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Podcasts: cycling or otherwise
I have been commuting in the car a bit more now that winter has fallen and looking for some audio stimulation. Just getting into to the podcast format and am looking for some recommendations. Serial is on my list along with old classics this American life etc.
Are there any cycling related podcasts worth the listen? Not sure that I need more cyclosaturation but I would give something withy a listen.
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One of my favorites is the HackneyGT feed. Mostly what could best be classified as world music. Done by a London DJ who also happens to be a bike nut and sponsors a cross team. Cycling kit available in his online store. About an hour or so every week. Consistently good tunes.
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Not cycling but if you aren't listening to Serial you are missing out on some really great broadcasts. Freakanomics, Radiolab and This American Life will have you covered until spring. For music Kexp Music That Matters podcast.
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Hank has some good stuff listed.
For cycling podcasts it doesn't get any better (for me) than The Open Mic podcast. Former pro Mike Creed interviews a bunch of people. Katie Compton, Phil Gaimon, Alex Howes, Bo Hamburger, Lucas Euser, Timmy Duggan, and a bunch more. About an hour's worth of conversation that ranges from dick jokes to racing stories to stories about all the stuff that happens between races to the economics of continental pro cycling.
I enjoy Speed Metal Cycling during road season. The Slow ride podcast is off to a good start. Both are basically commentary on road and cross pro stuff but Speed Metal is more road focused and Slow Ride seems more cross focused, though they do talk about some road stuff.
The Nerdist Podcast and WTF with Marc Maron are both really good "interview" shows where the format is really just having a real conversation as opposed to hitting a bunch of canned talking points and plugging current stuff. Lots of back episodes that age well. This is basically what Creed's podcast is too, just with cyclists instead.
Superego is really funny if the idea of audio sketch comedy appeals to you. Doug loves movies is fun if you enjoy film trivia and/or Doug Benson's brand of comedy. Jay and Silent Bob Get Old is really interesting at least for the first 10-15 episodes - Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes reminisce about their lives and some of the movies they made together.
What are you into besides bikes? There's a good podcast or two on almost any subject.
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Agree with everything above about Serial. Great podcast.
Further:
99% Invisible
Slate's Political Gabfest
All Songs Considered
Lexicon Valley
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History on WWI (if you don't find his tone too off-putting, and just accept that he's an amateur so that you don't expect professional rigor)
Tiny Atoms
And, if you're interested in nordic skiing, a couple buddies of mine recently started a podcast called Men in Spandex. Lots of World Cup gossip, waxing knowledge, and some Scandinavian humor.
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My brother-in-law, Bill Lupoletti, does a great weekly show on WRIR in Richmond, VA (home of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships) that is sort of a musicology show with lots of current music from all over the world as well as stuff from the past. His depth of knowledge is pretty incredible. Never know what he is going to play each week, though he does like Africa and Eastern Europe.
Here is his website with his show playlists:
GLOBAL A GO-GO
And here is his podcast stream. You can copy the link there for the series and paste it into iTunes, and then it will download each week automatically (if you set it up that way.) His show is live on WRIR every Friday from 5-7PM EST.
Programs from series: Global A Go-Go|A-Infos Radio Project
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History on WWI (if you don't find his tone too off-putting, and just accept that he's an amateur and don't expect professional rigor).
Yes! Fascinating stuff. Forgot to mention that one.
Also forgot to mention The Moth. Great storytelling podcast.
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Cycling:
The Spokesman: infrequently updated but overall ok
Rouleur: synopsis of the magazine with insight into the photographs
Outspoken Cyclist: I recently quit this as the host clearly has some biases and uses every episode to trot them out but listen for yourself
Non cycling
The Sporkful
Adam Carolla
Mac break weekly / TWIT
Real Time with Bill Maher
Alton Browncast
Wait wait don't tell me
Radiolab
Science Friday
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Cycling:
Open Mic - Can't recommend this highly enough. Make sure you go through all of the old episodes.
Telegraph Cycling Podcast - Well-connected journos, well-producted show. Lionel Birnie's Six Day piece was brilliant radio. Freibe will have lots to say on the Astana ep that I've just noticed is up.
SpeedMetal - Not taking anything PRO seriously.
Rouleur - Dry but often interesting.
FlipTwitch - About as indie as they come. Grass roots chat.
Non-cycling:
BBC 5 Live F1 - If you're into that sort of thing.
