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Post by G✇JI☈A on Sept 29, 2022 18:22:40 GMT -5
This more of a mild inconvenience.. This is strictly for mobile listening.
But when a podcast you listen to becomes an exclusive to another free app.
I listen to podcasts a lot at work and about and I use Apple’s podcast app because that's where most of them are, and it's easy to just line up all the podcasts I want to listen to that day (it would be nice if they merged it with music app so I could get some music in between poddys.. Anyway off topic)
So it's annoying when a podcast I listen announces they are moving exclusively to another app. They usually head to apps like listnr or something cause they get a generous contract from them or something. But it's annoying to change apps just to listen to another podcast.. And a lot of times the app doesn't work as well as the one they moved from. The one I mentioned before listener, doesn't even pause the audio when a phone notification comes through, minor annoyance yes, but if your using a maps app at the same time and have audio directions on, you will be missing a lot of shit.
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Post by mystermystery on Sept 29, 2022 18:33:16 GMT -5
I'm kind of a pushover when it comes to podcasts. If I can get used to your voice and like the topic at hand, I'll gladly put up with side stories and the like because I just want noise in my ears at work to keep my inner monologue from prodding me into anxiety issues.
I've dipped out on some Blank Check episodes lately because Kubrick stuff doesn't interest me but I'll probably end up listening at some point because I like the banter.
Guests I don't know can occasionally throw me off, but it's like anything else. If I like them, I'll give their shows a try (Like Jamelle Bouie's Unclear and Present Danger Podcast after his multiple appearances on We Hate Movies).
If anything, I'd say excessive ads can get to me, especially if it is literally the same ad every week (goodness knows the first three minutes of The Best Movies Never Made is advertisement for the app where you can watch the video of the podcast and other shows on the channel but it's literally the same one or the same style every time).
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 29, 2022 18:38:01 GMT -5
So I was listening to a podcast today with two hosts who clearly have a deep knowledge about the subject. That said, the podcast was two and a half hours. An hour could easily have been trimmed due to the constant off topic diatribes, irrelevant anecdotes and ‘funny banter’ I don’t need to have a dry run through of the subject. A few jokes here and there are fine but you often end up with hosts who think they are comedians which they ain’t. So, after all of that, what are your podcast pet peeves? See, I love The Lapsed Fan because of the guys cracking jokes and going into random side bits from time to time. It reminds me if me and my buddy talking about wrestling and other stuff. Sure, the podcasts end up be 4-7 hours long because of it (well, they also do some fantastic research), but it doesn't bother me. Ohh, I stopped listening to them years ago because they would damn near literally go off 15 mins to amuse themselves and then as people complained they say you know what f*** you and since you bitching, we going banter for 30 mins Them episodes was way too long they could easily cut 2 hours off but when they were good, they were good
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 29, 2022 18:39:40 GMT -5
I listen to several Simpsons podcasts and whenever they bring up their history with the show its never very interesting or different. Either watched from day 1, watched as far back as they can remember, or it was forboden in their house and watched with friends or later. Also either they stopped somewhere in the teens or keep tabs. I'd love the person to come on and say its their first episode ever. I used to listen to one, I forget the name, a couple of women did it, generally it was a good show but I always got irked when they got simple plot points wrong or little trivia things wrong.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Sept 29, 2022 18:43:22 GMT -5
See, I love The Lapsed Fan because of the guys cracking jokes and going into random side bits from time to time. It reminds me if me and my buddy talking about wrestling and other stuff. Sure, the podcasts end up be 4-7 hours long because of it (well, they also do some fantastic research), but it doesn't bother me. Ohh, I stopped listening to them years ago because they would damn near literally go off 15 mins to amuse themselves and then as people complained they say you know what f*** you and since you bitching, we going banter for 30 mins Them episodes was way too long they could easily cut 2 hours off but when they were good, they were good Yeah, this is the issue. I dunno what percent of their audience was ever listening because of the comedy, but it sure as hell wasn't me, because I thought they were extremely unfunny. This generalizes: if you're a learning podcast, don't try to be funny too. Just be interesting. ....actually, pretty much everyone should use this advice. If you have a podcast, and you are not already a professional comedian, don't try to be funny. Please.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 29, 2022 18:56:32 GMT -5
