\u00fcberlin’s Epic list of podcast recommendations<\/h3>\nby James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n\nThe eagle-eyed* among you may have noticed that we’re currently “in-between” podcasts.<\/p>\n
*OK, “eagle-eared”. Actually, eagles’ hearing might\u00a0suck. Which animals have good hearing? Bats, I guess. But “bat-eared” doesn’t sound right, does it?\u00a0Anywaaaaay…<\/p>\n
We don’t have access to a studio at the moment, so Radio \u00fcberlin<\/a> is on hiatus until we can find another space\u00a0in which to record, or can build our own. If you can help with either of these options, feel free to get in touch<\/a>!<\/p>\nBut the real reason for this blog post is to share some of the podcasts that inspired us to try the audio medium in the first place. They’ve made us laugh, cry, cry laughing, think, re-think, question our whole outlook on life, and sometimes even our sanity. They’re presented mostly by comedians (who get paid to talk for a living, after all) and explore everything from science and spiritually to hilarious shit stories and beverages (and sometimes hot sauce).<\/p>\n
Tasty! Get your headphones on…<\/p>\n
Berlin<\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/a>*NEW ENTRY!!!*\u00a0Burp – the Berlin Belly podcast<\/a><\/b>
A fascinating foodie podcast\u00a0featuring interviews with the people behind projects like the Kombucha Berlin Society and Kreuzberg’s no-packaging grocery store Original Unverpackt.<\/p>\nBits of Berlin<\/b><\/a>
Tam from the M\u00e4dels with a Microphone podcast (listed below) puts on her geek glasses and peeks into the matrix of Berlin’s tech community.<\/p>\nHipster and Hack<\/b><\/a>
The guys from startup blog Silicon Allee<\/em> take an irreverent look at tech news stories from Berlin and beyond.<\/p>\nLa La La Boom<\/b><\/a>
As descriptions go, we can’t top this: “A podcast of uncommon refinement and distinction. Recorded in a secret floating fortress in Berlin by two gentlemen of leisure.”<\/p>\nM\u00e4dels with a Microphone<\/b><\/a>
On indefinite hiatus but worth catching up on, the M\u00e4dels dive into quirky and personal stories about Berlin and its inhabitants.<\/p>\npiffle!<\/b><\/a>
Recording live at Wedding’s Vagabund Brauerei, American-ish brothers Josh and Noah improvise sketch comedy, music and other nonsense with their guests.<\/p>\nRadio Sp\u00e4tkauf<\/b><\/a>
Our favourite destination for English-language Berlin news, opinion and chat. Professionally produced, but charmingly personal.<\/p>\nThis Week in Germany<\/b><\/a>
Germany-wide news, presented in a magazine format, every week in English. Always informative.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nWalrus & the Bear
<\/a><\/strong>The wonderful Wouter, a tour guide and art historian, takes\u00a0on “the intricate and wildly fascinating city that is Berlin”, starting with the Olympic Stadium.
