Castology (That's Not Canon Productions)

You need podcasts? We got podcasts! This week Liz uncovers home truths with Family Secrets, Zane looks at Australia through the eyes of refugees with In My Country, and Nick gets his petty review on with Beach Too Sandy Water Too Wet. Then we review last week’s submissions!

Liz Recommends - Family Secrets

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-family-secrets-30131253/

Family Secrets. We all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Join Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance, and her guests as they explore astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons the truth can teach us.

For both: anything that grabs your fancy. All juicy secrets

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/family-secrets/id1441824608

Nick Recommends - Beach too Sandy, Water too Wet

Is your beach too sandy? Water too wet? Ice too cold? More importantly, do you feel like yelling about it on the internet? We’re here to help. Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet features dramatic readings of one-star reviews written by people who just need to have their voice heard.

For both: From the start or wherever you like!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beach-too-sandy-water-too-wet/id1446051252?mt=2

Zane Recommends - In My Country

https://inmycountrypodcast.com/

We hear a lot about refugees and asylum seekers, but we don’t often hear from the people themselves.  In My County shares the stories of six Aussies who came to Australia as refugees or asylum seekers. Stories of identity, religion, sexuality, the arts, parenting, culture, fashion, meaning, purpose, and the many places we call home. Hosted and produced by Adam and Pia. Pia has a background in psychology and worked in Nauru for two years to December 2016, leading a team providing support to refugees held on the island for ‘offshore processing’. Adam is a social worker by trade and currently works in delivering training and capacity building programs around the world. He is co-founder of Moment of Inertia, a theatre production company that showcases local artists in Brisbane. We have both worked extensively in refugee resettlement in Australia, have strong networks within refugee communities and services nationally and internationally, and have completed Oxford University’s International Summer School in Forced Migration.  

For Both: Pick one that appeals

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-my-country/id1518632425

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You know when everything is crap and you wanna getaway? Yeah us too, so this week we are talking Escapism podcasts! Liz brings the popular comedy fiction Wooden Overcoats, Zane takes escapism literally with Extremities, and Nick goes out of this world with From Now. Then it’s review time for last week’s pods.

Liz Recommends - Wooden Overcoats

https://www.woodenovercoats.com/

RUDYARD FUNN RUNS A FUNERAL HOME ON THE ISLAND OF PIFFLING.

It used to be the only one. It isn't anymore.

Rudyard Funn and his equally miserable sister Antigone run their family’s failing funeral parlor, where they get the body in the coffin in the ground on time. But one day they find everyone enjoying themselves at the funerals of a new competitor – the impossibly perfect Eric Chapman! With their dogsbody Georgie, and a mouse called Madeleine, the Funns are taking drastic steps to stay in business…

British Podcasts Award Winner

For both: serial so from start.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wooden-overcoats/id1039662268

Nick Recommends - From Now

A famed lost spaceship, the USS HOPE, returns to Earth after vanishing thirty-five years prior. The lone survivor disembarks mysteriously​ looking the exact same age as when he left​. Following the ensuing media chaos, he finally reunites with his formerly identical twin brother (now an old man) for a one-on-one meeting. But what starts as a joyful reconciliation soon leads to dark revelations that threaten their relationship -- and the future of humanity.

For both: serial so from the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-now/id1544239486

Zane Recommends - Extremities

https://www.wendoverproductions.com/

In a typical "Zane" move Zane has brought a History and Science podcast (with a garnish of Geography and Social Sciences thrown in)! Extremities examines the why, and how, people live in Earth's most isolated and extreme settlements. Typically one location per season, the podcast has covered Pitcairn, Svalbard, and St Helena. The podcast has not run since early 2020, but there are still hours of escapist content to enjoy.

For Both: Pick Any

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/extremities-wendover-productions-2i3VLedRp5x/#

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If you’re wondering what podcast you should listen to this week (other than this one), wonder no more! Liz gets her criminal on with Heist with Michael Caine, Nick gets pop-culture nerdy with Wild Wild Tech and Zane gets Regular nerdy with the Broadway themed Dungeons and Dragons podcast Once More With Dragons. Then the Castologists weigh in on the pods they recommended last week.

Liz Recommends - Heist with Michael Caine

https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Heist-with-Michael-Caine-Audiobook/B08BFXNHD9

Sir Michael Caine - perhaps best known as gang leader Charlie Croker in 60s crime caper The Italian Job - tells the stories of remarkable heists and extraordinary robberies from around the world, as remembered by the masterminds, detectives, victims, journalists and witnesses that lived through them.

For more than 60 years, Caine has played thieves, criminals, gangsters and the detectives trying to catch them. But there’s Hollywood and then there’s real life... and that’s when things get really interesting.

From the largest bank burglary in American history, to the world’s most audacious book heist, Heist with Michael Caine travels to America, Australia, Stockholm, Antwerp and everywhere in-between to tell true stories behind the world’s most daring heists.

A Somethin’ Else production for Audible Originals, Heist with Michael Caine was created by Alexis Conran, Russell Finch and David Britland. Produced by Richard Ward and Jessica Beck. Executive produced by Joe Sykes and Russell Finch.

This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

For both: whatever heist takes your fancy but the first one is pretty great.

https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Heist-with-Michael-Caine-Audiobook/B08BFXNHD9

Nick Recommends - Wild Wild Tech

Great stories of how tech shapes our culture in wild ways. Would you be surprised to find out scientists are using World of Warcraft to learn how to fight COVID-19? What if I told you that I could spoil almost any movie based on who uses an iPhone? Or how about the fact that Disney is afraid of butts? Well, that’s Wild Wild Tech, the podcast that brings you the wildest, most bizarre, most interesting stories about how tech is shaping our culture. Hosted by Jordan Erica Webber and Joshua Rivera, every week on Wild Wild Tech we’ll uncover infamous stories at the intersection of pop culture and tech, learn from the experts, and talk to the people who lived through some truly strange tales. These are the tech stories that are seldom told - but once you hear them, you won’t be able to forget them. These are the stories that are seldom told, but once you hear them, you’ll never forget.

For both: Pick an episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/wild-wild-tech/id1519846548

Zane Recommends - Once More With Dragons

https://oncemorewithdragons.com

Ready your crossbow and lace up your tap shoes: the time has come for "Once More, with Dragons!" It's a musical theatre themed, Dungeons and Dragons real-play adventure featuring a troupe of your favorite musical theatre YouTubers and podcasters. "Once More, with Dragons" is an improvised, fantasy, role-playing story filled with combat, intrigue, mysteries, and...

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Oh hi, we didn’t expect you here so soon. KIDDING we totally did and we have podcasts for you. Zane is still on a crusade to change the world with Popular Front, Liz regresses back to a time when stuff was all gumshoes and gals with Case Closed! (Old Time Radio). And Nick rounds it off with a look at food through a racial, cultural, and political lens with The Racist Sandwich. Then we do that thing we do where we review the things from last week. You know the one. It’s the bit with the reviews.

Liz Recommends - Case Closed: Old Time Radio

https://www.relicradio.com/otr/show/caseclosed/

From the folks at Relic Radio. Classic entertainment from radio’s golden age. Relic Radio features eight podcasts offering old-time radio from a number of genres.

Case Closed is audio play stories from the golden age. Old Time Crime is filled with cops, robbers, and private investigators...Let’s reopen the cases and hear these great stories again!

For both: I like the old Sherlock and Johnnie Dollar eps.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/case-closed-old-time-radio/id219708992

Nick Recommends - The Racist Sandwich

Racist Sandwich is an American food podcast hosted by Stephanie Kuo and Juan Diego Ramírez. The podcast was originally hosted by San Francisco Chronicle Food Critic Soleil Ho and journalist Zahir Janmohamed. The podcast focuses on race, gender, and class within the food industry in the United States and abroad.

For both: take a pick!

Link

Zane Recommends - Popular Front

https://www.popularfront.co/

Popular Front is conflict journalism done differently. They report on the parts of war big media rarely acknowledges, and talk to people they'll never find. This is all independent, funded by members through subscriptions and sponsorship. Popular Front is detailed, niche, and for everyone. You don't need a PhD or an invite to a journo dinner party to be in on this.

The podcast will forever be the backbone of Popular Front, but it has since grown to become a grassroots conflict journalism platform. They're doing documentaries, news dispatches, articles, print publications, training, and building a community. 

For both: Pick One you think you can handle

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/popular-front/id1364539980?mt=2

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This week we have spies! We have cops! And we have... well, movies and that doesn't really fit into the theme so there goes our exciting show notes intro. Liz delves into what it's like to be a spy in ASIO with the podcast I Spied. Zane looks at a podcast that takes fan favourite movies and obliterates them with Gutting the Sacred Cow. And Nick brings us a podcast that goes undercover to look at police violence in the USA with The Untold Story: Policing. Then your fave Castologists get down to the reviews of last week's recommendations.

Liz Recommends - I Spied

https://diamantina.com.au/portfolio-item/i-spied/

"What is ASIO? I'm sure you've all heard of it, but do you really know what it does? Is it as sexy as James Bond leads us to believe or is it just part of the political fabric? Who better to give us the ins and outs than former ASIO intelligence officer, now comedian David Callan and National news director at Nova and journalist Michelle Stephenson. I Spied will take a look at the dark underbelly of the intelligence world and give its love-handles a damn good shake. .

A DM Podcast www.diamantina.com.au

For both: It seems kind of serial-y even though it strictly isn't so start at the start. There are a few references to past stories each ep so beginning at ep 1 is probably best.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i-spied/id1529988608

Nick Recommends - The Untold Story: Policing

When it comes to policing in America, a seemingly impenetrable system stands in the way of ending police violence. Join host and actor Jay Ellis (Insecure, Top Gun: Maverick, Mrs. America) as he seeks to explore the untold story of policing. Jay’s mission: demystify police union contracts, separate truth from fiction, and deliver some concrete steps that can end violent police misconduct across the United States. In this four-part series, Jay seeks the guidance of academics, data scientists, organizers and city officials to learn more about the egregious systems currently in place and the pressure that the public can apply to strengthen justice and accountability.

For both: From the start

https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/the-untold-story-policing/

Zane Recommends - Gutting the Sacred Cow

https://guttingthesacredcow.podomatic.com/

Standup Comedians Kevin Gootee and Kevin Israel love films and they love arguing about them. But in this unique podcast; they invite their comedian friends to come in and argue why some of the most loved or acclaimed films are trash. Kevin and Kevin preside over these cases and see if their friends have made them change their minds. Check out this podcast dedicated to giving the most hilarious, witty, and funniest movie reviews you'll ever hear.

For both: Fight Club, Batman vs Superman, Mighty Ducks

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1482502667

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The Castologists are here to wade through the oceans of offerings and fish out the best pods for your ear holes. This week Zane looks at inspirational stories with added Alan Cumming and Christopher Sweeney in Homo Sapiens. Liz gets historical with added Aussie flair in Bloody Classic. And Nick gets his NASA on with added Apollo mission intrigue with 13 Minutes To The Moon. Then it’s review time as always.

Liz Recommends - Bloody Classic

Bloody Classic is an Aussie podcast that shares stories from history, mythology and folklore. Each episode Liz & Mattie take turns telling a new story designed to teach the other a little something something, and see what sort of whacked out response comes out. Join them on your morning commute or on a lazy Sunday afternoon as they weave tales that will (hopefully) aid your next round of trivia. They promise not to take up too much of your time.

Eps are usually about 20 mins, but they havent released since May. The curse of 2020 strikes again.

For both: pick an ep that interests you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloody-classic/id1265609037

Nick Recommends - 13 Minutes to the Moon

The story of the first moon landing, told by the people who made it happen.

For both: Pick a mission!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/13-minutes-to-the-moon/id1459657136

Zane Recommends - Homo Sapiens

https://homosapienspodcast.com/

Alan Cumming and Christopher Sweeney talk to inspirational people over tea and biscuits. Each week they'll bring you intelligent, informative, and fun conversations that represent the interests of LGBTQ+ people around the world.

For Both: Pick one that appeals

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/homo-sapiens/id1257514825

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Bit of a mixed bag from our Castologists this week! Nick looks at the doping and the Olympics with Bloodsport, Zane takes a look at a panel show that’s part politics part pop culture and part world changing with Bad Faith. Then Liz settles down by the metaphorical fireplace for a mystery novel or two read by Phoebe Judge with Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Then it’s on to the reviews!

Liz Recommends - Phoebe Reads a Mystery

https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/

In what is probably the shortest episode description Liz has chosen yet, Phoebe Judge (Criminal) reads a chapter a day from a classic mystery novel.

For both: whatever book takes your fancy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/phoebe-reads-a-mystery/id1503921457

Nick Recommends - Bloodsport

The story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state set against the ongoing attempts to catch the cheats.

For both: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bloodsport/id1522052223

Zane Recommends - Bad Faith

https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast

Bad Faith is two shows in one: it's a panel show about politics and pop culture with a rotating cast of performers and politicians, artists and activists, writers and radicals; and it's a two-way podcast where two people from two very different parts of the left make the case for one less terrible world.

With civilization for the most part collapsing, the task of building a united left is more than urgent than ever. A panel show might not do that, but it will be good for some cheap kicks, and maybe it will explain something along the way.

Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) is a former attorney, National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, co-host of campaign podcast Hear The Bern, and a journalist who is early enough in her political career that she remains (tragically) sanguine.

Virgil Texas (@virgiltexas) is an internet user and co-host of Chapo Trap House.

Together, they'll help you through... all of this.

For Both: The Red Green

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-faith/id1531192509

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Open your ear holes because it's podcast time! Your Castologists have a bunch of cool stuff for you to listen to this week. Liz looks at cool jobs that don't exist anymore with Jobsolete; Zane does a very Zane thing and looks at contentious history with The Dangerous History Podcast; and Nick settles down to listen to and deconstruct some tunes with Heat Rocks. Then it's time to review last week's suggestions.

Liz Recommends - Jobsolete

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-jobsolete-75145608/

Ever wonder what kind of job you would have if you were born in a different time? Jobsolete is a new podcast that asks that very question every week. Helen Hong and Matt Beat take a spin through the workplaces of the past, looking at a different obsolete job in every episode. From the forgotten jobs of history to obscure occupations that still survive, you'll discover some of the most interesting and unusual ways that people have made a living. Go listen to Jobsolete, find out what it was like to be a switchboard operator, a town crier, a food taster, or an MTV VJ. Listen to Jobsolete to learn about History’s Most Fascinating Jobs.

For Nick: Sea shanty singer

For Zane: Blockbuster Store / Video Clerk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jobsolete/id1544156952

Nick Recommends - Heat Rocks Podcast

Scorching guests and sizzling records: join music writer Oliver Wang and music supervisor Morgan Rhodes each week as they invite their favorite artists, critics and scholars for in-depth conversations about the albums that shape our lives. Each week our special guests will take you deep into their heat rocks from the world of hip-hop, soul, dance, jazz, funk and more. Get with us!

For both: pick an ep

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/heat-rocks/id1290971833

Zane Recommends - The Dangerous History Podcast

The Dangerous History Podcast covers the history that the Establishment would rather you NOT know, helping you learn the past so you can understand the present and prepare for the future.

For Both: Pick One that Appeals!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id893725777

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Liz Recommends - We Regret To Inform You

https://apostrophepodcasts.ca/rejection/

The road to success is littered with speed bumps. Every celebrated actor, writer, musician, artist, inventor and entrepreneur has faced debilitating career rejection on their journey to the top. We tell their fascinating stories and break down exactly how they achieved their remarkable goals. Because hidden inside each rejection is a unique insight. And we’re here to find it.

At its heart, this podcast is about persistence and inspiration.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/we-regret-to-inform-you-the-rejection-podcast/id1503835352

Nick Recommends - Sudhir Breaks the Internet

The Columbia University sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh studies exclusive worlds by embedding himself — with a crack-selling gang, sex workers, the teenage children of billionaires, and most recently, at the highest levels of companies at the vanguard of the digital revolution, including Facebook and Twitter. And now he’s hosting a podcast. In each episode, Venkatesh will reveal what he learned in Silicon Valley and talk with the people he met along the way who are building and running the digital world, and those who are using it in a signal way, digging deep into their motivations and challenging their priorities.

Zane Recommends - The Faces of Fascism

https://facesoffascism.podbean.com

A history podcast examining the lives, ideologies, and radicalisation of Western Europe's most notorious dictators.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1457257084

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You're getting veeeeerry sleepy... at least we hope you are because this is our Sleep themed week! Zane brings I Can't Sleep Podcast to the table. Nick looks at the popular Sleep With Me. And Liz completely messes with the theme by recommending a narrative thriller podcast where the characters HAVE to stay awake with Edge of Sleep. Then, reviews baby! So many reviews. Ok so just three, but still. FUN.

Liz Recommends - Edge of Sleep

https://www.qcodemedia.com/theedgeofsleep

When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic before they fall asleep.

For both: Serial, so from the start, kids!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wondery-presents-the-apology-line/id1179629560?i=1000505768852

Nick Recommends - Sleep With Me

Insomnia? Mind racing at night? Worries keeping you up? Tune in for a bedtime story that lets you forget your problems and progressively gets more boring until you fall to sleep. So get in bed, press play, close your eyes, and drift off into dreamland.

For both: take a pick!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sleep-with-me/id740675898

Zane Recommends - I Can’t Sleep Podcast

https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/

Benjamin Boster literally aims to bore you to sleep by reading random articles from the web.

For Both: Pick a topic that won't engage you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1457402220

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Grace Recommends - Make It Then Tell Everybody

https://mitte.libsyn.com/rss

Make It Then Tell Everybody is a show dedicated to finding out how comic artists and illustrators do what they do, hosted by Dan Berry.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id572995537

Nick Recommends - Death at the Wing

At the dawn of the 1980s, the world was moving faster, the media was growing bigger, and greed was finally good. For the NBA, it was a chance to finally step into the spotlight. But all that wealth and stardom came at a deep cost.

This is the story of how basketball reflected a moment when Reagan’s America doubled down on some of its core values: selfishness, violence, and racism -- and the players who paid the price.

For both: from the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-at-the-wing/id1558869948

Zane Recommends - Under The Shroud

https://www.undertheshroud.com/

"Supernatural? We're not super anything. Just a little extra." Hapless half-demon Corin Black taxis creatures of the night through Baltimore's sin-soaked streets.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1458175901

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If you want podcasts you’ve come to the right place! We’ve got three recommendations coming at you this week. Zane takes a break from the doom and gloom with We Don’t Deserve Dogs; Nick gets caught up in a comedy thriller podcast Max and Ivan: Fugitives; and Liz looks at what people are most afraid of with the short form podcast 10 Things That Scare Me. Then it’s onto the reviews!

Liz Recommends - 10 Things that Scare Me

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/10-things-scare-me

WNYC Studios.

It’s a tiny podcast about big fears

In each episode, one person talks. Alone in a room. It could be anyone. It could be you. It’s someone driven by fears that keep them up at night, that define their lives, and inform their choices. This is a podcast about them, about you, about us, and the world we inhabit together.

New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

For both: Ida and Noa

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/10-things-that-scare-me/id1443856963

Nick Recommends - Max and Ivan: Fugitives

https://play.acast.com/s/maxandivanfugitives

Two lowly tech developers acquire a laptop full of contraband data, witness a murder, and then narrowly escape being assassinated. Suddenly, they find themselves sucked into a world of state-funded disinformation campaigns, bot farms, all-knowing Big Data organisations, and shadowy terror groups. Inspired by the chaotic way global politics is currently unfolding, Max & Ivan: Fugitives is an on-the-run comedy thriller set across international borders.

For both: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/max-ivan-fugitives/id1487956745

Zane Recommends - We Don't Deserve Dogs

https://thepodglomerate.com/dogs

Comedian Richie Redding and celebrity veterinarian Dr. Lisa Lippman are unlikely cohosts... and also a loving couple. The result is an extremely informative show that is surprisingly funny. Each episode features high profile guests telling hilarious stories of the pets that shape their lives. They also get real vet advice from Dr. Lisa and get to play stump the doctor with all the silliest animal questions they have. (You'll learn a TON about sex and poop). This is the least narcissistic interview possible! Instead of talking about themselves, guests get to talk about the thing that makes us human: their love for life's furry little family members… and these jumping-off points highlight more of their personalities than we might think.

For Both: Any Episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1482431848

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Joining the podcast once more as a special guest-Castologist is local film-maker and podcast enthusiast - Shane Anderson. In this episode our Castologists tackle a rather esoteric theme - Yellow. So prepare yourselves for a wild ride as we scramble for what 'yellow' means in the world of podcasting.

Shane Recommends - Rating Descending

This is Rating Descending, where Michelle St Claire and Abigail Ward watch IMDb’s Worst 250 movies so you don’t have to. They begrudgingly descend through the “Bottom 250” list, and fill you in on the horrors and tragedies they witness along the way. Bad jokes, cheap beer, and shared trauma incoming.

For Both: "248: God's not Dead"

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/rating-descending/id1525486540

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1215941

Nick Recommends - Today, Explained

News comes at you fast. Join us at the end of your day to understand it. Today, Explained is your all killer, no filler, Monday to Friday news explainer hosted by Sean Rameswaram and featuring the finest reporters from the Vox Media Podcast Network and beyond.

For both: take a pick!

https://www.vox.com/today-explained

Zane Recommends - Absorbent and Yellow

Are ya ready, kids? If a fan-made episode-by-episode deep dive into the world of SpongeBob Squarepants be something you wish, then hit subscribe and tune in!

For Both: Pick one at random!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1521339749

AND

Black and Yellow

Forward-thinking feminists Alana J. Webster and Jacklyn Chung-Young don’t hold back when discussing societal issues facing women and people of color in the new weekly podcast, Black & Yellow. Armed with research and wit, the ladies delve into the complexities of being a Black or Asian woman in today’s world. From CP Time to sexual harassment, Jacklyn and Alana offer their intersectional perspective on what’s happening in our society today and ways to stay as woke as possible.

For Both: Pick one that you want to learn more about

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1322666490

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Need new podcast eps daily? We can't help you personally but we CAN recommend podcasts that fit the bill. Because, you know, that's our job. Liz's recommends the Aussie news headlines podcast The Squiz; Nick jets across the world for NY Times: The Daily; and Zane dives a bit deeper with Story of the Day: NPR. Then it's reviews time.

Liz Recommends - The Squiz

https://www.thesquiz.com.au/podcast/

In a matter of minutes, the Squiz Today podcast will get you across the news headlines. Published each weekday at 6.00am, this short daily news podcast is designed to fit into your morning routine – perfect for the commute, the gym or over a morning coffee.

"The Squiz was born from a love of news. Quite simply, we want to give busy people a quick and easy way to keep up with the news. The result is our weekday email and podcast, Squiz Today. It’s your shortcut to being informed.

The Squiz is for everyone, but you’re probably wondering about Ms Squiz in our logo. Women are at the core of The Squiz. When we sit down to write Squiz Today we have our time-poor, information-hungry girlfriends in mind. The Squiz is a big shout out to her.

"The Squiz is a fact-filled run-down of what’s making news with a teensy bit of analysis, and an eye on what’s coming next. We are independent of all the news outlets and committed to agenda and opinion-free news. You’re smart people, you don’t need us to tell you what to think."

Squiz Kids

A news podcast for 8-12yos. In just a few minutes, we give kids (and their adults) a rundown on the big news events delivered free of opinion, and with positivity and humour. Designed to slip easily into families’ morning routines, a new episode will drop at 7am each weekday.

For both: definitely listen to both the regular Squiz and Squiz Kids eps. And check out the online community if you have a sec.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/squiz-today/id1385995581

Nick Recommends -

This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. This is what the news should sound like.

For both: Take a pick!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?mt=2

Zane Recommends - Story of the Day : NPR

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444905/story-of-the-day

Small snippets of one story every day is Zane's pick this week. NPR's Story of the Day is a daily top stories that you can't miss. Exceptional, moving, offbeat, or just plain funny. Episodes are about 5 minutes long with snippets from interviews and source materials. Classic NPR presentation applied to current events.

For Both: Any

https://feeds.npr.org/1090/podcast.xml

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Your Castologists give their top 5 picks from ALL of the podcasts we featured this year (as of the time of recording)!

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Hello and welcome to our first episode! We three are podcasters and (mildly obsessed) podcast fans and we’re here to spread the word about our favourite podcasts, as well as those new, up-and-coming and everything in between.

Each week you’ll have three new recommendations from Liz, Pat and Zane and a review of our selections from last week. So have a seat, stay a while and keep listening to podcasts!

Zane Recommends:

The Thrilling Adventure Hour http://thrillingadventurehour.com/

"The creators of The Thrilling Adventure Hour proudly call it "fake radio." It's less an homage to old-time radio and more of a clever update. A live monthly performance at Largo, a 200-seat, scruffy-chic Hollywood nightclub" - NPR

Some of the stories of TAH include “Sparks Nevada, Marshal On Mars” and “The Cross-Time Adventures Of Colonel Tick-Tock”, and Zane's personal favourite, "Beyond Belief".

TAH was written by two film and television writers Ben Acker & Ben Blacker (who met in college and have worked together since) and starred a veritable smorgasbord of Hollywood talent (before they were so famous) including: Paget Brewster, Paul F. Tompkins, Craig Cackowski, Busy Philipps, Annie Savage, James Urbaniak, John DiMaggio, Marc Evan Jackson, Mark Gagliardi, Hal Lublin, Joshua Malina, Janet Varney.

