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Any Interesting (Not Disturbing) Podcasts? (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by actual_patience@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I used to listen to long form essays on Youtube. My favourite ones either break down the history of a conspiracy, teach me something new and cool about the world, or explore a hobby I've never been interested in.

I don't like the ones about killers or heavy drama. I also don't like podcasts that spend half the time reading the latest news from [topic] in verbatim .

What are some podcasts you can recommend me while I chip away at other things?

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[–] FrozenTrout@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Oh No Ross and Carrie is a lot of fun! “The show where we don’t just report on spirituality, fringe science and claims of the paranormal, but take part ourselves. We join religions, undergo alternative medical treatments, and hunt for ghost, goblins, demons, and deities. If it has an extraordinary claim attached to it, we’ll check it out.”

They do a large variety of investigations, including things like ear candling, trying ayahuasca, going to UFO conferences, joining Scientology (a particularly long but very interesting series of episodes), meeting a local flat earther group (and even helping them design and run experiments), be trained in performing exorcisms, etc etc!

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This sounds amazing!

[–] FrozenTrout@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I really like it! I recommend starting out by looking at the episode descriptions to listen to investigations that sound particularly interesting to you, then if you want eventually going back and catching the ones you skipped

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

They're really fun and informative; highly recommend. I've been supporting them for years.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Glad to see someone mention this shiw, it's delightful and rather a hidden gem. Their series on Scientology was marvelous.