I really recommend Liar City. It covers a lot of famous people and incidents in American history and reveals a lot of unknown facts and occurrences about them. All of these are definitely worth a listen: Michael Jackson (how the molestation accusations were fabricated) Tania Head (fmr head of WTC survivors network, lied about being in towers on 9/11) Henry Hill (the "Goodfella" and his involvement in fixing BC bball games) Lance Armstrong (the lies) Brian Wilson (the Beach Boys lead man's turbulent life, highly recommended) Rev. Jim Jones (Jonestown mass suicide) A three episode series on the West Memphis Three, presented like Serial How the guy behind The Silk Road was taken down The guy typically has a guest, either his buddy or his wife, and does all the research and pulls all the clips himself.
Got through the real life Annabelle doll story last night. Fuuuu. I started Sword and Scale as well. Got through episode 4. That 911 call was brutal.
Yea it really is. Its not a great podcast to binge on. I like catching up on podcasts that i like, start from the beginning and go, but ive found myself having to take breaks from this because it really can fuck with you to listen to that much awful stuff day after day. Great podcast though, he does a great job
Yeah, on the second part of episode 6. I'm at work but I'm intrigued about that how conspiracy theory and wanna wiki the shit out of it.
Woj started a podcast. First episode is up, he brought on Adam Silver to discuss the Rondo-Kennedy incident.
Haven't got a chance to listen to it yet but I'm looking forward to learning what time it is from the Time Keeper.
Memory Palace is another good one. Not always as creepy but the episodes are short and just weird random stories. He covered the story from the first episode of Lore in one of them for example.
Someone should join Lennon on the Podcast as his favorite Beatle Ringo. Who'd be a good person to play him? It would be the coolest thing ever if they got the actual Ringo or Paul McCartney to come on the show with him. If WTF can get Obama CBB could get a Beatle IMO.
Not all of them are like that. The first episode is about horrible deaths though. Itty Bitty bombs is a really good one. It's just really crazy random shit that happened that most people have no idea about.