Podcasts & Audiobooks

[Jones28]

Share your favourites here!

Really interesting one I started this morning called Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring. Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes from the Byline Times.

My long term listens are obviously Longbangers and DTS, but also We Have Ways of Making You Talk which is a Second World War podcast that explores literally everything on WW2.

Also listen to the Johnny Vaughn Radio X podcast which is still going strong.

Here Comes The Guillotine is quite good as well. Thats Frankie Boyle and Susie McCabe.

I said I wouldn't bother with it but The Tzar of Hearts has been entertaining so far.

[MountcastleHibs]

I enjoy Here Comes the Guillotine. Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and Christopher McArthur-Boyd have a great rapport.

My weekly go tos are Restless Natives with Gordon Smart and Martin Compston, The Rest is Politics and The Rest is Politics US and the Soccer A-Z podcast from the Soccer AM team. Really enjoy that for a bit of nostalgia.

[Dmas]

Fallen away from podcasts since WFH and not using the bus but always really enjoyed a good podcast, quite like the true crime ones, first 2 seasons of serial where good, S-Town was also a good listen.

The bbc done a podcast about tunnelling under the Berlin Wall which was really good Tunnel 29 it was called I think

[Craig_HFC]

Football Cliches. It's about the 'language of football' that is absolutely brilliant, it's hilarious.

The Rest is Classified. Hosted by a former CIA analyst and British security correspondent go through stuff such as the coup in Iran, the Taliban, Assad & Syria etc. Can be really interesting.

[Just_Jimmy]

Share your favourites here!

Really interesting one I started this morning called Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring. Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes from the Byline Times.

My long term listens are obviously Longbangers and DTS, but also We Have Ways of Making You Talk which is a Second World War podcast that explores literally everything on WW2.

Also listen to the Johnny Vaughn Radio X podcast which is still going strong.

Here Comes The Guillotine is quite good as well. Thats Frankie Boyle and Susie McCabe.

I said I wouldn't bother with it but The Tzar of Hearts has been entertaining so far.I love we have ways.

I listen to not so quiet on the western front, same kind of idea but around First world war.

Both sides of the wire is good too, similar to not so, but a German and Canadian historian who discuss the German side during WW1 as well.



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[Hibs Go Bragh]

It's a shame these threads never seem to last so I'm going to try and get it going again.

I'm looking for audiobook recommendations in particular as I've never really got into podcasts.

I'm ashamed to say I never read enough books growing up and now with audible I feel I need to make up for lost time.

I've just finished the Harry Potter series. Having never watched any of the films or being particularly interested in fantasy I really enjoyed them so now I'm looking for something else I would probably never consider.

What are everyone's go to books that they think would work as an audio? The ones where anyone can read/listen to them and be hooked right away regardless of the genre?

Are Stephen King novels easy to listen to or are they proper heavy dialogue that take ages to get going? What about other really scary, edge of the seat stuff?

Are there any other heroes out there similar to Jack Reacher?

What about laugh out loud funny books? I don't mind looking like a fool laughing my head off walking along the road (The Amateurs was good for this)

Open to any and all suggestions.

[O'Rourke3]

Can't do audio books. I either fall asleep or day dream through pages. Much prefer to read.

As a relative newcomer to Podcasts I've blitzed "No Such Thing as a Fish" - all 538 episodes while out walking the dog along side "Page 99 The Private Eye Podcast" and "Here Comes The Guillotine". Less devoted to "Monkey Tennis" and "The infinite Monkey Cage" .
BBC Sounds is really excellent. My guilty pleasure there is "Desert Island discs".

[brianmc]

The Real Anthony Fauci by RFK junior.

Despite the catalogue of allegations made against Fauci and multiple government agencies AND pharma companies - as well as the likes of Bill Gates - essentially labelling them as greedy crooks who were complicit in poisoning the world's population for power and profit - there have been no attempts by those accused to sue the author.....

Scary stuff.

[McD]

It's a shame these threads never seem to last so I'm going to try and get it going again.

I'm looking for audiobook recommendations in particular as I've never really got into podcasts.

I'm ashamed to say I never read enough books growing up and now with audible I feel I need to make up for lost time.

I've just finished the Harry Potter series. Having never watched any of the films or being particularly interested in fantasy I really enjoyed them so now I'm looking for something else I would probably never consider.

What are everyone's go to books that they think would work as an audio? The ones where anyone can read/listen to them and be hooked right away regardless of the genre?

Are Stephen King novels easy to listen to or are they proper heavy dialogue that take ages to get going? What about other really scary, edge of the seat stuff?

Are there any other heroes out there similar to Jack Reacher?

What about laugh out loud funny books? I don't mind looking like a fool laughing my head off walking along the road (The Amateurs was good for this)

Open to any and all suggestions.



What kind of stuff are you into?



There’s an author called Matthew Reilly that I like, his books are usually pretty fast paced. I’ve been reading his books (and I’ve read the ones I enjoy several times each) for about 20 years, and he describes his writing style as that he’s trying to write books that read like action movies, which is a decent description tbf.


Jack West Jr series (7 books, all titled counting down to one - Seven Ancient Wonders, Six Sacred Stones, etc) - Indiana Jones style, action/mythology/fantasy. The books all build into one another, so there’s an overarching story that runs from the first book to the last.

