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I've been working my way through the BBC series The Cows Are Mad. It's a ten-part mini-series that tries to shed some light on the BSE/vCJD stuff from the 80s and 90s.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago
  • In Our Time
  • Thinking Allowed
  • Philosophize This
  • Revolutions
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago
  • Behind the Bastards
  • Last Podcast on the Left
  • Infinite Monkey Cage
  • We Can Be Weirdos
  • The Adam Buxton Podcast
  • Betwixt the Sheets
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

No Such Thing As A Fish is pretty good, it's basically just more QI

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago
  • Behind the Bastards
  • Darknet Diaries
  • If Books Could Kill
  • SpyCast

I've also listened through Jon Ronson's 2 season series Things Fell Apart, which is on various culture wars over the years. That's well worth a listen to, it covers the roots of abortion becoming an issue as well as many others.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
  • Mandatory Redistribution Party - Left wing political discussion.
  • Off Menu - Food discussion usually with comedians based around dream meals.
  • RHLSTP - Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Comedy and adjacent discussions in front of a live audience.
  • Adam Buxton Podcast - Long form interviews.
  • Alexei Sayle Podcast - Angry old man comedian shouts about left wing stuff. Some interviews.
  • Horne Section Podcast - Music and comedy with guests.
  • The Worst Idea of All Time - 2 NZ comedians watch and review the same film every week for a year.
[–] teapot 3 points 9 months ago

Wolf 359. It’s a funny sci-fi radio drama. On my second listen through.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

There are three I listen to regularly;

  • Adrift
  • Three Bean Salad
  • The Cryptid Factor

I've also just started listening to Mythical Creatures.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

More Or Less.... respect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A fellow More or Less listener I see. Good taste.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

When you want to know the truth behind he numbers ;)

[–] VelveteenUnderground 3 points 8 months ago

Triforce podcast, stop skeletons from podcasting, and the yascast

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Pretty much exclusively F**kface.

My partner listens to a variety and I do enjoy the bits I hear of This Paranormal Life though.

It's safe to say that I'm in it for laughs and not much else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Regular listens are:

  • No Such Thing As A Fish
  • The Modern Mann
  • Infinite Monkey Cage
  • Naturebang

Can also recommend:

  • The Missing Cryptoqueen
  • How To Fuck Up An Airport
[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Lolita podcast was absolutely enthralling. The book is a horror story told from the PoV of the monster, but somehow socetiy has turned that in to a "forbidden love" story in absolutely mind boggling ways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My number one Must Listen these days is The Blindboy Podcast.

I like the random nature of it. This week he chatted at length with a Brummie historian about the history of the British working class, last week he went on a deep dive into wanking wardrobes and an Irish spanking cult. Next week he might talk on mindfulness or meditation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The first fifteen minutes of this one had me in tears of laughter, but I could never explain it to anyone.

[–] Bloodyhog 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Adding to some good recommendations, some rather popular but not yet mentioned ones: 2 of the "The rest is..." family of podcasts seem rather good to me. Specifically, "The rest is politics" for these who are following the current agenda, and "The rest is history" for these who are fed up with it.

Edit: forgot a more entertainment-oriented one, delivered well in my view. "Clash of the titles" - the guys discuss movies, basically.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lots. I've so many in my subscription list I'm usually quite late catching up.

13 Minutes to the Moon . A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail . A Problem Squared . And He Said To Me . Anglo Saxon England Podcast . Belle Books & Stories . Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford . Dark and Twisty Tales: folk stories and fairy tales for the unafraid. . DeepMind: The Podcast . Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective . Fabulous Folklore with Icy . Lunch with Leon . Mind The Gap: Tube 160 . More or Less: Behind the Stats . Mythical Creatures . Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast . Roundel Round We Go . Sideways . Soho Bites Podcast . Something Rhymes with Purple . Spit Or Swallow podcast . The British History Podcast . The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry . The History of England . The Infinite Monkey Cage . The Things That Made England . This Is Not History . Uncharted with Hannah Fry . You're Dead to Me .

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Upvote for "Cautionary Tales". Just discovered that and loving it.

[–] NickwithaC 1 points 8 months ago

Something Rhymes With Purple - Suzie Dent and Giles Brandreth talk about words.

The Abroad in Japan podcast - Chris Broad and Pete Donaldson talk about life in Japan

No Such Thing as a Fish - The QI elves talk about cool stuff they've discovered.

Cortex - Myke Hurley and CGP Grey talk about getting things done.

Daily Tech News Show - exactly what it says.

[–] kowanatsi 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Celeritas - 12 part series about humanities first FtL going horribly wrong. Sci-Fi space horror

Mysterious Universe Thinking Allowed In our Time In our Time Science Rutherford and Fry Four Thought From our own Correspondent

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I listen to mostly upbeat stuff.

Surrealist/Absurd Comedy

  • The Beef and Dairy Network
  • Regular Features

Dungeons & Dragons

  • Dungeons and Daddies
  • The Adventure Zone

Star Trek

  • The Greatest Generation
  • Greatest Trek