Global news podcast recommendation (not BBC!)

[Houseplant]

I listen to a lot of global news via podcasts. I've listened to the BBC Global News Podcast for a couple of years, but find myself getting more frustrated with it. Too much time spent on woke issues like breastfeeding for Olympic athletes and other stories of nil significance in light of two current conflicts that could well trigger a third world war. As much as I don't want to listen to BBC woke reporting, neither do I want to listen to right wing conspiracy theorists. The middle ground is shrinking every day. 

I've recently come across the The Globalist which is UK/Europe based and seems to tick my boxes. I would recommend it.

Any other recommendations?

[TIGHTCHOKE]

But you have to accept, that now, MINORITIES rule, I think it started in the B. Liar years.

 

When I grew up, the majority was what mattered, "majority rule" worked.

 

Now we have to put up with all of the minorities and protecting them at the expense of the majority who are left to founder.

[Zoli 12 guage]

2 hours ago, Houseplant said:

I listen to a lot of global news via podcasts. I've listened to the BBC Global News Podcast for a couple of years, but find myself getting more frustrated with it. Too much time spent on woke issues like breastfeeding for Olympic athletes and other stories of nil significance in light of two current conflicts that could well trigger a third world war. As much as I don't want to listen to BBC woke reporting, neither do I want to listen to right wing conspiracy theorists. The middle ground is shrinking every day. 

I've recently come across the The Globalist which is UK/Europe based and seems to tick my boxes. I would recommend it.

Any other recommendations?

if you're an avid BBC viewer/listener,how do you not know the wokery magic  word is "CHESTFEEDING"🤔🤔🤔👍

[udderlyoffroad]

Thing is, the news isn’t something particularly suited to podcasts in my opinion.  Long-form interviews and deep-dives into a particular subject are.

That said, the Spectator in the UK puts out some good stuff – their ‘Americano’ podcast is worth a listen. I don’t know about NZ, but the US coverage in the UK is absolutely woeful.  There’s also a similar podcast on China.  They also put out some absolutely banal nonsense in their feed, like a cooking/foodie podcast that would embarrass the BBC, so be selective.
 

Edited August 8 by udderlyoffroad

[Mungler]

My regular podcast listening in the car / shower etc.
 

Weekly sceptic (Nick Dixon and Toby Young) - this is top of the list for news, current affairs and humour.

The Spiked podcast

Brendan O’Neil Show

Nick Dixon : The Current Thing

Geoff Norcot : What Most People Think

3 Speech Podcast

Triggernometary

Daily : Headliners on GB News (11 pm at night reviewing the next days papers and repeated early in the morning).

Obviously I am the funniest and most entertaining person I know, and a big fan of comedy. Problem is, comedy has died in the last 10 years - it all has a samey left wing constant, nothing new, nothing edgy and nothing that funny and all based on a sneering slant of ‘the Tory’s are s****’. Watch any episode of Have I Got New for You over the last 10 years and there’s a fag between each and every episode. Indeed, the cancellation of Graham Linehan (perhaps the greatest comedy writer of my generation) is one of the symptoms. I digress.

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Edited August 8 by Mungler

[Penelope]

10 minutes ago, Mungler said:

My regular podcast listening in the car / shower etc.
 

Weekly sceptic (Nick Dixon and Toby Young) - this is top of the list for news, current affairs and humour.

The Spiked podcast

Brendan O’Neil Show

Nick Dixon : The Current Thing

Geoff Norcot : What Most People Think

3 Speech Podcast

Triggernometary

Daily : Headliners on GB News (11 pm at night reviewing the next days papers and repeated early in the morning).

Obviously I am the funniest and most entertaining person I know, and a big fan of comedy. Problem is, comedy has died in the last 10 years - it all has a samey left wing constant, nothing new, nothing edgy and nothing that funny and all based on a sneering slant of ‘the Tory’s are s****’. Watch any episode of Have I Got New for You over the last 10 years and there’s a fag between each and every episode. Indeed, the cancellation of Graham Linehan (perhaps the greatest comedy writer of my generation) is one of the symptoms. I digress.

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A decent spread.

Podcast of the Lotus Eaters is worth a punt, too.More opinion that news.

[harrycatcat1]

4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

But you have to accept, that now, MINORITIES rule, I think it started in the B. Liar years.

 

When I grew up, the majority was what mattered, "majority rule" worked.

 

Now we have to put up with all of the minorities and protecting them at the expense of the majority who are left to founder.

"flounder" 🤔🤔😉😉👍👍 I agree with your sentiments 

[amateur]

2 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said:

"flounder" 🤔🤔😉😉👍👍 I agree with your sentiments 

To flounder is to struggle, but to founder is to sink like a stone.

