/lit/ - Literature

>>16775709
Read a book.

I haven't found a single good one

>>16775709
me when I spend hours talking out loud about books as if I had people listening

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>>16775967
I have found, but they aren't generally /lit/ relevant.

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>>16775709
bookworm from npr

>>16775987
Objectively right answer, except when they have Mary Beard on of course.

>>16775709
All that time spent listening to podcasts could have been spent listening to audiobooks, music, or you know... watch a fucking movie!

>>16778171
audiobooks of classics is so comfy in theory but every time it’s some absolute fossil reading

>>16775709
Hyperpodcastism
Hermitix

>>16775709
red scare

History of Philosophy by Peter Adamson. It's pretty damn comfy too.

>>16778258
this. except that he's so damn slow and spent like a hundred episodes on Arabic philosophy.

>>16777136
>>16775984
bug

>>16775709
ArchaeoEd is new and really fun. Pure new world archaeology autism

Red Bar Radio

>>16778215
based

>>16775709
In a world of burgeoning extremism in all directions, centrism is counter culture.

>>16780238
holy cringe

>>16778258
This. Also Secret History Of Western Esotericism.

Apocrypals, it's about two non-believers reading through the bible and it's really cool.

They are both comic writers, but one of them is very /lit/. He speaks latin & ancient greek, has a masters degree in like classics or something, and researches well. The other host tempers him well, and they have a great dynamic.

How about you read a book instead of mindlessly listening to the opinions of failures who have zero originality.

I like philosophy this

>>16778215
This

>>16777136
this

>>16778252
gay

New books in sociology

Literature and History is the best shit. Someone here recommended it and it's my favourite non-cum podcast. He is covering the history of western literature from the beginning. It's been a few years and he's only up to the new testament now. General advice is to stick with it through the early eps, he does some weird shit, writing songs about Gilgamesh etc. but after the first few EPs he starts to put them at the end so you can easily skip the songs.

>>16780824
Also, he is in the academic scene, I think he was a teacher at a uni (Americans say professor, professor is a title you earn in Australia so it feels weird saying it). But this means he has contacts with academic historians who will join to read poetry in its original language, which is sometimes really portent for understanding ancient poetry.

What do you people do while listening to podcasts? I find it hard to find something else to do that doesn't distract from the content. If I just site there then it makes more sense to just read.

>>16780862
chores, wash dishes etc, walk, construct scale models of German tanks

Borzoi.

>>16775709
TTC courses, specially the classical music courses by Robert Greenberg. Those are amazing and he is probably the best professor I have ever heard (by which I mean precisely "the best professor", i.e., someone who is very erudite on his subject and imparts his erudition in a manner which is extremely enjoyable and clear).

>>16775987
Personally, I can't stand Bragg

>>16775709
Backlisted

>>16775709
The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast
Theory Talk
Weird Studies
General Intellect Unit

Not really /lit/, but I quite enjoy Srsly Wrong, but it's probably too lefty for most of /lit/

>>16780589
Podcast's are to be listened to when you can't read, for example: Working, Driving, working out

>>16775709
Chapo
Cum Town
Red Scare
The list could go on

>>16782576
He asked for /lit/ approved podcasts, not /onions/ approved podcasts.

>>16782576
He asked for /lit/ approved podcasts, not /soi/ approved podcasts.

>>16782585
Is Cum Town even soi? They're pretty much just a comedy podcast, (who happen to be Bernie Bros, like most young, college educated people).

>>16782623
>Is Cum Town even soi?
>(who happen to be Bernie Bros, like most young, college educated people).
You answered your own question. You can't be a Bernie bro without soi. Also says something about the horrible state of college educated people nowadays.

>>16782712
>Implying college educated people haven't always been left leaning

Makes you think

>>16782743
No, they weren't always, you disingenuous fuck, only after you had purged anything non-left-leaning from universities. It should make you think though, since college educated people are some of the most uncritical sheep I've ever encountered.

I really like these ones:

Kermode on Film (great if you're into cinema)
In Our Time (a lot of interesting information on pretty much any topic out there)
Pynchon in Public (great to listen whenever you're reading something by Pynchy)
Enter the Void (pretty sure they've stopped doing new episodes but the stuff that they've recorded is pretty cool to listen to if you're into cinema)

>>16782753
Professors are usually left leaning because they're intelligent. College educated people are left leaning because they're more intelligent than your average non-college educated person. Most right wing people don't go to college because they aren't intelligent. You can try and convice yourself that you and your right wing friends on Discord are the REAL smart ones because you "took the red pill, man", and knew that college is just a place where rich people go to go indoctrinated, but this isn't the case. The most intelligent people in society go to college, always have, and always will, and there are plenties of studies to back this up.

