Not sure where discussions on podcasts and radio programs should go.
Anyway, I love My Brother, My Brother, and Me and this week's episode had me laughing!
From the McElroys I also dig "The Adventure Zone", even if I don't love every arc.
Sawbones
And even Still Buffering
Anyone dig the McElroys?
Or other podcasts on Maximum Fun?
Wha'cha got? What should I be checking out?
Welcome to Night Vale is always classic, especially the early years. They also do one called Alice Isn't Dead that has made a comeback for a third season! Both are sort of in the "Unsettling pseudo horror" genres. Not scary, but very good.
The Penumbra Podcast's Juno Steel is one I relisten to often. It's a Space Noir on Mars with a full cast. They also did another one called Second Citadel which is a semi-medieval/high fantasy, very popular.
Lore by Aaron Manke is good, lots of creepy stories and solid research. He has a soothing voice.
The Witch Bitch Amateur Hour is one of my favorite non-fictions, and it follows two cousins from Texas on their beginning journey into witchcraft. They have very good chemistry and are rather funny, although they recently went through some changes and one of the cousins left the podcast. It's still going, and still highly received by the fanbase.
@Erah Mar I'd probably cringe too hard at the witchy one 😅
I think I'll look for the Alice one. That sounds neat 😊
@Erah Mar I loved the early seasons of Welcome to Night Vale. I don't love live episodes of podcasts though, so I eventually fell off in part due to those. Still, the opening dog park bit was so effective at hooking me early on.
@DeryckEleven the first five years or so were honestly just top tier. I love the Dog Park bit --genuinely off-putting-- and the episode with young Cecil and the cassettes? Wow, great stuff! And KEVIN.
My favorite episode, however, has got to be A Story About You.
If you like horror (and very badly written horror), I highly suggest checking out CreepCast! The hosts are both youtubers, Wendigoon and MeatCanyon. They read mostly creepypastas and internet horror stories and commentate on the quality of said stories. Some of my favorites of theirs are Left Right Game, Dionaea House, and I Work At A Half-Priced Voodoo Shop. I prefer watching them on youtube over listening on spotify because they have some amazing visual bits that you just don't get when only listening lol.
I haven't watched much of their content but the McElroy brothers crack me up. I LOVE their Fallout 4 Monster Factory series with the Final Pam. If you haven't watched that, PLEASE do. I know nothing about the Fallout games and I still thoroughly enjoyed it
@indighost well I HIGHLY recommend their The Adventure Zone podcast - first 70 episodes or so. Starts off with them and their father starting a game of D&D, but as it goes, the story just gets better and better!
@Cranky Old Witch I'll have to give it a listen!
@indighost give it a few episodes to see if you like it. The first half a dozen episode, they really are idiots, but it gets better with each episode
@Cranky Old Witch the Balance arc is so good. I enjoyed a couple of other arcs to lesser degrees, but that first one is just so good.
@DeryckEleven this week's MBMBaM is excellent. Had me laughing 😄
No other arc was as good as balance, but I liked ethersea and they've been threatening a season two of it! The current one, royale, is okay. Strong characters.
"the magnus archives" is my favourite horror podcast. it's got a lot of episodes but it really ramps up and the overarching plot is unforgettable. i can't watch anything without trying to relate it to "the magnus archives" somehow
I've enjoyed some various McElroy and McEljacent podcasts, but I haven't listened to any of them in a while. I still listed to 'Til Death Do Us Blart every year though.
My only weekly podcast these days are Get Played (originally How Did This Get Played? where they played the worst and weirdest video games, but eventually changed the format to just playing and talking about games they want to so they didn't hate work anymore), but I'm still catching up on the archives of Hey Riddle Riddle (an ostensibly riddle-based but mostly improv-based podcast where they do audio scenes based on the riddles), Square Roots - THE Classic RPG Podcast (they play old RPGs over the course of several episodes), Taskmaster The Podcast (they talk about the show, mostly with contestants and other show-related people), as well as like 20 others.
I listen to a lot of podcasts.
I've been very fond of If Books Could Kill- it's funny and the hosts do debunking-style commentary about popular non-fiction books. This one is a good laugh, plus you learn a ton.
I also like You Are Not So Smart it's about cognitive bias, psychology, and culture. I appreciate how well researched it is and the host does a great job with narration and interviews.
@tellmesecrets oh, they sound up my alley! Thanks! You might like Sawbones - debunks medical myths and quackery
@Cranky Old Witch I used to be a big fan of Oh No Ross and Carrie, another stellar podcast from Maximum Fun. Unfortunately, they are on a hiatus that's unlikely to break.
Not sure if I'll be picking up any new podcasts in the near future. That likely hinges on me finishing grad school. It's possible I'll be talked out when I start doing therapy. 😅
Vampire rules?
On Monday's MBMBaM there's a brief mention by Justin that vampire rules don't apply to screen doors. Travis and Griffin quickly agree.
Hold up!
I 'get it'. You can shout through a screen door. Also, from motivated axe murderers, it's practically no barrier at all. But I put it to you that it's the threshold and not the barrier that stops uninvited vampires!
Any and all vampire films Ive seen that apply the 'invite' rule have the vampire stopped cold at the threshold even as the unaware person inside is holding the door OPEN (no door, no screen, just open doorway and their exposed jugular right there for the taking - if only -
Screen door.
Vampire rules.
Where are YOU on it?
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