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ArmyGrl

ArmyGrl

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So, I am behind the times. Never listened to a Podcast via the App until the other day when I saw an artist I follow on Instagram announce the restart of her Podcast series - Lisa Congdon Sessions.

It was such a pleasure to listen along while creating.

So - do you listen to Podcasts? Which do you recommend?

Do YOU have a Podcast?
 
I follow one podcast (The PCOS Nutritionist) but quite honestly don’t tend to listen much if not at all unless they link a podcast of interest on their Instagram stories.
 
Nope. Don't listen to any on a regular basis.

However, I might listen to one if I'm interested in a specific episode that I've seen someone post about. But only if I can listen to it through my computer speakers. I don't like using headsets or ear buds.
 
I listen to Better than Happy by Jody Moore.

No I don’t have my own podcast; I don’t like to talk that much.
 
I listen to mostly True Crime pods when I'm at work.

I've got some crytid (Bigfoot) type pods that hubby and I listen to every Sunday night, it's a quality time ritual.

I do also have MY OWN podcast of me reading my own poetry and some poetry from others. I do NOT keep it updated currently. But want to add more to it eventually.
It's called, Noteworthy Poetry - https://anchor.fm/noteworthypoetry
 
I mostly listen when I'm cleaning house or at the gym. The ones I listen to most often are Crime Junkie, Morbid, The Vanished, and Here's Where It Gets Interesting. All but the last are true crime type and the last is more government/history related.
 
IntenseMagic said:
I mostly listen when I'm cleaning house or at the gym. The ones I listen to most often are Crime Junkie, Morbid, The Vanished, and Here's Where It Gets Interesting. All but the last are true crime type and the last is more government/history related.
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Crime casts seem to be the rage. Thank you for these. Now, off to listen!!!
 
I listen to a handful every week - Accidental Tech Podcast and Mac Power Users are my two tech favourites. I also love Best Laid Plans by Sarah Hart Unger (planning and planning-adjacent with real, actionable advice; Sarah's a doctor in her "real" life), Edit Your Life by Christine Koh, The Mom Hour, Michael Hyatt (he's just changed the name), Upgrade (another tech podcast) and a few on iPhone photography I tend to batch if I'm walking a lot that particular week.
 
I've never listened to one. I feel like I want to but don't know where to start. That's not exactly true... I want a true crime one or something hilarious that's 20 minutes long for my commute, lol!
 
jk703 said:
I want a true crime one or something hilarious that's 20 minutes long for my commute, lol!
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I've listened to Today in True Crime before. I find it a little ad heavy now, but it's usually a 10-15 minutes episode.
 
I adore podcasts. I listen to them a lot when I cook and clean. Here's my list of subscribed ones. With that, a caveat: I don't listen to every single one every week. That would be too much! But, since people are different, and react differently to voices, I thought I'd share them all! Morbid and Criminal I do listen to all the episodes.

True Crime:
Criminal - You'll love Phoebe Judge's voice, or you'll hate it. It seems to be a common theme. I enjoy it. She tells stories that make you think about whether something should be a crime or not. And how the law sometimes isn't ready for new things. Like The Divorce Colony episode (recent) or Carrie A. Nation "America's foremost lady hellraiser"(older).
The Letter - well, this one is different from typical true crime. It's about healing after a tragic event, the time, and the ways. But it does talk about the crime. It's also a serial, in that it's only 8 episodes or so long.
Morbid - cryptids, crime, listeners stories. Some of the stories can be really detailed, like Jack the Ripper and The Memphis three. But I appreciate the voice and info they give about the victims, not just the perpetrator.
Dark Poutine - Canadian crime. I rotate this one on and off as the hosts bug me after a bit. But then I come back to them.
Crime Junkie - Also one I rotate on and off because of the hosts.
I just picked up Generation Why, haven't listened to it yet.
Dealing Justice - They talk about cold case decks of cards in prisons. One card/case per episode.
Nightime - I only listened to his 8 part series about Lindsay Souvannarath and the Nova Scotia plot.
Criminolgy - on and off again as the voices tend to bug me. But some of the cases are interesting.