Ohh, I stopped listening to them years ago because they would damn near literally go off 15 mins to amuse themselves and then as people complained they say you know what f*** you and since you bitching, we going banter for 30 mins Them episodes was way too long they could easily cut 2 hours off but when they were good, they were good Yeah, this is the issue. I dunno what percent of their audience was ever listening because of the comedy, but it sure as hell wasn't me, because I thought they were extremely unfunny. This generalizes: if you're a learning podcast, don't try to be funny too. Just be interesting. ....actually, pretty much everyone should use this advice. If you have a podcast, and you are not already a professional comedian, don't try to be funny. Please. Some of the Vince stuff is money but you can't do that shit for 20 mins amusing yourselves and then laughing uncontrollably and obnoxiously. When I did listen to them I would skip a good chunk and they would still be talking about the same thing and that really annoyed me OSW Review fell into that pit for a while where they were trying to be funny and amusing themselves as opposed to just letting shit naturally be funny Like Smalltown Murder, the two dudes are comedians but they will go like 3 mins at most with something way off base before getting back on track. Their podcast in general probably hit all the checkpoints I look for. Funny, entertaining, Don't generally BS too much and just stick to their point with the jokes being around it.
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Sept 29, 2022 21:08:37 GMT -5
The Our Vantage Point guys watch old WWF from Jan 82 to March 85 (as of this post). Joe: "Please don't tell us why so-and-so is wrestling the champion. We don't care!" Quinn: "We can create our own narrative." (In the same breath: "Richard [Land], can you give us context?")
(Quinn's voice is getting on my nerves, so I cut them off for weeks at a time to get air.)
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Post by saneiac on Sept 29, 2022 21:15:58 GMT -5
Jim Cornette's talking style includes lots of sighs and disgusted grunts when he's trying to explain something. There are way too many other podcasters imitating that style.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Oct 1, 2022 5:18:36 GMT -5
Henry from Last Podcast on the Left. He's my pet peeve becausr I cant stand him. I stopped listening because of him.
He's not half as funny as he thinks he is
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 17, 2022 13:18:44 GMT -5
I just got into the podcast Behind the Bastards. I find the topics interesting, but part of the core concept is a pet peeve. The revolving guest rather than having a regular co-host.
Inherently the concept is flawed unless you’re batting a thousand and every guest is great. But that is never the case.
I got into it due to the Steven Seagal two parter. Seanbaby, my favorite Cracked writer ever, was the guest and was great.
Next I listened to the George Lincoln Rockwell series. This one had two guests, Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston. Stoll was annoying whenever she piped up and the best I can say about Johnston is he was just sort of there.
If the regular show was the main host Robert Evans and Seanbaby it would be a top podcast for me. As it is I kind of have to feel it out and gauge whether I can handle the guest. Especially if it’s like a 3 part series or something. If I get annoyed in the first 5 minutes and know 3 hours more of this is left I have to pass.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Dec 17, 2022 14:20:57 GMT -5
Had a really good Twin Peaks podcast killed for me because the host never twigged you shouldn't constantly be licking your f***ing lips into the mic. Like, I'm all for the DIY nature of podcasting but a lot of them would be improved tenfold by learning basic radio etiquette like not coughing into the f***ing mic.
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Post by King Boo on Dec 17, 2022 17:44:36 GMT -5
Henry from Last Podcast on the Left. He's my pet peeve becausr I cant stand him. I stopped listening because of him. He's not half as funny as he thinks he is When he makes me laugh, he can really make me laugh. But if he doesn't... woof, it feels like 900 years until Marcus can get it back on track.
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Post by salz4life on Dec 19, 2022 12:19:44 GMT -5
Henry from Last Podcast on the Left. He's my pet peeve becausr I cant stand him. I stopped listening because of him. He's not half as funny as he thinks he is When he makes me laugh, he can really make me laugh. But if he doesn't... woof, it feels like 900 years until Marcus can get it back on track. Are they still Spotify exclusive? I had found them about a year or so before they left Apple Podcast to go Spotify only. Henry did used to go off on tangents and I always felt like he sort of thought he was the main reason people tuned in.
