Showing posts with label audio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label audio. Show all posts

Monday, 27 April 2020

Seven Great Podcasts to Try


Podcasts are a great way to consume content. There are podcasts out there about EVERYTHING, some are informative, some are fictional, most are just down right enjoyable. Search wherever you listen to podcasts, grab some headphones, and check out some of our recommendations below



Lore is a podcast about true life scary stories, each episode examines a new dark historical tale or folklore.

Warning: Some episodes are down right spine tingling! Maybe don’t listen in the dark?

If you want more LORE check out The world of Lore: Dreadful places or Wicked mortals from the library.

This podcast is the companion to The Financial Diet Blog and YouTube channel. Every week, Chelsea sits down with fascinating guests to talk about all things money-related. While Chelsea is based in America, many of the concepts she talks about are relevant and interesting anywhere in the world. Previous episodes have included topics such as meal prepping, divorce, growing up poor and the cost of death.



Imagine if your dad wrote a dirty book. Most people would try to ignore it but not Jamie Morton. Instead, he decided to read it to the world. With the help of his best mates, James Cooper and Alice Levine, Jamie reads a chapter a week a discovers more about his father than he ever bargained for.

Warning: This podcast is VERY NSFW (not safe for work)




On November 28, 1979, an airliner took off from Auckland Airport on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica. There were 257 people on board. Hours later everyone was dead. White Silence is an eight-part podcast about the Erebus Disaster and what happened next.






The true stories of New Zealand’s missing people. Paloma Migone digs into cold cases of those who never came home.
Although this podcast is a few years old now, it is still a very interesting listen.


Are you a fan of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Frozen or just movies in general? The Soundtrack Show explores the music in movies and explains everything you ever need to know about what goes into a movie soundtrack.





The Adventure Zone is a comedy and adventure podcast based loosely on Dungeons and Dragons (which is currently making a massive come back). Brothers Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy take their father along for the ride!








What podcasts have you listen to and enjoyed? We would love to hear your recommendations about what we should listen to next!

Posted by Kristen

Friday, 8 January 2016

Podcasts: OK I lied here are four more

In November I shared four of my favourite podcasts with you that I thought you may enjoy. Since then I have discovered some new podcasts (some of which were recommended to me by you) and it turns out I have more than four favourites!


Question of the Day
Frequency: Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 


Question of the Day is a quick (less than 15minute) podcast hosted by author James Altucher and Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner. The fact that these two are long-time friends is evident as they argue over topics such as; ‘Should I prepare my kids to become billionaires?’, ‘Five things I do much better (and worse) than most people’, ‘Do questions require answers?’ and ‘What lessons did you learn from your best boss?’ This podcast is easy and enjoyable to listen to and it doesn’t take up too much of your precious time.





Ear Biscuits
Frequency: Every Friday (during the season)

With over 13.5 million subscribers over three YouTube channels Rhett and Link are famous in their own right. On Ear Biscuits, they sit down for in-depth, personal interviews with other famous YouTubers. I found that guests opened up a lot more to their friends. Past guests include CTFxC, PewDiePie, Grace Helbig and ShayCarl. As a huge fan of YouTube I love listening to these interviews. If you are not an avid YouTube watcher, they are still well worth the listen.






Complete Guide to Everything
Frequency: Weekly

The complete guide to everything is exactly what it sounds like, a complete guide to everything. Tom and Tim sit down for hour long chat where they discuss (and sometimes fail to explain) topics such as the US mail system, RPGS, pizza, hoverboards and Apple TV. This podcast went live for the first time in 2013 and I can see why it is still so popular today.







TEDTalks 
Frequency: Daily

After my last podcast post, Michelle Simms suggested I look into The TED Radio Hour. I kind of forgot the exact title she suggested and just looked up TEDTalks. I have only been listening to this podcast for about 2 weeks but I am really enjoying the wide range of topics. TEDTalks are presentations from the TED (technology, entertainment and design) conference; they are limited to a maximum length of 18 minutes but can be on any topic. Topics I have explored include: Let’s not use Mars as a backup planet, My year reading a book from every country in the world, What are animals thinking and feeling, and How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed.


Hopefully this has given you some food for thought and please keep those suggestions coming!