Random:
Sawbones - hit or miss. A doctor and her husband talk about medical things like E. coli, Band-Aids, Radium Girls, among others. A lot of it is based in the history and how something came to be - like why E. coli is named that, big outbreaks, and why it's so common. Band-Aids focused on the invention of band-aids, as well as how J & J have kept their copyright despite everyone calling bandages bandaids. Things like that. Some episodes don't grab me, so I skip them.
Indiana Week in Review - Yep. Probably not of interest to anyone outside of Indiana.
IN Focus - Also, Indiana specific. But your state might have something similar?
Talking Hoosier History - also Indiana specific. LOL!
This American Life - Also a hit or miss for me. Some stories fascinate me, some are blah and I skip.
Wait, Wait Don't tell me - The NPR podcast.
Radio from Hell Podcast - Utah centric. It's the podcast feed for a morning radio show in Utah.
The Trojan Horse Affair - This takes place in England, and is investigative. Also a serial, with 8 episodes.
Scrap Happier - Sporadic releases, scrapbooking based. Also a hit and miss for me.

Ask Me Another - Alas, another cancelled show. It struggled during the pandemic. But was a game show, and funny. Older episodes are still available.
The Digi Show - No longer produced. I still enjoy listening to some of the old episodes. Scrapbooking based.

Fiction:
Passenger List - More like an old radio broadcast. Really intriguing and kept me listening the whole way through.
Blackout - 8 episodes. In theory a season 2 is coming, but I'm not holding my breath. It's fine with just the 1 season.

I also have some church ones I listen to, like scripture study and talks.

And now we know why I don't watch much tv. I listen to too many shows! :lol
 
I used to listen to a lot of them, but all of my favorites from those days are now defunct. I was on one episode of Daily Digi Digest. I was SO nervous!!!

These days there are a few YouTube channels I follow that have podcasts that include the visual along with the audio. I find I will put those on more often than just an audio one. I like to be able to see the people talking. Although I don't watch any regularly anymore, my most frequent one is Mayim Bialik's Breakdown. I like the way she interacts with her partner Johnathan, and it's fun to see her fangirl out over some of the guests. :-)
 
I listen to podcasts nearly every day! Since 2017. And just a couple of weeks ago, we talked about them here on this thread. https://the-lilypad.com/forum/threads/do-you-listen-to-podcasts-favorites.85075 So I'm just going to copy/paste what I typed that day. Also, I don't have a podcast, but I've been on one, The Day One Podcast, for the digital journal of the same name. I was interviewed about journaling.

***below is copied from my October 7 post in the above linked thread***

I won't be of much help if you're looking for fiction suggestions. All but one of my podcasts are non-fiction.

Penumbra (specifically Juno Steele) - a private detective who lives on Mars in the distant future doubts himself and falls in love with a homme fatale thief, fabulous engrossing storytelling, inspires thousands of words of fan fiction from people like my 21 year old

Oh! Looking in my podcast feed I found another fiction one I'd forgotten about because it was a short series and hasn't had a new episode in years:
Passenger List - a woman is determined to find out what happened in the mysterious disappearance of the flight on which her brother was aboard

I subscribe to 48 active podcasts (and bunch more that aren't currently active) so I'll try to pick just a handful of favorites to share. By the way, no, I do not manage to listen to all episodes of all of my subscriptions. I wish I had more time for them and delete a lot. I fit more in by listening at 1.5x or 1.75x speed most of the time.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! - the first podcast I ever subscribed to when I first decided to try podcasts in 2017, chosen because it's an NPR game show I enjoyed catching on the car radio some Saturday mornings if I happened to be driving at the right time, it's still one of my top favorites I never miss

Stuff You Should Know - one of the best, most fun casual informational podcasts ever, a top favorite; they also have a wonderful fandom in a Facebook community, where there is lots of respectful discussion about the topics of every episode

