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Woohoo, I'm over the minimum wordcount on my Yuletide story! \o/ Though I do have some doubts about parts of what I've written--it feels a bit on-the-nose.

Anyway, I thought I'd rec some podcasts I listen to.

I think I found Lingthusiasm via [personal profile] jesse_the_k; it is restful for me to listen to, since linguistics is something I find very interesting while still being unconnected to anything that worries me or requires action from me (unlike, say, if I listen to a podcast about environmental issues). The hosts are charmingly enthusiastic.

Possibly I got Skeptics with a K via [personal profile] melannen? It's like listening to a chatty group of friends talk about various issues touching on science and skeptical thinking, and I find it charming and interesting.

I can't remember how I stumbled on The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast, by the author of the Alpennia books, but it's very useful and interesting if one is writing fic with f/f elements in historical settings, which I spent the past year doing. There's also a connected blog with lots of resources, and also lots of recs of f/f historical fiction.

The Working Class History podcast has lots of interesting stuff; I haven't listened all the way through it, but you can, for example, listen to an interview with two pacifists who successfully mutinied on a US Navy ship during the Vietnam War, or interviews with the people who were involved in the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners group (the subject of the lovely 2015 Pride film), or with members of an Australian building union who blocked building projects that were bad for the environment or local communities.

The Voice Coach podcast has lots of great stuff on how to best use your voice, with both theory and exercises. The same host also has The Voiceover Social, which is only tangentially interesting to me as a podficcer since it's for professional voice people, but occasionally they'll have really interesting episodes on different accents, or recording sex scenes, or whatever.

And I've enjoyed the sex and relationship advice podcast Savage Love for years. I also listen to some Swedish podcasts which you are probably not interested in. Do you have recs for more podcasts you think I might enjoy?

Hooray for podcasts recs!

Date: 2021-11-11 06:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k

The Bello Collective aims to "bring together writers, journalists, and other voices who share a passion for the world of audio storytelling." I've listened to many groovy new shows thanks to their weekly round-up of recommendations -- read the archive and subscribe via their Mailchimp site.

Locally there's [community profile] podcastjoy, where I went on at length about PRX, which hosts thousands of audio productions.

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