I believe that TIGHTCHOKE got it right first time.

[harrycatcat1]

53 minutes ago, amateur said:

 

I believe that TIGHTCHOKE got it right first time.

I think that you are right in that case 😏 👍

[Houseplant]

6 hours ago, udderlyoffroad said:

Thing is, the news isn’t something particularly suited to podcasts in my opinion.  Long-form interviews and deep-dives into a particular subject are.

That said, the Spectator in the UK puts out some good stuff – their ‘Americano’ podcast is worth a listen. I don’t know about NZ, but the US coverage in the UK is absolutely woeful.  There’s also a similar podcast on China.  They also put out some absolutely banal nonsense in their feed, like a cooking/foodie podcast that would embarrass the BBC, so be selective.
 

 

Thanks, I will try it. NZ media is woeful full stop. They waste half of every segment introducing themselves in Te Reo (Maori language) despite the fact that very few people speak the language and then proceed with full blown woke. If that wasn't bad enough, the quality of journalism is poor and the presenters are increasingly lax in their grammar. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man? Luckily, NZ rarely has any news worth reporting, so we're not missing out on much.

6 hours ago, Mungler said:

My regular podcast listening in the car / shower etc.
 

Weekly sceptic (Nick Dixon and Toby Young) - this is top of the list for news, current affairs and humour.

The Spiked podcast

Brendan O’Neil Show

Nick Dixon : The Current Thing

Geoff Norcot : What Most People Think

3 Speech Podcast

Triggernometary

 

Thanks, I'll have a listen to those in due course. 

[old man]

21 hours ago, Houseplant said:

 

Thanks, I will try it. NZ media is woeful full stop. They waste half of every segment introducing themselves in Te Reo (Maori language) despite the fact that very few people speak the language and then proceed with full blown woke. If that wasn't bad enough, the quality of journalism is poor and the presenters are increasingly lax in their grammar. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man? Luckily, NZ rarely has any news worth reporting, so we're not missing out on much.

Thanks, I'll have a listen to those in due course. 

Methinks you is still a lucky old bean.

[Houseplant]

11 hours ago, old man said:

Methinks you is still a lucky old bean.

Yes, I know. The world has changed very fast in the last decade, but NZ is at least a decade, if not two decades behind every one else!

[TIGHTCHOKE]

4 hours ago, Houseplant said:

Yes, I know. The world has changed very fast in the last decade, but NZ is at least a decade, if not two decades behind every one else!

You are so lucky.  

[old man]

16 hours ago, Houseplant said:

Yes, I know. The world has changed very fast in the last decade, but NZ is at least a decade, if not two decades behind every one else!

Very enjoyable and lucky for the most part?

 

[Houseplant]

5 hours ago, old man said:

Very enjoyable and lucky for the most part?

I would say so, for the fishing and hunting if nothing else, especially when I read about the current state of the UK. I take no pleasure at all in saying that. Hope things work out for you guys. 

[old man]

9 hours ago, Houseplant said:

I would say so, for the fishing and hunting if nothing else, especially when I read about the current state of the UK. I take no pleasure at all in saying that. Hope things work out for you guys. 

I personally think that isolation and common sense will help?

Here it's difficult to see a way forward that levels the field. Subsequent years of political idiocy driven by some hidden agenda have sealed the downward path? No party seems to want to solve our ills, all keep on with the same old tripe hoping the electorate swallow the idea that something will change for the better, the reality is where we are now. Not in a good place with no prospect of meaningful progress towards a stable future?

Energy costs that are unaffordable, with the likelihood of large future increase?

Pursuit of lunatic policy over climate change, our zero means nothing but probable bankruptcy?

Uncontrolled numbers flooding in and given handouts despite nil contributions?

Working families having to use food banks?

Homeless having largely to rely on support from charities?

The NHS, faltering due to many complex problems, unreasonable expectation, resources taken then discarded by patients. An endless list on its own.

A list of seemingly unsolveable problems which of course the elite know won't be resolved if ignored.

No rant here just unable to escape the facts!

We are where we are, the MP's are OK though so all's well, Horlicks at bedtime for a good night sleep. Any decent honest ones don't seem to last too long?

 

[Houseplant]

15 minutes ago, old man said:

I personally think that isolation and common sense will help?

Here it's difficult to see a way forward that levels the field. Subsequent years of political idiocy driven by some hidden agenda have sealed the downward path? No party seems to want to solve our ills, all keep on with the same old tripe hoping the electorate swallow the idea that something will change for the better, the reality is where we are now. Not in a good place with no prospect of meaningful progress towards a stable future?

