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I Saw That Years Ago - Space tarts and creepy astronauts get together on a....FORBIDDEN PLANET

Episode five of CoatlCast is up in iTunes and here. Thank you everyone who has subscribed and listened so far. I have to be honest, when this idea was being kicked around I thought we'd be lucky to have ten people listening, so thank you all for the support!

As a side note...

Spoiler:

It is entirely intentional that we start in season 2, so fear not!

My wife recently introduced me to a podcast that was recommended in-turn by a friend of hers. If you haven't heard of it, "My Dad Made a Porno" (NSFW) is a comedy podcast produced by a British TV producer and two of his radio/tv media friends. Apparently the podcast host's 60-year old father started writing porn novels a few years ago and shortly thereafter bequeathed him a draft copy of the first that he obviously HAD to share with his two friends. From there, things quickly escalated and ended with the production of this ABSOLUTE GEM.

In each podcast, the host reads a chapter while his friends add their hilariously obnoxious commentary and questions. Each season - there are three so far - introduces a new book written by the host's father. If you're looking for a heavy dose of life's best medicine (laughter), this is the place to look!

For an additional giggle, after listening to the first episode, go ahead and go look up the novels on Amazon - they're actually a real thing! Some of the other recommended porn novels that will pop up in your search will also likely leave you in tears...

I Saw That Years Ago - Rob Lowe's best friend, Andrew McCarthy, sleeps with his mother, Jacqueline Bisset.

I'm a guest on Figuring it Out, a podcast about navigating the world as a millennial, with a focus on career. This episode is about narrative and storytelling, so I'm on as a public speaking coach / narrative expert talking about storytelling and empathy. The other guest is a board game designer. It was a fun conversation!

I've been enjoying Binge Mode, which tends to cover, and do nerdy deep-dives into, movies and such. I think they actually started with covering Game of Thrones. Right now they're doing a series of podcasts on everything Harry Potter, covering each of the books, the movies, and various other things about the Potterverse.

The podcast is well produced, and both of the hosts are a lot of fun and very engaging, clearly love the subject matter, and have a great chemistry. One of my favorite things about the current Harry Potter series of binge mode episodes is their long-running joke about reading the series through the lens of Minerva "McGalleon" McGonical's compulsive Quidditch gambling addiction.

Episode 6 of CoatlCast is now up.

Anyone who has been following along, we could definitely use some rates and reviews. I'm shocked at how many downloads we're getting, and would love to keep pushing it forward. Thanks so much!

I Saw That Years Ago - ENTER THE NINJA

Sean Carrol's Mindscape is a pretty dope science podcast. He interviews brilliant and cutting edge thinkers. Even the folks that I didn't 100% agree with gave me plenty to think about and consider.

RawkGWJ wrote:

Sean Carrol's Mindscape is a pretty dope science podcast. He interviews brilliant and cutting edge thinkers. Even the folks that I didn't 100% agree with gave me plenty to think about and consider.

I like his books, I will check that out.

1Dgaf wrote:

I Saw That Years Ago - ENTER THE NINJA

Good episode of (maybe?) the worst movie you’ve discussed (disgust )

A truly bizarre episode 7 of CoatlCast is up!

I’ve tried out Things You Should Know and Rediculous History. I’m not going to stick with either of them though. They’re both good podcasts, but the hosts aren’t focused enough for me. They meander way too much. They also have a habit of skipping an important part of the story and then say, “Oh, wait! You forgot the part about how the guy had a deformed head and worked for the circus.” That’s not an actual remark from the podcast, I’m just trying to give an example.

They do have a good sense of humor on those shows. I just don’t enjoy the pace of the shows.

RawkGWJ wrote:

I’ve tried out Things You Should Know and Rediculous History. I’m not going to stick with either of them though. They’re both good podcasts, but the hosts aren’t focused enough for me. They meander way too much. They also have a habit of skipping an important part of the story and then say, “Oh, wait! You forgot the part about how the guy had a deformed head and worked for the circus.” That’s not an actual remark from the podcast, I’m just trying to give an example.

They do have a good sense of humor on those shows. I just don’t enjoy the pace of the shows.

I used to listen to a lot of the HowStuffWorks podcasts but I drifted away. The main show was very folksy - which I liked, but yeah they meandered around a lot.

