MeFi FanFare posts about Podcasts

Podcast: My Brother, My Brother And Me: MBMBaM 420: Funeral For a Friend

curious nu — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:34:41 -0800

We always thought that episode 420 would be about the funny weed number. Instead, we're using it to mark 4/20, the date we say goodbye to Yahoo! Answers, a bad website that we will miss very much. Support AAPI communities and those affected by anti-Asian violence: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund: https://aapifund.org/

Podcast: The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 38: Finals

Tevin — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:06:48 -0800

Where have all the good folks gone? Where is all of HOG? We need a streetwise thunderman to stop these scheming gods. Isn't there a Firbolg upon a flying steed? Reality is ripping, someone get me Argo Keene! We need some heroes.

Podcast: Stuff The British Stole: A Tiger and a Scream

Wrinkled Stumpskin — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 16:23:41 -0800

How a toy tiger became the symbol of a struggle between India and its former British colonisers

Podcast: The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 37: Investment Opportunities

supercres — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:30:53 -0800

The Thundermen race to stop the machinations of the gods. But first, they have to make it past an army of demons and settle some unfinished business. Luckily, they have help. A lot of help. A paradox is solved. A wrong is righted. A resignation is accepted. It is the beginning of the end.

Podcast: Harmontown: Nanjianimax

Marticus — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 01:59:57 -0800

The gang gets back together one more time to catch up on everything since the show's finale. Special guests: Rob Schrab, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon!

Podcast: Friends at the Table: Sangfielle 03: The Curse of Eastern Folly Pts. 1-3

Maecenas — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:48:44 -0800

The tablefriends play The Ground Itself and create a Haven to be a base in their upcoming weird/gothic western season, Sangfielle.

Podcast: The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 36: Reunions

Tevin — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:51:14 -0800

With all the hustle and bustle of life, it's so easy to lose touch. That's why it's nice when there's an important life event (two gods trying to open a rift to hell) to bring us all together! So, let's get connected! Send a g-mail! Visit someone's house! Tear down these walls!

Podcast: Reply All: #173 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 2

ellieBOA — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 05:51:54 -0800

Chapter 2, "Glass Office": Years later, in 2018, a new wave of people of color arrives at Bon Appétit. And when their white bosses don't understand the problems they're facing, those people will decide to fix the place themselves.

Podcast: Reply All: #172 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 1

ellieBOA — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:40:52 -0800

In the summer of 2020, Bon Appétit faced an online reckoning. It imploded, seemingly overnight, former employees calling it a racist and toxic workplace. But the story of what actually happened there started ten years earlier. This is Chapter One, "Original Sin," of our series The Test Kitchen. This is chapter one of a four part series reported and presented by Sruthi Pinnamaneni.

Podcast: Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN FINALE- 45-47: Operation Shackled Sun

fomhar — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:50:38 -0800

It is the year 1424 of the Perfect Millennium. It is now. The question is not simply "Can Millennium Break win?" It is "What does victory look like?" Will they be seen as revolutionary heroes or jealous upstarts? Compromised cynics or naive insurgents? Can they break free from the gravity of the old logics in a way so confident, so stunning, that they inspire people everywhere to see the world differently, to not only raise arms, but lock them in solidarity, too?

Podcast: Richest Hill: Richest Hill

gemutlichkeit — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:27:07 -0800

A podcast about the past, present and future of one of America's most notorious Superfund sites in Butte, Montana - from Montana Public Radio, hosted by Nora Saks.

Podcast: The Bugle: Spready Mercury

Pendragon — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:33:38 -0800

Well isn't this exciting! After nearly five years John Oliver returns to The Bugle for a bumper edition!

Podcast: Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN 42-44: Unbreakable Quarry, Tunnels Beneath, Prison at the Top

fomhar — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:51:35 -0800

Buried deep in the records of the Divine Past is a peculiar absence. What is buried beneath the northern pole of Partizan? "The Chasmata Quarry," says the only public record, "specializes in rare mineral extraction." Eight words. But other quarries on Partizan all have more. You could write a book about the excavations spread across the Columnar's Memoria Teardrop, or those digs spread hive-like through the Apostolosian Barranca, or the industrial pockmarks across the long Orion flats of the Low Slate. So why, why were there only eight words about the Chasmata Quarry?

Podcast: Til Death Do Us Blart: 2020

EndsOfInvention — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:30:06 -0800

Well pals, it's that time of year again. American Thanksgiving. This year, we're mixing things up with a Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 commentary track designed to be synced with the film. Yes, you read that right, we're ACTIVELY incentivizing the watching of this film.

