Podcasts Wot OTF People Are Listening To And Recommend

[Tratorello]

Buxton “the books, darling’, the books!” bit had me in pieces.

Oh man. That and about half-a-dozen other bits make me laugh so much. I'm a big fan of both SMERSHPod and Adam Buxton's podcast anyway but the two combined is just perfect.

[Various Artist]

I started listening to Because WCW last week and I'm absolutely hooked on it. It's quite basic, a couple of British wrestling journos/workers take a WCW ppv and go into detail on it, and looking into how WCW ended up falling apart.

In my youth I loved wrestling, and I love the story of WCW, as bad as it is. I'm 15 podcasts in now, and I've learnt a lot that I didn't already know.

If you don't like wrestling, I'd avoid it. If you do like wrestling though, especially at the time of the Monday Night Wars, I can't recommend it enough.

Oh, that sounds like fun, I must look it up. Have you listened to any of Eric Bischoff's 83 Weeks podcast covering the same era? I keep meaning to but haven't got around to it.

One I can recommend wholeheartedly, if you haven't come across it yet, is The Attitude Era Podcast – one Irishman and two Englishmen dissecting the entirety of said era, one PPV at a time, plus assorted spinoffs. Very, very funny. If you've never heard about the truly inexplicable 'Wrestlemania Rage Party' that the then-WWF put on ahead of WM XV (I hadn't, somehow), listening to that episode alone makes the metaphorical entrance fee worthwhile.

Aforesaid Irishman Kefin Mahon has also got an excellent second podcast called How2Wrestling, in which he and his girlfriend (who was a pro-wrestling neophyte when they got together) have spent the last 5 years producing one episode per month of a sort of Dummies' Guide to various performers or things in the industry – from How2Hogan to How2OrangeCassidy, How2RoyalRumble (and, indeed, How2Ready2Rumble) to How2Referees.

[Simon G]

I'm up to episode 25 now, and two Nitro watchalongs in, I've had Nitro on my ipad whilst working and listening - and they say men can't multi-task, it's getting better and better.

I'll give some of your recommendations a look - although I have about a million podcasts on my phone now and I'm struggling to keep up (Socially Distant Sports Bar, TwoHundredPercent and Chart Music being immediate listens as soon as they're downloaded).

[Stumpy Pepys]

The SMERSHPod episode with Adam Buxton talking about the Pierce Brosnan film, "Taffin", is my go to happy place if I'm feeling down. It never fails to make me laugh like an absolute loon.

I'm trying to find the episode during the time the presenter would ask guests who they'd take into a hostage negotiation situation. A Scottish comedian (whose name I forget) explained why he'd take the Alessi twins from Neighbours, which was the funniest thing I'd heard in ages.

[tracteurgarcon]

I don’t remember that one. If you can figure out which episode it was please let me know.

[Stumpy Pepys]

I don’t remember that one. If you can figure out which episode it was please let me know.

Aha, I found it.

The hostage part starts at 1:05:15

[S. aureus]

Googling Neighbours has just taught me that when me and my housemates got addicted to it in college it had been around for less than a year. I'd never realized that it was so new back then.

[Sash]

Did a Thursday one. Pod - James + Sash, Tom, Duncan
https://podfollow.com/totallyfootbal...99d5983a0/view

[My Name Is Ian]

I'll give some of your recommendations a look - although I have about a million podcasts on my phone now and I'm struggling to keep up (Socially Distant Sports Bar, TwoHundredPercent and Chart Music being immediate listens as soon as they're downloaded).

That's very kind of you to mention, Simon.

I hope no-one minds if I drop this link here - I currently have two pots on the boil, a history of non-league football, which is coming to its end (the penultimate one goes live this morning) and a daily TV one in which we feast on the carcass of old TV shows.

https://twohundredpercent.net/podcast/

[Simon G]

That's very kind of you to mention, Simon.

I hope no-one minds if I drop this link here - I currently have two pots on the boil, a history of non-league football, which is coming to its end (the penultimate one goes live this morning) and a daily TV one in which we feast on the carcass of old TV shows.

https://twohundredpercent.net/podcast/

Just listened to the Question of Sport one and, to clarify, I'm 4 years younger than Dotmund.

[Jobi1]

George Gibney is under investigation again on some new allegations of abuse. Seems a new investigation has been underway for a while but, but it has just come to light now after even more people approached the Gardai after hearing the Where is George Gibney? podcast. There's a new episode of the pod coming out this Thursday to catch up with developments.

[elguapo4]

George Gibney is under investigation again on some new allegations of abuse. Seems a new investigation has been underway for a while but, but it has just come to light now after even more people approached the Gardai after hearing the Where is George Gibney? podcast. There's a new episode of the pod coming out this Thursday to catch up with developments.

Good, I hope they eventually catch that fucker.

[Simon G]

Just catching up on the 200% podcast and have listened to the That's Life episode. If it's the only one you listen to, it's worth it purely for the Not the 9 o'clock News skit at the end.

"We're sorry, it really is nothing to do with us"

[Satchmo Distel]

Ottoman history podcast:

http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com...8Ls0kmgsg409Os

[Satchmo Distel]

Brian Butterfield: https://anchor.fm/brian-butterfield1

[Crusoe]

The Athletic bought Ian Macintosh’s company, so he’s now doing podcasts for them. There’s one on Football Manager which is mildly interesting even if basically an extended advert for the game.

Tratorello, you might like War Stories (warstoriescast.com). Infrequent podcasts on topics like the history of logistics, armour, etc.

[Sash]

TFS (also The Athletic - see above) Mon 21/12 - James + Sash, Daniel & Dominic Fifield
https://podfollow.com/totallyfootbal...5246939a3/view
(made it to Selhurst Park on Saturday)

[Stumpy Pepys]

John Sweeney's Ghislaine Maxwell investigation, Hunting Ghislaine, is very throrough and grimly fascinating.

Prince Andrew does not come out of it well at all. Sweeney's also dismissive of the conspiracy theories around Epstein's suicide.

[Satchmo Distel]

One to avoid: Stuart Maconie's new effort. Full of mistakes.

[steviecowden]

was a big fan of european football podcast on the continent but the new guy they have presenting it is truly dreadful

[Satchmo Distel]

The Lincoln Project has a podcast now, perhaps to repair PR damage caused by the Weaver scandal*. Rick Wilson is now on that rather than The New Abnormal, as is Stuart Stephens.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000509584361

*https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/u...arassment.html

[diggedy derek]

Talking of podcast scandals

https://www.insider.com/reply-all-pr...g-claim-2021-2

[willie1foot]

We just finished 'Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia' which I thought was excellent if a tad harrowing. https://www.tntdrama.com/i-am-the-ni...n=podcast-page

[diggedy derek]

More detail on what's allegedly been happening at Gimlet

https://www.jamestgreen.com/thoughts/115

[Incandenza]

I'm guessing that A in that story is Alex Blumberg, formerly of This American Life, and Planet Money.