What podcasts do you listen to?

Joe Rogan Experience
Jocko Podcast
Danger Close with Jack Carr (no longer listen)

November 30 2023 Edit:

Real AF with Andy Frisella

 

Finished my Thors Angels relisten and Twilight of the Aesir pt I this morning.

Amazing as always, but it held my attention mostly through learning historical sequences, whereas he usually does that as part of a larger theme - and while examining the extremes of the human condition. This just seemed a bit more like a history lesson - one told by the coolest history teacher ever, but still..

I wonder how many more parts to this.

 

Not sure - he didn't preview how many more parts. But since listening, I have really been able to put myself into the horror of waking up in a small seaside village under attack. I've also realized again (realized before but forgotten), how much the victors write the history, in this case, Christendom, defining the "barbarians" that raided and massacred and stole, which was very "different" from the type of actions that Christian ruled "nations did, even if it seems very similar from the outside, if you know what I mean.

I am now stuck on "Bone Valley". I try to avoid True Crime but this one is local and friends I know are involved tangentially so I am trying to get through it. The conclusion is being stretched out. but I am suitably outraged, by design

Lava for Good

 

I need to know if there were shoutouts to the Varangian Guard before I commit to 5 hours of listening

 

Not that I remember - exiled?

 

Oddly specific requirement, but no. Spend your leisure time elsewhere I suppose.

www.hotyoungvarangians.com, perhaps.

 

Highly recommend this episode with Noah Hawley, author and showrunner for the Fargo TV series, describing the philosophical underpinnings and larger issues about our current moment.

Great line about how different the tribes see the current world. He said he describes his current novel as either a realistic portrayal of our current fantasy world, or a fantasy portrayal of our current reality, depending upon what tribe you belong to.


The creator of Fargo is done with good guys vs. bad guys - The Gray Area with Sean Illing

 

Just finished Part II, which dropped last week. 6.5 hours

 

Gator Nation Football Podcast and that’s about it. Especially the ones on the 2023 Gator defense which I regard as pretty much metaphorical of politics in the US.

 

Tons of Varangian Guard in Part II, probably at least an hour, or 15%!

Also Greek Fire as the original WMD in naval warfare defending Constantinople

 

I gotta finish Fear and Loathing in Jerusalem first. That's next!

 

Do tell - podcast?

 

Darknet Diaries

Darknet Diaries – True stories from the dark side of the Internet.

Good if you like listening about cybercrime. Episodes can be about a specific cyber events, offensive government ops, APTs, etc. He interviews cybercriminals, former government employees, vendors, and experts. Some episodes are what it's like finding an active intruder in a highly important systems. Some are what it it's like to break into highly important systems. It's good for just about anyone because if a guest gets too technical, the host will break it down and make it easy to understand.

Here's one that is relevant to millions of people. How a team found Pegasus, phone malware that gives the owner of the software complete control of the target's phone without their knowledge. This software is sold to governments and is responsible for major human rights abuses. Should a company like Israeli based NSO Group be able to export this software?

 

Just subscribed and downloaded latest. Will give it a try

 

Darryl Cooper of Martyr Made podcast. Fear and Loathing in New Jerusalem.

A 20+ hour balanced dive into how we got here. I'm about 13 hours in. Would recommend.

 

Just subscribed

 

This is all I've done of his, but I dig his style and will explore his work more in the future.

 

The Gun Machine

The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun industry in the Northeast, and how that industry has been partners with the government ever since.

 

Do you remember what episode number it was? I'm listening to 139, about 2/3s though. This guy hacked James Clapper, John Brennen, Jen Psaki, etc.