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Having never listened to a podcast, I got really into the Serial podcast craze. Now I need more! So far friends have recommended. 'The Guardian Long Read',Radio 4's 'From our own correspondent', and the 'Freakonomics' podcasts. Anyone else got any favourites?


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 9:50 pm
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Velo club don Logan (VCDL) was my fave, covers road and mtb. Sadler no longer broadcasting, old episodes are well worth a listen, even an interview with Chipps!

Bike shop show is good for spannering, a shame it's American.

Yet to find a decent mountain bike one though.


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 9:54 pm
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History of the world in 100 objects
Infinite monkey cage


 
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The memory palace is good


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 9:55 pm
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I've found lots of very interesting ones from the British Library ([url= http://www.bl.uk/podcasts/ ]link[/url])


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 9:55 pm
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The bugle, radio 4 Friday night comedy, pod of funk (now ceased), John Cleese podcast used to be pretty good.


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 9:56 pm
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Snap Judgement
99% Invisible
Robin and Josie's Utter Shambles
[b]R[/b]ichard [b]H[/b]errings [b]L[/b]eicester [b]S[/b]quare [b]T[/b]heatre [b]P[/b]odcast
This American Life
Jarvis Cocker's 'Wireless Nights'
A Prairie Home Companion


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 9:58 pm
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Dan carlins hardcore history and common sense podcast
R4 documentary of the week podcast
The Doug Stanhope podcast
No such thing as a fish podcast
Scotland outdoors podcast
The sprocket podcast
Stuff to blow your mind
Stuff you missed in history class
Techstuff podcast
We do science/the guru performance podcast
Answer me this
Distraction pieces podcast with scroobius pip
The naked scientists podcast
Speed metal cycling podcast
We have concerns

That's some of the podcasts I listen to daily at work so i can avoid talking to the slack jawed muppets around me


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 10:05 pm
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This is gonna sound like a **** question but how do I listen to all these podcasts??


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 10:47 pm
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Most of them will be available through iTunes and can be downloaded and played on your computer or phone - or google the shows and they can usually either be played or steamed from their own website - or the case of BBC stuff via iPlayer


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 10:51 pm
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Cheers bud will try a few out


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 10:54 pm
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if you have a smartphone then subscribe using a podcast client, I use the podcast Republic app on my android phone. If you want to listen on a pc I suppose you could install iTunes and subscribe / play them on that. I'm sure there are other alternative clients.
Once you've subscribed the general plan is that your client will automatically download new episodes whenever they are released.


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 10:55 pm
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The whole Desert Island Discs back catalogue are on Podcast I think


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 10:59 pm
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Kermode and Mayos Film review.
Smartest Man in the World.
The Bugle
Danny Baker Show.
Fighting Talk
WTF with Marc Maron
NPR new music podcast, can't remember exact title.

I download from I tunes and put them on an mp3 player as I listen all day and my phone battery probably wouldn't last all day.


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:06 pm
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Fredcast
The Spokesman
Bottom Line
DID
Thinking Allowed
History of Ideas
More or Less


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:12 pm
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I'll second A History of the World in 100 Objects and 99% Invisible. Both ace.

Night Vale Radio is often really good, funny horror. If you're interested in videogames, A Life Well Wasted is excellent too, though there can be years between episodes.


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:14 pm
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I'll second A History of the World in 100 Objects and 99% Invisible. Both ace.

AHOTWin100O is great, but.... the music drives me up the fricking wall and I couldn't bear to listen to the whole series in the end


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:20 pm
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Another vote for RHLSTP (as all the cool kids are calling it)


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:25 pm
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you're so much better than last weeks audience


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:29 pm
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Thanks guys, lots to filter through 😀


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:57 pm
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Nextmen one is good but they haven't done any new ones in a while
The Joe Rogan one is interesting, depending on who they have on
I didn't know Doug Stanhope had one, I'll check it out.


 
Posted : 17/01/2015 11:58 pm
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Answer me this
Infinite monkey cage
TED radio hour
The moral maze
Freakonomics
Car talk
Cycle systems academy podcast


 
Posted : 18/01/2015 12:16 am
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Mayo and kermode
Sports week
606 phone in
Bespoke
Tiesto club life
5 live sports specials


 
Posted : 18/01/2015 5:50 am
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Don't forget the Friday night comedy podcast (bbc). Always liked the JBST SMART training podcast too but they are pretty infrequent these days.


 
Posted : 18/01/2015 6:59 am
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Others have said them already, but..

No such thing as a fish
Answer me this
A Prarie Home Companion
Dr Karl on triplej
Word podcast - free edition
History of the world in 100 objects


 
Posted : 18/01/2015 8:04 am
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Another shout for the Infinite Monkey Cage. Although it's BBC, it's funded by the Open University, which means that the old episodes don't vanish from iPlayer after 7 days.

Also, Friday Night Comedy (mostly for the 'Now Show') is ace.


 
Posted : 18/01/2015 9:15 am
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Kermode and Mayo,
The Digital Human


 
Posted : 18/01/2015 9:18 am
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'Sasquatch Chronicles'

I love those mountain voices lulling me to sleep with soporific tales of their alleged encounters with mythical man-beasts in the wilds. I'm not even being sarcastic, I both enjoy it and enjoy the deep sleep that it produces. Most comforting. There must be a deep-seated psychological reason why bigfoot captures the human imagination so.


 
Posted : 18/01/2015 10:46 am

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