Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 1:31 AM Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: > - The Bugle podcast by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman for politics and > satire (though sadly discontinued, worth digging into old episodes) > Since this post, The Bugle has been revived (with a rotating cast of co-hosts). I came here to

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

> On 16 Aug 2016, at 13:19, Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: > > Glad you liked them, Karen! If you're a Game of Thrones fan, the duo from > Nerdette team up with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal for episode > recaps in a spinoff podcast. I like their chemistry and how much fun they > have doing it

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

Namitha! Yes I am a GoT fan. Will definitely check out your recommendations. Thanks! Karen. On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: > Glad you liked them, Karen! If you're a Game of Thrones fan, the duo from > Nerdette team up with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal for ep

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Sorry, that should be @ZaltzCricket On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: > Glad you liked them, Karen! If you're a Game of Thrones fan, the duo from > Nerdette team up with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal for episode > recaps in a spinoff podcast. I like their chemistr

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

Glad you liked them, Karen! If you're a Game of Thrones fan, the duo from Nerdette team up with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal for episode recaps in a spinoff podcast. I like their chemistry and how much fun they have doing it :) For creepy stories, you could also check out Lore. Thaths, y

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

> On 11 Aug 2016, at 11:20, Karen Fernandes wrote: > > This thread has been my initiation into podcasts! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Welcome > To Night Vale, Nerdette, and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! But, Welcome to > Night Vale is my favourite so far. Are there any similar podcasts (more to > do with art a

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

Saw this article float by on the timeline and thought it was appropriate for this thread. http://www.wired.com/2016/08/this-week-in-podcasts-august-15/ Udhay

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This thread has been my initiation into podcasts! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Welcome To Night Vale, Nerdette, and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! But, Welcome to Night Vale is my favourite so far. Are there any similar podcasts (more to do with art and lit., creepy short stories, etc. that I should be checking ou

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

Thanks for all the recommendations everyone! Subscribed to almost all of them. Let us see how many sticks. Srijith On Wed, Aug 10, 2016, at 05:16 AM, Thaths wrote: > On Wed., 10 Aug. 2016, 4:25 am Sean Doyle, wrote: > > > History of Philosophy in India (I'd be curious what people here think abo

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

On Wed., 10 Aug. 2016, 4:25 am Sean Doyle, wrote: > History of Philosophy in India (I'd be curious what people here think about > this - for me it's all new ground). > I'm still undecided about this. The podcaster's pronunciation is poor. But I've learned some interesting things from it. The mos

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I would echo 99% Invisible - very clever and humane take on design BBC's In Our TIme. I usually enjoy the pieces on the humanities more than the Science/Math ones - the latter tend to be too simplified. Nature Science History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps History of Philosophy in India (I'd be cur

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

Greets, I should think that silklisters, especially the quizzers here, might enjoy the podcast of Futility Closet . I don't do podcasts for a variety of reasons, but I devour the FC blog, which has much the same spirit. Hope you enjoy. Cheers, / Bruce /

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On Tue., 9 Aug. 2016, 6:31 pm Namitha Jagadeesh, wrote: > -If a film buff (or even if you're not), highly recommend You Must Remember > this podcast by Karina Longworth, especially the stellar series on Charles > Manson's Hollywood. > +1. The series on Charles Manson and The Blacklist were amazi

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I second (third?) 99% invisible and Samanth and his wife's The Intersection. - I'm also a big fan of the Nerdette podcast -- the two women who run it have great chemistry and interview very interesting people, ranging from authors to astronauts and marine biologists. -If a film buff (or even if yo

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I've been listening to This American Life, Revisionist History (which is amazing) and Love+Radio - I agree, there are way too many interesting ones! On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Sriram Karra wrote: > My list these days: > > - Accidental Tech Podcast > - Nature podcast > - Stuff You Should Kn

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My list these days: - Accidental Tech Podcast - Nature podcast - Stuff You Should Know - a16z - Intelligence Squared [Debates] - Planet Money - The Economist On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Srijith Nair wrote: > Hi all, > > After discovering the magic of 1.4x audio speed and apps that support >

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Here are my current favorites: 1. BBC Witness: Short (<10 minutes) daily episodes looking back at something that happened on that day in history. 2. 99℅ invisible: short, beautifully produced episodes about the role of design in everyday life (part of radiotopia podcast network - one of the 3 net

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On Aug 9, 2016 3:16 PM, "Srijith Nair" wrote: > I was biased against the Ferriss podcasts for a while just because I > expected the podcast to be just another way for him to preach his > '4-hour' concept but it turned out to be refreshingly interesting, with > a good mix of obscure and not-so-obs

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I guess you've already heard these - but I've been listening to Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History, BetaWorks' The Intern and Gimlet media's Startup. On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 3:16 PM Srijith Nair wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > > > > On 9 Aug 2016, at 1

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > > On 9 Aug 2016, at 13:03, Srijith Nair wrote: > > > > > > 1. Recode Decode > > 2. Recode Media > > 3. Too Embarrassed To Ask > > 4. McKinsey podcast > > 5. Planet Money > > 6. Exponent > > 7. Invisiblia > > 8. RadioLab > > 9. You a

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I've just started listening to podcasts a few months ago My faves so far > 10% happier > Recode decode > a16z > Masters in business w Barry Ritholtz > Best regards Prashant Kothari > On Aug 9, 2016, at 5:05 AM, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > >> On 9 Aug 2016, at 13:03, Srijith Nair wrote:

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

> On 9 Aug 2016, at 13:03, Srijith Nair wrote: > > > 1. Recode Decode > 2. Recode Media > 3. Too Embarrassed To Ask > 4. McKinsey podcast > 5. Planet Money > 6. Exponent > 7. Invisiblia > 8. RadioLab > 9. You are not so smart > 10. The Tim Ferriss Show I subscribe to Ferriss and Invisibilia to

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Samanth is on silk, is a published author + he and his wife Padmaparna run a lovely podcast. http://www.audiomatic.in/category/the-intersection/ On 09/08/16, 1:03 PM, "silklist on behalf of Srijith Nair" wrote: Hi all, After discovering the magic of 1.4x audio speed and apps tha

[silk] Podcast recommendations?

Hi all, After discovering the magic of 1.4x audio speed and apps that support them (along with removing silence), I have been binging on podcast episodes. Being new to this, I was wondering if this amazingly diverse group would have recommendations on podcasts to listen to? I have an eclectic t