>>16782785
I studied at one of the most left leaning universities in my country and I'm right wing, genius.
>College educated people are left leaning because they're more intelligent than your average non-college educated person.
I hope this bait, but I think you actually believe this nonsense. You've probably not had a single unique, critical thought in your life, just constantly regurgitating talking points your professors have indoctrinated you with. Good going. Being good at school does not equal intelligence, and you saying it does shows your own capacities.
>The most intelligent people in society go to college, always have, and always will,
This is blatantly false and shows you have no idea what you're talking about, it's only been a phenomenon since the previous century.

>>16782801
>You've probably not had a single unique, critical thought in your life, just constantly regurgitating talking points your professors have indoctrinated you with

Funny, since you're just regurgitating talking point's you heard from right wing Youtubers.

>I studied at one of the most left leaning universities

Lmao what was the methodology for finding this out?

>>16782812
>Funny, since you're just regurgitating talking point's you heard from right wing Youtubers.
I'm just stating observable facts. You're making claims that are untrue without bothering to check them. Which proves my point, whether righr wing youtubers have said the same thing or not.
>Lmao what was the methodology for finding this out?
It's a well-known fact? It's evident in the studies that are published from it? It's home to the foremost sociology and humanities departments in my country?
You didn't address the fact that your claim about college and intelligent people is historically false, by the way.

>tfw study a STEM subject at a non-American university and didn't have to put up with clueless lecturers telling me to analyse capitalist realism and hauntology in Marvel's Avengers Assemble through the lens of bipoc sex workers

>>16782833
You probably didn't go to university.

>>16782838
what makes you say that? He may be exaggerating but it's really not far off from what is happening in universities.

There is an icelandic radio show where the host reads old books and articles, cozy and informative
>>16778280
1.5 speed

>>16782838
Don't know why I'd lie on the internet about going to university and not gettign pissed off.

>>16778215
>Hermitix
some pseuds will never learn. Go and get an actual education.

>>16775709
книжниый бaзap, if you speak ru

>>16782861
What does a real education involve?

>>16782868
a phd

>>16782861
>Go and get an actual education.
No thanks, I did and it took me years to undo the brainwashing and progressive indoctrination.
What's your beef with Hermitix though?

>>16782873
>brainwashing and progressive indoctrination
Anglos will seethe and universalize their education.
That podcast has the depth of a puddle (the same depth of Anglo education).

>>16782880
This criticism has the depth of a puddle

>>16782880
Good thing I'm not an anglo then, retard.
>That podcast has the depth of a puddle (the same depth of Anglo education).
Just like your criticism of it then. What a waste of a conversation this is. I thought you were mr. well-educated? Doesn't seem like it.

>>16782623
Cum Town is painfully onions. And all the people I know that listen are extremely and literally onions vegans.

>>16782866
Книжный чeл is good as well

I know of 1 podcast that is the embodiment of what /lit/ wishes it was. It wouldn't be /lit/ approved because it blows even the best of /lit/ (notpynchon) out of the water. I'm not going to post it since no one else has... though it's obvious and you're all so cringe.

>>16775709
Sleepycast is not lit but still based.
Alzabo Soup is good as long as you're willing to look past that they blame Severian for everything that goes wrong.

>>16782886
>Thinks the anglos haven't exported their model of progressive education
If you've had an education that involves "brainwashing and progressive indoctrination" then you've had an Anglo education.

I needn't say much about the podcast as it doesn't have anything one could say about it. It lacks depth on every topic and it glorifies surface thinking. How is one to value and talk about something valueless that doesn't say much? By saying it's shit. Nothing else needs to be said.

>>16782906
Just say nothing if you have nothing relevant to say.

>>16782801
>Being good at school does not equal intelligence
He fell for the meme

Hardcore History is the best podcast in general

>>16782903
God I'm trying so hard with azalbo soup but the first 15 minutes of every episode where they talk about their college majors or whatever is onions. I started skipping but then it seeps over into the rest of the podcast too. Fucking unbearable.
I think this is how people in Colorado actually talk to each other. Virtue or status signalling in every single comment

If someone out there is looking for a genuinely good podcast that’s thought provoking and insightful, I suggest Martyrmade. All of the episodes are so information dense that it has a lot of replay value, and the host is likely more well read than any of the other podcasters listed in this thread.

>>16782938
Who, the guy who thinks going to college equals being smart? Yeah he did.

>>16782961
the problem I have with Hardcore History is that Dan spends 6 hours covering a topic, but his endless tangents trying to illuminate the main subject often distract from said subject

>>16775987
Sorry anon, but we're running out of time

>>16784799
The thing I like most about him is his immense amount of references for each subject. Not only does he give generally entertaining summaries of events (I actually wish his podcasts were quite longer than 6 hours) but I use his source material to dive into the subject further by actually reading the books he references on the show, which is what the purpose of the podcast is, I believe. His tangents, at least to me, are more illustrative of his quality as a story teller and the complex links of history, rather than detracting from the primary narrative.

>>16780899
You don't consider washing dishes a chore??

I'm going to shill my own channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkjQXnZveUor--Myw2CXb6A

>>16780574
>Secret History Of Western Esotericism
Is this a scholarly podcast like history of philosophy without any gaps or some new age shitter jerking off?

