I just started getting into this (yes, once again, I'm late to the game!!!!) and I was wondering what you guys would reccomend.  I like comedy, liberal politics, books, feminism, and random, quirky stuff.  Any help would be appreciated!

Comedy: Nerdist, SModcast, Ken P. D. Snydecast, Dave Gorman,

 

Science: Big Picture Science (at least i think that's what it's called, it used to be "Are We Alone" by SETI), Skeptics Guide to the Universe,

 

Just random weirdness: The Best Show on WFMU puts out a podcast of their 3 hour show (but without the music).

I think NPR's weekly show "On the Media" makes an excellent podcast.  Thoughtful mix of liberal tinged media critique, media technology, etc.  Much more political than geeky.

I listen to:

Fresh Air

This American Life

Stuff You Should Know

All Songs Considered

and a few more

 

These ones are all great and I highly recommend them.

On my podcast rotation:

 

WTF with Marc Maron:  Marc interviews comedians and digs deep into their crazy backstory (some highlights: Conan O'brien, Garry Shandling, Ed Helms).  Frequency/Length: Twice weekly /~1hour

 

WNYC Radiolab: Polished show that takes a curious subject and lends scientific insight to it in interesting ways. (recent subjects: AI, Altruism, Getting lost)  Freq: Monthly? it's a long time between updates. / 1 hour

 

99% Invisible: A very well produced 5-10 minute podcast that delves into to Art, Design, and anything that is more than what it seems. (Recent episodes: Cul de Sacs, Movie Title Sequences, Chicago's downtown Jailhouse, Icons of Soviet design)  It's hard to describe how good this is... if you try only one of the podcasts I mention, try this one.  Freq: Weekly or biweekly

 

The Dinner Party Download: Two interesting hosts provide a "dinner party" worth of excitement in 15-20 minutes.  There is an ice breaker (joke told by a celebrity or musician), small talk (odd news item), cocktail (a short history piece and a cocktail recipe to go with it), the guest of honor (a celebrity interview), and the main course (a food related story).  There's also a well curated full length indie rock song at the end of each show.  Freq: Weekly

 

How to do Everything:  If you try DPD above and like it, I will bet you will also like this one.  Two engaging NPR producers take questions from listeners and find experts to answer them.  I'm always impressed with the quality of people/experts they get on the show, Kevin Bacon answered one listener's question recently.  The topics are generally quirky or off the wall, such as "how to escape a charging rhino" or "how to not look stupid when ordering wine". Weekly / 30 min

 

 

Some others, but you've probably heard of these already:

This American Life

Freakonomics Radio

The Moth

Every NPR show you like

Bump.

 

I second 99% Invisible. Also, WTF with Marc Maron recently had President Obama on it. So that's cool.

 

Also, I've been listening to Hello Internet which is basically just CGP Grey (he made

about the UK/England/Great Britain) and Brady Haran talking about stuff. No real themes (bounce around from Apple Watch, to Youtube, organizational strategies, Star Wars, flags, plane crashes, etc), but their discussions are interesting. CGP Grey is an American and Brady Haran is an Australian and they both live in the UK.

To me, what makes podcasts interesting are the personalities featured on them.  I have been listening to a lot of technology podcasts from the Relay.fm network as I really enjoy Myke Hurley's hosting style.  Upgrade is his show with Jason Snell (former Macworld editor), Cortex is his show with CGP Grey, and Connected is more of a panel show. Reconcilable Differences is another new show on the network featuring Merlin Mann and John Siracusa. Other technology podcasts I find interesting are Accidental Tech Podcast (John Siracusa, Marco Arment, and Casey Liss) and Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky which ventures out into some other non-tech topics as well.

 

On a totally different note, Stephen Colbert is hosting The Late Show Podcast which is a really entertaining behind-the-scenes account of him putting together his new show.

OMG, the Savage Lovecast is the best thing ever. My boyfriend and I are OBSESSED with it. Dan Savage is so great! It's done by the sex advice columnist Dan Savage, who writes Savage Love (available in many free weeklies).

The Read!

Could anyone recommend any good urban planning or economic development related podcasts? I haven't had much luck finding anything that i like.

5 minutes ago, 3231 said:

Could anyone recommend any good urban planning or economic development related podcasts? I haven't had much luck finding anything that i like.

Where have you been?  LOL 

 

Two i've listened two, inconsistently.  

The Urbanist 

99percentinvisible

There's one called Talking Headways that is mainly about transportation

I really enjoy listening to the Seattle Transit Blog podcast, but as you can imagine it's mostly focused on the Pacific Northwest with some occasional discussion of national issues. It does cover a nice mix of transportation and land use topics.

I've always been a fan of the StrongTowns podcast. Also the War on Cars has been a good one as well.

Omnibus is a podcast where Ken Jennings and John Roderick explore a different strange or obscure topic each week. It isn't specifically urban planning focused, but they have been covering a lot of topics recently that are urban planning/land use/transit adjacent, such induced demand, grass lawns, and the Ambassador Bridge. But honestly it's one of those shows where the hosts can make just about any topic interesting.

^Ken Jennings used to be an active user on the AARoads forum.

On 1/7/2020 at 12:09 PM, GCrites80s said:

^Ken Jennings used to be an active user on the AARoads forum.

There are only 3 other people on UrbanOhio who would know and be interested in AARoads. Seicer, Bearcat and myself.

westerninterloper is on there too

Hey you guys! It's been a few more months now, any new good urban-focused podcasts come up during Coronavirus?

