Podcasts and Streamers

I used to be a regular Blue City Radio listener, but they have started coming in at 2 hours+ almost every week, which is more than I need to debrief a 90 minute match. Are there any pods that are tactically focused that are shorter? I really like BCR and the coverage they provide so looking for something similar. I wish The Outfield would start a pod since their written coverage is so good.

9 times out of 10 they seem to play the most toxic and just an all around menace to deal with in my experience. Especially while playing family I'll just dodge or leave mid game if they abuse mechanics over and over and are generally annoying.

I’ve been thinking about this trend of the streaming services a lot, and I’m curious if there was some third party company behind the scenes who pitched the idea to both TTG and Watcher. They’ve mentioned that this was in the works for only the past year, so they couldn’t have independently engineered this from the ground in that time.

If there is some company pitching these streamers, I wonder what their deal is like, or what will happen if the host company running the tech shuts down. It is making me think of the stuff that happened with Defy Media - they’ve made big promises on how they can make these channels more money, but can they deliver?

It would also explain why Watcher didn’t completely walk the streamer back - they’re locked into a contract, they couldn’t shut it down, so now it’s a glorified Patreon.

This is entirely theoretical ofc, but I just wanted to see what other people thought. Did they really both come to this idea at the same time, or did they have someone with a pitch and support behind the scenes?

I'm gonna be honest. I'm way more impressed with players who main more obscure Legends and perform well in comparison to the ones who main: Wraith Pathfinder Octane etc. It's just more respectable in my opinion

I was lamenting w my sister about how most nonfiction "paranormal" media we've come across is really annoying, either presented by someone who is way too skeptical or not skeptical at all, and I appreciate the way otherworld is more of a storytelling forum and a way to hear about other people's experiences without too much dumb filler or spooky music or whatever other gimmick. Another popular one is Spooked, which I listen to on occasion, but I really cannot stand the host and the stories feel way too produced for my taste. I find Jack's approach to the paranormal refreshing; he's always open minded and admits that he really doesn't know what's going on most of the time. A huge pet peeve of mine is when people talk about this stuff like they know exactly what's going on- it's either 100% real or 100% fake- when there are way more interesting and engaging ways to approach the subject.

What are some other podcasts (or documentaries, TV shows, YouTube channels, books, etc) that deal with the paranormal you guys would recommend?

Pls share your pods. I have to clean up my list.

Ty

I feel like I've spent my whole life struggling to find any queer representation in media but since listening to podcasts I'm finding it harder to find straight characters. is there just something inherently queer about podcasts?

I occasionally listen to The Grade Cricketer, Jarrod Kimber, Club Prairie Fire, Baby Over and Kutti Stories. Looking to discover more.

first of all,I get that videogame streamers have to and should make commentary while playing, that's not what bugs me. what bugs me is when they talk incessantly about random off topic shit like their dirty microwave or whatever while playing, then randomly start feigning interest in the game when some random inconsequential thing happens and start jumping around and screaming their heads off because this heavily forecasted plot point is revealed or they do something that's not difficult at all but looks cool. it pisses off my sensory issues and is cringe AF..like it's obvious it's fake, why can't you just play normally and get excited when something actually exciting happens?

If you use TikTok and haven't encountered those kinds of live streams, you aren't missing anything. The whole purpose of them is hate disguised as an "opinion."

You will see the "opinions" being the most absurd things about, of course, big, trendy, and popular artists.

"TWICE needs to retire," "BLACKPINK are just models," “BTS music is mid," "New Jeans ended 4th gen," and the list goes on.

There are so many interesting topics in Kpop that fans can discuss without being straight up miserable and creating a platform for hate. Sadly all they want is views.

Wondering if anyone is aware of any podcasts that cover the timeline and details of all of this. I’d love to be able to share with my podcast listening people who don’t follow any of this on social media. TIA

Does anyone have a good Mavericks podcast?

I was just listening to Locked On Mavs and the dude is saying that the Mavs can use Kleber to play Rudy off the floor, so he obviously doesn't know ball.

I can hold a conversation in French ok but it's awkward.
To maintain the French I have, I listen to "le rendezvous- tech", but in order to improve conversationally I needed to do something more active. I find pausing the podcast after each phrase helpful, repeating it to myself, playing around with different phrasings, answering it and so on. Only it was so inconvenient while on walks or in bed, to always have to look at the screen.