<\/b><\/p>\nConvos<\/b><\/h3>\n
By The Way<\/b><\/a>
The ever delightful Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/i>) shoots the shit with guests like Larry David, Lena Dunham and Amy Poehler.<\/p>\n*NEW ENTRY!!!* The Champs
<\/a><\/b>The blackest white people, Chapelle’s Show co-creator\u00a0Neal Brennan and stand-up Moshe Kasher, speak to actual black people from Chris Rock to Questlove.<\/p>\nDistraction Pieces<\/a><\/b>
The most thoughtful man in hip hop Scroobius Pip gets deep with guests from fellow erudite Essexman Russell Brand and comics warlock Alan Moore to Wes Borland and Simon Pegg.<\/p>\nGirl on Guy
<\/b><\/a>Aisha Tyler (famous for being Lana in Archer<\/i> and generally entrepreneurially awesome) chats to her (mostly) guy friends and gets them to share their self-inflicted wounds.<\/p>\nRonna & Beverly
<\/b><\/a>Everyone\u2019s favourite fake fifty-something Jewish mothers embarrass their guests with intrusive questions.<\/p>\nWTF
<\/b><\/a>Mark Maron speaks frankly with entertainers such as Todd Glass, who came out on the podcast, and Robin Williams, who talked openly and honestly about his struggles with depression.<\/p>\nYou Made It Weird
<\/b><\/a>Pete Holmes gets deep with guests like Henry Rollins and TJ Miller, about love, sex, spirituality and life in general.<\/p>\nLife, relationships, science and stuff<\/b><\/h3>\n
Don’t Ever Change
<\/b><\/a>Funny people reflect on their formative years – their usually-hilarious, sometimes tragic, time at high school.<\/p>\nHere We Are<\/b><\/a> Curious comedian Shane Mauss learns from scientists and other experts about evolutionary psychology, the science of laughter, the secret life of pronouns and other fascinating subjects.<\/p>\nOMFG<\/b>
<\/a>Thirtysomethings learn about things like “fleek” and weird Twitter from “the kids”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Professor Blastoff<\/b>
<\/a>Tig Notaro and friends ramble a lot and play silly improv games in this show which is ostensibly about science.<\/p>\n<\/a>*NEW ENTRY!!!*\u00a0<\/b>Question of the Day
<\/a><\/strong>Entrepreneur James Altucher and Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner answer random questions for listeners who are “short on time and long on curiosity”.
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nSawbones<\/b><\/a>
A marital tour of misguided medicine, exploring everything from the weird history of poison ivy to the past popularity of enemas and cleanses.<\/p>\nThis Feels Terrible
<\/b><\/a>Comedians talking about their relationship history with Erin McGathy, who even recorded her marriage to Community <\/i>creator Dan Harmon for the show.<\/p>\nTotally Married
<\/b><\/a>Elizabeth Laime and her husband \u201cpsychic Andy\u201d dole out advice about marriage and relationships.<\/p>\nMovies<\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/strong>Comedy Film Nerds
<\/a><\/strong>Worth listening to, if only for their\u00a0Fury Road<\/em> spoiler episode, the best analysis of the best blockbuster in recent years. Oh, and all their other great eps!<\/p>\nDenzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time. Period.
<\/b><\/a>An A-Z rundown of the man\u2019s movies, rating the \u201cDenzelishness\u201d of each, and creating a bunch of memes along the way. *single Glory <\/i>tear*<\/p>\nDoug Loves Movies<\/b>
<\/b><\/a>The superhigh Doug Benson plays the Leonard Maltin game, Last Man Stanton and other movie trivia games before a live crowd.<\/p>\nJames Bonding<\/a>
<\/strong>Trust us, you don’t need to be a James Bond fan to enjoy Matts Mira and Gourley nerding out over their favourite film franchise. (to the 007 theme) MattandmattMattandmattMATTANDMATT!<\/p>\nHow Did This Get Made?<\/b>
<\/a>Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas of The League<\/i>\/assorted hilariousness review bad and bonkers movies. And Devil\u2019s Advocate<\/i>.<\/p>\nI Was There Too
<\/b><\/a>Interviews with minor players in major\u00a0film scenes, like the bus passengers from Speed<\/i> and the mother from the train station shootout in The Untouchables<\/i>.<\/p>\nMaltin on Movies
<\/b><\/a>Leonard Maltin. On movies. With co-host Baron Vaughn providing a gleeful counterpoint to our Leonard\u2019s thoughtful musings.<\/p>\nWe Hate Movies
<\/b><\/a>Entertainingly terrible (but not terribly entertaining) movies torn apart by a bunch of nerds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Music <\/b><\/h3>\n
Analyze Phish
<\/b><\/a>The late great Harris Wittels (Parks and Recreation<\/i>, #humblebrag) tries to convert Comedy Bang Bang <\/i>chief Scott Aukerman into a fan of 90s jam band Phish.<\/p>\n<\/strong>Get Up On This<\/a><\/strong> Matthew Robinson and Jensen Karp AKA MC Hot Karl let you know what music (and other entertainment) you should be up on, and the stuff you should be getting off of. Got it?<\/p>\nSong Exploder<\/b><\/a>
Short and sweet interviews with musicians and producers who break down the creative process behind bangers like Converge’s “Dark Horse”, The Postal Services “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” and the Bob’s Burgers’<\/em> theme tune.<\/p>\nSound Opinions<\/b>
<\/a>Awesome music ‘cast from WBEZ Chicago. News, interviews and explorations of themes like jazz, 80s new wave and This is Spinal Tap!<\/i><\/p>\nU Talkin’ U2 To Me?
