This week on Re-Creative, Joe and I are talking about my literary hero, Kurt Vonnegut. In particular, we're discussing his influential and brilliant 1963 novel, Cat's Cradle. We get into it all – Vonnegut's life & experiences in the war, his humanism and why everyone should read this book.
12 Podcasts That Will Make Anyone Fall in Love With Podcasts: Audio Podcasts can Fill so many Idle Gaps in your Day
Driving, gardening, walking, shopping, travelling, and so many more activities are often ‘dead zones’ as far as learning or entertainment goes. Podcasts are a great way to help fill those voids with thought-provoking informational or learning, or even grippin ...continues
My wife and I are big cartoon watchers, which is something we bonded over when we first met. Several years before we met, I had started a cartoon blog just for kicks and to talk about my favorite shows (I still write on it sometimes: https://animatedtvblog.wordpress.com).
When wifey and I first met, we especially bonded over things like The Simpsons, Futurama, Bob's Burgers, and American Dad. We even did a podcast together last year where we recorded and released a new episode every day in October that covered every Treehouse of Horror episode so far, with a segment-by-segment breakdown (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-of-horror).
My favorite Simpsons episodes change a lot, and I like the later seasons too (including the current one- I've seen every episode of the show to date multiple times 🤣). One of my top favorite episodes is season 12's "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes". It's such a bizarre and hilarious episode with so many facets- Homer buying his first computer, starting a website (see the still of 'Homer's Web Page' below), and then being whisked away to a weird island because they think he knows too much.
It also has what might be my favorite chalkboard gag of all time, as Bart is writing 'I will only provide a urine sample when asked'. 🤣🤣
Last week on Uploaded we talked about many things. Like discord changing their username system, which many people don't want to change, China exactly copying an Intel Core i3, someone smuggling a lot of gpus in a load of lobsters and more. Catch it in your podcast app by searching for "Uploaded Tech News" or get the links to most platforms here: https://linktr.ee/UploadingPodcast#podcast#podcasting#podcasts#RSS
The urge of setting up my own entirely self hosted podcast feed, so I can put all of the new tags in it myself is really high. The podcast namespace is so exciting and fast moving.
But then I see all the other things I want like donations, subscriptions, exclusive content and ads. which is things i want to use but don't want to actually do myself lol.
At least this way I can email the CEO of the hosting company. #podcasts
Never thought I'd have to basically predict walled gardens and preemptively crack DRM on a podcast, but I managed to get the Two Princes out of Spotify before the exclusive for listening in another app/player. I basically consider all Spotify exclusive podcasts to be DRM. Yes, I know it's not exactly the same but the fact I have to fight just to enjoy them in a non shit app makes me beyond sad! https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-two-princes#Podcasts#Spotify#Enshitification
Es gibt Veränderungen bei uns. Keine Sorge, es wird immer noch nerdig, voller #Videospiele und #retro. Aber wir ändern das Format ein bisschen. Davon erzählen wir euch und sammeln uns bis zum 03.06. Und dazu die Frage an euch: was wollt ihr mehr in euren #gaming#podcasts ? Was fehlt euch, welche Themen, Diskussionenb, kurzum, was habt ihr für Wünsche und Ideen? Gerne boosten, wir wollen alle Ideen hören! Viel Spaß bis dahin mit dieser kleinen Vorausschau! https://www.podcaster.de/simpleplayer/?id=channel#retrogaming
Irgendwie finde ich es schon etwas seltsam, seit einiger Zeit immer mehr Podcasts auf #youtube zu entdecken. Eine Erklärung, die zumindest für die USA gilt: Auf YT erreichen #Podcasts oft ein jüngeres Publikum - und es scheint doch ziemlich viele Fans zu geben, die gern Podcasts schauen. Podcasts also eher als Talkshow und TV-Ersatz anstatt eine mobile Alternative zum Radio. Mein Ding isses nicht... https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/04/why-news-outlets-are-putting-their-podcasts-on-youtube/
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> Sometimes it feels like Economics is the science of using graphs to tell rich people whatever they already wanted to hear
Pitchfork Economics podcast is a good corrective to that. As is the Debunking Economics podcast with economics professor Steve Keen. Capitalisn't has an episode specifically on the topic of your criticism: