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I'm about to embark on 7 hour car journey, kids will be glued to screens so I need decent listening. I'm sorted for tunes, need some words.
I like current affairs, humour, TED type talks, bit of history, outdoorsy stuff.
Ideally available on BBC or Spotify for ease of download.
Whats keeping you interested just now?
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Wittertainment
R4 Comedy
Fighting Talk if you like sport banter
Project538 has some good takes on the US elections, politics, data and all that
Gimlet Media Reply All
Gimlet Media The Habbitat - about people simulating mars travel
Freakonomics Radio
Has to be Desmond Olivier Dingle and the National Theatre of Brent.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007d92g/episodes/player
The 'That Peter Crouch' podcast series has been very entertaining but best not played in front of the kids as some of the language is a bit spicy. You don't have to be a football fan to apreciate it though.
It doesn't tick any of your interest boxes so may be a bit of a leftfield suggestion, but I'm loving Escape This Podcast at the moment. Usually two hosts and a couple of guests, the guests have to solve escape room type scenarios narrated by the hosts.
+1 for Peter Crouch, good fun, but certainly not kid friendly
Dan Carlin "Blueprint for Armageddon" a slightly different look at WW1, is excellent.
https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
Sam Harris
Any Questions/answers
Moneybox
In their element on BBC iplayers has been good.
There's also a few episodes of Curse of the Woosters staring the late great Sir Michael Horden and Peter Briers.
Of course since the dickheads at BBC have launched BBC Sounds, good luck with finding it on the website. Youll need to use the old iplayer radio app if you dont want to tear your hair out.
What I'm subscribed to:
Stuff You Should Know - Random subjects explained in a fun easy to digest way
The Adam Buxton Podcast - Amusing interviews/chat
Athletico Mince - Bob Mortimer & Andy Dawson - funny, football-heavy
Elis James and John Robins - Podcast of their Radio X show
Frank Skinner Show - Podcast of his Absolute Radio show
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - Funny e.g. News Quiz
Hip Hop Saved My Life with Romesh Ranganathan - Self explanatory
Radcliffe and Maconie - Podcast of their BBC Radio 6 show
The Rhod Gilbert Podcast - Podcast of his BBC Radio Wales show
Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip - Interviews, can be a bit dry/wordy so pick which guests you like
Danny Wallace's Important Broadcast - Podcast of his Radio X show
That should keep you going for a bit...
Looking Sideways for interviews with outdoorsy type people.
Running Commentary is just 2 funny blokes talking about running.
The Grade Cricketer is my favourite current pod but you need to like cricket to understan it
Quickly Kevin is great if you like 90's football.
I've been finding "my Dad wrote a porno" quite funny.
Most of the above are regulars for me - Desert Island Discs is good
Another vote for Peter Crouch
End of days about the Waco cult is informative - BBC
Rugby Union Podcast if that's your thing
Adam Buxton is funny....not family friendly though
Danny baker on BBC 5 is always entertaining .
Our go to long car journey listening.
I don't see any mention of http://revisionisthistory.com/ I think its excellent.
If you like Bob Mortimer then Athletico Mince, the non-football football podcast. Although definitely not one for kids.
Current favourite is a compilation of his Scottish 'songs', including the delights of Timpson's heel bar and a seat in Costa Coffee on the mainland.
Ashamed no ones mentioned the bugle yet
Older eps http://www.gamesplusone.com/thebugle/ - 160 onwards was during the hacking scandal as it was published on the Times online.
The current stuff from thebugle is on Spotify
+1 Danny Baker show, the most-recent was fantastic for the Viv Fisher story alone.
Also +1 Freakonomics - always engaging and interesting, very well produced.
Just started with Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History, highly recommend that too. Will make you feel smarter.
+1 for Distraction Pieces. I've not listened to loads (because I don't really listen to podcasts) but am a Pip fan so do like a listen.
I'll have a look through others suggestions too 🙂
Serial, US based podcast, language can be a tad fruity though.
Chaps
How do you listen to podcast while in the car?
usually listening to back episodes of Marc Maron, Buckles or Mince.
Crouchy is great
RHLSTP was a firm favourite till i saw it live in Manchester and decided i hate his audience for obediently belly laughing at the boring unfunny no-mark guests he had on.
Downtime is decent but as most mtb podcasts they're scraping the barrel for guests nowadays.
Wittertainment would be ok if they stopped reading out unbearable listener correspondence.
Jon Ronson's Butterfly Effect was a 7 parter. brilliant listen!
I can plug my iphone into car stereo on my cheap car, or play via Bluetooth in my wifes'
I like for entertainment:
- Kermode and Mayos film review
- Kermode on Film
- Empire film podcast
- The Bugle
- Radio 4 Friday night comedy
- Soundtracking with Edith Bowman
For drama / educational
- Serial
- Stephen Fry's Great Leap years
- S-Town
- No Such Thing as a Fish
- The Infinite Monkey Cage
- BBC Inside Science
Bikes/ Outdoor related:
- The Cycling Podcast
- Velocast
-BeSpoke
- The Bike Show
- Cycling Tips
- The Drum Up
- Home Roads
- Mountain
- Rouleur
Can you tell i listen to too many podcasts?!
Richard Herring is funny if he doesn't talk. That emergency question thing makes me cringe.
Let your guest do the talking.
Chaps
How do you listen to podcast while in the car?
Android Auto with my podcast ap
or Line in from the phone
or Bluetooth
Depends on which car they give me
the 50 things that made the modern economy is very good - they're all really interesting even if the subject doesn't seem so when you first look at it.
The one on concrete and the part about it changing the lives of lots of third world families has always stuck in my mind
To add to the above good recommendations. I've recently started to also listen to Daniel and Jorge explain the universe, finding it really interesting, found it after reading their book "We have no idea".
Will check out the Peter Crouch podcasts and thank you to whoever it was that mentioned the freakonomics podcasts about being an elite athlete, am now listening to some of the back catalog.
In Our Time - with Melvin Bragg on Radio 4/Podcast - 40 minutes of knowledge on Science, History, Philosophy and Culture. New topic every time!
I like Aircrew Interview and The Rachel Maddow Show.
Well I think we need something back from the OP on this one!! What did you pick and how did it rate?