I find myself growing out of the comedian/ interview format and listening to shows like (or more specifically, just...) this American Life and wonder if there are any news or real-life-story driven podcasts worth listening to.
I still listen to Nerdist and Uhh Yeah Dude but I'm kind of hoping there are more to add to my list of things to listen to to pass the time and one of the reasons why a news feed interests me is because... well... I still don't watch TV and instead of finding out through random articles and postings on whatever blog or board I happen to be lurking in I have my hopes on decent podcasts being out there keeping me up to date.
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News streams work too! Even if it's just a livestream of a television news channel I need something to break up the monotony of phoned in bits and staged comedic repartee.
I would do my own podcast cause i have alot of logic and truths to talk about but i fear breaking the crust of reality and releaseing the gooey lies powers of the world leave us swimming in
Try Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me. It's a comedy news quiz. Or Prairie Home Companion, a comedy variety show; music, radio skits, short interviews, and inspirational stories from Woe-be-Gone. Or if you're looking for something more serious, try the Diane Rehm show; news and mostly politics that dedicates each show to individual topics and invites in a lot of guest experts to discuss. For what it's worth, I get most of MY news through MPR's The Morning Edition. Hope I've helped!
These + Radio Lab are the trifecta of NPR goodness. If you need even more: Fresh Air from WHYY is a fantastic interview show with frequently great topical guests.
Ah... I forgot about that one. The of the canned responses and jokes had me cringe but it's NPR and I understand they gotta have some sense of decorum.... even if it isn't the content i'm used to from some of the guests. It does has some pretty neat/ random trivia though! I'll subscribe to it again.
While it's not news based, "The Moth" is a great podcast where people tells stories of things that happened in their life. I know you said more funny news ones aren't as interesting, but "The Morning Stream" is also really good. It's very nerdy and the hosts have great charisma. They have a "Stump a Trek Nerd" segment, I mean come on. ;)
I personally love and listen to: The Joe Rogan Experience, Icehouse chronicles on Deathsquad, Rooster Teeth podcast, Caustic Soda, Savage lovecast, Smodcast, Hollywood babble-on, Penn's Sunday School, Radio Free Burrito, Megaboom!!, and Talkin toons with Rob Paulson. Hope you find some good ones in there :3
I've heard a lot about Rooster Teeth so I think now is a good time as any to check it out. Same goes for Joe Rogan's. Shit.. anyone who will get on people like Dennis Leary, Carlos Mencia, and Dane Cook for being vapid joke thieves is a good person in my book.
In an unrelated story I saw American: The Bill Hicks story on Hulu (the person who's personality Dennis Leary chopped up and stole) and was uplifted and immediatley depressed again.
Tried it. They droned on and on about minor league baseball something or other for about an hour. Motion yay/nay this... stopping a speach to balance time that... it was the longest hour of my life.
I listen to quite a few at work throughout my week.
Gaming: Idle Thumbs (Guys from Tell Tale and Double Fine), Giant Bombcast (Usually 3 hours, will discuss retro stuff and arcades!) and Cheap Ass Gamer, The Brainy Gamer (Slow to update but in depth)
Science/News/Events : Freakonomics (Economists and other scientists featured prominently), Stuff You Should Know (Short 30 min interesting discussions about random subjects with a research/science lean), The Verge (video & monthly largely about tech stuff), RadioLab , StarTalk Radio (Neil DeGrasse Tyson's show, science with a stand up comedian co-host)
Nerd Stuff: Hollywood Babble-On (Kevin Smith mostly being Kevin smith with a pal in front of an audience), Fat Man on Batman (Kevin Smith talks with folks like Mark Hamil or Adam West or Paul Dini or Tara Strong about Batman and their careers), Girl on Guy (Aisha Tyler, from Archer etc. and various comedians)
Kevin Smith came off as pompous and self important in Smodcast, the one I USED to listen to of his. I loved his films but he as a person is someone I grew to dislike. Don't get me wrong, I will still give his other ventures a chance... but the five minutes of plugs in his intro and general attitude is something I found myself only being able to take in small doses.
If you're a fan of comics, Batman in particular Fat Man on Batman is pretty satisfying. I got to listen to Mark Hamil talk about nerdy stuff for a total of like three hours. At that point I didn't really care who was sitting across the table from him, I just got to listen to Mark Hamil talk about life as a voice actor for three hours so I was content with that! I usually fast forward through those first few minutes of Kevin Smith podcasts as well since much of it is tour date type stuff.
My pleasure. ^_^ another one I listen to is the Non Prophets, which is an Atheist group that reads news bits of interest and takes in callers whom asks theistic questions. They prefer calls from theists over calls from atheists.
I was hesitant in bringing this one up because I don't want to spark some kind of debate here since the journal is just about, podcasts. :p Hope it's not a topic you're too sensitive about and I just upset you or something. ^_^"
Oh for sure! Mr. Gates have been keeping an eye on Hopsin for a while, and he's definitely sure he'll be the next one to break into the scene. There's a lot of other artists he's been featuring on a number of his episodes as well - all on-point. If nothing else, at least the commentary is good. *lol*
Not sure if i can help, news radio is always tuned in for me. rush limbaugh is one of my favorites. Try who radio, they may be from Iowa but there's some good stuff there, if you're conservative.
There's Hamfisted radio.. It's just Dawn (the host) and her co-host and occasionally guests and her husband rambling on about news or stuff that interests them or just random shit that's happened to them. :) http://hamfistedradio.com/
Scientific news- This Week in Science, Little Atoms (UK)
Business news- Marketplace...maybe the Motley Fool has a podcast as well?
History- Mike Duncan's History of Rome, Lars Brownworth's 12 Byzantine Rulers*
*you didn't mention history, but the creators of these shows have done an excellent job in educating people through conveying passion for their subjects
Radio Lab was already mentioned, but I'm seconding it here. They tend to narrate a story rather than tell it a la This American Life, but on top of that the audio aesthetics are practically orgasmic. They're -very- good at producing a radio show-- the sounds they use and mix in throughout their narration is to die for. Every show is so wonderfully artistic!
Why not try NPR radio, all sorts of media coverage on the hip and happening the interesting in music and arts as well as politics and thorough analysis/discussion from both sides of the table
