Paid Members waters44 Posted June 10, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 10, 2020 There’s a few film podcasts out there that review a film, whether that be old or new, every week in detail. I make sure I watch the film before listening and get a lot of enjoyment listening along to the podcast after it. My question is are there any podcasts that do this but for books? Almost like a book club I guess? I want to start reading more and this kind of thing would really help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted June 10, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, waters44 said: There’s a few film podcasts out there that review a film, whether that be old or new, every week in detail. I make sure I watch the film before listening and get a lot of enjoyment listening along to the podcast after it. My question is are there any podcasts that do this but for books? Almost like a book club I guess? I want to start reading more and this kind of thing would really help. This isn’t quite that, but it is one I’ve heard of because it’s a spin-off of something I listen to. Book Cheat podcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members waters44 Posted June 10, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 10, 2020 55 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said: This isn’t quite that, but it is one I’ve heard of because it’s a spin-off of something I listen to. Book Cheat podcast That looks great, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted June 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2020 Anybody got recommendations for decent movie podcasts that focus on the weeks news, new releases, interviews etc? Basically I'm looking for something to replace the Empire podcast as Chris Hewitt is just fucking unbearable to listen to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Quite like him as a writer, but yeah he's not great on there. Truth & Movies from the Little White Lies is great as is The Film Programme on Radio 4. A mix of new reviews, mini Doc's etc. And obviously the GOATs, Kermode and Mayo. If you find any other decent ones, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted June 21, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 21, 2020 Cheers @SuperBacon. I'll check out The Film Programme. Total Film have a podcast out now which I'll give a listen to too. I loved Truth and Movies at first when James Richardson hosted it but found it got increasingly pretentious over time. Good film club, mind. Kermode and Mayo are always part of my weekly listening but that's out of habit more than anything. Regarding Chris Hewitt, I thought he was fine a few years back but he seems to have decided upon a man-child gimmick which is painfully unfunny. He's also one of the least funny guys on Twitter too which is quite the accomplishment. They also decided to put their spoiler specials beyond a paywall too, which was fine (I paid as I think they're a great listen for the most part), but this also coincided with Hewitt continously whinging about how much hard work they are to put together plus promising podcasts 'next week' and not delivering them for another two months. Fine when its free but rubbish when you're paying for the service. It's a shame really as I love listening to bellend James Dyer, Helen O'Hara, Ben Travis, Amon Warmann etc but Hewitt drags the whole lot down. It's no coincidence the Pilot TV podcast from the same guys is a ton better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) I prefer deep dive/long form film pods to be honest. I'll get reviews from Kermode and the Guardian/Observer/Sight & Sound if I want to see one, so I don't listen to a lot of "news" podcasts if that makes sense. Despite Kefin being a bit annoying (I still like him though), Cinema Swirl is still my favourite film podcast. Just a simple idea executed really well. I love the 3/4 hour director ones on...the name escapes me now and the cat is on me with my phone out of reach. I'll pop it in later. It's bloody great. @Lorne MalvoEdit: She ran off. Pure Cinema Podcast. Their 3 part series on Scorsese is around 12 hours long, but well worth the investment. Directors Club is another one that's worth checking out. Edited June 21, 2020 by SuperBacon The cat ran away to go and annoy the rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) For anyone interested or that cares, which I appriciate probably isn’t many, I’ve launched the third series of Inside Oz today in all the usual places. Been a long time coming due to everything going to shit this year, but I’m pleased with the outcome. http://insideozpodcast.podbean.com  Edited July 31, 2020 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted August 3, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted August 3, 2020 On 7/31/2020 at 10:37 AM, WyattSheepMask said: For anyone interested or that cares, which I appriciate probably isn’t many, I’ve launched the third series of Inside Oz today in all the usual places. Been a long time coming due to everything going to shit this year, but I’m pleased with the outcome. http://insideozpodcast.podbean.com  Very much enjoyed the little section on brass knuckles in the latest episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_3165 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I tend to like Sam Harris' work though I can only take some of his points at face value. On the opposite end of the spectrum I find HBomberGuy's YouTube channel to be interesting as is Contrapoints for trans issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted August 3, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 3, 2020 I've only heard one podcast with Sam Harris, where he debated with and lost handily to Dan Carlin in a discussion about American interventionalism. He came across as a bit of dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 16 hours ago, gmoney said: I've only heard one podcast with Sam Harris, where he debated with and lost handily to Dan Carlin in a discussion about American interventionalism. He came across as a bit of dick. What was that? Listened to Carlin’s Hardcore History pods and that sounds like a good listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted August 4, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: What was that? Listened to Carlin’s Hardcore History pods and that sounds like a good listen. https://samharris.org/podcasts/shouldering-the-burden-of-history/   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted August 8, 2020 Moderators Share Posted August 8, 2020 Episode four of my show, You Are Haunted, is now up for the smelly general public like yourselves. It's also on YouTube, if you're the kind of wrong'un that listens to podcasts there. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 8:15 PM, wordsfromlee said: I'm not sure if anyone here listens to Reply All but it's well worth a listen. It's basically about tech and the internet and quite often they'll do investigations into tech/internet-based mysteries and things like that. The most recent episode is a brilliant example. A ridiculously interesting episode that's also a hell of a story! Listened to that lost song one, loved it. Thanks for the recco! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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