Does anyone have any #podcast recommendations that are made by POC? I’ve recently been hit in the face by how most, if not all, of the podcasts I listen to are by an entirely or predominantly white team, and I really need to change that.

So if anyone has any to introduce me to, especially fiction podcasts, I’d really appreciate it

@rynras
Just curious, why do you need to change the podcasts you listen to based on the color of the skin of the team?

Startalk has Neil deGrasse Tyson as host, and it's a pretty nice one if you like scientific podcasts (except for when they start shittalking and forget to properly tackle the main topic, but can't have it all =D ). It's not fiction I'm afraid.

I wouldn't know the ethnicity of who's running the podcasts I listen though, never really payed attention to it

@arteteco

Cant remember exactly the subject (possibly something economic?), but was completely knocked back by the way Neil strongly lead listeners to accept one view as 'the only viable option' in a way that didnt lay out any argument, just belittled the idea of considering anything else. The whole piece felt like constructed propaganda and involved others giving what felt like scripted supporting jeering.
I stopped listening.
@rynras
There is this list
podcastsincolor.com/pods/theli

@dazinism

What was the episode? I just listened to a few of them, not really a fan.

@rynras

@arteteco @dazinism @rynras  NdT is an entertainer that evangelizes scientism.  He hasn't been useful since his days doing Nova ScienceNow on PBS.
@arteteco @dazinism @rynras  it seemed to me during his ScienceNow days, he was sharing useful info w/o the evangelizing of scientism.
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@js290 @dazinism @rynras

I see.

I think he is still useful now, I know people who are getting more interested into scientific matters, or that really digged the Cosmos episode on climate change and understood more about it thanks to him.

If for you talking favorably of science (in your words evangelizing of scientism) is something that is not compatible with being useful, I guess he is not so by your definition.

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@arteteco @dazinism @rynras What he promotes now is not science. People attributing their professed interest in "science" to NdT are actually interested in scientism, not science.  Real science is boring & not glamorous fill w/uncertainty.

"They can’t tell science from scientismβ€Šβ€”β€Šin fact in their image-oriented minds scientism looks more scientific than real science." https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577
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