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

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PRC

#45
December 23, 2014, 12:00:28 AM
Just started listening to Revolutions but I loved Mike Duncan's History of Rome. 

Listen to Dan Carlin regularly, love when a new Hardcore History comes out because it usually means I will have several productive hours of cleaning the house.

CBC's Quirks & Quarks.

Will have to check out some of the others referred to here.

PRC

#46
December 23, 2014, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: Berkut on 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...."

Like I said above, i've only listened to the first couple of episodes starting at 0.0 so I haven't gotten very far into it but he did bring up an interesting point of "what is a revolution" in that very first episode.  What is the definition of a "revolution", did the people at the time think it was a revolution, etc.  Without listening to those episodes yet, I could see the American War of Independence being considered so.

Berkut

#47
December 23, 2014, 12:11:50 AM
Quote from: PRC on December 23, 2014, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: Berkut on 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...."

Like I said above, i've only listened to the first couple of episodes starting at 0.0 so I haven't gotten very far into it but he did bring up an interesting point of "what is a revolution" in that very first episode.  What is the definition of a "revolution", did the people at the time think it was a revolution, etc.  Without listening to those episodes yet, I could see the American War of Independence being considered so.

Yeah, I listened to all of that...and concluded that he decided to include it because it made a nice transition from the English Civil War to the French Revolution.

The justification was pretty transparently bogus, IMO.
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Berkut

#48
December 23, 2014, 12:12:29 AM
But I don't want anyone to think I am warning them off by any means - I love the Revolutions podcast, and think they are all very well done.
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mongers

#49
January 02, 2015, 10:49:13 AM
Just came across the bbc podcast for the history of the Royal Navy over the last 120 years:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/britainsea/all
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mongers

#50
January 02, 2015, 10:55:45 AM
Oh, this might also be interesting to some, it's yesterdays BBC Radio 4 10+ hour adaptation of 'War and Peace' staring John Hurt:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/warpeace

NB only available for download for 14 days.
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#51
January 02, 2015, 04:48:39 PM
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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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Just saw this, geeking out.
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#52
January 02, 2015, 04:57:18 PM
Podcasts are for hipsters, so none.

Princesca listens to a few.  One is some thing that's supposed to be NPR set in a Silent Hill-type town.  I listened to it with her in the car once and thought it was stupid, but she loves it.  She also listens to some astronomy podcasts.
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#53
January 02, 2015, 05:06:11 PM
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Habbaku

#55
January 02, 2015, 06:03:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 02, 2015, 04:57:18 PM
Princesca listens to a few.  One is some thing that's supposed to be NPR set in a Silent Hill-type town.  I listened to it with her in the car once and thought it was stupid, but she loves it.  She also listens to some astronomy podcasts.

Sounds like Nightvale to me.  Haven't listened to any, myself, but friends rave about it.
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PRC

#56
January 08, 2015, 01:47:28 AM
Dan Carlin's Blueprint for Armageddon V is out now.

PRC

#57
January 08, 2015, 01:48:48 AM
Quote from: Neil on August 13, 2009, 10:24:14 AM
I hold the podcast idea in contempt.

Two questions...

What is the podcast idea? 
Do you hold radio in contempt?

Martinus

#58
January 08, 2015, 02:08:01 AM
This podcast hatred is bizarre. Podcast is just a medium of delivery. Hating podcasts is like hating, say, VoD.

Razgovory

#59
January 08, 2015, 02:23:08 AM
Quote from: Martinus on January 08, 2015, 02:08:01 AM
This podcast hatred is bizarre. Podcast is just a medium of delivery. Hating podcasts is like hating, say, VoD.

What, you never saw the 'The invasion of the Body Snatchers'?  That's how it starts man.
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