Members' podcast recommendations

Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
edited December 2018 in Off Topic Chat
This is simply a thread where members can recommend podcasts they enjoy to other members. The topics can be pretty much anything: history, pop culture, politics etc.


Here are few I enjoy:


The Great War by Indy Neidell.
The best presentation of WWI I have seen anywhere. Very entertaining and informative.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar


The War College
War College is a front-line view into a world in conflict, exploring current dangers and trying to learn the lessons of history.
http://warcollegepodcast.com/


The Rocketeer Minute podcast
A minute by minute chat about the 1991 movie "Rockdeteer"
https://www.rocketeerminute.com/

Spycast
Podcast from The International Spy Museum.
https://www.spymuseum.org/multimedia/spycast/all/
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  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Good idea!
    There's only two I religiously listen to.
    The first one is James Bond Radio. Tom. And Chris are such a joy to listen to, they have such positive enthusiasm and knowledge when it comes to the world of Bond. They also have a few other rolling reporter types and specialists such as Dan Gale and John Williams who do a fantastic job. They've been able to interview a long list of interesting celebs and bond related people, including Sir Rog, in I think one of his last interviews, plus a lot of other fun content.
    Second podcast is Diminishing Returns, which features yhe Bond YouTuber Calvin Dyson. (He starts off as a regular and then switches to a rolling guest star)
    Bunch of young Brits review films and come up with fun sequels to them. Calvin's the best on there out of the three, but you quickly warm to both Sol and Alan who are a bit more grounded and cynical. Their reviews on the Bond films become Calvin defending them from Alan and Sol's critique, which can be quite enjoyable in seeing a non Bond fans refreshing take on the films. Their other reviews are just as good.
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • ggl007ggl007 SpainPosts: 388MI6 Agent
    edited April 2019
    I have to mention Archivo 007's podcasts.

    We are 10 years old this 2018, one every month, we reached this month the 126th!

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    Of course, it is in Spanish... :D -{

    You have all of them here: https://archivo007.com/podcast/
    www.archivo007.com
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    From History Extra podcast from the BBC.
    From about minute 27 we learn about Ian Fleming and Jamaica. The first 27 minutes are about the French resistance hiding Jewish children in a mountain area, also well Worth listening to.

    https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/james-bond-and-vichy-france/
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    I'm a huge fan of film music, and enjoy listening to soundtracks and dissecting the themes etc. If you are also interested in film scores, I highly recommend Art of the Score: http://www.artofthescore.com.au/

    The show is hosted by three extremely knowledgable film music enthusiasts, one of whom frequently conducts these scores in live orchestral performances and is therefore intimately familiar with them. They have covered a number of John Williams scores, as well as some John Barry (Dances With Wolves) and a very enjoyable 3 part journey through all the Bond scores.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I've discovered a man named Dan Carlin. He runs two podcasts. The one I discovered first was "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History". He talks about a broad historical theme in each podcast, and at length. Some of his podcasts last for hours, making them Perfect for long journeys. He's never boring. He manages to make history understandable and thought-provoking in an entertaining way.

    https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/



    Lately I have started listening to "Common sense with Dan Carlin". In this podcast he comments on politics and society in a broad sense. I just listened to an episode on how a new American civil war now is a topic in mainstream media, and I couldn't tell if he was Democrat or Republican. Carlin has referred to himself as social libertarian,[16] a "radical," "neo-prudentist," "pragmatist," and "political martian."[17] He is outspoken on issues like state surveillance, foreign intervention, concentrated power, free speech, education reform, the problems of a two-party system, and civil liberties. (Wikipedia)

    https://www.dancarlin.com/common-sense-home-landing-page/
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I have already recomended Indy Neildell's The Great War podcast about WWI. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A

    Now he's making "Indy Neildell's WWII week by week". https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1AejCL4DA7jYkZAELRhHQ
    The podcast has episodes on everything from generals to how to make Woolton pie. don't miss it!


