It’s in my top ten all time best podcasts. There are many elite episodes.
The episode that was a really serious bummer was #7 Julia. I think its a quality ep, but it is relentlessly dark and depressing. I wouldnt describe any of the others as depressing. I did quit #4 because it was boring and skipped some others though so I dont have a complete picture.
What other great podcasts are you keeping secret in your clovis noggin btw
I won’t post all the well known stuff but here are a few less known I really like
Longform: just ended but archives still around and has some great interviews. Focussed on media.
Normal gossip: each episode focusses on some gossip from normal people. Some episodes are meh but several are truly great.
Ongoing history of new music: best music history podcast and it’s not close.
Search engine: sort of like heavyweight. Some elite episodes.
Dead eyes: an entire podcast series of a B level actor exploring why he got fired by Tom Hanks from band of brothers. Sounds dumb. Is elite.
Gamblers: over now but each ep is a great gambling history story.
An older one that folks have missed was Running From COPS - it’s about the Cops tv show and the bad it did.
Popped in my head as the guy who hosted that show recently released a new one called Hysterical that I’ve enjoyed - don’t want to spoil it so here’s the synopsis:
Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spreads among a group of high school girls in upstate New York. What is causing their sudden, often violent symptoms? Is there something in the water or inside the school? Or is it “all in their head?” The series examines the outbreak in LeRoy, NY, believed by some to be the most severe case of mass hysteria since the Salem Witch Trials.
Memory Palace is the GOAT if you haven’t gone through that catalog. Short historical stories, most eps are 15 minutes. That show has made me smile and cry more than any other. Dude’s a genius.
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Search Engine is great. The host, PJ Vogt, was the co-host of Reply All before they had some drama and got canceled. Reply All was also a fantastic podcast and worth checking out if you haven’t. Their Indian scammer two part episode was awesome.
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New favorite episode of Knowledge Fight dropped today.
Alex Jones interviews Chat GPT.
Its incredible
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It’s the adult version of a baby playing with a doll. It’s so adorable.
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I don’t have the soul to listen to every episode of Knowledge Fight, I appreciate when you guys tell us there’s an ep we shouldn’t miss.
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Such a whiplash listening to Chapo. Their DNC live show was unlistenable with the True Anon guests being aggressively unfunny and Will slurring his words about half way through.
Then the next episode they have Dave Weigel and Ettingermentum on and it’s back to being funny with some insights like the 2016 election was the Jarred Kushner Trump campaign and the 2024 election is the Don Jr Trump campaign where Don Jr thinks the marginal voter is a guy who hates politics but wants to win, wants to talk about winning, wants to buy a microphone and talk to other guys about winning, for 3 hours. Hence why they love JFK Jr. as a surrogate so much.
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I always wonder if they expect people to listen to every show. I respect their bit of mimicking Jones’s format for super long episodes, but they’ve got to know that only the mentally ill listen to every word of Jones all day. Jones is a call back to the radio hosts where you put it on the background and tune in and out as necessary. That’s how I imagine they Knowledge Fight people have to think of their show. There’s no way they’re not self aware enough to think that, at least I hope.
I found true anon’s dnc coverage unbearable and turned it off not even halfway through ep 1. Sounds like their chapo ep was more of the same, glad I skipped it. Need more deep dives and less brace doing standup
They are certainly aware of Alex’s repetitive nature.
Dan glosses over A LOT of what Jones says. They will also often go weeks of not covering Alex if hes just doing the same shit over and over again. At this point, they most often cover only novel things that come up, such as Alex being convinced he is interviewing a robot that has sentience.
This last year they covered things like Tucker Carlson’s X show, Jimmy Dore, Tim Pool, and other right wing shitheads.
I’ve found Chapo completely unlistenable since Matt stroked out.
He definitely was the heart and soul of that show.
The Hawk Tuah girl has a podcast now called Talk Tuah. Because of course she does.
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lex fridman just posted an hour long trump interview. probably listen at the gym tomorrow
Posted over here
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Someone hurt you as a child. I’m sorry.
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after reading the reddit thread, i think i changed my mind. him being halfway human with theo von lulled me into a false sense of curiosity.
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New Blowback is out:
Cambodia