The Joy of X, Opening Arguments, The Apology Line

03/14/21 • 27 min

Castologists to the rescue with podcasts you'll want to subscribe to, stat! Zane gets his science on with The Joy of X. Nick gets his legalese on with Opening Arguments. Liz gets her "true crime but makes it art" on with The Apology Line. Then it's review time for all the goodies from last week.

Liz Recommends - The Apology Line

https://wondery.com/shows/the-apology-line/

If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know...what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end became consumed by his own creation. He was known as “Mr. Apology.” As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing with murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn’t just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door comes a story about empathy, deception, and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six-episode series.

For both: It's a serial, so from the start.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wondery-presents-the-apology-line/id1179629560?i=1000505768852

Nick Recommends - Opening Arguments

Every episode, legal expert Andrew and comic relief Thomas will tackle a popular legal topic and give you all the tools you need to understand the issue and win every argument you have on Facebook, with your Uncle Frank, or wherever someone is wrong on the Internet. It's law. It's politics. It's fun. We don't tell you what to think, we just set up the Opening Arguments.

For both: Take a pick

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opening-arguments/id1147092464

Zane Recommends - The Joy of x

https://www.quantamagazine.org/tag/the-joy-of-x

The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews some of the world’s leading scientists about their lives and work.

For Both: PIck something that fascinates you

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1495067186

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Liz Recommends - The Apology Line

https://wondery.com/shows/the-apology-line/

For both: It's a serial, so from the start.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wondery-presents-the-apology-line/id1179629560?i=1000505768852

Nick Recommends - Opening Arguments

For both: Take a pick

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opening-arguments/id1147092464

Zane Recommends - The Joy of x

https://www.quantamagazine.org/tag/the-joy-of-x

The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews some of the world’s leading scientists about their lives and work.

For Both: PIck something that fascinates you

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1495067186

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Previous Episode

Jobsolete, The Dangerous History Podcast, Heat Rocks

Open your ear holes because it's podcast time! Your Castologists have a bunch of cool stuff for you to listen to this week. Liz looks at cool jobs that don't exist anymore with Jobsolete; Zane does a very Zane thing and looks at contentious history with The Dangerous History Podcast; and Nick settles down to listen to and deconstruct some tunes with Heat Rocks. Then it's time to review last week's suggestions.

Liz Recommends - Jobsolete

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-jobsolete-75145608/

Ever wonder what kind of job you would have if you were born in a different time? Jobsolete is a new podcast that asks that very question every week. Helen Hong and Matt Beat take a spin through the workplaces of the past, looking at a different obsolete job in every episode. From the forgotten jobs of history to obscure occupations that still survive, you'll discover some of the most interesting and unusual ways that people have made a living. Go listen to Jobsolete, find out what it was like to be a switchboard operator, a town crier, a food taster, or an MTV VJ. Listen to Jobsolete to learn about History’s Most Fascinating Jobs.

For Nick: Sea shanty singer

For Zane: Blockbuster Store / Video Clerk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jobsolete/id1544156952

Nick Recommends - Heat Rocks Podcast

Scorching guests and sizzling records: join music writer Oliver Wang and music supervisor Morgan Rhodes each week as they invite their favorite artists, critics and scholars for in-depth conversations about the albums that shape our lives. Each week our special guests will take you deep into their heat rocks from the world of hip-hop, soul, dance, jazz, funk and more. Get with us!

For both: pick an ep

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/heat-rocks/id1290971833

Zane Recommends - The Dangerous History Podcast

The Dangerous History Podcast covers the history that the Establishment would rather you NOT know, helping you learn the past so you can understand the present and prepare for the future.

For Both: Pick One that Appeals!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id893725777

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Next Episode

I Can't Sleep Podcast, Sleep With Me, Edge of Sleep

You're getting veeeeerry sleepy... at least we hope you are because this is our Sleep themed week! Zane brings I Can't Sleep Podcast to the table. Nick looks at the popular Sleep With Me. And Liz completely messes with the theme by recommending a narrative thriller podcast where the characters HAVE to stay awake with Edge of Sleep. Then, reviews baby! So many reviews. Ok so just three, but still. FUN.

Liz Recommends - Edge of Sleep

https://www.qcodemedia.com/theedgeofsleep

When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic before they fall asleep.

For both: Serial, so from the start, kids!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wondery-presents-the-apology-line/id1179629560?i=1000505768852

Nick Recommends - Sleep With Me

Insomnia? Mind racing at night? Worries keeping you up? Tune in for a bedtime story that lets you forget your problems and progressively gets more boring until you fall to sleep. So get in bed, press play, close your eyes, and drift off into dreamland.

For both: take a pick!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sleep-with-me/id740675898

Zane Recommends - I Can’t Sleep Podcast

https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/

Benjamin Boster literally aims to bore you to sleep by reading random articles from the web.

For Both: Pick a topic that won't engage you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1457402220

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