Podcasts to listen to instead of O&J?
1 2014-08-20 by [deleted]
After 4 years of listening to O&A near daily, today was the last time I attempted to listen to O&J and tried to enjoy it. It's not working. I can't make it through more than 30 minutes anymore.
I listen to it at work with headphones on and I can get about 2-3hrs in a day. I'm looking for some new podcasts to fill the void. So far I've got:
- Anthony Cumia show (the 1-2 good ones a week)
- Bill Burrs podcast
- the occasional Rich & Bonnie show
I listen to a few other non-comedy shows to get smarter such as:
- EconTalk
- This American Life
Any other good shows I should checkout? Even non-comedy related.
39 comments
6 [deleted] 2014-08-20
Dan Carlins hardcore history, joe Rogan experience, sift through all the other podcasts on riotcast
2 [deleted] 2014-08-20
I listened to the entire episode of Hardcore History today as I single handedly checked in a giant, filthy camera package. By the end, I'd felt like I was in fucking World War 1. (The letter he reads that the soldier sent to his wife and kid actually made me tear up; fag. Spoiler alert: the guy died two days later. Making it sadder.)
2 muyoso 2014-08-20
Yea, hardcore history is great, but don't go into it thinking its just going to be a neat discussion on historical events. Its ridiculously involved and you kind of have to just be listening to it and not doing anything else or it just turns to blather you won't remember the next day. I binge listened to almost all of the episodes and I barely remember anything from the 20 hours or so of the mongol discussion because I was working while it was playing.
1 noebelity 2014-08-20
Awww man The Rise of The Mongols was incredible. Listen to it on a long drive or something. Its worth the 3 hours
1 muyoso 2014-08-20
Oh yea, on a drive it would be fantastic. I was working while listening, and not really paying full attention and was so lost during the snippets I did pay attention.
4 BumbiBestie 2014-08-20
Norm Macdonald Live and Snap Judgement
2 humblebrag 2014-08-20
I gotta check out norms. I always forget.
3 Slippery_Slope_Guy 2014-08-20
Start with the Nick Swardson episode. I must have watched that 15 times. The Gilbert Gottfried double episode is also amazing.
3 sammybunsy 2014-08-20
Also, Kevin pollak chat show is good when there's a good guest on to take away some attention from his pretension... All episodes are uploaded to YouTube. Paul F. Thompson has some good stuff too on YouTube with his speakeasy series. Both of those are really based around the behind the scenes stuff in show business.
1 [deleted] 2014-08-20
Im not a Bill Hader fan at all, not that I hated him or anything I just had kind of no opinion on it. Holy SHIT was that interview funny. That's so cool he used to be a PA, then came back as like #3 on the call sheet for his old bosses that fired him. His Arnold is great too, that's fucking great he was Arnold's assistant for a while. "Dis iz where we shot Predatah..." He's a funny fucker, I like that guy. (Now)
1 sammybunsy 2014-08-20
Yeah he has a lot of great impressions.. you should check out that president of show biz bit they were talking about in the beginning.. So funny
3 Mabepossibly 2014-08-20
I've moved onto: Joe Rogan, Adam Carolla Adam Carolla Carcast Adam Carolla Ace on House Under the hood show AGCO Garage pod cast
1 alexjako 2014-08-20
Yeah i have done the same.
3 humblebrag 2014-08-20
Skeptic Tank. Probably my new favorite. That and Phil Hendrie. The man is legend.
3 whackbags 2014-08-20
Getting Doug With High
2 4_leaf_tbag 2014-08-20
The "Tell em steve dave" podcast
1 Ellenberg88 2014-08-20
This guy knows the score!
2 durhamthrowaway1 2014-08-20
the MM Podcast! Go fuck yerself!
1 A_lad_insane_bowie 2014-08-20
For some of you (LAYYYDYYS) out there!
2 buddaydaz 2014-08-20
I notice someone allready mentioned Tell em Steve Dave but a lot of the other pods on Smodco are also good.
I'd also suggest giving Ricky Gervais' old XFM uk radio shows a go. It was where Ricky and Steve Merchant first met and also how Karl Pilkington became a national treasure. It was more of a music show that pure talk where they would talk for 5 minutes then play a record but the recordings that exist have the music edited out and total around 1 - 1:30 hours a piece so they are pretty much podcasts. It's very similar to the old Ricky Gervais podcasts but without the swearing.