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Post by King Boo on Dec 19, 2022 14:30:14 GMT -5
When he makes me laugh, he can really make me laugh. But if he doesn't... woof, it feels like 900 years until Marcus can get it back on track. Are they still Spotify exclusive? I had found them about a year or so before they left Apple Podcast to go Spotify only. Henry did used to go off on tangents and I always felt like he sort of thought he was the main reason people tuned in. No, they're back to being up everywhere again. I want to say it happened this year, but time is a flat circle and I have no idea how much of it actually passes anymore.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 7, 2023 23:57:53 GMT -5
I really like Behind the Bastards, but it’s fresh in my mind so I’ll nitpick again.
The unbearable smugness some hosts have.
What I like most about Behind the Bastards is when it covers stories I’m not familiar with or not that familiar with and the host Robert deep dives to give the show even more layers. My least favorite part of the show is when he tries to be funny and hammers his opinion repeatedly. Depending on the co-host it can become an echo chamber for minutes on end.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 8, 2023 3:36:29 GMT -5
There is a podcast I like.
They release one show a week, and that show’s archives are available free going back to the first episode… that’s good..
But they have other weekly shows.. but they are all behind patreon paywalls. OK fine you got to make money…
Problem is the non stop plugs for these shows on their main show.. this is like their ads, they don’t advertise anything else.
Look honesty here. I like the show, but I don’t think it’s good enough to want to pay for any other content. Sorry.
I have a feeling this show (I won’t name it here) is looking for a sponsorship deal or a hosting deal or something, so they can bring down the paywall a bit. That way they can sell an ad free subscription tier instead of locking content away. One of the hosts recently to quit their job to focus on these podcasts .. but I don’t think the current business model is viable for them.
They’re good, not great is what I mean.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Jan 8, 2023 4:44:58 GMT -5
Henry from Last Podcast on the Left. He's my pet peeve becausr I cant stand him. I stopped listening because of him. He's not half as funny as he thinks he is I still listen to LPOL every now and then, and usually when I was doing yard work when I cut grass for people. So I can see where you are coming from, but I take breaks to not get burnt out on the host personalities. That goes for many podcast and etc. But the earlier years was some of the best fun while listening to messed up stuff. And it was pretty informative.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 8, 2023 4:58:45 GMT -5
Was just listening to an old ‘How Did This Get Made?’ today..
And it reminded me of another pet peeve… they play clips from the movies they talk about… but won’t give a description of what happening in the clip .. it’s an audio podcast… we can’t see the f***ing clip. If the clip’s dialogue doesn’t describe the action, that’s where you come in.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Apr 23, 2023 13:08:03 GMT -5
Henry from Last Podcast on the Left. He's my pet peeve becausr I cant stand him. I stopped listening because of him. He's not half as funny as he thinks he is I still listen to LPOL every now and then, and usually when I was doing yard work when I cut grass for people. So I can see where you are coming from, but I take breaks to not get burnt out on the host personalities. That goes for many podcast and etc. But the earlier years was some of the best fun while listening to messed up stuff. And it was pretty informative. I enjoy all three LPOTL hosts, but if you listen to anything enough some things will grate on you. When I first started listening Ben was my favorite, but when he tells an off the cuff joke and it misses, it’s by a mile. Marcus is definitely my favorite. He’s the heart of the show and does the most research.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Apr 23, 2023 16:51:55 GMT -5
OK, another annoyance: When a podcast opens with a pre record as read of something the show is doing.. Like say a live tour, it goes on for about 5 minutes reading off dates and stuff. Then the actual show starts and the first thing they do is “hey we are going on tour..” and then say everything that was in the ad read we just heard 10 seconds ago. And possibly my biggest pet peeve: That sound effect that plays at the start and end of every ad spot.. If you listened to a Acast podcast (like WTF with Marc Maron) you have have probably heard it. I use it as a cue to push that +30 second button. Hey, that sound is actually quite convenient for that now that I think about it.
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