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“Simon Whistler and his team of fact deliverers are more entertaining than a night of psychedelic drugs and far more cost-effective. Unlike psychedelic drugs however, the feel-good effects of Decoding The Unknown are longer-lasting and are less likely to make you jump off a bridge because you...”Read full review »
The Anonymous Vampire via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/28/24
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“Very fun, with Simon usual dry humor, and being true to his opinion but some of the subjects - like « Big Farma » border on disrespectful for millions of families suffering from the tragedy of having a love one sick, or the « Johnston CIA conspiracy ». Some of those conspiracy are inherently...”Read full review »
Morgan McKey via Apple Podcasts ·
France ·
03/24/24
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“Subject matter has potential but presenter's delivery is manic and self indulgent. Takes ages to get to subject matter. Waffling on with intrusive background music.”Read full review »
FullFatInfo via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/14/24
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“Cracks me up no matter how bad the story is lol”
Curlynew via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/04/24
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“Always fascinating and entertaining! I love the semi-dialogues that Simon has with his different writers, and how I can often tell who has written a particular script based off of the subject or the writing style. Hey Kevin, maybe you should do a “True or False?”-style script in conjunction with...”Read full review »
AikoNamika via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/25/24
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“This show, like all of the media that Mr Whistler brings us is incredibly well written.
The various script writers obviously put a lot of effort into their research, as well as their scripting, and whilst I will occasionally slightly disagree with a theory or conclusion I’ve not once caught them...”Read full review »
SmallCog via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/25/24
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“Very fun, with Simon usual dry humor, and being true to his opinion but some of the subjects - like « Big Farma » border on disrespectful for millions of families suffering from the tragedy of having a love one sick, or the « Johnston CIA conspiracy ». Some of those conspiracy are inherently...”Read full review »
Morgan McKey via Apple Podcasts ·
France ·
01/22/24
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“Simon used to be a very compelling narrator but he’s now insufferable. Constantly attempting a bizarre standup routine that’s painfully unfunny, except to him. Scoffing and wheezing at his own attempts at humour and frequently swearing in an attempt to come across as edgy. I’m embarrassed for him.”
Fossier30 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/20/24
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“Great listening…highly entertaining 😆”
Trishtinaxxxxxx via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/08/24
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“Loves the sound of his own voice and spends most of the episode aimlessly rambling about whatever thoughts are going through his head at the time. Also gets lots of facts wrong.”
Lee.316 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/31/23
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“Your podcast is hilarious I love listening to it keep it up”
Darth Carson via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/30/23
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“Always enjoy the show…thanks”
Pamphleteers via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
12/15/23
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“Can one of Simons amazing writers give us another episode on The Presidents and their families and their messes. There is still all kinds of info to share and would love to hear Simons comments on all of it!!”
Amysigns via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/08/23
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“I love the way he trashes Christianity. These Christian crybaby’s can’t take criticism and need to learn to take it. Keep it up. However I do think his levels need to be adjusted. I can barely listen to him in a semi noisy environment because he’s too low and then the ads come on and it’s...”Read full review »
OG TjT via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/05/23
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“I haven’t gotten past the first 10 mins of the episode but I do know that the shift wouldn’t be cataclysmic it would take thousands of years from start to finish. In addition to this it wouldn’t be geographic it is magnetic the only difference that our 3rd Stone Age decedents would see is our...”Read full review »
Comander Tank Hunter via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/28/23
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“Listening to Simon tangents while reading the interesting topics the writer make is in itself a quality of life”
Hawsawi4ever via Apple Podcasts ·
Saudi Arabia ·
11/27/23
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“I love almost every show. Simon’s wit and narration are always great. I look forward to each new episode.”
Geofinder via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/20/23
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“Keep up the great work, love your show!”
csenger41 via Apple Podcasts ·
Hungary ·
10/18/23
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“Sorted the sound edit, all is good. Funny show, weirdly enjoyable mundane tangents.”
Northwoods2711 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/12/23
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“Love this show”
noideaaboutanick via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
10/07/23
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“Please adjust your gain, it’s way lower than the ads and when the ads come on I am deafened. Other than that, Simon is legend. A legend that has now made me deaf, taking off 1 star per ear.”
joelclendineng via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/06/23
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“This show is very informative and usually generally entertaining. I’m not usually one to bother about people downing organized religion but it seems that Simon is overly disgusting towards Christianity. I understand his non-belief but it’s borderline grossly disrespectful the way he goes on to...”Read full review »
Fade2Black2 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/05/23
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“I’ve loved pretty much every show I've watched where Simon presents and this on e is no different. The only complaint I have is how much louder the ads seem to be than the show.”Read full review »
HonestThoughts18 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/01/23
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“Simon, I LOVE the content of this show. Can’t get enough of it. But lately your voice is super low and the background music is louder, and the ads are even louder. Please fix the mixing on this.”
