Because I frequently see people asking for podcasts recs and asking about them I decided to do something and made this image for /his/.
>books you read with your yours
Fix that mistake and it's golden
>>968064
Books I read with my my eh? History of Philosophy without any gaps is pretty good
Honestly lines up perfectly with my views on all the shows I listen to. Not bad OP, though you might wanna fix up the spelling errors for the audiobooks and History of the Crusades descriptions.
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>>968078
Thanks for the catch.
>>968091
Thanks OP, downloaded Hardcore History now!
If you plan to expand in the future:
'Great Lives' also another creation of BBC Radio 4 is worth a listen if you enjoy 'In Our Time'. It's another discussion format show through biographical this time; Mathew Parris invites a guest who nominates a 'Great Life' who has inspired their life, and also an expert on the figure to have a free flowing discussion about the figure.
You've got intersting guests and great life combinations like; the late Christopher Hitchers and Leon Trotsky, Max Mosley and John Stuart Mill, Lord Kinnock and Nye Bevan. Most importantly; Mathew Parris has an incredibly soothing voice
>>968064
Maybe the first quarter of the history of Rome podcasts are pretty mediocre, but yes overall its fantastic. However sometimes he drones out about boring shit involving his wife and children which no one gives a a shit about. I mean thats cool you have a kid bro but that's why Im listening to your shit. He also refers to his wife as "Mrs. The History of Rome" which is pretty autistic. And his tours of Rome lmao. Despite that crap its still one of the best no doubt.
History of Byzantium is pretty based IMO, I think he meets or exceeds the depth of History of Rome on a number of occasions. Also less autism. Yeah 12 Byzantine rulers is lame but its influential in the history of history podcasts (lel). Yeah I'm not
gonna recommend that to anyone.
History of Crusades is based but has poor audio quality, someone get that woman a better mic.
Here's one you're missing- History of Japan podcast. Pretty fucking great. Definitely revolutions-tier.
>>968138
*but that's not why
>>968091
You also used "you're" incorrectly in your "That One You Like But Wasn't Listed" description.
>>968138
>Here's one you're missing- History of Japan podcast.
It's on there.
>>968138
>Here's one you're missing- History of Japan podcast. Pretty fucking great. Definitely revolutions-tier.
I think you need to reread the image m8
>>968145
Thanks corrected it. Hopes that's all the mistakes.
>>968138
>I mean thats cool you have a kid bro but that's why Im listening to your shit
He ended the History of Rome podcast before he had his kid. It was the reason it ended. You sure you're remembering it right?
>>968166
I don't remember the podcast for his life story..all im saying is that I could have done without the family anecdotes, it seemed pretentious.
Again, I mean it a small complaint about an otherwise great podcast. Additionally, the early episodes are not consistent in quality, but that seems to be a universal among podcast series.
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>>968152
>>968150
I actually like the history of Japan overview because that's what it is- a very brief overview. Yeah I would've liked a little bid more about the Sengoku era but he managed to some up the whole history in like 4 episodes. It is a very broad overview but it allows you to get a good overview of Japanese history in your head, then he later delves back into specific topics.
With some of the other podcasts, you just get one long continuous narrative, which is fine but it can make it harder to remember everything you learned.
The Japan podcast is a nice break from that usual model.
>>968198
*fuck I meant sum up the whole history
>>968064
>hardcore history
*vomits*
>>968064
Also in the "pretty decent tier" there are a bunch of these things in the same vein put out by the same people...
I would recommend the Military History Podcast...same format where they interview a bunch of different people about their shit.
However all of the ones in the series sometime have postmodern boring crap interviews in them...I remember listening to one in the China history podcast I thought it would be dope about the taiping rebellion and instead it was about gender roles and shit
> No Philosophy bites
It's Crash Course but for people genuine interested and isn't complete shit. The topics are fairly short, often not more than 2+ minutes, told in a clear enough manner that you probably don't need any previous philosophical education to appreciate them, and the people invited are everything from obscure specialists to more well-known people such as Keith Ward, Peter Singer and Daniel Dennett.
>>968222
Meant 20 minutes, obviously.
>>968126
You had me at Christopher Hitchens praising Trotsky on Radio
>>968197
yeah honestly history of Byzantium is basically the same quality as history of Rome's later episodes and probably even a little bit better
>>968197
They way I read it is that category is rockstars of podcasts not "Great Podcasts" the next category, in that they are the most famous and like Rock Stars like how History of Rome led to many others and started a format tons of other podcasts use and they are the two everyone always listens to first.
>>968222
Is it a podcast or video with infographs like Crash Course?
>>968091
>they're like books you read with your ears because you're an idiot
I like this list already.
>>968436
Podcast.
who /rexfactor/ here?
Partially examined life is a great humanities podcast
How is the history of Britain one? I listened to it for a while but got bored during the never ending roman invasions
>>968064
Put the free Yale lectures in Better Than Pocasts Tier.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yale+history+lecture
>>968724
This. David Blight's Civil War lectures are world-leading
>>968734
Blight, Merriman and Kagan are all incredible speakers and its incredible to listen to them talk about their subjects, The American Civil War, Modern France and Ancient Greece respectively.
>>968752
I love how Blight is just on the verge of sarcasm all the time. He has all these great one-liners.
>>968768
he's so deadpan that it makes listening and trying to identify when he's having a giggle so engaging.
>>968701
b a s e d
it's really funny as well
>>968774
Yeah I find myself chuckling along and then wondering why I can't hear laughter from the lecture hall
>>968064
A single one of the "Great Courses" can cost upwards of $100. Lol, thanks but no thanks.
>>969540
just type in the great courses on your chosen podcast player, there are tons for free, and one comes out a week (for free)
>>969540
get em for your $15 credit on audible...without a credit they rarely exceed $30 on audible anyways.
