The Crane Pool Forum

So, I was putting together my end of year book list and found that I finished fewer books this year than normal. I realized that I am spending more time with podcasts in 2023. I don't see that we have a podcast thread (but if I am mistaken, please feel free to merge).

Do you have podcasts that you listen to regularly?

Everyday I start any time in the car with NPR's Up First which is just a 15 minute rundown of the top three news stories of the morning. Also daily, I take in one of Scott Galloway's podcasts. He is an NYU Marketing professor and entrepreneur. He typically does four Prof G episodes a week, a market review on Mondays, office hours on Wednesdays where he takes submitted questions, a general show with an interview on Thursday and then a blog post read by George Hahn on Saturdays where the subjects vary from week to week. On Tuesdays and Fridays I will also listen to Pivot which is Galloway with co-host Kara Swisher, a tech journalist.

On a non-daily basis, I will check in on The Daily and The Run-Up from NYT, Ukraine: The Latest from The Telegraph, Talking Feds which is a legal roudtable from Harry Litman and As Goes Wisconsin which is a daily political show focused on the state.

I listen to The Daily most days , Talk of the Devil's on The Athletic, and I still after many years listen to This American Life

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/817/th ... not-coming

Someone talking on and on in my ear is literally the most annoying thing I could think of. Pass.

(I did enjoy the "Mets on Tap" podcast that I was making at one point with Ceetar, ABNS, and Seawolf, but that came apart because I made fun of Ceetar's terrible AI "art" posts on Twitter so much that he stopped talking to me)

Sounds like the making of a good podcast episode right there

I really only listen to two (spotify links but you can find them anywhere)

Bandsplain - Host Yasi Salek (and a special guest) do the most obnoxious, hilarious deep-dives on bands with huge cult followings. The shortest episodes are like 3 hours. Great for long drives/plane rides. It was absorbed by The Ringer network this year.

The Rewatchables - Speaking of the Ringer, this is the Simmons-hosted pod where they re-watch a popular movie. I enjoy the crap out of these eps, whether I've seen the movie or not.