seby wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:42 pm Relax with Animal Facts

Ohhh. This is great.

I've mentioned "A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs by Andrew Hickey" around here before. It seems to get better and longer as his gaps between episodes gets longer. He's now doing multiepisode series on a single song (usually tons of music history and/or artist bio info) at a time. At this rate he'll be lucky if he lives long enough to reach Song #300.

Hysterical- a miniseries journalistic dive into a small town in upstate NY and an epidemic of tourettes like tic symptoms in the community. Some good toxins vs psychology exploration. I especially enjoyed the analysis of the fentanyl overdose paranoia on the police force.

End on End has been going through every single Dischord Records release with granular analysis and often original member interviews. Can get unwieldy with 3-4 hour episodes. Up to a half hour of pre episode chatter which I often skip but they've turned me onto some great bands in that section.

Centered around leftist parapolitics but also covers history, books, music, etc:

Death Is Just Around The Corner (US)
-and-
Ghost Stories At The End Of The World (UK)

The Death Corner episodes around Bowie and Scott Walker are what initially drew me in, but there’s all sorts of stuff he covers.

The Britpop episode of Ghost Stories was fun, and it got me into Blackbox Recorder!

Gramsci wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 4:01 pm

seby wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:42 pm Relax with Animal Facts

Ohhh. This is great.

Glad you like it : )

There are so many episodes….

seby wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:42 pm Relax with Animal Facts

Is this kid-friendly? I imagine my nephew would be all over it if so.

From the Apple page: "It blends the natural world with relaxation, and is perfect for animal enthusiasts of any age."
Thanks, Seby! That will come in handy with the kid here too.

In German, we love Süsses oder Saurier from the Natural History Museum here in Berlin:

https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin ... uer-kinder

jimmy spako wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:22 am I've started The Telepathy Tapes.
Promises to be a wild ride, already hooked.

In a world that often dismisses the extraordinary as mere fantasy, The Telepathy Tapes dares to explore the profound abilities of non-speakers with autism—individuals who have long been misunderstood and underestimated. These silent communicators possess gifts that defy conventional understanding, from telepathy to otherworldly perceptions, challenging the limits of what we believe to be real. For years, their parents and teachers have quietly witnessed these remarkable abilities, knowing that the time to share their truth would eventually come. But now, as the evidence mounts, the time has come to reveal what has been hidden in plain sight.

This groundbreaking series challenges everything we think we know about communication and the human mind, inviting viewers to step into a reality where the impossible is not only possible but happening every day. Through emotional stories and undeniable evidence, The Telepathy Tapes offers a fresh perspective on the profound connections that exist beyond words. Traveling with Neuroscientist Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, witnessing mind-boggling telepathy tests and forging deeply intimate relationships with families around the globe - Host Ky Dickens invites you to contemplate the world through the eyes of those who speak without words. Prepare to be captivated, challenged, and ultimately transformed as the series shines a light on the untold capabilities of those who have been underestimated for far too long.

https://thetelepathytapes.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t ... 1766382649

This podcast is effing nuts. Started it yesterday, already four episodes in.

I'm listening to it again now too! Episode two. Glad you like it, Dave.

My mom was a new-agey boomer (she's still alive but has gotten radically less woo over the decades). She owned/ran a new age bookstore for a while in the '90s, that ran the gamut from mindfullness to David Icke, by way of all manner of Pleiadians and fellow astro-travellers. Psychics working freelance in the backroom. I knew ex-urban stay-at-home semi-pro shamans through her, had to go to their things at times when I was visiting, and my mom "trained" to be one too for a while. I can remember one very cringey moment on a road trip at a rest-stop somewhere in Michigan where she told me she was going to demonstrate one of her magic techniques on me and I would be unable to bend my arm. Turns out I was totally able to bend my arm in spite of her spell. Sigh. I love my mom very much, and luckily she is still with us and never went all the way off the deep end (and politically she's a Bernie Bro-ess and not susceptible to kooky shit there). But all of this kind of spoiled a lot of more "spirit world" stuff for me (thankfully not the spirit world of music). Now over 50, I feel like I want to try to find a way to open up to the unknown, still in a healthily sceptical way, but to just listen to all that the wider world may encompass. It's thrilling!

Anyways, yeah, check this podcast out.

I'm not sure this is a recommendation, exactly, but I haven't heard anything else like this one:

Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's?

If you like most of the following things:
- witheringly dry humor
- Nathan For You
- Being There (more the movie, not as much the book)
- Longmont Potion Castle
- Andy Kaufmann
then you might be the target audience for it.

The premise: Brian Thompson has a memory of pizza being served at McDonald's in the 90s / 2000s. He embarks on an extended investigation to determine what happened to the pizza at McDonald's, why the McDonald's corporation removed it from the menu, and whether foul play / conspiracy were involved.

The episodes are generally very short, less than 15 minutes, and rigidly structurally consistent. "Is he serious about this" is a question to which we never really get a solid answer. I believe he's over 300 episodes now.

Example one-line summaries of a few episodes:
- calling various McDonald's stores across the US to ask them if they remember the pizza
- in an effort to explore all avenues to aid his investigation, Brian calls a spiritual/religious help line and talks to various Christian proselytizers
- to get the expert McDonald's opinion of the (then newly inaugurated) President Trump, Brian visits the White House and asks for an audience
- talking to various former employees of McDonald's to determine accurately whether the pizza employed a cornmeal crust
- taking a crowdfunded trip to Pomeroy, Ohio to visit the last McDonald's in the US that still serves pizza

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:05 am

seby wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:42 pm Relax with Animal Facts

Is this kid-friendly? I imagine my nephew would be all over it if so.

Yes very kid friendly. Adorable even.