It's A Clever Frog's Little Acoustic Pod -Cast Life (In The Batfry)

[filkertom]

Even if I wasn't the first song on it (and marcgunn is in there as well), the April Fool's mash-up of It's A Frog's Life, Clever Little Pod, and Bell's In The Batfry is a lot of fun.

What podcasts are you listening to lately? They don't have to be music; I know huskiebear has been following a couple of very good photography and Photoshop ones, and the universe would be a little darker without some of NPR's shows, such as The Splendid Table, The News From Lake Wobegon, Car Talk, and Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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[faithwallis.livejournal.com]

Decoder Ring Theatre (http://www.decoderringtheatre.com)
Threadbanger (DIY/sewing podcast)
Any and all of the feeds I've found for Old Time Radio

[bfirrera.livejournal.com]

Audio:

Earth and Sky/Earth and Sky Clear Voices - interesting discussions on science, most of the shows are under two minutes. The Clear Voices series usually runs under ten minutes. http://www.earthsky.org/

Merriam-Websters' Word of the Day - http://www.merriam-webster.com/word/index.xml only about two to three minutes a day, a great way to enhance a vocabulary. Even when I know the word and it's meaning, it's interesting to learn the derivation/history of the word.

NPR: I listen to the "Story of the Day" http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819386 - they pick one of the more essential stories from their entire output for the day, as the title implies.

"the Sunday Puzzle" http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=4473090 - hosted by Wil Shortz, the editor of the NY Times Crossword Puzzles.

"This American Life" http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ - great audio documentary series.

"Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" - http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/ (a weekly comedic quiz show about the news...always funny).

and

"A Way With Words" - http://www.waywordradio.org/ a weekly discussion about words, their usage, etc. Always something interesting and funny.

Video:

Boing Boing TV - http://tv.boingboing.net/ it's sort of a human interest/world news/music blog and so much more in little 5 to 10 minute bites every day.

The Idiot Box - http://www.idiotboxers.tv/ This is our show, Paul is head writer/director. I'm one of the writers. You may enjoy it.

TED Talks - http://www.ted.org/ I love TED Talks. Lots of variety of topics. Speeches/presentations by some of the worlds greatest minds presenting their innovations.

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

Oooh, listening to that was fun!
I still love Science Friday :)
And even though I don't think it's a podcast, one of my favorite shows ever is http://sundaybaroque.org/

[jss]

No podcasts to mention here, but a question of curiosity: Being swamped at work, I didn't get to hear/watch your set on Tuesday — how'd it go? Is it available anywhere (and as video or just audio)?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Pretty well, all things considered. I'm trying to get some audio, and some video. huskiebear did a video cap, but no audio came through... but the comment board off to the side did. I thought I was having a lot of problems during the second half, but from the online chat I seemed to go over pretty well, and several of the same chatters were online later and told me I rocked pretty hard. And there were one or two of you guys on there hyping me, for which I thank you. :) And, I now know the name of the guy who books the place, so I'm going to try to get back there soon.

There was a bit of drama before hand: Rock Nation, which was supposed to be on at 8:30 (and was therefore supposed to be there at 7:30) started straggling in at 8:40. I was asked if I'd go on early, but I didn't have to, as Joey Spina (http://www.joeyspina.com) filled in wonderfully -- great voice, kind of a blend between Rob Thomas and Adam Duritz (Counting Crows). Anyway, a six-piece band shows up twenty minutes late for their thirty-minute set. Which is why they only got one song -- the point of the exercise was that it's an assembly line concert, get 'em up move 'em out. I felt bad for them... but not that bad. They should've been there on time, dammit. It was in big letters on the sign-up sheet.

[jannyblue.livejournal.com]

They should've been there on time, dammit.

Exactly.

You can only get away with acting like than when you're at the "International Superstar" level... and even then you shouldn't.

[rickvs.livejournal.com]

It'd kind of depend on their reasoning, I guess. If their band van had been in an accident, that'd be one thing. If they'd hit their snooze alarm seven-too-many times, I don't imagine they'll get invited back next year. Did they offer any excuse, to your knowledge?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Nope. Just trickled in. And then had problems with at least one of the guitars. And then argued with the producer. I understand that they were probably offered the chance to fill in if someone else couldn't show, but there was only a day and a half left and I wasn't there, so I don't know if they got any more time.

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

It varies. I usually listen to Wait Wait, a few philosophy and military history podcasts (especially Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - sometimes excellent, sometimes frustrating), and News from Lake Wobegone. Lately I've been listening to the Penny Arcade/PVP/Wil Wheaton D&D podcasts, which are good fun.

[alymid.livejournal.com]

If I had to have a desert island podcast it would be QN (Quirky Nomads). She updates very regularly almost daily sometimes, but there is a wide variety of content from anecotes overheard on public trans in Toronto to games of storytelling/sound effects telephone (Circus of Mosquitoes) to serial radio plays and political commentary.

Lots of fun and one of those things i push on everyone I know with a relative level of success.

[ericcoleman]

I would highly recommend Friday Night Comedy from the BBC ... it goes back and forth from The News Quiz to The Now show

bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy

[hms42]

Live recording of a Renaissance pod cast by Marc Gunn recording Flynn's Folly (Andrew McGee's new group) @ I-CON. To be posted ???

And a couple songs that are going to air on devo spice's Manic Monday.

[pjhandley.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Car Talk. and it was much to my amusement when the older kids realized that in Cars, the sponsors for Lightning McQueen (the Rust-eeze Medicated Bumper Ointment folks) were the guys from Car Talk.

Don't Drive Like My Brother! LOL!!!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Computer ca. 1998.

115kbps dial-up internet.

No ability to listen to MP3s.

No ability to listen to MP3s, no reason to buy an iPod.

No iPod, no podcasts.