#cipyd

I need some Podcast recommendations!

Anything similar to:

- Welcome to Nightvale

- Alice isn’t dead

- The Magnus Archives

- No Sleep Podcast

- The Bright sessions

- Can I pet your dog

- The Cleansed: A Post-Apocalyptic Podcast

- Dark Tome

- The Big Loop

- The Black Tapes

- Deadly Manners

- Darkest Night

This month was a little scattered and I wasn’t listening as consistently, but still made some progress! Since I’ve been listening very little in the past week and half, two weeks or so, some of the ones I’m “current” on I may not have heard THE most recent episode or two, but I’m not far off.

The Adventure Zone

Current

That Halloween live show was legendary

Adventures in New America

Current

I’m still trying to work out how much I’m enjoying this show but I’m definitely intrigued by it. I think it’s just, I haven’t really latched on to any of the characters too closely yet? But I think I’ll end up really loving Simon, I just haven’t gotten there yet

The Bright Sessions

Current

I loved the Bright Sides episode this month. I really, really loved it.

Bubble

Current

No new episodes

Can I Pet Your Dog?

Episode 22-23, out of 165 episodes currently

Well those two episodes were nice, lol ;P Not quite on track to catch up with this show real soon but we’re working on it

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

I didn’t get to any new episodes this month BUT the second season ended and I only have four episodes left before I catch up, so I’m real close

Critical Role

Didn’t get to any new episodes this month

Ear Hustle

Almost current, but didn’t actually get a chance to listen to this month’s episodes

The Flop House

#72-80, out of #269 currently

I love these guys but they ramble and digress so much sometimes it’s indistinguishable from the Sleep With Me podcast

It Makes a Sound

Current

No new episodes

The McElroy Brothers Will Be in Trolls 2

There was a new episode that came out right at the end of the month and I haven’t listened to it yet but it’s in my queue!!

My Brother, My Brother, and Me

Episode 195-206, out of 431 currently

Broke 200 baby

My Dad Wrote a P*rno

Current

WHY THE MOULIN MARRON, ROCKY, WHY, PLEASE

Oh No, Ross and Carrie! *NEW*

Episode "Ross and Carrie Try Kabbalah: Did You Know The Sun is Green?” - “Ross and Carrie Get Ear Candled: Wax Springs Eternal” | 2/174 currently

Oh, oh this podcast is going to be gross. I’m going to find it fascinating, but it’s going to be so gross, I just know it

The Orbiting Human Circus of the Air

Still have the Imaginary Symphony episodes to get to

The Penumbra Podcast *NEW*

Episode 1.01-1.04 | 4/59 episodes currently

Oh, oh I am already in love. I already ship Juno and Peter, how did they do that in just two episodes of interaction

Sawbones

Episode “Oil Pulling” - “Magnets” | 39/251 episodes currently

I can’t believe after years of seeing the word “lodestone” just kicking around in fiction and historical documents without ever bothering to properly look it up Sawbones of all things finally taught me what a lodestone actually is

Shmanners

Didn’t get to any new episodes this month :(

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Have been waiting for them to post the back catalog on Patreon

Welcome to Night Vale

Continuing my relisten, but didn’t get to any episodes this month

Within the Wires

Current

I don’t want anything bad to happen to Vivi but I feel like something bad is going to happen to Vivi

Wolverine: The Long Night *NEW*

Current

I saw something that said Marvel was thinking about using this to launch a “podcast universe” which, please, I don’t need another MCU, but I’m really enjoying this story, not to sound cliche but I’m on the edge of my seat constantly

Wonderful!

Didn’t get to any new episodes this month :(

Oh man my podcast playlist was amazing today!

Number one top moment (like I laughed out loud with delight) was Renee confessing she didn’t make the cheerleading team in high school because she was “too perky” on ep. 86 of “Can I Pet Your Dog?” If you’re a CIPYD listener (if not, why h*ckin not?!) you will already know that Renee’s perkiness level is always 12/10. Which you’d think would be desirable for cheerleaders. I’m going to assume now that the people already on the squad were too worried about Renee showing them up to let her cheer!

