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Post by partytentdown on Sept 13, 2023 7:09:40 GMT
Anyone listening to any good podcasts, theatrical or otherwise? I usually have a backup list of quite a few but nothing is tickling my fancy at the moment.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 14, 2023 6:19:55 GMT
I enjoy Page 94 (private eye) and I dip into Matt Koplik's broadway breakdown. Generally though, i just download various radio 4 shows as Ive never really got into pods
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Sept 14, 2023 8:43:34 GMT
I’ve got a few I listen to regularly
Musical-related: - Musicalsplainin - Central conceit is ‘theatre fan introduces musical-hater to musicals’ but it’s often really analytical and thoughtful rather than ‘thing bad’.
TV Show specific: - The Taskmaster Podcast - Taskmaster The People’s Podcast (both official podcasts hosted by former contestants)
True Crime: - Worst Case Scenario - Two comedians discussing cases of amazing survival, rather than murders.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2023 9:12:49 GMT
I enjoy Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 14, 2023 13:33:09 GMT
I enjoy the Hit Parade Podcast - it’s about the Billboard charts rather than U.K. charts (usually) but it’s just really well done - lots of research and analysis of musical trends.
A more specific podcast for Robbie Williams fans (not sure how many of them there are here) is Robbie Williams Rewind. Run by a couple of super-fans they go through each album and tour discussing each song, b-side, and tour and have ‘special guest fans’ talking about their own experiences and memories, why they’re and a fan, etc. It’s literally the only podcast that actually talks in detail about his music rather than about the persona or the drama, and has also scored some amazing special guests for interviews, such as his backing singers, musicians, some of his co-writers and his long-term A&R Chris Briggs. And they did get Rob himself for an interview in January.
It’s a really good podcast if you’re interested in getting below the surface of a performance persona - in terms of ‘what is it about this artist that has connected with his audience’, and it terms of ‘what is this person actually like to work with, and how do they actually produce their work’.
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Post by sleeper on Sept 15, 2023 17:36:39 GMT
I can absolutely recommend the 'Stage Door Jonny' podcast about theatre ... and life ... and life in the theatre.
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Post by nottobe on Sept 15, 2023 18:44:58 GMT
Theatre wise I really enjoy 'As the Actress Said to the Critic' with Nancy Carroll and Sarah Crompton.
Non theatre wise I am a big fan of 'Help I sexted my boss' (not one for the innocent) , 'Joan and Jericha' (again rather risque in its comedy) the BBCs 'Uncanny'(all thins supernatural explored).
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 15, 2023 18:55:56 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 15, 2023 18:58:58 GMT
Kathy Burke’s Where There’s A Will.. might be of interest but it’s like the Off Menu pod in that her guests are mainly comedians (which I find to be a total turn off). She has an episode where she interviews Jonathan Harvey which I LOL’d at though.
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Post by Peter on Sept 16, 2023 19:38:41 GMT
The only podcast I religiously listen to is ‘No Such Thing as a Fish’ where some of the people behind QI present and discuss their favourite fact from the week. One of the regular team is on maternity leave, so they have an interesting range of guests on at the moment.
I also recently discovered ‘My Dad Wrote a Porno’, which I binged as I’m a bit late to the party and the series has ended recently. Really good fun - more about the interactions between the presenters than the actual subject matter.
On the other end of the scale, a friend recommended ‘My Favourite Murder’ and I’m really not getting on with it at all - the two presenters basically read out the Wikipedia entry for a murder while making ‘funny’ asides. My problem is that they find themselves more entertaining than I do, so don’t think I’ll be sticking with it…
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