Between walking and the train, I've got about 2.5-3 hours of commuting every day. During that time I like to listen to podcasts, and I while see names get dropped in various threads periodically, I figured we can use this one to aggregate.
Here's what I listen to regularly:
The Flophouse - Bad movie podcast
We Hate Movies - Also a bad movie podcast
How Did This Get Made - There are a lot of bad movie podcasts
The Adventure Zone - 3 brothers and their dad play Dungeons and Dragons with hilarious results
Hardcore History - Listened to the WWI series on Slak's recommendation, it was great. I'm now about halfway through the Spanish American War episode and it's very good as well.
The Star Wars Minute - Two guys and various guests watch the Star Wars movies minute by minute and record a podcast episode analyzing each minute. They did the entire original trilogy already so there's a big back catalog. They're now about 45 minutes into Phantom Menace. The episodes are shorter (usually 20-30 minutes) than most but are released daily.
The James Bonding Podcast - Two guys named Matt watch and review all the James Bond movies.
A Match Made in Space - Bort can tell you about this one.
I Was There Too - Just started this one, but one of the Matts from James Bonding interviews actors who had very small parts in very big movies.
I'll definitely be checking out You Must Remember This based on Slaky's post. Anybody else got anything they like and listen to?
I've been listening to Big Finish's Doctor Who audio dramas. They are surprisingly well done.
Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
Quote from: Eli on January 21, 2016, 04:36:32 PM
Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
Seriously. All I listen to is This American Life and Criminal and I have at least 5 of each saved up taking up space on my phone.
Ever since I dropped the Walkman for a smartphone podcasts have been my commute time killer also. Current list of active podcasts (aside from James Bonding and Match Made in Space) include:
The Nerdist : While Chris Hardwick can become a bit much at times, his interviews are pretty interesting.
WTF with Mark Maron I tend to listen when I like the person he is interviewing
The Hockeenight Podcast I am one of the 2 in 48 people who like this podcast
The Steve Dangle Podcast Sure its Maple Leaf centric but its fun
Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler Again when the interview subject is right
The Smoking Tire and Hooniverse both car related, a bit bro-tastic but generally interesting and often funny
What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes, but it seems to be scattered for Android
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Quote from: Eli on January 21, 2016, 04:36:32 PM
Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
Seriously. All I listen to is This American Life and Criminal and I have at least 5 of each saved up taking up space on my phone.
Honestly, I don't listen to music very often. So when I'm on the train, walking to work, walking the dog or at the gym I'm usually listening to podcasts.
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Quote from: Eli on January 21, 2016, 04:36:32 PM
Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
Seriously. All I listen to is This American Life and Criminal and I have at least 5 of each saved up taking up space on my phone.
Having a train commute is one of the best opportunities to do this. I've read 1 book in the 17 months since I stopped taking the Metra to work everyday and it makes me sad. At this juncture in my life it seems damn near impossible to read (and listen to podcasts, I suppose)--one of the very few things I miss about taking the train to work every day.
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Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
Seriously. All I listen to is This American Life and Criminal and I have at least 5 of each saved up taking up space on my phone.
Having a train commute is one of the best opportunities to do this. I've read 1 book in the 17 months since I stopped taking the Metra to work everyday and it makes me sad. At this juncture in my life it seems damn near impossible to read (and listen to podcasts, I suppose)--one of the very few things I miss about taking the train to work every day.
You don't miss me?
Quote from: Yeti on January 21, 2016, 09:11:19 PM
What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes, but it seems to be scattered for Android
I use Podcast Addict.
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Quote from: Eli on January 21, 2016, 04:36:32 PM
Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
Seriously. All I listen to is This American Life and Criminal and I have at least 5 of each saved up taking up space on my phone.
Honestly, I don't listen to music very often. So when I'm on the train, walking to work, walking the dog or at the gym I'm usually listening to podcasts.
I listen to them when I'm doing things around the house that require little actual thought, like cooking or dishes.
Lately I've been mainlining My Brother, My Brother, and Me, the advice podcast done by the guys from the Adventure Zone (minus their dad).
Quote from: Yeti on January 21, 2016, 09:11:19 PM
What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes Overcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/overcast-podcast-player/id888422857?mt=8), but it seems to be scattered for Android
iTunes doesn't even play podcasts on iOS, IDITO. It's the Apple Podcasts app which objectively sucks.
