Vancouver PBC - Aug Meetup Recommendations

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Recommendations from August attendees of Vancouver's Podcast Brunch Club


  • 1

    Whoopi Goldberg

    David Tennant Does a Podcast With…

    52:07 | Feb 5th, 2019

    Whoopi Goldberg shares stories about stand up, Spielberg, sci-fi, social media and more. If you’re easily offended, there are some swears. A Somethin’ Else and No Mystery production. Learn more about ...Show More

  • 2

    Quarantine cooking is no joke—or is it? In our inaugural episode, Hrishi makes one too many puns, Samin answers the eternal bean question (to soak or not to soak), and Josh Malina (@JoshMalina) school...Show More

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    😍😍😍 This podcast about home cooking during quarantine time with Samin Norsat is everything we need right now!!! She’s hilarious and burns her cohost into flames. So many puns and very useful discus...Show More

  • 3

    A Cross-Border Killer?

    Silenced: The Radio Murders

    40:05 | Jun 1st, 2020

    14 recommendations

    Episode 1 - For the last three decades, women have gone missing in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, right across the border from El Paso, Texas. Some are found later, bearing the telltale signs of a serial kill...Show More

    mm recommended:

    This podcast will give you chills. So many women are disappearing in the border town of Juárez, Mexico that they call it a "femicide". They're dumped in mass desert graves and "overkilled" (i.e. stran...Show More

  • 4

    Nature is Healing

    The Cut

    25:32 | Aug 26th, 2020

    The images of dolphins in the Venice canals and coyotes parading through Chicago and elephants asleep in a field were held up as the silver lining of 2020. And from these nature memes emerged a sort o...Show More

  • 5

    1: The Book of Statuses

    Nice White Parents

    1:00:44 | Jul 30th, 2020

    9 recommendations

    A group of parents take one big step together.

    mm recommended:

    I’ve always had a strong aversion to school PTA and PTA anything, because of stuff and people like this. From experience, can say these types of helicopter obsessive “nice” parents aren’t just limited...Show More

  • 6

    #102 Long Distance

    Reply All

    51:29 | Jul 27th, 2017

    138 recommendations

    This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman.   Further Reading If you suspect you are a victim of a tech support scammer, you see a suspicious pop-up, or get an uns...Show More

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    Hilarious look into scam calls and the people and companies behind them. Cracked up so hard at the desktop screen part but I won’t spoil it. This episode was a terrific use of audio for investigative ...Show More

  • 7

    This week, Alex and Damiano take a trip. This is the conclusion of last week's episode, Long Distance. Further Reading Snigdha Poonam's story on tech support scams in the Hindustan Times If you susp...Show More

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    Finally listened to Part II and their entire adventure made me chuckle and feel afraid for them the whole time. I am legit Alex G in hot weather. I hope Gimlet continues to do these crazy adventurous ...Show More

  • 8

    Three years after Alex Goldman traveled to India to investigate a scammy call center, he gets a tip that makes him question everything he learned in his first trip. Long Distance Part I Long Distance ...Show More

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    A follow-up 3 years later to the classic Reply All "Long Distance" episode about the Indian call center scam! Will the real Alex Martin please stand up?

  • 9

    Alex agreed to let PJ hack his phone, giving him 24/7 uninterrupted surveillance over his life. This week, everything you can learn about someone who completely surrenders their privacy. Learn more ab...Show More

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    Alex Goldman is truly so boring.

  • 10

    Rejecting Dirty Dancing

    We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast

    36:44 | Aug 11th, 2020

    Dirty Dancing is one of the most iconic cult classic movies of all time. But back when screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein and producer Linda Gottlieb first pitched the script, it promptly received 43 reje...Show More

  • 11

    Rejecting James Dyson

    We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast

    40:23 | Aug 25th, 2020

    The Dyson vacuum is the number one best-selling vacuum cleaner in the United Kingdom. Making its inventor, James Dyson, a billionaire. But back when he first designed his revolutionary cyclone technol...Show More

  • 12

    Who Really Cares?

    Deep, Down & Desi: Brown Girls Do It Too

    41:16 | Feb 27th, 2020

    Within the British Asian community, care can be a controversial subject. Who should look after you when you’re in your final days and what should you expect from the pros? Saima and Maleena chat abou...Show More

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