Good podcasts
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Listening to another of the In the Dark Podcasts.
In the Dark, Season 2 (Curtis Flowers) | Podcast | APM Reports
We investigate the case of Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Winona, Mississippi, who was tried six times for the same crime. Flowers spent more than 20 years fighting for his life while a white prosecutor spent that same time trying just as hard to execute him.
This one is about the trials of Curtis Flowers.
I know the podcast is slanted toward the system being corrupt, but, you kinda get that impression...
Since 1996 I think it was, this guy, has been tried and found guilty 6 times and sentenced to death for the murders he is accused of; 5 cases have been deemed mistrials for a variety of reasons, the latest is currently under appeal (well at time of podcasts and I havent googled yet to find out anymore until I finish)
What gets me though, is the same DA has tried all the cases too, despite the mistrials that he has played his hand in causing.
Unsure if this is specific to Mississippi or not, but the DA has 15 opportunities in Jury selection to strike someone or challenge them...I believe it is 3 in NZ?
Apparently, in each of the cases, all 15 of his strikes were on Black people...
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The Clearing
Carrier
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Almost done listening to the Bear Brook podcast.
Tells the story of the work to identify 4 bodies found in 2 barrels in a forest about 30+ years ago.
Problem is, how do you identify bodies of people who no one has reported missing with degraded DNA.
Case is fascinating as it also talks about some of the pioneering methods for identification from this case that lead to the apprehension of an even older serial murders, the Golden State Killer.
Also looks at the advances of genetic Geneology, which is very interesting...so if you been dodgy in the past and one of your relatives puts thier DNA into the system, they are inadvertently adding some of yours...
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I've been listened to the Business Wars podcast for a while now. The show explores battles between business competitors (Gibson v Fender, Nike v Adidas, Netflix v HBO etc) over several episodes
I'm currently 6 episodes into their WWF v WCW series which I am finding really good. The shows mix recreations with actual recordings, and is really a dramatised re-telling of key events.
Recommended.
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Thirteen minutes to the moon from the BBC. Seminal, and very high production quality.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloadsalso, have been recommended by others
No Such Thing As A Fish | Nosuchthingasafish
nosuchthingasafish.com | A weekly podcast about interesting facts from the makers of QI.
the researchers from QI, talking bout what doens't make it into the show
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@Stockcar86 said in Good podcasts:
I've been listened to the Business Wars podcast for a while now. The show explores battles between business competitors (Gibson v Fender, Nike v Adidas, Netflix v HBO etc) over several episodes
I'm currently 6 episodes into their WWF v WCW series which I am finding really good. The shows mix recreations with actual recordings, and is really a dramatised re-telling of key events.
Recommended.
Those are great podcasts, if you like them you might like American Scandal too .
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Listened to this at the gym today. It's on the r&pe of Nanking and what happened to the author of the book.
Extremely heavy stuff, I knew very little of the Japanese occupation of China and hearing the horrors really puts some perspective on the Nagasaki and Hiroshima atrocities. Not sure if I could read the book itself, its like the worst things you can imagine then multiply that by 10.
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@Rembrandt have you listened to this? Delingpole interviews Imam Tawhidi, its an interesting look at the muslim world
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Been listening to a couple of interesting ones lately:
1 is Hitman, whihc looks into a 'How to' book on being a Hitman that apparently inspired a triple homocide and the other issues this creates with the 2nd amendment (think it is the freedom of press one or something)
Another I just started is Villains, which looks at real and fictional villains, and starts off with Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men who apparently, following some study, was considered the most psychopathic Villain ever.
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2nd ep of Villains is about Richard Kuklinski, aka 'The Iceman'
Peice of work that fella...found there is a 2012 movie on him with Michael Shannon and Kuklinski too that I haven't seen.
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@taniwharugby said in Good podcasts:
2nd ep of Villains is about Richard Kuklinski, aka 'The Iceman'
Peice of work that fella...found there is a 2012 movie on him with Michael Shannon and Kuklinski too that I haven't seen.
I got his book and gave up halfway through, google suggest that while he was a piece of shit that did kill people he exaggerated what he got up to massively.
