Podcasts: Hard History & Criminal
Jan. 31st, 2022 02:09 pmI am not a huge podcast enthusiast, but I have started listening to podcasts because I haven't been able to find audiobooks I like. So two I am enjoying [culled from the top ranking ones on this list which I got from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
garonne of the top 100 podcasts according to someone one reddit who listens to a lot of them].
1. Hardcore History with Dan Carlin. I listened to King of Kings parts I, II, III while I was doing my miniature coffee shop. This is what sounds like an older white American man with a beard talking about the rise and fall of the Persian Empire. Like the history channel but radio. I am not very interested in modern history and the other free ones are more modern. If you subscribe, you get more. He's a battle and army campaigns kind of guy. But his voice is nice and I enjoyed it. He has an audiobook version of a book at my library called The End is Always Nigh talking about fatalistic trends in history, and I will probably check it out at some point. The episodes are very long: 3-5 hours each.
2. Criminal is a true crime podcast based in the US. Episodes are about 20 minutes. Some are poignant, some are mysterious, some are weird, most of them have been super-interesting, thoughtful and thought-provoking. Phoebe Judge has an interesting, clipped, and slightly nasally but not annoying American female voice. The black market in venus fly catcher plants, a family of pathologists/coroners in Wyoming, a modern counterfeiter, etc. I listen more attentively than with the history one, but it's kind of nice to have on while I'm making myself lunch or something like that. I can only listen to about 1-3 at a time.
I will continue down the 100-best list.
garonne of the top 100 podcasts according to someone one reddit who listens to a lot of them].1. Hardcore History with Dan Carlin. I listened to King of Kings parts I, II, III while I was doing my miniature coffee shop. This is what sounds like an older white American man with a beard talking about the rise and fall of the Persian Empire. Like the history channel but radio. I am not very interested in modern history and the other free ones are more modern. If you subscribe, you get more. He's a battle and army campaigns kind of guy. But his voice is nice and I enjoyed it. He has an audiobook version of a book at my library called The End is Always Nigh talking about fatalistic trends in history, and I will probably check it out at some point. The episodes are very long: 3-5 hours each.
2. Criminal is a true crime podcast based in the US. Episodes are about 20 minutes. Some are poignant, some are mysterious, some are weird, most of them have been super-interesting, thoughtful and thought-provoking. Phoebe Judge has an interesting, clipped, and slightly nasally but not annoying American female voice. The black market in venus fly catcher plants, a family of pathologists/coroners in Wyoming, a modern counterfeiter, etc. I listen more attentively than with the history one, but it's kind of nice to have on while I'm making myself lunch or something like that. I can only listen to about 1-3 at a time.
I will continue down the 100-best list.