I'd highly advise anyone with an interest in counterculture and Charles Manson to listen to the You Must Remember This series on him and his followers. I just finished and it's been lodged in my brain since I started listening - just thinking about the collateral from his arrival in LA makes my head spin. It's a story that seems too fucked up to be real.
I may dive into some back episodes to see if they're as captivating as this series - though I doubt they will be.
Comedy Bang Bang is the best comedy podcast going. It's weird but it's essentially some of our best comics making up characters and stuff for an hour to 90 minutes a couple times a week.
Steve Dangle is a gross, man-boy who should be locked up.
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Quote from: Eli on January 21, 2016, 04:36:32 PM
Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
Seriously. All I listen to is This American Life and Criminal and I have at least 5 of each saved up taking up space on my phone.
Having a train commute is one of the best opportunities to do this. I've read 1 book in the 17 months since I stopped taking the Metra to work everyday and it makes me sad. At this juncture in my life it seems damn near impossible to read (and listen to podcasts, I suppose)--one of the very few things I miss about taking the train to work every day.
You don't miss me?
Only on those rare, godforsaken mornings when I had to catch a pre-6 AM inbound train.
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Quote from: Yeti on January 21, 2016, 09:11:19 PM
What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes Overcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/overcast-podcast-player/id888422857?mt=8), but it seems to be scattered for Android
iTunes doesn't even play podcasts on iOS, IDITO. It's the Apple Podcasts app which objectively sucks.
The one experience I've had searching for a podcast on my wife's phone was a positive one, so the app must be good
Quote from: Slaky on January 22, 2016, 07:33:54 AM
Comedy Bang Bang is the best comedy podcast going. It's weird but it's essentially some of our best comics making up characters and stuff for an hour to 90 minutes a couple times a week.
Comedy Bang Bang is great. It's ridiculous and absurd.
Other than that I listen to WTF and Sound Opinions maybe a Terry Gross interview if it's someone I'm interested in. I can't decide if I like Judge John Hodgman or not.
Song Exploder is really good. They interview musicians about how they created a specific song piece by piece.
Quote from: Eli on January 21, 2016, 04:36:32 PM
Is there a podcast on how to find time to listen to podcasts? This is at least 80% non-sarcasm.
It takes me about a half hour to get to work, so I usually listen to the fist half of a podcast on the way to work, and finish it on the way home.
Quote from: Yeti on January 21, 2016, 09:11:19 PM
What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes, but it seems to be scattered for Android
I use Stitcher for Android, but they don't have older episodes of some shows like Sound Opinions, so I just downloaded the NPR app so I can get to shows that are a few weeks old if I'm behind.
I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
Quote from: PenFoe on January 22, 2016, 10:13:33 AM
I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
If you include travel time to and from the train station, waiting for the inbound train, and then travel time from the train station to work and back (and waiting for the outbound train), my commute was at minimum 2.5 hours, and that was while taking an express. If I was on a milk run in both directions, it'd be three hours easy.
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I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
If you include travel time to and from the train station, waiting for the inbound train, and then travel time from the train station to work and back (and waiting for the outbound train), my commute was at minimum 2.5 hours, and that was while taking an express. If I was on a milk run in both directions, it'd be three hours easy.
People be crazy.
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I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
If you include travel time to and from the train station, waiting for the inbound train, and then travel time from the train station to work and back (and waiting for the outbound train), my commute was at minimum 2.5 hours, and that was while taking an express. If I was on a milk run in both directions, it'd be three hours easy.
People be crazy.
That beats driving three hours a day and people do that too.
It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but the BBC radio website is accessible from anywhere and has loads and loads of comedy. Some of it's pish but there are some consistently excellent shows:
I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue
The News Quiz
The Now Show
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
The Consultants
The Unbelievable Truth
Newsjack
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/comedy/player/episodes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/comedy/player/episodes). There's a BBC radio app, too, which you can't download if you're outside the UK: but the apk file is readily available online for Android users. I have no idea what's available for Apple users because I'm not a teenage girl.
John Finnemore's show this week is properly clever comedy if you want a place to start.