Energy costs that are unaffordable, with the likelihood of large future increase?

Pursuit of lunatic policy over climate change, our zero means nothing but probable bankruptcy?

Uncontrolled numbers flooding in and given handouts despite nil contributions?

Working families having to use food banks?

Homeless having largely to rely on support from charities?

The NHS, faltering due to many complex problems, unreasonable expectation, resources taken then discarded by patients. An endless list on its own.

A list of seemingly unsolveable problems which of course the elite know won't be resolved if ignored.

No rant here just unable to escape the facts!

We are where we are, the MP's are OK though so all's well, Horlicks at bedtime for a good night sleep. Any decent honest ones don't seem to last too long?

 

 

You're not alone. The whole of the westernised world seems to be headed in this direction. New Zealand is not immune to these problems, but with a population of 5 million in a land mass the size of the United Kingdom, it is easier to escape them.

[old man]

3 hours ago, Houseplant said:

 

You're not alone. The whole of the westernised world seems to be headed in this direction. New Zealand is not immune to these problems, but with a population of 5 million in a land mass the size of the United Kingdom, it is easier to escape them.

Mm, from my really enjoyable 5 week holiday 20 years ago there seemed to be much more personal responsibility required  than here?

After 5 weeks I was wishing no return here.

People just seemed to get on with life not being overwhelmed with meaningless regulation and interference?

Edited August 11 by old man

[Houseplant]

6 hours ago, old man said:

Mm, from my really enjoyable 5 week holiday 20 years ago there seemed to be much more personal responsibility required  than here?

After 5 weeks I was wishing no return here.

People just seemed to get on with life not being overwhelmed with meaningless regulation and interference?

I think that was true 20 years ago and is still the case to some degree, but less so. We've witnessed huge changes in the last decade. It depends very much on the region that you live in. Cities like Wellington and Auckland are just like any other city in the world, politics included. People are resistant to government interference, but it doesn't stop the politicians trying. On a recent hunting trip to Taranaki, we heard some great stories. The farmer who jumped off a quad bike to wrestle a wild boar. Realising he didn't have his knife on his belt, he drowned the poor animal in a nearby pond. In another incident, his wife wrote off and brand new pickup truck by trying to run down a boar. A normal day in rural Taranaki!

[old man]

13 hours ago, Houseplant said:

I think that was true 20 years ago and is still the case to some degree, but less so. We've witnessed huge changes in the last decade. It depends very much on the region that you live in. Cities like Wellington and Auckland are just like any other city in the world, politics included. People are resistant to government interference, but it doesn't stop the politicians trying. On a recent hunting trip to Taranaki, we heard some great stories. The farmer who jumped off a quad bike to wrestle a wild boar. Realising he didn't have his knife on his belt, he drowned the poor animal in a nearby pond. In another incident, his wife wrote off and brand new pickup truck by trying to run down a boar. A normal day in rural Taranaki!

The stuff of dreams?

[Houseplant]

31 minutes ago, old man said:

The stuff of dreams?

Yes/no or yeah/nah as they say here. Tough life for farmers and other rural people in remote areas. They don't see it that way though and it is certainly character building.

[udderlyoffroad]

13 hours ago, Houseplant said:

think that was true 20 years ago and is still the case to some degree, but less so. We've witnessed huge changes in the last decade. It depends very much on the region that you live in. Cities like Wellington and Auckland are just like any other city in the world, politics included.

It's an odd situation, because the former PM appears to be the poster-child for total government control.  Much lauded over here by the Guardian et al, much derided buy everyone who wants to...I don't know, talk to your neighbours, go to a pub, live a normal life etc.

Though, of course, Keir Starmer saw what she did re government control and said "Hold my beer"... 4000 arrests for social media posts, you can now get arrested for 'inaccurate' social media posts, apparently.  Some people on who post on here about the GL should be worried 🤣

[Houseplant]

"She" is deeply unpopular here, even amongst some of the people that voted for her. There is a huge disconnection between the politicians in Wellington and most people outside of the big cities. 

Edited August 12 by Houseplant

[Zoli 12 guage]

13 minutes ago, Houseplant said:

"She" is deeply unpopular here, even amongst some of the people that voted for her. There is a huge disconnection between the politicians in Wellington and most people outside of the big cities. 

"SHE" ?

just say it as it is JACINDA 👍

[Houseplant]

2 minutes ago, Zoli 12 guage said:

"SHE" ?

just say it as it is JACINDA 👍

🤮