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1 hour ago, Shandön Par said:

There are so many good ones. Billy Connolly was a good guest. Adam didn’t really know much about him and there’s a real joy to be had from hearing the genuine delight from Adam discovering how funny Billy is. 
 

That was the first one I listened to, then the Jeff Goldblum one from around the same time. 

19 minutes ago, Saigon Raider said:

I really enjoyed the Robbie Williams one - AB was obviously worried he had slagged him off in the 90s but they got on really well.

Agree with the poster earlier who said he hasn't really done a bad one. The Christmas special is always a highlight.

I listened to Ramble Book the other week and it was also excellent.

Yes, I thought Williams came across really well in that as well. Buxton is excellent at getting in to people's insecurities and discussing them in a really nice way, I thought that episode showed that off perfectly.

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On 18/01/2021 at 22:46, die hard doonhamer said:

I've found Adam Buxton's latest run really enjoyable, with his Nile Rodgers episode probably the best of them (McCartney was also a great listen). I only started listening a year or so ago, so I've now gone back to the start and am working my way through the old ones.

The one with McCartney was brilliant. Generally found him to be quite dull in interviews just due to him constantly being asked surface level 'what it was like being in The Beatles' type stuff but i think that was probably the best interview i've heard him do. Something weirdly fascinating and humanising about hearing one of the most famous and iconic musicians ever talk about watching Storage Hunters and Mock the Week. 

Aside from the Connolly interview, his ones with Bob Mortimer are very good too. 

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Spotify have just released a new one.

Renegade:Born in the USA.

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen put the world to rights. First few episodes are about race. Very interesting and well worth a listen just to hear Obama swear and tell the story of how be broke his school pals nose for using a racial slur.

Grates a little bit to hear Obama wax lyrical about problems that, on the face of it at least, he did little about in his eight years as President. Although, I'm well aware it's not that simple of course.

Anyway, it's quite a thing to listen to these two giants shooting the shit. Look forward to seeing what other topics they cover.

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On 24/02/2021 at 00:12, paul-r-cfc said:

Spotify have just released a new one.

Renegade:Born in the USA.

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen put the world to rights. First few episodes are about race. Very interesting and well worth a listen just to hear Obama swear and tell the story of how be broke his school pals nose for using a racial slur.

Grates a little bit to hear Obama wax lyrical about problems that, on the face of it at least, he did little about in his eight years as President. Although, I'm well aware it's not that simple of course.

Anyway, it's quite a thing to listen to these two giants shooting the shit. Look forward to seeing what other topics they cover.

I've listened to the first two episodes , enjoyed both 

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Jools and Jim (Vic Reeves and Jools Holland). A bit contrived and a bit slow in the first couple of episodes but they’ve found their stride. Ask people about car journeys as a kid as little more than an entry point into Vic going off on a tangent. 

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1 hour ago, Mr. Alli said:

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Very enjoyable. Bellew comes across as a very likeable guy (which is complete opposite of how I viewed him as a boxer - especially in his younger days). 

Always liked the story Bellew telling his promoter “you fookin fight him” when a fight between him and Deontay Wilder was suggested (Bellew having previously described being terrified of the sheer physicality of Wilder after embracing him in a chance meeting between them). 

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Was listening to the BBC thing 'Gangster' about Paul Massey in Salford and who pops up, Bernard O' Mahoney :lol:

Guys a complete gobshite who has known absolutely every criminal in Britain - after they've died. Pulls injunctions out on everybody who mentions his name though or calls out his weird behaviour. If he was of any importance he'd have been shot a long time ago. Fat whopper, had to put the podcast off due to him being on it. 

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58 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

Was listening to the BBC thing 'Gangster' about Paul Massey in Salford and who pops up, Bernard O' Mahoney :lol:

Guys a complete gobshite who has known absolutely every criminal in Britain - after they've died. Pulls injunctions out on everybody who mentions his name though or calls out his weird behaviour. If he was of any importance he'd have been shot a long time ago. Fat whopper, had to put the podcast off due to him being on it. 

Listened to a few episodes and I’m pretty sure it’s just cobbled together from unused bits from the (better) History of Rave podcast. All the same people in it.

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This will be a very long post but might be helpful for someone in the same position as me. I've just read through all 35 pages of this thread. After working from home since Covid and now suddenly also not having a lot to do outside of work I've been listening to a lot of podcasts. I was out of ideas but now I've got a lot to go and try.