Speaking of HowStuffWorks, former Cracked writer Robert Evans started an HSW podcast earlier this year called Behind the Bastards. Each episode has Robert exploring a historical or contemporary bastard with a layperson fresh to the topic. Previous episodes have covered Paul Manafort, Qaddafi, the Koch Bros, Stalin, and Albert Fish. Periodically he’ll have episodes about the children of dictators or the people and systems that allow authoritarians to rise to power. It’s quickly become one of my favorite podcasts.

I Saw That Years AGo...

Thanks for that one ruhk, subscribed! I have less time for podcasts than ever these days but this sounds perfect.

Buckaroo Banzai is free on Amazon right now, might give it a look.

My favorite new to me podcast at the moment is Opening Arguments, a great legal theory and current affairs show. They do a job of breaking down the law so a layman can better understand what's going on right now.

BB is not a good movie. I still love it. I can contain multitudes.

Mixolyde wrote:

Buckaroo Banzai is free on Amazon right now, might give it a look.

Noooooooo.....*echoes into distance*

Tanglebones wrote:

BB is not a good movie. I still love it. I can contain multitudes.

I second that. It's my favorite terrible film.

Not to shill for other podcasts, but it's a perfect candidate for How Did This Get Made?

Tom Cruise shaves his legs from Tim Curry in Ridley Scott's...LEGEND

CoatlCast just dropped episode 9...

And this thread popped up on Twitter. I'm really happy the podcast is working as well as it is for some people!

Off-Book is my new favourite podcast. Two improv comics, a guest, and an in-studio drummer and pianist create an entire musical every week.

kuddles wrote:

Off-Book is my new favourite podcast. Two improv comics, a guest, and an in-studio drummer and pianist create an entire musical every week.

Dope! I will give that a listen.

In my recent quest for new podcasts I’ve come across 2 keepers.

Science vs is really entertaining. Less than one hour per episode, but chock full of high quality science-y goodness. Their emphasis on evidence based data is what keeps me coming back to this one.

Reply All is a humorous look at vague internet memes. The show’s format generally consists of listeners emails and tweets asking to explain memes that they don’t understand. But that’s not a hard rule. There is a fairly recent episode that follows Alex Goldman as he tries to troll an Indian phone scammer. He goes so much deeper than you would ever expect. It’s pure gold.

All the +1s for Reply All.

Reply All is easily one of the best podcasts out there. The tweet episodes (called "Yes, Yes, No" where the two hosts who get a tweet explain it to their boss who doesn't get it) are only every 5th episode or so. This show goes deep on internet memes, stories, and everything tech. It's fantastic.

They recently did an episode that started with one of the hosts getting a fake Apple support call. I won't spoil it, but it ends in a shady neighborhood in India.

I recommend listening to their entire back catalog - the show is that consistently good.

My favourite Reply All is when they hire someone to phish their bosses who claim anyone who falls for a phishing scheme is an idiot and they succeed very easily.

Not technically a podcast, but if you’re into messing with scammers I would suggest checking out Kitboga on twitch- he calls tech scammers and uses voice modulation and a virtual machine to trick them into thinking he’s an easy mark, then just wastes their time until they get frustrated and hang up or figure out he’s messing with them. There have even been times when the people seem remorseful and he tries to talk them into leaving for a more legitimate career. It’s fun and educational.

Looks like Norm Sherman's venerable Drabblecast might be reborn after taking a couple year hiatus so he could do crazy things like eat and pay rent. He just began a Kickstarter so he can pay authors, artists, and himself a bit.

Drabblecast was probably one of the first podcasts I started listening to way back in the day. He has some seriously well-produced and voiced stories.

RawkGWJ wrote:

In my recent quest for new podcasts I’ve come across 2 keepers.

Science vs is really entertaining. Less than one hour per episode, but chock full of high quality science-y goodness. Their emphasis on evidence based data is what keeps me coming back to this one.

Reply All is a humorous look at vague internet memes. The show’s format generally consists of listeners emails and tweets asking to explain memes that they don’t understand. But that’s not a hard rule. There is a fairly recent episode that follows Alex Goldman as he tries to troll an Indian phone scammer. He goes so much deeper than you would ever expect. It’s pure gold.

Both of those sound like my bag I’ll give them a shot.

Ps: apparently both of them have 2 copycat(?) feeds... one might just be an older/out-of-date feed - it looks like the “Gimlet” ones are probably the right ones.