Good podcasts
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@dogmeat sort of linked, i went to a NASA exhibition in Brisbane that was pretty great. A lot focused on the early days of the space race. One great bit was some models, and just the audio of the landing played on a loop. Still gives you tingles listening to it "the eagle has landed"
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@mariner4life It was piped through the sound system at school. I don't think any class did any work that afternoon.
Then ran home to watch the TV pictures that had been rushed across the Ta$man.
Half the Herald the next day was devoted to the story. They published a magazine on the mission which I bought for (I think) $1. Herald was 5 cents in those days.
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@jegga said in Good podcasts:
I've been listening to podcasts through iphone app but I got the stitcher app today and there seems to be a lot more podcasts . Anyone else using it and has recommendations?
Unspooled - movies
30 for 30 - ESPN sport
Here's The Thing - Alec Baldwin interview show
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@mariner4life said in Good podcasts:
@dogmeat sort of linked, i went to a NASA exhibition in Brisbane that was pretty great. A lot focused on the early days of the space race. One great bit was some models, and just the audio of the landing played on a loop. Still gives you tingles listening to it "the eagle has landed"
Is that the one at the museum? Might pop along at some stage to fill some time, cheers!
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@jegga said in Good podcasts:
I've been listening to podcasts through iphone app but I got the stitcher app today and there seems to be a lot more podcasts . Anyone else using it and has recommendations?
I use Podcast Addict, but don't know if it's on Apple. I tried to switch to Stitcher as it tends to have slightly more content (especially if you pay for premium) but I don't seem to miss out on a lot. I found the controls/functionality in Stitcher to be really shit.
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@dogmeat said in Good podcasts:
So with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing coming up - you have no idea how old that makes me feel? Mind you pretty much everything makes me feel old now...
Anyways BBC are heavily promoting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2Caught the 1st episode yesterday. More of a scene setting thing. It's insane that in less than 8 years the yanks went from not even having put anyone in space to a successful lunar landing. I suppose throwing enormous amounts of money at the problem helped
Series focusses on the last 13 minutes before touchdown when things got really dicey and lots of things went wrong. Course we all know the ending but worth a listen for any space nuts
The Countdown podcast goes through the 10 most dangerous situations in the US space program (excluding space pirates). Some ended well, some didn't. Great research and production values on this series
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@Bones said in Good podcasts:
@jegga said in Good podcasts:
I've been listening to podcasts through iphone app but I got the stitcher app today and there seems to be a lot more podcasts . Anyone else using it and has recommendations?
I use Podcast Addict, but don't know if it's on Apple. I tried to switch to Stitcher as it tends to have slightly more content (especially if you pay for premium) but I don't seem to miss out on a lot. I found the controls/functionality in Stitcher to be really shit.
Podcast Addict does the job for me too.
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@jegga said in Good podcasts:
Can you get podcast addict on an iPhone?
Stitcher is a very average setup , it does have a decent selection though
Yeah think I tried to get it for the other half but it's not there. Overcast might be worth a try?
I like PA as once I select a podcast to play I can get it to play me the rest in the series I haven't listened to, as well as download new, delete played, etc. I couldn't seem to figure out how to get stitcher to do these simple things.
PA is a bit of a bitch for creating playlists though. Or maybe I'm just a numpty.
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@Stockcar86 freakanomics has just uploaded a podcast up about 23 and me
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@Bones said in Good podcasts:
@jegga said in Good podcasts:
Can you get podcast addict on an iPhone?
Stitcher is a very average setup , it does have a decent selection though
Yeah think I tried to get it for the other half but it's not there. Overcast might be worth a try?
I like PA as once I select a podcast to play I can get it to play me the rest in the series I haven't listened to, as well as download new, delete played, etc. I couldn't seem to figure out how to get stitcher to do these simple things.
PA is a bit of a bitch for creating playlists though. Or maybe I'm just a numpty.