Some of the most notable guest stars were: Alison Brie (Community), Danny Pudi (Community), Zac Levi (Chuck, Tangled), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Patton Oswalt (comedy; Young Adult), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Dark Knight Rises, Looper), Emily Blunt (Looper), Nick Offerman (Parks & Recreation), Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle)

Thrilling Adventure Hour Treasury https://open.spotify.com/show/0QAbveMrMTMprQT9oQKdkJ?si=vUoVc78iQNerE8x2droa5A

Episode #10 - Wishing Hell https://open.spotify.com/episode/4j3Cf14X8aclW2o7W4yiVM?si=YJsxtp1JRHGIpkNPeZXUQA

Pat recommends:

Joe Rogan Experience http://podcasts.joerogan.net/

The Joe Rogan experience is a long form podcast hosted by comedian and UFC colour commentator Joe Rogan. What started out as a humble underground goof with Joe and his friends has quickly become one of the most popular shows of all time. It boasts roughly 3.3 million subscribers and high profile guests such as Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk, Steven Tyler, Anthony Bourdain and many more.

Patrick's top picks for Zane and Liz are (respectively):

#1158 Chuck Palahniuk - Freelance journalist and author whose works include Fight Club and Choke.

#1170 Tulsi Gabbard - Politician of the Democratic Party serving as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district.

Other picks from Pat include: #142 Graham Hancock & Duncan Trussell, #1171 Nick Yarris, #1080 David Goggins, #804 Sam Harris, #877 Jordan Peterson, #911 Alex Jones, #1035 Paul Stamets, the "Shrimp Parade" trialogues with Duncan Trussell and Dr. Christopher Ryan, and any episode with Dr. Rhonda Patrick.

Liz recommends:

My Favourite Murder https://www.myfavoritemurder.com

My Favorite Murder is a weekly true-crime comedy podcast hosted by American comedians Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff. The pair met at a Halloween party in 2014 when Karen was talking about a gruesome event she witnessed. While the rest of the party guests backed away slowly, the normally socially anxious Georgia approached and the pair talked about murder and true crime for the rest of the night. Both thrilled they’d found someone who shared the others’ interest in...

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It's episode two time! Do we know what we're doing entirely yet? Probably not! Will you enjoy it? Hopefully! This week Liz, Patrick and Zane tell you what they thought of last weeks recommendations including: The Thrilling Adventure Hour, My Favourite Murder and The Joe Rogan Show. This week's recommendations are: well-known Aussie true crime podcast Casefile, not-so-well-known Aussie podcast Unnatural Selection and comedy podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour.

Liz Recommends - Casefile https://casefilepodcast.com/

Casefile is a weekly (sometimes fortnightly) meticulously researched true crime podcast hosted by an extremely ocker Australian man who, to this day remains anonymous. It was launched in January 2016. Legend has it that the host has kept his name out of the spotlight because he wants the stories, facts, and questions speak for themselves.

After having surgery in 2015, the host was listening to a lot of podcasts and true crime shows including Hardcore History, The Joe Rogan Experience, Serial and watching Making a Murderer. He was actually encouraged by Joe Rogan himself to make his own based on in-depth research and a storytelling style.

Casefile provides thorough explorations of well-known cases such as the Port Arthur Massacre, Ivan Milat murders and the East Area Rapist, as well as presenting lesser known cases that prove just as remarkable.

For Zane: Case 42: Sherri Rasmussen.

For Pat: Case 60 parts 1, 2 and 3 on the Jonestown Massacre.

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/casefile-true-crime/id998568017?mt=2

Pat Recommends - The Duncan Trussell Family Hour http://www.duncantrussell.com

The DTFH is hosted by comedian and oddball Duncan Trussell. This podcast was previously known as the Lavender Hour which Duncan co hosted with his then girlfriend Natasha Leggero. Each episode begins with a bit of ranting and raving from the host of the show, followed by a guest. Duncan's interests are varied and esoteric so his guests range from comedians to scientists to psychonauts to spiritual teachers and more.

For Zane: Episode #209 with Dr. Bruce Damer

For Liz: Episodes #43 & #64 with Duncan's Mother

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/duncan-trussell-family-hour/id350580455?mt=2

Zane Recommends - Unnatural Selection http://www.unnaturalshow.com

Unnatural Selection is an irreverent weekly podcast about 'newsy type stuff and things'. Hosted by Tom Heath, Adam Direen and Jorge Tsipos.

The hosts met when completing their Bachelor of Performing Arts at Monash University in 2009 and began the first iteration of the Unnatural Selection podcast in 2010 as a live talk-show for Radio Monash.

The podcast live-streams the recording every Monday evening, and releases episodes a couple of hours after.

For Liz and Pat: Any episode the is not a "Chat's with" episode.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/unnatural-selection/id376503959?mt=2

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Episode three and we're still obsessed with podcasts! This episode sees the Castologists Patrick, Liz and Zane discuss what they thought of last week's recommendations: Casefile, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, and Unnatural Selection. One of us might have cried a little. Then we zoom on over to this week's selections: Criminal, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History and The Smartest Man in the World Proopcast. Write to us on our socials and tell us your thoughts, or recommend a podcast we just HAVE to listen to. Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM. Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice. (And give us a review, you know you want to).

Liz recommends - Criminal https://thisiscriminal.com

Criminal is, as the title (and website suggests) a podcast about crime. But unlike Liz's previous murdery podcasts this one walks us through all types of crime (from blackmail, to identity theft, to assault and more). Host Phoebe Judge presents fascinating little snippets (most episodes are less than 20 mins long) from the lives of people who may have committed, witnessed or been victims of the crimes. As Vulture Magazine once said: Criminal is a podcast that "sees crime as something sociological, historical, even anthropological — that crime is a function of people, time, and place. With incredible sound design, marvelous writing, and a boldness in the way it makes its choices, there are few shows that feel more alive."

Liz's recommendation for Pat: Ep #52 Money Tree (and ep #49 The Editor if he's up for it)

Liz's recommendation for Zane: ep #42 The Finger.

(Since they're short eps, Liz also recommends ep #38 Jolly Jane, ep #11 I'm About To Save Your Life, ep #45 Just Mercy, ep #48 Eight Years and ep #71 A Bump In The Night... or any others, really. So easy to digest)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal/id809264944?mt=2

Pat Recommends - Dan Carlin's Hardcore History https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series

One of the most popular and well researched podcasts on the market. Dan Carlin takes his time to release these episodes but it is well worth the wait and obviously necessary once you realise how much time and energy went into these shows. Each episode provides hours of some of the most compelling and informative entertainment available. Some of the older shows have been archived behind a pay wall but are well worth the purchase, particularly Wrath of the Khans. Dan Carlin also hosts Hardcore History: Addendum in which he will often address topics he has been asked about, as well as bring on guests for another perspective.

For Zane: Prophets of Doom

For Liz: Thor's Angels

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/dan-carlins-hardcore-history/id173001861?mt=2

Zane Recommends - The Smartest Man in the World Proopcast https://www.gregproops.com/blog

“Here he is, though, in front of a live audience each week, bravely recording some of the boldest comedy on the podcasting frontier right now.” -Rolling Stone Magazine

Greg Proops is a stand up comic from San Francisco. He lives in Hollywood. It’s not that bad. Really. The Proopdog is best known for his unpredictable appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? and Greg has lent his voice to Hell and Back, Star Wars the Phantom Menace, The Nightmare Before Christmas and he really was Bob...

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We made it to episode four! As always, the Zane, Liz and Patrick kick off by telling us exactly what they thought of each other's offerings from last ep: Criminal, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History and The Smartest Man in the World Proopcast. Then it's on to the first of our THEMED recommendations, and this week we're all about comedy. Liz recommends A Very Fatal Murder (because of course she find's another comedy podcast about murder), Patrick wants us to listen to The Jimmy Dore Show (because of course he's a comedy podcast about politics), and Zane recommends The Film Reroll podcast because he's all about not being predictable. Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM. Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice. (And give us a review, you know you want to).

Liz recommends: A Very Fatal Murder https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder

Yes even with a comedy theme, Liz has managed to link it back to murder. Does this mean she's a psychopath? Who knows! A Very Fatal Murder was The Onion's contribution to the super popular investigative journalism/documentary style murder podcasts. The format, voice over and even use of a consistent music theme take the piss out of podcasts such as Serial and Up and Vanished (we're looking at you, Payne Lindsay). It's true crime, fake murder satire.

Liz recommends: For the boys to listen to the whole series. Each of the six episodes is only ten minutes long, don't be fucking lazy.

Pat Recommends - The Jimmy Dore Show https://jimmydorecomedy.com/home/index.php/the-jimmy-dore-show-podcast/

A comedy theme? I've already recommended two podcasts hosted by comedians! Here's my third and final. The Jimmy Dore show is part of TYT Network hosted by comedian and disaffected liberal who's name appears in the title. Each week he goes of on the Democrats, the Republicans and anywhere he sees political corruption. Usually flanked by comedians Stef Zamorano and Ron Placone and featuring bang on impressions by Mike MacRae, this show delivers some of the most depressing information about the state of the world in one of the most digestible ways.

Pat recommends: any old episode, though it's always good to be up to date with who's fucking the world over so maybe the freshest.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-jimmy-dore-show/id390071758

Zane Recommends - The Film Reroll Podcast https://www.filmreroll.com/

A comedy themed episode is the PERFECT time to introduce another of my passions, tabletop RPGS. The Film Reroll is a podcast with the idea to play through movies as a table top role playing game. It is hilarious when it goes right, and even more-so when it goes wrong! The show is cast by actors, improvisers and avid gamers. For Film Reroll they are playing a system called GURPS which is Generic Universe RolePlaying System. GURPS is meant to just provide basic rules for the game so anyone could take the system and apply it to any world or in this case movie.

Zane Recommends: Any movie that you know and love, I specifically enjoyed 'From Dusk till Dawn'

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-film-reroll/id1064775021

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It's all happening in episode five, if by all you mean podcasts are getting reviewed. Self-proclaimed Castologists Liz, Zane and Patrick kick off by reviewing last week's first THEMED comedy podcast selections (The Jimmy Dore Show, A Very Fatal Murder and The Film Reroll). Then we scooch on over to this week's also-themed offerings. The theme? Panel discussions! Liz suggests How Did This Get Made, Patrick brings select episodes of the Rubin Report to the table and Zane gets us all thinky with Intelligence Squared Debates. Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM. Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice. (And give us a review, you know you want to).

Liz recommends: How Did This Get Made? https://www.hdtgminfo.com/

Have you ever seen a movie and thought: "How in the ever-loving fuck did this movie get made?" and yet somehow felt your excitement levels rising at how good/bad this dumpster fire of a film was? Then How Did This Get Made? is gonna be your jam. The panel is most often comprised of actors/comedians Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas but they frequently get their hilarious buddies along to add fuel to their garbage fire of a movie discussions. They watch the flick off-mic, then in the podcast they do a full movie recap and comb through just how shit/excellent the movie really is.

For Pat and Zane: Pretty much any episode that features movies that grab or intrigue you. Personal faves include Con Air, Look Who's Talking Too and Skyscraper.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-did-this-get-made/id409287913

Pat Recommends - The Rubin Report (Since it sometimes has panel discussions) https://daverubin.com/

The second disaffected liberal in a row. Dave Rubin and this show used to be part of The Young Turks but felt the network was getting a little too crazy for him. So now he hosts his own political news talk show. Dave's format usually involves a monologue at the beginning and then a one on one interview. Dave himself identifies mostly as a classical liberal with libertarian leanings. The Rubin Report can also be viewed rather than simply listened to on YouTube.

For Liz and Zane: a panel show episode so as to align with this theme.

A Bishop and a Rabbi Discuss Religion, the Enlightenment, and Finding Meaning.

Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro: Religion, Trans Activism, and Censorship.

LIVE from OCON: Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, Yaron Brook, Greg Salmieri

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-rubin-report/id1052842770

Zane Recommends - Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/podcasts

I love listening to passionate people talk about what they are passionate about. Bonus points if the are erudite and succinct and extra bonus points if it is balanced with those who politely disagree! In a true debate format IQ2US allows listeners to eavesdrop on the brightest minds in journalism today, discussing topics ranging from domestic and foreign policy to cultural trends and technological innovations.

For Liz and Pat: Is Donald Trump Bad for Comedy?

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/intelligence-squared-u-s-debates/id216713308

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Let's talk about sex, baby! In honour of Valentine's Day, the team at Castology wanna recommend getting down and dirty. How romantic! But before then we gotta talk about last week, namely: How Did This Get Made?, The Rubin Report and Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates. Then it's getting hot in here, with Liz gushing about Sex Nerd Sandra, Zane slipping in a bit of Savage Lovecast, and Patrick getting stimulating with Tangentially Speaking. Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice. Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Liz recommends: Sex Nerd Sandra https://www.patreon.com/sexnerdsandra

Host Sandra Daugherty is a podcasting, workshop-teaching, sexual-shame-fighting “sex nerd” and her own words describe her podcast better than Liz ever could. “Many folks at first think "Sex Nerd" is just some provocative catch phrase I use to get attention. Ew no,” Sandra says on her Patreon. “In 2009, it was the only way I could efficiently communicate what I am and how I relate to the world. I was teaching a lot of BJ & orgasm classes back then and that quickly evolved into the Sex Nerd Sandra podcast (formerly on Nerdist). While I love to overshare about neato sex info, I’ve never felt like a sexpert, and always felt like a sex nerd. I hope we continue to learn together. I'm making lighthearted, curiosity-driven sex ed episodes interviewing scientists, practitioners and perverts about their passions." In earlier episodes she co-hosted with Dave Ross. She's now left the Pod Network life and you can donate to her Patreon so she can keep doing her sexy, nerdy thing.

Liz's recommendation for Zane: Ep #35 Kiss and Make Out (Live ep).

Liz's recommendation for Pat: Ep #66 Red Hot Touch

(But Liz also thought it was hard to choose which ep to recommend which gent, so she suggested listening to both if they can).

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/sex-nerd-sandra/id455065811

Pat Recommends: Tangentially Speaking with Dr. Christopher Ryan https://chrisryanphd.com/tangentially-speaking/

This might be the favourite of my podcast subscriptions, it's certainly the one I recommend most. Chris Ryan first burst onto the scene in 2010 when he and his wife Cacilda Jethá co-wrote Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality. I first heard Chris when he appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience (naturally), where he was encouraged to start his own podcast. I've been listening to Tangentially Speaking from he beginning and am never disappointed. Chris gets all sorts of interesting people on, comedians, actors, musicians, scientists, writers, friends of his, and eccentrics he meets on his travels. I've too many favourite episodes so here's just a few: #188 Tom Spanbauer,#165 Lodhy, #204 Wim Hof, #214 Wade Davis, #254 Debra Berger, #279 Cacilda Jetha, #341 Aron Ralston

For Liz: To keep it thematic I'm going to recommend #322 Angela White

For Zane: #346 Wednesday Martin for Zane

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/tangentially-speaking-with-christopher-ryan/id566908883

Zane recommends: The Savage Lovecast https://www.savagelovecast.com/

I have been listening to Dan Savage for years and I know he has many strong opinions about Valnetine's Day. Dan Savage is an author, a sex-advice columnist, a podcaster, a pundit, and a public speaker. "Savage Love," Dan's sex-advice column, first appeared in the The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative...

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Welcome to episode 7, where we rate the sex (podcasts) we had last week, and offer up new podcasts for review. Liz is following up sex with it's logical progression, luuuurve; she recommends This Is Love. Pat's podcast this week is Making Sense with Sam Harris (formerly Waking Up with Sam Harris). And Zane shows us a peek at what the future might hold with Flash Forward.

Liz Recommends - This Is Love https://www.thisislovepodcast.com/

This is Love is a podcast made by the producers of the award-winning podcast Criminal - Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer and Nadia Wilson. The show investigates life’s most persistent mystery: love. The six-episode series explores “stories of sacrifice, obsession, and the ways in which we bet everything on each other.” It's only been going for two seasons and each ep is max 20 mins long.

For both: Liz's favourite episodes are 5, 6, 7, 8 and 2. But it's a gorgeous almost anthropological short stories series so there is lots of gold to be had in all eps.

Pat Recommends - Making Sense With Sam Harris (Formerly Waking Up) https://samharris.org/podcast/

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, author, philosopher, and one of the 'Four Horsemen of the Non-Apocalypse'. His work touches on a wide range of topics, including rationality, ethics, free will, neuroscience, meditation, philosophy of mind, politics, Islamism, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. These are the sorts of topics you can expect to be expounded upon with a variety of guests over a long format.

For Zane: Episode #78

For Liz: Episodes #144

And if you're hungry for more I can recommend #137, #138, #140, #143, #145, #147, #148

Zane Recommends - Flash Forward www.flashforwardpod.com

This is a relatively new podcast-obsession for me. I am a huge fan of both science and science fiction and this podcasts is a great intersection of the two! Flash Forward is a podcast about the future. Each episode we take on a possible (or not so possible) future scenario — everything from the existence of artificial wombs, to what would happen if space pirates dragged a second moon to Earth. The show has been featured by Planet Money, Popular Science, WIRED, Note to Self, Gimlet, Indiewire and more. Apple Podcasts named Flash Forward one of the Best Podcasts of 2016. Flash Forward is produced and hosted by Rose Eveleth.

For Liz: "Portrait of the Artists As An Algorithm" (July 17)

For Pat: "Under the Sea" (July 31)

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First up it's review time. What did we think of This is Love, Flash Forward and Making Sense with Sam Harris? Then we've more podcasts to bring to the table. Let's hear it for RadioLab, Serial and Ain't it Rich! Stay tuned to see what the team thinks of this crop of podcasts next week.

Liz Recommends - Serial

https://serialpodcast.org/

In case you've been living under a rock, Liz decided to recommend the worldwide podcasting phenomenon that is Serial. Most people got addicted to podcasts from this very series. The first series looks at the murder of Hae Min Lee and the subsequent conviction of her on-again off-again boyfriend Adnan Syed. Season two looks at Bowe Bergdhal, a man who was kept prisoner by the Taliban for five years, but all is not as it seems. The most recent season looks at the inner workings of a courthouse in Cleveland.

For both: Liz recommends starting at the very start of season one, where the obsession for most people began. Good luck not listening past the cliffhanger endings.

Pat Recommends - Radiolab https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab

Radiolab is a highly stylized, well edited, and terribly compelling investigative program. Their stories range far and wide, with nary a common thread. Well maybe the thread could be something like 'Lost but not forgotten'.. or something. Stories you didn't know you wanted to know. It's good.

For Zane: Episode - UnErased episodes

For Liz: Episodes - Post No Evil

They're all good, really.

Zane Recommends - Ain't it Rich www.aintitrich.com

A fellow Brisbane podcast with strong opinions! Ain't it Rich is a podcast aiming to take down capitalism with comedy. Each week, hosts Mickey and Aria tell a story of excessive affluence to their comedian guests. It is funny and informative well researched with facts about important historical figures and events.

For Liz: Episode 43 - The Harlem Globetrotters (w/ Nick Carr)

For Pat: Episode 63 - Private Schools (w/ Sam Bowden & David Woodhead)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/aint-it-rich/id1142519987?mt=2

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Episode nine and it's podcast time. First up, as always, your friendly neighbourhood Castologists tell us exactly what they thought of Ain't it Rich, Serial and RadioLab. Then, have they got more recommendations for you! (Of course they have, it's literally their job). Liz is all about romantic espionage with I Secretly Recorded My Boyfriend, Patrick brings comedy and the biggest issues of our time together with #WeThePeople LIVE, and Zane brings Paul F. Thompkins to the table once more with Spontaneonation (making Liz very happy in the process).

Liz Recommends: I Secretly Recorded My Boyfriend

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/i-secretly-recorded-my-boyfriend/

Jo was so astounded with some of the things her boyfriend said that she started secretly recording him (seriously, he doesn't have a clue). She brings her friends Katy and Sparky on board to judge the status of her relationship by the very amusing recordings. Get ready for heavy Birmingham accents, lots of swearing and a fascinating look into the differences between men and women.

For both: Start at the start and listen to as many that grab you. This one's easy to duck in and out of.

Pat Recommends - #WeThePeople LIVE

Hey guess what I've recommended. A news, science and politics podcast. Something like that anyway. Crazy right? Hosted by Australian media personality Josh Zepps, this one started out as a somewhat drunken panel show that would take place in a bar in New York. Now that Josh is a responsible adult with twins he's moved back to Sydney and the show has taken on a one on one interview format... onaoneonone. Anyway, the show is great regardless of format and he manages to wrangle plenty of fine guests.

For Zane: Episode - 134. Dr Karl - LIVE

For Liz: Episodes - 139. Is the USA Undemocratic - Harvey Kaye

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/wethepeople-live/id1002920114?mt=2

Zane Recommends - Spontaneanation www.earwolf.com/show/spontaneanation-with-paul-f-tompkins

After The Thrilling Adventure Hour left my life, Paul F Tompkins did his best to fill the void in my life (and in the Largo Theatre) with this improv podcast. Spontaneanation with Paul F Tompkins is a completely improvised show, from monologue to interview to narrative sketch. Join Paul, his special guests, his incredibly talented improviser friends, and accompanist Eban Schletter for an hour of comedy that none of them ever see coming.

For Liz: 41 Pet Store, Post Robbery

For Pat: 4 Savannah Georgia

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/earwolf/id407542375

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We made it to our tenth episode (relatively) unscathed! This week as always we review last week's submissions, before bringing you delicious piping hot new podcasts for your approval. Because of St Patrick's Day we're all about drinking this week, with Liz recommending And That's Why We Drink, Pat offering up The Drunken Taoist Podcast and Zane rounding it off with Dumb People Town.

Liz Recommends - And That's Why We Drink

https://www.andthatswhywedrink.com/

Liz finds a way to relate drinking back to a murder (and supernatural) podcast, because OF COURSE SHE DOES. And That's Why We Drink is a paranormal and true crime podcast hosted by Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz, boxed wine (aka goon) and milkshakes. Get ready for bantery and eerie ghost tales and super terrifying true crime.

Featuring the catchphrase: "The world's a scary place. And that's why we drink!"

For Zane: Episode 78

For Pat: Episode 45

For both: Episode 9 because of their tragic cultural misunderstandings on how Aussies play goon of fortune.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/and-thats-why-we-drink/id1204570053?mt=2

Pat Recommends - The Drunken Taoist Podcast

This isn't really about drinking but hey, it's got drunk in the title. This bi-monthly podcast varies in format. Sometimes it's just host and all around cool guy Daniele Bolelli ranting and raving. Other times his co host Rich Evirs will help roll things along. They'll also throw in a guest every other episode. They touch all areas but tend to steer a lot towards politics, philosophy, sex, history and all that good jazz.

For Zane & Liz: Whatever you like. But I like episodes 129, 132, 137, 145

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-drunken-taoist-podcast/id567232410?mt=2nk

Zane Recommends - Dumb People Town

https://starburns.audio/podcasts/dumb-people-town/

Now, while not explicitly about drinking, the news stories featured on Dumb People Town almost always include people who have consumed too much! It’s as much an exploration as it is a celebration of dumb people doing dumb things (often in Florida). With comedians Daniel Van Kirk, Randy Sklar, and Jason Sklar (who are twins). They have a very active social media presence and most of their stories are sourced from their fan base.

For Liz & Pat: Jump in randomly!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dumb-people-town/id1187357113?mt=2&at=1001lpDq

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You want more podcasts? We got more podcasts (because that's literally our job, to give you podcast recommendations!) Liz brings a reader submission to the table (that she was already planning on doing thank you very much) called Forgotten Australia. Patrick decides during the show what he's going to recommend and comes up with RadioLab Presents More Perfect. And as for Zane, he's also waded into the barrel of reader submissions and brings us The What If Podcast.

Liz Recommends - Forgotten Australia

https://www.facebook.com/forgottenoz/

Forgotten Australia is a documentary podcast exploring incredible, often grim, stories from Australian history.

Michael Adams, a Sydney-based journalist, author and television producer.

Michael got the idea for the podcast while writing the biography Australia’s Sweetheart, about a forgotten movie star who went from Sydney to Hollywood and London in the 1930s. During his research he kept finding this amazing stories that no one had ever heard of, like an Aussie who had an unlikely role on the Titanic, the disappearance of a Brisbane socialite, unknown serial killers. He figured podcasts were the best way to be able to tell these stories and taught himself how to record, edit and publish podcasts.

For both: Episodes 6 (parts 1 and 2), episode 5, or any other one that takes your fancy really.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/forgotten-australia/id1442763878?mt=2

Pat Recommends - Radiolab presents More Perfect

It's Radiolab so of course it's good. This one delves more specifically into the Supreme Court, the precedents they set, and how. It's absolutely, terribly fascinating. If you don't think this will be your cup of tea you are wrong. Give it a try.

For Zane & Liz: It's all good baby babeeh.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/radiolab-presents-more-perfect/id1117202653?mt=2

Zane Recommends - The What If? Podcast with Jbats and Mykahl

http://www.whatif-podcast.com/

This is the first submission that I have chosen to feature on the podcast! And it is right in the Zane-Wheelhouse of causal, conversational podcasts. The two hosts ask strange, hilarious, paranormal, tough, and mysterious questions.

For Liz & For Pat: Pick one that appeals to you!

http://www.whatif-podcast.com/subscribe/

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Welcome back to our podcast review podcasts where we, your Castologists, review podcasts. Got it? This week Zane gives us history with a comedic twist courtesy of The Dollop, Liz gets back into potential true crime (no conviction yet, folks!) with The Drop Out and Patrick gets philosophical and thinky with Ram Dass Here and Now.

