Behind the Bastards

fun + informative history podcast on awful people and events with a comedic bent

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  • The Amber & Lacey, Lacey & Amber Show gets me into a positive mood.
  • Countdown with Keith Olbermann is still good when he isn’t bringing up exes.
  • Worlds Beyond Number is a neat TTRPG live play from last year.
  • Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
  • Bonanas for Bonanza because Maria Bamford is an unsung comedy legend
  • The Doug Stanhope Podcast
  • How Did This Get Made? making fun of bad movies is fun.
  • Lovett or Leave It politics with a spoonful of snark
  • LeVar Burton Reads reading rainbow will never die!
  • SmartLess easy listening
  • Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me the sign of a true celebrity is appearing on this show.
  • Strike Force Five was kinda neat as an insight into unscripted dialogue with competing professionals, but they seemed to gang up on Jimmy Fallon, who, arguably, has the most prestigious late night show.
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Sean Carroll - mindscape

Fraser Cain - universe today

David Eagleman - inner cosmos

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In a similar vein, I’d like to recommend Skeptics Guide To The Universe. Mostly focused on science news and critical thinking. I believed they’ve interviewed Sean Carroll several times in the past as well.

It’s been around for 18 years, and they have a very rigid format that may not be for everyone, but I personally really like the organization of it

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Yes, fully agree, that’s my Saturday morning special. Also talk nerdy by Cara Santa Maria can be quite nice.

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Strict Scrutiny

A breakdown of the inside politics of the Supreme Court and the cases before them.

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What do you think of Legal AF with Popok?

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I’m not familiar but I will have to check it out.

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Dead Rabbit Radio, been shamelessly shilling it (not my podcast and I’m not affiliated with it any any way) for the better part of five years. Daily paranormal and weird news episodes and Jason Carpenter doesn’t have all the cringey seriousness that most high strangeness podcasts have.

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You’re wrong about (until Michael Hobbes left at least)

If books could kill

Maintenance phase

Maybe I just really like Michael Hobbes…

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I actually really like the woman from you’re wrong about. Her laid back speech pattern is really appealing to me

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To me it just seems like the episodes go on for too long without much actual information? I haven’t listened to many old episodes yet, though, so I don’t know if that’s how it’s always been

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I still enjoy some of the new episodes, though agree it was more entertaining before. This is super nitpicky and probably more to do with my misophonia but the way he inhales while reading really made me angry though.

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