They truly are the best shit to learn history
>>969540
There are hundreds available via pirate.
Does anyone know about podcasts in Spanish?
Perhaps there are some good ones about topics not generally explored in the ones mentioned here.
>>969540
ya so expensivee and hard to come by! i had to spend a whole 2 hours downloading this!
History of Rome best podcast ever
>>971493
Wh-where did you find them? All I've found is a 110 GB download with 2 seeders on TPB.
>>971656
Not him but I've found over 100 on kickass just on history.
>>971708
Ah shit, just found a user on there who seems to have pretty much all of them uploaded. Good shit, thanks mate.
One thing I've been surprised about is that there doesn't seem to be any real American History podcast. Something narrative based while taking some depth into other stuff as well.
>>968138
>Also less autism.
I listened to the Mike Duncan interview and you couldn't be more wrong. Duncan came off as pretty normal and personable and he'd just respond with "Yeah... heheh..." and move on, not even attempting to engage in conversation. Also his constant reminder to basically give you a good narrative, then immediately go "but it's probably just exaggerated at best" more or less.
I mean I like the podcast a lot and he's really great at the narrative. It's just that yeah I skip the interviews. I'm also not a fan of hiding episodes behind paywalls. At the very least, after a certain amount of time make them free, put them in the regular feed and just get a Patreon like everyone else. I'd be far more willing to pay him a couple bucks a month to support him and keep the podcast free than have to shell out $5 for an episode every so often.
Also he only mentions his kids/wife basically at the beginning and/or end of episodes. If you think some small ad and then a one minute update before getting into things for the next half hour is bad you haven't heard a lot of podcasts. My absolute favorite podcast (A Mediocre Time) can go a good 5-7 minutes (that's not including the ad which can last like 2 or 3) plugging upcoming events they're doing and shit before it gets into the actual meat of it.
>>968723
I tried listening to History of Britain but I couldn't get past the guy's hammy nerd delivery, saw it was like 30 or 40 episodes before it's even out of Roman Britain, and the fact I'm guessing he's an American Britaboo and never bothered again.
I tried History of England instead but the guy's accent is thick as fuck to my superior American ears so half the time it sounds like he's mumbling.
>>971881
BackStory is, I've heard, a very good podcast on American history. I believe it's hosted by two professors. I haven't gotten around to it yet though, so I can't vouch for it personally.
>>971839
Searching "The Teaching Company" "TTC" "The Great Courses" and "TGC" all yield different results.
Carlin is normie tier, and history of Byzantium usually exceeds Rome in terms of quality.
History of the papacy is pretty based if your into that sort of thing.
>>972459
I tried listening to that but the guy's speaking style/voice is too big of a deterrant.
>>973290
I hate it when I find an interesting podcast but the voice sucks.
>>968064
Really the only negative about In Our Time is that it is rushed into an hour. I feel that in terms of the rotation of well educated people, the broad array of topics, that really puts it into a high tier. Having it sit below Carlin to me feels more of a personal preference towards the flashy narrative style rather than an any attempt at objectivity.
What's the argument called that says that if God doesn't exist we dont have free will because we would have started from the big bang and since matter stays constantly in motion we are just moving...as we always are and that the only way we could overcome an object in motion staying in motion is if their was a God and a soul to give us the will to counteract it?
Or something?
>>976880
woops. Meant to make this its own thread.
well. since its already here, anyone know?
>>976873
IOT is undoubtedly several leagues above Carlin. Like you said, the problem is that Melvyn has to runs things so quickly. But I think the point of that section in the chart anyways is super popular/influential podcasts, not necessarily the best ones.
>>969540
just wait for them to go on sale, they're like 30 dollars each when they do get marked down and that's fair for a ton of content. I don't mind spending the money either, they're well worth it
>>976955
I think Rockstar is an accurate name for Carlin.
you put in 12 byzantine rulers but where is norman centuries? it's a lot better than the former and it's produced by the same guy
history of byzantium is great imo, not mike duncan tier, but robin has developed his own style.. his interviews are great (especially the one with tom holland) also episode 89 the house of war is based, gives you a feel of what life is like as a byzantine soldier
i would also add to the list:
the memory palace - the later eps have a bit of an sjw bent but overall it's still the most atmospheric history podcast i've listened to
history of english - very detailed history of the english language from its proto indo european roots to the present day
futility closet - curiosities and oddities in history, plus lateral thinking puzzles at every end (excluding the earlier episodes where they had listener challenges instead)
>>968071
this one
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>>976845
His voice is goofy as fuck but the podcast covers a range of interesting and obscure stuff.
It's called History of the Papacy but really it touches on all ancient religions in the empire at the time, Gnosticism mystery cults, and every conceivable heresy.
Again though in the early episodes his voice makes him sound like a deranged 70yr old, but he's pretty down to earth.
>>972434
Beautiful. Can't wait to dig into this shit once I'm off university wifi.
>>977462
You can't download stuff on your uni wifi?
I'm pretty fond of https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar lads, would anyone say it's particularly good though?
>>977753
That's not podcast. It's videos.
>>978367
tangentially related
>>971881
Back Story is probably up your alley for an American History podcast - 3 professors, each with a speciality in a certain area of US history (pre 19th century, 19th century, 20th century, roughly) conduct interviews around a key theme for each episode (labour movement, populism, American cuisine, etc). They're fairly engaging and listener friendly and don't come across as droning autistic academics
Also, they have no time for people who start trading in bad pop or revisionist history - the 19th century one has, at times got really testy towards Lost Causers and Neo Confederates and shuts them down quick
>>977557
They cut off your wifi if they catch you pirating shit. I got fucked by it last year, don't really want to risk it again haha.