Liz Recommends - The Drop Out

http://abcradio.com/podcasts/the-dropout/

Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye? How did the woman once heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” find herself facing criminal charges — to which she pleaded not guilty — and up to 20 years in jail? How did her technology, meant to revolutionize healthcare, potentially put millions of patients at risk? And how did so many smart people get it so wrong along the way? ABC News chief business, technology and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis, along with producers Taylor Dunn and Victoria Thompson, take listeners on a journey that includes a three-year-long investigation. You’ll hear exclusive interviews with former employees, investors, and patients, and for the first-time, the never-before-aired deposition testimony of Elizabeth Holmes, and those at the center of this story.

For both: Start from the start and listen to as many as you feel compelled to listen to.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-dropout/id1449500734?mt=2

Pat Recommends - Ram Dass Here and Now

Richard Alpert was a Harvard professor and a clinical psychologist before he was Ram Dass. I found the most compelling version of his story is told with the first episodes of this podcast. He is a spiritual teacher and author, and these podcasts are a great way to digest his teachings, old and new. The format usually consists of an introduction from Raghu Markus (a friend and student of Ram Dass') followed by a lecture from years ago. Occasionally Ram Dass will be present for an interview. I've always found this podcast helpful for un-muddling my head, a nice little respite from my usual subscriptions.

For Zane & Liz: I recommend you start with episode 1 and continue as long as you wish.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ram-dass-here-and-now/id518366323?mt=2

Zane Recommends - The Dollop

www.dolloppodcast.com

On the Dollop podcast history buff and comedian Dave Anthony tells a new story each week to comedian Gareth Reynolds (who nominally knows nothing about the story). The Dollop is a super-popular podcast that has pioneered its two person format! Fans of both comedy and history are drawn to the wild stories and quick improv of the comedian hosts. The Dollop regularly tours in both the US and Australia and these live episodes usually feature local comedians and stories.

For Pat: 300A - Donald Trump (Part One)

For Liz: 188 - The Domino's Pizza Story

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dollop-dave-anthony-gareth/id643055307?mt=2

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It's listener submission overload this episode (except for Patrick who marches to the beat of his own drum). As always we start with reviewing last week's submissions and then get to recommending new stuff. Zane's challenges the status quo with Challenging Behaviors, Liz talks about sex, baby, with the listener suggested The Sugar Baby Confessionals and Patrick gets ready to expand all our minds with Psychedelic Salon.

Liz Recommends - The Sugar Baby Confessionals

https://fablegazers.libsyn.com/

"One way or another you always pay for sex."

"We’ve all read about it in the glossies – young girls becoming Sugar Babies, swapping cash and gifts for sex, to pay their way through university. Well, what if your best friend – your best, married friend – embraced the sugar baby lifestyle – not by necessity, but by choice? Sara’s best friend, Ruby, did just that. Sexy? Scary? Judge for yourself."

Host Sara, who describes herself as vanilla, wants to get to the heart of why her best mate Ruby is so interested in living a sugar baby life. What's so interesting about this podcast is that we get to explore Ruby's adventures into sugar baby land as she embarks on it, talking all about her feelings, thoughts and fears along the way, serial style.

For both: Start from the start and listen along.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-sugar-baby-confessionals/id1347256516?mt=2

Pat Recommends - The Psychedelic Salon

Continuing on with my theme of old woo woo lectures I bring you The Psychedelic Salon. I listen to this podcast mostly for the wealth of archived Terence McKenna lectures, but there's plenty of other interesting material in here too. Like the last podcast the format is usually and introduction from the host Lorenzo, followed by a lecture. There's coverage of the lectures given at Burning Man and Palenque Norte conferences covered here as well.

For Zane & Liz: I like any old Terence McKenna talk and maybe you will too.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/psychedelic-salon/id1235694853?mt=2

Zane Recommends - Challenging Behaviours

https://challengingbehaviours.wordpress.com/

This podcast was submitted through our website! It is very focused and specific which is what I think podcasts do best. In each episode the hosts - Jack, Tom and occasionally Adam - aim to challenge our behaviours, approaches and preconceptions toward people with disabilities and learning difficulties, while adding to the overall discussion about these subjects. And that is the main part that this cast does well. They ADD to the discussion surround these subjects and the people they effect in both a first-hand and second-hand way. They are relatively new but they are learning quickly about episode composition and sound recording and if you can get over a few inconsistencies with sound there is a lot of interesting content.

For Liz: RJ Mitte

For Pat: Frank Turner (beware varying Audio Quality)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/challenging-behaviours

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Happy April Fool's Day! Our Castologists jokingly thought it would be funny to do a Religion theme on this prankiest of days because it seemed like a good idea at the time. And because none of them are remotely religious they've uncovered some podcasts with some sort of spiritual component... Also it's nearly Easter so just go with it OK? Liz found enlightenment in the words of J.K. Rowling with Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, Zane gets down to worshipping false gods with Zealot, and Patrick gets controversial with The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast.

Liz Recommends - Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

"On this podcast, we ask: What if we read the books we love as if they were sacred texts?"

This podcast is all about looking at the Harry Potter book series as if it were a sacred text and finding out what we can learn from each chapter. The hosts pick a central theme through which to explore the characters and context, always grounding themselves in the text. Through this, they unearth some wonderful lessons we humans can take from the famous plight of the Boy Who Lived. The hosts recommend reading along with them to get the most out of the works but it is not mandatory.

For both: Whatever book you remember/chapter/theme takes your fancy.

Pat Recommends - The Jordan B Peterson Podcast

Jordan B Peterson is a clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto. He has quickly become one of the most controversial and polarising figures in popular academia. His podcast usually consists of interviews with guests, Q&A's, and recordings of lectures and conferences. Since this is a very special religious episode I have recommended his psychological significance of the bible series For Zane & Liz: The psychological significance of the bible lectures.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/id1184022695?mt=2

Zane Recommends - Zealot

Infringing a little bit on Liz's territory Zealot is a true crime-ish podcast about cults. This is another Australian podcast, each episode Jo Thornely talks to a comedian/performer friend about a different cult from Scientology to Synanon to The Universe People.

For Pat: 17: The Family with Shelley Stocken

For Liz: 21: Universe People with Patrick Lenton

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/zealot

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Controversy abounds as the team reviews last week's podcast offerings. Which of the podcasts got our Castologists in a tizz? You'll have to listen to find out. Then, we back away from potential blows just in time to recommend new podcasts for your ears to enjoy: Imagined Life from Liz, Revisionist History from Patrick and NRIWoman Podcast from Zane (a reader submission!).

Liz Recommends - Imagined Life

https://wondery.com/shows/imagined-life/

A delightful podcast that's part story, part history and part game. "Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to walk in the shoes of a legend and not even realize it? IMAGINED LIFE takes you there.

Each episode guides listeners on an immersive journey through the surprising moments and challenges that shaped someone’s life before they were famous. Clues about your identity are dropped along the way, but only at the end will you learn who “you” are.

Part mystery, part deeply immersive story, and part inspiration for how to weather life’s unexpected trials, Imagined Life shows just how connected we all are."

Liz and Zane have taken to messaging each other to start every new ep at the EXACT same time to try to see who is first at guessing who the "you" this week is. (Zane normally wins because let's face it, he has an encyclopedic knowledge on pretty much everything.)

For both: The Performer, The Trailblazer, The Rebel, The Officer

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/imagined-life/id1439810326?mt=2

Pat Recommends - Revisionist History

Malcollm Gladwell may be a familiar name to many of you. He's an esteemed author, journalist, public speaker, and as of 2016 a podcaster. Each episode he'll invite listeners along to an adventure through an often obscure part of history to explore a person, event, or idea through a novel lens.

For Zane & Liz: Whatever you like the sound of.

http://revisionisthistory.com

Zane Recommends - NRIWoman Podcast

https://nriwoman.com/

Another Submission from Zane! NRI (Non-Resident of India) Woman Podcast began as a Facebook page in 2016 by two close friends, Bettina Tauro and Ninorah Brookshire. Both Indians by birth but living outside of India. It began with the intention of starting conversations with other like-minded women in the Middle East and around the world. Each week they chat with guests who share their story. Conversations cover topics ranging from family, marriage, career, kids to fashion and more.

For Pat: 27 A Girls Faith

For Liz: 26 Her STEM

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n-r-i-woman

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This episode runs the gamut from wacky spontaneous musical fun, to true crime intrigue and a hub for dangerous ideas. First up as always listen to the verdict on the podcasts the Castologists presented the week before, then get stuck into our new recommendations. This week Zane shows his musical loving side with Off Book: The Improvised Musical, Liz presents a cultural touchstone podcast in Teacher's Pet, and Patrick looks at all the ideas you're not meant to talk about through Unregistered With Thaddeus Russell.

Liz Recommends - Teacher's Pet

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/the-teachers-pet

If you haven't yet listened to Teacher's Pet, you're missing out on a huge, Australia-wide watercooler conversation moment. The podcast, by The Australian reporter Headly Thomas investigates the disappearance of Lyn Dawson in the 1970s, the ever changing stories and shady dealings of her husband Chris Dawson, and a pattern of systematic abuse in high schools. Unmissable for true crime lovers and those who want to get in on the story as it's unfolding.

For both: All of it. Everything. Until forever.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-teachers-pet/id1385379989?mt=2

Pat Recommends - Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell

I first heard Thaddeus on my favourite podcast Tangentially Speaking. Since then I've seen him appear on a number of other places and spaces. He's a professor history, American studies, diplomacy and world affairs. He also isn't afraid to have dangerous or disagreeable conversations, which is what I like about this podcast. These are often one on one conversations with other interesting folks.

For Zane & Liz: The choice is yours, use your powers wisely.

http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast

Zane Recommends - Off Book: The Improvised Musical

https://www.earwolf.com/show/off-book/

Before Zane was a podcast mogul, he was a musical theatre fanatic! And this week he is bringing you a a taste of that obsession with Off Book. On Off Book: The Improvised Musical, you get a brand new original musical every week! Each episode, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino and a special guest create a new musical on the spot. Off Book is accompanied by the incomparable Scott Passarella (King of Pianists, Pianist of Kings.) And every week is a totally different show.

For Pat: Everything is Prozactly What I Need

For Liz: Sham Wowowow

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/off-book-the-improvised-musical

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Your friendly neighbourhood Castologists are here to tell you where to go... to get good podcasts. (Not the other way, sheesh, we don't want you all to get mad at us and leave!) Liz dips back into the Wondery barrel to look at their new offering One Plus One, Zane explains what the "ology" part in Castology means (and a whole lot more ologies too) with the appropriately named Ologies, and Patrick gets newsy and questions everything with The Fifth Column. Got thoughts? We know you do! Send them to us!

Liz Recommends - One Plus One

https://wondery.com/shows/one-plus-one/

Liz was all about this podcast that explores famous partnerships in history because the first series looks at Beatles Lennon and McCartney and she s all about them (and always has been even before her stupid ex claims he got her to love them, so there.)

"Every great collaboration is a love story. It’s intense. Passionate. Along the way, there’s flashes of love, hate, pride, ego, ambition, and brilliance. Think: Jay-Z and Beyonce. Google’s Sergei Brin and Larry Page. Lenin and Trotsky. The Lakers’ Shaq and Kobe. From Wondery, the company behind the hit podcast “Business Wars,” comes ONE PLUS ONE, an ongoing series about what happens when two geniuses come together to do something they could never accomplish on their own. In each six-episode series, hosts Rico Gagliano (Safe for Work) and Faith Salie (CBS’ This Morning) will bring you the ups and downs of the world’s greatest and most dramatic collaborations. And they will look at some key questions: Why does creative tension often spark something magical? And what can we learn from these stories to help with our own life and work partnerships?"

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/one-plus-one/id1449642919?mt=2

For both: The whole Lennon/McCartney series.

Pat Recommends - The Fifth Column Podcast

What's more fun than listening to a bunch of well informed journos sitting around, getting drunk and shooting the breeze about the state of play? Probably loads of stuff but this is still worth your time I swear. I first clued onto this thanks to Kmele Foster of Free Think Media appearing on a bunch of my other feeds. Now I've gotten to know his friends Matt Welch of Reason Magazine and Michael Moynihan from Vice News and boy am I glad I did. These podcasts usually consist of the above three doing the higher above, but they'll sometimes have a guest on or opt for a one on one interview style.

For Zane: 134

For Liz: 136

http://wethefifth.com

Zane Recommends - Ologies

https://www.alieward.com/ologies

Zane is back with another science podcast! Created by science correspondent Alie Ward, Ologies involves Ward interviewing radical names in every -ology she likes, including archaeology and biology, and making you laugh so hard you might cry. Alie Ward studied both science & film in college and was a staff writer/editor for the Los Angeles Times and on-air contributor to KTLA. She volunteers at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and is a co-founder of the science communication collective Nerd Brigade.

For Pat: Selachimorphology (SHARKS) with Chris Lowe

For Liz: Kalology (BEAUTY STANDARDS) with Renee Engeln

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ologies

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It's time for more Castology! Are you ready? Are you really? Because we are CHANGING IT UP this week. That's right, from this episode we'll have our recommendations first up, then stick around for our reviews from last week's offerings. This week, Pat recommends one of his favourite ever podcasts, Congressional Dish, Zane brings a listener submission - Dead Ladies Show Podcast - to the table, and Liz looks at another true crime phenomenon in Dr Death.

Liz Recommends - Dr Death

Liz should get some sort of award for recommending so many Wondery podcasts. This week it's all about Dr Duntsch aka Dr Death.

"33 Patients. A Charming Surgeon. A Spineless System.

We’re at our most vulnerable when we go to our doctors. We trust the person at the other end of that scalpel. We trust the hospital. We trust the system. Dr. Christopher Duntsch was a neurosurgeon who radiated confidence. He claimed he was the best in Dallas. If you had back pain, and had tried everything else, Dr. Duntsch could give you the spine surgery that would take your pain away. But soon his patients started to experience complications. And all they had to protect them was a system ill equipped to stop the madness. From Wondery, the network behind the hit podcast Dirty John, DR. DEATH is about a medical system that failed to protect these patients at every possible turn. Reported and hosted by Laura Beil."

For both: This is a serial podcast so ya gotta start from the start.

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dr-death/id1421573955

Pat Recommends - Congressional Dish

OK. This is my baby. Not really. It's host Jennifer Briney's baby I guess. But I like to think I've been there since the shower. This woman is one of my heroes. Since 2012 she has been reading the bills that pass through the legislative branch of the United States Government. It's a dirty job, but no one was doing it. Not even the members of the branch, really. This is the raw data. Who is taking money from who, how much and what bills are being put forward as a result. If you want to narrow your news streams to escape the madness of the world I would still urge you to keep this one flowing. This podcast has the potential to change the world.

For Zane & Liz: Pick a more recent episode, if you like it go back further. See how deep the rabbit hole goes.

https://congressionaldish.com

Zane Recommends - Dead Ladies Show Podcast

https://deadladiesshow.com/

Zane is so excited to recommend this submission! The Dead Ladies Show (and podcast) is all about women who achieved great things against all odds. The live show happens every two months or so at ACUD, Berlin, and celebrates ladies who were fabulous while they were alive, in English and in German and these shows are recorded and released as a podcast. It is hosted by Katy Derbyshire and Florian Duijsens and produced by Susan Stone.

For Pat: 17 Ada Lovelace

For Liz: 19 Constance Barnicoat & Irihapeti

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-ladies-show-podcast/id1289661254

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Welcome! Pull up a chair and listen to your favourite Castologists recommending their favourite podcasts. This week Patrick brings Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank, Zane goes fictiony with Starship Sofa and Liz jumps on what's sure to be the next true crime podcast hit Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad.

Liz Recommends - Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad

http://themurdersquad.com/

GUYS! Billy Jensen and Paul Holes have a podcast! If you don't know who the hell Liz is talking about then you're obviously not a Murderino. Paul Holes is a retired detective who helped solve the Golden State Killer case and Billy Jensen is the kickass investigative journalist who helped finish Michelle McNamara's book on the case (I'll Be Gone In The Dark) and now works as a police consultant. The first new podcast on Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark's Exactly Right network, this is the podcast that invites YOU to help solve their cold cases. It's ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE TIME.

"Each week ride shotgun with retired cold case investigator Paul Holes and investigative journalist Billy Jensen as they attempt to solve an unsolved murder case using a variety of methods, from routine shoe-leather work to advanced technologies like familial DNA searches and social media geotargeting. But their secret weapon in the search for justice is staring right at these notes.

You have been watching and listening to stories about violent crimes and investigations for years. Now is the time to put all of that knowledge and wits to good use to actually help solve a crime. Welcome to the Murder Squad."

For both: Listen from the start, there are only a handful of eps out.

Link https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/jensen-and-holes-the-murder-squad/id1455668750

Pat Recommends - Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank

Ari Shaffir. Comedian. Writer. Actor. Producer. Podcaster. Jew. Ari is one of my favourite comedians right now. His iconoclastic and unrelenting style of comedy is one I certainly appreciate. His podcast often opens with an introduction from Ari followed by a laid back chat with his guest. Every now and then you'll come across a solo podcast or a panel discussion.

For Zane & Liz: #277 Henry Rollins, if you want more I really liked #350 Shooter.

http://arithegreat.com/category/podcast/

Zane Recommends - Starship Sofa

http://www.starshipsofa.com/

Zane has brought in one of his old favourites this week, an audio fiction podcast! Hosted by the INIMITABLE accent of Tony C Smith, Starship Sofa is an audio magazine style show, similar in style to some of the great SF print magazines out there like Asimovs and Analog. A typical show includes poetry, flash fiction, fact article, reviews and main fiction. It’s produced by many and put together by one. Writers who have had there work narrated on the podcast include Michael Moorcock, Joe Haldeman, Bruce Sterling, David Brin, Harry Harrison, Ted Chiang, George R. R. Martin, William Gibson, and many many more.

For Pat: Any

For Liz: Any

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=166360307

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Wahoo, we made it to 20 episodes! Have we figured out how to do this thing in the most professional way possible? Hell no! But since when has that stopped us? Zane continues his fiction podcast roll with Motel Americana, Liz follows in his footsteps with the serialised radio play Sandra, and Patrick tries to tickle our funny bones with the comedy offering Your Mom's House. Then we get stuck into the reviews from last week's podcast recommendation.

Liz Recommends - Sandra

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/sandra

Sandra is a radio play style of podcast starring Alia Shawkat and Kristen Wiig. This podcast is a twisted look at the world of virtual assistants aka Siri and Alexa, and the world we are creating when devices can listen in to our lives. The offical blurb reads: "Helen’s always dreamed of ditching her hometown, so when she lands a job at the company that makes Sandra, everyone's favorite A.I., she figures it’s the next-best thing. But working behind the curtain isn’t quite the escape from reality that Helen expected."

Liz binged the crap out of this but she brought it to the table because she desperately wanted to know what the other Castologists thought of the ending.

For both: This is another serial so start at the start and go as far as you want.

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sandra/id1369393683

Pat Recommends - Your Mom's House

http://www.yourmomshousepodcast.com/

From the minds of my favourite comedy couple, Your Mom's House is non stop, top notch toilet humour. Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky host this outlandish, weekly comedy podcast. Each week they'll often have another comedian on or comedians on to discuss all things everything and all in between. Other weeks they won't have a guest, they'll simply bask in the glory of their loving marriage. So come on in, give this one a try, even if for a just a quick glass.

For Zane and Liz: Pick a guest that appeals to you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/your-moms-house-with-christina-p-and-tom-segura/id503482646

Zane Recommends - Motel Americana Podcast

https://motelamericanapodcast.com/

Another submission! And it is also a fiction podcast! Motel Americana is a short story podcast consisting of odd and lovely tales set in a crummy motel in Jersey circa the 1980’s. The stories here run the literary gamut, from sci-fi and horror to comedy and romance. The premise is that these stories were written by Oscar Garrett, a teenager who lived at the motel with his family and evidently bugged the rooms because the tales are clearly based on actual audio surveillance recordings of the lodgers that stayed at the motel. The podcast is hosted by Jack Same who is a one man team which makes the content even more impressive!

For Pat: Any

For Liz: Any

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motel-americana/id1447103453?mt=2

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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to Castology. The team kick things off with their recommendations: Liz goes for the cultural touchstone S-Town to nudge those who haven't yet listened to do so; Patrick brings a bit of The Church of What's Happening Now with Joey Coco Diaz; and Zane goes out of left field with a curated music podcast featuring an LGBTQI+ twist called Homoground. Then, stick around to hear the verdicts on last week's recommendations.

Liz Recommends - S-Town

https://stownpodcast.org/

If you didn't listen to S-Town (from the makers of Serial and This American Life) when it was cool, Liz is giving you the official Castology nudge to get on it now. What started out as John hating his hometown in Alabama and calling in an investigative journalist to look into a possible murder and coverup in the neighbourhood, turns into something completely different when another death occurs. There's apparently a lawsuit against the makers of this podcast so listen now, before it's taken down!

For both: It's another serial one folks, start from the start and listen until at LEAST the end of episode two before you decide if you want more.

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s-town/id1212558767

Pat Recommends - The Church of What's Happening Now

http://thechurchofwhatshappeningnow.libsyn.com/

Joey 'CoCo' Diaz is a maniac. That is an understatement. He is also a comedian, actor and podcaster with a wild, wild past. Find out about it on The Church of What's Happening Now. The usual podcast format is an interview with whoever's brave enough to come on. The guests are wide ranging, often those individuals who've been lucky enough to lead lives as interesting as Joey's. Otherwise it's Joey and offsider Lee Syatt talking about whatever comes up, or trading stories from their past.

For Zane & Liz: Pick a guest that you like, or take a deep dive with the 'Acid Church' episode.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-church-of-whats-happening-now-with-joey-coco-diaz/id558364221

Zane Recommends - Homoground

Now this is the very first podcast of this kind that I have come across. a music curation podcast. If you are like me and live in a bit of a music-bubble, and struggle to hear new stuff then this might be the new wave of podcasting for you. The Homoground podcast features music from LGBTQ and allied bands to bring exposure & access to queer bands, especially to those who live in isolated areas.

For Pat: Any

For Liz: Any

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/homoground-queer-music-radio-lgbtq/id434095730

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Move over men, this week it's all about the ladies. That's right, Castology is bringing you a themed episode with recommendations of podcasts hosted by women (but definitely not just for women). Liz reclaims her sexual power with anti-slut shaming comedy podcast Guys We Fucked, Patrick gets physical with Found My Fitness, and Zane gets in touch with Lady Parts (and Liz is not sorry for making that sound like he touched girl bits instead of reviewing a film-focused podcast).

Liz Recommends - Guys We Fucked

http://www.sorryaboutlastnightcomedy.com/guys-we-fucked/

Have you ever wanted to interview people you've slept with in a forum where they have to reply? If you answered fuck yes then this is for you. Corrine Fischer and Krystyna Hutchinson are Sorry About Last Night, a comedy duo who host this very not shy podcast aimed at doing away with slut shaming while dishing the dirt on their sex lives, with no topic taboo. "Guys We Fuckedis a weekly self-produced podcast during which Corrine and Krystyna interview men they’ve slept with and titans in the comedy and sex industry (i.e.: comedians Jim Norton and Artie Lang) porn star Stoya & sex advice guru Dan Savage), discuss sexual taboos, and create a sex-positive environment for their million plus listeners worldwide." Note: the gals talk for quite a while before their guests come on, just for those who like to skip the banter.

For both: Danny: Were You Ashamed To Fuck Me? or

Am I Just Fucking Crazy w/ Amanda Knox were ones Liz liked. or pick whatever title interests you.

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/guys-we-f-d/id885960517

Pat Recommends - Found My Fitness

https://www.foundmyfitness.com/

Dr Rhonda Patrick is one of the most knowledgeable beings I've ever come across. Every time I listen to her I need sit for a while and digest, as though I've just eaten a great big spaghetti. She holds a Ph.D. in biomedical science and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in biochemistry/chemistry. She is focused primarily on longevity and health optimisation and disseminates this information better than the best of them.

For Zane & Liz: Choose either Satchin Panda or Roland Griffiths

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/foundmyfitness/id818198322

Zane Recommends - Lady Parts Podcast

This is a film and media review podcast but with a very specific scope, and it is Brisbane based! Lady Parts is a fortnightly podcast dissecting the roles of women in genre cinema, both in front of and behind the camera. Lady Parts is one part Aimée Lindorff and one part Sophie Overett. Both writers and producers of various stripes the hosts have a very interesting insight into the current state of female representation in media.

For Pat: Episode 30 - The Incredibles 2 (but really any)

For Liz: Epsode 24 - Red Sparrow (but really any)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lady-parts-podcast/id1003165101

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Welcome back to what we like to call Castology, because that is the name of our podcast. This week seems to be our Punctuation in Podcast Titles Week, as we bring you recommendations of RISK!, Philosophize This! and Who The Hell is Hamish? As always, Liz, Patrick and Zane then move on to reviewing what they recommended last week.

Liz Recommends - Who The Hell Is Hamish?

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/podcasts/podcast-who-the-hell-is-hamish/news-story/c95b519a9ececa6076df80bd130ba158

He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be.

Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia.

How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of millions of dollars he stole?

From The Australian newspaper comes this podcast that does a deep dive into just who the hell Hamish whoever his last name is, well is, and the extent of his crimes and deception is mind boggling.

