Hey, thought it might be a good idea to start a thread similar to the YouTube find one for good audio resources.
I'm always listening to something when I paint, commute, cook, etc and I'm sure plenty of others out there are too.
I plan to share some links to podcasts, YouTube channels, videos, etc that can easily be listened to, and would be much obliged if others did the same for anything they use or listen to!
Good idea, although I tend to use 4Extra
IanS
A few general links first (I'll trawl the archives for more good stuff in the next few days)
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
Some of these are offered free, others are available for pretty cheap. He takes an informative and entertaining approach to different periods, and tells in an engaging way. I recently enjoyed the first world war series, Blueprint for Armageddon.
The Great Courses https://www.thegreatcourses.co.uk/
Loads of topics covered here, including a superb history selection. In don't purchase them from the website though, many are available on Audible subscription and I've probably listened to well over a thousand hours over the years. I'll highlight some notable ones down the line but if anyone is interested in one and wants to know about it fell free to ask me as I may have done it already. They also have their own subscription service, https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/ which I haven't tried yet but plan to down the road.
Revolutions Podcast https://www.revolutionspodcast.com/
I've done the ones on the English and American revolutions and they were interesting so would highly recommend. The same guy did a History of Rome podcast too which I've heard it's very good.
More to come in future!
Quote from: ianrs54 on 30 June 2019, 08:22:38 AM
Good idea, although I tend to use 4Extra
IanS
If you listen to anything particularly good on it in sure people would be interested to hear
In Our Time (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Dw1c7rxs6DmyK0pMRwpMq1/archive) from BBC Radio 4 (apologies if non-UK peeps can't access this.
Experts talking about the subject-of-the-week, but (nearly always) in a way that informs without being condescending. Every programme available, going back over 20 years now.
Seems to work in the Antipodes :)
Looks to be some interesting stuff, well worth listening to while painting
In terms of Youtube channels, my favourite has to be 'Little Wars TV'.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6gPsr1xdvT9F4dntRAJ5g (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6gPsr1xdvT9F4dntRAJ5g)
Not too serious but a really good way to present wargaming to the outside
world.
Phil
Quote from: Glorfindel on 30 June 2019, 11:43:49 AM
In terms of Youtube channels, my favourite has to be 'Little Wars TV'.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6gPsr1xdvT9F4dntRAJ5g (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6gPsr1xdvT9F4dntRAJ5g)
Not too serious but a really good way to present wargaming to the outside
world.
Phil
Yes looking forward to season 2 starting soon. While there is some visuals there's plenty of talking bits so works well to stick on while painting as you only need to glance at the screen from time to time.
If you cant access In our time and want to be naughty go on you tube and search Master Huon Radio series 1&2 are listed there
Quote from: mmcv on 30 June 2019, 11:50:21 AM
Yes looking forward to season 2 starting soon. While there is some visuals there's plenty of talking bits so works well to stick on while painting as you only need to glance at the screen from time to time.
And they started with a great Gettysburg game https://youtu.be/mDKIHp3jhd8
More from the BBC (again, apologies if non-UK peeps can't access these):
Inside Science (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036f7w2). Topical science programme. Weekly podcast.
The History Hour (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tmg1) from BBC World Service. An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there. Weekly podcast.
The War of the Worlds (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07lbzbp/episodes/player) by H.G. Wells. Audiobook.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06spb8w/episodes/player) by H.P. Lovecraft. Podacst of a modernised dramatization, framed as a podcast. Very meta . . .
As far as I can tell none of these have expiration dates, unlike most of the BBC stuff they allow you to stream.
Again from the Beeb - Slow Radio (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05k5bq0/episodes/player).
Expect lots of birdsong, babbling brooks, waves on a beach, wind through the trees, etc. Country dwellers can probably just open the window to achieve the same result, but for us townies . . .
Some of these have irritating 'presenters' who insist on inserting themselves into the relaxation. Very jarring.
I enjoyed the ones set in a monastery.
Quote from: Raider4 on 30 August 2019, 01:53:19 PM
Again from the Beeb - Slow Radio (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05k5bq0/episodes/player).
Expect lots of birdsong, babbling brooks, waves on a beach, wind through the trees, etc. Country dwellers can probably just open the window to achieve the same result, but for us townies . . .
Added benefit, playing this for a hyper dog calms them down and has them trying to find the nightingale in your phone...
Calming a dog down.....?
Well.......There were some 'tunes ' that did the complete opposite for our very first 'Lab '.
He'd go completely 'off on one ' if I played the beginning of 'Voodoo Child '.......The beginning of 'China in your hands '.......Or the link between two certain tracks from 'Radio K.A.O.S '
Cheers - Phil
https://audioboom.com/channel/nosuchthingasafish (https://audioboom.com/channel/nosuchthingasafish)
The QI elves ... and useless, but interesting facts. Like "North American porcupines sometimes fall out of trees and impale themselves on their own quills."
http://ww2podcast.com/ (http://ww2podcast.com/)
The World War 2 podcast - covers .. World War II
https://meeples.wordpress.com/ (https://meeples.wordpress.com/)
Meeples & Miniatures sponsored by 2 Fat Lardies
https://thehistorynetwork.org/category/podcasts/ancient-warfare-magazine/ (https://thehistorynetwork.org/category/podcasts/ancient-warfare-magazine/)
Ancient Warfare magazine - follows the topics of excellent printed version
https://librivox.org/ (https://librivox.org/)
Librivox. Volunteers read out-of-copyright books, both fiction and non-fiction; short stories and full novels.
Obviously you've got yer Herodotus, an' your Conan-Doyle an' yer books like the Mabinogion and the Sunny Zoo bloke's Art of War. And yer Conan the Barbarian and little gems like Frederick A Talbot's Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War, written 1915ish.
If you like your Charles William Chadwick Oman, fer instance there are 5 books: The Byzantine Empire, England and the Hundred Years' War, The Reign of George VI, Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic and Warwick the Kingmaker.
If Sci Fi is more to your taste, there are 14 volumes by EE (Doc) Smith including Lord Tedric, First Lensman and The Galaxy Primes.
To be fair, some of the readers are a bit ... y'know, but generally they're quite listenable. You can listen to books as chapters or download them to take away with you.
I find Librivox to be great if you're you know, maybe sitting doing something that means your concentrating, but can listen. Maybe working on something quite small for hours on end. Maybe in a new workroom or something . Just suggestin'. It's free and you don't even need to register. Great way to while away a long time. Spent concentrating. Maybe looking at a lot of green things. Very good for that.
https://librivox.org/the-art-of-war-by-sun-tzu/ (https://librivox.org/the-art-of-war-by-sun-tzu/)
https://librivox.org/the-mabinogion-volume-1/ (https://librivox.org/the-mabinogion-volume-1/)
https://librivox.org/aeroplanes-and-dirigibles-of-war-by-frederick-a-talbot/ (https://librivox.org/aeroplanes-and-dirigibles-of-war-by-frederick-a-talbot/)
https://librivox.org/the-galaxy-primes-by-e-e-smith/ (https://librivox.org/the-galaxy-primes-by-e-e-smith/)
This looks like a superb resource, thanks!
Seconded :-bd