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seaglass

(8,171 posts)
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 06:13 PM Sep 2019

Any podcast recommendations?

I'm looking for podcasts that are stories more than discussions. The ones I currently subscribe to are The Report, TED Radio Hour, Family Secrets, The Moth and This American Life.

Honestly, I use them to go to sleep, it's just like someone is reading me a bedtime story but then I do listen to them again when I am awake.

Oh and I just added Shannon Cason's Homemade Stories after hearing an awesome story on PRX this afternoon.

What are your favorites?

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Any podcast recommendations? (Original Post) seaglass Sep 2019 OP
Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell Sneederbunk Sep 2019 #1
Thanks! n/t seaglass Sep 2019 #2
MFM Ptah Sep 2019 #3
That's great! I'll need to share this with my son's gf as she is a true crime fan. seaglass Sep 2019 #5
I know 2 I like cannabis_flower Sep 2019 #4
I think I had Radiolab at one point, never heard of Snap Judgment. Thx! n/t seaglass Sep 2019 #6
My favorite RadioLab episode cannabis_flower Sep 2019 #7
You might like 'No Such Thing as a Fish' sl8 Sep 2019 #8
George Takei just started one MuseRider Sep 2019 #9
LeVar Burton Reads... Phentex Sep 2019 #10
Reveal is great! diva77 Sep 2019 #11
The British History Podcast Sedona Sep 2019 #12
If you go to sexyliberal.com AJT Sep 2019 #13
Yes. Especially "The Final Word With Frangela." GoCubsGo Sep 2019 #15
Behind the Bastards JCMach1 Sep 2019 #14

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
7. My favorite RadioLab episode
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 06:37 PM
Sep 2019

Is Rodney Versus Death. It's the story of a girl who got bit by a bat, got rabies and survived. Rodney was her doctor.

Sedona

(3,769 posts)
12. The British History Podcast
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 08:05 PM
Sep 2019

Nobel blood

The History of Rome

The History of Byzantine

I also like to do Audible.

Sarah Vowel's histories are awesome.

David McCullogh's John Adams was great.

Also enjoyed Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples (three volumes)

AJT

(5,240 posts)
13. If you go to sexyliberal.com
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 08:11 PM
Sep 2019

There are a lot of great, funny podcasts. It's presented by Stephanie Miller.

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
15. Yes. Especially "The Final Word With Frangela."
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:45 AM
Sep 2019

Their political segments are excellent, but few things top the "Idiot of the Week." Hilarious!

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