<\/b><\/a>Scott Aukerman talks nonsense and occasionally U2 with Parks & Rec<\/em>‘s Adam Scott. So meta they even recorded an episode that was a commentary track for their previous episodes.<\/p>\nWho Charted?
<\/b><\/a>The cream of the LA comedy scene run down the latest in music and movies.<\/p>\nRando<\/b><\/h3>\n
The Attitude Era podcast
<\/b><\/a>A celebration of the nadir of WWF wrestling, from the late 90s to early 00s, one pay-per-view at a time.<\/p>\nCall Chelsea Peretti
<\/b><\/a>CP\u2019s PC! That\u2019s an abbrev(iation) that might only make sense to fans of this call-in show, in which Chel toys with her fans and runs amok on her ever-expanding soundboard. *jackpot noise*<\/p>\nThe Distance
<\/b><\/a>Basecamp (full disclosure: I work for them) take to podcasting, with their audio version of their magazine focused on quirky, independently-owned businesses.<\/p>\nDoodie Calls with Doug Mand
<\/b><\/a>The poopcast in which people share their equal parts mortifying and hilarious stories of shitting themselves.<\/p>\nThe Indoor Kids
<\/b><\/a>Silicon Valley\u2019s <\/i>Kumail Nanjiani talks video games and other nerdy shit with his wife, Meltdown Comedy booker Emily Gordon.<\/p>\nNerd Poker
<\/b><\/a>Listen in as Brian Posehn and friends play Dungeons & Dragons.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men<\/a>
<\/strong>Because it’s about time someone did. An exhaustive, endlessly enthusiastic chronicle of the ins, outs and retcons of everyone’s favourite superhero soap opera.<\/p>\nSerial
<\/b><\/a>The podcast equivalent of Miley Cyrus twerking – the moment the medium hit the mainstream. Proof that investigative journalism might have a future in audio.<\/p>\nThe Smartest Man in the World
<\/b><\/a>Greg Proops holds forth about sports, politics, music, drugs\u2026 any subject you can think of, this smart-arse has something to say about it!<\/p>\n
The eagle-eyed* among you may have noticed that we’re currently “in-between” podcasts.<\/p>\n
*OK, “eagle-eared”. Actually, eagles’ hearing might\u00a0suck. Which animals have good hearing? Bats, I guess. But “bat-eared” doesn’t sound right, does it?\u00a0Anywaaaaay…<\/p>\n
We don’t have access to a studio at the moment, so Radio \u00fcberlin<\/a> is on hiatus until we can find another space\u00a0in which to record, or can build our own. If you can help with either of these options, feel free to get in touch<\/a>!<\/p>\n But the real reason for this blog post is to share some of the podcasts that inspired us to try the audio medium in the first place. They’ve made us laugh, cry, cry laughing, think, re-think, question our whole outlook on life, and sometimes even our sanity. They’re presented mostly by comedians (who get paid to talk for a living, after all) and explore everything from science and spiritually to hilarious shit stories and beverages (and sometimes hot sauce).<\/p>\n Tasty! Get your headphones on…<\/p>\n <\/a>*NEW ENTRY!!!*\u00a0Burp – the Berlin Belly podcast<\/a><\/b> Bits of Berlin<\/b><\/a> Hipster and Hack<\/b><\/a> La La La Boom<\/b><\/a> M\u00e4dels with a Microphone<\/b><\/a> piffle!<\/b><\/a> Radio Sp\u00e4tkauf<\/b><\/a> This Week in Germany<\/b><\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n Walrus & the Bear By The Way<\/b><\/a> *NEW ENTRY!!!* The Champs Distraction Pieces<\/a><\/b> Girl on Guy Ronna & Beverly WTF You Made It Weird Don’t Ever Change Here We Are<\/b><\/a> Curious comedian Shane Mauss learns from scientists and other experts about evolutionary psychology, the science of laughter, the secret life of pronouns and other fascinating subjects.<\/p>\n OMFG<\/b> <\/p>\n Professor Blastoff<\/b> <\/a>*NEW ENTRY!!!*\u00a0<\/b>Question of the Day Sawbones<\/b><\/a> This Feels Terrible Totally Married <\/strong>Comedy Film Nerds Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time. Period. Doug Loves Movies<\/b> James Bonding<\/a> How Did This Get Made?<\/b> I Was There Too Maltin on Movies We Hate Movies <\/p>\n Analyze Phish <\/strong>Get Up On This<\/a><\/strong> Matthew Robinson and Jensen Karp AKA MC Hot Karl let you know what music (and other entertainment) you should be up on, and the stuff you should be getting off of. Got it?<\/p>\n Song Exploder<\/b><\/a> Sound Opinions<\/b> U Talkin’ U2 To Me? Who Charted? The Attitude Era podcast Call Chelsea Peretti The Distance Doodie Calls with Doug Mand The Indoor Kids Nerd Poker <\/p>\n Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men<\/a> Serial The Smartest Man in the WorldBerlin<\/b><\/h3>\n