For Both: Start from the start because it's a serial podcast.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/who-the-hell-is-hamish/id1451470931

Pat Recommends: Philosphize This!

https://philosophizethis.org/

He was born Stephen West and I think remains so. Stephen likes philosophy and wants you to also like philosophy as well. Each episode is delivered in delicious 20-30 minute bite size chunks, and each episode covers a philosophical movement or philosophical philosopher. Each episode often leads into the next one so I find it best to binge these in chunks.

For Zane & Liz: I started with The Frankfurt School and binged form there, but start wherever you wish.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/philosophize-this/id659155419

Zane Recommends - RISK!

http://risk-show.com

This is a podcast that Zane has been listening to for YEARS. He was an early adopter of the podcast and has fallen in and out of love with it many times over those years. RISK! is a live show and podcast where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public, hosted by Kevin Allison. The award-winning live show happens monthly in New York and Los Angeles and has featured people like Janeane Garofalo, Lisa Lampanelli, Margaret Cho, Marc Maron, Sarah Silverman.

For Pat: Raw

For Liz: Fright

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=334724074

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Well hello, we didn't see you there. We are your Castologists, Liz Best, Zane C. Weber and Patrick Shearer, here to tell you what's good in podcast land. This week Liz gets true crimey again with The Lady Vanishes, Patrick gets philosophisey again with Alan Watts Podcast, and Zane gets history-y again (we think it's again? We've lost track of who did what) with listener submission The History of Aotearoa New Zealand. Then they get stuck into the reviews from last week's offerings.

Liz Recommends - The Lady Vanishes

https://7news.com.au/news/crime/the-lady-vanishes-search-for-missing-australian-mother-intensifies-as-new-7news-podcast-climbs-charts-c-39131

A much loved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again. Marion Barter, the former wife of Australian soccer great Johnny Warren, went missing in 1997. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance are bizarre. Her daughter has never given up hope of finding her. This is her quest.

If you like weird stories then this one just keeps getting more weird. Also if you are a Queensland/NSW local you could actually be an armchair detective and help solve this one if you were in the Gold Coast/Byron area at the time. From Seven News, it's occasionally a bit too news like and editorial but still engrossing.

For both: Start from the start because it's another serial one.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-lady-vanishes/id1457296528

Pat Recommends - Alan Watts Podcast

http://www.alanwattspodcast.com/

Alan Watts was a 20th century British born philosopher. He's often credited with introducing and popularising Eastern philosophies to Western audiences. His focus is primarily with Zen Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism. This particular podcast only delivers Alan in about 10 minute chunks and removes episodes from the feed not long after they're posted. I don't mind this so much as it gives me a healthy little dose in between my more lengthy and dense subscriptions. If you wish to listen to more of Alan there is a wealth of his content on YouTube, Soundcloud and Audible, as well as on the apps associated with this podcast.

For both: Pick any episode you can grab.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/alan-watts-podcast/id119777571

Zane Recommends - History of Aotearoa New Zealand

https://historyaotearoa.com/

Zane has recently fallen into a hole of history podcasts and wallowing about in all the great shows he has found. And this is one of those! A listener submission, The History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast is a chronological and narrative telling of the history of New Zealand. Each episode they tell the story of New Zealand in an interesting and informative way!

For Pat: Any Episode that Appeals

For Liz: Any Episode that Appeals

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/history-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-podcast/id1448322129

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Here we are, just for you. We do the hard work of finding new podcasts for your aural pleasure so you don't have to. This week Zane is recommending Dragon Friends, Liz is putting forward Deadly Manners and Patrick is all about them Tiny Desk concerts. And stick around after the recommendations for the reviews of last week's podcast offerings.

Liz Recommends - Deadly Manners

https://deadlymanners.libsyn.com/

Do you like theatre? Radio plays? Camp murder mystery drama and noirish intrigue? Then this is right up your alley. A short radio play series featuring Kristen Bell, RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Ross Matthews and more, Deadly Manners is a schlocky whodunnit in the style of And Then There Were None/Cluedo etc. Will you guess who the killer is? And why? Who knows! But you'll have fun listening to the over-the-top yet simultaneously realistic (yes, somehow both) performances, and all the Agatha Christie-style melodrama you can handle.

For both: You guessed it, it's another serial so start from the start and listen to as many as you wish.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/deadly-manners/id1289105780

Pat Recommends - Tiny Desk

https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/

My third NPR podcast is quite a bit different from the other two. Tiny Desk has artists (well known and sometimes often unknown) perform a little concert for those lucky enough to be in the room. The rest of us just have to settle with listening or watching online. That's basically it though, roughly 20 minutes of beautiful music. I've found this to be a great place to discover new music as well as see some of my favourite artists perform at their best.

For all of you: St Paul & The Broken Bones, Daniel Caesar, Anderson Paak, Rhye, Noname, Leon Bridges

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tiny-desk-concerts-video/id362115318

Zane Recommends - Dragon Friends

https://www.thedragonfriends.com/episodes/podcast/

This is a podcast that Zane found doing research into the possibility of a live Dungeons and Dragons show, then got hooked. Dragon Friends is a monthly comedy show and podcast where comedians muddle through their first Dungeons & Dragons adventure campaign. The rules are... lax. The stories are... muddled? But the cast are very funny and definitely do not let up the whole way through the show. It DOES have a tendency to be a bit in-jokey, so go back as far as you can and start the adventure with them.

For Pat & Liz: Start with a season break! or go back as far as you can.

https://open.spotify.com/show/5oaRbBlvaAkuEE4cILfZdk

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Liz, Zane and Patrick are all actors (bloody actors!) so they've decided to recommend podcasts with a theatrical inclination this week. Zane is all about the improvised comedy podcast Hello From The Magic Tavern, Liz flexes her musical muscles with 36 Questions: The Podcast Musical and Patrick gets into the acting process with Inside Acting. Then as always we all take turns reviewing what was recommended last week.

Liz Recommends - 36 Questions: The Musical Podcast

https://www.twoupproductions.com/36-questions

"In this three-part podcast musical starring Jonathan Groff and Jessie Shelton, a couple attempts to bring their marriage back from the brink of divorce using 36 revealing questions designed to make strangers fall in love." Liz is so bloody happy this podcast exists and thinks more people trying to get their work seen and heard by the wider public should turn to the wonderful medium of podcasts rather than expecting to get Broadway money straight away. This podcast is literally a musical, just sans a stage or visual performances. The story is told with an inventive device to make all that not necessary. Just characters, with songs and a whole lot of feelings.

For both: Start from the start because it's literally a musical in three acts.

Link https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/36-questions-the-podcast-musical/id1248086475

Pat Recommends - Inside Acting

This little number comes from Trev and AJ, two L.A. based actors who wanna get inside their craft. That's just what they do each episode, often with other actors. They've been lucky enough to host such talented fellows as J.K. Simmons and Jenna Fischer. Unfprtunatley the podcast is no longer producing new episodes but there is a plethora of episodes for you to choose from should you wish.

For Zane & Liz: J.K. Simmon and Kevin Sorbo

Zane Recommends - Hello From The Magic Tavern

https://hellofromthemagictavern.com/

OR the WIKI http://magictavern.wikidot.com/

Hello from the Magic Tavern is a podcast about Arnie, a human from Chicago who has fallen through a magical rift behind a Burger King into the land of Foon. Since he has his podcasting equipment with him and he's getting a weak WiFi signal from Burger King through the rift, he decided to host a weekly podcast from The Vermilion Minotaur where he interviews the strange people and creatures he meets. His co-hosts are Usidore, a wizard, and Chunt, a changeling currently in the form of a badger. Takes place in the town of Hogsface, and are on a quest to defeat The Dark Lord.

It is an improvised scene podcast, each unique scene adding to the overall story of Arnie in Foon.

For Pat: 89 - Jyn'Leeviyah the Red (w/ Felicia Day)

For Liz: 95 - Tom the Spy

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/hello-from-the-magic-tavern/id975078285

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Hello, welcome, pull up a chair and settle in for podcast reviews to help you choose. Zane brings the movie lover goods to the table with another listener recommendation: Miscast Commentary. Patrick listens to his girlfriend for once (or lets her do his homework, you decide) and recommends No Filter with Mia Freedman. And Liz listens to her psychologist mama like always and recommends a clinical psychology podcast with an almost voyeuristic twist with Where Should We Begin? With Esther Perel.

Liz Recommends - Where Should We Begin? With Esther Perel

https://www.estherperel.com/podcast

"Our original audio series takes you into the antechamber of intimate moments. Here we learn, explore, and experience alongside the couples who have been gracious enough to let us in." This podcast takes the listener into the normally private world of therapy, with audiences able to sit in on a session conducted by world famous psychologist and couples therapy expert Esther Perel. Vulnerabilities are laid bare as we listen to situations unfold on the therapists couch in what essentially amounts to single session case studies of those involved. YES the participants applied to be a part of this so they are aware they are being recorded, and yes sometimes listening in can be a confronting experience but interjections by Esther explaining what can be gleaned from each episode is a rich well from which to draw emotional sustenance and learning.

For both: Pick an episode title that appeals to you. Each ep is a self-contained single therapy session.

Link https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/where-should-we-begin-with-esther-perel/id1237931798

Pat Recommends - No Filter with Mia Freedman

https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/

No Filter is candid conversations with people that count. That's what it says on the website anyway. I'm inclined to agree. Maybe 'candid conversations that make you cry' could work. I cried in one of the episodes. Renowned journalist Mia Freedman sits down with a vast array of people for roughly an hour and gets into the nitty gritty. There doesn't theem to be a theme other than unabashedness and honesty, and honestly, that's enough for me.

For Zane & Liz: Gabbie Stroud & Dr Naomi

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/no-filter/id995159486

Zane Recommends - Miscast Commentary Review

http://www.miscastcommentary.com/

Miscast Commentary is about a pair of friends providing full length commentary for the movies (or the types of movies) that they watched growing up together. They talk trivia, personal stories and much more. The format is a very simple but but effective one. That of an audio commentary that the hosts record as they watch the movie. So, if you choose, you can watch along with them as they make jokes and share information about the film!

For Pat and Liz: Pick an episode that appeals!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/miscast-commentary/id1145697204

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Get ready because this week we have interesting facts, secret societies and one on one chats full of "sick burns" this week. Zane brings a podcast that takes a leaf out of QI's book called There's No Such Thing As A Fish, Liz uncovers a charming fictional tale of a secret organisation that helps desperate people fake their deaths, and Patrick brings the interview stylings of Michael Malice to the table with the seemingly-grammatically-incorrect-but-actually-not-incorrect-at-all podcast, Your Welcome.

Liz Recommends - The Amelia Project

https://ameliapodcast.com/

"Congratulations. You’ve reached The Amelia Project. This phone call isn’t happening. If you’re not serious about this, hang up. Now." So begins The Amelia Project, a fictional podcast that's equal parts charming and intriguing. "The Amelia Project offers a very special service: Faking its clients' deaths! Its eccentric clientele includes cult leaders, scientists and politicians, all desperate to disappear and start over... But for how long can the secrecy last?"

The show is written and directed by Philip Thorne and Øystein Ulsberg Brager and follows the unnamed Interviewer as he asks his clients why they need to escape and plans how to get them off this mortal coil... at least on paper.

Make sure you listen to the preludes in between each episode, as even though they seem light and fluffy they can sometimes contain important information about the case to follow. Plus the contain descriptions of hot cocoa from Le Deux Margots in Paris that made Liz drool, so there's that.

For both: Start from the start and listen to the prelude eps as well. Ep 5, Percy was Liz's favourite and made her snort laugh out loud in her car.

Link https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-amelia-project/id1314667752

Pat Recommends - Your Welcome with Michael Malice

https://gasdigitalnetwork.com/gdn-show-channels/your-welcome/

Michael Malice is a media personality, columnist, and an author; best known for his book Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il. He's an anarchist, a wisecrack, a troll, and my best friend. Every week he'll throw up an episode (a bit like how we do) that consists of a conversation with a guest. There's no real rhyme, reason, theme or, thyson. There is a bit. They're largely political. Something new and different from Patrick.

For Zane & Liz: Ethan Suplee or Nick Monroe or

Lyn Ulbricht or Ethan Nicolle

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/your-welcome-with-michael-malice/id1389660155

Zane Recommends - No Such Thing as A Fish

https://audioboom.com/channel/nosuchthingasafish

No Such Thing as a Fish is a weekly British podcast series produced and presented by the researchers behind the BBC Two panel game QI. In it each of the researchers, collectively known as "The QI Elves", present their favourite fact that they have come across that week. The most regular presenters of the podcast are James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber, although other QI researchers also make appearances, and there are guest presenters on some episodes.

For Pat: Any episode will do!

For Liz: Any episode will do!

Get ready for recommendations and reviews coming at you! Zane brings inanimate objects to live with Everything Is Alive, Liz takes you back to school, musical-style with Loveville High and Patrick gets back to his comedy roots with Mixed Mental Arts. Then the trio reviews their selections from last week.

Liz Recommends - Loveville High

https://www.lovevillehigh.com/

Imagine that your fave 90s teen movies ramped up the camp factor and added a musical score. That's pretty much Loveville High. "LOVEVILLE HIGH is a 9-part musical podcast series! Each ten-minute episode is a self-contained love story in the fictional town of Loveville, Ohio on prom night. New love, old love, romantic love, friend love, gay and straight, cis and genderqueer."

This musical podcast has a book and lyrics by David Zellnick (Yank!) and music by Eric Svejcar (Peter Pan Jr)

For both: This is a serial podcast so start at the start and listen to as many as you wish.

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loveville-high/id1444830216

Pat Recommends - Mixed Mental Arts

https://www.mixedmentalarts.online/

Is hosted by comedian, actor, and writer Bryan Callen and Hunter Maats (the other guy). No I kid. Hunter is largely the reason I listened to this podcast. He's a plethora of interesting takes and titbits. This show is on hiatus, and with something new brewing behind the scenes so who knows what format it'll take next. The format it largely stuck to for 300 something episodes was conversations with a range of guests such as authors, comedians, actors, doctors, entrepreneurs, Mixed Martial Arts fighters, journalists, nutritionists, musicians, porn stars and video game developers.

For Zane & Liz: Pick your poison

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mixed-mental-arts/id1286827713

Zane Recommends - Everything is Alive

https://www.everythingisalive.com/

Zane is finally showing his true colours and bring another improvised comedy podcast to the table! Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show in which all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story - and everything it says is true. Produced by NPR veteran Ian Chillag, Everything Is alive has a very serious tone, with very silly subject matter.

For Pat: Pick one that amuses you!

For Liz: Pick one that amuses you!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-is-alive/id1388419519?mt=2

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Well it was completely by accident but it seems this week is a Liz Best themed week, with all hosts recommending podcasts right up Liz'a alley. Zane takes a dip into the true crime world with Swindled, Patrick goes behind the scenes of classic films with the Wondery Inside series, and Liz recommends amazing stories of survival with I Survivor.

Liz Recommends - I, Survivor

https://wondery.com/shows/i-survivor/

Liz's first podcast love was My Favorite Murder and her favourite episodes were always the ones where Karen Kilgariff retells episodes of the TV show I Survived. Welp, now there's a podcast with a very similar name called I, Survivor all about the kick-ass stories from those people who have gone through the worst and survived.

"Hosts Jenna Brister and Wagatwe Wanjuki share their stories, and those of the men and women who fought back, who won, and who live rising above the trauma of their experiences."

For both: Pick an ep with a story you like the sound of, they have pretty good descriptive titles and blurbs.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-survivor/id1405751724

Pat Recommends - Inside Star Wars

https://wondery.com/shows/inside-star-wars/

'It was made on a shoestring and dumped into a handful of movie theaters back in 1977. And then it changed the world.' This one's from Wondery, so you know it's good. This tells the story of how this cultural touchstone was made. All the behind the scenes stuff you'd heard about, all the juicy titbits, and then some. Created, written, and hosted by Mark Ramsay, this is part of a larger 'Inside' series from the man, and they're all of the same format and calibre.

For Zane & Liz - 'Inside' what you will. Star Wars, Jaws, Psycho, or The Exorcist

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-star-wars/id1459899343

Zane Recommends - Swindled

http://swindledpodcast.com

What!? Can it be? Zane is bringing a true crime podcast to the table!? Indeed he is! But this true crime podcast is the best kind of true crime podcast, one with very little blood and guts.

Swindled is a podcast that utilizes narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to tell true stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, and corporate evil.

The anonymous host, using “A Concerned Citizen” as his moniker, recounts tales of real life, financially motivated crimes including embezzlements, frauds, Ponzi schemes, environmental disasters, corporate negligence, corruption, and more.

For Pat: The Sting

For Liz: The Psychic

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swindled/id1308717668

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We're going back in time this week to celebrate the past: that's right, it's our HISTORY themed week. Liz takes a look at the tumultuous years of the Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton presidencies with seasons one and two of Slow Burn. Zane twists the meaning of "history" with a Dungeons and Dragons etymology and mythology podcast GM Word of the Week. And Patrick goes back to his old mate Daniele Bolelli with History on Fire. Then as always, the Castologists get down to the business of reviewing last week's recommendations.

Liz Recommends - Slow Burn

https://slate.com/slow-burn

"Even recent history is rich with surprising subplots, strange details, and forgotten characters.

On Slow Burn, Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present. Season 1 captured what it was like to live through Watergate; Season 2 does the same with the saga of Bill Clinton’s impeachment.

Slow Burn is a production of Slate Plus. Slate Plus members support our work—and they get a bonus episode every week, with exclusive interviews and conversations that go deeper into the story."

For both: Pick either Clinton or Nixon and start at the start of the season.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/slow-burn/id1315040130

Pat Recommends - History on Fire

http://historyonfirepodcast.com/

Remember The Drunken Taoist Podcast? Remember it's host, Daniele Bolelli. Remember how his silken, sumptuous voice made you question your sexuality for one brief, liberating flicker? Pssh. Me neither. Anyway, here's another Daniele podcast, a history podcast. Episodes run for about 90 to 120 minutes and each one is as exciting and well researched as the next. There's roughly 50 episodes available for free download on your usual podcast provider. The more recent ones are available through Luminary, so of you wish to support this beautiful man, do so there.

For Zane & Liz: Whatever tickles your bottom

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/history-on-fire/id1038514498

Zane Recommends - GM Word of the Week

https://www.gmwordoftheweek.com/

For our history themed episode Zane has brought an interesting little gem that he has listened to for years. A simple and easy-to-consume palate cleanser, that just so happens to be based around role playing games. A good Game Master needs a lot of big, fancy words at their disposal to make their flavor text as engaging as possible. The podcast takes an inspiration word and then works backwards into the history and etymology. Jam packed with bite sized pieces of interesting historical nuggets.

For Pat: Excalibur

For Liz: Gorgon

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gm-word-week-mad-adventurers/id987577519?mt=2

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Well, well, well, look who it is... it's your friendly neighbourhood Castologists here to recommend podcasts to you for your listening pleasure! Liz's enthusiasm for this disease podcast is infections with This Podcast Will Kill You, Patrick peeks behind the curtain of the US with The Empire Files, and Zane gets nostalgic for Hollywood's Golden Era with You Must Remember This. Then come the reviews of last week's offerings.

Liz Recommends - This Podcast Will Kill You

http://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/

"Grad students studying disease ecology, Erin and Erin found themselves disenchanted with the insular world of academia. They wanted a way to share their love of epidemics and weird medical mysteries with the world, not just colleagues. Plus, who doesn't love an excuse to have a cocktail while chatting about pus and poop?" And thus This Podcast Will Kill You was born. Each episode looks at a first person account of a disease, then they look at its history and potential future if things progress as on their current track.

This is a new one for the Exactly Right network aka the podcast network owned by the MFM gals Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark.

For both: Any disease that takes your fancy but I liked Encephalitis Lethargica.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you/id1299915173

Pat Recommends - The Empire Files

http://theempirefiles.tv/

Yes, it's as terrifying as it sounds. Perhaps not in the way you imagine though. This is the podcast version of a documentary and interview series hosted by Abby Martin. She and her team delve into issues, both domestic and international, surrounding the world's biggest empire. If you'd like to know more about war profiteering, regime changing, and the incestuous relationship between politicians and the press, this'll be the podcast for you. Bare in mind that this is rather editorialised, Abby certainly wears her heart on her sleeve, but that's why we love her.

For Zane & Liz: You're loose units, you'll figure it out.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/empire-files/id1332127325

Zane Recommends - You must Remember This

http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/

You Must Remember This is the podcast dedicated to exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century. The podcast was created and is written, produced and narrated by Karina Longworth. This podcast is a heavily-researched work of creative nonfiction. Every reasonable attempt is made at accuracy, but quite often when it comes to the kinds of stories they explore, between conflicting reports, conscious and unconscious mythologizing and institutionalized spin, the truth is murky at best. That’s kind of what the podcast is, ultimately, about.

For Pat: Any that catches your eye

For Liz: Any that catches your eye

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/you-must-remember-this/id858124601

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OMG we did it again, and accidentally have a theme. It's LISTENER SUBMISSION week! That's right, we are bringing you YOUR recommendations (for three of you, anyway). And it just so happens to also have a slighly fail-centric theme. Liz brings the relationship drama with UR Gonna Die Alone, Patrick is all about stuffing up with style with The Art of Failure, and Zane gets on his social justice high horse with In Sickness and In Health.

Liz Recommends - UR Gonna Die Alone

https://urgonnadiealone.libsyn.com/

Yes that is the correct spelling for the title and yes it made journo Liz shudder. This podcast is hosted by the super sarcastic team of Christyn Chandler and Jordan Jacobo and is all about trainwreck relationships. That's right, famous relationships that have crashed and burned. Each episode looks at a different couple and tells their story of romantic implosion. If you, like Liz, are a complete dating cynic then this podcast is most certainly for you. Sit back and enjoy the sordid details and schadenfreude.

For both: I particularly liked Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, the Tom Cruise series, and Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.

Link https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ur-gonna-die-alone/id1412835724

Pat Recommends - The Art of Failure

https://www.artoffailurepodcast.com/

A listener submission you say? Yes I do. My very first, and if you don't like it that's fine, because we learn from our failures... don't we? Wow, what a segue. Host Steve Friedman sits down with an interesting array of guests to discuss failure and what can be gleaned from it. He'll also pop in the occasional minisode to share with you some of his own failures and what he's gotten out of them.

For Zane & Liz: Your fate is your own

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/art-of-failure/id1439857643

Zane Recommends - In Sickness and in Health

https://insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com/

This is another listener submission and Zane LOVES this podcast. It is a podcast about health and social justice. Health is wealth and this podcast is about why some of us have it, and some don’t. Each Season focuses on a different issue (The Opioid Crisis, Gun Violence) which are then split into multi-episode chapters.

In Sickness and in Health is produced and hosted by Dr. Celine Gounder. as well as a podcaster Dr. Gounder is a doctor, a disease detective and a storyteller. Dr. Gounder is the CEO/President/Founder of Just Human Productions, a non-profit multimedia organization.

For Pat & Liz: These are submitted in subcategories, so pick one that appeals and follow through as far as you wish.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-sickness-and-in-health-with-dr-celine-gounder/id1282044849

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After a brief departure from their usual "type" of podcast, the gang are all back in their wheelhouse with this week's offerings. Zane takes time out to try to empathise with pop culture's worst evildoers with Next Door Villain, Liz looks at crime of the non-murdery variety with Con Artists and Patrick is back to thinky informational self with The Portal With Eric Weinsten. Then as always, it's on to the reviews from last week's submissions.

Liz Recommends - Con Artists

https://www.parcast.com/conartists

This one is relatively new so Liz wants credit for liking it before it was cool. The format for this one is great: Ep one on the fraudster focuses on the rise of their crimes and ep two is how they got caught. "They seem like a friend. Family, even. You trust them with your life. But behind the promises of fame, success, and riches beyond your wildest dreams... it’s just another guy in a fake Rolex. Con Artists peeks behind the masks of hustlers, swindlers, and fraudsters. We’ll dive into their psychology, and teach listeners how to spot a con. What kind of person runs a scam? And why do we trust them? Con Artists is a Parcast Original. New episodes come out every Wednesday." Because it's kinda nice to find out the sociopathic tendencies of people who don't resort to murder for a change, right? Even if they did cheat hundreds of people and defraud... OK Liz will shut up now.

For both: Bernie Madoff parts one and two.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/con-artists/id1471046920

Pat Recommends - The Portal with Eric Weinstein

A new podcast from one of my favourite brains! Eric Weinstein is one of them polymaths, one of them clever folks who thinks good. He's a mathematician, an economist, and the managing director of an investment firm. It's difficult to say what the format or content of this podcast is just yet, but so far it's seems to be interviewish and subversive. That works for me. Let's follow along and see what happens next.

For Zane & Liz: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portal/id1469999563

Zane Recommends - Next Door Villain

https://www.nextdoorvillain.com/

Welcome to Next Door Villain, a podcast where the hosts try to practice empathy by discussing the humanity behind their favorite fictional villains.

Each episode, hosts Joe and Tiana discuss a well-known fictional villain. They attempt to find the humanity behind these characters so that we can learn to love, and respect them. Because if we can learn to connect with characters that were designed to be hated, then we might just have a chance at understanding the villains we face in our everyday lives.

