3w ago

What's your favourite podcasts?

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I don't listen to many podcasts these days but right now I am listening start to finish to The Chinese Revolution Podcast (it is about the Chinese revolution if that wasn't clear). The production is not great and there is sometimes bg music which I hate because it makes me tired, but the content is really good with complementary maps on substack etc.
My favorites over time have been:
Martyr Made. Very in depth history. We are talking 10 episodes of 5 hours each in some cases. My favorite one was about the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the history of the region.
Behind The Bastards. I do not like this pod anymore, it turned into a series of bad jokes imo. The first 150 or so episodes are grwat though. Some of the most interesting and bizarre bastards from history are covered and it is a lot of fun as well as informative.
Darknet Diaries. Interesting stories from tech, but no need for in depth technical knowledge to listen.
Hardcore History. Like Martyr Made but with focus on different things.
Honorary mention to Drunk Tank. RIP. Was my favorite podcast before it became super well produced and boring and everyone had a thousand scandals and shit.. The early episodes were a lot of fun at the time, idk if they hold up tho.
Edit: I forgot this one which I actually listen to regularly because I watch the show on YouTube, but it is technically a podcast and the only podcast I still regularly listen to:
A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein. Honestly amazing, they talk about problemativ people, movements or politics from a pop culture perspective. Anything from stay at home influencers to taylor swift stans to elon musk really. It's really good tho. I don't agree with every thing tvey say but the general analysis and overvies is always amazing.
Another one is:
Tor's Cabinet Of Curiousities. Odd stories, about anything. As long as it is an odd story it gets an episode. Extremely prolific dude, makes like two videos a week. You can listen like a podcast no problem basically 0 editing anyways.
- The Rest is History is pretty good as well. I'm going to try out Martyr Made.
  You might try Behind the Bastards again, I did enjoy the 4-part Zizz series. But the damn ads are getting out of control. I either have to find a way to cut them and repackage the podcast or I'm going to drop it. Anything on Iheart is shit now.
  
  I only listened to the cultural revolution episode of Rest Is History and it was pretty fun, I liked the guest a lot, the hosts didn't say much tho. Will check out again next time I zone in on some history. Currently just digging through Chinese 19th and 20th century.
- I've been really enjoying Martyr Made, thank you
  
  Nice. Which one? He really does a lot of justice to his topics so I'm glad you like it :)
  
  I started with his newest, Enemies: Prolong had an 'holy shit this is good' moment. I went all the way down to his oldest podcast and working my way back up.

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