Podcasts you’d recommend?

[bspahh]

Tomorrow's World Audit picks apart episodes of Tomorrow's World. They discuss what technology has lasted and what sank without trace.

For example, the latest episode is on a show from 1973 in Holland. When I saw that it lasted 2 hours 45 minutes, I wondered if I was going to need the fast forward button, but it zipped by.

Tomorrow's World Audit Time

A podcast where Russ and Mark audit an old episode of Tomorrow's World from the future and discover much about the past.

tomorrowsworldaudittime.buzzsprout.com

 

[Cowley]

Tomorrow's World Audit picks apart episodes of Tomorrow's World. They discuss what technology has lasted and what sank without trace.

For example, the latest episode is on a show from 1973 in Holland. When I saw that it lasted 2 hours 45 minutes, I wondered if I was going to need the fast forward button, but it zipped by.

Tomorrow's World Audit Time

A podcast where Russ and Mark audit an old episode of Tomorrow's World from the future and discover much about the past.

tomorrowsworldaudittime.buzzsprout.com

That looks interesting.

 

[bspahh]

That looks interesting.

I was 5 when the Dutch episode was broadcast, but I remember the music from the top 10, so I pretty sure I watched it first time around.

I met Michael Rodd 20 years ago, when his production company filmed a promo video for my employer.

 

[Cowley]

Tomorrow's World Audit picks apart episodes of Tomorrow's World. They discuss what technology has lasted and what sank without trace.

For example, the latest episode is on a show from 1973 in Holland. When I saw that it lasted 2 hours 45 minutes, I wondered if I was going to need the fast forward button, but it zipped by.

Tomorrow's World Audit Time

A podcast where Russ and Mark audit an old episode of Tomorrow's World from the future and discover much about the past.

tomorrowsworldaudittime.buzzsprout.com

Well I must thank you for recommending this. I’m on my 3rd one in the last two days and they are excellent.

 

[bspahh]

Well I must thank you for recommending this. I’m on my 3rd one in the last two days and they are excellent.

Thats practically a full time job!

 

[Cowley]

Thats practically a full time job!

I’ve been painting the outside of a house on my own all week. Plenty of podcast time for me.

I’ve usually got my headphones on up some scaffolding somewhere in Devon this time of year!

 

[DarloRich]

You might like a listen of Empire - it is another history pod form the Goal hanger stable about empires ( focusing initially on the British Empire and India in particular). I Have heard the first couple and it was very interesting.

1. The East India Company

Empire: World History · Episode

open.spotify.com

 

[Cowley]

You might like a listen of Empire - it is another history pod form the Goal hanger stable about empires ( focusing initially on the British Empire and India in particular). I Have herd the first couple and it was very interesting.

1. The East India Company

Empire: World History · Episode

open.spotify.com

I’ve looked at that a couple of times and thought about giving it a go. I’ll have a listen to one tomorrow if you reckon it’s worth a go?

Another one that I’ve been enjoying is Real Dictators. The current one on Napoleon is fascinating:

Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican

Real Dictators · Episode

open.spotify.com

Narrated by Paul McGann too!

 

[bspahh]

I’ve looked at that a couple of times and thought about giving it a go. I’ll have a listen to one tomorrow if you reckon it’s worth a go?

I've listened to a couple of episodes of Empire so far and they are pretty good. William Dalrymple has been on The Rest is History podcast a few times and written several books on the Empire.

William Dalrymple: books, biography, latest update

Follow William Dalrymple and explore their bibliography from Amazon's William Dalrymple Author Page.

www.amazon.co.uk

Anita Anand wrote this about the Amritsar massacre

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj: Amazon.co.uk: Anand, Anita: 9781471174247: Books

Buy The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj by Anand, Anita (ISBN: 9781471174247) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

The News Agents is the follow on from Americast, with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel. It doesn't start properly until Tuesday, but it has a lecture from Emily Maitlis

The News Agents - Podcast | Global Player

Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall – three of the UK’s top journalists – host a daily news podcast: The News Agents. They’re not just here to tell you what's happening, but why. Expect astute analysis and explanation of the day's news – and a healthy dose of scepticism and the ability...

www.globalplayer.com

https://rss.hosting.thisisdax.com/c49390b9-6909-4cd3-a974-e270cf686f27

Susie Dent has a podcast with Gyles Brandreth, but I only came across "Having Words with Susie Dent" today

Having Words with Susie Dent - Jon Richardson

Lexicographer and Broadcaster Susie Dent presents a brand new podcast, Having Words. She chats to guests about all things linguistics.

whynow.co.uk

There are a couple of episodes on Soundcloud, but for the other 4 I can only find them by listening on the WWW site.