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@jegga yea you get a bit of that impression, although the podcast paints him as a nasty emotionless piece, although I think they are almost doing it like a psych analysis rather than looking into how many kills or anything.
Supposedly stabbed his Missus to make her stay with him.
Next ep is on Villenelle from Killing Eve.
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@taniwharugby said in Good podcasts:
2nd ep of Villains is about Richard Kuklinski, aka 'The Iceman'
Yeah I read it. Taught me everything I know...
Probably some exaggeration in the book, but have seen the psycho interviewed on a TB doco and he is a heartless nutjob. Was definitely a "how to make a killer" lesson when you hear about his father and his background. Started with animals from memory, then moved on. Classic stereotype really.
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@taniwharugby said in Good podcasts:
2nd ep of Villains is about Richard Kuklinski, aka 'The Iceman'
Peice of work that fella...found there is a 2012 movie on him with Michael Shannon and Kuklinski too that I haven't seen.
Good movie
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Haven't listened yet but a mate messaged me 'A captains cup' podcast about each captains winning run at the rwc.
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I'm in a weird funk with podcasts.
I can't listen to true crime ones anymore, I'm just over them.
American broadcast voices are grating on me, so while I really enjoy Business Wars (for example) I just can't handle the voice.
@jegga said in Good podcasts:
I’ve been listening to timesuck, they are decent but I can’t listen to too many in a row .
I actually found this unlistenable. I don't mind a bit of comedy with my history but nothing this guy did was funny and his history wasn't focused enough to keep me interested. I struggle to believe he's an actual comedian. Maybe it's one you need to listen to from the first episode for the "jokes" to make sense.
I'm bascially just listening to a couple of film podcasts, British history podcast and the odd Freakonomics these days. Oh and I've started listening to the RNZ series Black Sheep random series.
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@Nepia said in Good podcasts:
I'm in a weird funk with podcasts.
I can't listen to true crime ones anymore, I'm just over them.
American broadcast voices are grating on me, so while I really enjoy Business Wars (for example) I just can't handle the voice.
@jegga said in Good podcasts:
I’ve been listening to timesuck, they are decent but I can’t listen to too many in a row .
I actually found this unlistenable. I don't mind a bit of comedy with my history but nothing this guy did was funny and his history wasn't focused enough to keep me interested. I struggle to believe he's an actual comedian. Maybe it's one you need to listen to from the first episode for the "jokes" to make sense.
I'm bascially just listening to a couple of film podcasts, British history podcast and the odd Freakonomics these days. Oh and I've started listening to the RNZ series Black Sheep random series.
Ah well I like them , his sense of humour is pretty fucked up though . His bit about squirrel finger puppets is probably an aquired taste too .
Brett Weinstein and his brother Eric have started their own separate podcasts , I think I prefer Brett’s but listening to Eric’s take on his one and only meeting with Epstein was good .
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@jegga said in Good podcasts:
@Nepia said in Good podcasts:
I'm in a weird funk with podcasts.
I can't listen to true crime ones anymore, I'm just over them.
American broadcast voices are grating on me, so while I really enjoy Business Wars (for example) I just can't handle the voice.
@jegga said in Good podcasts:
I’ve been listening to timesuck, they are decent but I can’t listen to too many in a row .
I actually found this unlistenable. I don't mind a bit of comedy with my history but nothing this guy did was funny and his history wasn't focused enough to keep me interested. I struggle to believe he's an actual comedian. Maybe it's one you need to listen to from the first episode for the "jokes" to make sense.
I'm bascially just listening to a couple of film podcasts, British history podcast and the odd Freakonomics these days. Oh and I've started listening to the RNZ series Black Sheep random series.
Ah well I like them , his sense of humour is pretty fucked up though . His bit about squirrel finger puppets is probably an aquired taste too .
Brett Weinstein and his brother Eric have started their own separate podcasts , I think I prefer Brett’s but listening to Eric’s take on his one and only meeting with Epstein was good .
That was good. So, he's way funnier doing stand up than he is doing a history podcast.
Bear Brook
