Podcasts ∞
I’ve been meaning to put together a list of podcasts I regularly listen to/watch for a while now, so in alphabetical order…
Electronic Explorations
To quote from the website, electronicexplorations.org/
this podcast is a mix of “dubstep, minimal electronica, techno and advanced soundscapes. … If you like your music experimental, uncompromising, hand crafted and eerie, mathematical and heavy on the bass then look no further than Electronic Explorations.
It contains an excellent range of music, most of it right up my street — and I’m willing to challenge my taste in music with the rest. Rob manages to select an amazing range of producers to supply mixes for the show, whether that be to promote their label, new release, or just for the love of music. He also manages to provide enough information on what is playing, without sounding like an over-eagre breakfast-show DJ on local radio, often mixing together 2, 3 or more tracks in a group.
The Pod Delusion
a podcast about interesting things. From scepticism to lefty liberal things, it’s commentary from a secular, rationalist, ‘Guardianista’, sort of perspective. A bit like From Our Own Correspondent but with more jokes.
A significant proportion of this podcast is not topics I would necessarily look out for in the media. Some are quite lighthearted, many are of massive importance to the future of this country (like the Libel Reform Petition), but few are boring. Plus it is a brilliant name. More details at the Pod Delusion website
Carpool
Robert Llewellen (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge, …) produces a weekly video podcast, where he offers someone a lift in his Prius, and interviews them en-route. I think the main advantage of this format, is that the interviews are so much less formal. You get to see what the people he is interviewing are really like.
More at llewtube.com (not sure if google are happy with this name)
Guardian Science Weekly
While I read most of what is discussed on this podcast in some other source, it offers some interesting discussion on the issues. Plus, as a podcast, it can be listened to whilst walking. Which is difficult to do with a broadsheet newspaper.