Vox Conversations - current events, social issues, politics

This American Life - real stories about people

99% Invisible - design and architecture, I love the voice of the narrator

TED Talks Daily and TED Radio Hour - technology, science, another of my first subscriptions but my interest in the episodes varies widely from week to week

The Sleepy Bookshelf - I just discovered it this summer, the very soft spoken narrator slowly lulls us to sleep reading old books like (currently) Little Women; I'm liking it a lot

Pod Save America - politics

Off Trail Learning - alternative education

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger - He wrote How Not To Die, which I found very informative in 2021, and his aim is to share science-backed data for free

NPR News Now - updates every five minutes with current news (but reloads in podcast feed so there's only ever one episode there)

Now & Then - connecting current events with history, one of the hosts is historian Heather Cox Richardson who writes a lot online about the same topics, very enlightening, a top favorite

No Stupid Questions - light hearted psychology

Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver - she interviews interesting people asking the same seven questions

Mac Power Users - I'm not a power user, but sometimes find useful information, and they talk about all devices, not just the Mac

Friendly Atheist Podcast - two hosts discuss news related to religion

Freakonomics Radio - economy and so much more, a top favorite

The Ezra Klein Show - I first started listening to him on Vox, and then he started his own podcast. He interviews people on all kinds of current events. A top favorite.

Dear Hank & John - Do you know John and Hank Green of vlogbrothers, one of the oldest channels on YouTube? Also both are authors (John wrote The Fault In Our Stars, which was made into a movie). They raise a lot of money for charity (like building a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone) and have a huge internet following called Nerdfighteria. They're also responsible for Crash Course History/Science/Etc and SciShow and lots and lots of other wonderful educational content on YouTube. My kids loved Crash Course History with John Green when they were young. In their podcast, they answer fans' questions, give dubious and hilarious advice, talk about this week's news in AFC Wimbledon and Mars. I never miss an episode.

The Argument - discussion about current events

Fresh Air - NPR interviews with Terry Gross


The following are currently inactive, but I would LOVE them to come back.

The Anthropocene Reviewed - John Green (see above) rates all kinds of things in essay form. He has also published a book of the same title. I highly recommend both. Watch him on vlogbrothers a few times first if you're curious but not ready to commit to a book or podcast. He often moves me to tears with the depth/love/curiosity he expresses.

The Day One Podcast - They used to share how to information and updates this way. Day One is my awesome journaling app and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes recording their life or thoughts.

Random Interesting Facts by Thoughty2 - he's primarily a fantastic storyteller on YouTube, publishing there weekly, stories from real life that are often incredible and sometimes creepy. I rarely miss an episode. His podcasts are just as good, but he stopped doing them in 2021.
 
KimJ said:
These days there are a few YouTube channels I follow that have podcasts that include the visual along with the audio. I find I will put those on more often than just an audio one. I like to be able to see the people talking.
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I also like the visual of podcasts. I think a lot comes through when seeing them that is missed on just listening. There is a team on The Amazing Race this season that is doing a weekly episode recap on YouTube. Seeing their reactions to what their partner is saying adds so much more to their story.

Back in my days of following Dave Ramsay, I would pull up his daily radio show that was also live streamed on YouTube to listen. He always had a segment where people that had become debt free could do their debt free scream. Seeing them do that was so exciting versus just listening to it.

So I guess I'm just a visual person.
 
I used to listen to them all of the time, but not so much any more. I think because many of my favorites have been running for long enough now that they're having trouble coming up with new material (eek!). I mainly listened to true crime podcasts and preferred those that followed a specific story over a season. A group of friends from high school even formed a fb group for us to discuss our true crime podcasts lol! Lately I've switched to audio books from the library and I'm totally addicted to those. I only listen to non-fiction because those are ones I don't have the patience to actually read. I've been all over the board with them... biographies (currently listening to Jeannette McCurdy's), true crime, just finished a book about the language of cults and one about the data gap regarding women. So many fascinating things that I would never be able to make myself sit down and read :-)
 
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