The old Iain Lee LBC radio podcasts are good also but it's not really like O+A most podcasts.
When Iain got the job the main audience for LBC were women over 60 and he was hired to attract a younger male audience, he did this by purposely picking stupid topics that he knew would annoy these older women into ringing in, and he would then troll them with soundboards made up of calls of other boring callers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOZD8PE-gE
1 alexjako 2014-08-20
Hollywood Babble on kinda sucks though
2 Acatalepsia 2014-08-20
If you are willing to deal with a bit of Philosophy 101 and more structure, check out DeRosa's podcast. He picks one topic, then usually sits down with someone funny and talks about it for an hour. Its surprisingly good.
2 bobbacklund 2014-08-20
HighSocietyRadio
2 donniedorko 2014-08-20
WTF Marc Maron.
1 [deleted] 2014-08-20
If I Were You is great.
1 hellokittymrsmitty 2014-08-20
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 sammybunsy 2014-08-20
Jim florentine: comedy metal midgets, Pete Holmes: you made it weird, Marc Maron: WTF, Chris Hardwick: nerdist (not a fan but tons of people like it)
1 sammybunsy 2014-08-20
You always have Ron and fez if you're into that. You should sub to Logan nothighestprimate on YouTube.. He uploads a bunch of great non O&J or O&A related content
1 SergeantFartbox 2014-08-20
There's an easy-to-find YouTube channel that uploads 4-hour blocks of clips from Loveline, the radio show that Adam Carolla's and DR. Drew did for twenty years. It's great.
1 shameofyou 2014-08-20
The Big Threeeeee!
But it maybe an inside podcast, you'll need to watch Windy City Heat first probably. Pretty much the only parts I enjoy is Perry on the verge of an aneurysm.
1 Ellenberg88 2014-08-20
TELL EM STEVE DAVE!
1 LacanZizekFreud 2014-08-20
Jim Florentine: "Why? There's no reason. None."
1 [deleted] 2014-08-20
My favorites are already listed but check out...
The Gist, The Moth, Planet Money, Savage Love, Skeptoid, Risk, Joe Rogan, radio lab
1 [deleted] 2014-08-20
You can always listen to my shitty podcast I do with my drunken, miserable Polish roommate: Lookin GOOD Radio. It's my weekly adventures in LA, usually involving banging some new slob, stories of being out in the open mic circuit, and otherwise scrounging about the outer fringes of Hollywood trying to make a fagety name for myself, that kind of bullshit. Lookin GOOD Radio. www.lookingoodradio.com or itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lookin-good-radio/id560002377?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
1 smithjosh 2014-08-20
Podcasts: -Cumia -Nick DiPaolo -Florentine
I read the WSJ every day on my iPad. I follow my sports teams on Twitter via links.
The fact that most people wait for a video to load to explain the story, instead of reading themselves is horrific.
1 account9211 2014-08-20
Legion of Skanks
High Society Radio
1 handsomedavey 2014-08-20
Alexxcast. Whatcast
1 [deleted] 2014-08-20
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-1 majestik6 2014-08-20
The Tom Leykis Show
The Gary and Dino Show
WTF
The Adam and Drew Show
Doug Stanhope Podcast
The Joe Rogan Experience
Planet Money
Penn's Sunday School
Old episodes of The Rick Emerson Show http://www.tegianzone.com/rick-emerson-archives/archive-5/
Old episodes of Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM
My wife banned me from listening to Race Wars because everyone just yells over everyone else on that show
1 danimalplanimal 2014-08-20
Stanhope has a podcast?? sign me up
2 [deleted] 2014-08-20
I listened to the entire episode of Hardcore History today as I single handedly checked in a giant, filthy camera package. By the end, I'd felt like I was in fucking World War 1. (The letter he reads that the soldier sent to his wife and kid actually made me tear up; fag. Spoiler alert: the guy died two days later. Making it sadder.)
2 muyoso 2014-08-20
Yea, hardcore history is great, but don't go into it thinking its just going to be a neat discussion on historical events. Its ridiculously involved and you kind of have to just be listening to it and not doing anything else or it just turns to blather you won't remember the next day. I binge listened to almost all of the episodes and I barely remember anything from the 20 hours or so of the mongol discussion because I was working while it was playing.