The Rally Show - See above
Freaknomics
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The Art of Manliness: random manly topics, interviews mostly. Fairly low fi, but that's part of the charm.
Criminal: Interesting and quirky stories of crime and criminals.
Planet Money: Like Freakonomics, but more newsy. This is a must for me.
"We're Alive": an audio drama based on a zombie apocalypse. I thought it was cheesy at first, then got hooked.
Welcome to Nite Vail: It's great, awesome story telling. Very nonlinear. Fantastic use of the language. And Carlos is dreamy.
And of course: This American Life, Radiolab, Freakonomics and StarTalk.
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The Art of Manliness: random manly topics, interviews mostly. Fairly low fi, but that's part of the charm.
There is some pretty good content there and some really interesting guests, but I also find the ultra-traditional gender stereotyping gets obnoxious real fast. Obviously YMMV.
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There is some pretty good content there and some really interesting guests, but I also find the ultra-traditional gender stereotyping gets obnoxious real fast. Obviously YMMV.
Totally agree with you. I skip most of the episodes that don't have a strong guest with a compelling story. I found the two episodes on strength training surprisingly good and the most recent interview of Tony Robbins was interesting, when I expected it to be a waste of electrons.
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Everything is Stories
Love and Radio
Comedy Bang! Bang!
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Hank has some good stuff listed.
For cycling podcasts it doesn't get any better (for me) than The Open Mic podcast. Former pro Mike Creed interviews a bunch of people. Katie Compton, Phil Gaimon, Alex Howes, Bo Hamburger, Lucas Euser, Timmy Duggan, and a bunch more. About an hour's worth of conversation that ranges from dick jokes to racing stories to stories about all the stuff that happens between races to the economics of continental pro cycling.
I enjoy Speed Metal Cycling during road season. The Slow ride podcast is off to a good start. Both are basically commentary on road and cross pro stuff but Speed Metal is more road focused and Slow Ride seems more cross focused, though they do talk about some road stuff.
The Nerdist Podcast and WTF with Marc Maron are both really good "interview" shows where the format is really just having a real conversation as opposed to hitting a bunch of canned talking points and plugging current stuff. Lots of back episodes that age well. This is basically what Creed's podcast is too, just with cyclists instead.
Superego is really funny if the idea of audio sketch comedy appeals to you. Doug loves movies is fun if you enjoy film trivia and/or Doug Benson's brand of comedy. Jay and Silent Bob Get Old is really interesting at least for the first 10-15 episodes - Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes reminisce about their lives and some of the movies they made together.
What are you into besides bikes? There's a good podcast or two on almost any subject.
You get me, bro
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Everything is Stories Love and Radio Comedy Bang! Bang!
Dooooooood! I forgot Comedy Bang Bang somehow! I don't deserve to live.
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My favorite podcasts are Escape Pod, Podcastle and Pseudopod for short sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories respectively.
I'll also listen to The Nerdist if it's a guest I am interested in, and Talking Metal which is like a heavy metal news show.
I also listen to the Critical Hit D&D podcast and an assortment of gaming casts. This may be the wrong crowd for that though:)
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I like:
Car Talk (still in best of/reruns)
Sword and Laser
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
-Joe
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what's not been mentioned:
Serial
Lux Radio Theater for your old-timey radio broadcast plays fix
Death, Sex, and Money
NPR: Intelligence Squared US Debates
The Bugle
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Skeptoid is good
Grantland.com has got some good sports and pop culture stuff. I really like Jalen Rose and Zach Lowe on basketball.
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Speed Metal Cycling (okokok, my boss's podcast)
The Champs with Neal Brennan and Moshe Kasher
Smartest Man in the World (Greg Proops. If you're into improved rants about alcohol, Baseball, Blacksploitation movies, and progressive politics, this one can be fun)
The Dana Gould Hour (more like 3 hours)
WFMU's The Best Show is moving to Podcast. That should be pretty cool.
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Jen Kirkman: "I Seem Fun"
Judge John Hodgman
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Back episodes of the Pod F Tompcast if still available.
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I listen to The Amp Hour every week along with the Embedded podcast. Both are excellent for people into electronics and tech talk.
I also enjoy Still Untitled:The Adam Savage Project and Creature Geek.
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I am +1'ing We're Alive. I really liked it.
