• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I used to be annoyed by them, but I get it now. I started listening to them at work, it’s pretty nice to find a highly researched audio only format so I can focus on my work and learn something I care about

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      4 months ago

      Sounds like good podcasts

      99% of them are just people taking out of their ass though

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        4 months ago

        oh yea, I’ve highly curated my podcasts at work. At least 80% scripted, roughly 20-80 minutes long, no, few, or unimportant visuals, detailed analysis of the topic, and maintains a sense of humor. I very rarely add a new one to the rotation

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          4 months ago

          Care to share some recommendations? That sounds nice. I also struggle to get into podcasts cause its like wadding through a sea of garbage to find a lost ring.

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            4 months ago

            I made another comment but

            Darknet diaries

            Search engine

            Behind the bastards

            Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History

            Cumtown (The Adam Friedland Show now but the super old episodes are hilarious if you’re a dumbass like me)

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            4 months ago

            I use the term podcast loosely, the only thing available to me at work is youtube so I also tend to include video essays and other things not considered podcasts. This is a list of some of my favorites.

            • Some More News
            • Unfuck the Republic (unftr)
            • Behind the Bastards
            • Democracy at Work
            • the Deprogram
            • Philosophy Tube
            • Climate Town
            • the Michael Parenti Library (speech archive channel)
            • the Afromarxist (black radical archive channel)
            • Alexander Avila
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        4 months ago

        How dare you call out cumtown like that

        Also everyone please check out Search Engine, Behind the Bastards, Darknet Diaries, and Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.

        Quick edit; I’ll always love cumtown also

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      4 months ago

      Those already existed. They’re audiobooks.

      And audiobooks don’t stop for ad breaks twice an hour and load up constant teases and recaps to bridge ad breaks and episodes.

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        4 months ago

        unfortunately I can’t listen to audiobooks at work. I also prefer the length of podcasts for variety’s sake while working. I listen to audiobooks regularly as well, and know that listening to the same speaker for several hours causes me to tune it out rather than absorb it.

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        4 months ago

        You seem to only have listened to a certain kind of pkdcast. All podcasts I listen to are ad free but still have a high production value.