Cum Town Premium episode 214 One of the hosts, Nick, does a funny parody of the Eric Clapton song Change the World
I thought I'd never see a Cum Town - Hacker News crossover, but here we are.
Nick is a genuine monster at impressions.
Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
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Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#42Hardcore History: Supernova in the East, part 5. It's about Japan during the second world war and there's something about the absolutely insane Japanese mentality that lead civilians to commit mass suicide that captivated me. The whole series, and really the whole of Hardcore History is absolutely amazing and even if you think you don't like history you absolutely should give it a try. Blueprint of Armageddon is stil…
I'm a big fan too, but beware of his pretty bog standard reading of history. For instance, he makes plenty of insinuations in the Supernova series about how the US basically had to nuke Japan because they were so fanatical.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#43I found the Planet Money episode Big Rigged surprisingly moving. It covered the business model of American trucking company Prime through the story of Kimberly. It was the all too familiar story of employee rights being eroded through a shady business model. Prime were exploiting workers by encouraging them to operate as independent contractors with an exclusive contract whilst also loaning them their truck, setting…
I loved that episode too, I was extremely informative but also equally saddening.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just listened to this last night and I second this! It was fascinating hearing all of the different perspectives and design decisions. I've rarely heard a podcast done so well with so many guests so kudos on a great job hosting it Abner. (You may have seen me around the discord, I'm PH Test)
Yes! While I have you here, may I ask how you listened to it? There's the video with closed captions and the audio-only version... which one did you find most convenient?
I listen to my podcasts via the Pocket Casts app on Android (audio only).
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#45The Song Exploder episode about Mobb Deep was great because it explored the genesis of a legendary hip hop act and very touching for the story of their friendship through fame and eventually the death of Prodigy. And as with all these episodes the background into the song (Shook Ones pt II) is also very interesting
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#46I liked Martymade #10, Anything that moves — the My Lai Massacre
https://www.stitcher.com/show/martyrmade/episode/10-anything...
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#47Cum Town Premium episode 214 One of the hosts, Nick, does a funny parody of the Eric Clapton song Change the World
I thought I'd never see a Cum Town - Hacker News crossover, but here we are. Nick is a genuine monster at impressions.
Have you guys checked out the new CumTown website? Https://Chapo.chat
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#48The "David Tennant Does a Podcast With…" episode where he interviewed George Takei, talking about his imprisonment as a child during WWII because he is Japanese-American was very interesting.
https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIRA3698D3E3VB3
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#49Bianca Giaever is my favourite story teller. She made a mini series podcast called Constellation Prize for the Believer magazine this year. I want to say that my favourite episode is "My Year with Franz" where she spends a couple of years listening to Franz Wright's (a poet) recordings which he made in the last years of his life. It is very moving and sad story. However, I am not 100% sure that this qualifies as a 2020 release, since its a re-release of her work and the original was released on 2019.
However, Crossing Guard (first episode in Constellation Prize) is also very good. It is Bianca interviewing a crossing guard and it gets very existential. I listen to it when I feel lonely.
Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
#50Chapo episode about Avatar (the Cameron Movie).
A sincere discussion of the film as an anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist film, that challenges the common view of the film as a 'white saviour' ferngully-like and attempts to explain why the film was so "un-meme-able" in contrast to recent Marvel movies.