For Pat: Pick a fun villain

For Liz: Pick a fun villain

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/next-door-villain/id1358530011?mt=2

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Hi! Welcome back to Castology. So good to see you! Pull up a chair and listen to this week's mixed back of recommendations from your friendly neighbourhood Castologists. Patrick brings a bit of Neil Degrasse Tyson to the table with StartTalk Radio, Liz picks a podcast purely because Patrick will like the name and recommends crime banter series Loose Units, and Zane takes a step through the scary door with Twilight Zone/Black Mirror-esque The Veil Audio Drama. Then it's on to last week's reviews? Will there be clashes and drama? Maybe! Maybe not also. You will have to listen to find out.

Liz Recommends - Loose Units

https://looseunitsthepodcast.libsyn.com/

Paul F. Verhoven sits down with his dad John to chat all things crime in the 1980s. You see John was a cop in Sydney during the height of police corruption and boy does he have some stories. So Paul put them all into a book. BUT as the show description states: "The true crime book Loose Units, out now through Penguin Publishing (and in bookstores everywhere), had one thing it couldn't do: it couldn't fit everything. So each week, Paul and John will sit down and delve into cases too surreal, brief or contentious to fit into the book."

After literally only picking this podcast because she thought resident loose unit Patrick would find the title appealing, she fell in love with it. The banter between father and son is straight up entertaining as hell and almost veers into comedy in some eps. But some are tragic. A good all rounder with lots of crime stories from someone's dad, who always seems to sound cool and funny when he calls someone a fuckwit.

For both: I started from the start but each ep is a separate story so just pick the topic that appeals to you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/loose-units-the-podcast/id1445344726

Pat Recommends - StarTalk Radio

https://www.startalkradio.net/

What's better than interrupting quality family time on father's day to write show notes? Many things, presumably, but also listening to Star Talk Radio. This podcast is hosted predominantly by Neil deGrasse Tyson, world famous astrophysicist and science communicator. This podcast has a number of formats. Interview style, answering twitter questions, and whatever the Chuck Nice episodes are. These episodes average about 50 minutes, hardly 4 hours, but we'll look the other way for Neil.

For Zane & Liz: You'll figure it out

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/startalk-radio/id325404506

Zane Recommends - The Veil Audio Drama

http://www.voxxstudios.com/the-veil

Another fiction podcast from Zane! again, it is a speculative fiction podcast, but this one has a very definite sense of style and execution. The Veil is a sci-fi/horror audio-drama anthology. It's being described as a mix between The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. Each episode contains a fully immersive soundscape, original score, original script from their writing team. Episodes are released every other Thursday.

For Pat: Any Episode

For Liz: Any Episode

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veil-audio-drama/id1443675475

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Your Castologists have taken some time away from trawling the RSS feeds to have a chat about what apps are best to enjoy your current podcast obsessions and discover new ones. There are so very many options when it comes to podcasting apps that it is hard to know which is best for you. So let us try and help both you and, in some cases, your favourite podcasters!

Some helpful links:

radiopublic.com

www.listennotes.com

www.podchaser.com

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It has been SO long since we started recommending podcasts, and we have somehow managed to restrain ourselves from recommending any podcasts on our own network That’s Not Canon. But, alas, that streak is now broken!

We will restrain ourselves to one podcast each that we personally enjoy from TNC, and a little bit about the network itself. Also, please forgive Zane’s awkward opening, he is not particularly comfortable with blatant self-promotion.

Liz recommends: Glass of Whine

Pat recommends: One Third of Life

Zane recommends: Murder in the Land of Oz

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It's Mental Health week at Castology, as the team recommend podcasts to do with all things self-care and psychology. (Also if you need it, this is your weekly reminder to look after yourself!) Liz recommends (possibly the longest titled podcast ever) The Savvy Psychologist's Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Mental Health; Patrick gets zen with a bit of guided meditation thanks to Meditation Oasis; and Zane goes completely left of field and recommends a fictional podcast that takes a peek into the therapy sessions of superpowered people with The Bright Sessions. Then, it's review time for last week's submissions.

Liz Recommends - The Savvy Psychologist's Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Mental Health

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/savvy-psychologist

This is one of Liz's favourite podcasts to recommend to friends struggling with the various issues of, you know, living in the world. Got anxiety? Dealing with stress? Wondering if negative thoughts are really that bad? Having weird dreams and wondering if they mean anything? The Savvy Psychologist aka clinical psychologist Dr Jade Wu probably has an episode for you. At only 10-15 mins per episode, this podcast is a legit easy-to-digest snack to help you snap back to reality and regain control of some aspects of your life that may have gotten messy. It's really handy beginner's guide to understanding how we work as emotional human beings. It's like mini on-the-go therapy real talk.

For both: Pick a topic you struggle with or want more information on and go go go!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/savvy-psychologists-quick-dirty-tips-for-better-mental/id803978236

Pat Recommends - Meditation Oasis

https://www.meditationoasis.com/

Meditation for me is one of those things that I always tell myself I'll start doing on a regular basis. A couple of times a week isn't terribly regular, is it? This podcast helps tremendously though. It's especially good if you've never meditated before or find yourself getting frustrated with your solo attempts. Mary and Richard Maddox bring 40 years of mediation teaching and practice between them, so you can trust you're in good hands. I chose this podcast over others because it seemed to me the most pure, a little bit of preamble and then straight into the mediation, often with a soothing musical accompaniment. There's 60 episodes and they range form 10 - 30 minutes. Stay healthy people, mentally healthy.

Zane & Liz: Whatever you do, don't pick the wrong one.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/meditation-oasis/id204570355

Zane Recommends - The Bright Sessions

http://www.thebrightsessions.com/

On this theme week, Zane is presenting to you, The Bright Sessions. The Bright Sessions is a science fiction podcast that follows a group of therapy patients. But these are not your typical patients - each has a unique supernatural ability. The show documents their struggles and discoveries as well as the motivations of their mysterious therapist, Dr. Bright.

The show is written and directed by Lauren Shippen and has concluded its main run. However, there is a sequel series planned for release exclusively on Luminary and Lauren Shippen is writing three YA novels in the universe of the show for Tor Teen. The first comes out September 24th...

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Welcome back to the wonderful world of podcasts with your friendly* neighbourhood Castologists. (*actual friendliness may vary depending on what podcasts we've listened to this week.) No theme this week, just good old-fashioned and new-fashioned podcasts. Liz recommends scripted anthology podcast (with season one about a mysterious missing musician) Six Cold Feet; Zane chats kick-ass women from the past with The Bitchery of History; and Patrick gets into some modern philosophy with Aubrey Marcus Podcast.

Liz Recommends - Six Cold Feet

https://sixcoldfeet.com/

The first season of this "spoken novel" style podcast focuses on a "found audio" plot device. We as the audience are listening to a man called River, recording himself while searching for his missing sister. Do yourself a favour and save episode 0, a behind-the-scenes look at the podcast, til after you've listened to the series. Liz felt there were a few things spoiled (unintentionally!) by co-collaborators J. M. Donellan and Jessica McGaw.

The website for this Brisbane podcast perhaps describes it best. "Six Cold Feet is a fiction anthology podcast about music, mystery, and the places we escape to when the real world disappoints us. Season 1 told the story of River, who is looking for his recently disappeared sister. Season 2 [which Liz has been cast in and which will premiere in September/October] follows the story of Athena, who is hired to write a biography of her hero; the mercurial singer-songwriter Juliet Knives. She quickly discovers that Knives has been keeping secrets for many years, and that she might be finally ready to confess…

Written by award-winning author and poet J.M. Donellan and performed by a cast including Melanie Zanetti, Kate Logan, Jessica McGaw, and Tom Yaxley this series will leave you pondering long after the final episode sings through your speakers."

For both: It's a serial so start at the very beginning (but not episode 0!)

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/six-cold-feet/id1304057366

Pat Recommends - Aubrey Marcus Podcast

https://www.aubreymarcus.com/blogs/aubrey-marcus/tagged/aubrey-marcus-podcast

Aubrey Marcus is an optimizer of the human variety, an author, and the CEO of Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on holistic health philosophy. Nothing out of the ordinary for me here. Longform interview stlye podcast with some of the world's formost athletes, scientists, philosophers, and then some. Each episode Aubrey and his guest try to tackle some of the biggest questions and broadest concepts. Episodes sit around the one hour mark.

For Zane & Liz: I like Adam Savage and Michael Pollan

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/aubrey-marcus-podcast/id521945322

Zane Recommends - The Bitchery of History

https://umpboh.podomatic.com/

Another Zane-theme has emerged - Women in History. This podcast is a bit more relaxed and casual then some of the previous similar podcasts. Celebrating the women who made history, only to be forgotten by it, best friends Max and Allison discuss badass heroines and villains like two kids at the back of the bus.

For Pat: Any Episode

For Liz: Any Episode

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We are back with just the right of podcasts that you can handle. This week Patrick nerds out with Brian Cox's Infinite Monkey Cage, Liz gets pop culturey with The Good Place: The Podcast, and Zane takes a peek inside The Futility Closet.

Liz Recommends - The Good Place: The Podcast

"Holy motherforking shirtballs! This is the official comedy and entertainment podcast for NBC's TV show The Good Place. Subscribe and you'll get weekly behind-the-scenes stories, episode and performance insights and funny anecdotes. Hosted by actor Marc Evan Jackson (Shawn) with a rotating slate of co-hosts and special guests, including actors, writers, producers and more, this podcast takes a deep dive into everything on- and off-screen."

This isn't just your typical behind the scenes show podcast either. There's philosophy, trivia, basic chats with the actors about their lives, chats with the writers about their inspiration. It's really a quite joyful little listen along podcast for fans of the show. DO NOT listen to the first ep if you haven't finished the first season of The Good Place on TV.

For both: Pick a guest you wanna hear from.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-good-place-the-podcast/id1388743215

Pat Recommends - The Infinite Monkey Cage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w

BBC Radio 4 produces the science/ comedy podcast with scientist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince. If you don't know who Brian Cox is then educate yourself you fool, and if you don't know who Robin Ince is then who could blame you? A typical epsidode sees Brian and Robin and three guests, two scientists and a comedian, tackle a particular topic. Parallell universes, death, speed, you name it. Episodes average about 30 minutes.

For Zane & Liz - Find yourself a topic or guest roster that piques interest.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-infinite-monkey-cage/id343580439

Zane Recommends - Futility Closet

https://www.futilitycloset.com/

This is an old standard on Zane's play list. A pleasant distraction and easy-to-listen-to podcast. The Futility Closet podcast is a weekly show featuring forgotten stories from the pages of history, surprising and curious tales from the past and to end each episode with lateral thinking puzzles. Futility Closet is a collection of entertaining curiosities in history, literature, language, art, philosophy, and mathematics, designed to help you waste time as enjoyably as possible. This podcast is a spin off of the Futility Closet Blog and is hosted by the husband and wife team of Greg and Sandra Ross with their pod-cat Sasha, and they release episodes each Monday.

For Pat: Episode 259: The Astor Place Riot

For Liz: Episode 261: The Murder of Lord William Russell

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast?id=842593579

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Oh hi there. This week gets a little bit political but it isn't from Patrick this time. Liz recommends a political thriller radio drama called Terms, Zane gets opinions from all sides of the political divide with Left, Right and Centre and Patrick lightens up the mood with the comedy podcast Norm MacDonald Live. Then it's on to the reviews from last week.

Liz Recommends - Terms

https://www.termspodcast.com/

"On election night, two-term president Oliver Pierce watches in disbelief from the White House as Charles Dunwalke wins a controversial electoral college victory. With only 73 days before Dunwalke’s inauguration, president Pierce makes a secret decision to act, with historic and possibly catastrophic consequences." Yeah it's pretty Trump-esque. And also has a lot to say about how the US system of voting is broken. An excellent radio play style thriller that hits close to home, has excellent acting and knows how to tell a good story.

For both: Start from the start, it's a serial podcast.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/terms/id1175563320

Pat Recommends - Norm MacDonald Live

The most unfortunate thing about being Australian for me was that I only ever got exposed to Norm MacDonald through his bit roles in movies amd TV. We never really got SNL or stand up specials on our airwaves, so when I came across this show on YouTube I was like 'Hey it's that drunk guy from Billy Madison, I had no idea he was the funniest person on the planet'. Unfortunately you can no longer view Norm MacDonald Live on YouTube, I think because he has a Netflix show now and Netflix wanted the Norm monopoly. Fortunatley you can find audio versions of this chaotic masterpiece. This show puts Norm and his trusty sidekick Adam Egat (of Queensboro Bridge renown) conducting a casual interview with a famous person, often a comedian. This show, for me, is a breeding ground for my favourite comedic spontaneities.

For Zane & Liz - Pick someone you like. I quite like the Andy Dick, Gilbert Gottfried, Stephen Merchant, and Bob Einstein (god rest him) episodes.

https://podtail.com/en/podcast/norm-macdonald-live/

Zane Recommends - Left, Right, and Center

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/left-right-center

Politics. Zane both hates and is incredibly compelled by politics, but HATES the idea that he is in an echochamber. Enter, this podcast. Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly civilized yet provocative confrontation over politics, policy and pop culture. Josh Barro, representing the Center, hosts a discussion of the week’s news and issues with thought leaders on the Right and Left, and expert guests. They focus mostly on the big headlines of the week (or the day) with a few minutes put aside for the hosts and guests soapbox moments. This is not a debate podcast, but does value the truth, not just partisan talking points.

For Pat: Listen to the most recent episodes

For Liz: Listen to the most recent episodes

https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=319014603&mt=8

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Liz has started her very own new podcast! Ghosts of Boyfriends past is all about the loves that have come and gone from our lives - so we thought we should do a bonus episode talking about the podcasts that have come and gone from our lives.

In this bonus episode we are sharing our favourite podcasts that are no longer being produced!

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Hello, we are back with the podcast goods. Zane has a listener submission this week with the audio memoir Days of My Life, Liz brings her first celebrity host chat show recommendation with Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard and Pat takes a deep dive on the porn industry with Jon Ronson's The Butterfly Effect/The Last Days of August. Then it's reviews time!

Liz Recommends - Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

https://armchairexpertpod.com/

"Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment.

What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four years of improv training. I will attempt to discover human “truths” without any laboratory work, clinical trials or data collection. I will be, in the great tradition of 16th-century scientists, an Armchair Expert."

I love this podcast because I find Dax a really emotionally honest host. He sits down with Hollywood pals for discussions on pretty much anything.

For both: I really like the Kristen Bell eps because I love their relationship, and I love the Jason Batemen ep too.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/id1345682353

Pat Recommends - The Butterfly Effect / The Last Days of August

http://www.jonronson.com/butterfly.html

Many of you may know Jon Ronson as the public shaming guy, or the guy who busted into Bohemian Grove with Alex Jones in the 90's to witness the masters of the universe conducting a mock sacrifice to the Canaanite god Moloch. Perhaps you know him from another wonderful part of his journalistic career. This time around he's taking a dive into the world of pornography. The Butterfly Effect focuses more on what PornHub has done to the industry and how it's professionals have responded. The Last Days of August looks takes a closer look at the tragic suicide of young starlet August Ames. These two pieces were originally Audible exclusives, but have thankfully since made their way to podcatchers under the title The Last Days of August.

For Zane & Liz: Listen to as much as you wish, if you're like me yoLyou'llwant to binge.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-last-days-of-august/id1258779354

Zane Recommends - Days of My Life

https://www.buzzsprout.com/252630

This listener is a listener-submission, a truly unique podcast, and the first of its kind that Zane has encountered. Days of My Life is an Autobiographical Audio Drama Podcast created by Aidan Rosewell.

Rosewell puts his heart on his sleeve as he recounts events of his life growing up in the 90’s and struggling to cope with drug addiction and being a teenage carer for his mother. There are a few historical events also wrapped into the narrative.

This one is incredibly personal and interesting. It is best to start from the beginning, as it is in essence a serial narrative.

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Hello, we are back with your weekly podcast recommendations!. Zane has a Comedy audio fiction, Penny Peep Show, Liz brings dips back into the true-crime pool with Small Town Dicks and Pat brings us a Radiolab-adjacent podcast - The Memory Palace. And don't forget to stick around for our reviews of last weeks podcast at the end!

Liz Recommends - Small Town Dicks

https://www.smalltowndicks.com/

This one was a listener submission and Liz is really glad it was bought to the table because she is now obsessed. "Small Town Dicks is a podcast about the big-time crime that’s happening in Small Town, USA. Each episode features the detectives who broke the case in their small town, and includes assets like jailhouse phone calls, suspect interviews and 9-1-1 calls. The show is anchored by veteran, identical-twin detectives Dan and Dave, and hosted by actress, Yeardley Smith." It also used to be hosted by Zibby Allen but she mysteriously disappeared from the podcast recently and there are conflicting reports as to why.

For Pat: Stolen

For Zane: Breach (or for either of you The Bitter End, Cut and Run, or Disgruntled if you feel like more murder/tough stories)

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/small-town-dicks-podcast/id1271261548

Pat Recommends - The Memory Palace

http://thememorypalace.us/

Thank you Radiolab for putting this little gem on my radar. Nate DiMeo began telling these little historical vignettes in 2008 and hasn't broken his stride since. They're like yummy, dainty time capsules that you can swallow whole. With your ears. Episodes release a couple of times a month, durate for about ten minutes, and are always a welcome site in my feed.

For Zane & Liz: A White Horse, Shipwreck Kelly, Local Channels, Distance

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-memory-palace/id299436963

Zane Recommends - The Penny Peepshow

https://thepennypeepshow.libsyn.com/

You know what is missing from the podcast-sphere? Sitcoms. Today Zane is bringing you one of the answers to that lack - The Penny Peepshow.

The Penny Peepshow presents a range of podcast-play series for your edification and delight. Featuring full-cast productions of original scripts that span the full spectrum of genre (while keeping it's roots firmly planted in comedy) this is a very charming podcast!

For Pat: Bert & Maggie: Victrionics

For Liz: The Devil's Bed & Breakfast: Episode 01

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-penny-peepshow/id1345041200

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You need some podcast recommendations? Well, you’re in luck! We have three new podcast recommendations for you as well as our reviews of last week’s recommendations! Zane has another listener submission this week with the all-things-weird podcast None Dare Call it Ordinary!, Liz goes mythical with a Greek Mythology podcast with a feminist bent and Pat brings us a science-based drug podcast. And don't forget to stick around for our reviews of last weeks podcast at the end!

Liz Recommends - Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! A Greek and Roman Mythology Podcast

https://www.mythsbaby.com/

"Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! is a Greek and Roman mythology podcast.

But it’s not your average Greek and Roman mythology podcast, this one is told by a 30-something Millennial with a penchant for cursing and a feminist attitude. The stories are deeply researched, thoroughly told, and they don’t hold back the details that have been sugarcoated and treated with kid gloves over the millennia since they were originally told.

There’s violence, assault, and so, so many gods transforming into animals to have their way [with women and nymphs]. Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! is casual and fun but equally knowledgeable and will leave you with a deeper understanding of the myths and the people who told them those many, many years ago." Hosted by Liv Albert, this podcast is great because it's a nice chatty (even though there is only one person talking) podcast that makes history and myths super accessible.

For both: I like the Hercules/Heracles series because that guy was actually kind of a dick.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/lets-talk-about-myths-baby-a-greek-roman-mythology-podcast/id1264449047

Pat Recommends - Say Why to Drugs

https://play.acast.com/s/saywhytodrugs

Dr Suzi Gage is a psychologist interested in understanding the relationship between drug use and mental health. Most are dedicated to a particular substance or type of substance, there's also live shows, special guest interviews and AMA's thrown into the mix. Episodes range from about 20-40 minutes.

For Zane & Liz: Just go ahead and pick your favorite drug

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/say-why-to-drugs/id1114492774

Zane Recommends - None Dare Call It Ordinary!

https://www.nonedarecallitordinary.com/

Another Listener submission! This one is an interesting artifact as it seems to combine a few common themes that Zane like to bring to his fellow castologists. Part true-crime, part history, part comedy, the hosts Dylan, Brent, and Forrest dig into the unusual, unorthodox, and downright unsettling beliefs found at the depths of the Internet and the heights of paranoia. They are kind of a podcast on the history of ideas, except the ideas come mainly from cranks, con artists, extremists, frauds, and other chronic failures. Whether they promote pseudoscience, alternative medicine, fringe religions, radical politics, or revisionist history.

For Pat: Any topic that you might be interested in

For Liz: Any topic that you might be interested in

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Spoooooooky Halloween everybody! This week's episode is all about the creepy, kooky and downright spooky so we've found podcasts to recommend that are (hopefully) guaranteed to make your skin crawl. Liz recommends an immersive drama featuring some star power with Cynthia Erivo, Carrier; Zane looks to this mortal coil with real-life supernatural encounters in Spooked WNYC; and Patrick takes a look the frightening history behind common folklore with the podcast that spawned an Amazon Prime TV series, Lore.

Liz Recommends - Carrier

https://www.qcodemedia.com/carrier

The main reason Liz got so, erm, carried away with Carrier was the immersive experience factor. Thanks to excellent soundscapes and use of surround sound, you really feel like you're in the episode and experiencing every eerie thing the protagonist is experiencing.

"What happens when a truck driver picks up a loaded trailer, but has no idea what’s really inside? Tony, Grammy, and Emmy award winner Cynthia Erivo journeys down a dark and lonely highway in this original scripted thriller from Qcode and creator Dan Blank. With immersive audio techniques that create a dimensional listening experience, the audience is strongly advised to use caution, wear headphones if possible, and listen... carefully."

For both: It's a serial so start from the start and listen with headphones for a full experience.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carrier/id1468956772

Pat Recommends - Lore

https://www.lorepodcast.com/

Hosted by Aaron Mahnke, Lore is an award-winning, podcast about true life scary stories. Each episode revolves around a them a takes a dark little dive into some of the darker nooks and crannies of history. These pieces run for about a half hour and include 2 or 3 stories, that's just value you can't turn down. New eps drop fortnightly on Mondays.

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/lore/id978052928

For Zane & Liz: It's all good homies

Zane Recommends - Spooked WNYC

This podcast is produced by one of Zane's old favourites (that has yet to be recommended) Snap Judement. Presented by Glynn Washington, Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by Snap Judgment and WNYC Studios. New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays.

For Pat & Liz: Pick and episode that appeals

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1279361017

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Oh, it's you! Welcome! We've got a wide range of interests with today's recommendations: think science, sex and weird musical stuff. Zane looks at a Luminary exclusive bursting with Hollywood and Broadway star power in Anthem: Homunculus. Liz has a new interest in dating podcasts thanks to her new podcast Ghosts of Boyfriends Past so she's grabbed Frank and Beans from the listener submissions list. And then Patrick looks at a super approachable hard science offering with Sean Carroll's Mindscape (while being very hungover). Then it's on to the reviews of our spooky Halloween ep last week.

Liz Recommends - Frank and Beans

https://www.facebook.com/Frank-Beans-A-Sex-and-Relationship-Podcast-193991901415725/

Liz is getting into relationships and dating podcasts now that she's launched her own and Frank and Beans jumped out at her from the submissions pile. She loves the on-air chemistry of show hosts Beth and Brian, and the way they get the male, female perspective on some of the most important issues in the world of love and sex.

"Frank and Beans is a biweekly podcast that covers the ups and downs of dating, relationships and sex with a female and male perspective, making the world a better place to date."

For both: whatever topic takes your fancy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frank-and-beans/id1388833923

Pat Recommends - Sean Carrol's Mindscape

https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/

Who's Sean Carrol you say? Only a theoretical physicist from the university of California. He specialises in quantum mechanics, cosnology, and gravity. He also hosts a rip roaring podcast. These episodes are typically an interview with a scientist or a science adjacent professional. It's good gear, get it in ya.

For Zane & Liz: It's all good

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sean-carrolls-mindscape-science-society-philosophy/id1406534739

Zane Recommends - Anthem: Homunculous

The time has come and Zane is recommending a Luminary exclusive podcast. BUT it is a truly unique and possibly game-changing musical podcast written by John Cameron Mitchell who wrote and originated the the role of Hedwig & the Angry Inch. Anthem: Homunculous is the story of broke, failed artist Ceann Mackay (John Cameron Mitchell) as he launches an app-based “tumor telethon” to crowdfund his survival. Cynthia Erivo, Glenn Close, Nakhane and Patti LuPone co-star in a darkly hilarious musical retelling of Ceann's life as he realizes what’s killing him may be the very thing that saves us all.

For Pat & Liz: From the Start

https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/john-cameron-mitchell-and-bryan-weller-topic/anthem-homunculus-luminary-exclusive/ab4fffb8-7835-4482-8b48-c9898818768f

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It’s November so we’re going for a Fiction theme for NaNoWriMo. Zane goes back to one of the originals in podcast fiction land with Rabbits, Liz looks at an audio drama designed to create awareness of homelessness through storytelling with Baby It’s Cold Outside and Patrick gets down with his inner and outer nerd with The Glass Cannon Podcast. Then it’s on to last week’s reviews!

Liz Recommends - Baby it’s Cold Outside

https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/podcast

Chris O’Dowd and Anne-Marie Duff star in this three act radio drama that delves into the difficulties faced by those who find themselves homeless, especially around the holidays. Liz was particularly tickled with this one because not only was it a good dramatic production, but it was created with crisis.org.uk to raise funds for the homeless. Liz thinks using theatre and drama for social good is very good indeed.

“Written by award winning screenwriter Regina Moriarty and directed by Virginia Gilbert, the show is a thought-provoking journey, finding humour in the darkness whilst hitting home the impact of homelessness in the UK.

“Baby, It's Cold Outside was developed by Duck Soup Films, in association with Crisis. It marks the launch of Fremantle's scripted podcast label, Storyglass, which will commission and develop original scripted ideas from storytellers around the world.”

