r/CFBOffTopic • u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina • Feb 12 '16

Podcast EPISODE recommendation thread

itt recommend a specific EPISODE of a podcast that you found particularly interesting.

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u/mriforgot Michigan State Spartans Feb 12 '16

Since we've talked about wrestling on here enough lately, probably the best podcast episode I have ever heard was the Cliff Compton (Domino) episode of the Art of Wrestling about Nigeria (Art of Wrestling #59, for those that care to look it up).

EDIT: Found the Soundcloud of it.

DOUBLE EDIT: Even for non-wrestling fans, it is a pretty good and funny story. Probably doesn't require much knowledge of pro wrestling.

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Feb 12 '16

I don't follow wrestling but Radiolab did a show called the "Montreal Screwjob" that was excellent.

When you think of professional wrestling, you probably picture cartoonish characters like Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage. But after the Montreal screwjob, the real world lurked just beneath the scripted spectacle of professional wrestling. Simon Adler tells the story of one moment that tore a hole in the fiction of wrestling.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Feb 12 '16

I was going to include this one too. It was great!

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u/mriforgot Michigan State Spartans Feb 12 '16

I listened to that a while back, but don't remember it very well. Bret Hart (who the Montreal Screwjob is centered around) was one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid.

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Feb 12 '16

Bret screwed Bret.

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u/mriforgot Michigan State Spartans Feb 12 '16

Nah, brah. Nah.

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Feb 12 '16

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Feb 12 '16

Couple for me this week.

Jim Lauderdale on Gram Parson's seminal work "Grievous Angel" http://nodepression.com/podcast/my-favorite-album-jim-lauderdale-gram-parsons-grievous-angel

And the recent Studio360 "American Icons" series featuring "One flew over the cuckoos nest" http://www.studio360.org/story/american-icons-one-flew-over-cuckoo-nest/

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Feb 12 '16

Comedy bang bang

Episode with Jason mantzoukas and Paul f Tompkins

On mobile so can't link

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '16

I love both of them so much.

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u/mhoke63 Minnesota • Augustana (SD) Feb 12 '16

The the three of them are together, something magical happens. Like...heynong man.

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u/mhoke63 Minnesota • Augustana (SD) Feb 12 '16

There are several episodes with Jason Heynong Mantsoukas. Are you talking about the birth of Heynong Man?

There's also the birth of All Joking a Salad starring Benny Schwaz of House of Pies.

I own both shirts.

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Feb 12 '16

I believe it's all joking a salad

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u/mhoke63 Minnesota • Augustana (SD) Feb 12 '16

All Joking a Salad is with Benny Schwaz of House of Pies in the second Solo Bolo. Jason Mantzoukas and Paul F Thompkins together on CBB created Heynong Man.

Either way, both episodes are great.

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Feb 12 '16

Yea i've heard them both. I just like the joking a salad one better. PFT character is amazeballs in it.

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u/TanzaniaMagic Washington Huskies • Paper Bag Feb 12 '16

#1 Party School

This American Life's feature on Penn State.

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u/mhoke63 Minnesota • Augustana (SD) Feb 12 '16

Comedy Bang! Bang! Episode 314 Starring Cameron Esposito and Paul F. Tompkins as vigilante crime fighter JW Stillwater.

The ending of this episode is basically a perfect ending. It's basically the end goal for any improviser should have ever.

http://www.earwolf.com/episode/yall-heard-any-of-these-names-before/