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Quote from: PenFoe on January 22, 2016, 10:13:33 AM
I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
If you include travel time to and from the train station, waiting for the inbound train, and then travel time from the train station to work and back (and waiting for the outbound train), my commute was at minimum 2.5 hours, and that was while taking an express. If I was on a milk run in both directions, it'd be three hours easy.
People be crazy.
That beats driving three hours a day and people do that too.
On the east coast, yeah--a 90 minute-2 hour drive commute is normal. I don't know of too many people who regularly drive for more than an hour around here though.
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Quote from: PenFoe on January 22, 2016, 10:13:33 AM
I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
If you include travel time to and from the train station, waiting for the inbound train, and then travel time from the train station to work and back (and waiting for the outbound train), my commute was at minimum 2.5 hours, and that was while taking an express. If I was on a milk run in both directions, it'd be three hours easy.
People be crazy.
That beats driving three hours a day and people do that too.
On the east coast, yeah--a 90 minute-2 hour drive commute is normal. I don't know of too many people who regularly drive for more than an hour around here though.
When I lived in Boston, my commute was 45 minutes on a good day, 75-90 minutes with decent traffic.
Probably why I only lasted 10 months there.
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Quote from: PenFoe on January 22, 2016, 10:13:33 AM
I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
If you include travel time to and from the train station, waiting for the inbound train, and then travel time from the train station to work and back (and waiting for the outbound train), my commute was at minimum 2.5 hours, and that was while taking an express. If I was on a milk run in both directions, it'd be three hours easy.
People be crazy.
That beats driving three hours a day and people do that too.
On the east coast, yeah--a 90 minute-2 hour drive commute is normal. I don't know of too many people who regularly drive for more than an hour around here though.
When I lived in Boston, my commute was 45 minutes on a good day, 75-90 minutes with decent traffic.
Probably why I only lasted 10 months there.
I've never lived more than half an hour away from my place of work, and mostly, I've lived much closer than that. These days I live ten minutes' bike ride away from my office, and still work from home the whole time anyway.
Quote from: Tonker on January 22, 2016, 11:08:37 AM
It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but the BBC radio website is accessible from anywhere and has loads and loads of comedy. Some of it's pish but there are some consistently excellent shows:
I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue
The News Quiz
The Now Show
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
The Consultants
The Unbelievable Truth
Newsjack
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/comedy/player/episodes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/comedy/player/episodes). There's a BBC radio app, too, which you can't download if you're outside the UK: but the apk file is readily available online for Android users. I have no idea what's available for Apple users because I'm not a teenage girl.
John Finnemore's show this week is properly clever comedy if you want a place to start.
Like a bunch of patriots are gonna listen to your fancy wine-sipping Eurocasts. You wish.
Quote from: Saul Goodman on January 22, 2016, 12:11:06 PM
Quote from: Tonker on January 22, 2016, 11:08:37 AM
It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but the BBC radio website is accessible from anywhere and has loads and loads of comedy. Some of it's pish but there are some consistently excellent shows:
I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue
The News Quiz
The Now Show
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
The Consultants
The Unbelievable Truth
Newsjack
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/comedy/player/episodes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/comedy/player/episodes). There's a BBC radio app, too, which you can't download if you're outside the UK: but the apk file is readily available online for Android users. I have no idea what's available for Apple users because I'm not a teenage girl.
John Finnemore's show this week is properly clever comedy if you want a place to start.
Like a bunch of patriots are gonna listen to your fancy wine-sipping Eurocasts. You wish.
Seriously. If I wanted to do that, I'd just turn on PBS and not look at the screen.
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Quote from: PANK! on January 22, 2016, 10:49:45 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on January 22, 2016, 10:13:33 AM
I've never listened to a Podcast in my life and I can't believe CT spends 3 hours commuting every day.
If you include travel time to and from the train station, waiting for the inbound train, and then travel time from the train station to work and back (and waiting for the outbound train), my commute was at minimum 2.5 hours, and that was while taking an express. If I was on a milk run in both directions, it'd be three hours easy.
People be crazy.
That beats driving three hours a day and people do that too.
On the east coast, yeah--a 90 minute-2 hour drive commute is normal. I don't know of too many people who regularly drive for more than an hour around here though.
