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Friday, 8 May 2009
Lots of podcasts...
Prompted by a request on the Vobes podcast - he wanted to know what other podcasts his listeners enjoy - I thought I'd make a ilst.
Having written it, I'm rather taken aback by the sheer quantity - especially since it's rare that I'll miss an episode of any of them! Most are weekly, some are occasional, and there are a couple of daily ones, too - the mainstays of my commute. I suppose, though, since I'm travelling for three and a quarter hours a day, it's not too much of a surprise that I listen to so much!
Podcasts I currently enjoy (and yes, I do listen to almost all of these regularly!)
| Entertainment | ||
| Vobes | www.vobes.com | One man and his daily entertainments |
| The Emma and Pete Show | www.emmaandpete.com/show | The only 'couplecast' I listen to - friendly & geeky! |
| Stuff You Should Know | www.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm | I have learned so much from this! |
| The ILP | www.theilp.com | Music and chat. Much of it is quite rude. |
| Comedy | ||
| Total Podcastrophe | www.totalpodcastrophe.com | US & UK Comedy collides. In an amusing way |
| Friday Night Comedy (BBC Radio 4) | www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/fricomedy | Radio 4's 6.30pm show on Fridays - without the music |
| Max Buffer's Media Museum | www.mediamuseum.co.uk | Amusing reminiscences of TV programmes that could well have been made.. |
| The Colonel's Radio Show | www.colonelradioshow.co.uk | A mad (and obscene) old colonel and his hapless interviewer. It's not going to end well. |
| The Onion Radio News | www.theonion.com/content/radionews | Short implausible news reports. |
| Clever Little Pod | www.cleverlittlepod.com | Excellent sketch comedy from a bloke in Birmingham. |
| The North South Divide | www.thenorthsouthdivide | A occasional venture into internet comedy from two ends of the M1 |
| Tech & Science | ||
| Material World (BBC Radio 4) | www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/material | Radio 4's science & technology programme |
| Digital Planet | www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/digitalp | Global Tech from the World Service. |
| Guardian Tech Weekly | www.guardian.co.uk/technology/technology+content/audio | The Guardian's take on technology |
| Guardian Science Weekly | www.guardian.co.uk/science/science+content/audio | The Guardian's science in audio format |
| British Mac | www.britishmac.com | A quirky, very British Apple Mac podcast |
| TWiT (This Week In Tech) | www.twit.tv/twit | Leo Laporte's flagship tech show |
| MacBreak Weekly (TWiT) | www.twit.tv/mbw | The Apple Mac show from TWiT |
| Windows Weekly (TWiT) | www.twit.tv/ww | The Microsoft show from TWiT |
| The Daily Giz Wiz (TWiT) | www.twit.tv/DGW | A daily gadget - some silly, some ingenious |
| Engadget | www.engadget.com/category/podcasts | An audio digest of all that's going on in theworld of gadgets |
| Media | ||
| Guardian Media Talk | www.guardian.co.uk/media/media+content/audio | A weekly media show from the Guardian |
| The Media Show (BBC Radio 4) | www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/media | Radio 4's media programme |
| Music | ||
| Pete Cooper's Bleepshow | www.bleepshow.com | Splendid electronica from the internet. |
| MashupTown | www.mashuptown.com | The latest mashups & bootlegs |
| The Home Made Hit Show | www.homemadehitshow.com | A showcase & discussion for home made music |
| Other | ||
| Prime Minister's Questions | www.number10.gov.uk/Page306 | The weekly circus from the Houses of Parliament |
| Thinking Allowed | www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ta | Radio 4's sociology programme |
| The Alternative Kitchen Gardener | www.coopette.com/akg | Emma Cooper's inspiring kitchen garden podcast |
| PodQuiz | www.podquiz.com | A weekly 20 question quiz - often challenging! |
| The Naked Engilshman | www.nakedenglishman.co.uk | The regular audio journal of Richard Vobes. |
Having written this list, I'm quite surprised about how little music I actually listen to - almost all of these are speech-based. While I'm at home, though, there's music radio on most of the time, and my MP3 player always has a collection of tunes for when I'm not in the mood for talking, or I'm in a rush and need something a little more motivating.
Posted by james at May 8, 2009 9:54 AM