A fascinating foodie podcast\u00a0featuring interviews with the people behind projects like the Kombucha Berlin Society and Kreuzberg’s no-packaging grocery store Original Unverpackt.<\/p>\n
Tam from the M\u00e4dels with a Microphone podcast (listed below) puts on her geek glasses and peeks into the matrix of Berlin’s tech community.<\/p>\n
The guys from startup blog Silicon Allee<\/em> take an irreverent look at tech news stories from Berlin and beyond.<\/p>\n
As descriptions go, we can’t top this: “A podcast of uncommon refinement and distinction. Recorded in a secret floating fortress in Berlin by two gentlemen of leisure.”<\/p>\n
On indefinite hiatus but worth catching up on, the M\u00e4dels dive into quirky and personal stories about Berlin and its inhabitants.<\/p>\n
Recording live at Wedding’s Vagabund Brauerei, American-ish brothers Josh and Noah improvise sketch comedy, music and other nonsense with their guests.<\/p>\n
Our favourite destination for English-language Berlin news, opinion and chat. Professionally produced, but charmingly personal.<\/p>\n
Germany-wide news, presented in a magazine format, every week in English. Always informative.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong>The wonderful Wouter, a tour guide and art historian, takes\u00a0on “the intricate and wildly fascinating city that is Berlin”, starting with the Olympic Stadium.
<\/b><\/p>\nConvos<\/b><\/h3>\n
The ever delightful Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/i>) shoots the shit with guests like Larry David, Lena Dunham and Amy Poehler.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/b>The blackest white people, Chapelle’s Show co-creator\u00a0Neal Brennan and stand-up Moshe Kasher, speak to actual black people from Chris Rock to Questlove.<\/p>\n
The most thoughtful man in hip hop Scroobius Pip gets deep with guests from fellow erudite Essexman Russell Brand and comics warlock Alan Moore to Wes Borland and Simon Pegg.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Aisha Tyler (famous for being Lana in Archer<\/i> and generally entrepreneurially awesome) chats to her (mostly) guy friends and gets them to share their self-inflicted wounds.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Everyone\u2019s favourite fake fifty-something Jewish mothers embarrass their guests with intrusive questions.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Mark Maron speaks frankly with entertainers such as Todd Glass, who came out on the podcast, and Robin Williams, who talked openly and honestly about his struggles with depression.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Pete Holmes gets deep with guests like Henry Rollins and TJ Miller, about love, sex, spirituality and life in general.<\/p>\nLife, relationships, science and stuff<\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/b><\/a>Funny people reflect on their formative years – their usually-hilarious, sometimes tragic, time at high school.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Thirtysomethings learn about things like “fleek” and weird Twitter from “the kids”.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Tig Notaro and friends ramble a lot and play silly improv games in this show which is ostensibly about science.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong>Entrepreneur James Altucher and Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner answer random questions for listeners who are “short on time and long on curiosity”.