When I lived in Boston, my commute was 45 minutes on a good day, 75-90 minutes with decent traffic.
Probably why I only lasted 10 months there.
I've never lived more than half an hour away from my place of work, and mostly, I've lived much closer than that. These days I live ten minutes' bike ride away from my office, and still work from home the whole time anyway.
I also am a 10 minute drive away from work. It's been years since I had a longer commute. When I used to take the train, I listened to Howard Stern and his ilk on Sirius.
I probably listen to more podcasts than watch TV at this point.
Quote from: Slaky on January 22, 2016, 07:33:54 AM
I'd highly advise anyone with an interest in counterculture and Charles Manson to listen to the You Must Remember This series on him and his followers. I just finished and it's been lodged in my brain since I started listening - just thinking about the collateral from his arrival in LA makes my head spin. It's a story that seems too fucked up to be real.
Yea. I listened to 5 episodes today. This is my Winter 2015/16 Serial (which is underwhelming that she's doing such a high profile case)
Quote from: thehawk on January 21, 2016, 05:03:09 PM
The Hockeenight Podcast I am one of the 2 in 48 people who like this podcast
If you don't want to commit to the whole thing, I can just call you and laugh at my own jokes for a few minutes.
Verdict is still pending, but I'm part-way through episode 1 (that's all that's been released thusfar) but I'm kind of interested:
http://thewestwingweekly.com/
Joshua Malina and some guy named Hrishikesh Hirway are going through each episode of the West Wing.
Quote from: Yeti on March 23, 2016, 02:33:22 PM
Verdict is still pending, but I'm part-way through episode 1 (that's all that's been released thusfar) but I'm kind of interested:
http://thewestwingweekly.com/
Joshua Malina and some guy named Hrishikesh Hirway are going through each episode of the West Wing.
He hosts the Song Exploder podcast, which is cool if you like hearing artists talk about their methods and inspiration.
Quote from: Slaky on January 22, 2016, 07:33:54 AM
I'd highly advise anyone with an interest in counterculture and Charles Manson to listen to the You Must Remember This series on him and his followers. I just finished and it's been lodged in my brain since I started listening - just thinking about the collateral from his arrival in LA makes my head spin. It's a story that seems too fucked up to be real.
I may dive into some back episodes to see if they're as captivating as this series - though I doubt they will be.
Comedy Bang Bang is the best comedy podcast going. It's weird but it's essentially some of our best comics making up characters and stuff for an hour to 90 minutes a couple times a week.
Steve Dangle is a gross, man-boy who should be locked up.
On the topic of You Must Remember This, she came out with a series on the Hollywood Blacklist of the 50s. I'm 4 episodes in and it's pretty interesting.
Malcom Gladwell has a podcast called
Revisionist History that I'd recommend. The tagline is "Sometimes the past deserves a second chance". He relooks at things in history that he claims have been unjustly overlooked. Of SPORTZ note, he talked about Free Throw shooting, Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, and Rick Barry in one recent episode.
The Road To Now is a series of conversations or interviews examining the historical roots that have led to today's society. It features the bassist from the Avett Brothers and some southern professor as hosts. It's a good, cerebral look in to how we have had our world shaped.
Quote from: Yeti on July 11, 2016, 08:31:52 AM
Malcom Gladwell has a podcast called Revisionist History that I'd recommend. The tagline is "Sometimes the past deserves a second chance". He relooks at things in history that he claims have been unjustly overlooked. Of SPORTZ note, he talked about Free Throw shooting, Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, and Rick Barry in one recent episode.
This was shared on a recent This American Life podcast. It's pretty typical Gladwell but man, Rick Berry is the kind of asshole that I hope to one day be.
Quote from: ChuckD on January 21, 2016, 11:14:04 PM
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What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes, but it seems to be scattered for Android
I use Podcast Addict.
Google Play added podcasts, which simplified my life nicely
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What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes, but it seems to be scattered for Android
I use Podcast Addict.
Google Play added podcasts, which simplified my life nicely
And while we're kind of on the topic, for iOS users, Overcast is great if you're still searching for a podcast app.
