Podcasts that dont suck too much
Podcasting is a nice way people on the internet can make a radio show, put it online and with the wonders of magical elf called Really Simple Syndication computer programs then download a new episode when it come available.
“That sounds cool! ROLF LOL!!11 eleven” you might say. However, as with websites, podcasts are full of 14 year olds mumbling on about shite. So have a short list of what I listen to.
2600: The Hacker Quarterly RSS | iTunes | Homepage
This podcast has two shows on it, first is “Off The Hook” and secondly “Off The Wall”. Now as the name suggests these shows are fairly technical with lots of people discussing technical issues. The main reason I listened to these shows was that I study the underbelly of the internet, and with a cast of some ex cons it is sometimes a good listen. Off The Wall is basically a show where the Emanuel Goldstein (aka Eric Corley) goes off on random rants about anything that is on his mind. It can get a bit tedious, but when he recorded his shows going around the world it was actually kind of interesting. Off the Hook however tends to keep to the area of technological innovation and security. These shows are also broadcast on the FM dial in New York area (WBIA and WUSB).
Diggnation RSS | iTunes | Homepage
A humours technology podcast which runs down the most ‘dug’ stories from the social bookmarking news site, dig.com. Kevin Rose (of Systm and The Broken fame) sits along side Alex Albrecht, drink beers, and chat about tech, that’s about it. It is a pretty good listen and you can get it as a video download (a vidcast? Who knows what they are called).
This WEEK in Tech RSS | iTunes | Homepage
A bunch of people talking about Tech. Apparently this is the most listened to Podcast on the planet. It is interesting at times, however, I find it a bit too self congratulating and chatting about “how cool this is�. Rather like bloggers posting about the act of blogging. Its worth a listen though.
BBC Go Digital RSS | iTunes | Homepage
The BBC World show online. They have some interesting shows again about technology, however at times it can fall into childish behaviour like the episode when they all went 20 years into the future. *shudder*
Acecast RSS | Homepage
As mentioned earlier, a nice mix of ‘podsafe’ music.
Cactus Killer Radio RSS | iTunes | Homepage
Again mentioned earlier on this weblog. I actually enjoy listening to this as at the end of each instalment of electronic music we get to here a list of bands/groups which have wonderfully random names.
BBC Mark Kermode’s Film Reviews RSS | iTunes | Homepage
BBC Radio 5 Live’s in house film critic talks about films. I like this guy because he enjoys a film and can talk bollocks about them for an age. It’s a little bit strange as he is along side a regular DJ who always sounds like he doesn’t really care about films.
KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic RSS | iTunes | HomePage
Nic Harcourt hosts a wonderful ad free and normal radio show simply playing live music. Mainly guitar based and a great listen. The show is also broadcast on KCRW a public radio service, so no ads but pledge drives.