Podcast recs

<<This is my current subscription list. Hope you find something ya like!>>

BOOKS

"The Book Review" (from the "New York Times")

CARTOONS

"What A Cartoon!"

CINEMA

"Kermode And Mayo's Film Review" (BBC Radio 5)

COMICS

"War Rocket Ajax"

CRICKET

"The Unplayable Podcast"

CRIME FICTION

"Shedunnit" (could go under BOOKS)

DISCWORLD

"Radio Morpork" (not sure if this is still active, could also go under BOOKS)

DOCTOR WHO (and more)

"The Big Finish Podcast"

FOOD

"Off Menu With Ed Gamble And James Acaster"

HISTORY

"History Extra" (from "BBC History Magazine")

"In Our Time: History" (BBC Radio 4)

JACK THE RIPPER (and other Victorian crime)

"Rippercast" (feed includes the Sherlock Holmes pod "From Adler To Amberley")

JAPANESE CULTURE

"Japan 2.0"

NEWS/POP CULTURE

"Conversations" (ABC, selected episodes only)

"Culture Gabfest" (Slate)

"The Ezra Klein Show"

"The Purple Stuff Podcast"

PRO WRESTLING

"Post Wrestling" ("Rewind-A-Dynamite", plus some other eps)

RPGs

"Appendix N Book Club" (could go in BOOKS)

"Improvised Radio Theatre - With Dice"

"Ken And Robin Talk About Stuff"

"Save For Half"

"The Good Friends Of Jackson Elias"

"The Grognard Files"

"The Vintage RPG Podcast"

"What Would The Smart Party Do?"

RUGBY LEAGUE

"Six Tackles With Gus"

SCIENCE

"Beyond The Impossible" (Brian Keating)

"NASAcast Audio"

"New Scientist: Escape Pod"

"New Scientist Weekly"

"StarTalk Radio" (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

SCI-FI

"Geek's Guide To The Galaxy" (from "Wired" mag)

"Robbie The Robot's Waiting"

"The Coode Street Podcast" (could equally go in BOOKS)

SOCCER

"Football Weekly" (from "The Guardian")

VIDEOGAMES

"8-4 Play" (could kinda go in JAPANESE CULTURE)

"Axe Of The Blood God" (exclusively RPGs)

"Giant Bombcast"

"One Life Left"

"Retronauts"

"The Retro Hour"

"The Ted Dabney Experience"

WORDS

"A Word In Your Ear" (ABC)

Jiroft

The Jan/Feb 2021 issue of National Geographic's "History" magazine contains a fascinating article about evidence of a possible lost civilisation near Jiroft in modern-day Iran. I say possible because there is debate about at least some of the items (if they belong to known civs, if any were faked to fool the antiquities market). But the argument for is pretty compelling. And whether the dig site turns out to be the city of Aratta mentioned in Sumerian poems, the kingdom of Marhasi referenced in Akkadian records or neither of those, the people *appear* to have had a unique culture and written language, and I'm excited to learn more about them.

If you can't access the mag, the same basic info (though not as well told and minus the stunning photography) may be found in this Wikipedia entry -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiroft_culture

Last five movies watched

"Willow" was a rewatch. I borrowed the novelisation from RS in senior high (he'd gotten it from his local library). Then I saw it at the cinema. Then again on VHS, lent to me by JH. Then again when it first hit DVD. Even played the Capcom arcade game. For all that, though, it isn't great! :-)

"The Mars Generation" felt very familiar in places. I'd either caught some before or seen a doco about Space Camp covering a lot of the same ground.

Pick of the bunch: It's easy to be put off by the hype, but "Soul" is a work of art and a true delight. I cried happy tears. If you'd rather more impactful drama, go with "Working Woman". While there've been a string of flicks about older men abusing their power over young women in the workplace, this one is done particularly well and the Israeli setting, erm, sets it apart. Terrific performances.

[Viewed on: Stan, Disney+, Netflix, Disney+, Kanopy.]

Last five movies watched

Pick of the bunch: They were all OK. I don't feel strongly about any of them.

[Viewed on: DVD, DVD, Kanopy, Netflix, Kanopy.]