    I have also discovered the podcast "History on fire" http://historyonfirepodcast.com/
    History on Fire is a podcast by author and university history professor Daniele Bolelli.
    Whether you like history or not, if you care about bravery, wisdom, passion, larger than life characters and some of the most emotionally intense moments in human experience, you have come to the right place. Bolelli shall be your guide in a journey to the place where history and epic collide.
    Bolelli also has a lovable Italian accent :D
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited April 2019
    When it comes to podcasts everything by Indy Neidell is great! "The DicKtionary" have about ten minute long episodes where he goes throught the alphabeth by topic and focuses on a person related to the topic - A is Air Force and is about General "Bombs away" LeMay. The podcast avioids the most infamous examples like Stalin or Hitler, instead of mostly less famous, and always less infamous people. Neidell gives you their biography in a fun and entertaining way and ranks their positive and negative sides, then ranks how much of a d*ck the person was at the end of each episode. Educational and fun!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP8Bq6e9fRU&list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU__zTsi0v4oJLZWV7YnKe6&index=1
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Spybrary: http://spybrary.com/

    About Spybrary:
    Spybrary is a Spy Podcast for fans of Spy Books and Spy Movies
    We interview spy authors, intelligence experts and spy fans! Our goal is to encourage people to read new spy novels, revisit an old espionage classic and discuss them with our community of like minded spy fans.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    My favorite podcast is „behind the bastards“

    https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/

    I am often not sure why I am laughing out loud about the horror that I hear or something else

    The episodes about the Trump University, the Koch Brothers and Manafort are my favorites!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Have you suggested covering APS9mm to the podcast? :v
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Asp9mm is an idiot.

    We don‘t need a podcast to find that out :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    :))
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,844MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Spybrary: http://spybrary.com/

    About Spybrary:
    Spybrary is a Spy Podcast for fans of Spy Books and Spy Movies
    We interview spy authors, intelligence experts and spy fans! Our goal is to encourage people to read new spy novels, revisit an old espionage classic and discuss them with our community of like minded spy fans.

    I would heartily recommend the Spybrary podcast and I was fortunate enough to appear as a guest on it with two other Bond fans in 2019 (Episode 79). Here is the link for anyone interested in hearing me and the others talk about John Gardner's Bond Continuation novels:

    https://spybrary.com/john-gardner-james-bond-author/
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I'm only listening to my second episode of Spybrary, so I didn't know that. I'm looking forward to hearing more, including the episode you mention.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,844MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I'm only listening to my second episode of Spybrary, so I didn't know that. I'm looking forward to hearing more, including the episode you mention.

    I admit I've not listened to anywhere near all of the episodes either. I've just went through them based on what interests me most first (James Bond etc.) I look forward to listening to more episodes over time as I'm sure you'll agree that it's a first class podcast. I hope you enjoy the listening experience, N24. I know that I certainly enjoyed appearing on it and talking about one of my passions from the world of Bond. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    A bit like you I found the podcast and thought this is the sort of thing I like. Then I listened to the episode about "Forever and a day" and really enjoyed it and decided I should reccomend the podcast. Now I'm listening to the episode you're in (it's good) and I don't regret recomending the podcast at all.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,844MI6 Agent
    edited January 2020
    Number24 wrote:
    A bit like you I found the podcast and thought this is the sort of thing I like. Then I listened to the episode about "Forever and a day" and really enjoyed it and decided I should reccomend the podcast. Now I'm listening to the episode you're in (it's good) and I don't regret recomending the podcast at all.

    Yes, I found Spybrary some years ago and then was asked by a friend on Twitter about possibly appearing on the podcast and talking about John Gardner. I thought nothing more of it until the same Bond fan friend asked me formally later on in the year. I agreed and we eventually recorded it and that was that! Be sure to let me know what you think of it once you've finished listening to it, N24. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Now I've listened to the entire episode. I can say I really enjoyed it. I've read some of Gardner's novels, but never listened to a talk/discussion about him before. I don't know much about British dialects, but I'm guessing you'd have to drive south for a while to reach London?
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,844MI6 Agent
    edited October 2020
    Number24 wrote:
    Now I've listened to the entire episode. I can say I really enjoyed it. I've read some of Gardner's novels, but never listened to a talk/discussion about him before. I don't know much about British dialects, but I'm guessing you'd have to drive south for a while to reach London?