 

Which news/current event media sources have content you enjoy the most and when it comes to news, what sources do you TRUST, if any? 

It's fascinating that we now live in a time where there's so many choices. Perhaps too many, when anyone can be a content creator with a massive following. 

Websites, blogs, forums like UrbanOhio, terrestrial radio, SiriusXM, audio/video podcast platforms like Youtube, Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Luminary and (unfortunately,) thousands of others! A disturbing percentage of people get their news from Facebook (52%,) Twitter (23%) and Instagram (14%.)  Are you old school and stick to tradition media like cable, over-the-air TV, terrestrial radio, newspapers? I don't blame you. They're more likely to contain fact-checked content.

The most recent phenomenon in media is audio-based social media with Clubhouse being the most exclusive yet the most popular. it's invite-only and frequently used by celebrity comedians, rappers, prominent 'dark web intellectuals' - Elon Musk, Brett and Eric Weinstein, Lex Fridman - rich Silicon Valley entrepreneurs including Zuckerberg and countless other influencers. We've seen how Gmail and Facebook, through invite-only and exclusivity in their formative years, was strategic; it intrigued the masses and transpired to massive success later on as they went public. I have no doubt that audio-based social media will become a major source of news and the spreading of ideas, for better or worse. There's already many public apps that are similar and Facebook is currently developing an audio-based social media platform to compete with the likes of Clubhouse and Stereo. Audio-based social media is essentially podcasting but with interaction with your audience or friends.

I get my news and content from a wide range of sources but here's a few of my favorites:

TheHill.com - My favorite news source and IMO the most balanced and factual source of news I've come across. I also really enjoy their show "Rising" with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti. One is a Democrat and one is a Conservative but they both tend to put facts before feelings and get along quite well. 

The Joe Rogan Experience (Spotify) - Not strictly a news source, but he discusses a lot of interesting topics that I'm interested in and brings on a lot of interesting guests - politicians, political pundits, entertainers, UFC fighters, scientists, etc.. He manages to get all of his guests to talk about a wide range of interesting subjects, far outside of their own field and it's fun to hear their take on a multitude of things. I end up following many of his guests on social media or occasionally following their podcasts. 

Lex Fridman (Youtube Channel) - MIT AI/Deep Learning researcher and engineer but his podcast touches on current events, and I mean anything from crypto, to social media, freedom of speech, Jeffrey Epstein, UFO sightings by navy pilots, you name it. 

News Section on Youtube - From my FireTV, I'll watch short Youtube Clips of local national and world news of the day. Mostly from traditional cable news channels like Fox, MSNBC, CNN. I'm not partial to any one channel and they all equally annoy me when pundits make the segment about getting back at the left or right. 

 

Russell Brand - Under the Skin (Luminary and Youtube) - Really intelligent, interesting guy. I really like his take on things.

Occasionally I will hit up some pretty fringe places, like www.banned.video just to see what they're saying. I take most of it with a grain of salt but it does contain nuggets of truth. It just requires patience to sift through the click-baity sensationalism. As I mentioned before, I also occasionally join rooms on Stereo to discuss politics and current events. Occasionally I'll get on reddit, to ask questions but I really hate the site's format; It's obnoxious.

So what about you guys? Is there anything good you listen, watch, read, partake in that we UOans are missing out on and should know about?


 

Edited February 25, 20214 yr by David

Does anyone even watch FOX, CNN, MSNBC, etc. anymore? I don't have cable...don't care too. I'm not interested in commentary from anyone whose job is on the line as soon as their opinions p!ss off advertisers and disrupt the revenue stream. I'll watch their clips sometimes just to see what crazy non-sense they're spewing on both the left and right. I get almost all of my video news from independents on Youtube followed by Spotify.

 

What podcasts and news shows do you listen to/watch?

 

I love Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti. They formerly worked for "The Hill" and had a show called "Rising" but they've recently gone independent and have a Youtube channel called, "Breaking Points." Their commentary isn't loaded with emotions, literal middle fingers and slurs akin to the likes of Ana Kasparian of the Young Turks. It's actually kind of hard to tell whether or not they're conservative or liberal because they just call BS wherever it exists, even though Krystal is liberal and Saagar is conservative.

 

I'm also a HUGE fan of Jimmy Dore as well. I enjoy watching Joe Rogan's podcast, Tim Dillon's podcast is entertaining, Russell Brand's is interesting (he's on Luminary which I'm not a member of but I watch his clips channel on Youtube.)

 

I'm a curious person and try to keep an open mind so I don't just subscribe to channels promoting only a left or right wing agenda. 

Edited June 19, 20213 yr by David

3 hours ago, David said:

I love Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti. They formerly worked for "The Hill" and had a show called "Rising" but they've recently gone independent and have a Youtube channel called, "Breaking Points." Their commentary isn't loaded with emotions, literal middle fingers and slurs akin to the likes of Ana Kasparian of the Young Turks. It's actually kind of hard to tell whether or not they're conservative or liberal because they just call BS wherever it exists, even though Krystal is liberal and Saagar is conservative.

 

I can’t seem to get into podcasts, sort of an aversion to audio that is pre-recorded. But your show sounds interesting, I’d check that out. 

 

My my dad still has cable, mainly for hockey and baseball. He habitually switches to Fox “News” at night and it has devolved almost entirely into propaganda.