The Mock Turtle

Its a real skill putting out good content all the time so kudos to those who do it well.
Inspired by someone mentioning the Londoner blog I thought it would be good to see what we did in to.

I've been listening to http://www.thebittersweetlife.net/ for a while on and off, I download the episode via the podcast app on my iphone.
Its a weekly show of 2 expats who live in Rome and talk about their experiences of living in a foreign country and their differences adventures. Its very compelling actually and they dip into some random and slightly left-field topics.

For blogs I'm a definite beauty junkie and dip into Sali Hughes, Caroline Hirons, Wayne Goss and India Knight pretty regularly. I used to follow Paris Daily Photo but he selfishly left Paris to settle down so his blog ended.

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Hi Red. I love http://www.shutterbean.com for lifestyle envy and some great recipes. I also love www.onemominmaine.com as I think she writes so beautifully, but she hardly blogs anymore, unfortunately.

I listen to radiogorgeous.com and am a paid subscriber of thatsnotmetal.net so that I can access all their interviews and that. I love love love TNM because it cuts through the bullshit and it's quite funny. I like this one too but it can be a bit hit and miss - stories.co.uk/podcast and love Deliciously Stella which has just become weekly.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/del ... 35893?mt=2

Stuff Mom Never Told You is really good- it was originally recommended here. It's intersectional feminism but fairly lighthearted about it.

I have only seen the hilarious Deliciously Stella Instagram, I didn't know she had a podcast!

She does and it's great.

I like this one
https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/
and I'm a bit obsessed by the Billfold - especially the random 'How a XXX does money'

and Colossal http://www.thisiscolossal.com/ is great.
And The Pool -www.the-pool.com obvs which I think a lot of people read.

and I like www.marksdailyapple.com which I find a refreshingly normal look at how to live an optimised life that isn't just about dieting.

I've gone off a lot of blogs I used to enjoy, but still really like arosieoutlook.com - she writes on a range of topics, from homes to fashion and beauty but alongside some deeper more thoughtful pieces as well.

I thought I'd resurrect this thread as I've recently become a massive convert to podcasts and listening to them pretty much exclusively during my commute.

Lore is a great starting point and I hadn't heard of it before until Baar mentioned it on another thread. Interesting and a bit creepy http://www.lorepodcast.com/

Criminal is one that I randomly came across and it's interesting in a number of ways, not just about crimes being committed but taking in everything from courtroom artists to police dogs. http://thisiscriminal.com/

My current favourite is http://getmortified.com/ where adults read from their adolescent diaries and it's as hilarious as you'd imagine.

I haven't listened to this yet but http://www.theallusionist.org/ sounds good. Billed as small adventures in language.

Duophonic wrote: Criminal is one that I randomly came across and it's interesting in a number of ways, not just about crimes being committed but taking in everything from courtroom artists to police dogs. http://thisiscriminal.com/

I like this. I got the recommendation off you at some point. I just listened to a really good one about a woman who ended up counterfeiting money. They're quite nice and short too. I have also been listening to Untold and Unsolved which are both true crime and a *bit* Serialish.

You Must Remember This is about the history of Hollywood. It hits a dull patch occasionally but I like the gossipy mix of celebrity and history.

Adam Buxton's Podcast, where he basically interviews a lot of people who seem to be his friends, is good & funny. I skip the ones about music after getting bored in a Radiohead one, but most people will probably like those ones.

I agree with Ella that Stuff Mom Never Told You is nicely light, which makes a change for something about something that's as usually humourless as Feminism. ( I won't say that in front of men, I promise)

I've pretty much stopped reading lifestyle/beauty/fashion blogs because of time and also because I don't believe them any more. I always assume they are taking $$$ from companies to advertise and that their life is a terrible sham.

I've just downloaded some episodes of Criminal to my phone, for going on holiday.

I loved Untold and I'm looking forward to the next series which is due out later in the year I think.

Oh really? I am only about 5 episodes in. I want to discuss it when I've finished - we should do a thread as I know lots of us are listening or have listened.

Ruby wrote:Oh really? I am only about 5 episodes in. I want to discuss it when I've finished - we should do a thread as I know lots of us are listening or have listened.

I did one already

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I am borderline retarded. I will not click yet. I am setting off home in a minute though and I'm on the last episode.

I've not listened to any yet, but I've downloaded Tracks from Radio 4. It's a drama with Romola Garai and is meant to be really good.

I still love In Our Time. I just pick and choose which topics seem most interesting, but I especially like the philosophy and religion ones.

I love In our time too Pip. I often don't really understand what they're talking about but it pleases me that people know so much about stuff.

I listened to unsolved today, it was interesting.

We discussed it on the documentary thread but This American Life is very good.

The History of the world in 100 objects is good too.

In Our Time is one of those programmes I just can't get into.

Me neither, and it should be right up my street. I think it's Melvyn Bragg.

Yes. I'm sure he's lovely but he has a very soporific voice.