 

[DarloRich]

Another one that I’ve been enjoying is Real Dictators. The current one on Napoleon is fascinating:

I have tried that one and just cant get away with it - yet I quite like "A short history of" which is also narrated by Paul McGann!

 

[TwoYellas]

The BBC Radio 4 podcast 'In Our Time'
presented by Melvyn Bragg has lots of good historical stuff on it. Just listened to one from a few years ago called 'Wealth of Nations' about the works of Adam Smith. The latest one is about cave art which I'm going to listen to soon.

 

[Gemz91]

Can anyone recommend any decent railway podcasts to listen to?

 

[Cowley]

Can anyone recommend any decent railway podcasts to listen to?

There’s this one:

Podcast: Signals to Danger - Railway disasters in the UK

Great to see that you are back, Dan, and that some new episodes have been released. Sorry that that’s become so onerous. I wonder if even an episode quarterly would fit in best with your hectic schedule? Something more manageable, yet which maintains a regular schedule?

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[bspahh]

There’s this one:

Podcast: Signals to Danger - Railway disasters in the UK

Great to see that you are back, Dan, and that some new episodes have been released. Sorry that that’s become so onerous. I wonder if even an episode quarterly would fit in best with your hectic schedule? Something more manageable, yet which maintains a regular schedule?

www.railforums.co.uk

Roundel Round We Go is a podcast where each episode covers a London Underground station, covering the history, architecture and local area. Its presented by Emily Turner and Paul Burkitt-Gray. Emily recently was in the news when she went from London to Edinburgh with £2 bus tickets for the bit in England.

Roundel Round We Go • A podcast on Spotify for Creators

A podcast where two London Underground nerds draw a station out of a bag and make a show about it.

anchor.fm

Rails to Nowhere has a few episodes on railway history

Rails to Nowhere | Simon & Ela

Join railway and history nerds Simon & Ela as they delve into the social, political and technical history of the railways of Britain

www.railstonowhere.co.uk

Comfort Blanket is a podcast from Joel Morris "Talking about the films, TV shows, books or music which people go to again and again to feel safe, happy and welcome." This is an episode where Tim Dunn discusses Metro-Land by John Betjeman

Metro-Land - with Tim Dunn | Comfort Blanket

Listen to Metro-Land - with Tim Dunn from Comfort Blanket. Broadcaster and railway historian Tim Dunn (Architecture The Railways Built, Secrets of the London Underground) talks about the comforts of John Betjeman and Edward Mirzoff's 1973 documentary Metro-Land.

shows.acast.com

Rail Natter is from Gareth Dennis
https://railnatter.podbean.com/

Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train isn't a podcast, but you can listen to episodes at

BBC Radio 4 - Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train - Available now

Available episodes of Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train

www.bbc.co.uk

You Should Have Been There is a podcast with Simon Calder on travel in general, but has a fair amount on train travel.

You should have been there – UK Podcasts

Simon Calder, travel correspondent of The Independent and former BBC producer, Mick Webb, discuss the world of travel and delight in travellers' tales.

uk-podcasts.co.uk

Ride the Rails is a podcast with AndyB and Mark Smith from www.seat61.com

Ride the Rails Podcast - AndyBTravels

Season One 09 March 21 - Eurostar: 18 March 21 - Rail/Sail: 25 March 21 - British Sleeper Trains: 01 April 21 - Britain's Scenic Railways: 08 April 21 - Britain's Train Fares 15...

www.andybtravels.com

Railway Mania

Podcast — RAILWAY MANIA

RAILWAY MANIA is a new podcast, covering everything to do with trains and railways. Each episode, Corbs takes you on a bite-sized journey through many topics and tales of the Iron Road.

www.railwaymania.net

 

[Gemz91]

Cheers for merging the threads and thank you for the suggestions. Will give them a listen see (or hear) what they’re like.

