While some of my shortcuts are just pure convenience, there’s some stuff that just has an absolute wow factor.
I’d love to hear what’s yours?
For me, I gotta say it’s Serial.
This is not what I consider the best podcast ever…let’s be clear.
It was one of the first ones that I listened to. I recall being so enthralled and trying to listen to it whilst driving just off my phone audio. (old car didn’t have bluetooth).
I wonder if I was only coming to Serial now though, would I find more fault with it?
The outcome? The point of it? More desensitised to much of the content? This is not a post about Serial! I am tempted to relisten to it though.
I do really enjoy Sarah Koenig’s voice.
A close second would be The Habitat. I lapped that up too!
So, what got you hooked on Podcasts and keeps you searching for that next hit?
I’m looking for shows or episodes with a strong reporting backbone, where a story is looked at from the point of view of a key character and then widens out to include interviews and relevant data. Ideally about something current, as opposed to what Gladwell does with Revisionist History.
The future is coming and I’m mystified thinking about it. It was crazy in how every side was reasonable of the ethics when it comes to messing with the genome, and I’d love some more I can listen to in that vein.
Hi all, I was chatting with a friend whose mother is chronically ill due to her dietary habits. She’s been grieving the loss of her husband over the past couple of years and has been utilizing poor eating habits as a coping mechanism. She’s gotten to a point where her health is rapidly declining and unless she changes these habits, it doesn’t look good. I asked my friend if she’d consider therapy, which she said her mother is opposed to from an unpleasant experience previously. I recommended maybe utilizing a podcast to reinvigorate a focus on mental health, thus hopefully sparking better dietary and lifestyle habits and she’s asked me to research a few. Does anyone know a podcast that may seem helpful? Thanks in advance!
I just realized most of the podcasts I listen to pretty much consists of male hosts.
It would be nice to have a podcast where it’s catered to women - it can be about self esteem, love, relationships, career, advice, girl talks, health… anything!
I’ve tried to listen to some podcasts for women but it just didn’t click for me.. the ones I found were kind of.. basic and boring.
Would appreciate any help ☺️
Edit: I’m so happy! Thank you thank you for so many suggestions. Im determined to give all of them a listen (might take me a while…) Also, should’ve worded my post better… I was looking for woman catered podcasts as well as any female led podcasts that aren’t targeted towards women. I can see why some would’ve thought I was being stereotypical with the girl talk shit. I am a woman so I understand.
What are some of the best true storytelling episodes from a podcast?
A bit like the movie >! Knives Out !< or Death Note. I’d prefer if the book advertised the fact that it was from the killers POV. I don’t want it to be a surprise twist at the start because then asking about here would ruin the surprise for me. Thanks.
Edit: To the people who keep recommending Death Note, I’ve already read it. Read the post.
My relationship with reading has been rough. When I was a teen I used to buy lots of books that I thought were “must reads” and the only reason I really did it was to check some mental box and to appear “smarter” or “more educated”, and because I felt that if I read a lot of books then I’d be “better” in some way. What actually ended happening was that most of them just ended up in my bookshelf without ever being read.
I’ve enjoyed reading in the past. A lot. I loved Animal Farm, I loved I, Robot; I loved The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I loved IT, I loved The Perfume… but I never developed a habit.
The last book I read was 1984 about three months ago, then I started Dune, I didn’t finish it, I started The Shack recently because my gf really liked it, but I didn’t finish it. I’ve started and quit after a while soo many books (probably more than the ones I’ve read) that now I just …
It’s Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini for me. That book was so good but was so painful to read; I don’t think I will be able to read it again without getting my heart wrenched
Edit: Thanks for 1k likes and all the comments! I promise to go through them all.
For those that don’t know, the “Kids on Bikes” genre is generally described as stories about groups of kids who embark on some sort of coming-of-age journey/adventure together, using their bikes as transportation. They can be either warm and friendly, or dark and scary. Or both. They don’t even have to really be on their bikes! They’re typically dripping with nostalgia of childhood summers, and are usually set in the 1950-80’s suburbia to avoid modern technology, like cell phones or Pornhub.
Some books that somewhat fit this criteria that I’ve read and enjoyed:
“IT”, by Stephen King
“Summer of Night”, by Dan Simmons
“Boy’s Life”, by Robert R. McCammon
“The Body”, by Stephen King
“Dandelion Wine”, by Ray Bradbury
“Something Wicked This Way Comes”, by Ray Bradbury
I’d love anything you’d think might fit this description. Thanks in advance!
Edit: …
Me and my best friends once a year will pick THE MOST UNREADABLE books we can each find and everybody has to read each one and decide the SHITPILE OF THE YEAR. It’s like book club meets pass the parcel and the prizes are all shit.
Winner gets a book gift certificate and “bragging” rights as the discoverer for the next twelve months. We also celebrate the end of it by having a few drinks and dinner and we talk trash about the books we’ve just subjected ourselves to.
There’s 4 of us this year and I’d really like to win, so reddit, what’s the fiction worst book you’ve ever read?
Edit: woah! This blew up while I was asleep, I am reading your suggestions now. Thanks everyone, you rock!
My friends have now seen this post and we are all reading your suggestions together and we will select 4 for the shitpile read. Soon as we’ve chosen our 4 we will update in a new post! You fucking rock r/suggestmeabook community ♡
I am new in thriller genre. Thanks in advance