Podcasts

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:14 pm

I need some new podcasts to subscribe to to listen to while I'm working. Right now I'm only subscribed to This American Life, Radio Lab, and Car Talk.

Does anyone have any to recommend?

I like stuff about science, nature...uh funny things...ummm
Well I'll give anything a listen at least once

Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 9009 Location: SOMEWHERE EXTREME

The only podcast I listen to is about video games.
Idle Thumbs (wait for the redirect)
It's not about science or nature, but I find it hilarious so.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:42 pm

Stephen Fry's Podgrams would be excellent if he ever friggin' updated.

ten out of ten · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:56 pm

http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/

p much the best

Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 1065

i like the moth, savage love, the news from lake wobegon, wiretap, search engine, definitely not the opera and hearing voices.

Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 3060

I really like the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me podcast. Though if you are trying to make your podcast list less NPRy, I can't help you.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:27 pm

Love, Your Third Daughter wrote:

i like the moth, savage love, the news from lake wobegon, wiretap, search engine, definitely not the opera and hearing voices.

Yesss Wiretap is my favourite Radio Show. Also Search Engine is great. DNTO the show usually not very good, though. Never heard the podcast version.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:09 pm

YLNT is pretty great.

Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 1065

i think dnto is interesting often enough to keep me listening. it's a little unfulfilling since it never really tries to make any real points but sometimes there are odd interviews that i like.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:47 pm

THANKS YOU GUYS I will try some of these out tomorrow!!!

Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 1108 Location: PA

Ditto to YLNT.

Also: The Sound of Young America and Jordan, Jesse Go.

TSOYA is sort of hit or miss, depending on whether or not you're interested in the guests (which range from Jenna Fisher from the Office to NPR hosts to David Malki !). Jordan, Jesse Go is almost always entertaining, though I'd recommending listening to at least 2-3 episodes before judging it, because you kind of have to get used to their personas, and a lot of the humor is in callbacks and in-jokes.

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 319

The little gray book lectures is talks about strange things. John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton are hosts:
http://www.littlegraybooks.com/hear.html

The Ricky Gervais show. a radio show. Only the episodes with Karl Pilkington is worth listening to. He is not in the early episodes, and also not a few of the later ones.
http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Download:Xfm

There is a Ricky Podcast made for the internet too, but it costs money. Haven't listened to it.

Here are a clips from the podcast, I think it's funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-87xJS9bww
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkckerSihsw&feature=related

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:16 am

Never Not Funny: http://www.pardcast.com/

Jimmy Pardo and lots of comedians. it is Never Not Funny.

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:05 am

Dezro wrote:

The only podcast I listen to is about video games.
Idle Thumbs (wait for the redirect)
It's not about science or nature, but I find it hilarious so.

Okay I play or am at least familiar with enough games to appreciate HAWP but not quite enough I think to appreciate this podcast. It sounds like it would be pretty good though for people who do. neeeext

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:06 am

Archbaker wrote:

Stephen Fry's Podgrams would be excellent if he ever friggin' updated.

whoops I forgot to look for this one

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:13 am

Sam wrote:

http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/

p much the best

zzzzzzzzz (no offense)(I need more reenactments of sword fights with my history)

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:04 pm

Love, Your Third Daughter wrote:

i like the moth, savage love, the news from lake wobegon, wiretap, search engine, definitely not the opera and hearing voices.

I listened to a couple eps of The Moth and it was okay but I really like the dude who does Savage Love and wish I had downloaded more for today. The dude is just really good at giving advice, plus in a funny way! I like it. Definite subscribe. I'm probably going to pass on lake wobegon though; I cannot stand prairie home companion. DX The rest I haven't gotten to download yet.

Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 8353

why the hug would anyone listen to a podcast?

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:35 pm

no idea

Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 1108 Location: PA

because sometimes you don't want to listen to music or sit in silence but you can't watch tv or movies because you're at work or exercising or driving.

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 2:56 pm

kfunque wrote:

because sometimes you don't want to listen to music or sit in silence but you can't watch tv or movies because you're at work or exercising or driving.

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:15 pm

Aren't some podcasts music?

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:16 pm

There might be some that are silence, too.

Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 1108 Location: PA

Some are music, but I figured we were talking about the talk-y ones here.

Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 76 Location: Dresden, Germany

http://www.overthinkingit.com/category/podcast/

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 3:53 pm

Øyvind Thorsby wrote:

The Ricky Gervais show. a radio show. Only the episodes with Karl Pilkington is worth listening to. He is not in the early episodes, and also not a few of the later ones.
http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Download:Xfm

I was really disappointed by this one. karl Pilkington makes me want to die in a non hilarous way (which i guess is his stichk, but i just don't like it).
And ricky gervais just seems to scream hysterically throughout.

I get the scientific american one and penny arcade. i can usually fit just about a single episode into a walk to work:)

Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 8409

no karl pilkington's schtick is to make you laugh at him because he is a complete fuckwit and it owns

Joined: 15 May 2009 Posts: 41

john safran & father bob

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/safran/

generally pretty interesting and funny

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:02 pm

Archbaker wrote:

Stephen Fry's Podgrams would be excellent if he ever friggin' updated.

I subscribed in case there are any ever

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:03 pm

Miles wrote:

YLNT is pretty great.

Okay I listened to one ep and is it just always them talking about random stuff? It was pretty funny some of the time.