Yesterday, having far too much time on my hands and being all too aware that I'd promised my brother a list of Podcast recommendations a few weeks before and being similarly accosted by friends for podcast recommendations I made a list of such. Having done so it seems churlish not to share it with teh internetz. I'm sure many of you will be aware of these, but I hope some may find some hidden treasure that will brighten their days and put a spring in their steps. I hereby present to you a list of lovely podcasts for your listening pleasure.
++++++ History +++++++++
*Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
*Witness (BBC World Service)
*Stuff you missed in history class. (How stuff works)
+++++++ Science +++++++++
*Radio lab (wnyc)
*The naked scientist. AND Dr. Karl and the naked scientist (BBC local radio/BBC radio 5)
*The science show (ABC) <Australian ABC, not the American one>
*Please explain (wnyc)
*science in action (BBC world service)
++++++General knowledge and General interest++++
*Answer me this!
*Stuff you should know (How stuff works)
*Stuff they don't want you to know (How stuff works)
*The stuff of genius ((video podcast) how stuff works))
*The world geography quiz (PRI)
*The coolest stuff on the planet (video podcasts)
*Ted talks (video podcasts)
*In our time (BBC radio 4)
++++World news/economics/current affairs/ current debates/ politics, people in the news (newsy
stuff)++++++
*Profile (BBC radio 4)
* America Abroad (PRI)
*Outlook (BBC world service)
*Intellegence squared. (NPR)
*A point of view (BBC radio 4)
*This American life (WBEZ)
*From our own correspondent (BBC radio 4)
*The economist (economist magazine)
*Documentaries (BBC World Service)
*Big ideas (ABC) <Australian ABC, not the American one>
*Forum (BBC world service)
+++++Sociology++++++
*Thinking allowed (BBC world service)
+++++Philosophy+++++
*Okham's razor (ABC) <Australian ABC, not the American one>
*Philosopher's zone <Australian ABC, not the American one>
++++Music++++++
*Arabesque (NPR)
*Afropop worldwide (NPR)
*Stuff from the B side (how stuff works)
++++Other++++
*The moth (live story telling)
Most of these should be easily found by searching I-Tunes or whichever podcast service you use. In case you have any difficulties finding them the sites to look at are:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/... (all the BBC stuff)
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/ (naked scientist)
http://www.abc.net.au/... (ABC Australia)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/... (How stuff works)
http://www.npr.org/... (NPR)
http://www.wnyc.org/... (WNYC)
http://www.dancarlin.com/...
http://www.podanza.com/... (The economist)
http://www.wbez.org/... (WBEZ)
http://www.pri.org/... (pri)
The Top 15 recommended by me: drum roll (in no particular order)
- In our time
- Radio lab
3 Hardcore history
- Ted talks
- From our own correspondent
- Afropop world wide
- The naked scientist
- Thinking allowed
- Documentaries
- Stuff you should know
- This American life
- Answer me this!
- Stuff you missed in history class
- America abroad
- Intellegence squared
And finally if you know of any awesome Podcasts you wish to notify the community of please do so in the comments. I'm sure there's many, many, many more that I've not yet discovered.