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Would you mind listing some more? I'm particularly interested in history podcasts myself.

gbhn 12y ago
Hardcore History is fantastic. My History Can Beat Up Your Politics -- another good choice.
VLM 12y ago
I've noticed googling for this kind of stuff usually finds advertising poorly hidden as curated lists. You can tell it runs off the rails when 90% of the list just so happens to be employees of one media megacorp. So as a public service I'll list the history podcasts I've actually listened to with some commentary, highlights, and (mild) criticism. All of these podcasts AFAIK are just one dude vs the world, or at most a couple guys as background helpers. Corporate podcasts typically have all the personality of an HR employee manual or an EULA, but one dude and a microphone always has a unique and interesting personality. May or may not like all of the personality, but at least its interesting. History of Byzantium - Nice accent, dude, no sarcasm. About as detailed as the history of rome. Well researched. At the speed he's going I'm not entirely sure he will ever catch up with the present day, at least not in one presenter's lifetime. I exaggerate slightly, he's only spent about one calendar year on the century of the 600s. When Diplomacy Fails - Pretty good in abstract, extremely good, for a kid (was just a college kid when he started). There is some "kid enthusiasm" which sounds good almost all of the time, although occasionally annoying. A detailed discussion of how the war of "fill in the blank" started. Has a bit of a bias that wars only start between civilized-ish countries when their diplomatic corps and/or cabinet advisors screw up, and he pulls no punches on who screwed up and tends to take sides and explain the facts and why he took a side, which is interesting and I usually end up agreeing. The "informal roundtable with friends" followup episodes are totally skippable. The very long WWI sub-series is well worth every second spent listening to them. Revolutions. Focus with laser like precision on the causes, events, and outcome of various revolutions. This guy is going places and will be a famous name someday. Can't find much to complain about. The British History Podcast. A bit more comedic than the others. Where he finds so much source material is a mystery. He's an unemployed (formerly unemployed?) lawyer so he sometimes focuses more than others on judicial / .gov process type stuff, because that's kind of what lawyers do, which is interesting. The Bulgarian History Podcast - Lots of history in a small country. Flashes between today and back then, more than the competition. His intro music, although appropriate, is a little annoying. Note that the British History Podcast doesn't have medieval British music and its still cool, as a compare and contrast. Its a foreign enough culture to be very interesting. Dan Carlins Hardcore History - Lower case L libertarian-ish episodic commentary on one event, sometimes across a couple episodes if complicated. If you hate his WWI discussion thats OK just chill till he discusses the Mongol Invasions, its like the weather, if you don't like it today, just wait a month.

gbhn 12y ago

Hardcore History is fantastic. My History Can Beat Up Your Politics -- another good choice.

VLM 12y ago

I've noticed googling for this kind of stuff usually finds advertising poorly hidden as curated lists. You can tell it runs off the rails when 90% of the list just so happens to be employees of one media megacorp. So as a public service I'll list the history podcasts I've actually listened to with some commentary, highlights, and (mild) criticism. All of these podcasts AFAIK are just one dude vs the world, or at most a couple guys as background helpers. Corporate podcasts typically have all the personality of an HR employee manual or an EULA, but one dude and a microphone always has a unique and interesting personality. May or may not like all of the personality, but at least its interesting. History of Byzantium - Nice accent, dude, no sarcasm. About as detailed as the history of rome. Well researched. At the speed he's going I'm not entirely sure he will ever catch up with the present day, at least not in one presenter's lifetime. I exaggerate slightly, he's only spent about one calendar year on the century of the 600s. When Diplomacy Fails - Pretty good in abstract, extremely good, for a kid (was just a college kid when he started). There is some "kid enthusiasm" which sounds good almost all of the time, although occasionally annoying. A detailed discussion of how the war of "fill in the blank" started. Has a bit of a bias that wars only start between civilized-ish countries when their diplomatic corps and/or cabinet advisors screw up, and he pulls no punches on who screwed up and tends to take sides and explain the facts and why he took a side, which is interesting and I usually end up agreeing. The "informal roundtable with friends" followup episodes are totally skippable. The very long WWI sub-series is well worth every second spent listening to them. Revolutions. Focus with laser like precision on the causes, events, and outcome of various revolutions. This guy is going places and will be a famous name someday. Can't find much to complain about. The British History Podcast. A bit more comedic than the others. Where he finds so much source material is a mystery. He's an unemployed (formerly unemployed?) lawyer so he sometimes focuses more than others on judicial / .gov process type stuff, because that's kind of what lawyers do, which is interesting. The Bulgarian History Podcast - Lots of history in a small country. Flashes between today and back then, more than the competition. His intro music, although appropriate, is a little annoying. Note that the British History Podcast doesn't have medieval British music and its still cool, as a compare and contrast. Its a foreign enough culture to be very interesting. Dan Carlins Hardcore History - Lower case L libertarian-ish episodic commentary on one event, sometimes across a couple episodes if complicated. If you hate his WWI discussion thats OK just chill till he discusses the Mongol Invasions, its like the weather, if you don't like it today, just wait a month.