Quote from: Saul Goodman on July 14, 2016, 12:50:19 PM
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Quote from: ChuckD on January 21, 2016, 11:14:04 PM
Quote from: Yeti on January 21, 2016, 09:11:19 PM
What do Android users prefer for listening to podcasts? Obviously for Apple, there is iTunes, but it seems to be scattered for Android
I use Podcast Addict.
Google Play added podcasts, which simplified my life nicely
And while we're kind of on the topic, for iOS users, Overcast is great if you're still searching for a podcast app.
RSS Radio too.
For those who may be left-leaning in their politics: Chapo Trap House.
Quote from: CT III on August 01, 2016, 10:53:26 AM
For those who may be left-leaning in their politics: Chapo Trap House.
Seconded, just discovered this one as well. Any podcast that devotes a significant chunk of time to Baseball Crank discussion is good in my book.
Dear L-rd, this thread has devolved into podcasts? ("This Week in Virology" is simply too unfocused to really hold my attention, which is a bummer.)
But anyway, the reason I chose to dig this one up is that I was just sharply reminded that I pretty much owe Pat Hues and, yes, the Coom Dawg for keeping me relatively sane during the months of this season.*
I'm grateful.
* WHPK has also been shut down for some time as the result of some insane bedbug negotiations. Oh, and the cheap-ass fuckwits at WBEZ have learned nothing; the (charming) Vinyl Cafe and (usually inoffensive) Ideas from the CBC have been ditched in favor of rerunning a river of yet more pseudohipster shit to try to raise Malatia from the dead.
If you can find them anywhere, and like CBC stuff, I'd heartily recommend the Dead Dog Cafe. They are really clever and enjoyable shows.
Just started listening to Crimetown, which is pretty self-explanatory - each season will explore some of the more colorful criminals related to a specific city. 1st season is Providence and I'm liking it so far.
ABC TV in Chicago decided that this was unlistenable, so they suspended (fired?) the sportscaster, Giangreco, who said it:
"Prominent Chicago sportscaster suspended for calling America a 'country full of simpletons' and Trump a 'cartoon lunatic' "
Strange. I could listen to that all day.
Quote from: CBStew on February 24, 2017, 10:11:33 PM
ABC TV in Chicago decided that this was unlistenable, so they suspended (fired?) the sportscaster, Giangreco, who said it:
"Prominent Chicago sportscaster suspended for calling America a 'country full of simpletons' and Trump a 'cartoon lunatic' "
Strange. I could listen to that all day.
He's got more time to make out with Janet Davies.
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2017, 07:21:47 PM
Quote from: CBStew on February 24, 2017, 10:11:33 PM
ABC TV in Chicago decided that this was unlistenable, so they suspended (fired?) the sportscaster, Giangreco, who said it:
"Prominent Chicago sportscaster suspended for calling America a 'country full of simpletons' and Trump a 'cartoon lunatic' "
Strange. I could listen to that all day.
He's got more time to make out with Janet Davies.
*Shudders*
Man, Pat Hues's first Cubs radio broadcast of the year yesterday reminded me of what it's like to not be suicidal for the first time in months.
Quote from: Wheezer on March 26, 2017, 12:15:35 PM
Man, Pat Hues's first Cubs radio broadcast of the year yesterday reminded me of what it's like to not be suicidal for the first time in months.
Seriously, you ok?
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Quote from: Wheezer on March 26, 2017, 12:15:35 PM
Man, Pat Hues's first Cubs radio broadcast of the year yesterday reminded me of what it's like to not be suicidal for the first time in months.
Seriously, you ok?
For the lowest point in someone's life, mine's pretty good: I have a place to stay and a great Medicaid MCO. The problem is that the structure is such that I can't see a way out. It's complicated.
The moral of this story
The moral of this song
Is simply that one should never be
Where one does not belong
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Quote from: Saul Goodman on March 26, 2017, 01:03:40 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 26, 2017, 12:15:35 PM
Man, Pat Hues's first Cubs radio broadcast of the year yesterday reminded me of what it's like to not be suicidal for the first time in months.
Seriously, you ok?
For the lowest point in someone's life, mine's pretty good: I have a place to stay and a great Medicaid MCO. The problem is that the structure is such that I can't see a way out. It's complicated.
The moral of this story
The moral of this song
Is simply that one should never be
Where one does not belong
I think we have an unofficial Desipio song.