Second (in terms of this list, not necessarily in amount of enjoyment!) great moment was being reminded of how great romance novels are thanks to Emily & Lisa interviewing Jackie Kashian (”Baby Geniuses”).

Third (but in no way last!) is the entirety of “The Beef & Dairy Network” episode (#21, the Church of Eli). A little weird, a little uncomfortable, a lot funny!

The Adventure Zone

Current

Kept updated with new episodes - got a new TTAZZ and we started Season 2, getting into TAZ: Amnesty in earnest!

This water monster is awesome and I’m so excited to get into a longer arc; I’m already highkey invested in Aubrey and Duck and I’m sure Ned will grow on me (Merle certainly did)

Alice Isn’t Dead

Current

We got teasers for Season 3, the live show, and then the start of S3!

Really happy this show is back, I forgot how much I loved its creepy mood and Jasika Nicole’s unreal voice

I’m very excited to see Keisha get to take action as opposed to just hunting information this season, and to have Alice by her side finally

The Bright Sessions *NEW* *CAUGHT UP*

Started this month!

Also caught up this month!

I binged this whole thing and fell deeply in love with these characters

I really really love all the representation - of sexuality, mental illness, struggles with addiction, survivor abuse, and so much more, and all of them feel so real and dealt with so honestly, and all in the context of a cool superpowers story

Can I Pet Your Dog? *NEW*

Started this month!

Episode 1-5, out of 141 currently

This show is super cute and such a silly and happy thing to listen to

Ear Hustle

Current

Finally the start of S2!

This is a really powerful podcast; they do such an extraordinary job with all of their interviews and creating the soundscape and everything, and if anything this season just seems even more in-depth than the last

The Flop House

Episode #24-#38/Movie Minute #26, out of 256 episodes currently

I really hope the audio will improve in the near future - it’s gotten better, but there’s still episodes where I go in and out of being able to hear them, or one of them will obviously be too far from or too close to the mic.

We moved from 2008 to 2009; I was reminded that The Dark Knight and the first Iron Man came out in the same year, which was bizarre

The McElroy Brothers Will Be in Trolls 2

Current

No new episodes

My Brother, My Brother, and Me

Episode 120-138, out of 404 currently

We’re slooooooowly getting to where MBMBAM actually becomes really good. I moved from twenty-doz to Twenty-DIRT so we’re officially within five years of current time, and I relived Obama’s reelection

Sawbones

Episode “Hysteria” - “Radiation Therapy” | 14/227 episodes currently

Was psyched to see hysteria in there, since I actually know a lot about that one!

In general this show continues to be both hilarious and instructive - and make for good stories I can pass on in the right company

Shmanners

Episode “Holiday Special: Valentine’s Day” - “Weddings: Attendance” | 9/113 episodes currently

Travis and Theresa are sweet, but they’re telling me very little that I don’t know - I wonder if it might actually get better once we get further into the show and we get past some of the more obvious topics

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Episode #45-#70, out 220 where the podcast ended plus specials

I’ve fallen deeply in love with the Sparks Nevada storyline - I love all of the side characters and the world they’ve constructed.

The new War of the Worlds segment I’m not crazy about - I find it kind of difficult to follow because there’s a weird balance of plot but mostly just fast talking comedy

I’m also rapidly losing patience with the Captain Laserbeam segment, although I found the BatAquaman character hilarious, so if we can get a few more side characters like him to make regular appearances then I’ll enjoy it more

Beyond Belief continues to be a good time and my second favorite segment after Sparks Nevada

Welcome to Night Vale

Restarted from the beginning!

