Podcasts

[logovo]

I've been trying out and listening to a few new podcasts. I actually listen to podcasts and audiofic a lot more than music, which -um- yeah, means that I have a lot of music sitting around that I don't let myself enjoy more than a bit because I'm always GIVE ME NEW CONTENT!

I've already said how much I enjoy Radiolab, which has exceptional production values and some episodes that are the best things I've downloaded, but the show has very few episodes per season. So, while it's amazingly good, it's mix of popular science, culture and philosophy (with a light sense of humor) is on short supply.

I enjoy a lot of film related podcasts, with my favorites right now being /Filmcast and the movie review episodes of Spill. There are others like BBC Radio 5 film Reviews and KCRW's Film Reviews.

Another podcast I've liked is the newish, The Nerdist, which just had a fabulously funny live episode #10. The host had as guests a couple of the Mythbusters people, a show that I haven't even seen and have no interest in seeing, but still the podcast had me laughing at work.

Harry Shearer's Le Show is also quite good, even is sometimes I want to punch Shearer in the nose, but I think that's just me.

What all these podcasts (and quite a few more I've tried out) have in common is that they have no women in them. Not a single one. I was excited to find and download the Bust magazine podcast, but the quality of the audio was so bad I had to stop after only a minute. Who knows if the content was any good. Still, I'm always looking and I'm hoping that I'll later find some that I can enjoy.

Comments

[tablesaw]

Harry Shearer's Le Show is also quite good, even is sometimes I want to punch Shearer in the nose, but I think that's just me.

So not just you.

If you find some good podcasts with women presenters, post on your blog. I haven't had any since Addicted to Race went on hiatus, though I haven't undertaken a serious search since I'm still backed up on stuff.

[logovo]

Ah, so you have experience those moments when you want to hurt poor Mr. Sheare, just a little bit?

I will be sure to post any podcasts that I run into that have women as hosts. They have to be out there, beyond the usual suspects f Terri Gross on Fresh Air and the woman who co-hosts On the Media. I'm looking for those podcasts that are truly podcastas and not just the repackaged versions of well established radio shows on NPR.

I've never heard of Addicted to Race. I have to follow your link and see if there is an archive. Thank you!!

[bientot]

Not sure if this is the direction of your interest, but I love As It Happens, a news magazine from Canadia with two women as hosts. I enjoy their humor (heavily weighted towards dreadful puns) and perspective, and find the Canadian take on American stories refreshing and informative.

And I'm sure you're already aware of Fresh Air - Terry Gross is a brilliant woman doing brilliant interviews with a wide variety of people (tomorrow: Stephen Sondheim!).

[logovo]

Thank you for the link. I'm interested in any podcast that someone like yourself would find worthy of attention, because even as we might have different interests, I would trust people in my flist to like stuff that I might also enjoy.

I love Fresh Air and I should have mentioned her in my post. I think she skipped my mind because I think of her as a mainly a radio person and the podcasts as secondary. But oh yes, she is terrific and I've enjoyed her show for years. I remember listening to her way back, when I fisrt found NPR, which spilled over the border into my car radio in Tijuana :)