For Both: listen to the whole thing from the start. It’s short.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/baby-its-cold-outside/id1445734509

Pat Recommends - The Glass Cannon Podcast

https://glasscannonpodcast.com/

Fictional you say? I don't ordinarily deal in fiction when it comes to podcasts but I suppose I'll make an exception considering the circumstances. As you may well know I'm a huge fan of D&D, and this podcast is D&D adjacent. These guys are playing Pathfinder, which is D&D for nerds, it has more nitty gritty rules. They're hilarious and terribly entertaining and there's a plethora of episodes so please enjoy.

For Zane and Lizne: Start from the beginning

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-glass-cannon-podcast/id1007021910

Zane Recommends - Rabbits

https://www.rabbitspodcast.com/

For our Fiction special Zane thought that he would recommend the frist audiodrama serial he ever listened to - Rabbits. Rabbits is a documentary/docudrama that follows one womans investigation of her friends disappearance and her possible involvement in a shadowy secret society that orchestrates a decades-long life and death game.

For Pat & Liz: From the start.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rabbits/id1209601557?mt=2

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This week’s episode is full of drama as one Castologist announces (DUN DUN DUN )their departure from the podcast. Who will it be? Who would be crazy enough to leave the most kick-ass podcast ever? Which Castologist will hold a petty grudge forevermore? And which Castologist is the mature one who is determined to keep the podcast on track? This week’s podcast recommendations are Noble Blood and Creative Processing with Joseph Gordon Levitt. Then it’s on to last week’s reviews and a fond(ish) farewell. Stay tuned next week to meet the newest Castologist on the block!

Liz Recommends - Noble Blood

http://noblebloodtales.com

It’s true crime, history-style! Liz manages to find a way to listen to stories of murder and mayhem, and do some learning too! Host Dana Schwartz gets into stories of royalty gone wrong, in this IHeartRadio podcast produced by Lore’s Aaron Mahmke.

“Noble Blood explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between.

The world is full of ill-fated love affairs, bad decisions, and family drama, but for a monarch, the personal will determine the fate of nations.

And when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes tend to mean blood.”

Description

For Both: The Second Death of Marie Antoinette, Ever Dearest Cousin Nicky

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/noble-blood/id1468332063

Zane Recommends - Creative Processing with Joseph Gorden-Levitt

Zane is showing his creative roots again with this relatively new podcast from one of his favourite creatives! Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets into the nitty-gritty of how a wide variety of creative people do what they do. Listeners’ questions inspire conversations between Gordon-Levitt and a range of creative guests, from Hollywood notables like Rian Johnson and Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, to behind-the-scenes heavyweights like casting director Mary Vernieu, and from political visual artist Shepard Fairey to indie sonic songstress, Yuka Honda, and more.

For Pat: Career & Contacts / Mary Vernieu, Casting Director

For Liz: Originality & Imitation / Rian Johnson, Filmmaker

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-processing-with-joseph-gordon-levitt/id1472587591

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This week’s episode features a REVEAL! Who has replaced Patrick? We mean, OLD PATRICK. It’s NEW PATRICK! HA, you thought we’d tell you their name, but we didn’t. So ya’ll are gonna have to listen to find out who they are and what they are about. Speaking of listening, this week’s podcast recommendations are Bad Batch, Believed AND That’s Not Proper. Then it's on to the reviews from last week.

Liz Recommends - Bad Batch

https://wondery.com/shows/bad-batch/

Yes, yes we know, Liz loves her Wondery podcasts. Deal with it because this one is a good one. Like the other ones.

"Patients are offered a miracle cure, but instead they end up rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The race is on to track down what went wrong with several patients in Texas before more people get hurt. The trail leads to a stem cell company with a charismatic CEO, and to an entire multibillion dollar industry where greed and desperation collide. Laura Beil, the award-winning host and reporter of “Dr Death,” returns for this six-part investigative series from Wondery."

One of the most nuts things about this podcast is that Beil had a six hour interview and unrestricted access to one of the main characters in the story, Liveyon’s CEO John Kosolcharoen. This is a story where it's really hard to tell who the bad guy is, and your opinions are gonna flip several times.

For both: Start from the start.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-bad-batch/id1226598945

Nick Recommends - Believed

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510326/believed

How did Larry Nassar, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, get away with abusing hundreds of women and girls for two decades? Believed is an inside look at how a team of women won a conviction in one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U.S. history. Nick thinks you should listen to the whole thing, but also make sure you’re mentally prepared.

For both: Start from the start.

https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438898081?mt=2

Zane Recommends - That's Not Proper!

This is a listener submission, and it is one of those submissions that took Zane about 5 minutes to latch on to. It was immediate and strong. That's Not Proper! is a podcast hosted and created by Cori Asuncion, a 46 year old mother of seven children who has decided to break the silence of her generation and has come to the realization that things aren't always what everyone says they are, being proper is subjective, social and spiritual awakening and finding humor in the chaos.

For Nick: Create Rebels with Intent

For Liz: Have We Normalized Rape Culture?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-not-proper/id1481091915

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It's that time of the year where it's the holidays, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and a bit like Festivus for the rest of us. So your friendly Castologists decided on a family theme. (Collective aw). Zane heads into the Dungeons and Dragons universe with a familial twist with The Adventure Zone, New Patrick/Nick embraces his inner child with Chompers and Liz manages to find murder in the most unlikely of themes with Happy Face. Then it's on to the reviews from last week. What did Liz and Zane think of New Patrick/Nick's very first recommendation?

Liz Recommends - Happy Face

https://www.thehappyfacepodcast.com/

Who could have predicted Liz would have interpreted the Family theme to include murrrrrrrrder? (Pretty much everyone). But still, this IHeartRadio show is a doozy. Think the words of the actual killer in his police interviews, interspersed with interviews with his daughter about the red flags the family missed as their patriarch was becoming a notorious serial killer.

"For Melissa Moore, 1995 was a nightmare. That’s the year the teenager learned her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was a serial killer. It’s also the year Melissa Moore’s doubt spiral began: When you look like your father, and you share his intelligence and charisma, how do you know you’re not a psychopath, too? Happy Face is the story of Keith Hunter Jesperson, his brutal crimes, and the cat and mouse game he played with detectives and the media. But it’s also the story of the horrific legacy he gifted his children. Join Melissa Moore as she investigates her father’s crimes, reckons with the past, and wades through her darkest fears as she hunts for a better future.

"Melissa Moore is an Emmy-nominated Crime Correspondent for the Dr. Oz Show, Executive Producer and host of LMN's "Monster In My Family.” Melissa is a recognized expert on the topics of recovery from trauma, domestic violence and serial violent crimes. Moore was raised Melissa Jesperson, daughter of the infamous “Happy Face” serial killer, Keith Jesperson. Growing up in a small town in Washington state, she survived the escalating trauma from her home life and the man she called her father. Today, she frequently shares her insight and background with survivors seeking healing from violent crimes and abuse through her work and bestselling book, WHOLE: A Guide to Self-Repair (2016 Rodale)."

For both: Serial-style podcast so start from the start.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/happy-face/id1434649680

Nick Recommends - Chompers

Make tooth time easy with this morning and night tooth brushing show for kids and ADULTS TOO.

Kids AND ADULTS TOO will hear jokes, riddles, stories, fun facts, silly songs and more, that’ll keep them giggling - and brushing - for the full two minutes that dentists recommend.

Chompers will have kids AND ADULTS TOO reminding parents that it's time to brush, not the other way around!

For both: Any of em'!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/chompers/id1353418080

Zane Recommends - The Adventure Zone

https://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone

So, what exactly IS a "family" podcast? How about a podcast where three brothers and their dad get together play a game? And what if those brothers were part of the podcast royal family? Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy from My Brother, My Brother and Me, Sawbones, Schmanners, Wonderful! Trends Like These, The Empty Bowl, Run. A Doctor Who Fancast, Still Buffering, Positiviteeny, and From Death Till us Blart, have recruited their dad Clint for a campaign of high adventure. My favourite season is Season 1...

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It's New Patrick/Nick's third ep, has he found his feet? Has he filled Old Patrick's shoes? Do we even remember who Old Patrick is anymore? No theme this week, but we are still bringing the podcast gold. Liz lives her life through self-help books with By the Book, Zane gets creepy and kooky with a very Addams Family-style podcast Odd Tonic, and New Patrick/Nick delves into the sci-fi world with a bit of Moonrise. Then as always we review last week's submissions and give them a thumbs up or down.

Liz Recommends - By the Book

https://bythebookpod.com/about-us

When Liz gets anxious, she reads self-help books because hey, if you know everything possible about how stuff works, you're less likely to stuff it up right? RIGHT? Enter her new podcast obsession By The Book.

"Half reality show, half self-help podcast, and one wild social experiment. Join comedian Jolenta Greenberg and her skeptical friend Kristen Meinzer as they live by the rules of a different self-help book each episode to figure out which ones might actually be life changing.

"By The Book was named one of the best new podcasts of 2017 by NPR. The New York Times selected By The Book as their Podcast Club Pick in Fall of 2017. And Bust Magazine named By The Book one of their Top Ten Bets for Winter 2017.

"Jolenta Greenberg is a New York-based comedian, podcaster, pop culture commentator, and self-proclaimed reality television historian. Jolenta created and co-hosts the podcast, By the Book; other podcasting work includes story editing for Risk, and producing for Freakonomics. Kristen Meinzer is a long-time audio producer and host, and head of nonfiction programming at Panoply. In addition to cohosting By The Book, she also cohosts When Meghan Met Harry: A Royal WeddingcastReview."

For either: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, The Secret, The Sleep Revolution

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/by-the-book/id1217948628

Nick Recommends - Moonrise

“Truer, but also darker.” This is the real origin story behind America’s decision to go to the moon. The story we learn starts with Sputnik, then President Kennedy’s challenge, and ends with triumph: an American flag on the lunar surface. But in the 50 years that have passed since the moon landing, as presidential documents have been declassified and secret programs have been revealed, a wilder story has begun to emerge. “Moonrise,” a new Washington Post narrative mini-series, digs into the nuclear arms race of the Cold War, the transformation of American society and politics, and even the birth of science fiction, to unearth what really drove us to the moon.

Join host Lillian Cunningham as she uncovers a story that has so much to reveal about America -- and about the dreams and nightmares of being human on this Earth.

For either: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/moonrise/id1469151663

Zane Recommends - Odd Tonic

https://www.oddtonicsociety.com/

Zane has another Listener submission for you! Another podcast that immediately caught his attention was Odd Tonic. This Addams Family-adjacent podcast features spooky and fantastic tales of weird history, strange science, and the paranormal that are drawn from their curated collection and choice listener submissions, your Ambassadors of Odd, Jennifer Page and Maxwell Holechek craft a weekly podcast experience that stirs an enchanting brew suitable for all ages who are brave enough to sip its curious and eerie elixir.

For Nick: Parlour Stories: Ghost Clown

For Liz: Black Eyed Children

https://radiopublic.com/odd-tonic-WodlNm/ep/s1!33b13

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New Patrick/Nick is well and truly finding his feet as a Castologist but what will the group think of his latest recommendation... Containers? About shipping containers. Yep. Meanwhile Liz get her science and comedy on with Smart Enough To Know Better, and Zane recommends a rare celebrity interviews podcast David Tennant Does a Podcast With. Then it's on to the reviews from last week!

Liz Recommends - Smart Enough To Know Better

https://smartenough.org/

Dan and Greg had a passion for science and for arguing about it at length and in public. When it was pointed out how entertaining they were they put together the podcast and started to agree more often. Since then they've named the Earth's sun, travelled back in time to help win the war and dissected a gremlin all while following the scientific method.

Science is fun, and when Greg and Dan step in, learning about it is too.

Greg's worked for CSIRO and is currently a science communicator for ICRAR.

Dan is a web developer, performer and MC.

They have 40 years of experience between them on the stages of Brisbane and are 2 thirds of the team that put together the best selling plays .'Speed the Movie the Play', 'titanic the movie the play', and the 'Die Hard the Movie the Play'.

For both: You're gonna ignore me anyway, so pick something you wanna know more about.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/smart-enough-to-know-better/id378712127

Nick Recommends - Containers

Containers is an 8-part audio documentary about how global trade has transformed the economy and ourselves. Host and correspondent Alexis Madrigal leads you through the world of ships and sailors, technology and tugboats, warehouses and cranes. At a time when Donald Trump is threatening to toss out the global economic order, Containers provides an illuminating, deep, and weird look at how capitalism actually works now.

For either: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/containers/id1209559177

Zane Recommends - David Tennant Does a Podcast with

https://www.david-tennant.com/podcast

Zane is bringing you another celebrity interview podcast. BUt this one is very casual and VERY charismatic. David Tennant Does A Podcast With... sees David talking to the biggest names from TV, movies, comedy and elsewhere. It features some revealing conversation, surprise stories and lots of laughs with the real people that just so happen to be celebrities.

For Nick: Catherine Tate/Michael Sheen

For Liz: Olivia Coleman/Sir Ian McKellen

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/david-tennant-does-a-podcast-with/id1450005207

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Each of the hosts has brought a very "them" podcast this week: Zane with science, Liz with true crime and Nick with sports. (Liz is already going 'Ew,, sports'). Respectively they're recommending Moonshot, Keli Lane: Problem Child and Sonic Boom. Then it's review time and they gang have a few things to say. Especially about Containers.

Liz Recommends - Keli Lane: Problem Child

http://www.problemchildpodcast.com/

Liz thought she knew all about this case as she followed it quite closely on the news. She was wrong. This particular investigative podcast has never before seen or heard information that makes the case all the more confusing.

This podcast is Brisbane-based and hosted by an amateur investigator obsessed with deep driving into true crime, is a mum, and has undertaken studies in Criminology and Law. They plan to tackle more Australian cases in the future.

"In our multi-episode investigative podcast series, we will explore the case of Keli Lane – the Australian woman convicted of murdering her newborn infant, Tegan. We will explore why Keli concealed three pregnancies from everyone around her, and we will thoroughly examine the trial process, court documents, and delve deeply into the background of Keli Lane.

"We will explore Keli’s current situation in Silverwater Women's Correctional Facility in NSW, Australia, and document her attempts to free herself from prison along with help from the RMIT innocence initiative and ABC exposed – who are advocating on Keli’s behalf for a Judicial Review.

For both: Start at the start and listen to as many as you feel compelled to.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/problem-child-story-keli-lane-murder-baby-tegan/id1455431583

Nick Recommends - Sonic Boom

https://www.theringer.com/sonic-boom

Did Seattle ever have a chance? Who are the villains in this story? Hear from the NBA legends, politicians, die-hard fans, business executives, and more as The Ringer’s Jordan Ritter Conn unearths never-before-heard truths about the NBA’s greatest heist.

For either: The pilot episode is free, grab that one first.

https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/the-ringer/sonic-boom/6426a152-d0b2-4a42-a147-bd1ebc3de157

Zane Recommends - Moonshot

It has been too long since Zane has recommended a science podcast! And this week he has an australian science/buisness podcast to recommend - Moonshot. Moonshot is a podcast focused on people chasing ‘moonshot’ ideas that seem almost impossible. Explore the world's biggest ideas and the people making them happen. Self-driving cars, jetpacks, 3D printed food, or a trip to Mars? Moonshot talks to the people who are at the forefront of all this rapid change to find out what the future of humanity might actually look like. Hosted by Kristofor Lawson and Andrew Moon.

Artwork by Andrew Millist

For Nick: When Space Companies Go Rogue

For Liz: Building immersive stories with Nonny de la Peña

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/moonshot/id1142157485

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Liz takes a gamble this week, recommending a podcast that the lads are very much not the target for: Ladies, We Need To Talk. Then Zane recommends something we're surprised wasn't on Liz's list with The Wonderland Murders. Nick rounds off the recommendations with a deep dive into the origins of slavery in US history. Then as always, it's review time and we look at our podcasts from last week.

Liz Recommends - Ladies We Need To Talk

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/ladies-we-need-to-talk/

"Want to know how to close the orgasm gap? Riding your hormonal rollercoaster blindfolded? Can’t find contraception that works for you? You’re not the only one.

Ladies, We Need To Talk is a podcast for women, by women, that isn’t afraid to dive head first into the tricky topics we often avoid talking about. Join host Yumi Stynes as she tears open the sealed section on life. With sensitivity, personal stories, and serious smarts, this is for women who feel the squeeze between work, their private life, and their pelvic floor."

For both: Pick a topic, any topic!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ladies-we-need-to-talk/id1277424411

Nick Recommends - 1619

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/podcasts/the-daily/1619-project.html

In August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. On the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is time to tell the story.

“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones.

For either: From the start. Or episode 3.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1619/id1476928106

Zane Recommends - The Wonderland Murders

https://wondery.com/shows/wonderland-murders/

Zane is taking a leaf from Liz's book and bringing in a Wondery True Crime podcast! Journey back to 1981, when four people were brutally murdered in their home in the Hollywood Hills. The Wonderland Murders is the tale of a violent home invasion robbery and the revenge rampage that followed. It involves a drug-fueled gang of criminals, a crazed crime kingpin -- and the world’s most famous porn star on a downward and deadly spiral. Join Young Charlie host Tracy Pattin and writer/director Larry Brand and they take you back to Wonderland Ave.

For Nick & Liz: Start from the beginning

https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1370096738

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Well we've accidentally done it again; we've themed the week. Somehow we've all ended up recommending podcasts with super bleak titles (but not all bleak content!). Liz recommends Aussie comedy podcast Time to Die, Zane recommends queer film deep dive podcast Dead for Filth, and Nick explores the end of the world with, well, The End of The World with Josh Clark. Then it's on to the reviews of last week's podcasts.

Liz Recommends -

Time To Die

https://www.planetbroadcasting.com/our-shows/time-to-die/

"Time To Die is the unfunniest podcast you’ll ever subscribe to. But that’s kind of the point.

Each episode we match up to two brilliant comedians and ask them to use their comedy powers to write three minutes of the worst stand up they can imagine. Then our guests swap their scripts and go out and present the stand up as if they wrote it themselves… at a real comedy club. The winner is the comic who commits to the bit and gets the most laughs!"

HOSTS:

BEN RUSSELL

Ben Russell is a graduate of The Second City Chicago and iO Chicago. He has appeared in True Story with Hamish and Andy, SBS’ The Feed, The Project on 10, Tonightly, The Letdown and The Aaron Chen Tonight Show on ABC. You can hear Ben on podcasts Finding Drago (ABC) and the twisted sketch show The Grub with Greg Larsen and Anne Edmonds.

TOM WHITTY

Tom Whitty is an award-winning journalist, TV producer and musician. He’s the executive producer of Australia Talks for the ABC, the former managing editor of The Project for Network Ten, and the creator of Time To Die. He’s also obsessed with stand-up comedy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/time-to-die/id1504187933

For Both: At time of airing, there are only three eps thanks to COVID19 hitting just as they launched but pick any episode that appeals.

Nick Recommends - The End of the World with Josh Clark

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. Join Josh Clark of Stuff You Should Know for a 10-episode deep dive that explores the future of humanity and finds dangers we have never encountered before lurking just ahead. And if we humans are alone in the universe, if we don't survive intelligent life dies out with us too.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-end-of-the-world-with-josh-clark/id1437682381

Zane Recommends - Dead for Filth

Zane loves movies, but hesitates to listen to many film podcasts, let alone recommend them, but this listener submission is one of the exceptions. From the ooky spooky mind of horror personality and screenwriter, Michael Varrati, comes the June Gloom Productions original Podcast "Dead For Filth", for all things queer horror and beyond. Dead For Filth will bring you the best queer & horror icons out of the closet and into the night to talk about the genre they love.

For Both: Pick any episode that appeals

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dead-for-filth-with-michael-varrati/id1271494841

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Remember when Nick recommended the super-niche podcast Containers? You know, the one about containers of the shipping variety? Well Liz decided it was time for a niche podcast war and here we are with The Podcast For Laundry. Zane has a rather theatrical listener submission with The Irrationally Exuberant, and Nick goes to Hollywood with Scriptnotes. Then it's time to let you all know what we thought of last week's recommendations.

Liz Recommends - The Podcast For Laundry with Brett Davis

https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-podcast-for-laundry/

When Nick decided to bring the super-niche podcast Containers (about, you guessed it, fucking shipping containers), Liz knew she had to out-niche him as payback. And here we are with The Podcast For Laundry.

“When we brought comedian and laundry enthusiast Brett Davis to “talk suds with his buds” on our network, we could never have expected the seemingly affable host and innocuous topic (laundry) to result in this. Regrettably, we are contractually obligated to present The Podcast For Laundry, and apologize to the many guests dragged into Brett’s endless downward spiral. Listener discretion is advised.”

In every episode, Mr. Davis, or an obnoxious, inept version of himself, talks to a friend in a laundromat about washing clothes. Segments include “What’s Your Terge?” where guests discuss their preferred detergent, and “Bleach, Please,” where they talk about something that bothers them about laundry. Each episode is filled with banter gone horribly wrong.

For both: any Tom Scharpling ep, or the hilarious ep with Allie Goertz where Brett pitches his laundry-themed musical.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-laundry-podcast-with-radley-carolla/id1254592653

Nick Recommends - Scriptnotes

Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.

For either: Take ya pick!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496

Zane Recommends - The Irrationally Exuberant

https://theirrationallyexuberant.com/

Back with another listener submission, Zane has brought in The Irrationally Exuberant. Reid Messerschmidt delivers this podcast (which is also art) this constists of a stream-of-conciousness, scripted, absurdist take on history, pop culture, animals, religion, conspiracies, music, books, language, the paranormal, insects, Johnny Appleseed, The Harlem Globetrotters, McDonald's, Satan, God, humanity, crows, Reptilians, alternative medicine, bees, Eddie Vedder... and the list goes on. You really need to listen to this one to understand what it, in fact, is.

For Nick & Liz: Pick one that appeals!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-irrationally-exuberant/id1289105880?ls=1&mt=2

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This week Zane has a secret... well, many secret in fact. His recommendation is The Secret Room and looks at the stories no one ever tells. Nick takes a look at the media taking a look at politics through a comedic lens with The Press Box. And then Liz brings a podcast not because she loves it but because she's not sure. Does she actually like Monster Presents: Insomniac or does she just really want to like it?

Liz Recommends - Monster Presents: Insomniac (or does she?)

https://insomniacpodcast.com/

For the first time ever, Liz is bringing a podcast she isn't actually sure if she likes or not. I mean, she wants to like it because it's an interesting twist on the true crime podcast but... she just isn't sure. GROUP CONSENSUS TIME!

“This podcast began with a simple, scary premise: to research the disturbing and horrific routines of lesser known serial killers. Host Scott Benjamin wanted to learn more about what made them tick, and why they did these terrible things. But, slowly, Benjamin’s research started to affect him, consuming him day and night. It followed him home at night and into his bed. The work turned him into an insomniac.”

See, Liz’s instinct would be to, um, STOP RESEARCHING KILLERS if her sleep was affected. But no, Scott has decided he needs to work through it to be able to put it to bed, so to speak. Is he actually becoming derranged himself? Listen to find out.

For both: Pick any one except the Genosee River Killer because goddamn that's a hard listen.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monster-presents-insomniac/id1454411295

Nick Recommends - The Press Box

The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker catch you up on the biggest media stories, from sports to politics and everything in between.

For either: Take ya pick!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-press-box/id1058911614

Zane Recommends - The Secret Room

http://www.thesecretroompodcast.com/

What’s the one thing you’ve never told anybody? Ben Hamm explores the stories no one ever tells in The Secret Room. This is an interview podcast where the host, Ben Hamm, talks to people from all over the world about the secrets they have kept hidden away.

For Nick: Nindaddy's Secret

For Liz: Revenge

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-secret-room-true-stories/id1082252585?mt=2

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Look it was only a matter of time before Nick brought another sports podcast. He swears it's more about racism but we will have to listen to 30 For 30: The Sterling Affair to find out. Liz has found a podcast by the people who created the Castology-fave Carrier. It's called Blackout, its apocalyptic and it stars Rami Malek. Then Zane gets some "friends of Dorothy" together for Best Judies, an LGBTQIA+ podcast that celebrates the people that made and continue to make up the community. Then REVIEW TIME.

Liz Recommends - Blackout

https://www.qcodemedia.com/blackout

From the same studio as Carrier comes Blackout starring Rami Malek. Blackout is an “apocalyptic thriller as a small-town radio DJ fighting to protect his family and community after the power grid goes down nationwide, upending modern civilization.” Blackout stars and is executive produced by Rami Malek and produced by QCode and Endeavor Audio.

It has similar immersive sound design style to Carrier, staring Cynthia Errivo, a podcast that was a universal thumbs up recommend from the Castologists last year, though not quite to the same degree. It’s not as much a solo story as Carrier was so doesn’t haunt the listener as much. BUT it is an eerie post-apocalyptic look at how much we rely on electricity and phones and what would happen if they were suddenly taken away. Written and created by Scott Conroy. Directed by Shawn Christensen. Presented by Sonos.

For both: start from the start as it's a serial.

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/blackout/id1447513097

Nick Recommends - 30 for 30: The Sterling Affair

https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/27414482/when-donald-sterling-saga-rocked-nba-changed-forever

The Sterling Affairs is a story of power and scandal in Los Angeles. When an audio recording of a racist rant by then Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online in 2014, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever.

But Sterling had been a problem for decades -- in basketball, real estate and more. Why did it take 30 years to finally hold him accountable?