Currently posting reviews for each episode as I listen to them, see them here: Pilot | Glow Cloud | Station Management | PTA Meeting | The Shape in Grove Park | The Drawbridge

Episode 1-6, out of 127 currently

Really happy to have this show back in my life, I’ve missed it

Within the Wires

Current

No new episodes

Wonderful!

Episode 4-9, out of 31 currently

It’s growing on me, a little bit - but it’s still definitely a podcast to listen to while doing other things

When I said I got home and collapsed and only wanted to listen to podcasts I wasn’t kidding between this morning, my commute, and me getting home this evening to do NOTHING I listened to HOURS AND HOURS of podcast today

Trying something new today-- here’s a list of podcasts that I’m listening to. Bolded ones are ones that I listened to episodes of today, while those with the strikethrough are the ones that I’m caught up with (and so I’m waiting for the next episode).

The Adventure Zone | Alice Isn’t Dead | The Bright Sessions | Can I Pet Your Dog? | Ear Hustle | The Flop House | The McElroy Brothers Will Be in Trolls 2 | My Brother, My Brother, and Me | Sawbones | Shmanners | The Thrilling Adventure Hour | Welcome to Night Vale | Within the Wires | Wonderful!

I apologize, when the post gets this long I’d normally put it under the cut, but readmores are still glitching -_- No one reblogs these, though, so at least you only have to scroll past it once

Podcast: The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Episode: #49.1: “Filibuster”: A word from WorkJuice Coffee

Time: 4 min, 9% of goal

Commentary:

“Keep this country great” oh boy that phrase has never been a good thing but these days it triggers my fight-or-flight response

Episode: #49.2: “Dressing Room”: A word from WorkJuice Coffee

Time: 2 min, 4% of goal

Commentary:

An abundance of flowers in a dressing room give me flashbacks

Episode: #50: Tales from the Black Lagoon, “The Search for Marnie Bennett” part 3

Time: 13 min, 29% of goal

Commentary:

Awwww Ben came back!!!

Episode: #51: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “A Mind is a Terrible Thing... In Space!”

Time: 23 min, 51% of goal

Commentary:

I’m really falling in love with Croach and Nevada’s relationship. I don’t think I’m ready to fully articulate WHY it’s so good but there’s always something so compelling about people who are wildly different from one each other and don’t even particularly like each other but also would die for each other... even if they would never admit that.

Also I feel like we got a lot of foreshadowing and hints at backstory this episode???? I don’t really know how much things are going to be used in continuity - like the robot fists being a gift COULD mean something important in the future, or maybe it was just a throwaway joke, and “King of Mars” is either SUPER important or Nevada just pulling something out of his ass. But the Red Plains Rider backstory was new!!!! (I think.) Human raised by Martians? That’s so cool, and explains a lot about her character and her connection with Croach. I’m really hoping we get more about her backstory in the future.

Episode: #52: “Christmas on Mars”

Time: 1hr 28 min, 196% of goal

Commentary:

"Christmas, the most important of all human organs”

Oh my god it’s podcastception I love it. Does this mean Beyond Belief is just ghost stories on Mars?

There are parts of this episode that are perhaps, uh, shall we say playfully offensive, but I have to say the line “He took a pistachio in the war” is so much funnier than it has any right to be

Episode: #53: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “War of the World”

Time: 23 min, 51% of goal

Commentary:

She’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. Rebecca Rose Rushmore is a hilarious character I hope she sticks around. Also I love that Croach’s wingman-ing was clearly him TRYING to be exceptionally considerate by trying to get Nevada laid by the best human woman he knows but so misguided lol

Podcast: Alice Isn’t Dead

Episode: (2) Mérida, Yucatán

Time: 4 min, 9% of goal

Commentary:

HOLY SHIT ALICE. Are we actually getting Alice talking in this season???? Are we getting more characters recording???? Are we going to hear from Sylvia in the third preview??

Podcast: The Flop House

Episode: Movie Minute #15 - Horn-nutz!

