Good podcasts
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@Nepia yeah I'm struggling to fond too many good ones at moment.
Even things like myths and legend ones, when told by a nasaly mono-tone Yank is a tough listen, even if the topic appeals...other awesome fact ones i have, but you have to search for a good one.
Following a podcast called Damn Interesting, and one ep was called 'it came from beneath the sea' which was about a Volcanic island that appeared off Sicily in 1863 and ownership was immediately claimed/disputed by 4 nations, only for it to disappear back into the sea under a year later.
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@jegga I can't stand Gladwell anymore. He tries so hard to find some idiotic angle, he drives me nuts. His voice doesn't help either. The straw for me was when he tried to convince Bill Simmons that Nigeria was the greatest basketball player producing nation in history.
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@Duluth said in Good podcasts:
@Crucial said in Good podcasts:
Has anyone listened to the Erebus disaster podcast on Stuff?
Just wondering if it’s worth it.A few TSFers had positive comments about it here:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/3528/planes/84Cheers. I normally read that thread so strange I missed that conversation.
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listened to another episode of Damn Interesting
Colonels of Truth, which was about the life of Colonel Sanders.
Was pretty damn good and interesting
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The Happiness Lab. So far really interesting
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@taniwharugby Started listening to the Ponzi episode after seeing this today, already think it will become one of my regulars.
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I think I may have mentioned Two Cents Worth before.
It's a collaboration between Newsroom and RNZ which takes a slightly irreverent look at topical financial / economic issues and makes them easily understandable in 20 minute bites.
Usually. However the latest episode is different in tone and I highly recommend it. It reports on the Mortgage Swaps issues that affected the farming sector around the GFC and basically pulls no punches as it goes after ANZ in particular. It's a quick summation and isn't aggressive but its bloody obvious what they think of the big banks and successive governments lackadaisical attempts to reign them in.
I found it quite moving. It touches on some amazing stories as it details tales of lives wrecked (and ended) by the greed of the banking community.
The Banks, the Swaps and the Suicide Box
The disastrous impact of banks selling risky financial derivatives to farmers is still being felt in rural communities more than a decade later. How did it happen and how can we stop banks doing it again?
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There’s a podcast about Dolly Parton from the this American life people, it’s pretty interesting to see how she’s viewed in the music industry and her influence.
@Bones theres a lot about your people in there . They trace a lot of music and it’s roots and influences from places you wouldn’t expect.
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@jegga cheers I'll give it a bash! And then have a listen to the podcast you mentioned.
@Nepia Unravel Season 4 was a good break from the norm for a "crime" series.
INTRODUCING — Snowball - ABC listen
Ollie Wards' family lost everything after their brush with a charming Californian con woman. As he embarks on a quest to find out how she did it, why she did it, and where she is now, he opens the door on a mystery that spans decades and across continents.
Who the hell is Hamish was good.
Murder in Oregon is good.I have Bad Batch from Wondery sitting in my list too which looks good.
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@Bones murder in oregan...I struggled to get into that one, think I did 3 eps?.
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@taniwharugby said in Good podcasts:
@Bones murder in oregan...I struggled to get into that one, think I did 3 eps?.
Seeing as episode 4 only just came out that's probably about right! To be fair I haven't been listening as intently this episode but it's an intriguing story.
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Been listening 'No Such Thing as Fish'which is from the writers of QI with all sorts of random fascinating shit!!
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@taniwharugby said in Good podcasts:
Been listening 'No Such Thing as Fish'which is from the writers of QI with all sorts of random fascinating shit!!
Might give that one go
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Dolly Parton's America
Fascinating
Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea) - Wikipedia
