Podcast Rec: The Boring Talks
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 04:56 pmI've been listening to this one for a few weeks now, and the reason I'm reccing it today is the latest episode.
The Boring Talks is a podcast about the intriguing intricacies of things which most people think are dull. It grabbed me with the first episode, about what the actual date of the end of the world in HHGTTG might be, and the second episode about book pricing algorithms was fascinating too. So I subscribed. And I rather enjoyed the next few episodes.
Then came this week's episode: the Argos Catalogue. And it's not so much a podcast episode as a surrealist, glorious, hilarious, absolutely insane, beautiful piece of performance art.
I listen to a LOT of podcasts. There's very few I listen to more than once. My client is set to delete episodes once they've been listened to. This one? This one is heading for its third listen.
I rec the podcast as a whole, and listening to the first few eps might be enough to adjust your mind enough that it can bend round this episode. Trust me, it's worth it.
The Boring Talks is a podcast about the intriguing intricacies of things which most people think are dull. It grabbed me with the first episode, about what the actual date of the end of the world in HHGTTG might be, and the second episode about book pricing algorithms was fascinating too. So I subscribed. And I rather enjoyed the next few episodes.
Then came this week's episode: the Argos Catalogue. And it's not so much a podcast episode as a surrealist, glorious, hilarious, absolutely insane, beautiful piece of performance art.
I listen to a LOT of podcasts. There's very few I listen to more than once. My client is set to delete episodes once they've been listened to. This one? This one is heading for its third listen.
I rec the podcast as a whole, and listening to the first few eps might be enough to adjust your mind enough that it can bend round this episode. Trust me, it's worth it.