Semi Annual "What Podcasts Are You Listening To?" Thread

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:54 pm

Currently subscribing to the following:

Regular Listening:
BS Report with Bill Simmons
This American Life
WTF with Mark Maron

Almost regular listening:
Radiolab

Not as regular listening:
A Prairie Home Companion
Freakonomics
Planet Money

My wife's subscriptions:
The Moth
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

I've just recently started getting into WTF. Holy fuck, Maron is a nut.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:59 pm

Jay & Silent Bob Get Old.

don't have the time really, but i'd like to listen to more.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:04 pm

my weekly commutecasts...

This Week In Tech http://twit.tv/twit
MacBreak Weekly http://twit.tv/mbw
This Week In Google http://twit.tv/twig
Stuff You Should KNow http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stuf ... d278981407

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:05 pm

Chris, what is WTF? Got a link?

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:10 pm

Stuff you should know
Cartalk
Savage Lovecast
Slate Daily

Tried with WaitWait but I didn't find it funny often enough. Trying now with Radiolab.

paper · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:17 pm

Always:
The BS Report
Doug Loves Movies
The Film Vault

Sometimes:
Smodcast
Never Not Funny
Espn Fantasy Focus Baseball/Football
WTF

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Yail Bloor Wrote:

I've just recently started getting into WTF. Holy fuck, Maron is a nut.

I've never heard his podcast, but I have two of his stand up comedy releases in my iTunes library and yes, "nut" pretty much nails it.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:27 pm

This American Life
Wire-Tap
Comedy Death Ray Radio
Savage Love
The Moth
Mike Detective
Slate Culture Gabfest
Le Show
Never Not Funny
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
Judge John Hodgman

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:29 pm

Didn't know Maron had a podcast somehow, thanks for the tip, bloor.

paper · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:29 pm

ooh, I wanted to listen to Mike Detective...how is that?

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

only ones I listen to, really, are Mark Maron, Bill Simmons, and Adam Corolla.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:38 pm

- BS Report
- Slate's Hang Up and Listen Sports Podcast - intelligent sports conversation
- NPR All Songs Considered - music podcast whose format varies between themed shows, new music releases, special guest DJ playlists, reports from festivals, etc.
- AV Talk - pop culture
- Firewall and Iceberg - TV critics Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg from HitFix

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:38 pm

wenchlette Wrote:

Didn't know Maron had a podcast somehow, thanks for the tip, bloor.

I'm not sure how I didn't either until literally about three weeks ago, it's up over 150 episodes.

Dale, the premise is basically that he interviews people, usually comedians, in a sort of rambling fashion. There are also long long stretches of him just talking. A continuing thread that seems to run through a lot of them is that Maron's jealousy over the interviewee's success relative to his own has likely caused a rift in their friendship at some point.

Since I've heard every comedian interviewed a million times on O&A I decided to start with some non standard choices (Ira Glass, Scott Carter) before moving on to people I like (Kevin Smith Louis CK). Now I'm just sort of randomly grabbing them. I've heard there's a Carlos Mencia one where he basically breaks him down for being a thief but I haven't gotten there yet.

Website: http://www.wtfpod.com/

It's on itunes as well if you roll like that.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:39 pm

paper Wrote:

ooh, I wanted to listen to Mike Detective...how is that?

i'm a fan of huebel and i really like it. throw-back style is good and they're short enough to keep your attention.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:41 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

only ones I listen to, really, are Mark Maron, Bill Simmons, and Adam Corolla.

I've decided that the idea of Carolla is better than the actual product. I've tried but just can't do it.

A guy I know has pimped that Slate sports one to me several times but I always forget to check it.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:43 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

wenchlette Wrote:

Didn't know Maron had a podcast somehow, thanks for the tip, bloor.

I'm not sure how I didn't either until literally about three weeks ago, it's up over 150 episodes.

I really must not be paying attention, because I've been following him on Twitter for a bit now.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

wenchlette Wrote:

Didn't know Maron had a podcast somehow, thanks for the tip, bloor.

I didn't either until I heard he was talking to Kevin Smith about Red State.

I too would be interested in listening to him verbally dismember Carlos Mencia.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

Yail Bloor Wrote:

rparis74 Wrote:

only ones I listen to, really, are Mark Maron, Bill Simmons, and Adam Corolla.

I've decided that the idea of Carolla is better than the actual product. I've tried but just can't do it.

A guy I know has pimped that Slate sports one to me several times but I always forget to check it.

Carolla has some good stuff, but his right-wing rants turn me off...just sounds old and bitter.

Mark Maron is pretty insane but he gets some good interviews.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:46 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

A guy I know has pimped that Slate sports one to me several times but I always forget to check it.

Joey Crack turned me onto it when they taped from NC State's campus a few months back and had former b-ball player Julius Hodge on. It's a good, roundtable sports-themed podcast that occasionally has special guests. I just really dig the level of intelligence in the sports conversation. Pretty refreshing, actually.

Donovan · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:47 pm

Maron's recent interview with Gallagher is a whole lot of awesome. The guy actually thinks he has comedy credibility and should have his own show. When Maron called him on his racism he stormed out.

I'm a podcast addict. I'm on the road all day so I have lots of time to listen. Here are a few that I don't think have been mentioned:

Joe Rogan Experience: I think he interesting, but he can be off-putting if you don't like rambling potheads
StarTalk: Neil DeGrasse Tyson is smart as hell, and as close to a rock star as science has these days
The Pod F. Tompkast: A monthly show featuring Paul F. Tompkins. His characters also make regular appearances on Comedy Death-Ray

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

by far my two favoirtes are:
WTF
Best Show on WFMU

i like The Monday Morning Podcast with Bill Burr, but sometimes get a little tired of it.

Natural Mike · **Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:14 am

The Adam Carolla Show
Fitzdog Radio (comedian Greg Fitzsimmons)
Diggnation

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Kit Wrote:

wenchlette Wrote:

Didn't know Maron had a podcast somehow, thanks for the tip, bloor.

I didn't either until I heard he was talking to Kevin Smith about Red State.

I too would be interested in listening to him verbally dismember Carlos Mencia.

that's not really what happens, but it's a great episode and make sure you listen to the follow up where he talks with guys who worked with him.

hey look · **Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:32 am

I do Comic Book Podcasts a lot

Comic Geek Speak
iFanboy Don't Miss
iFanboy Pick of the Week
Critical Drinking (podcast my friend runs where they talk about movies and get drunk)
NPR Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
Resident Advisor Exchange
Resident Advisor Podcast
Sound Opinions
Radiolab

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:59 am

Every week-
All Slate gabfests
BS report
AV Talk
Office hours (social sciences podcast from U of Minn, I think)
The Moth

Occasionally - WTF and Creative Screenwriting

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