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
A marital tour of misguided medicine, exploring everything from the weird history of poison ivy to the past popularity of enemas and cleanses.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Comedians talking about their relationship history with Erin McGathy, who even recorded her marriage to Community <\/i>creator Dan Harmon for the show.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Elizabeth Laime and her husband \u201cpsychic Andy\u201d dole out advice about marriage and relationships.<\/p>\nMovies<\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/strong>Worth listening to, if only for their\u00a0Fury Road<\/em> spoiler episode, the best analysis of the best blockbuster in recent years. Oh, and all their other great eps!<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>An A-Z rundown of the man\u2019s movies, rating the \u201cDenzelishness\u201d of each, and creating a bunch of memes along the way. *single Glory <\/i>tear*<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>The superhigh Doug Benson plays the Leonard Maltin game, Last Man Stanton and other movie trivia games before a live crowd.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Trust us, you don’t need to be a James Bond fan to enjoy Matts Mira and Gourley nerding out over their favourite film franchise. (to the 007 theme) MattandmattMattandmattMATTANDMATT!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas of The League<\/i>\/assorted hilariousness review bad and bonkers movies. And Devil\u2019s Advocate<\/i>.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Interviews with minor players in major\u00a0film scenes, like the bus passengers from Speed<\/i> and the mother from the train station shootout in The Untouchables<\/i>.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Leonard Maltin. On movies. With co-host Baron Vaughn providing a gleeful counterpoint to our Leonard\u2019s thoughtful musings.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Entertainingly terrible (but not terribly entertaining) movies torn apart by a bunch of nerds.<\/p>\nMusic <\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/b><\/a>The late great Harris Wittels (Parks and Recreation<\/i>, #humblebrag) tries to convert Comedy Bang Bang <\/i>chief Scott Aukerman into a fan of 90s jam band Phish.<\/p>\n
Short and sweet interviews with musicians and producers who break down the creative process behind bangers like Converge’s “Dark Horse”, The Postal Services “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” and the Bob’s Burgers’<\/em> theme tune.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Awesome music ‘cast from WBEZ Chicago. News, interviews and explorations of themes like jazz, 80s new wave and This is Spinal Tap!<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Scott Aukerman talks nonsense and occasionally U2 with Parks & Rec<\/em>‘s Adam Scott. So meta they even recorded an episode that was a commentary track for their previous episodes.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>The cream of the LA comedy scene run down the latest in music and movies.<\/p>\nRando<\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/b><\/a>A celebration of the nadir of WWF wrestling, from the late 90s to early 00s, one pay-per-view at a time.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>CP\u2019s PC! That\u2019s an abbrev(iation) that might only make sense to fans of this call-in show, in which Chel toys with her fans and runs amok on her ever-expanding soundboard. *jackpot noise*<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Basecamp (full disclosure: I work for them) take to podcasting, with their audio version of their magazine focused on quirky, independently-owned businesses.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>The poopcast in which people share their equal parts mortifying and hilarious stories of shitting themselves.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Silicon Valley\u2019s <\/i>Kumail Nanjiani talks video games and other nerdy shit with his wife, Meltdown Comedy booker Emily Gordon.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Listen in as Brian Posehn and friends play Dungeons & Dragons.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Because it’s about time someone did. An exhaustive, endlessly enthusiastic chronicle of the ins, outs and retcons of everyone’s favourite superhero soap opera.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>The podcast equivalent of Miley Cyrus twerking – the moment the medium hit the mainstream. Proof that investigative journalism might have a future in audio.<\/p>\n
<\/b><\/a>Greg Proops holds forth about sports, politics, music, drugs\u2026 any subject you can think of, this smart-arse has something to say about it!<\/p>\n