Time: 11 min, 24% of goal

Commentary:

This episode made me feel like I had bees crawling on me

Episode: #26 - 88 Minutes

Time: 49 min, 109% of goal

Commentary: 

“We are recording this the morning after Obama was elected president” 1. Oh my GOD this episode is from a long time ago 2. That sound in the distance is me sobbing

Al Pacino where did you go so wrong

Episode: Movie Minute #16 - Missed Connections

Time: 4 min, 9% of goal

Commentary:

ie, the millennial version of all those “killers on the phone” horror films because none of us answer the phone ever

Podcast: The Bright Sessions

Episode: S1E1: Patient #12-D-10 (Sam)

Time: 13 min, 29% of goal

Commentary:

Hmmmmm intriguing. A different take on time travel, one that eliminates most of the usual problems with paradoxes.

Also I love the cover art???

Episode: S1E2: Patient #11-A-7 (Caleb)

Time: 17 min, 38% of goal

Commentary:

I highkey do NOT agree that the witches took Macbeth’s free will, most interpretations are that he is manipulated into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Otherwise the story loses much of its interest. Also are you kidding I love Lady Macbeth.

I love this character though, I love the idea of a teenage boy, which can be such an emotionally repressed demographic, as an empath. That’s such a cool subversion.

Episode: S1E3: Patient #13-A-3 (Chloe)

Time: 14 min, 31% of goal

Commentary:

I like Chloe she’s so bubbly!! Also though “If properly trained, she could be one of my most promising subjects” is... a TAD ominous. Promising for... WHAT, exactly?

Episode: S1E4: Patient #12-D-10 (Sam)

Time: 17 min, 38% of goal

Commentary:

WHO IS MARK

WHAT KIND OF ASSET. WHY DO YOU NEED ASSETS

WHY SO INSISTENT THAT SHE CAN’T TELL ****ANYONE****

I’M NOT SURE I TRUST YOU DR. BRIGHT

Episode: S1E5: Patient #11-A-7 (Caleb)

Time: 19 min, 42% of goal

Commentary:

So like Caleb and Adam are definitely gay and become boyfriends later right

Also oooooooh hints at backstory, Caleb is in therapy because he got overwhelmed with anger and hit somebody. I don’t know if this podcast would do this yet, but I’m hoping maybe for a flashback episode where we get his first session? It’s an interesting choice to have both Sam and Chloe be just starting but start Caleb at Session 9

Episode: S1E6: Patient #13-A-3 (Chloe)

Time: 14 min, 31% of goal

Commentary:

1. Chloe is going to get herself in trouble

2. I’m not sure that Bright should be ENCOURAGING Chloe to get better at voluntarily READING MINDS, that’s... a pretty extreme invasion of people’s privacy

3. Soooooooo who’s Damien hmmmmm

Podcast: Can I Pet Your Dog?

Episode: 2: Corgi Beach Day

Time: 35 min, 78% of goal

Commentary:

“We all made it back for episode 2!”

Travis: “Well it’s my house”

One of my dad’s old friends has a dog who “had a career change” after they didn’t make the cut as a guide dog, but the dog still occasionally does guide-doggy stuff. So like for instance, if she’s out running and drifts too close to the curb, the dog will bump her side to push her back onto the sidewalk

Podcast: Wonderful!

Episode: 4: Good As Hell

Time: 50 min, 111% of goal

Commentary:

Yessssssssss The Good Place is so good. It was actually a tweet Justin made about it that convinced me to check it out, I’m really glad Griffin likes it too

Rachel the 20-minute power nap skeptic should meet my mom, she doesn’t even need the 20 minutes. Her power naps are 2 minutes long and she gets up from them more awake than I am after eight hours of sleep

Podcast: My Brother, My Brother, and Me

Episode: 122: In Your Tarzan Boy

Time: 1hr 6 min, 147% of goal

Commentary:

Okay that girl legit has a stalker and I really really hope she did something like call the actual police about this problem and didn’t just write into a comedy podcast because YIKES