The excellent podcast “Search Engine” has a couple recent episodes covering this, the history of Google and how it became the core of the internet, and their bullshit AI shenanigans. Highly recommend.
Do you have an iPhone or an Android device? Folks usually access them on phones! They’re just basically audio stories, fictional or nonfiction, informational or INCREDIBLY STUPID, but hilarious.
I’d you’re on Android, you have an app called Android Podcasts. If you’re on an iPhone, I highly recommend the free app Overcast because it’s infinitely better than Apple Podcasts.
What kinda stuff are you interested in? My podcast list is mostly comprised of non-annoying true crime, interesting tech stuff, and the dumbest comedy garbage I’ve ever heard (and I very much love how dumb it is.)
Never heard of that. There’s Google Podcasts, but Google discontinued it recently. I’d personally recommend AntennaPod, but there’s other alternatives as well.
Thank you! I was misinformed. I had the first two android phones but switched to iPhones after my partner got theirs, and because phones stopped having physical keyboards, I hated the way Android typed. It’s better now but with a stock system I’m more into privacy now. I’ll keep AntennaPod in mind for reccos in the future!
I loved Apple Podcasts until a few years (maybe almost a decade ago…) when they really wonked up the interface. I tried a couple different applications, but ended up on Overcast. It has a fantastic interface and gosh darn LOUDNESS EQUALIZATION (“Voice Boost”, they calls it) so podcasts that have both quiet and loud parts or aren’t mastered well are actually listenable in like, a car.
I’ve seen Apple podcats recently and it got better! But I still think overcast is vastly superior.
History, Behind the Bastards is hilarious and mortifying. Start with “Oskar Dirlwanger: The Worst Nazi”.
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History is more serious with LOOONG episodes. Painfotainment is definitely a great one to start with.
Tech, Darknet Diaries is the greatest. Tons of excellent stories about infosec, opsec, and pentesting. Start with Gollumfun… or Welcome to Video if you wanna be absolutely mortified.
“Search Engine” is another great tech podcast that goes further than just tech. Start with “Should this creepy search engine actually exist?”
No worries! I listen to podcasts all day while I work, and I very much love them.
“Hunting Warhead” is one of the best I’ve heard, but I can’t content warning it enough. It’s completely fucked, and gets worse every episode. Excellently researched and told, though.
Absolutely! “How to survive the media apocalypse (part 2)” is a deep dive, you don’t need to listen to the first episode (but the first part is also very interesting!)
Also “How much glue should you put in your pizza?” is a follow-up to the aforementioned episode!
The excellent podcast “Search Engine” has a couple recent episodes covering this, the history of Google and how it became the core of the internet, and their bullshit AI shenanigans. Highly recommend.
I’m not familiar with podcasts. Where can i find these?
This is a joke right, you’re waiting for someone to tell you to “Google it?”
Well done.
+1 for Google recently killing their podcast app.
Do you have an iPhone or an Android device? Folks usually access them on phones! They’re just basically audio stories, fictional or nonfiction, informational or INCREDIBLY STUPID, but hilarious.
If that sounds fun, I can recommend some things!
Please do
I’d you’re on Android, you have an app called Android Podcasts. If you’re on an iPhone, I highly recommend the free app Overcast because it’s infinitely better than Apple Podcasts.
What kinda stuff are you interested in? My podcast list is mostly comprised of non-annoying true crime, interesting tech stuff, and the dumbest comedy garbage I’ve ever heard (and I very much love how dumb it is.)
Never heard of that. There’s Google Podcasts, but Google discontinued it recently. I’d personally recommend AntennaPod, but there’s other alternatives as well.
+1 for AntennaPod!
Thank you! I was misinformed. I had the first two android phones but switched to iPhones after my partner got theirs, and because phones stopped having physical keyboards, I hated the way Android typed. It’s better now but with a stock system I’m more into privacy now. I’ll keep AntennaPod in mind for reccos in the future!
Hmm interesting, I use Apple Podcasts and have no issues with the app. What does Overcast do better in your opinion?
I loved Apple Podcasts until a few years (maybe almost a decade ago…) when they really wonked up the interface. I tried a couple different applications, but ended up on Overcast. It has a fantastic interface and gosh darn LOUDNESS EQUALIZATION (“Voice Boost”, they calls it) so podcasts that have both quiet and loud parts or aren’t mastered well are actually listenable in like, a car.
I’ve seen Apple podcats recently and it got better! But I still think overcast is vastly superior.
I see. Thanks for the details!
Sorry for some reason I didn’t see your reply before.
History, tech, tv seris (Fantasy, Sci Fi, etc)… These are the things that I think might work in a podcast format, do you have any recommendation?
Absolutely!
History, Behind the Bastards is hilarious and mortifying. Start with “Oskar Dirlwanger: The Worst Nazi”.
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History is more serious with LOOONG episodes. Painfotainment is definitely a great one to start with.
Tech, Darknet Diaries is the greatest. Tons of excellent stories about infosec, opsec, and pentesting. Start with Gollumfun… or Welcome to Video if you wanna be absolutely mortified.
“Search Engine” is another great tech podcast that goes further than just tech. Start with “Should this creepy search engine actually exist?”
Sounds exteremly interesting! Thank you so much, that should elevate the boredem from my commute
No worries! I listen to podcasts all day while I work, and I very much love them.
“Hunting Warhead” is one of the best I’ve heard, but I can’t content warning it enough. It’s completely fucked, and gets worse every episode. Excellently researched and told, though.
There’s a lot of places to listen to them. I just search “search engine podcast” and a bunch of places show up.
“Waiter, come, taste the soup.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C31H3OULMmo
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://m.piped.video/watch?v=C31H3OULMmo
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Do you know which specific episodes?
Absolutely! “How to survive the media apocalypse (part 2)” is a deep dive, you don’t need to listen to the first episode (but the first part is also very interesting!)
Also “How much glue should you put in your pizza?” is a follow-up to the aforementioned episode!
Great, thanks!