Good Podcasts?

[timalimdim]

Hey guys.

I have a part time job doing boring document management stuff for a bank downtown. The cool part? I never have to talk to anyone. No office contact= few office politics.

I digress.

Due to the self-contained nature of the gig, I can (and am allowed and encouraged to) listen to music or whatever else I can make my lil iPod play. (No radio. No streaming media from the net.) So I listen to a lot of podcasts. I'm keen on the entire NPR oeuvre, but "This American Life" and "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" are only good for two hours a week. "Fresh Air" and "Marketplace" give me another hour and a half per day, and "Filmspotting" takes care of another hour a week. "Prairie Home Companion" and "Car Talk" only have small parts of their shows as podcasts. I only work there 15-20 hours a week, tops, but there's still a gap to fill.


SO, CINNERS! What are some good podcasts?

[zartan]

60 Minutes Podcast
APM Weekend America
NPR All Songs Considered
NBC Nightly News (video)
NPR Talk of The Nation
Boom Chicago's "A Slice of the Shiny"

[timalimdim]

Oh man. I totally lapsed on TOTN. That shoulda been on my list. Neil Conan is my daddy.

[ladym]

The hot karl

It's molly's jobby job @ www.mollyhale.net (http://www.mollyhale.net)

[stonelake]

There are ways to find the Howard Stern show (from Sirius) on the 'net. It is my iPod distraction of choice.

If you've never listened to the show, or you only listened over the air, check it out. I think they are experiencing a renaissance of sorts.

Each show is like five hours long, too.

[zartan]

I also recommend checking out the book "Ipod: Fully Loaded" by Andy Ihnatko from the library. It gives you tips on how to maximize the use of your ipod with different types of media. It's short, easy to read, and you'll find at least one thing that will help you with your ipod.

[ritty]

my friend Jeremy Carter, along with his buddy Matt Gourley, have some short (like 15 min each) comedy pieces up called "Superego" that are a series of brief little comedy sketches. Their website is www.gosuperego.com (http://www.gosuperego.com). They have about 14 "episodes" so far, with a new one being released monthly.

[Run]

Creative Screenwriting is the best podcast I have ever listened to. But I am biased.

I also second Filmspotting.


-Jonesy

[jasonA]

Hey Tim!

Can I recomend garagepunk.com.
It's a podcast radio station. DJ's make hour long radio shows and they're availiable.

The show for you is called Hot Slop. This guy from atlanta has a bunch of really greasy R&B and garage bands from the 60's. The best is number #25. His last show.

This website made my February much much easier

[Schoolyj]

I like to listen to the On The Media podcast from NPR - great show.

Also - if you're willing to do some digging on iTunes - some universities/professors are podcasting their lectures. I've downloaded this one class on communication technology and culture from UC-Berkeley which is pretty interesting though sometimes over my head.

[DiMarco]

If you enjoy the work of Tony Kornheiser (I admit he's an acquired taste) look up "This Podcast Stinks." It's his daily radio show (2 hours).

Pardon The Interruption is also available in podcast form.

I'll second On the Media. That's good stuff.

[jose]

The Sound of Young America (http://www.maximumfun.org) has some great interviews with interesting folks.

Kasper Hauser (http://www.kasperhauser.com/)'s comedy podcast is a lot of fun. It's not updated that often. Their archives are here (http://www.maximumfun.org/kharchive.htm). Episode 1 (http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/10/its-here-kasper-hauser-comedy-podcast.html) ("Phone Calls to the 14th Century") is my favorite - download that immediately!

I have friends who really love Penn Jillette's podcast. Those ended in early March, but they're all archived here: http://www.pennfans.net/category/Audio_Archive/PennRadio/

[Fooomfh]

Garrison Keillor's "The Writer's Almanac" is a pretty good compliment to any Prairie Home Companion episode. It's only about five minutes, but usually really interesting.

[berzac]

Adam Carolla does a podcast. Look him up. Danny Bonaduchie is his co-host. It's hilarious.

[stetsko]

A great music podcast is available from CBC Radio 3.

I really dig the host (Grant Lawrence), and he plays a whole universe of Canadian music- from R&B to indie to punk & ska. Nifty neat-o.

K.

[katewrath]

This guy (http://www.mikegerber.com) does a short, Weekend Update style podcast every day. They're also viewable as little YouTube films, if you can get away with that at work. I'd like to see more comedy people trying things like this.

[katewrath]

Ridiculous for me to post twice a row in the same thread, but this has to be said: Audible.com ROCKS. I think I pay $22 a month, and I routinely get $40+ worth of audiobooks out of my member credits.

One month, I just saved my credits and the next month, bought a year's subscription to Fresh Air. Which iTunes automatically downloads for me and puts on my iPod.

Here's the actual reason for my post: The well-read audio book is just about the best entertainment money can buy. Right now, Tim Curry is killing me with his reading of "Lirael," the second in a trilogy of books by Garth Nix. (The other two books: "Sabriel" and "Abhorson." I think that probably tells you everything you need to know about the genre right there.) But seriously, Curry is giving the performance of a life time on these books. He does a talking cat AND a talking dog, several young girls and a sullen young prince...all totally distinct from each other. Oh, and hilarious, too.

I will say, a good audio book has to walk a fine line between juicy and trashy. I couldn't get through "The Devil Wears Prada," but pretty much any Carl Hiassen novel is money in the bank. "The Emperor's Children", which was a NYT book of the year, was pretty good, but frankly, no where as entertaining as the young adult my-boyfriend-is-a-vampire series by Stephanie Miller. In fact, young adult novels seem to be the perfect genre for audio books--well plotted, but not so deep as to require thought and reflection as you read them.

[miw]

I like Sound Opinions. The podcast is a condensed version of their public radio show. You can get it on iTunes, or go to http://soundopinions.com/index.html

[jose]

The Sound of Young America (http://www.maximumfun.org) has some great interviews with interesting folks.

TSOYA's got an interview with Jack McBrayer:
http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/04/podcast-jack-mcbrayer-30-rocks-kenneth.html

There's video now:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6760536676148603820&hl=en