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December 27, 2008 04:51 PM

What are your favourite audio podcasts?

Always on the look out for new good ones. All types considered.

My faves right now include Collins and Herring, Adam and Joe, Phil and Phill, Selected Shorts, This American Life, The Moth Podcast, Stephen Fry's Podgrams, Escape Pod, You Look Nice Today, Variant Frequencies, Lake Woebegone, Radio Lab, SETI, New Yorker Fiction, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Friday Night Comedy, In Our Time, Berkeley Groks Science Show, Fly With Me, Tom Robinson introducing, Ted Talks, Philosophy Bites, Daily Source Code, Thinking Allowed.

And yes, I do actually listen to most episodes. I subscribe via Google Reader so I can choose whether to download. I do pass sometimes if the topic or guest doesn't interest me. I listen to podcasts about 90 minutes a day, on average.
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December 27, 2008 05:00 PM
There is only one in my opinion worth mentioning....

TWiT
http://live.twit.tv/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf2mS6F1KGQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3biEam1_GgY

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• TWiT is new to me so thanks for the suggestion.


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December 27, 2008 05:10 PM
I'd rather talk about downloadable *AUDIO* podcasts, rather than streaming video and video podcasts, but thanks anyway for the input :-)

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December 27, 2008 05:13 PM
Naruwan... TWiT IS an audio podcast (check the site that was linked) but Leo Laporte also streams video for much of what he does. The Netcast are audio only though with the streaming just being live on his site if you wish to check it out.

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December 27, 2008 05:16 PM - Fact Refuted
TWiT has a TON of downloadable *AUDIO* podcasts. Check out: http://twit.tv/
both online and iTunes.

http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/aolradio.podcast.aol.com/twit/TWiT0174H.mp3


He also have video too.

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December 27, 2008 05:37 PM
@connectedgeek My bad. I checked the link you provided and didn't find any audio. Guess I should have looked harder. My humble apologies....

@spoon thanks for the clarification. I've been back and have now subscribed to the Futures in Biotech podcast. Looks like fascinating stuff.

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December 27, 2008 05:02 PM
Whoa! Thats quite a list :)

My favourites are: You Look Nice Today, Stephen Fry's Podgrams, Realtime with Bill Maher and Never Not Funny.

I'll definitely check out some of the podcasts you mentioned.

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December 27, 2008 05:18 PM
Thanks. I'll check out Never Not Funny. I think I've heard of it before.

Let me know if you need a link for any of the shows I listed.

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December 27, 2008 05:23 PM
Most of what I listen to is technology based but below are the top several podcast I listen to.

Technology:
This Week in Tech - http://twit.tv/twit
Leo Laporte the Tech Guy - http://twit.tv/ttg
Macbreak Weekly - http://twit.tv/mbw
Net at Night - http://twit.tv/natn


Non-Technology:
Munchast - http://twit.tv/mc
Totally Rad Show - http://totallyradshow.com/
Diggnation - http://revision3.com/diggnation/
Beer School - http://www.beerschool.com/
You Look Nice Today - http://youlooknicetoday.com/
Source(s):
http://www.apple.com/itunes/


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December 27, 2008 05:36 PM
The podcasts you would like are probably different that the podcasts I would like. I have found that the podcasts that I like have to do with my hobbies and some personal interests. Here is a list of what I am listening to

TWIT network podcasts (http://twit.tv)
This week in Tech (TWIT)
Net @ Nite
Windows weekly

NPR podcasts (http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php)
Car Talk
This American Life
Science Friday
Wait Wait Don't Tell me

Video Gaming podcasts
Cheap Ass Gamer or CagCast (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/archives/cat_cagcast.php)
Major Nelson's BlogCast (http://majornelson.com/archive/tags/Blogcast+_2800_MP3_2900_/default.aspx)

Political podcasts
No agenda (http://noagenda.podshow.com/feed)


All of these can be found on iTunes. iTunes is a great way to find good (and not so good) podcasts.
Source(s):
http://twit.tv
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/archives/cat_cagcast.php
http://majornelson.com/archive/tags/Blogcast+_2800_MP3_2900_/default.aspx
http://noagenda.podshow.com/feed


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December 27, 2008 05:52 PM
Thanks for recommendations. I never rule anything out. I'll give almost any podcast a try if someone is raving enthusiastically about it. I say 'almost' because, you know, if it's about gardening tips for seniors or something I might decide to pass on that !

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December 27, 2008 07:45 PM
My favorite podcast is the TAPS family and TAPS pararadio podcast. I have listened to other paranormal podcasts and radio shows, but none do quite as well as TAPS.

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December 27, 2008 08:19 PM
In addition to TWiT and In Our Time (already mentioned), I'm a fan of:

BBC - From Our Own Correspondent
(personal field reports from BBC news correspondents)
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/fooc/rss.xml

BBC - Mark Kermode (film reviews and "wittertainment")
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/fivelive/kermode/rss.xml

CBC - Quirks and Quarks (science)
http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/quirksaio.xml

BTW, until your post, I didn't know about the "Adam and Joe" and "Collins and Herring" podcasts. I loved the TV shows "Adam and Joe Show" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_and_Joe_Show ) and "This Morning with Richard Not Judy" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Morning_With_Richard_Not_Judy ). Thanks!

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December 27, 2008 10:14 PM
My top 10:

1. This Week in Tech (weekly tech)
http://www.twit.tv/twit
2. Mac Break Weekly (weekly tech of the Apple variety)
http://www.twit.tv/mbw
3. Buzz Out Loud (daily tech)
http://www.bol.cnet.com
4. GDGT (weekly tech)
http://www.gdgt.com
5. You Look Nice Today (humor)
http://www.youlooknicetoday.com
6. The Bitterest Bill (humor and storytelling)
http://www.thebitterestpill.com
7. The Daily Giz Wiz (daily tech and wacky gadgets)
http://www.twit.tv/dgw
8. NPR All Songs Considered (music)
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=37
9. iPhone Alley (weekly iPhone talk)
http://www.iphonealley.com/
10. The Bugle (humor)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/the_bugle/

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December 28, 2008 01:32 AM
I have listened to TWiT and Security Now since the first episodes.
Security Now isn't for everyone, but I have learned more about technology and the internet from that podcast than anywhere else.

I haven't kept up as regularly with the Scientific American podcast, but I enjoyed it while I listened to it.

I will have to check out some of the other podcasts listed here, thanks for asking this question.

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December 29, 2008 04:48 AM
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Coverville (www.coverville.com), one of the earliest podcasts and still going strong. Here's a guy with a simple premise - a music show about cover tunes - that has kept him going for years now. He never strays far from the theme but always comes up with a spin to keep it interesting such as doing "cover stories" where he'll do nothing but cover songs from a single band. My favorite part might well be the "musically challenged" trivia segment at the end of many shows, which he often plays with his wife and son. Family friendly! Brian, the host, is a full time podcaster. This is not somebody who was already in the business and simply made a podcast out of his existing show, like so many NPR types of shows. This is one where just one guy managed to put something out with a high degree of consistency and quality, and I can't say enough good things about his contributions to the business.

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December 29, 2008 08:33 AM
Yup, I also subscribe to Coverville but I don't often listen, mainly because I have so much other stuff to listen to. I do have quite a backlog of Coverville shows to listen to. I'll probably burn them onto CDs and listen in the car. I agree with you that it's one of the best "home-made" podcasts out there, i.e. it's not an offshoot of a newspaper/magazine or radio show.

I also like the Pandora podcasts which are short and sweet. [Too bad we can no longer get Pandora in Taiwan but that's another story!]

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