Podcast: Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN 39-41: Escape Velocity, Engine Burn, Orbital Decay

fomhar — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:50:12 -0800

In a hanger on a beach on the Isles of Logos, Kal'Mera Broun, Jesset City, Ver'Million Blue, Thisbe, Eiden Teak, Avar, Ryrira, and Si'Dra Balos stand around a spaceship. In just over a week, if all goes to plan, they will be inside of it and it will be outside of the Partizan system. First, though, they'll need to secure a launch platform, get past security checkpoints on and off world, and ensure the safety of not only themselves but the materials they'll need to actually build something wherever they end up. If, that is, they decide they want to build anything together at all... This week on PARTIZAN: Escape Velocity

Podcast: Heavyweight: #35 Rachel and Jon

Gin and Broadband — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:05:19 -0800

Rachel and Jon are siblings who were separated as young children. Jonathan helps them confront the woman responsible... fifty years later.

Podcast: Into the Zone: The Ghost in the Codec

latkes — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:21:41 -0800

At the dawn of the digital era, a group of engineers tasked with audio compression had to decide what information to keep, and what to leave behind. What was signal, and what was noise?

Podcast: Into the Zone: The Guru of Ojai (S1 EP3)

progosk — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 03:55:34 -0800

In the 1920s, a messianic visitor to Hari's family home unveils the connection between Indian Independence movement and the astral plane. Nearly a century later, Hari travels to the orange groves of Southern California, where the guru made his home, to examine the globetrotting legacy of New Age spirituality. Episode page on the podcast's site.

Podcast: The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 28: Business Plan

Tevin — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 08:56:24 -0800

Time to answer some questions. Time to make some plans. Time for everything to change.

Podcast: Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN 37: The Gravity of Absence & 38: The Red Light

fomhar — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:08:38 -0800

Having returned from his audience on the Reflecting Pool, Sovereign Immunity briefs his SBBR and their allies on the impending arrival of what the Witch in Glass would only refer to as "the Red Light." WIth only one day to prepare, SBBR stalls out, torn on whether to accept their longtime foe's offer of sanctuary or to take their chances on their own. For newcomers Kalar Anakalar and Phrygian, this is both a worry and an opportunity. SBBR may not have the heroic verve that the stories said they did, but that only means that its in need of a push.

Podcast: Into the Zone: Druid Like Me (S1 EP1)

progosk — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:08:35 -0800

Hari's visit to Stonehenge on the solstice prompts an investigation into the gray zone between being a native and a migrant, and his memories of growing up in Essex during the Thatcher years. He also tracks down an old friend, whose work with Harvard geneticist David Reich overturns centuries of nationalist thinking. Official site: Into The Zone

Podcast: Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN 35: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 1 & 2

fomhar — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 19:10:43 -0800

The Witch in the Glass; a play in Five Acts Act 1: Perseverance, or the Sage House Act 2: Contentment, or the Community at Chorus Island Act 3: The Single Star, or the View She Sees of Poppies Spread Act 4: Attention, or the Snow in Summer Act 5: The Present Day, or the Adversary

Podcast: Reply All: #167 America's Hottest Talkline

eotvos — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 09:12:27 -0800

We're excited to announce that Emmanuel Dzotsi is taking on a new role on the show ... as host! And this week, he brings us a story about a mysterious recording that has been popping up on government hotlines for years. Emmanuel tries to figure out where this recording is coming from and who's putting it there.

Podcast: Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN 34: Guests, Invited and Otherwise

fomhar — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 23:19:18 -0800

After months away, SBBR has finally returned to Oxbridge, only to find it burning. Every day, the city is rocked by its own political revolution, as members of the Organization for the Foundation of the Orion Republic--who seek to reform Stel Orion as a league of independent republics--fight against Principality loyalists in the streets, alleys, and canals of the Stel's largest city on Partizan. The City of Little and Plenty is scarring over. But SBBR (and much of Millennium Break) have their own wounds to attend to.

Podcast: Rude Tales of Magic: A Stranger Comes to Town

EndsOfInvention — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 06:21:45 -0800

We're back to the main campaign, baby! It's been over a month since the destruction of Mt. Fractus, and our heroes find themselves settled into their new lives in the Trashlands. But when a stranger with a glint in his eye comes to town, the gang discovers he's brought deception, death, and discovery along for the ride. Can our crew survive each other and the consequences of their actions long enough to survive the Trashlands? And if not here....where?