 

Here are some suggestions from me:

The Adam Buxton Podcast - Probably my favourite but is already covered a lot in this thread. I'm genuinely dissapointed when a run ends and we have to wait for more. But I realise it's probably better than him doing a weekly patreon based system that he wouldn't enjoy and may be lower quality.

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster - I don't know if I got into this from here but it's my second favourite for now. I think I started by picking the episodes of guests I liked but have now listened to all except one (I can't stand with Nish Kumar's laugh so he's been skipped). I wasn't really into either of them, based on clips from Mock the Week etc, but I'm now a big Acaster fan. Repertoire on Netflix is great and regularly rewatched but judging by his latest stand up I don't think he'll be doing anymore anytime soon which is unfortunate but probably best for him.

Athletico Mince - Hilarious every so often and I now look out for everything Bob Mortimer is doing (Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse and he has a book out later this year). One of 3 podcasts I donate to on Patreon.

Grounded with Louis Theroux - Big fan of his TV work and was good to see his more relaxed and funny side on Adam Buxton's podcast. This podcast feels a bit awkward or not in depth sometimes and in the Leah Remini I think there was so much he couldn't say to avoid getting into any trouble. I've listened to his autobiography so did hear some of his past problems with Scientology.

Crime in Sports - Two american hosts, one full time but not well known comedian (now full time podcaster really) and the other part time comedian (and some sort of trade). They go through a different person every episode that have had some sort of career in sports and then they go in detail into all of the crimes they were involved with or commited. I was initially put off by not finding them particularly funny and it's maybe 90% american sports so I just listened to them doing a sport or person I'd heard of maybe every 15  or so episodes. There were a few footballers I'd heard of but can't be arsed looking them up to list now. For a while they tried to understand non American sports or cultures they weren't familiar with but now they just openly say we don't know and please find our ignorance charming. After a few I decided I was enjoying them enough to go back and listen to them all even if it's mostly basketball, american football and baseball which I have no interest in. They do occasionally go into tangents based on their personal lifes but I'm ok with that now too probably because they seem like genuine relatabale guys. It has been interesting listening to them achieving some success from it going from recording in their dodgy apartments and considering giving up, to hiring radio station studios, dealing with and falling out with podcast companies and now using their own studio in one of their houses. They now tour their podcast shows in comedy clubs. They say it's more crime than sports and I think they make an effort to make it that way to get more listeners but they sometimes get too invested in the sport which I'm used to now.

Small Town Murder - The same hosts as above. After a while of doing Crime in Sports they announced they were trying this show and based on their comments and podcast tours it must be much more popular. Each episode they describe a particular murder in a small town (almost always in the USA). First they describe and generally slag the small town then cover the murder with some jokes around the circumstances but deliberately trying their best not to make fun of the victim or the victim's family.  I do enjoy it but I have noticed I now can't listen to or watch any other true crime stuff because I'm wanting some jokes.

The last two are the opposite to Adam Buxton in that they do maybe 4 hours of free podcasts a week (and another few for certain patreon levels) so I used to be slightly annoyed at there being so much to listen to and not being able to catch up. At the same time I'm inclined to support them for doing so much and presumably not being majorly succesful outside of podcasting. Part of the reason I've written so much about it is because I was sure I'd got the recommendation from this thread or P&B in general but I can't see it anywhere, so either it dissapeared if whoever wrote it got banned (if that happens?) or I got it somewhere else.

 

Below are all hit and miss so only listen based on guest / subject:

The Blindboy Podcast - I was probably led to this after seeing some of The Rubberbandits videos rather than whoever suggested it in this thread. It's essentially an Irish comedian/author/TV writer talking about whatever he wants for an hour or so. Usually about random topics he's been reading about online, or mental health or inteviewing someone.

Stuff You Should Know - A 10 or 60 minute overview of a particular topic.

The Big Interview of Graham Hunter - As has been said I'm generally weighing up how interested I am in the guest and how annoying his arselicking/enthusiasm can be.

The Daily - NY Times news podcast.

Griefcast - Cariad Lloyd talking about guests experience of grief. Obviously not very cheery so depends on who's on and what mood your in.

The Terrace. My Dad Wrote a Porno. Desert Island Discs. The Horne Section. TED talks etc.