Shane Schofield/Scarecrow series - focus is on an American Marine who finds himself in severe situations that normally have national/international ramifications - Die Hard in the military kind of thing. Less fantastical than the Jack West books but still excellent and very very fast moving, the sensational is almost like reading in real time, if that makes any sense :greengrin These books all relate to the same primary characters, but are more standalone.

Contest - about a tournament to the death amongst several alien species, with an unknowing human dropped into the battle unprepared

Secret Runners of New York - combination time travel and apocalyptic future, primary characters are all teenagers

Mr Einsteins Secretary - a fictional life story of a very intelligent young woman who encounters Einstein as a teenager and interacts with him several times over her life, leading to her spying on the nazis and other activities

Cobalt Blue - novella about a battle between superheroes of Russia and the US


There are other books by the author, however I’ve not read them yet or chosen not to. I’ve listened to all of these bar one on audible, and they’re good if you like those sorts of stories.


Another author I have generally found good is Dan Brown. His books can stretch belief (to varying degrees) but they’re enjoyable.

Angels and Demons
The Da Vinci Code
The Lost Symbol
Inferno
Origin
Deception Point
Digital Fortress


Michael Crichton - his works that have been turned into films speak for themselves (Jurassic Park, etc), but there’s a number of novels that are decent as audio books (some are a bit dated but still good)

Jurassic park
Rising sun
Disclosure
State of fear
Micro
Sphere



One tip about Audible - if you can, find unabridged versions of the books you want where possible. Those are the ones that are read verbatim as you’d read them, if it’s an abridged version then it’s been cut down, often quite dramatically, can be the difference of several hours in the audio, so as you can imagine it can change the experience of the content.

[Hibs Go Bragh]

What kind of stuff are you into?



There’s an author called Matthew Reilly that I like, his books are usually pretty fast paced. I’ve been reading his books (and I’ve read the ones I enjoy several times each) for about 20 years, and he describes his writing style as that he’s trying to write books that read like action movies, which is a decent description tbf.


Jack West Jr series (7 books, all titled counting down to one - Seven Ancient Wonders, Six Sacred Stones, etc) - Indiana Jones style, action/mythology/fantasy. The books all build into one another, so there’s an overarching story that runs from the first book to the last.

Shane Schofield/Scarecrow series - focus is on an American Marine who finds himself in severe situations that normally have national/international ramifications - Die Hard in the military kind of thing. Less fantastical than the Jack West books but still excellent and very very fast moving, the sensational is almost like reading in real time, if that makes any sense :greengrin These books all relate to the same primary characters, but are more standalone.

Contest - about a tournament to the death amongst several alien species, with an unknowing human dropped into the battle unprepared

Secret Runners of New York - combination time travel and apocalyptic future, primary characters are all teenagers

Mr Einsteins Secretary - a fictional life story of a very intelligent young woman who encounters Einstein as a teenager and interacts with him several times over her life, leading to her spying on the nazis and other activities

Cobalt Blue - novella about a battle between superheroes of Russia and the US


There are other books by the author, however I’ve not read them yet or chosen not to. I’ve listened to all of these bar one on audible, and they’re good if you like those sorts of stories.


Another author I have generally found good is Dan Brown. His books can stretch belief (to varying degrees) but they’re enjoyable.

Angels and Demons
The Da Vinci Code
The Lost Symbol
Inferno
Origin
Deception Point
Digital Fortress


Michael Crichton - his works that have been turned into films speak for themselves (Jurassic Park, etc), but there’s a number of novels that are decent as audio books (some are a bit dated but still good)

Jurassic park
Rising sun
Disclosure
State of fear
Micro
Sphere



One tip about Audible - if you can, find unabridged versions of the books you want where possible. Those are the ones that are read verbatim as you’d read them, if it’s an abridged version then it’s been cut down, often quite dramatically, can be the difference of several hours in the audio, so as you can imagine it can change the experience of the content.

Wow thank you so much for taking the time on all that!

That’s the thing, I always thought I never liked sci fi or fantasy stuff but I randomly started Harry Potter and I really liked it so I’ve no idea what I’m into anymore 😂

The Jack West series sounds really good.

Jurassic Park always pops up as a recommendation and I loved the movie so that could be a good shout.

The only thing I find with audible is you rely on a good narrator. I used to like the Reacher books but the narrator is dreadful!

Once again many thanks for making that list.

[McD]

Wow thank you so much for taking the time on all that!

That’s the thing, I always thought I never liked sci fi or fantasy stuff but I randomly started Harry Potter and I really liked it so I’ve no idea what I’m into anymore 😂

The Jack West series sounds really good.

Jurassic Park always pops up as a recommendation and I loved the movie so that could be a good shout.

The only thing I find with audible is you rely on a good narrator. I used to like the Reacher books but the narrator is dreadful!

Once again many thanks for making that list.


Anytime mate, hope you find some that you enjoy 😄


Totally agree about the narrator, can make or break a book. I often check the reviews of a book before I buy it, if there’s a lot of complaints about the narrator, I’ll give the preview a quick listen to see if I agree or not, and decide whether to purchase from that

[Sloop67]

" The Glesga Da " Podcast , Raymond Mearns & Stuart Mitchell share their thoughts on various subjects , including Christmas movies , hangover cures and take-away food. I've been listing whilst out walking folks who see me laughing must think I'm daft , there's also a few clips on tic-tok