    I'm glad you enjoyed the Spybrary Gardner episode, N24. I think there is one other episode on the Fleming literary Bond that mentions the Gardner novels (and other continuation novels) briefly towards the end but that is the only episode devoted entirely to Gardner's Bond. I'm aware of only one other podcast episode outside of Spybrary that discussed the first three Gardner Bond novels, but that's about it. I know that as a result of the success of the Gardner episode there are plans for another Spybrary fan round table on the Raymond Benson Bond novels.

    On the matter of dialects, you're correct in surmising that I'm a long way from London. In fact, I'm not English at all. I'm actually from Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Interseting. I wondered if you could be Irish, but I'm very far from being an authority on British dialects.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,844MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Interseting. I wondered if you could be Irish, but I'm very far from being an authority on British dialects.

    Well, you still did very well in guessing where I was from. I just hope people are able to understand my accent! :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I had no problems at all. There is a slight touch of Norwegian in Scottish and perhaps Irish too, so perhaps that'sthe resaon.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,844MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I had no problems at all. There is a slight touch of Norwegian in Scottish and perhaps Irish too, so perhaps that'sthe resaon.

    Oh, well, I'm very glad to hear it. I always worry about how regional accents convey themselves in other countries. I'm never very keen on hearing my own voice played back on a recording either although I did listen to it all the way through to hear how it sounded!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    I had no problems at all. There is a slight touch of Norwegian in Scottish and perhaps Irish too, so perhaps that'sthe resaon.

    Oh, well, I'm very glad to hear it. I always worry about how regional accents convey themselves in other countries. I'm never very keen on hearing my own voice played back on a recording either although I did listen to it all the way through to hear how it sounded!

    We all feel we sound different in recordings. Don't worry about it.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,844MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    I had no problems at all. There is a slight touch of Norwegian in Scottish and perhaps Irish too, so perhaps that'sthe resaon.

    Oh, well, I'm very glad to hear it. I always worry about how regional accents convey themselves in other countries. I'm never very keen on hearing my own voice played back on a recording either although I did listen to it all the way through to hear how it sounded!

    We all feel we sound different in recordings. Don't worry about it.

    I probably worry too much about things like that. That's just me. I'm glad my accent wasn't an issue for you and I must say I never knew that about Scottish/Irish accents! Anyway, I'm glad you found the Spybrary podcast of interest and there are thankfully many more there to listen to and enjoy. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited February 2020
    How To F#€k Up An Airport

    The new Berlin airport costs five times the original estimate, is eleven years late and it still hasn't opened. It's really uplifitng (if you're not Higgins, of course) to learn that your government isn't the only one that can be incompetent and waste taxpayer money. Even the German government can do it! :))

    http://www.radiospaetkauf.com/ber/
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Some great entertainment during the new plague: "Noble blood" is a podcast about nobles in history.

    noblebloodtales.com/
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I really miss JBR :#
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    We know Tom Hanks is a huge moviestar, but he really loves history too. Dan Carlin and his Hardcore History is one of the superstars in the history podcast community. Tom Hanks has now written and starred in the movie "Greyhound" that's about a destroyer protecting a convoy in the Atlantic in WWII. Here is an episode of Hardcore History where Tom Hanks is interviewed and talks with great enthusiasm and quite a lot of knowledge about history and the movie. Great stuff!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3120&v=wYpXZOQGnl8&feature=emb_logo
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I really miss JBR :#

    It will be back. They're just finishing their Moonraker Christopher Wood noveilisation audiobook. And then I'm guessing they'll be doing stuff to lead up to NTTD
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
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