"The Sterling Affairs" is a five-part series from 30 for 30 Podcasts and The Undefeated, produced in collaboration with Western Sound. The series is reported and hosted by ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.

For either: Start from the start!

https://30for30podcasts.com/sterling/

Zane Recommends - Best Judies

Zane is starting the year with pride by bringing Best Judies to the table. This incredibly positive Australian podcast is based in Sydney and aims to celebrate ALL of the Best Judies in our lives. From iconic and important members of our LGBTQIA+ history, to those who are stamping their heels in the dirt today – the Best Judies podcast is about REAL gay life from the big city and the small town, right across the country. The term 'Judy' comes from as far back at WWII, used as a code to describe someone who was gay or a 'Friend of Judy' (Garland). Warmly adopted to describe our best friends, this podcast will show case those colourful, wonderful and previous people who make up the community.

For Nick & Liz: Whichever one appeals, you may recognise some names on the guest list.

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a Castologist? We, even if you haven’t you are about to get a brief window into the audition process we subjected Nick to before he could join our exulted ranks.

Zane threw him a curveball in this one, just to see how he would handle it. Listen at your own risk, as things get weird!

In this episode we talk about ‘Believed’ (which NIck has recommended on our regular episodes) and ‘Pounded In The Butt By My Own Podcast’ (which Zane had been hiding away for just such an opportunity).

You can find the podcast here:

http://www.nightvalepresents.com/poundedinthebuttbymyownpodcast

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1347293924

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Once more we have a theme week! Our first for the year! This week our Castologists all bring a live podcast to the table for your enjoyment! Liz tells us why she is a bad feminist while sharing The Guilty Feminist and Nick and Zane get the Very similar idea of sharing a news game-show podcast - Have You Been Paying Attention? and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! respectively!

Liz Recommends - The Guilty Feminist

https://guiltyfeminist.com/

Liz is a feminist but… She hadn’t listened to The Guilty Feminist until recently. This one has been going since 2015 … sometimes it seems weekly, sometimes more, sometimes less over the years.

“Ever felt like you should be better at feminism?

Join comedian Deborah Frances-White and her guests for this comedy podcast, recorded in front of a live audience. Each week they discuss topics "all 21 first century feminists agree on" while confessing their insecurities, hypocrisies and fears that underlie their lofty principles.”

Deborah Frances-White is the 2016 Writers' Guild Award Winner for Best Radio Comedy for her hit BBC Radio 4 series Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice. She is an Edinburgh Fringe regular, a screenwriter and is in huge demand for her corporate seminars.

For both: pick any guest that takes your fancy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-guilty-feminist/id1068940771

Nick Recommends - Have You Been Paying Attention?

The show that turns the headlines into punchlines is back! Tom, Ed and Sam return as we ask the question - Have You Been Paying Attention?

For both: Take Ya Pick

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/have-you-been-paying-attention/id1121926361

Zane Recommends - Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/344098539/wait-wait-don-t-tell-me

This may be the most popular podcast Zane has every brought to the show! Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly current events quiz. Have a laugh and test your news knowledge while figuring out what's real and what we've made up. This weekly, hour-long quiz show by NPR is a dynamic and cerebral spin on the stranger aspects of the news. Hosted by Peter Sagal, at-home callers can pit their knowledge of the current news against news and entertainment experts. The show has been on the air for 30 years!

For Nick: Charlie Day

For Liz: Leslie Odom Jr

https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id121493804?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory

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Welcome back, podcast lovers. This ep sees Zane play games with Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia, Nick try to pass off another sports podcast as drugs podcast that's still about sports with Smoked, and Liz delves into a semi-voyeuristic listener submission with Other People's Lives. Then it's on to the reviews from last week!

Liz Recommends - Other People’s Lives

https://oplshow.com/

Each week, hosts Joe Santagato and Greg Dybec have an anonymous phone call with a stranger they found on the Internet. You never know what topics will be discussed and what stories will be shared

Currently 86 eps available.

Episodes such as: I Got Paid To Marry Someone For a Green Card, I Survived a Mass Shooting, My Service Dog Saved My Life, Im Dating A Prisoner I’ve Never Met, I Have Synesthesia, and My Relationship with Inanimate Objects.

For both: Any one that takes your fancy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/other-peoples-lives/id1209912119

Nick Recommends - Smoked

In the 1980s, racing prodigy Randy Lanier shot to stardom at the Indy 500—and funded his racing through a secret double life as one of the biggest pot kingpins in American history. Now, after serving nearly 30 years in prison, Lanier's tale of weed, speed and the road ahead highlights society's changing relationship with marijuana, and the legacy of those already incarcerated for it.

For both: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smoked/id1471136526

Zane Recommends - Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia

https://dorkygeekynerdy.com/

Another listener submission from Zane! This podcast allows you to play a trivia game at home, at work, in the car, and with your friends. How well do you know pop culture, movies, comics, TV, books, and more? Join hosts Brian Rollins and Blaine Dowler for a fun-filled, weekly challenge.

For Nick & Liz: Pick one that appeals!

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/w-blaine-dowler/dorky-geeky-nerdy

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Welcome back, we have more podcasts for you! Liz recommends a podcast on her second passion besides murder podcasts: beauty. The Beauty Brains podcast breaks down what's really in your cosmetics and whether you need them, Zane gets occulty with The History of Witchcraft (which is more about the history of trash humans) and Nick does a deep dive into the world of criminals on the Dark Web with Hunting Warhead. Then it's on to the reviews of last week!

Liz Recommends: The Beauty Brains

https://thebeautybrains.com/

“We’re here to help you cut through the confusing, misleading and sometimes false information that the beauty companies bombard you with. Our goal is to explain cosmetic science to you in a way that’s entertaining and easy to understand. We believe the more information you have, the better you’ll be able to find products that you like at a price you can afford. So, you can listen to the advertising. Or advice from a friend. Or what your stylist tells you. But if you want to really understand cosmetic products in an unbiased, scientific way, Ask The Beauty Brains. You’ll get answers from a team of scientists who have no sales pitch and nothing for you to buy.”

Perry Romanowski is a writer, cosmetic chemist, Inventor, scientist, instructor, futurologist, and thought leader. He’s also the founder of Chemists Corner blog and training program. He also has the longest running streak done while joggling.

Valerie George is a cosmetic chemist, science communicator, educator, leader and avid proponent of transparency in the beauty industry. She works on the latest research in hair color and hair care as Vice President of Research & Development at a leading salon brand. 

The Beauty Brains was founded by Perry and Randy Schueller, two cosmetic scientists with decades of experience in formulating and testing beauty products. Randy and Perry recorded the first 165 episodes of the Beauty Brains. Randy retired from the show in 2018.

In addition to Perry and Valerie, other scientists will write for the website on occasion. Some of these individuals want to be able to express their honest opinions and share their knowledge without fear of losing their day jobs so they’ve adopted brainy character names like the Left Brain, the Right Brain, and our personal favorite, Sarah Bellum.

So far there are 200 episodes and counting.

For both: Whatever topic floats your boat.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-beauty-brains/id733300242

Nick Recommends - Hunting Warhead

How do you take down a criminal network that’s hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hunting Warhead follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet. What they discover shocks them. Host Daemon Fairless tracks down the investigators, survivors and criminals themselves. A co-production of CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG.

Further Reading: https://www.vg.no/spesial/2017/undercover-darkweb/?lang=en

For both: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hunting-warhead/id1480270157

Zane Recommends - The History of Witchcraft

Zane is once again sharing a podcast from his descent into the deepest depths of the history podcast well and brought The History of Witchcraft to the table. Witches didn't exist. Yet thousands of people have...

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Oh hi there. Castology this week is coming at you with lots of angry-making podcasts. Nick looks at the companies taking over the world (specifically Amazon this week) and what that will cost us with Land of the Giants. Liz submits two podcasts on the same topic for you to compare and contrast. The topic: disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The podcasts: The Mysterious Mr Epstein and Broken. Then Zane fires shots in the niche podcast showdown by recommending Stone Clearing With Richard Herring. Then as always, it's review time for last week's offerings!

Liz Recommends - The Mysterious Mr Epstein and Broken: Jeffrey Epstein

https://wondery.com/shows/the-mysterious-mr-epstein/

https://www.sonymusic.com/sonymusic-labels/adam-mckay-and-three-uncanny-four-productions-partner-to-launch-investigative-podcast-focused-on-jeffrey-epstein/

Mysterious Mr Epstein. This is a Wondry podcast detailing the story of how a wealthy financier who was apparently able to elude justice for financial and sexual crimes from his first days as a young man on Wall Street, until the very end. Hosted by Lindsay Graham.

"We now know that Jeffrey Epstein was a sexual predator. He was also accused of fraud, embezzlement, coercion and more. But for most of his life, he was a mystery to the public, and to many of the people who knew him. In this six part series, we peel back the layers of Epstein’s life to detail his financial and sexual crimes, and his network of enablers, with original reporting and interviews. From humble beginnings, Epstein came to amass significant wealth which he used to buy sex, social status, silence, even justice —until money wasn’t enough. From Wondery (“Dirty John”, “The Shrink Next Door”), and hosted by Lindsay Graham (“American Scandal”)."

Broken: Jeffrey Epstein is a Three Uncanny Four production, with a team that includes Adam McKay, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind The Big Short and Vice. "Jeffrey Epstein described himself as “radioactive”, and then he died in prison. But right before that, he was a friend and confidant of many of America’s most powerful politicians, billionaires, and entertainers, some of whom apparently shared a common interest: trafficking underage girls. In "BROKEN: JEFFREY EPSTEIN" host Ariel Levy (The New Yorker) and Special Correspondent and Executive Producer Julie K. Brown (The Miami Herald) tell the full story of Epstein, his accomplices, and the broken systems that enabled his crimes."

For both: I would suggest starting with Mysterious Mr Epstein and then going to Broken because the details in Broken matter more when you know the man behind them.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mysterious-mr-epstein/id1480055524

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/broken-jeffrey-epstein/id1478460758

Nick Recommends - Land of the Giants

Facebook. Apple. Amazon. Netflix. Google. These five tech giants have changed the world. But how? And at what cost? Recode’s Jason Del Rey starts with The Rise of Amazon. Over two decades, an online marketplace for books became the world’s most valuable company. We examine how it got its power, what it’s doing with it, and what might happen to it in the future. Produced by the Vox Media Podcast Network.

For Zane: Episode

For Liz: Episodes

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What's up listeners? This week it's all about YOU (well, if you submitted a podcast). It's listener submission week! Nick and Liz have gone a similar yet different route, both picking storytelling podcasts. Nick recommends the sci-fi fiction serial Directive, and Liz recommends the anthological podcast devoted to telling all the tales Several Stories High. Then, Zane gets his David Attenborough on with not one but TWO animal podcasts: Just The Zoo Of Us and Amazing Wildlife. Then it's reviews time.

Liz Recommends - Several Stories High

https://www.severalstorieshigh.com/podcast

"Several Stories High is a podcast and much more—an idea. This concept of stories. Little slices of magic on display for all who should notice such things. Whether it’s a true tale, fiction, or somewhere in between…it’s all magic.

But stories come in many forms, no? Some you read. Others you hear—be they from a tangible teller of tales, present and in the flesh, or via the airwaves. And some stories take the form of song. Of moving musical melodies that conjure emotional responses from the deepest parts of us. Maybe they’ll make us feel like laughing, or crying, or contemplating—but the only thing that matters is that we feel something.

Yes. Everybody loves a good story—whether you hear it, read it, or sing it … just as long as you feel it. And Several Stories High creator Nathaniel David Knox has a few of his own to tell.

And for those who prefer to read stories rather than listen to them, he even has some written stories up on his website. But you're here, so you probs just want that sweet podcasty goodness. That's cool too, no judgment here!

For both: Pick a story that takes your fancy

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1400576578

Nick Recommends - Directive

A listener submitted SciFi series about a man stuck alone for 20 years, taking care of sleep passengers on a ship to colonise a new planet.

For both: all eps!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/directive/id1441355969

Zane Recommends -Just the Zoo of Us & Amazing Wildlife (Two Podcasts)

Two lisener submissions! We had two animal-centric podcasts submit to us one-day apart, and so, not to unfairly pick one over the other, Zane is bringing both to the table this week!

Just the Zoo of Us (https://www.justthezooofus.com/) is an animal review podcast by Christian and Ellen Weatherford of Jacksonville, Florida. Every week, each host selects one animal species submitted by a listener to research, review, and rate out of ten in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity and aesthetics. This podcast is made with families in mind and contains no profanity or graphic language. This podcast is released weekly and usually runs just under an hour.

Amazing Wildlife is an educational series highlighting the wonders of the animal kingdom. Featuring fun and insightful facts about the world's most fantastic animals (a few species an episode). Released approximately once every fortnight the episodes run just under 20 minutes.

For Both: Pick your favourite!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-zoo-of-us/id1463896106

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Hello and welcome back to Castology, your weekly dose of podcast goodness. Or badness in this instance, with Liz recommending the dark must-listen podcast Chasing Cosby. You can probably guess what it's about. Then Zane offers up a one-episode-only podcast on exactly what the title says it's about: QueerMuslimSexWorker. And finally Nick gets his MI5 on with a bit of I Spy, the podcast that chats all things in the world of international espionage. Then it's review time, baby!

Liz Recommends - Chasing Cosby

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-01-07/new-podcast-chasing-cosby-chronicles-the-rise-and-fall-of-bill-cosby

Guys, this one gets dark, so brace yourself. But also it's super important so you have to listen.

"For nearly half a century, Bill Cosby brought warmth and laughter into hearts across the country, cementing his image as “America’s Dad.” But he also led a dark, secret life preying on women. The comedian carefully coaxed each one into feeling safe and cared for, then left them to pick up the pieces of their lives. It all started with Andrea Constand. She carried the burden of being the only one of the 60-plus accusers whose case could be tried in a court of law. Now, she's telling her side of the story, along with firsthand accounts from more than a dozen survivors, jurors and prosecutors. From the Los Angeles Times, and hosted by investigative reporter Nicki Weisensee Egan, "Chasing Cosby" is the definitive take of the rise and fall of Bill Cosby. New episodes released every Tuesday."

For both: It's a serial so start at the start. Also note: ep 3 is ROUGH but important listening.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chasing-cosby/id1493558501

Nick Recommends - I Spy

Spies don’t talk—it’s the cardinal rule of the business. But here at Foreign Policy, we get them to open up. On I Spy, we hear from the operations people: the spies who steal secrets, who kill adversaries, who turn agents into double agents. Each episode features one spy telling the story of one operation.

For both: any of em!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i-spy/id1482310665

Zane Recommends - QueerMuslimSexWorker

https://audioboom.com/posts/5877593-queer-muslim-sex-worker

An odd one this week, Zane has brought the unique podcast Queer Musilim Sex Worker. Now, it is not the content that is odd (it is very compelling), but the format - it is a single-episode documentary podcast. The unashamedly intersectional podcast telling the incredible story of Mariam, a sex worker who juggles being Muslim, queer and non-binary.

For Both: There is only one episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/queer-muslim-sex-worker/id1227703932?i=1000385032411

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It's your favourite time of the week, time for more podcasts! Liz recommends a podcast that's literally just someone reading juicy reddit stories out loud called RSlash. Nick gets his entrepreneurial spirit on with The Pitch. Then Zane looks at porn... in podcast form with Girls on Porn, a show where two gals review porn movies. Next, the gang review last week's submissions.

Liz Recommends - Rslash

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-swBG9Ne0Vh4OuoJ2bjbA

rSlash is a YouTuber that goes over subreddits and reads funny stories sometimes with the accompaniment of his dog Yugo. Literally that’s it. A dude reading entertaining Reddit stories out. And Liz is LIVING FOR IT.

For both: I am a fan of any of the r/prorevenge, r/pettyrevenge or r/maliciouscompliance

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rslash/id1475773051

Nick Recommends - The Pitch

Each episode takes listeners behind closed doors to the critical moment when aspiring entrepreneurs put it all on the line. While it offers a glimpse into the high-stakes world of venture capital, it’s really a show about human relationships: how people sell their ideas, what makes investors tick, and how these initial conversations can bloom into business deals—or die on the vine.

For both: Any!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1008577710?mt=2

Zane Recommends - Girls on Porn

https://headgum.com/girls-on-porn

In a weird twist Zane has brouhgt in a sexy podcast! Girls on Porn is a porn review podcast hosted by two erotic enthusiasts and all around horny gals, Laura and Rachel. Committed to helping you find hot and ethical porn, each week the girls research and review porn based on popular search terms.

For Both: Pick one that appeals

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1454548968?at=1000lMpE&ct=hgdotcom-podcast-page

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We don't really have a theme but the names of our recommendations do sound very disaster-y this week. Zane recommends The Alarmist, a podcast for everyone who loves to catastrophise. Liz shares her favourite stories of survival with How I Survived (and we all know how much Liz loves a good survival story). And then Nick jumps over to Audible for the exclusive podcast It Burns, which isn't about his personal hygiene, but rather about the mad world of competitive chilli growing. Then it's reviews time from last week.

Liz Recommends - How I Survived

https://www.thatslife.com.au/thats-life-new-podcast-how-i-survived-survival-stories

Each fortnight, How I Survived brings you the shocking true story of a person who’s survived against the odds, told in their own words. Hosted by that's life! writer Beth Young, these stories are terrifying, inspiring and ultimately prove the power of the human will to live.

Liz finds it hard to listen to the self-inflicted accidents (sliced face off with a chainsaw? NO THANK YOU.) But she loves the ones where people have weird encounters, or triumph over evil motherf***ers.

For both: Bourke Street Massacre: My Brother The Killer

I Was Swallowed by A Hippo

Kelly Went For A Run - attacked while running

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-i-survived/id1380588512

Nick Recommends - It Burns

It Burns is the story of a 10-year scandal-plagued international competition that will take listeners from the Australian Coast to South Carolina (via an Indian Research Facility).

It’s a war filled with larger than life characters. There will be sledging, accusations of cheating, theft and performance enhancing drugs. And allegations that Australia was cheated out of a Guinness World Record. In the process of charting the scandal-plagued race to breed the world’s hottest chilli, the audio documentary lifts the lid on the subculture of ‘Chilli-heads’, hardcore chilli fans spread across the globe who compete in chilli eating and breeding competitions.

The internet is filled with videos of grown men being reduced to tears by a square millimetre of chilli. The docu-series asks: what motivates someone to breed and eat a demonic nugget that is so hot it no longer has flavour? At what point does this stop being cuisine and start being an endurance sport?

This humorous series shows that all this has never really been about chilli. It’s been about how people use pain to shape themselves, define themselves and make themselves feel alive.

For both: All of it!

https://www.audible.com.au/pd/It-Burns-Audiobook/B07R52JVMZ

Zane Recommends - The Alarmist

https://www.earios.net/the-alarmist

A new discovery for Zane is The Alarmist! Writer/performer Rebecca Delgado-Smith (The Good Place) and guests scrutinize history’s greatest disasters to figure out what went wrong, and most importantly, who’s to blame.

For both: Take your pick!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-alarmist/id1468678544

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Hi-diddley-ho Castologerinos! This week Nick delves into the world of US politics and the 2020 election with The Wilderness. Liz finds a podcast that asks you to be the detective and crack the crime case with Solve. Then Zane tells everyone else to shut up a second by recommending Shut Up A Second. Then it's onto the reviews!

Liz Recommends - Solve

https://solvehq.com/podcast/

You’ve listened to every true crime podcast, lost days on the Zodiac killer subReddit, and googled so many serial killers you’re probably on some watchlist. By now you consider yourself a seasoned detective. There’s just one thing missing: you’ve never been given a real case to crack.

Enter SOLVE, the world’s first interactive murder-mystery podcast that puts you at the center of the investigation. Each week on SOLVE, you’ll be assigned a new case, based on real true crimes, that will test your skills as a detective. You’ll interrogate new suspects, piece together evidence, and scour distinct crime scenes to track down murderers hiding in plain sight. SOLVE premieres December 16th on Apple Podcasts, the iHeart Radio app, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. One crime. Four suspects. Can you SOLVE these crimes?

Listeners are invited to decipher clues embedded in leaked audio files, voicemails, courtroom testimony, and other evidence to try to find the killer.

The L.A.-based startup has raised $20 million in funding from Elisabeth Murdoch, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures and Shari Redstone’s Advancit Capital.

Solve first debuted as an original Snapchat Show in May 2018 as an interactive murder mystery show, in which the audience takes on the role of the detective. Viewers interview suspects and analyze key evidence to try to solve cases inspired by true crimes. So far, about 150 episodes of “Solve” have been produced for Snapchat, with new instalments premiering weekly.

The Solve podcast series was produced in partnership with iHeartMedia and SALT Audio, the production company that has worked on top scripted podcasts “Blackout,” starring and executive produced by Rami Malek (from QCode and Endeavor Content) and “Carrier” (from QCode).

Next year, Solve plans to launch projects in “every other media you can think of,” including video games, Wright said.

For both: Any ep that takes your fancy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/solve/id1487980715

Nick Recommends - The Wilderness

What will it take to defeat Donald Trump in November? In season 2 of The Wilderness, Jon Favreau looks for the path to victory in 2020 by talking to voters, strategists, organizers, and candidates in the battleground states that will decide the election.

For both: From season 2 (season 1 is a little dated, but worth a listen)

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-wilderness/id1408796715

Zane Recommends - Shut Up A Second

https://www.sanspantsradio.com/shut-up-a-second

Zane has one pet peeve surrounding podcasting; podcasts about nothing. BUT this may be the exception that proves the rule! THe team at Sans Pants radio produce Shut Up A Second, where...

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DONT PANIC!

The world is a flurry of change and worry at the moment and we are not immune! However, we would like to share some of the good podcast resources we have been listening to for all of the FACTS and NEWS that we need to know about COVID19.

Liz Recommends -

Coronacast

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/coronacast/id1501500390

This Podcast Will Kill You

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you/id1299915173?mt=2

Coronavirus Daily From NPR

https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1503226625?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory

Zane Recommends -

Epidemic With Dr. Celine Gounder and Ronald Klain (Just Human Productions)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3DLvofLCx0o7adGqnfZvxl

New Scientist Weekly

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-scientist-weekly/id1496847791

Today, Explained

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/today-explained/id1346207297?mt=2

Congressional Dish

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/congressional-dish/id572967793?mt=2

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It's Quarantine time! Nick is out of the studio because he's sick and IT'S THE LAW. Welcome to the apocalypse and our appropriately-timed WTF week! Zane gets meta with the Podcast Reviews Reviews Podcast. Liz looks at a pod that only looks at movies with a body swap premise with The SwapCast Podcast. And Nick drills down into conspiracy theory town with Knowledge Fight.

Liz Recommends -

The SwapCast Podcast

https://www.theswapcastpodcast.com/

Every episode hosts Paul Mizzi, Lucy Thomas, and Brendan Levi delve in to the wonderful world of the body swap trope in their inane quest to find gold in an oversaturated genre.

At time of recording there are 41 episodes between 40 mins to an hour. They also have minisodes where they review some movies they’ve mentioned but not specifically covered because it’s hard to watch everything.

They’ve reviewed big movies such as, well, Big (which is way more problematic than you remember), Freaky Friday, and Shazaam, as well as smaller flicks such as Ice Angel AKA On Thin Ice: Going For The Gold.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-swapcast-podcast/id1358097801

For both: Pick a movie you wanna know about. The Big ep is a fave of mine.

Nick Recommends - Knowledge Fight

Each episode, Dan and Jordan take a look at some clips from that day's Alex Jones Show and struggle to make sense of what they find.

For both: Pick any and try your best.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/knowledge-fight/id1192992870

Zane Recommends - Podcast Reviews Reviews Podcast

https://www.patreon.com/freckle

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/prrp-podcast-reviews-reviews-p-766873

This is it. This is peak-meta when it comes to podcasts. Host Kenneth Eckle reviews the reviews of this podcast. Apparently, it is multi-award-winning.

For both: Pick any

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1446055832

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Time for distractions! Stop worrying about what is outside, let's find some peace and some fun in the land of podcasts!

Liz Recommends -

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/mindfully/

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/mindfully/id1403629619

Nick Recommends -

Tiny Meat Gang

Zane Recommends -

The Escape Artists Group of Podcasts

https://escapeartists.net/

https://escapepod.org/ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/escape-pod/id73329293?mt=2&ls=1)

https://podcastle.org/ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastle/id276266378?mt=2&ls=1)

https://pseudopod.org/ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pseudopod/id179911785?mt=2&ls=1)

https://www.castofwonders.org/ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cast-of-wonders/id451249755?mt=2&ls=1)

Off Book - The Improvised Musical Podcast

https://www.earwolf.com/show/off-book/

(https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/earwolf/id407542375)

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

http://thrillingadventurehour.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrilling-adventure-hour/id408691897

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Well hey there. It's us, your friendly Castologists. We are here to make your self-isolating that little bit easier with recommendations of the podcasts you should be listening to. Liz recommends a show that's part reality television, part makeover show and part self help with We Love You (And So Can You). Zane gets serious (and we seriously mean serious) with the serious investigative journalism podcast Reveal. Then Nick takes us across the globe for an intriguing documentary about a hidden royal family with The Jungle Prince. Then, it's review time, baby.