More Perfect is back with more episodes. It's a podcast about the Supreme Court that's pretty fascinating. It's a radiolab production if that matters to you one way or the other.
Having for years enjoyed Community, and being totally taken in by Rick and Morty (and the lesser-known, but hilarious HarmonQuest), I finally broke down and started listening to HarmonTown. It's sometimes awkward, but very funny and worth listening to if you like Dan Harmon at all.
An "As it Happens: The Midnight Edition" from the CBC segment on just used the theme from The Starlost to introduce a segment on the "Space Corps."
Any recommendations for Cubs podcasts?
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Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on August 19, 2018, 03:36:42 PM
Any recommendations for Cubs podcasts?
No.
I am blissfully unaware, but there's probably a David Kaplan/Al Yellon podcast that would make you hate the Cubs, Chicago, baseball, and yourself.
Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on August 19, 2018, 03:36:42 PM
Any recommendations for Cubs podcasts?
Ivy Envy is solid. The Athletic has one that is pretty good too.
Lorenzo Cain slips going back to second and complains about the wet surface.
JD: "He should raise some cane"
Len: "He was not able to advance"
We really are blessed having these two.
Quote from: Saul Goodman on August 19, 2018, 06:30:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 19, 2018, 05:57:00 PM
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Any recommendations for Cubs podcasts?
No.
I am blissfully unaware, but there's probably a David Kaplan/Al Yellon podcast that would make you hate the Cubs, Chicago, baseball, and yourself.
I already hate myself so I am 25% of the way there.
Quote from: flannj on September 11, 2018, 08:25:25 PM
Lorenzo Cain slips going back to second and complains about the wet surface.
JD: "He should raise some cane"
Len: "He was not able to advance"
We really are blessed having these two.
It's true. With Vin retired they're the best crew working. I hate 90% of broadcasters but you can pry these two from my cold dead, uh, headphones I guess. Ours, all ours.
Know what? Either I don't mind Coomer as much these days, or he's actually become listenable.
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on September 13, 2018, 03:21:38 PM
Know what? Either I don't mind Coomer as much these days, or he's actually become listenable.
He's got decent pipes, says intelligent things more frequently, and is fat. What's not to like?
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on September 13, 2018, 03:21:38 PM
Know what? Either I don't mind Coomer as much these days, or he's actually become listenable.
I'm absolutely fine with Coomer. Zaidman, on the other hand, sounds like he's permanently terrified of saying anything interesting. I wonder if anybody's explained to him what color commentary means? Most of the time he's doing play-by-play, badly, long after Pat's already taken care of it.
Quote from: Tonker on September 14, 2018, 03:27:27 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on September 13, 2018, 03:21:38 PM
Know what? Either I don't mind Coomer as much these days, or he's actually become listenable.
I'm absolutely fine with Coomer. Zaidman, on the other hand, sounds like he's permanently terrified of saying anything interesting. I wonder if anybody's explained to him what color commentary means? Most of the time he's doing play-by-play, badly, long after Pat's already taken care of it.
He's a color commentator whose color happens to be beige.
Yeah, Coomer has improved. Granted, he began with a pretty low bar--and he's still not that great-- but I'll give him credit for improving. Not as many brainless "I agree, Pat"'s, and pointless giggling that there were in the beginning. He still resorts to ham-handed platitudes like many ex-jock-turned-ballplayers but his analysis has in fact gotten sharper than it was (like I said, low bar). Compared to Jim Desahies, he sucks but considering how long we were cruelly exposed to the pointless exercise of propping up Ron Santo--who had no absolutely interest in edifying the listeners--I shouldn't really complain about Coomer.
And Zaidman's terrible. I miss Mark Grote.
JD:
"Wisdom strikes out. Sounds like a bumper sticker."
At the end of every regular season I get a little bummed about missing our daily comfort broadcasts.
Playoff announcing sucks.
Quote from: flannj on September 30, 2018, 06:24:49 PM
JD:
"Wisdom strikes out. Sounds like a bumper sticker."
At the end of every regular season I get a little bummed about missing our daily comfort broadcasts.
Playoff announcing sucks.
Another JD gem: "Martinez approaches the ball as if it were a rapid possum"
The CBC's "Spark" on umps and robo-umps (https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark).