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New study finds that not everything needs a f**king podcast (newsthump.com)
submitted 5 months ago by DxK@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social
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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I used to be annoyed by them, but I get it now. I started listening to them at work, it's pretty nice to find a highly researched audio only format so I can focus on my work and learn something I care about

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like good podcasts

99% of them are just people taking out of their ass though

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

oh yea, I've highly curated my podcasts at work. At least 80% scripted, roughly 20-80 minutes long, no, few, or unimportant visuals, detailed analysis of the topic, and maintains a sense of humor. I very rarely add a new one to the rotation

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Care to share some recommendations? That sounds nice. I also struggle to get into podcasts cause its like wadding through a sea of garbage to find a lost ring.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I made another comment but

Darknet diaries

Search engine

Behind the bastards

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History

Cumtown (The Adam Friedland Show now but the super old episodes are hilarious if you’re a dumbass like me)

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I use the term podcast loosely, the only thing available to me at work is youtube so I also tend to include video essays and other things not considered podcasts. This is a list of some of my favorites.

  • Some More News
  • Unfuck the Republic (unftr)
  • Behind the Bastards
  • Democracy at Work
  • the Deprogram
  • Philosophy Tube
  • Climate Town
  • the Michael Parenti Library (speech archive channel)
  • the Afromarxist (black radical archive channel)
  • Alexander Avila
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

How dare you call out cumtown like that

Also everyone please check out Search Engine, Behind the Bastards, Darknet Diaries, and Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.

Quick edit; I’ll always love cumtown also

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Those already existed. They're audiobooks.

And audiobooks don't stop for ad breaks twice an hour and load up constant teases and recaps to bridge ad breaks and episodes.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

audiobooks don’t stop for ad breaks twice an hour

Yet.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

unfortunately I can't listen to audiobooks at work. I also prefer the length of podcasts for variety's sake while working. I listen to audiobooks regularly as well, and know that listening to the same speaker for several hours causes me to tune it out rather than absorb it.

[–] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You seem to only have listened to a certain kind of pkdcast. All podcasts I listen to are ad free but still have a high production value.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I've tried my share, including by people who have written actual books.

It's a bad format.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Psst, sponsorblock

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

It's not just the ads. The structure is built around the ads and they're worse for it.