I get it. We are in a one in a lifetime global pandemic. It would be irresponsible not to cover it. But we are also nearly a year into lockdown. The vaccine is on the way and I think it’s fair to say the worst is past us.
My favorite podcasts have been treading what feels like the same ground since March and I’m ready to explore new topics through a lens that doesn’t include the pandemic.
Podcasts are a form of escapism for many of us - if I want to see stories about the pandemic, frankly, I can stick my head out my window.
I was surprised after listening to Reply All’s recent Test Kitchen episodes to see Gimlet exposed as well.
Check out the article: Reply All Is Having Its Own Reckoning Now
Twitter thread: The whole internet loves Bon. Appetit
Hopefully more positive will come from these changes.
So many podcasts just finish without telling the audience. Genuinely feels like being ghosted. They didn’t even say goodbye? I was invested and you.. just left.. Years later I still check the feeds. It doesn’t have to be a full final episode. Even a few minutes saying goodbye. Or an update on social media. Basically anything so I know it’s over
To podcasts that do this, thanks!! (Think of the You’re the Real MVP meme) Jenna /Julie Podcast, The Horror Show (before they resumed), Hey do you Remember.
A few examples of ghosting: Nora, The Typsi Serling, Sight, Sound and Mind, The Leftovers Podcast, Fictional.
Edit for clarity
Anyone else feel the same?
I have a long commute into work (just switched jobs), and I’m looking for podcasts that teach me things. The podcast doesn’t have to be necessarily focused on one specific topic or genre, I am preferably looking for something overarching that just teaches me new things. Any other interesting podcasts not related to teachable moments, that you can recommend is awesome too! Thanks!
**Edit: Thanks so much for all the awesome recommendations!! Also, thank you for the awards!!
Hi everyone, I’ve been pretty down the past few months and am looking for podcasts that can bring some light to my day. What’s something you enjoy that’s a delightful escape, a joy or a grounding, comforting listen?
I’ll start:
Unlocking Us by Brené Brown
Switched on Pop by Vox
Reply All by Gimlet
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Thanks, 122anon
I love this podcast but I’m having a hard time finding other people talking about it. So half recommendation / but also discussion if you know it.
It’s from Fil corbitt who used to make van sounds, and started this show after apparently moving to the mountains and hand-building a desk in the woods. Couple of my other favorites are Home of the Brave and Rumble Strip: sort of unique storytelling styles, and this fits in to that world. Basically, stories that are told thoughtfully and always with some interesting approach about things I’d never think of otherwise.
Hobo Tramp and A Bum is probably a good starting episode (or the prologue/trailer if you’re listening to the whole season).
I just finished season one. Anybody else listening?
I see a lot of obvious recommendations (for good reason, so no shade!) such as Orwell, J.D. Salinger, Harper Lee, you know, the stuff we read in school that was obviously very impressionable. I’m all for these, and plan to re-read some in mid-life, but…
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I’m looking for those books that we might not all have heard of. Those gems that you came across later in life that you wish someone had told you about sooner. That book that propped your eye lids open with toothpicks, so that you’d never be able to un-see the thing freshly uncovered. It punched you in the gut. It made you go *aha!* with your fist shaking at the sky. It made you *face palm* while you read it. You know the one…
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Last year I read Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, and am dumbfounded by the realization that most grown adults I know have never even heard of Marcus or Stoicism. What other incredible things are out there waiting to be discovered!? Maybe it’s …
I made this list last year, but I’ve updated it with some new works and added Donald Trump to the list. On this President’s Day I want to give people a chance learn about all the good, bad, and forgettable Presidents.
I should note, that these recommendations are my opinion and If you think you know of a better biography for a President, say so!
Enjoy!
1 George Washington (1732-1799) President from 1789-1797
There are few figures in American history stand as tall as the country’s first President. George Washington helped lead America during the Revolutionary War, helped create and lead a new nation, and became a celebrity in his own time. One of his most important legacies was the two-term tradition that followed him after he voluntarily stepped down. The capitol of the nation, the $1 bill, the Washington monument, and a U.S. state all bear his name. Bestowed with an almost Olympian stature for centuries, more recent authors have strived to uncover the true …
like i want books about them. hopefully with no bias (negative or positive) that just explains them and how they went irl.
thx for all the answers guys! :)