Lady Pirates and Fruit Machines

March 13, 2008 12:49 PM

Widely Ranging Interests is a weekly podcast where two guys discuss their favorite obscure and arcane topics, from sea kayak marlin fishing to the history of the balaclava. Addicting.
posted by fungible (14 comments total)

this looks very interesting, but because i am an old f-k, i dont understand all those icons. is there supposed to be video? all i get is an audio program. i don't have anything to do with i-stuff, don't even know what most of the i-stuff is. sigh. thanks for whatever help you may provide.,\
posted by yazi at 12:59 PM on March 13

Yes, it's an audio-only podcast. You can ignore the i-stuff, if you like, and just press the play button.
posted by fungible at 1:04 PM on March 13

Sea kayak marlin fishing? OK, I'm in.
posted by Nick Verstayne at 1:10 PM on March 13 [1 favorite]

I find the left channel / right channel thing a little annoying.
posted by Dave Faris at 1:15 PM on March 13

Next week: treading water and the history of the juxtaposition
posted by therubettes at 1:15 PM on March 13

Fascinating! Lovely stuff.

While on obscure/ arcane knowledge, there's a show in the UK hosted by the magnificent Stephen Fry called QI - it stands for Quite Interesting. It uses a game show format where participants score points by bringing up esoteric and, well, interesting points in response to Stephen's questions. Correctness is not an issue; points are awarded based solely on how interesting the proffered answer is.
posted by WalterMitty at 1:26 PM on March 13 [3 favorites]

Okay, I'm five minutes into episode 15 (which they claim in the intro is episode 14) and I'm really bored. Does this get better, or do they just speculate about clams without actually knowing anything?
posted by echo target at 2:26 PM on March 13

Three Cheers for Quite Interesting! (Youtube link)
posted by sebastienbailard at 2:29 PM on March 13

Be careful with QI, it's like the addictive crack.

Delicious, tasty crack.
posted by quin at 2:43 PM on March 13

See also: The Ricky Gervais Show.
posted by Sys Rq at 2:44 PM on March 13

ricky gervais is so overrated. Maybe it's just that I cant get over how he says his obviously french name in such a disgustingly english manner. Jer-vays.. *shudder*
posted by sunshinesky at 2:57 PM on March 13

Oh, I agree, sunshinesky. It's just that the show is very much in the "people discussing random stuff" vein.
posted by Sys Rq at 3:05 PM on March 13

quin: "Be careful with QI, it's like the addictive crack. "

I've always preferred the addicting crack.
posted by jack_mo at 7:22 PM on March 13

Maybe it's just that I cant get over how he says his obviously french name in such a disgustingly english manner.

Gawd...that's as much douche-baggery is someone who would complain about pronouncing the 't' in 'often'. But then, I lack certain pedantic genes.
posted by kjs3 at 8:06 PM on March 13