I can’t get stitcher to save my searches if I leave the app so I’m clearly a numpty too
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@jegga said in Good podcasts:
@Stockcar86 freakanomics has just uploaded a podcast up about 23 and me
Thanks - its queued up to listen to this weekend
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@Bones said in Good podcasts:
Overcast might be worth a try?
I use Overcast. I don't know why Apple updated their podcast app to make it basically unusable. Overcast is basically the same as the the iPhone one was when it was good.
I didn't know there were other apps with more content, but I struggle to keep up with the stuff I want to listen to now. I've basically given up on any new True Crime style ones now.
I've just started the writer Michael Lewis' podcast about 'referees' - not really about sport but within the general world. I think it's called Against the Rules. And I've found History Unplugged again (I listened to an episode or two a few years back and then forgot about it) which has a great and long back catalogue now!
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@Bones said in Good podcasts:
@mariner4life said in Good podcasts:
@dogmeat sort of linked, i went to a NASA exhibition in Brisbane that was pretty great. A lot focused on the early days of the space race. One great bit was some models, and just the audio of the landing played on a loop. Still gives you tingles listening to it "the eagle has landed"
Is that the one at the museum? Might pop along at some stage to fill some time, cheers!
yea, it's not too bad. Some interesting stuff. And it's just great to follow the story along.
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@jegga said in Good podcasts:
@Stockcar86 freakanomics has just uploaded a podcast up about 23 and me
I listened to a good podcast about DNA testing, especially good when they discuss the limitations/accuracy etc - I think it was on Reply All.
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@Nepia said in Good podcasts:
@jegga said in Good podcasts:
@Stockcar86 freakanomics has just uploaded a podcast up about 23 and me
I listened to a good podcast about DNA testing, especially good when they discuss the limitations/accuracy etc - I think it was on Reply All.
It had a different focus than I expected. Surprised to learn the head of 23 and me was married to one of the founders of google and her sister is the clown that runs YouTube.
There’s some obvious issues with their data harvesting.
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My latest podcasts
Dr Death - True story that is fucking crazy. If you like seriel or the david bain one you will like this.
Business Wars - You dont have to be into business to enjoy. It basically is usually a 4 or 5 part series looking at the fights two big compeititors went through over the years eg Playstation vs xbox, Mcdonalds vs BK, Lambo vs Ferrari
The same company also has started a new show called Sports Wars it first series was about Aaron Rodgers vs Farve, latest series is Fed vs Nadal. Traces them from childhood. Ads can be a bit annoying but I like.
Also listened to Casefile. Have only listened to the series about Silkroad but it was really interesting and I thought pretty well done. If you like that check out the episode on my favorite Podcast called reply allhere is the link https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/dvhd9k/136-the-founder
Also check this out its two part episode from the same podcast https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/6nh3wk/102-long-distance
In regards to different podcast players many shows are now on spotify too.
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@Magpie_in_aus said in Good podcasts:
My latest podcasts
Dr Death - True story that is fucking crazy. If you like seriel or the david bain one you will like this.
Business Wars - You dont have to be into business to enjoy. It basically is usually a 4 or 5 part series looking at the fights two big compeititors went through over the years eg Playstation vs xbox, Mcdonalds vs BK, Lambo vs Ferrari
The same company also has started a new show called Sports Wars it first series was about Aaron Rodgers vs Farve, latest series is Fed vs Nadal. Traces them from childhood. Ads can be a bit annoying but I like.
Also listened to Casefile. Have only listened to the series about Silkroad but it was really interesting and I thought pretty well done. If you like that check out the episode on my favorite Podcast called reply allhere is the link https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/dvhd9k/136-the-founder
Also check this out its two part episode from the same podcast https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/6nh3wk/102-long-distance
In regards to different podcast players many shows are now on spotify too.
Cheers, they look great , will definitely check out the business wars and sports wars.
Already read the story of Doctor Death, its awful. The same company did the Aaron Hernandez story which is pretty good.
