Podcasts and things to listen to
12-30-2015, 02:56 AM
I have real trouble focusing on one task at a time (which i suspect is an undiagnosed attention disorder) but anyway: when i work on things i like to have something playing in the background. Usually either a documentary or a podcast, and i was wondering if you guys have any recs?
What i listen to: Mystery podcasts + ones about art and/or comics, largely. Faves:
Inkstuds (interviews with comics folks. Each ep is a new interview so you can pick it up anywhere).
Dirty Old Ladies (I listened to one ep so far and i love Spike so i'm v on board for this. 3 comics women talking about comics stuff, basically)
Limetown (kind of like serial but fictional? An entire town disappeared and a radio person is trying to figure out what happened. It gets really creepy really fast and i ended up accidentally marathonning it while sitting in bed b/c i couldn;t handle being alone during)
Serial (no doubt you know what serial is :v I'm very undecided about season 2. Enjoyed season 1).
Thinking Sideways (listened to a couple eps and they seem p interesting too? Another weird mysteries podcast)
What i watch: A lot of true crime documentaries or ones about social issues. Also reality shows b/c i'm trash :B I enjoyed:
Making a Murderer (this one is very recent; only a few weeks old now. A guy gets wrongly accused of a violent rape and goes to prison, despite strong evidence the police know who actually did it. 18 years later he is proven innocent, then soon afterwards put back in for a violent murder in again, fishy circumstances. This follows the latter case in court + the sentencing of his 16 year old at the time nephew who has a v low iq and was def coerced into a confession for the same crime. Fascinating and awful).
Dear Zachary: (a woman murders her ex, then announces she is pregnant with his child. A friend of the man goes around interviewing the man's friends and family so that the child (Zachary) will have an idea of what his dad is like. During this, the woman escapes to canada so as not to be charged due to the court system moving at a glacial pace. Turns into a true crime documentary, more or less, and is heartbreaking.)
The Jinx: (this one is p well know- rich guy probably kills his wife and somehow gets away with it. This follows his life and who he is and also manages to catch him letting slip on tape that he murdered her. Whoops!)
Do i sound gay? (a gay man who doesn't like his campy 'gay' voice makes a documentary about getting voice training and also addresses the cultural issues/background around the voice and culture. Suuuuper interesting and doesn't end up as problematic as it first sounds lmao)
Little White Lie (a black woman raised by white jewish parents who was told she was white her entire life goes looking for what actually happened re: her parentage and why everyone in her life just ignored it. My fave quote from it is "white people will believe anything")
Hot coffee (about that one story of the woman who sued mcdonalds for their coffee burning her when she spilled it, and other 'frivolous' lawsuits. Its really horrifying and *shocker* is largely about corporations screwing people over and reforming the law to benefit themselves)
The Price of gold (a figure skater from the wrong side of the tracks is implicated when her husband takes a baseball bat to the knee of her biggest competitor. Really interesting look into her life and how classism affected her performance in the sport, and also led to her ending up with said shitty husband)
Uhhh shit arty reality shows
Stuff like Face off, Project Runway and Work of Art are my jam
Feel free to recc anything, not just similar stuff.
What i listen to: Mystery podcasts + ones about art and/or comics, largely. Faves:
Inkstuds (interviews with comics folks. Each ep is a new interview so you can pick it up anywhere).
Dirty Old Ladies (I listened to one ep so far and i love Spike so i'm v on board for this. 3 comics women talking about comics stuff, basically)
Limetown (kind of like serial but fictional? An entire town disappeared and a radio person is trying to figure out what happened. It gets really creepy really fast and i ended up accidentally marathonning it while sitting in bed b/c i couldn;t handle being alone during)
Serial (no doubt you know what serial is :v I'm very undecided about season 2. Enjoyed season 1).
Thinking Sideways (listened to a couple eps and they seem p interesting too? Another weird mysteries podcast)
What i watch: A lot of true crime documentaries or ones about social issues. Also reality shows b/c i'm trash :B I enjoyed:
Making a Murderer (this one is very recent; only a few weeks old now. A guy gets wrongly accused of a violent rape and goes to prison, despite strong evidence the police know who actually did it. 18 years later he is proven innocent, then soon afterwards put back in for a violent murder in again, fishy circumstances. This follows the latter case in court + the sentencing of his 16 year old at the time nephew who has a v low iq and was def coerced into a confession for the same crime. Fascinating and awful).
Dear Zachary: (a woman murders her ex, then announces she is pregnant with his child. A friend of the man goes around interviewing the man's friends and family so that the child (Zachary) will have an idea of what his dad is like. During this, the woman escapes to canada so as not to be charged due to the court system moving at a glacial pace. Turns into a true crime documentary, more or less, and is heartbreaking.)
The Jinx: (this one is p well know- rich guy probably kills his wife and somehow gets away with it. This follows his life and who he is and also manages to catch him letting slip on tape that he murdered her. Whoops!)
Do i sound gay? (a gay man who doesn't like his campy 'gay' voice makes a documentary about getting voice training and also addresses the cultural issues/background around the voice and culture. Suuuuper interesting and doesn't end up as problematic as it first sounds lmao)
Little White Lie (a black woman raised by white jewish parents who was told she was white her entire life goes looking for what actually happened re: her parentage and why everyone in her life just ignored it. My fave quote from it is "white people will believe anything")
Hot coffee (about that one story of the woman who sued mcdonalds for their coffee burning her when she spilled it, and other 'frivolous' lawsuits. Its really horrifying and *shocker* is largely about corporations screwing people over and reforming the law to benefit themselves)
The Price of gold (a figure skater from the wrong side of the tracks is implicated when her husband takes a baseball bat to the knee of her biggest competitor. Really interesting look into her life and how classism affected her performance in the sport, and also led to her ending up with said shitty husband)
Uhhh shit arty reality shows
Stuff like Face off, Project Runway and Work of Art are my jam
Feel free to recc anything, not just similar stuff.