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Author	Wyrmalla
Comment	Behind the Bastards - A podcast covering the worst people in all of history. It goes into the sort of stories you wouldn't learn about in school, or aren't usually reported by the mass media. Some of the stuff gets pretty ridiculous, and you're often left wondering how the ones who are still alive are getting away with their crap (the host does recommend buying bolt cutters and eating the rich a lot...). The creator's also made other podcasts like: The Worst Year Ever - an ongoing series covering current political events in America. It Could Happen Here - a speculative podcast talking about a theoretical 2nd Civil War in America, where the premise is more of a jumping block to discuss disturbing current trends. And his upcomming one, The Women's War - covering the war in Rojava. Ridiculous History - Like Behind the Bastards, but tends not to be as dark. Episodes are shorter too - usually 20-40 minutes. Check out the host service IHeartRadio for other podcasts. Disgraceland and Stuff they don't want you to know are similar to the above on that same service. Headlong; Running from Cops - If I could give this limited series more than 5 stars I would. Its a documentary podcast about the show Cops. And all the illegal stuff its done over the years, and insideous effect its had on policing in America. The creator's also made a few other series, but I'd definately start with that one. Smodcast: Kevin Smith's podcast network. Edumacation on that service coins itself as "cocktail party science" - its just a podcast about interesting facts, a bit like Qi. Hollywood Babbleon's a live show where they recount stupid stories from the week. And Smodcast's whatever Kevin feels like talking about for a few hours, so covers everything from interviews with random celebrities, to reading stupid Police dispatch records. This is Only a Test - a tech, science and pop culture podcast from Tested.com; a site owned by Mythbuster's Adam Savage. Its a good podcast if your interested in science or tech, but from a layman's perspective, where they're good at explaining things and quick to change topic before things get too dull (the hosts do other podcasts elsewhere where they go into more detail if you want that sort of thing). Its a good general podcast about geeky stuff if that's what you're looking for. Ear Hustle - A podcast made from within a prison, covering prison politics and other related stuff. Obviously more ammaturish than the others, and not for everyone. Popular Front - if the politics of the above podcasts is you're thing then this is a great one for telling you about current events around the world. Discussing wars, political upheaval, and everyday life in difficult times. Tending to give more of from the ground perspective, and a less politically correct version of events than you'll usually hear (if thinking war criminals should fuck off is too un-PC that is...). The Spin Off Doctors - a Video Game Movie review podcast. Where they break down the plot of these (often) shitty movies, and talk about how ...shit they are. It involves Jim Sterling, host of other podcasts like Podquisition (a video game podcast where they spend half the time not wanting to talk about video games). There's a huge backlog of the two host's other podcasts, FistShark Marketting, Bostons Favourite Son, Jim Won't Give Ian his VR, etc, if you like either of them. One I'd say to avoid is Hardcore History. It seems to be recommended all over, however I found it to be like one of those overly dramatic American documentaries. Where the guy talks with this dark voice and goes on about how epic everything is. He did an episode on a Japanese soldier and just talked about how awesome he was in a cringey way, without mentioning much of all his warcrimes... Behind the Bastards covers similar material without being so over the top.
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Created	Tue 24th Mar 2020 10:40am
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Behind the Bastards - A podcast covering the worst people in all of history. It goes into the sort of stories you wouldn't learn about in school, or aren't usually reported by the mass media. Some of the stuff gets pretty ridiculous, and you're often left wondering how the ones who are still alive are getting away with their crap (the host does recommend buying bolt cutters and eating the rich a lot...).

The creator's also made other podcasts like: The Worst Year Ever - an ongoing series covering current political events in America. It Could Happen Here - a speculative podcast talking about a theoretical 2nd Civil War in America, where the premise is more of a jumping block to discuss disturbing current trends. And his upcomming one, The Women's War - covering the war in Rojava.



Ridiculous History - Like Behind the Bastards, but tends not to be as dark. Episodes are shorter too - usually 20-40 minutes.

Check out the host service IHeartRadio for other podcasts. Disgraceland and Stuff they don't want you to know are similar to the above on that same service.



Headlong; Running from Cops - If I could give this limited series more than 5 stars I would. Its a documentary podcast about the show Cops. And all the illegal stuff its done over the years, and insideous effect its had on policing in America. The creator's also made a few other series, but I'd definately start with that one.



Smodcast: Kevin Smith's podcast network. Edumacation on that service coins itself as "cocktail party science" - its just a podcast about interesting facts, a bit like Qi. Hollywood Babbleon's a live show where they recount stupid stories from the week. And Smodcast's whatever Kevin feels like talking about for a few hours, so covers everything from interviews with random celebrities, to reading stupid Police dispatch records.



This is Only a Test - a tech, science and pop culture podcast from Tested.com; a site owned by Mythbuster's Adam Savage. Its a good podcast if your interested in science or tech, but from a layman's perspective, where they're good at explaining things and quick to change topic before things get too dull (the hosts do other podcasts elsewhere where they go into more detail if you want that sort of thing). Its a good general podcast about geeky stuff if that's what you're looking for.



Ear Hustle - A podcast made from within a prison, covering prison politics and other related stuff. Obviously more ammaturish than the others, and not for everyone.



Popular Front - if the politics of the above podcasts is you're thing then this is a great one for telling you about current events around the world. Discussing wars, political upheaval, and everyday life in difficult times. Tending to give more of from the ground perspective, and a less politically correct version of events than you'll usually hear (if thinking war criminals should fuck off is too un-PC that is...).



The Spin Off Doctors - a Video Game Movie review podcast. Where they break down the plot of these (often) shitty movies, and talk about how ...shit they are. It involves Jim Sterling, host of other podcasts like Podquisition (a video game podcast where they spend half the time not wanting to talk about video games). There's a huge backlog of the two host's other podcasts, FistShark Marketting, Bostons Favourite Son, Jim Won't Give Ian his VR, etc, if you like either of them.



One I'd say to avoid is Hardcore History. It seems to be recommended all over, however I found it to be like one of those overly dramatic American documentaries. Where the guy talks with this dark voice and goes on about how epic everything is. He did an episode on a Japanese soldier and just talked about how awesome he was in a cringey way, without mentioning much of all his warcrimes... Behind the Bastards covers similar material without being so over the top.