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comment by swedishbadgergirl
swedishbadgergirl  ·  1814 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Podcast sharing thread?

I mainly listen to No Such Thing as a Fish, a podcast where 4 researchers for a fact based comedy show share their favorite fact of the week. They then riff on those facts share related facts and joke a bit. It is very structured, they basically don't have that loose back and forth that so many podcasts have. This was the first podcast that I started listening to and as such it has kind of shaped what I think a podcast should be, even though I listen to a few podcasts that are unstructured talk between friends now as well.

I like true-crime/comedy podcasts, (Vad blir det för mord, Mord mot Mord, My Favorite Murder) but I can't really listen to them in a large quantity because then i start seeing murder as a natural conclusion to life which is no fun. I know that combination of subjects can seen/be taken as disrespectful, but I see it as covering a dark topic in a lighter way. As long as the hosts don't joke at the expense of victims but at the expense of the perpetrators I thinks it's fine. True crime can sometimes stray in to "Ooh, look at this dark clever mastermind" area which a more comedic take avoids.