Liz Recommends - We Love You (And So Can You)

https://twitter.com/weloveyoupod?lang=en

"We Love You (And So Can You) follows the journey of a guest looking to makeover part of their life: like jumping back into the dating world, dealing with professional jealousy, or navigating a new phase in life as an empty nester. Hosts Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg draw on extensive knowledge of self-help to provide a prescription of wellness practices, creative activities, media consumption, and more, which the guest follows while we eavesdrop on their progress. The goal: for the guest to find the outstanding person who was there all along, and learn to love themselves more. We Love You (And So Can You) is part reality show, part self-love school, and the best makeover show in the podcast universe."

These gals are also the hosts of the previously recommended podcast By The Book (https://bythebookpod.com/about-us)

For both: whatever ep grabs you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-love-you-and-so-can-you/id1474844851

Nick Recommends - The Jungle Prince

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/world/asia/the-jungle-prince-of-delhi.html

The story passed for years from tea sellers to rickshaw drivers to shopkeepers in Old Delhi. In a forest, they said, in a palace cut off from the city, lived a prince, a princess and a queen, said to be the last of a Shiite Muslim royal line. Some said the family had been there since the British had annexed their kingdom. Others said they were supernatural beings. It was a stunning and tragic story. But was it real?

On a spring afternoon, while on assignment in India, Ellen Barry got a phone call that sent her looking for the truth.

For both: All of it!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/podcasts/the-daily/jungle-prince-royal-family-oudh.html

Zane Recommends - Reveal

https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/

This is a SERIOUS journalism podcast. With PRX, CIR co-produces the nationally distributed “Reveal” radio show and podcast. “Reveal” features CIR’s reporting, as well as stories from public radio stations and a wide range of media partners, both nonprofit and commercial. Founded in 1977 as the nation’s first nonprofit investigative journalism organization, The Center for Investigative Reporting has developed a reputation for being among the most innovative, credible and relevant media organizations in the country.

For Nick: Scuttling Science

For Liz: Six Years Separated

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A broad spectrum of recommendations for all of our budding castologists out there! Liz is back at the Wondery alter with the family drama of Blood Ties, Nick dips into the Movie podcast pool with the Rewatchables and Zane is spinning off by himself once again with the off-beat interview podcast of Love+Radio! Lots to choose from this week, let us know what you think!

Liz Recommends - Blood Ties

https://wondery.com/shows/blood-ties/

When Eleonore and Michael Richland (played by Gillian Jacobs and Josh Gad) lose their parents unexpectedly in a small plane crash, they must choose between two very different paths: honor their father’s legacy as a world-renowned cardiologist and health care magnate — or risk everything for the truth. From Wondery, the makers of “Dirty John,” “Dr. Death,” and “Over My Dead Body,” comes the first season of a new six episode scripted drama. Starring Gillian Jacobs (Community, Love), Josh Gad (Frozen, Book of Mormon), and Amy Landecker (Transparent).

There are currently six episodes with a behind-the-scenes seventh. BUT it does seem to to hint at a season 2 so stay tuned.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/blood-ties/id1484142154

Nick Recommends - The Rewatchables

The Rewatchables sees a cast of people from The Ringer and the world come together to discuss the most rewatchable movies ever.

For both: Pick your favourite movie. (Dunkirk episode is excellent)

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-rewatchables/id1268527882

Zane Recommends - Love & Radio

http://loveandradio.org/

Nick van der Kolk's Love and Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Find out what it's like to experience a stroke firsthand. Or spend time with an artist who gives away her life savings every night. You've never heard anything like it before. This show is moving to Luminary!

For both: Pick your favourite

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/love-radio/id84389707

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We're still here to find all the podcasts you need during Covid-19 quarantine. We've got behind the scenes action with Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Podcast, a look at the moment in history when Australia's Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was sacked with The Eleventh, and all the armchair travel and history your isolated self can handle with 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast. Then Nick. Zane and Liz review last week's podcasts. Wanna have yours featured? Write in, amigos!

Liz Recommends -

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Podcast

https://www.nbc.com/brooklyn-nine-nine/exclusives/brooklyn-nine-nine-podcast

NINE-NINE!

Liz is bloody obsessed with this show so obviously it was time to pimp the podcast. Also as mentioned in the episode, Stephanie Beatriz, if you're out there and you wanna tweet Castology, goddamn that would make Liz's week/month/year.

"This is the official podcast for NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Join host Marc Evan Jackson for a deep dive into each season of one of television's biggest hit comedies with guests including co-creator Dan Goor, cast members Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio, Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz and more as they reveal behind-the-scenes stories, funny anecdotes, never-before-heard secrets and much, much more!"

For both: Start wherever you want, kids!

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/brooklyn-nine-nine-the-podcast/id1496689557

Nick Recommends - The Eleventh

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-eleventh/id1499296059

How much do you really know about the 11th of November 1975?

You’ve probably heard that famous "Well may we say" speech made by Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the day he was sacked by the Queen’s representative ... or seen the grainy footage from the steps of old parliament house.

But do you properly understand the extraordinary events leading up to the most dramatic day in Australian political history? How did The Dismissal actually happen?

For both: From the start!

Zane Recommends - 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast

https://80dayspodcast.com/

The 80 Days: an exploration podcast, brought to you by three history and geography nerds in an internet-powered balloon. Every episode the hosts take you to a little-known country, territory, settlement or city and explore the history, culture and people of each place over approximately an hour and a half.

For Both: Pick your Favourite!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/80-days-an-exploration-podcast/id1139128775

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True crime lovers of the world unite, it's CRIME TIME on Castology this week. It's conmen, liars, and shysters with Zane's recommendation Pretend Radio. Liz took a break from murder (listening to it, not doing it) to recommend The Score: The Bank Robber Diaries. And then Nick does a deep dive into some pretty sobering systemic breakdowns with Dig. Then, it's review time for last week's recommendations.

Liz Recommends - The Score: The Bank Robber Diaries

https://play.acast.com/s/thescore

"14 months. 30 Banks. An all-access pass into the mind of one of Southern California’s most prolific bank robbers.

On the show, Joe Loya - the so-called “Beirut Bandit” - reveals his story of transformation from abusive childhood to prolific bank robber, violent convict, ex-con, writer and ultimately, a reconciled son.

Produced by Peabody-Award winning podcaster Ben Adair (The Sterling Affairs, Dr. Death, Reveal) at Western Sound in partnership with Acast Studios."

This podcast runs through the life cycle of a bank robber, from how he got into robbing banks, how it escalated, how he got caught, how he fared in prison… has he really reformed?

For both: Start at the very beginning.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-score-bank-robber-diaries/id1483260185

Nick Recommends - Dig

A woman told Louisville police she was raped in January 2018. She expected them to quickly try to arrest the suspect. But an officer on the scene that night didn't seem to believe her. The detectives weren't convinced that a crime occurred. And a prosecutor rejected the case well before an arrest was even under consideration. In the first season of Dig, a new podcast from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, we bring you the results of a yearlong look at how rape cases are investigated in Louisville. What we've learned: here, the police defer to prosecutors on rape cases — and prosecutors reject the vast majority of cases presented to them. Due to this unusual relationship, most people accused of rape here will never face consequences. Most won't be arrested or convicted. And the case will be closed anyway.

For both: From the start!

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/782223781/dig

Zane Recommends - Pretend Radio

http://pretendradio.org/

No blood and gore here! Pretend Radio is a documentary-style podcast about real people pretending to be someone else. The host interview con artists, snake oil salesmen, undercover FBI agents—pretty much anyone living a lie.

For Both: Take your pick!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretend-radio/id1245307962?mt=2

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Hi! It's us, your friendly Castologists here to give you the podcasts we think you should be listening to. Get cosy with Liz's recommendation: In Bed With Nick and Megan, which sees celebrities literally getting in bed to chat with Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. Nick gets us all ready for a massive earthquake in a region nowhere near where we record with The Big One: Your Survival Guide. And Zane shows his theatre geekery with Musicals With Cheese.

Then it's time for the TRUE CRIME week reviews!

Liz Recommends - In Bed with Nick and Megan

https://www.earwolf.com/show/in-bed-with-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullally/

"Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman have been a couple for 20 years – 138 years in Hollywood time – and in their brand new podcast they take listeners directly into their bed… because that’s where every episode is recorded – their bed. Cozying up with their famous friends, your favourite couple provide a funny, revealing, and very candid look into their relationship and life at large. In some episodes, they’ll even kick the guest out of bed and get extra personal in what some have called the most searing and rawly sexual conversations ever to burn their way through a voice recorder. Oh, yes. It’s that good. Join Megan and Nick for some serious pillow talk."

For both: Pick a guest that takes your fancy

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-bed-with-nick-and-megan/id1487579237

Nick Recommends - The Big One: Your Survival Guide

When The Big One hits it'll take under two minutes for more than 10 million Southern Californians to lose internet, power, and a sense of security. Host Jacob Margolis and Producer Misha Euceph take you on a journey to understand what the catastrophic earthquake will mean for Los Angeles, the U.S., and the world. This is what you need to know to survive

For both: From the start!

https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1445054297?mt=2

Zane Recommends - Musicals With Cheese

https://musicalswithcheesepodcast.simplecast.com/

it has taken this long, but finally Zane has brought a glimpse into his passion for musical theatre to Castology! Jess is a Musical Theatre expert, Andrew knows nothing about the Musical Theater world. Listen to hear the hilarity ensue as fresh eyes analyze musicals old & new.

For Both: Pick a musical you know

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/musicals-with-cheese-podcast/id1436673419

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PODCASTS, GET YOUR PODCASTS. You want 'em? We got 'em, piping hot just for you. Nick looks at the fall of difference civilizations with a podcast unsurprisingly titled Fall of Civilizations. Zane goes super meta with the fake TV recap show Please Save Me. And Liz is back on the crime wagon (did she ever really get off?) with Fake Heiress. Then it's reviews time for last week's eps, baby!

Liz Recommends - FAKE Heiress

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c9mb/episodes/downloads

The rise and fall of Anna Delvey, who conned New York high society into believing that she was a multi-millionaire heiress. Vicky Baker and Chloe Moss dig deeper into the scandal in this BBC 6 part series..

"For years, Ms. Sorokin pretended to be Anna Delvey, a German heiress with a trust fund that paid for a life of glamorous ease. She lived in boutique hotels, wore designer clothes and hung out in Manhattan’s moneyed party circles. In reality, Ms. Sorokin, 28, was a Russian immigrant who walked out on bills, connived her way into luxury, and persuaded a bank employee to give her $100,000 she never intended to pay back, the jury decided in convicting her in 2020.

For both: It's a serial so start at the start.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fake-heiress/id1491349699

Nick Recommends - Fall of Civilizations

https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/

A history podcast looking at the collapse of a different civilization each episode. What did they have in common? Why did they fall? And what did it feel like to watch it happen?

For both: Pick ya fancy!

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/fall-of-civilizations-podcast/id1449884495

Zane Recommends - Please Save Me

https://pleasesaveme.podbean.com/

Are your regular podcasts not meta enough for you? Well, here is the answer to that imaginary problem... Please Save Me. Hosts Sarah Black and Ben Flores are the #1 fans of Chicago Heroes, which is a hit television show that does not exist. They recap each week’s wild episode with a rotating cast of goofy guests from the Chicago comedy community and beyond.

For Both: Society's Leeches

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/please-save-me/id1383816440

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Welcome back to another episode packed with podcasts!

Liz Recommends: Cautionary Tales

http://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/

"We’ve always warned children by telling them unsettling fairy tales. But my Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups. And my Cautionary Tales are all true.

Cautionary Tales is a new podcast from Tim Hartford and Pushkin Industries, makers of Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, Michael Lewis’s Against The Rules, and Laurie Santos’s Happiness Lab.

"Helping me tell these Cautionary Tales are some marvellous actors, including Alan Cumming (Instinct), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) and Russell Tovey (Quantico). We also present the acting debut of a certain Mr Malcolm Gladwell.

Together we weave stories of human error, of tragic catastrophes and hilarious fiascos. Oil tankers crash in broad daylight, vital military ideas are carelessly given away to the Nazis, and a shouty man in a uniform pulls off an audacious heist. Alongside the drama, each story has a moral that emerges from psychology, economics, even design. Each story will make you wiser."

For both: You Have Reached Your Destination; Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cautionary-tales/id1484511465

Nick Recommends - WeCrashed

The founders of WeWork thought they were on the brink of making history. The company was valued at $47 billion dollars, it was ready for a huge IPO, and its charismatic CEO Adam Neumann thought it was going to change the world. Adam had a prophet-like vision for WeWork that he sold to some of the world’s savviest investors — but did his vision ever match the company’s reality? Hosted by David Brown of the hit podcast Business Wars, WeCrashed is a six-part series about the rise and fall of WeWork. It’s a story of hope and hubris, big money and bigger screwups, and the lengths people will go to chase “unicorns.”
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1494781373

Zane Recommends - Motherhacker

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/motherhacker

Motherhacker is written by Sandi Farkas and executive produced and directed by Amanda Lipitz. The series stars Carrie Coon, Pedro Pascal, Alan Cumming, Lucas Hedges, Tavi Gevinson and Alex Goldman.

Bridget’s life is a series of dropped calls. With a gift for gab, an ex-husband in rehab, and down to her last dollar, Bridget’s life takes a desperate turn when she starts vishing over the phone for a shady identity theft ring in order to support her family.

For both: Start at the beginning

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motherhacker/id1487213874

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It's snack time, here at Castology... podsnack time that is. These are the podcasts you listen to when you just want a lil something something, but you have no time to invest. Liz recommends the aptly named Little Tiny, Zane gets cooking with Food in Five, and Nick has managed to find a narrative podcast that's teeny tiny as well in 2298. Then it's review time!

Liz Recommends - Little Tiny

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/little-tiny/

A coin, a key, a doughnut: how have these small things changed the course of history?

Spend some time exploring world history via the small things that have shaped it. Each episode details a story in history, taking you from a tiny moment of change through to its mammoth consequences, all in the space of a coffee break. Hosted by Kara Schlegl.

Kara Eva Schlegl is a writer, producer and story-teller from Sydney, Australia.

Episodes include how a dinner party led to the invention of the pill, how one person getting fired may have led to the Titanic sinking, or how pigeon poop brought about a Nobel Prize winning theory.

For both: Pick topics that take your fancy. I particularly liked the one on The Pill. Listen to a few pod snacks for a full meal.

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/little-tiny/id1337500254

Nick Recommends - 2298

The Network makes sure Profiles eat right & stay focused — but Profile 24 — thanks to a mysterious bird — is finding that difficult.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/2298/id1294068639

Zane Recommends - Food in Five

You want a pod snack!? Zane has a podsnack for you; Food in Five. If you love to cook or if you are interested in cooking this is the podcast you're looking for! Chef Ben Kelly shares recipes, food history, stories, everything you could want and more all in a neat 3-10 minute package. It releases in 5-10 Minute Episodes 3 Days A Week

For both: Pick a few topics or recipes that appeal to you!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/food-in-five/id1316687069

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It's podcast time, your favourite time of the week. Zane is still hungry for podsnacks so he recommends 60-Second Science (Space/Mind/Tech/Earth/Health). Liz dives into the listener recommendation pile to solve the worlds trivial problems with What Shall We Do About...? and Nick shows his love for music and sound engineering with Song Exploder. Then, it's on to the reviews from last week. Whose podsnack will reign supreme?

Liz Recommends - What Shall We Do About?

"The world is full of problems, though most of them don't make the headlines. Sam Robinson sits down with some prominent personalities to try to improve and perhaps even solve some of the world's less pressing issues. Nothing too trivial will be left unturned."

Host Sam Robinson sits down with Aussie personalities like Marc Fennel, Ash London and Dan Illic to discuss how to solve the world's issues that are smaller than, say, a fucking pandemic.

Like What shall we do about kindness? Which is all about how to find the good in among all this shit. Or what shall we do about children's television, where Sam chat's to kids TV royalty James Sherry about what will happen with aussie kids TV quotas being reduced. Or even what shall we do about clutter if we don't wanna go all Mari Kondo on our stuff?

For both: Pick a topic or personality that appeals

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-shall-we-do-about/id1484907828

Nick Recommends - Song Exploder

A podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/song-exploder/id788236947

Zane Recommends - 60-Second Science from the Scientific American (Space/Mind/Tech/Earth/Health)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/60-second-science/

Zane loves science! And this is one of his favourite sources of daily science info! Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of science. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American. And if you do not get enough science news from this podcast there are a series of more specifically

For both: Listen to them all!

https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/60-second-science/id189330872?mt=2

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Ooh boy do we have a show for you today. Zane gets into the big issues this week and we mean big... free speech and how it’s in massive anyone? His recommendation is Clear and Present Danger. Liz has found an immersive podcast the thinks could be even better than 2019’s beloved Carrier: The Left Right Game. And Nick finally delves into the listener submission pile with Chronosphere Fiction. Then it’s REVIEW TIME!

Liz Recommends - The Left Right Game

https://www.qcodemedia.com/theleftrightgame

Originally written on a Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/7asz8x/has_anyone_heard_of_the_leftright_game_part_1/), The Left Right Game is Liz’s new obsession. AND it’s about to be made into a TV series (https://www.slashfilm.com/the-left-right-game/) on Amazon.

“Tessa Thompson stars as an idealistic young journalist trying to make a name for herself by following a group of paranormal explorers, obsessed with a seemingly harmless pastime known as the Left/Right Game. The journey takes her into a supernatural world that she and the other members of the expedition can neither handle nor survive.”

Starring and co-produced by Tessa Thompson.

Written and created by Jack Anderson.

Directed by Emma Tammi.

Presented by Sonos, QCode Media.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-left-right-game/id1498806952

For both: Make sure you listen with headphones OR in a car if you’re a careful driver, especially for episode two.

Nick Recommends - Chronosphere Fiction

Chronosphere Fiction is a story telling anthology podcast where writers’ creations come to life with sound effects and music.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chronosphere-fiction/id1294436798

Zane Recommends - Clear and Present Danger

http://www.freespeechhistory.com/

From 1989 and until the early noughties free speech went viral across the globe as new democracies tore down the walls of censorship. But for more than a decade the global respect for free speech has been in decline. In 2003 41% of the world’s countries had a free press. In 2017 that figure had dropped to 31%. Or put differently: Only 13% of the world’s 7,4 billion people enjoy free speech. 45% live in countries where censorship is the norm. Still, more than half the world’s population across cultures and continents think free speech is very important. But why is that? Where does the principle of free speech come from? How has it been developed over time? Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked death and imprisonment to express their beliefs? And what can people in the digital age learn from past conflicts over where to draw the line? Jacob Mchangama guides you through the history of free speech from the trial of Socrates to the Great Firewall.

Jacob Mchangama is the founder and executive director of Justitia a think tank focusing on human rights and a Visiting Scholar at Columbia’s Global Freedom of Expression Center. He has commented extensively on free speech and human rights in outlets including the Washington Post, the Wall Street...

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This week we set a challenge for each Castologist to recommend a podcast they think one of the OTHER Castologists would normally recommend! Still with us? SO: Zane brought a podcast on sex, feminism and mortality for Liz: Dying for Sex. Then, Nick recommended a historical journey for Zane with Tides of History. Then Liz did her darndest to impress Nick with a podcast containing all his favourite things including boats, shipping containers, spies and intrigue with The Last Voyage of the Pong Su. Then, it's time for the reviews of last week's podcast.

Liz Recommends - The Last Voyage of the Pong Su

https://www.theage.com.au/pong-su

A North Korean dictator, bags of heroin, drug lords, spooks, sailors, Australian cops and a web of lies: Come aboard The Last Voyage of The Pong Su.

Featuring conversations recorded by listening devices, and translated. Interviews. Reported by Richard Baker (The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald) and produced by Rachael Dexter, The Last Voyage of The Pong Su tells the story of an ill-fated 2003 drug trafficking operation involving a North Korean cargo ship, its crew and members of an Asian crime syndicate targeting Australia with a then-record amount of heroin (estimated street value of A$160 million.)

The podcast also won the Melbourne Press Club's Quill award for podcasting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong_Su_incident

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For Nick: Start from the start, it's a serial.

Nick Recommends - Tides of History

Zane LOVES history so Nick chose HISTORY to curry favour with the podfather. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we spend and and how we earn it at work, what language we speak and how we raise our children. From Wondery, host Patrick Wyman, PhD (“Fall Of Rome”) helps us understand our world and how it got to be the way it is.

For Zane: Any and all!

https://wondery.com/shows/tides-of-history/

Zane Recommends - Dying for Sex

https://wondery.com/shows/dying-for-sex/

What could be MORE Liz? Wondery + Sex + Mortality + Feminism? Zane brought in THE MOST Liz podcast they could find: Dying for Sex. When host Nikki Boyer’s best friend Molly is diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer, she decides to do something bold. She leaves an unhappy marriage and embarks on a series of sexual adventures to feel alive.

For Both: Start at the beginning

https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1495392900

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Castology acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

In light of the growing movement around the world against racism and bigotry we Castologists wanted to do what we can to raise the profile of some great titles, made by, for, and about people of colour in Australia and around the world. We welcome any further input of titles we should be listening to and hope you can enjoy the eight great podcasts we recommend in the (no-so) mini-sode!

Now is the time to make your voice heard! Go protest and stand with all people who are so unfairly treated around the world!

Liz Recommends -

Scam Goddess

https://www.earwolf.com/show/scam-goddess/

Scam Goddess is a podcast dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it! Each week host Laci Mosley (aka Scam Goddess) keeps listeners up to date on current rackets, digs deep into the latest scams, and breaks down historic hoodwinks alongside some of your favorite comedians! It’s like true crime only without all the death! True fun crime!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scam-goddess/id1479455008

Pretty for an Aboriginal

Actor Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires) and writer/actor Nakkiah Lui (Black Comedy, Kiki and Kitty) join forces to present Pretty for an Aboriginal, a BuzzFeed Australia podcast featuring wide-ranging conversation and critique of society, politics and culture.

Drawing on Australian and international guests – season one includes writer and commentator Roxane Gay, rapper, comedian and writer Briggs and Orange is the New Black’s Yael Stone – Miranda and Nakkiah discuss topics such as relationships, the importance of representation and how to be a good ally, all while challenging perceptions of Indigenous Australia and the nature of success.

The conversation is friendly and sharp, and you’ll hear much-needed perspectives at the intersection of politics and culture. As hosts, they allow guests to reflect on their experiences in a more open-ended space. Eight episodes are available in 2017’s first season, with a second season to follow in 2018.

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/pretty-for-an-aboriginal/id1282132573

Nick Recommends -

Frontier War Stories

Boe Spearim is a Gamilaraay & Kooma radio host and podcaster who lives in Brisbane. Frontier War Stories - a podcast dedicated to truth-telling about a side of Australian that has been left out of the history books. Each episode Boe will speak with different Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about research, books and oral histories which document the first 140 years of conflict and resistance. These times are the Frontier Wars and these are our War Stories.

https://boespearim.podbean.com/

Sibling Rivalry

Monét X Change and Bob the Drag Queen discuss literally everything. Bob The Drag Queen & Monét X Change are the hosts of Sibling Rivalry Podcast. Bob, winner of season 8 of RuPaul's Drag Race & Monét, winner of Miss Congeniality on Season 10 and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4 are not actually related to each other but you'd never know when you hear their hilarious sister-like banter on Sibling Rivalry Podcast.

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We have more podcasts for your ear holes this week. Liz decided she needs to get more comfy with managing her cash, so she's recommending She's On The Money. Nick gets his comic book nerd on with Marvel's foray into the podcast universe, Wolverine. And Zane takes a look at all the times people buggered things up in the past with The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong. Then it's review time, featuring our recommendations from last week.

Liz Recommends - She’s on the Money

https://www.shesonthemoney.com.au/

Note there are two She’s on the Money podcasts, we are talking about the Australian podcast featuring Victoria Devine, financial advisor and co-host Georgia King. They have an AMAZING FB community which is great to join for advice and group consensus. They usually reference the group on the pod to chat about their money wins and tips for saving etc.

“We empower women to make smart money decisions.

Millennial women are smart, savvy and independent. We grew up listening to Destiny’s Child, so it’s only natural, right? Yet, when it comes to money stuff, we can feel overwhelmed, unsure where to invest or stuck in a relentless cycle of “money in and money out”, never making ground or reaching our goals. She’s on the Money is here to help solve those problems. We believe that being good with money doesn’t mean you have to hibernate and live on a diet of two minute noodles and cheap wine. We believe you can have it all; the house deposit, the Pilates membership, the share portfolio, the Santorini trip and, of course, the brunch dates.

We’re here to change your relationship with money through relatable finance and money hacks you can implement today.”

For both: whatever topic takes your fancy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shes-on-the-money/id1468033698

Nick Recommends - Marvel's Wolverine

INJECT that adamantium into your veins! Following a string of mysterious deaths in Burns, Alaska, Special Agents Sally Pierce and Tad Marshall arrive to investigate. They soon find there’s more going on than meets the eye

For both: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marvels-wolverine/id1343499710

Zane Recommends - The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

https://www.constantpodcast.com/

Back to the status quo for Zane this week as he recommends and SCIENCE & HISTORY podcast. The Constant is a science and history podcast about getting things wrong. From ancient science to contemporary blunders, we take you on journeys of misadventure and misapprehension, filling your brain with juicy nuggets of the sometimes comical, sometimes tragical and always fascinating ways people mess things up.

Each season of The Constant runs 8 episodes, released weekly on Tuesdays.

Episodes vary in length, with the shortest running 10 minutes and the longest nearly 1 hour, but on average most stories tend to range between 20-25 minutes.

The Constant is currently on hiatus, with plans to return for a special abbreviated kickstarter season in October.

For Both: Pick one that appeals

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-constant/id1321926387?mt=2

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