 

[Cowley]

Cheers for merging the threads and thank you for the suggestions. Will give them a listen see (or hear) what they’re like.

Yeah there’s a couple I haven’t listened to there. Thanks @bspahh.

 

[birchesgreen]

I've become obsessed with the Wrestle Me podcast, subscribing to it on Patreon. Its very funny which is cheering me up while i have one of my periodic encounters with the black dog.

 

[DarloRich]

We have ways of making you talk:
Al Murray and James Holland talk all things Second World War. Excellent if you’re into WW2 history and like a bit of humour to boot.

Just been the the third festival - I bring this up as they have made a commitment to out ALL of the talks fro mthe frstival out on the public pod cast. There were 3 days of 3 stages so there is a LOT to come.

Some pictures here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAUWRM

I would also recommended the Rest is Politics Leading: Long form gentleish ( if spikey from time to time ) interviews/conversations with persons of note - a wide range of speakers and some interesting discussions.

I also recently relistenined to both series of 13 minutes to the moon and it is fantasitc

 

[Cowley]

Just been the the third festival - I bring this up as they have made a commitment to out ALL of the talks fro mthe frstival out on the public pod cast. There were 3 days of 3 stages so there is a LOT to come.

Some pictures here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAUWRM

I would also recommended the Rest is Politics Leading: Long form gentleish ( if spikey from time to time ) interviews/conversations with persons of note - a wide range of speakers and some interesting discussions.

I also recently relistenined to both series of 13 minutes to the moon and it is fantasitc

I’d agree with all three of those (I’ll have a look at the photos later too ).

I’ve been listening to “You’re wrong about” recently. I think it’s really well researched and very interesting the way they cover news stories about people that were misrepresented or maligned in the press when the original stories came out:

https://spotify.link/17lGVwBkeDb

I’m also enjoying The News Agents (and the US weekly version):

https://spotify.link/UHQkOqUkeDb

 

[bspahh]

These are the podcasts that I'm subscribed to which have had an episode in the last couple of weeks:

Science/Maths:
When Science Finds a Way
Genetics Unzipped
A Problem Squared
Technically Speaking | a science and engineering discussion
The Life Scientific
The Infinite Monkey Cage
More or Less: Behind the Stats
They've Made Us

Entertainment:
Comfort Blanket
Script Apart
Kermode & Mayo's Take
Screenshot
Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Railways/travel:
Rails to Nowhere
You should have been there
Signals to Danger - Railway disasters in the UK
#RailNatter

Comedians:
Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen & Suzi Ruffell
Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Memory Lane with Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister
My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson
Secret Artists with Annie McGrath
Namaste Motherfkrs
Where There's a Will, There's A Wake
'Oh My Dog!' with Jack Dee and Seann Walsh
Drunk Women Solving Crime
Cuddle Club with Lou Sanders
Taskmaster The Podcast
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
Out of Character with Alex Lynch
Taskmaster: The People's Podcast

Politics:
The News Agents
Ukrainecast
Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
Americast
The Rest is Politics
Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast
Snowcast (with Jon Snow)
Pod Save the UK
Oh God, What Now?

History:
The Ancients
Patented: History of Inventions
The History of England
The Rest is History
Dan Snow's History Hit
Empire
Gone Medieval
Ancient Office Hours
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
You're Dead to Me
Let's Talk about Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
The Hated and the Dead
British Scandal

Miscellaneous:
Something Rhymes with Purple
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Rabbit Hole Detectives
Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind
Better Known
Instant Genius
My Time Capsule
Easy German: Learn German with native speakers
How to Academy Podcast

 

[WessexEclectic]

EuroIntelligence

www.eurointelligence.com

Nice to see some of the 'afflicted' surface on here.

Surprised no-one's mentioned Dan Carlin yet...

 

[DarloRich]

Nice to see some of the 'afflicted' surface on here.

independent company?