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[–] [email protected] 91 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I despise this type of podcasts... just idiots (generally) rambling about themselves or shit they know nothing about.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 84 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So, I was 5 minutes in ... 2 minutes ad. Knowadamsayin?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit bro. I know what you're saying.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

maybe... but back when I had time to actually listen to a few podcasts, I had no trouble finding better ones that did not devolve into this shitty format

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

it helped that the number of people who have a podcast wasn't quite as close to the number of people who have access to the internet as it is today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How do you find one without spending weeks searching?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm an old fart... Back in my day I had less garbage to sift through

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ah that makes sense. I remember not getting the concept when they came out and then finding too many options when I looked later.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Through recommendations of other users. A list of things I used to listen to at some point:

  • My Favorite Murder

  • The NoSleep Podcast

  • Welcome to Night Vale

  • Limetown

  • EOS 10

  • A Problem Squared

They're all close to 100% scripted and all but the first and the last one are fictional stories. So they're more like an audiobook than anything, except they're created with this form factor in mind, rather than just being a book read out loud.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Specifically why I’ve never successfully listened to a podcast.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Plenty of good podcasts, but they are either 100% scripted to stay on topic, or they have the good sense to edit down the improv tangential rambles so that the podcast stays on topic.

Unsurprisingly it tends to be older (35+) people with some kind of professional experience putting out the better stuff. The 20-something dudebro postcasts where they just wing it the whole time are awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

40 minute podcast about [subjext] is 10 minutes of actual content, 30 minutes of riffing, going off on tangents, taking about their other podcasts, sponsors, talking about their next podcasts, talking about each other, their day, etc…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You have not heard Dan Carling's hardcore history podcast

I see what you are saying and agree it's often the case, but there are gems out there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I know his podcasts well, I’ve listened to a lot of them. I’ve listened to far more podcasts that are more interested in hearing themselves talk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Cracks open a can of beer right into the mic