I know Serial is the darling podcast of the day and I like it but I don't get why its such a big deal. I would listen to a lot of the aforementioned stuff before it.
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I listen to
The Amp Hour every week along with the
Embedded podcast. Both are excellent for people into electronics and tech talk.
I almost me mentioned the Amp Hour but then figured no one would care. Good stuff.
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I am +1'ing We're Alive. I really liked it.
+2. It's a little campy in terms of the voice acting at times but it was nice.
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I almost me mentioned the Amp Hour but then figured no one would care. Good stuff.
The recent interview with Bil Herd was awesome. They get a lot of really great guests on that show.
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The Nerdist has been mentioned too. I only listen to the ones with guests I wan to hear. The show ranges from great to I can only take a minute and a half.
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Thanks for the tip on Dana Gould. I like his stuff. I've seen him live a couple of times, including a one man show he did in SF twenty or so years ago, which was simultaneously gut wrenchingly painful in its honesty and very funny.
Jen Kirkman's sister was a high school pal of mine.
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The recent interview with Bil Herd was awesome. They get a lot of really great guests on that show.
I'm about 30 episodes behind. No spoilers ;)
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The Nerdist has been mentioned too. I only listen to the ones with guests I wan to hear. The show ranges from great to I can only take a minute and a half.
I was a completist for a while but lately I'm the same. Hostfuls and good guests.
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To add to the "or otherwise" section
Stuff You Should Know - This is my favorite one lately, educational, entertaining and the hosts are funny in an innocent goofy sort of way.
What are some other science/educational podcasts anyone is listening to?
Also- This is an excellent place to discover new podcasts and stream everything with ease : Podbay.fm - Stream any podcast in the universe quickly and easily.
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I'm really into:
Planet Money, Freakenomics 99% invisible and the TrainerRoad podcast
Anyone got a new dad podcast that can recommend?
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popandmod - looks like I'm going to have to try 99% invisible because I really like your other suggestions.
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I'm a huge fan of the Tony Kornheiser Show. It used to be a radio program in the Washington DC area and is ostensibly a sports show but it's humorous on a number of other topics as well. Now it's a podcast only program and is free of radio constraints though they still do advertising. It's way better advertising than radio ads and much less intrusive to the flow of the show.
He's an ESPN on-air guy as part of the PTI show and has a claim of infamy regarding some unfortunate comments he made about cyclists in the DC area. I think he's made amends and listening to his podcasts and broadcasts it's clear it wasn't the first time he said something he later regretted. But he owns his mistakes and he's a bright and articulate guy, as are his regular cast members and guests.
Rated 10/10.
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So I can't say exactly why I like the Trainer Road podcast as much as I do. I have been on the trainer a lot for me this winter but I am not counting every watt and usually don't do more than 40 minutes indoors. I guess it is the mix of bikes, training, science and nutrition.
Is anybody listening to any good podcasts about general health, nutrition or fitness? Bike related or not is fine. In these cold months listening and reading to things about being healthy helps keep me going. I have been searching and so far haven't found any that I am really into.
Thanks
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Rec I like a couple dietary/lifestyle based podcasts but my interest in them was first out of desperation with declining health due to Crohn's disease -
I like two that are paleo centered, but there is much more to take from them with all of the guests ranging from doctors to professors to athletes
Fat Burning Man with Able James
the Paleo Solution with Robb Wolf
I do like Ben Shapiro also, but I am not very heavily versed in political issues so this is more of an educational show for me at this point.
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So I can't say exactly why I like the Trainer Road podcast as much as I do. I have been on the trainer a lot for me this winter but I am not counting every watt and usually don't do more than 40 minutes indoors. I guess it is the mix of bikes, training, science and nutrition.
Is anybody listening to any good podcasts about general health, nutrition or fitness? Bike related or not is fine. In these cold months listening and reading to things about being healthy helps keep me going. I have been searching and so far haven't found any that I am really into.
Thanks
I enjoy Vinnie Tortorich's Fitness Confidential. Seems like a pretty straight up guy who used to be a competitive endurance cyclist before he torched his shoulder. He's just now getting into mountain biking again after shoulder surgery. It's heavily diet and food related (No Sugars, No Grains is his thing), which stems from his bout with Leukemia.
CyclingTips has a podcast now, and I usually enjoy the RKP/Paceline Podcast - good mix of advocacy, gear and racing talk.