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This is almost all I listen to anymore. Every week MurderxBryan digs through the depths of Reddit, YouTube, Quora, and other corners of the internet to cover different kinds of guys. You can get the general idea from the episode titles: Bourbon Guys, Lawn Guys, Lego Guys, Porno Guys, Magicians, every episode features the most unhinged and sometimes concerning posts ever written on the Internet. Every episode is good, and I'm a particular fan of Bryan's Patreon series on Shock Jocks, who are their own kind of pathetic, desperate, lonely guy, but for a recommendation start with the first episode, Sex Guys with Mike Hale (Your Kickstarter Sucks) and learn about crazy guys you'll info dump about to your girlfriend later.
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the Michael Hobbes podcast universe
-Maintenance Phase: everything all the idiots in the world say about weight or weight loss or health, deconstructed to the realities of science #methodologyqueen
-If Books Could Kill: every book the most annoying person in your life has recommended, torn apart brutally and exactly #methodologyqueen
extended MH universe
-5-4: the supreme court sucks, let’s talk about it and giggle
-In Bed With The Right: great convos on feminism and sexuality theory and how they’re being used by the far right, as well as digging into historical philosophical context
cyber true crime
-Darknet Diaries: interviews about wild cyber crime stories, very deep dives
-Hacked: more playful latest cyber news, easy entry point and entertaining
-ReplyAll: not just cyber crime, just everything internet. a hall of famer in the world of podcasts, has since died but if you haven’t listened i‘m jealous that you still get to experience it for the first time
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-Normal Gossip: i’m obsessed with other people’s gossip esp when I don’t know a soul involved. this is the most perfectly produced way to do it, i’m gasping from shock and awe anytime this is on
-Petty Crimes: because Normal Gossip is so well produced and they have gorgeous boundaries, there aren’t nearly enough episodes. this is a more coastal elite millennial take on other people’s gossip and very silly
-Heavyweight: another gimlet studios creation that might be dead? it’s like Serial but for the most mundane personal stories that makes me cry nearly every episode
wildcard
-I Will Teach You To Be Rich: insane branding but stay with me, you get to listen to real couples talk about their actual finances. Ramit is surprisingly intersectional in how he views people’s attitudes about money, you wouldn’t get the vibe from his general demeanor but it’s frequently nuanced takes. his book that the podcast is named for is a tough read bc he has a very brash “guy with a podcast and internet course for sell” vibe to him but he is genuinely the only ‘financial advice guru’ that I trust and listening to his more recent episodes you can tell he has a firm understanding of societal factors that lead to financial hardship. whenever i’m up to date on this one I can feel myself making smarter money decisions (sorry long description I do feel like he requires a lot of prefacing lol)
Apr 5, 2024
i kinda hated these guys when i first started listening to this show but now i look forward to every episode. they are kinda assholes sometimes but in general they’re pretty funny and have made me laugh out loud in the middle of the sidewalk more than once. they get really interesting guests and also do episodes where it’s just the two of them shooting the shit about current goings-on in culture. def recommend if you live in nyc or la, and/or are terminally online (i fall into both categories)
Mar 5, 2024
this podcast is my latest obsession! very funny everyday gossip send in by random people and read by the hosts - nothing like getting invested in juicy/hilarious/jaw dropping stories from complete strangers
Sep 7, 2024
Top Recs from @nathankb
Cary Grant is potentially the most entertaining actor of all-time, which probably makes him the greatest actor of all-time. Katherine Hepburn is probably the greatest actress of all-time. They're always incredible together, probably most famously in Bringing Up Baby or the Philadelphia Story, but Holiday (1938) is a funny, melancholy Golden Age romance that brings the best out of both of them. Golden Age Hollywood is a comfort food for me, and I'll probably make my girlfriend watch this with me for my birthday around this upcoming New Year's Eve.
Sep 19, 2024
It's not possible to say enough about the genius of Sophie so I just want to highlight a song of hers that just fills my whole soul every time I hear it: "Just Like We Never Said Goodbye". It's so sparse, but so energetic and so emotional, I could put it on repeat all month and feel and think a billion different things. I love an artist whose work inspires that, and Sophie is the best of them <3
Sep 19, 2024
if you're in the Detroit area, the two best bookstores in the world are the two John King Books locations (one in Detroit, one in Ferndale). Each location features shelves overstuffed with used and rare books, and I can lose myself for hours whether I'm looking to finally try and read Marcel Proust, or if I want to find some random high fantasy or sci-fi novel no one's ever heard of. Generally it's cheaper than Barnes & Noble (no shade, I used to work there), and besides, it's cooler to have your own unique edition of a book rather than the mass market version you get buying new. Incredible staff too, btw. Can't recommend highly enough if you're near the Detroit.
Sep 19, 2024