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@derrybiy you might like Films to be Buried With if you like Off Menu. They did a mash (no pun intended) up episode for Comic Relief so you may have heard a bit anyway. The Curtis Stigers or Teri Hatcher episodes could be a good “way in”. You don’t need to be into films - the presenter seems to be universally liked by all his guests and it makes for good conversations - usually funny but with some good general film trivia etc too.

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8 hours ago, Peter Grant said:

@derrybiy you might like Films to be Buried With if you like Off Menu. They did a mash (no pun intended) up episode for Comic Relief so you may have heard a bit anyway. The Curtis Stigers or Teri Hatcher episodes could be a good “way in”. You don’t need to be into films - the presenter seems to be universally liked by all his guests and it makes for good conversations - usually funny but with some good general film trivia etc too.

I think I heard that mashup episode but it must have been quite forgettable. I'm not into films but might give it a try.

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The CBC do some excellent podcasts, just finished their Uncover series on massive wrong un Peter Nygard and Someone Knows Something series, especially the season on Sheryl Sheppard's disappearance are excellent

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/435-recall?cmp=Listen_SEM_ETA 

Just finished the one above, focusing on the FLQ and the October Crisis, a subject it seems not a lot of people outside of Quebec know about. 

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8 hours ago, Torpar said:

The CBC do some excellent podcasts, just finished their Uncover series on massive wrong un Peter Nygard and Someone Knows Something series, especially the season on Sheryl Sheppard's disappearance are excellent

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/435-recall?cmp=Listen_SEM_ETA 

Just finished the one above, focusing on the FLQ and the October Crisis, a subject it seems not a lot of people outside of Quebec know about. 

I think I've listened to every CBC podcast going. There's something strangely hypnotic about all the presenters voices in the SKS podcasts. The best of the lot is David Ridgen IMO who has a new investigative series starting tomorrow called The Next Call. 

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10 hours ago, Torpar said:

The CBC do some excellent podcasts. 

Couldn't agree more - so far I've listened to: Missing and Murdered - Finding Cleo; Escaping NxivmSomeone Knows Something; Uncover and Hunting Warhead and been really impressed.  I got pretty excited when I spotted the CBC offices whilst on the open top bus tour of Toronto a couple of years back - the other people on the bus thought I was an absolute weirdo.

2 hours ago, Dee Man said:

There's something strangely hypnotic about all the presenters voices in the SKS podcasts. The best of the lot is David Ridgen IMO who has a new investigative series starting tomorrow called The Next Call. 

Dave.  What a guy.  As you say, a great voice and a very pleasant way of investigating some pretty traumatic events (unlike a lot of other podcasters who seem to bulldoze in for a headline quote) - I will be definitely be adding The Next Call to my list. 

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The Stuff You Should Know podcast on 'soccer' is truly dreadful, to the extent it has made me question the validity of everything in their other podcasts. Basic factual errors.

In general, podcasts where they are essentially reading an article and then reacting to what they are reading, don't make for good podcasts.

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On 18/01/2021 at 17:11, Mr. Alli said:

Nah, f**k'em.

#TeamPoppyHillstead.

Agree, they did the real dirty on her.  Some of her own podcast is hilarious, I am surprised Eric Idle has not had to have a word.  'Poppy Hillstead has Entered the Chat'.

I also listen to Wheel of Misfortune with Bathgate's Fern Brady and her pal, fellow comedienne Alison Spittle.

Used top listen to Last Podcast on the Left until they sold out to Spotify.

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8 hours ago, arab_joe said:

Couldn't agree more - so far I've listened to: Missing and Murdered - Finding Cleo; Escaping NxivmSomeone Knows Something; Uncover and Hunting Warhead and been really impressed.  I got pretty excited when I spotted the CBC offices whilst on the open top bus tour of Toronto a couple of years back - the other people on the bus thought I was an absolute weirdo.

Dave.  What a guy.  As you say, a great voice and a very pleasant way of investigating some pretty traumatic events (unlike a lot of other podcasters who seem to bulldoze in for a headline quote) - I will be definitely be adding The Next Call to my list. 

The first season about Alberta Williams is a good listen too, a lot of their stuff about Native and Metis people is good, the Boushie podcast shows just how fucked up Canadian "justice" can be and Muddied Waters is interesting, doesn't shine a good light on Glasgow's own John A MacDonald anyway. 

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