Mike Rophone 69 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/23
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“I’m no conspiracy theory junkie, but this was a fun romp”
Matt from tat via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/28/23
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“Love pretty much all of simons content, both on here and YouTube. Always an interesting subject matter and love his delivery and random tangents”
Melthuz via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/26/23
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“Can't wait until the next episode comes out each week. PLEASE FIX THE AUDIO. Recently the background music is so loud I can't finish episodes.... please fix so I can catch up on last couple episodes.”Read full review »
the herqueenship via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/23/23
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“An interesting take on some world famous mysteries”
Vl234560975 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/20/23
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“This podcast is amazing! Simon and his team of writers are endlessly entertaining … i could keep going but why are you reading this?!! Go listen to ANY of his podcasts, you won’t be disappointed. To paraphrase Christopher Wallace: If you didn’t know, now you know … follow Simon ASAP”
SomethinBruin via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/15/23
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“Long time listener but lately the audio mixing has been borderline unlistenable! Far too loud and chimey music and simons voice is too quiet to hear. You have to drive up the volume which really makes the music deafening”
Demonicm via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/13/23
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“Just shovel these episodes into your ears and be a cool person.
Or kick rocks loser!”
Radioactive Snyder Dan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/12/23
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“Love all of your content. But on the podcasts the audio is off. The baker street robbery music was too loud. Couldn’t finish it.”
wdlfl04 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/12/23
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“Absolutely love listening to Simon & his tangents, I actually love listening to these podcasts. Keep up the good work.”
MzJuLiEt85 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/11/23
“The most recent episodes have had several obtrusive audio editing errors, including an episode getting reposted under the name of the newest episode, an error that has since been fixed, but took several days to resolve. There have also been incidents with extremely loud background music that...”Read full review »
butterbeer112 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/10/23
“Love the show, but even on YouTube, the audio mixing has gotten progressively worse. On podcast, it’s unlistenable.
Fix soon. Before you lose listeners.”
Ben Beitay via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/08/23
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“Does this show even have an editor or audio engineer? The show has always been much quieter than all other semi-professional media, but this episode’s random polka music that completely obscures the monologue is really quite embarrassing.”
I Lyke via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/07/23
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“Like all of Simons content, Decoding the Unknown is both informative and very entertaining. I highly recommend”
skald-eagle3 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/06/23
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“I love this show, when I can hear it. Lately the back ground music has been louder than Simon so I can’t listen to the content. Very frustrating as I enjoy this show a lot. I enjoy the tangents and the mysteries.”
Betsy Sybil via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/05/23
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“The background music is frequently so loud it makes Simon hard to understand and is uncomfortable to listen to via headphones. The writing, delivery, and show in general are great, but the volume of the music is so high it’s annoying to the point where it’s impossible to listen to.”
Button200 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/02/23
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“This Cloud10, or whatever, constantly loses the ability to stream the podcast. Multiple times a week while every other pod I’m subscribed to works Cloud10 pods just stop being able to stream.”
TheGuyAndJunk via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/02/23
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“Old mate; fact boy is someone who I’ve been following on the utoob for many years.
I always enjoyed his videos and the depth of information he and his team gave us. But then this podcast came out and fact boy gets riffing on some of the most ridiculous tangents and I am not going to lie to you...”Read full review »
DocCaballero via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/31/23
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“A good podcast, a bit odd but good.”
Wendi Deng via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/31/23
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“I love how you just can’t take any sort of fantasy seriously. It honestly gives me life as I’m the opposite. I adore fantasy so listening to your no nonsense approach is a fresh approach. Keep it up, friend!”
weepweepweep via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/29/23
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“The format of Decoding the Unknown (along with its sister podcast The Casual Criminalist) is a breath of fresh air.
The presenter reads the script for the first time live as a cold read, which allows for him to experience the episode content along with the listener at the same time. His penchant...”Read full review »
DJ Escher via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/29/23
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“Simon I doubt you will see this but if you do please make the volume louder. I have it set to full volume and I can barely hear you part of the time. Casual Criminalist is the same way. I listen to many others and can hear them fine so I am led to believe these podcasts are just quiet. Either way...”Read full review »
igoekler via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/28/23
“I have had it with the background music. Everything else about this podcast is great. Simon’s the best but we want to hear him”
M5783289 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/27/23
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“The chiming background music is the most annoying/ frustrating thing that makes my ears ring. Why is it so loud that I can barely hear Simon speak. Casual criminalist has way better audio effects.”
A bananas via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/20/23
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