This is where the external bluetooth button for 10 bucks comes in. You can pair it with your phone in addition to your headphones, hold it in your hand, and you'll have basic functionality like pause, rewind, ffwrd, and volume at your finger tips. I can now control the player without looking at the phone.

One could now go one step further by using a second smartphone with chatGPT voice chat running with instructions to point out errors and so forth.

From using it for a few months like this I get a feeling that if I put my mind to it, I could rapidly progress my Spanish, which is as yet passive only, to being fairly fluent in the matter of a few months (though that'd require REALLY putting my mind to it ;-)
Recommendation: very useful and free, the Daily easy spanish-podcast (I think it's AI driven, it reads BBC Spanish service news articles off the internet, repeats in English what was said in the paragraph, and then repeats the Spanish version at .8 speed). Sometimes I understand the Spanish at 1.0x, sometimes I require the English translation first to then catch the words at 0.8x.

J’aime beaucoup écouter des podcasts mais on dirait que je ne sais plus quoi écouter…j’ai fait pas mal le tour du contenu de RC OHdio.

J’écoute beaucoup de podcasts de true crime mais je suis ouverte à autre chose. Dans le true crime, j’aime les trucs plus sérieux, où on voit que la recherche a bien été faite et où on fait pas des jokes ou des effets sonores aux 3 secondes. Ça peut être plus léger, j’aimais bien Sexe oral au début quand ils avaient des sujets intéressants pis pas juste « la vie sexuelle de X ».

Vos suggestions? 😊

32 Thoughts:

• Process moved very quickly with Berube

• Seems like Berube interviewed last Saturday/Sunday, McLellan interviewed Monday/Tuesday, Gallant interviewed on Wednesday. All flew out to Toronto.

• Friedge wonders who else may have been considered and singled out Dale Hunter as someone he thinks they may have had conversations about but doesn't think he would have wanted to come or an official conversation was ever held.

CJ Show:

• There is real smoke about Marc Savard coming as an assistant coach (he ran St Louis's pp in 19-20 as Berube's assistant) although CJ doesn't know how that would work as he has 2 more years on his contract as an assistant (running the powerplay) in Calgary.

• Thinks there is also very real smoke to the DJ Smith returning to Toronto. He mentioned that it's likely both sides that are interested in a reunion as assistant coach. DJ Smith has the option to stay in LA and it's been noted by David Pagnotta that if Jim Hiller is converted from interim to full time coach he's likely to stay and if not then Toronto would be the likely destination.

• CJ also made very very sure to note that it's still early in the assistant coach search and nothing is expected to be finalized soon as teams are still playing and there are 5 open head coaching positions.

• Expects Mike Van Ryn (ran our defence) to stay as he was with the Blues for years including the cup winning team, not sure what happens with Guy Boucher (powerplay) as this was only his first year and our powerplay fell apart when it mattered, expects Manny Malhotra (auxiliary/forwards/faceoffs) and Dean Chynoweth (PK) to move on.

CJ also did a staying or going with every player on the Leafs roster with a scale of 1-8 on how confident he is in his assessment.

Staying: Matthews (8), Nylander (8), Rielly (8), Knies (8), Reaves (8), Woll (8), Benoit (8), McMann (8), McCabe (8), Domi (7), Tavares (7), Holmberg (7), Jarnkrok (6), Kampf (6), Dewar (5), Robertson (5), Lyubushkin (4)

Leaving: Giordano (8), Brodie (8), Samsonov (8), Murray (7), Klingberg (6), Liljegren (5), Bertuzzi (5), Edmundson (5), Jones (5), Marner (4), Gregor (4), Timmins (4)

• Notes that Tavares said Max Domi felt like a part of the Leafs fabric

• Said that John Klingberg was seen skating with the Leafs medical staff for rehab on the Leafs locker room cleanout day

• Noted that when Lyubushkin came back he said it felt like coming home and speculated if he would want to stay here longer term as he's moved around a lot

Recently, Yogesh plugged his podcast Recreational Thinking on an episode of Jeopardy! Masters, and Victoria is billed as a podcast host. What other prominent Jeopardy! contestants also have a podcast?

Hi, what are the best French podcasts for intermediate/advanced learners according to you? I'd like to listen to authentic French conversations but not too fast/difficult!