I know of a few podcasts:

http://saveforhalf.com/
http://saveordie.info/
http://rfipodcast.com/show/

I'm not trying to be disparaging here, but none of these are very engaging (Save for Half is the best of those, but very few episodes)...most are over an hour long, but it's obvious most of the people doing the podcasts have never worked in radio or other media before because they just seem drawn out. I was trying to listen to an episode of Roll for Initiative called "A Beginner's Guide to 1st Edition AD&D" and found myself fast-forwarding frequently. For every 2-3 minutes of interesting discussion, there was about a 5 minute lull of what I'd just call "annoying nerd talk". And that's one of the better episodes.

I'm looking for something that sounds more professional produced, I guess. Not just a bunch of guys bullshitting about gaming. Any ideas? I know Pundit was doing those dumbass Youtube videos attacking Critical Role, so why not devote that energy to making some good content?

I personally feel that the medium of podcasts is like using raw feces to make paintings. Even if somebody manages to do something beautiful with it, it's still just smeared shit to me.

Quote from: Brad;1071888I know of a few podcasts:

http://saveforhalf.com/
http://saveordie.info/
http://rfipodcast.com/show/

I'm not trying to be disparaging here, but none of these are very engaging (Save for Half is the best of those, but very few episodes)...most are over an hour long, but it's obvious most of the people doing the podcasts have never worked in radio or other media before because they just seem drawn out. I was trying to listen to an episode of Roll for Initiative called "A Beginner's Guide to 1st Edition AD&D" and found myself fast-forwarding frequently. For every 2-3 minutes of interesting discussion, there was about a 5 minute lull of what I'd just call "annoying nerd talk". And that's one of the better episodes.

I'm looking for something that sounds more professional produced, I guess. Not just a bunch of guys bullshitting about gaming. Any ideas? I know Pundit was doing those dumbass Youtube videos attacking Critical Role, so why not devote that energy to making some good content?

Longform has become something of the norm since podcasts and satellite radio took off. Even the well produced shows I listen to have a lot of banter that impels the occasional skipping around. That said, I think you get much better discussion that is a lot less shallow in that format when the people involved are truly engaged. The downside is, you can also just get a bunch of banter from time to time. There are some sleek podcasts out there though. The Gauntlet Podcasts are pretty well produced. GMS Magazine Podcast is well produced as well. On Youtube you might check out Uncle Matt's D&D Studio. It is pretty basic in terms of production but he tends to keep things quite focused (at least on the episodes I have seen).

Quote from: HappyDaze;1071899I personally feel that the medium of podcasts is like using raw feces to make paintings. Even if somebody manages to do something beautiful with it, it's still just smeared shit to me.

If you go beyond the gaming community you can find some very well made podcasts. With most gaming podcasts, people are often doing it themselves or as a secondary consideration. They are not in a studio or they don't have a real production budget. I wouldn't dismiss a whole medium though. It isn't that different from radio for example. It can be used well, it can be used poorly. Because the bar to entry is so low, there is a lot to weed through to find the quality material. There are some great history podcasts out there for example. And the longform works well for that.

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;1071901If you go beyond the gaming community you can find some very well made podcasts. With most gaming podcasts, people are often doing it themselves or as a secondary consideration. They are not in a studio or they don't have a real production budget. I wouldn't dismiss a whole medium though. It isn't that different from radio for example. It can be used well, it can be used poorly. Because the bar to entry is so low, there is a lot to weed through to find the quality material. There are some great history podcasts out there for example. And the longform works well for that.

Brendan: you have a podcast XD

This thread is begging you to promote yourself. Take advantage of it you noble goon!

The Grognard Files are fun to listen to, but my favorite is The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. It's focused on CoC, other horror gaming, and both horror literature and movies. Despite not being a horror fan and only rarely play CoC it is always an entraining listen that gets my mind thinking.

Quote from: Brad;1071888"annoying nerd talk".

