Backlisted podcast is a fave - A bunch of folks sit around and talk about books. The Octavia Butler Episode got me into it.
The Jazz Real Book Dude goes through the Real Book song by song and profiles an artist known for playing that song, breaks down the song's arrangement, and then plays that artist and an alt version of the song. I have learned some interesting things. We tend to skip the interviews.
Allez Al there are 7 interviews in the mjoaxk sunstaxk too. that will be next week's listening.
The Discord one isn't as good for me. I have listened to 2 episodes and the hosts sound like they are announcing a live surgery. kind of dry and boring.
the Pleasent Gehman podcast Devil's Music is really good too. I have only listened to the Falling James episode, but plan on checking out more
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs: I can't recommend this podcast series highly enough. The guy's voice takes a bit of getting used to but the breadth and depth of information shared is enormous. I started by dipping in and listening to the episodes on particular favourite songs, but then went back to the start and began listening chronologically, which I wish I'd done from the start:
https://500songs.com/
I have enjoyed me some Dollops over the years. Two comedians talking through historical nuggets and infamous figures. A leftist bent.
Like a lot of “comedy,” it’s not for everyone, but it’s approximately 75% less annoying than Last Podcast on the Left.
https://omny.fm/shows/the-dollop-with-dave-anthony-and-gareth-reynolds/42-lapd-3-creation-of-swat
I'm a fan of How The West Was Fucked. It's 3 guys that used to work at The Funhouse and Victory Lounge in Seattle, drunkenly telling stories from the wild west. They often go off topic and it's kind of a mess, but I like it. It's what I listen to when I go to bed. Probably the only history podcast to ever reference Anal Cunt, the Spits and Andre Williams.
The Vinyl Guide podcast can be interesting depending on the guest. If you've been around for a long time then you might know more than the host (see the Albini episode). However, a couple that I enjoyed and learned new stuff from were the episodes with Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) and Willie D (Geto Boys).
Pretty sure there was a 3-hour Hardcore History episode on Anal Cunt.
Nathan Loud I’m glad Anal Cunt is finally getting the recognition they deserve
Breakfast Dan You Must Remember This is great Hollywood history.
I came here to recommend You Must Remember This' Charles Manson's Hollywood episodes from like 10 years ago. I've listened to them about a dozen times at this point.
Mor this show is the best rec I got from this thread and have been obsessed with it. The only downside of listening at work is I’m blasting through 3-4 episodes a day and the log of movies I want to watch is getting mighty long. Haven’t reached the Manson episodes yet but really loved the Howard Hughes episodes, Carol Lombard and Clark Gable episode, and the one on Hedy Lammar
Kinda guilty pleasure in DOPEY podcast, bunch of drug addicts telling their worst addiction stories. Totally hit and miss but the urge to "tell us your craziest story about being a white Crips member working as a male hooker addicted to kratom in Las Vegas" is kinda admirable and gets to some good places. Brace Beldon shows up every once in a while to spiel. Music Book Podcast covers some good writers talking about how they wrote their books. Dogpatch is a couple of too-clever-for-anyone's-good soul/hip hop guys (Dante Carfagna and Jon Kirby) discussing micro-genres that basically only exist in their own record collecting minds. Pretty funny and consistently listenable. Timbaland and Memphis Rap episodes stand out in my mind. And story of going to raid a historic collector's collection.
I enjoy Justin Pearson's APOLOGY podcast. I don't think he does it in anymore but he basically sits down and starts the conversation about literature and it usually goes to some super interesting places. Guests have included Sam McPheeters, Bonnie Prince Billy, Ian Svenonius Johnny Ryan, Bill Callahan, Lucy Sante, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Tom Scharpling, Jarvis Cocket, etc.
I got some earbuds last year for work and started listening to Sports Bizarre [https://sportsbizarre.com/].
An interesting and sometimes laugh out loud look at the weird side of sports, covers everything from obscure 18th Century English village games to wife swapping baseball players. Keeps me well entertained.
Jonny YenAgain put this on the list when I get back from Mexico City and back on the chopsaw trying to stay entertained while also attempting to keep all my digits
