Podcasts
 

Anybody listen to them and if so what are your favorites?

In all seriousness: What actually is the idea of a podcast?
It baffles me in the same way twitter still baffles me.
I sort of know how it works, but I don't really feel it, you feel? :D

podcasts and video blogs are for entertainment and/or information about things you're interested in. it could be music or it could be something more specific to so many different fields.

check these out to clarify.

there's a new one my friend showed me recently where this hottie gives interesting (and alluring) explanations to the etymology of certain words called HOT FOR WORDS

or check out this video blog i found where this guy explains making awesome music from iphone apps on youtube - judonomi apps

hope that clears things up

I'm a big fan of the BBC's History of the World in 100 Objects. It's over now but there are 100 15 minute long episodes to listen to that cover the history of civilization, in chronological order, by discussing objects in the collection of the British Museum. If you like history it's really worth checking out.

that's the only one I really keep up with, I have a podcast subscription to X-play and AOTS as well but Hot for Words is the main one I keep up with.


I really dislike the audio only ones because they are so long.

I prefer my podcasts to be short and sweet.

In my experience they vary in length a lot. As I mentioned above my favorite podcast is only about 15 minutes in length per episode. Another one that's good and similarly short is the Useless Information Podcast.

joystiq podcast is pretty funny for videogames

Okay, I guess my complaint was based off of the one and only audio that I subscribed to which is a WoW-related one and it varied from 40-50 mins.

I listen to 2 podcasts - Stuff You Should Know and Stuff Mom Never Told You (although this one mostly focuses on women's issues). They're both entertaining and you learn something new from them.

I like Stuff Mom Never Told you as well. They aren't the best presenters in the world but they usually have some interesting little facts to share.

Oh I completely forgot that I also try to keep up with The Onion's video podcast as well.

Edit: Jans did you get my PM about the Hip Hop Club Poll that I sent you a few days ago?

This American Life and All Songs Considered

This thread is old and dead, but I think it would be great to get some recommendations going. I love to listen to podcasts while working so I'll throw in a few that I've enjoyed:

Bret Easton Ellis used to do a podcast where he interviewed various directers, musicians and actors. It was fun while it lasted.

These days, I'm hugely into the Nerdist podcast, but even more so the You Made It Weird podcast, which is also hosted on the Nerdist site. Both are comedy/interview podcasts. There's a huuuuuuge backlog of episodes to go through, so I'm not running out any time soon.

You Made it Weird:
http://nerdist.com/podcasts/you-made-it-weird-channel/

Nerdist Podcast:
http://nerdist.com/podcasts/nerdist-podcast-channel/

Bret Easton Ellis Podcast:
http://podcastone.com/Bret-Easton-Ellis-Podcast
(seems like there's still sporadic updates)

I like a couple but they're mainly comedic ones, I like Kevin pollack's podcast, the jay mohr one, the dom irrera one and my fav, the ten minute podcast.

I'm persuaded

"Podcasts" just happens to be the bookmark folder I keep all the porn links I want to remember.

who are you trying to hide your porn from anyway?? your mama??

It's just an old habit from when we were using the same comp. I'll hide my porn till the day I die even if I don't need to. It makes me feel safe.

yeah, right. your mom probably still checks your computer once a week for porn and weird fanfiction.

if I was a parent, I'd only be concerned about the weird fanfiction.

I'M concerned about the weird fanfiction.

Listening to Adam Buxton's podcast. Great guy who interviews anyone and everyone.

He has done a great interview with louis theroux (I believe they are mates). Unique questions that usually have no point to them but are really funny. Give it a listen.

Peace,
Joe

my dad used to randomly check our computers every once in a while omg it was a nightmare, i would clear my history every 2 minutes

What kind of filth were you getting up to every two minutes?

lmao

obviously every two minutes is a bit of an exaggeration but at one point in my life i was pretty much only using the internet for porn, sexting with other closeted guys online and downloading music.

OMG, don't want him to know about that!

Oh Tumor.

The Last Podcast on the Left has been all i listen to as of late....the three part episode on Albert Fish they just did was amazing....and their two part episode on Chaos Magic was incredible

I quite like Big Picture Science which is a science themed podcast done by some of the scientists at the SETI institute.

fuuuuuuuck yeeeeeeeeah! Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris V2. @Goofle @Machine