>>16780574
any podcast that requires a paid membership and is about esotericism is absolutely a scam

>>16785002
one of life's greatest pleasures

>>16775975
kek, I do this in the car.

I'm planning to start one later this month. Who wants to be my guest to set the spaghetti-heavy tone right?

>>16775709
Prime Mates, they talk about monkeys

>>16782898
Yeah alright faggot. Probably Last Podcast on the Left or some shit.

>>16785594
I would, but I'm willing to provide acknowledgement that I post here. email me.

>>16785907
Sent.

>>16780923

>>16775709
It has nothing to do with /lit/ but the Tim Dillon Show is the only podcast I listen to.
>>16786435
CUTE!

>>16778215
I used to like Hermitix until the overdone pseudo-intellectualism started to irk. I noticed he took down videos about some of the more controversial authors despite them being some of the best interviews he had. The deleuzo-landian playthrough of Outer Worlds was really what cemented it for me though.

>>16782785
>Professors are usually left leaning because they're intelligent.

>>16785060
What’s the basic premise of this channel? Do you just do random book reviews or do you have a lens or theme?

>>16786453
>Tim Dillon Show
Unfathomably based even though I hate him

>>16786488
>Unfathomably based
>I hate him
EXPLAIN PLS

>>16786453
I tried this and turned him off after a few minutes of him ranting about some waitress.

>>16783036
I'll try this one thanks

>>16782870
Cringe and brainwashed pilled

>>16786501
Anon, I would have to go on an entire rant to explain why I hate the guy. Just know that while I hate him, he’s so fucking funny I can’t help but listen.

>>16786568
>brainwashed
autodidacts will seethe

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>>16786533
I believe this is what homosexual Zoomers call being "extra". He's very very "extra".
>>16786579
He really is hilarious. I don't think I'd ever want to meet him, but my God he's so fucking funny. The last Patreon episode was a real treat.

>>16782480
Listen to music. People think they can listen to a podcast while doing other activities and they are "passively learning", its ridiculous.

>>16786476
i guess random, mostly non-fiction. why? do you think a theme would help?

>>16786898
I listen to podcasts whilst playing occupational therapy type strategy vidya, the kind of thing you can sort of autopilot on. I like it, I think I'm used to it too as I used to work in a trade and had the radio on constantly. I used to listen to music but also a lot of talk shows and sports when they were on.

>>16782961
This

>>16778280
tbf, Arabic philosophy is literally his specialty, and I personally thought it was interesting how the Greek tradition was taken up by a less western culture

Finding Drago is a great comedy/mystery podcast with 2 guys investigating the existence of a novelised Rocky 4 fanfiction published in the 80s

>>16787125
It might. I don’t really know. I was just curious as I was perusing your channel. It doesn’t look like my thing to be totally honest with you but I’ll download a video and give it a listen.

>>16786549
You won’t regret it. Pretty much everything he does is quality. His series “goes socialist” is particularly relevant today.

>>16781478
Really? He's one of those people I wish I was a bit more like in conversation.

>>16781478

I love In Our Time but I can totally get this. Bragg is kind of a windbag and he cuts off his guests as soon as they say anything that isn't written on his cards. He also seems to have a problem with anyone getting into the meat because he'll cut them off at that point, too. I know people defend it as him trying to be economical with time but he'll let some people talk forever about nothing then cut someone short when they get going on the good stuff.

Also, he's basically a pseud outside of the show. His book on the English language is one of the most pop-edu books I've ever read and even then I'm sure it was mostly researched by IOT interns. Bragg comes across as thinking that he's an expert on everything because he hosts 20-minute discussions of topics.

>>16775987
Who would listen to some fag angloids willingly?

>>16787371
Thanks friend. The ones I'm most proud of are the cola wars one and the one about k-12 education. Sadly I recorded these before I ironed all the technical kinks. I'm also very proud of the jefferson davis one, even though it's far from perfect. I have some coming up: all woody allen books, one about the book "the young Hitler I knew" and one on "investing for dummies". I understand the likelihood you'll enjoy my long videos is small, so I just want to say I appreciate you even listening to part of one video. Godspeed

>>16778252
That is gay

>>16780923
I wonder if he posts here?

>>16782576
>Chapo

>>16782743
History didn't begin in the 60s.

>>16785091
It's pretty heavy and academic, I woulnd't recommend to someone new to the topic.

listen to Uncle Joey, read The War of Art

>>16782576
>>16778252
>Chapo
>Red Scare
What is going on?
Why has /lit/ gone to shit?

>>16775975
upload your ramblings. frankly thats what almost all podcasts amount to, yet they still garner lots of attention. you have nothing to lose

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>>16790498
sup chud

No love for Death is Just Around the Corner?

>>16780862
I have to take a 4 hour drive every other week, and then another drive back a couple days later. that's the only time I listen to podcasts.

>>16780862
studying

radiolab

>>16775709
Mad at the Internet