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I’d have to go: Flagrant 2 Tigerbelly Bad Friends
His first episode just came out yesterday and is sooooo refreshingly good. Like exactly what I’ve been missing from the podcasting world (/Reply All) over the past year.
This episode covered ConstitutionDAO which was something I thought I was relatively familiar with, but PJ delved into a lot of really cool elements that I had no idea about and basically changed my entire understanding. I’m generally pretty crypto-averse (unfortunately mostly to my detriment so far) but the storytelling is really phenomenal, it’s the first time I’ve looked forward to anything crypto-related (minus a brief dodge-coin fascination last year). Highly highly recommend. I was such a huge fan of the old Reply All and this feels like that.
Somebody in the Podcasts/iTunes reviews said they: “Didn’t know I wanted to hear this story” and that’s exactly how I feel / definitely the TLDR for this post.
PJ IS BACK!!! 🎉
(New account—not a bot, just got started on Reddit).
Just wanted to share how moving I found this week’s episode of This American Life (“Off Course”) . One story in particular, about a girl growing up in the Gobi Desert in China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1970s, and her dad’s efforts to get her into music school to escape rural poverty, was so beautiful. He taught her the violin from his own hand-written music sheets, many of which were full of errors, as they would find out when she auditioned.
It wasn’t especially relatable to my life or interests—it’s just one of those episodes that reminds you how powerful the art of good storytelling is. How universal the human experience is. Podcasting at its best.
An episode along similar lines is 99 PI’s Flag Days: Good Luck, True South, about Japanese war flags. One of the most beautiful podcast episodes (and pieces of storytelling generally) I’ve ever heard. I was brought to tears. …
I heard episode 1 and wasn’t engaged really but sometimes these multi episodes podcasts series need a second episode to drawn you in fully.
For those who heard the entire series, would you recommend it? Why, why not?
Dear redditors,
I recently moved away from my parental home and I’m living all alone by myself.
Since I’m having a lot of silence dead time (cooking/cleaning etc.) I’m looking for a podcast to listen to.
In the thousands of podcasts I’m having a lot of difficulty to find something I really like so I hope you all can help me out!
Topics I’m very interested in (in random order):
1) Chemistry (my job area) 2) artificial intelligence 3) cybersecurity 4) drug discovery/biotechnology 5) nuclear energy/weapons/warfare
Topics I’m slightly interested in:
1) geopolitics 2) self-helping 3) physics 4) new technologies
As you can see I’m interested in quite a few things and on top of that I’m bored very quickly about the same subject.
Hopefully at least someone can help me out with some suggestions.
Many thanks in advance!
Similar to when you find yourself on a streak of reading bad books, I find myself on a streak of listening to bad podcasts right now. Any recommendations to get me out of this listening funk? I love audio fiction, mythology podcasts, comedy, and occasionally history.
Looking for non fiction books to help educate me on everything transgender.
Please note, I’m not transphobic - I’m just late to the party and want to better understand it. I want to better myself and be more inclusive to all people. I’m not looking to transition, I’m a very comfortable straight male - I just want to treat everyone with respect and not say something that might be offensive based off of my preexisting gender biases.
Edit: Wow, so much kindness and literature in my inbox. Words can’t describe. Thank you. I’m already halfway through Trans Like Me. Great suggestion - it’s exactly what I was looking for. I’ll make sure to read as many other suggestions as possible. Again, thank you all for the guidance and acceptance.
I’m looking for books like Sapiens by Yuval Harari, or The Big Short by Michael Lewis, or Freakonomics, or anything by Malcolm Gladwell. A book on economics/history/sociology/global politics that’s well written, easy to digest, and proposes a unique perspective to reframe some of our history.
Next up on my list is ‘Too Big to Fail’ by Andrew Ross Sorkin, but I need some others as well. Thank you!
That someone is me
My reading habit has taken a serious hit over the past 3-4 years thanks to social media and streaming services.
I have a lot more free time now and I really want to kickstart my reading habit again.
I read The Silent Patient and while it was a quick easy read I found it to be rather amateurish and full of plot holes.
Suggestions for any fiction or non-fiction books which are gripping would be much appreciated.
For context some of favourite authors/titles are listed below:
1) PG Wodehouse 2) A Confederacy of Dunces 3) 1984 4) Middlesex 5) Shutter Island 6) Kurt Vonnegut 7) Hitchhike’s Guide 8) Murakami 9) Born A Crime (Trevor Noah)
Like the title says: Please suggest me “book bricks“ that are totally worth it. Any genre, I just really feel like getting immersed in and following a longer storyline.
Currently in the middle of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I love learning vocab. Let’s hear your suggestions….
EDIT: Wow, this blew up. Thanks guys! I’m combing through the comments now and will update again with the ones that I add to my Goodreads ‘to read’ shelf.
asking for scientific reasons of course
These games either perfected one aspect that I intimately adore, or almost perfected the entire package. (In my opinion obviously)
This is all I could think of at the moment, I shall return to expand if needed.
Now what are your favorites? Or even your opinions on my favorites? Would love to read :)
I’m looking for singleplayer games that don’t have a level cap or similar systems. I want games where you can progress with the gameplay still feeling rewarding after the main story etc. I don’t mind long grinds but I just want to feel even somewhat rewarded.
Bonus points if it’s android or if there’s multiple ways to obtain your necessities.
Rune factory 4 was close but not quite there
Im looking for games like graveyard keeper where you have to restore the graveyard and it’s basement or Minecolonies, a mod from minecraft, where you build your own village from zero giving materials to npcs.
I don’t know why but the repairing/restoring aspects of some games always make me feel acomplished and thinking “Before, there was nothing, and now there’s a big ass town”. Also being able to see the construction progress like in minecolonies makes me feel good and i could spend incredibles amounts of time just watching it.
hey. so I’ve played minecraft, portal/portal 2, stardew valley, don’t starve, and I’ve looked at games such as cities: skylines and frostpunk.
minecraft: played during my teen years with friends. nostalgic but doesn’t hold my interest enough to keep going back. I always liked the cave mining side of things. not looking to get back into it.
portal/portal 2: I remember it being super fun, maybe something like this or so.
stardew valley: started it but the quests didn’t hold my interest/wasn’t invested in it.
don’t starve: same as stardew valley
frostpunk: tried to play for a few days but just got frustrated with it/too heavy of a game rn maybe?
cities:skylines: have watched let’s plays in the past but ik it would be too involved for me rn
I’m open to new genres. I get frustrated easily it seems so maybe not something where it’s possible fir me not to get too inside my head. bonus points if it’s extra fun playing …