Like every rpg forum, ever?  

http://thacoshammer.info/

If you have any interest in Tekumel, I highly recommend  The Hall of Blue Illumination.
https://tekumelpodcast.com/

best one I've found is System Mastery, all they do is review RPG books.  90% of the time is is a single book and they do zero outside research on the game other than reading the one book. (the rest of the time it is games they have some experience with, so they are informed about metaplot and errata and the like).

they also do a Movie Mastery podcast where they review movies, but I haven't listened to that much

Quote from: Brad;1071888I know of a few podcasts:

http://saveforhalf.com/
http://saveordie.info/
http://rfipodcast.com/show/

I'm not trying to be disparaging here, but none of these are very engaging (Save for Half is the best of those, but very few episodes)...most are over an hour long, but it's obvious most of the people doing the podcasts have never worked in radio or other media before because they just seem drawn out. I was trying to listen to an episode of Roll for Initiative called "A Beginner's Guide to 1st Edition AD&D" and found myself fast-forwarding frequently. For every 2-3 minutes of interesting discussion, there was about a 5 minute lull of what I'd just call "annoying nerd talk". And that's one of the better episodes.

I'm looking for something that sounds more professional produced, I guess. Not just a bunch of guys bullshitting about gaming. Any ideas? I know Pundit was doing those dumbass Youtube videos attacking Critical Role, so why not devote that energy to making some good content?

I can never get past the loud bumper music that wannabe radio DJ podcasters use. I'd rather just listen to Coast to Coast in my car if I want that drek.

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1072626I can never get past the loud bumper music that wannabe radio DJ podcasters use. I'd rather just listen to Coast to Coast in my car if I want that drek.

Greetings!

Coast to Coast AM is awesome! First time I heard Cusco (Apurimac) and Loreena McKennit was on that program, originally hosted by Art Bell. George Noory is cool as a host, hell, he's been hosting the show for years since Art Bell retired way back--but honestly, the show seems, I don't know, to have lost something. Listening to Art Bell back in the day kept me hooked for hours and hours, always eager to hear what he was going to be talking about during the next program. With Noory, *shrugs*--I seem able to listen for about an hour or so before I get bored with it. Noory also doesn't have as good of music as Bell used to play on the program. Bell would also talk about the artist, their album, most recent album, and their musical style and content. Even briefly, before moving on to whatever crazy topic he was on, he always spent time talking about the music on the program, which was very cool. From the Kingdom of Nye! Great stuff!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Dungeon Master of None is decent. The guys are engaging and the sound quality is good. However, as with the overwhelming majority of podcasts, they have 15 minutes of content in every 60 minutes of podcast.

Another problem with finding a decent RPG podcast these days is that there has been an avalanche of actual play podcasts. So if you're not into AP, you have evern more chaff to sort through. So 90 per cent of podcasts are crap, and 80 per cent are actual play, that means maybe 1 in 25 is a decent quality non-actual-play podcast.

Gaming and BS is my go to. Not strictly OSR but good general game content. About an hour, but properly edited (so no straining to hear one guy, while getting your head blown off by shitty incidental noise) AND has chapters so if you don't want the usual chit chat or the voicemail/email roundup that seems to be becoming de rigeur then you can just skip to the main topic. Weekly episodes.

Grognard Files is a monthly UK based pod. More a retrospective look at old games than OSR per se. Runtime anything from an hour upwards. The Vintage RPG podcast is a shorter US hosted pod along the same lines.

Hobbs and friends is another irregular pod, usually has the host interviewing people producing current OSR content. His Hex Talk offshoot is excellent for hex crawling tips, which is pretty OSR useful.

The 'motherload' you could say is a large number of short casts released via Anchor - the OSR Anchorites G+ page is the place to go for more (before G+ fizzles). My issue is they are of stunningly mixed quality, and often have 0 content just a bunch of pointless rambling which is why I gave up on all of them. I appreciated the mutual support creators gave in the early days, but when the same guys called into to each others' shows and said nothing other than how great the last episode was it just seemed like a massive circle jerk and I had better uses of my time.

I've not listened to it, so it's not a recommendation per se, but it does seem to be well-regarded, and is specifically for OSR.

QuoteFear of a Black Dragon is about fantasy modules and setting books, particularly those coming out of the OSR movement. Each episode focuses on a single book and is divided into three parts: the Basic Crawl, the Expert Delve, and the Companion Adventures.