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Started by Martinus, August 13, 2009, 10:21:33 AM

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Ed Anger

#30
December 18, 2014, 03:42:13 PM
Still despise podcasts.
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alfred russel

#31
December 18, 2014, 03:51:18 PM
Fuck, I thought DisturbedPervert was back.  :(

I've been worried he succumbed to the effects of dozens of STD infections.
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Habbaku

#32
December 18, 2014, 03:54:49 PM
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

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Habbaku

#33
December 18, 2014, 03:56:33 PM
I'm listening to Mike Duncan's stuff (am completely caught up on the French Revolution, which is his 2nd best thus far after the English Civil Wars).  Dan Carlin is always at the top of the list, though I like his WW I segments less than I did his Roman and Mongol shows.

I am probably going to get into Serial some time soon and maybe leap back over to The History of China podcast when I find the time.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
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Valmy

#35
December 18, 2014, 04:05:30 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on December 18, 2014, 03:56:33 PM
I'm listening to Mike Duncan's stuff (am completely caught up on the French Revolution, which is his 2nd best thus far after the English Civil Wars).  Dan Carlin is always at the top of the list, though I like his WW I segments less than I did his Roman and Mongol shows.

I am probably going to get into Serial some time soon and maybe leap back over to The History of China podcast when I find the time.

He goes too fast during the English Civil War stuff I think.  Still great though.  His American Revolution one was puzzlingly subpar.  I mean it was good and all (and even had a few tidbits I didn't know before) but compared to what I expected from him it was a disappointment.

He is taking his time with the French Revolution one.  This is going to be an epic suited to the subject.
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Habbaku

#36
December 18, 2014, 04:11:15 PM
I think you are right regarding the speed, which is why I suspect the French Rev. might eclipse his coverage of England when it is completed and I have time for a complete re-listen.  The American one was amusing and comedic, at times, but, agreed, didn't seem quite up to snuff.  I did enjoy all the cracks at Rhode Island's expense, though.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

The Minsky Moment

#37
December 18, 2014, 04:11:25 PM
I've gotten into listening to lectures on iTunesU, on my way back and forth to transit.
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The Brain

#38
December 18, 2014, 04:20:05 PM
Great, now I've got Cameo stuck in my head.
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Viking

#39
December 18, 2014, 06:19:09 PM
Revolutions
Real Time with Bill Maher
History of Philosophy without any Gaps
History of England
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
The Economist Podcast
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#40
December 18, 2014, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on December 18, 2014, 04:11:25 PM
I've gotten into listening to lectures on iTunesU, on my way back and forth to transit.
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The Minsky Moment

#41
December 18, 2014, 07:00:51 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on December 18, 2014, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on December 18, 2014, 04:11:25 PM
I've gotten into listening to lectures on iTunesU, on my way back and forth to transit.
I liked Sapolsky's Human Behavior Biology a lot.  Thank God for Stanford.

I'll check that out
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Berkut

#42
December 22, 2014, 11:05:27 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on December 18, 2014, 04:11:15 PM
I think you are right regarding the speed, which is why I suspect the French Rev. might eclipse his coverage of England when it is completed and I have time for a complete re-listen.  The American one was amusing and comedic, at times, but, agreed, didn't seem quite up to snuff.  I did enjoy all the cracks at Rhode Island's expense, though.

There was definitely some stuff there that I thought was interesting, but overall, I could not get past thinking "Yeah, but the American War of Independence wasn't even a revolution...."
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Berkut

#43
December 22, 2014, 11:06:09 PM
Freakonomics is pretty interesting.
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Eddie Teach

#44
December 22, 2014, 11:12:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 18, 2014, 10:39:22 AM
So yes, I'm reviving an old thread, sue me.

An old, lame thread.  :P
Quote from: garbonI also frown on podcasting. I remember hearing so much about it and then when I actually found out what it was...LAME!
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