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08 October 2010

Talking Podcasts. Do you have a regular podcast routine? Ones that you listen to every day/week? What are your faves?[More:]I love listening to podcasts while at my full-time job (it's pretty mindless work, and they help pass the time. Plus, there's a lot of heavy machinery there and I need earplugs anyways, so why not?). Here's (more or less) my main lineup:

Daily: Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation (pick and choose based on topic, but there's something every day), Worldview (from WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio), the BBC's NewsPod (short pieces from their various radio programs), and some sports stuff (Fantasy Focus from ESPN during football season, some Dallas radio stuff).

Weekly: The BBC News Quiz (much better than the US version, IMO), This American Life, Selected Shorts, whatever the folks at The Moth put up, BBC Radio Docs (again, depending on subject), Wiretap from the CBC, BBC's From Our Own Correspondent, Latino USA and On The Media (from NPR), some stuff from WNYC's Soundcheck, live shows from NPR's All Songs Considered and KEXP (a Seattle community radio station) and probably some others I'm forgetting at the moment.

Monthly/Whenever they're released: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Radiolab, Strange Reaction (dirty dirty punk podcast), South Bay PORK podcast (from Garagepunk.com), the MeFi podcast, and whatever I see linked in various places that looks interesting.

Yeah, I know, it's a lot, but like I said, it keeps my mind occupied while I'm at work. What about you?
I only listen to podcasts when I run. Thus, I only listen to a few, otherwise I'd get very behind.

This American Life
Radiolab
Matt and Jessamyn
sometimes Dan Savage
posted by gaspode 08 October | 15:50
Love 'em. I listen to them walking to the train, and also during running sometimes (sometimes it's music, depends on my energy level). My subscriptions:

Speaking of Faith
This American Life
To the Best of Our Knowledge (so so good)
Studio 360
Italian on 5 Minutes a Day
The Splendid Table
The Moth Radio Hour
On the Media
Sinner's Crossroads (vintage gospel music - can't link because it's blocked at work, but great)

I listen to a ton of radio - some shows I always hear live, so I don't download them as podcasts. That includes Morning Edition and All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Diane Rheim Show, BBC World News, and On Point.

Super, super-excitingly, the already-good Tavis Smily show just spun out an offshoot where Smiley co-hosts with Cornel West! Smiley & West. Caught my first episode last week and it lived up to expectation.
posted by Miko 08 October | 16:07
Oh, and I listen to the MeFi podcast online at work, though I have to turn it down low 'cause everyone says "Fuck" so much.
posted by Miko 08 October | 16:09
though not technincally a podcast I suppose, I've been watching to The Kevin Pollack Chat Show . its very entertaining . this is the link to every archived episode . even the ones i didnt think i'd like have been interesting
posted by rollick 08 October | 21:06
The Bugle
NPR Science Friday
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
Fresh Air (when something interests me)
The Moth
This American Life
Dan Savage
Earth and Environmental Systems Podcast with Dr. Christian Shorey (This finished several years ago but I am working through it and enjoying it immensely.)
posted by danf 08 October | 21:50
The two big ones I wait for are Jordan, Jesse GO! and You Look Nice Today. I devour A Life Well Wasted as soon as it comes out.

I kind of burnt myself out on This American Life and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and I spend a lot of time looking for new podcasts out there. I should check out the MeFi cast more.
posted by gc 09 October | 06:30
In Our Time
posted by Thorzdad 09 October | 15:57
I listen to podcasts ALL the time since I no longer have live TV. I listen to just about all the ones already listed above. I also listen to:

A.V. Talk from the Onion

A Prairie Home Companion's News from Lake Wobegone

American Radioworks

The Writer's Almanac

As It Happens from the CBC

Beat The Press from WGBH

B.S. Report with Bill Simmons (I'm not really that into day to day sports, but I like a lot of his pop culture/media discussions)

30 for 30 with Bill Simmons (these are all GREAT)

The Memory Palace (these are super short, but just wonderful, like finely crafted tiny gems)

New Yorker Comment

New Yorker Out Loud

New Yorker Fiction

Culturetopia (best theme song, very funny entertaining group of commentters)

Hearing Voices

Radio Diaries

Tell Me More

The Sound of Young America

Shields and Brooks

Slate Magazine's Daily Podcast

Slate Spoiler Specials (the best movie reviews, although beware, they are all SPOILERS, thus the name)

The Tobolowsky Files

Vanity Fair's Writers Reading (some terrible clinkers in here, but some really good ones too.)

Washington Week Podcast

A Way with Words

WNYC's Digesting Politics

WNYC's Fishko Files (not very many of these, but what's there is really good)

WNYC's Talk To Me

WNYC's The Early Word

Note: A lot of these have huge archives going back sometimes up to several years which keeps me with lots of good listening to look forward to.
posted by marsha56 09 October | 19:58
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