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Category: Books, Movies, Media.
Ok. Its fess-up time. Ever since I got my iPod, I’ve loved listening to podcasts. I listen to podcasts more than I listen to music. I have a couple of really good podcasts that I love, but I’m wondering what I should add to my list.
Here is a list of podcasts I subscribe to (meanings of fonts discussed below):
Audio-only
- BYU Recent talks
- Grammar Girl’s QnD Tips
- Legal Lad’s QnD Tips
- Newsweek OnAir Podcast
- NPR: Car Talk’s Call of the Week
- NPR: Most E-mailed Stories
- NPR: Shuffle
- NPR: This I believe
- NPR: Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me
- PotterCast: Harry Potter on the Air
- Tech Writer Voices
Video Podcasts:
- CNN In Case you Missed It
- CNN Paging Dr. Gupta
- Eye to Eye with Katie Couric
Of these podcasts, the ones in bold are my favorites that I try not to miss. The ones in italics are the ones I listen to when I’ve listened to everything else already. The other ones I listen to when I have time, but I don’t feel bad about missing an episode or two.
If you like Car Talk, you should definately get the Car Talk Call of the Week podcast. Its about 5 minutes, and it is very, very funny. Die hard Harry Potter fans would enjoy the Pottercast podcast; it is a weekly one that takes about an hour. The BYU Recent Talks is a recent subscription for me. They publish talks given at BYU weekly devotionals. I’ve listened to a couple of these, and wonder why I didn’t take better advantage of the weekly devotional when I was at BYU.
Okay. Enough of my rambling. What do you listen to? What are your favorite podcasts? Do share!
February 28th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I listen to the following Podcasts right now:
Fly With Me (A podcast done by a commercial airline pilot who takes a tape recorder with him and interviews fellow pilots, flight attendants, and passengers)
Betty In The Sky With A Suitcase (the same premise as above, but done by a Flight Attendant for a major airline).
These are obviously interesting to me since I have an airline career, but they are both really funny podcasts and well put together, themes, transitions, etc…
I also listen on occasion to various Disneyland/Disney related podcasts since my family has season passes and we travel to Disneyland Frequently, but there are so many of them that I listen to I can’t think of any specific names right now….
February 28th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Paul, some podcasts I also enjoy (that aren’t on your list):
DMN Communications
Edgework (brianoberkirch.com)
Boagworld
Slate
HBR Ideacast
NY Times David Pogue / also NY Times Tech Talk
IT Conversations
Talk Crunch
The WordPress Podcast
This Week in Tech
Diggnation
Darren Barefoot lists a few on his site.
March 1st, 2007 at 10:02 pm
I liked this enough that I posted a similar entry on my blog. And thanks for the tip about Pottercast — I hadn’t hear of it before, and I’m excited to give it a try!
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Just found a massive repository of podcasts over at http://www.oculture.com/weblog/
April 6th, 2007 at 10:47 am
A few of my favorite podcasts are Wreckless Media Radio, Hometown Tales, and Switched On. As you can see i’m a fan of the comedy/interesting shows.