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A podcast round up!
« on: March 02, 2010, 08:03:05 PM »
I got my new iPod today so am very excited about downloading podcasts again. I know we've had threads before, but thought it would be nice to do a new one talking about our favorites. I'm primarily looking for free ones, but any suggestions (US and UK) would be great!
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 08:05:04 PM »
I'm a Manic Mommies listener.
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 08:36:09 PM »
Looooove podcasts!  My old favorite is This American Life.  I've also just started getting into BBC's A History of the World in 100 Objects.
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 08:41:12 PM »
The only one I download is Mark Kermode's Film Reviews from 5Live

I keep meaning to check out more
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 09:23:35 PM »
NPR's All Songs Considered is fantastic. 
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 10:02:57 PM »
Pretty much all my podcasts are from NPR - Daily News, Story of the Day, World Story of the Day, This I Believe, StoryCorps, NPR Environment, Driveway Moments, Radio Diaries, This American Life (my fav!). Can you tell I miss NPR?  :(
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 10:06:01 PM »
I walk to and from work, so I listen to a LOT of podcasts.  Some of my favourites:

Anything BBC (Friday night comedy, History Magazine, Adam and Joe, anything I can find on history or art...)
Anything NPR (Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Car Talk, This American Life, Driveway Moments for sure)
I also have a bunch of random ones from "Itunes U" which are lectures on tons of different subjects (so I have some on ancient history and some on physics).

I LOVE podcasts!
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 10:39:38 PM »
I enjoy stand up comedy, I get ROFL they are videos and they are about 10 minutes long each.
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2010, 12:57:34 AM »
I second NPR's Wait, wait...Don't tell me! I LOVE IT!!!!!

I look forward to long drives because I don't have time to listen to it guilt free unless I am on one!
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2010, 05:45:50 PM »
I second (or fifth?) all of the NPR ones, especially Wait, Wait.... I also really like Radio Lab (sort of like a science version of This American Life http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/), A Way With Words (discussion of language, etymology, etc....more fun than I'm making it sound! http://www.waywordradio.org/), and The Memory Palace (very brief [under ten minutes] bizarre true stories http://thememorypalace.us/).  BBC History Magazine also has some good ones: http://www.bbchistorymagazine.com/podcast-page .
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2010, 02:29:03 PM »
I am a podcast addict! I walk to work every day so they're my commute.

The best:

From Our Own Correspondent - interesting 5min slice-of-life stories from BBC reporters stationed all over the globe. Fantastic for getting a picture of what life is really like around the world rather than just what's "newsworthy".

Answer Me This - Helen & Olly answer all sorts of stupid questions sent into them (I was so pissed off to see BBC2 have started a really crappy tv show based on this same premise. These guys do it WAY better!)

The Bugle - John Oliver (the English guy from The Daily Show) and Andy Zaltzman doing a very funny analysis of the week's news. Think of it like a UK Daily Show, but on the radio (and coincidentally, Andy is Helen from Answer Me This's brother!)
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2010, 02:30:41 PM »
Stephen Fry is sexy with words if thats your thing  :D
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2010, 12:42:59 PM »
Quote from: squirrellypoo on March 04, 2010, 02:29:03 PM
I am a podcast addict! I walk to work every day so they're my commute.

The best:

From Our Own Correspondent - interesting 5min slice-of-life stories from BBC reporters stationed all over the globe. Fantastic for getting a picture of what life is really like around the world rather than just what's "newsworthy".

Answer Me This - Helen & Olly answer all sorts of stupid questions sent into them (I was so pissed off to see BBC2 have started a really crappy tv show based on this same premise. These guys do it WAY better!)

The Bugle - John Oliver (the English guy from The Daily Show) and Andy Zaltzman doing a very funny analysis of the week's news. Think of it like a UK Daily Show, but on the radio (and coincidentally, Andy is Helen from Answer Me This's brother!)


These sound like good ones! I may have to add them!  :D
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2010, 08:07:03 AM »
I third (fourth? fifth?) all the NPR podcasts.  This American Life is my absolute favorite, and I'm a big Wait Wait DTM, and Fresh Air fan.  I also really like the Savage Love Cast which is a podcast about love, relationships and sex.  I find Dan Savage really humorous.  A good one that you can listen to with your boys is Stuff You Should Know.  They have some really cool podcasts on there, and all that I've mentioned are free. 
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Re: A podcast round up!
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2010, 05:05:01 PM »
Oh yeah! I get the Savage Love Cast too. Dan Savage is great! Another one I really like is the Slate Daily Podcast, specifically the Slate Political Gabfest.
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