# Pod(cast) people, what do you listen to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564 "2008-12-03T20:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/1 "2008-12-03T20:58:35Z")
Looking for interesting, funny, informative or otherwise good podcasts. Linkies? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/2 "2008-12-03T21:01:07Z")
Car Talk, of course. Interesting, funny, and informative. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/3 "2008-12-03T22:10:43Z")
The Bugle ([website](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/the_bugle/)) Rachel Maddow (from MSNBC) Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann (from MSNBC) The Word Nerds Friday Night Comedy from the BBC I get all these for free from iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/4 "2008-12-03T22:37:01Z")
I don’t podcast, but I DAR\* over 9 hours of NPR each weekend and listen to it through the following week. _Car Talk_, _Wait Wait_, _This American Life_, _Prairie Home Companion_, _World Cafe_, the _Weekend Edition Sunday_ Puzzle, and _Best of This American Life_. \*Like DVR, but for audio ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/5 "2008-12-03T22:42:25Z")
Just subscribing to this thread, because I’m also looking for good podcasts. ---
**Author:** ![stucco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@stucco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucco)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/6 "2008-12-03T22:44:58Z")
Nature has a great weekly podcast. ---
**Author:** ![jacob\_wrestling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jacob\_wrestling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacob_wrestling)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/7 "2008-12-03T22:47:57Z")
I regularly listen to both _Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me_ and _This American Life_ from NPR. If you like movies, I highly recommend _Filmspotting_. On the off chance you want to brush up on your French language skills, _Learn French by Podcast_ is excellent. [Radiofrance.fr](http://Radiofrance.fr) also has all manner of news, entertainment, and culture podcasts. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/8 "2008-12-03T23:04:47Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > _Prairie Home Companion_ How is PHC in podcast? I tried it a while back and was annoyed that the show was cut up and not what one actually heard on the radio. Is that still the case? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/9 "2008-12-03T23:12:53Z")
Dunno. Like I said, I don’t podcast. I record it off the air direct to MP3. My version rox. 🙂 I will confess that PHC is the only show I DAR that does regularly suffer from my method. I use HDOgg and have it automatically split files into 60-minute slices, and since PHC regularly overruns their first hour, I wind up with a 1-second or so drop where the slice happens. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/10 "2008-12-03T23:19:27Z")
This American Life Radiolab - THIS ONE IS AWESOME. It’s from WNYC and it’s a science-y version of This American Life almost The Splendid Table The Moth (open mic stories) Living on Earth Sounds Eclectic On the Media Fresh Air Basically I did a search on iTunes for PRI, NPR, WNYC and WHYY podcasts, and found a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/11 "2008-12-03T23:21:49Z")
WMMR’S Preston and Steve. It’s a daily morning radio show from Philadelphia. Hilarious and very informative! ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/12 "2008-12-03T23:38:31Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > This American Life > Radiolab - THIS ONE IS AWESOME. It’s from WNYC and it’s a science-y version of This American Life almost > The Splendid Table > The Moth (open mic stories) > Living on Earth > Sounds Eclectic > On the Media > Fresh Air > > Basically I did a search on iTunes for PRI, NPR, WNYC and WHYY podcasts, and found a bunch. Let me be the first to _strongly_ second **Radiolab** , and I would agree pretty much with the characterization that it has a very similar feel and style to TAL, but where the latter is about people and their stories, Radiolab is about science and discovery. (just something to be aware of: they only do 5 full-length actual episodes per season, (season 5 just began). But in between seasons they release additional shorter tidbits here and there as podcasts, many of which are very good as well). Check out an episode on their [website](http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/). (I’d recommend Emergence from season 1, but they really are all great). Also, **Skeptoid** is a nice series of 10-12 min. essays each debunking another pseudoscience, urban legend, conspiracy, etc. They’re quite good I think. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/13 "2008-12-04T01:33:40Z")
I get my podcasts via iTunes. Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (NPR) - weekly, “quiz show”/news/humor Car Talk (NPR) - weekly, humor/car maintenance Rachael Maddow’s nightly radio news broadcast (I watch her MSNBC show) Dan Savage’s Savage Love - weekly, sex/love advice, snarky, sooooooo NSFW Skepticality - biweekly, skepticism All Songs Considered (NPR) - weekly, music reviews/samples Live Concerts from All Songs Considered (NPR) Second Stage (NPR) - daily, a new song each episode Talk of the Nation (NPR) - daily, news Specialty topics: Spanish lessons: Learn Spanish - Spanish Pod; Learn Spanish with Coffee Break Spanish Beer brewing, all by The Brewing Network: Brew Strong; The Jamil Show; The Sunday Session (all more or less NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Perfect-bend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Perfect-bend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perfect-bend)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/14 "2008-12-04T01:56:10Z")
This American Life Keith and the Girl Savage Love with Dan Savage Distorted View Common Sense with Dan Carlin 1up Yours Video game podcast Scam School (video) Tekzilla (video) …and lots more ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/15 "2008-12-04T01:58:03Z")
I love podcasts! For current events: Mosaic (a video podcast, with clips of news shows in the Middle East) The World, a coproduction of the BBC, PRI, and WGBH in Boston (that’s exactly how they say it every day; I also listen to their subshow on language, The World in Words) Worldview, from WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio The Diane Rehm Show Science Friday The Guardian Weekly Podcast The Economist’s podcasts Oh, and no, there’s no way I can listen to all of those in one day. So inevitably I am always a little behind on the news. For fun: Savage Love The Bugle (one of the hosts is John Oliver from the Daily Show) This American Life Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! The Moth ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/16 "2008-12-04T02:02:06Z")
My big three as far as entertainment value: \*\*Dan Savage’s Savage Lovecast \*\*(mentioned a few times already… good stuff) \*\*Doug Benson’s “I Love Movies.” \*\*It’s recorded live at the UCB Theatre in LA. A different guest each week (friends of his like Paul F. Tompkins, Sarah Silverman, etc) sits and bullshits about movies. **Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier - SMODCAST** - Usually an hour or so of the two of them just bullshitting about anything and everything. It’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelQReilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/17 "2008-12-04T02:32:47Z")
If you like sports podcasts: The BS Report with Bill Simmons (general sports and culture) The Spurs Show with Phil Cornwell (EPL) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/18 "2008-12-04T03:05:03Z")
I listen to Mark Kermode’s Film Reviews and Slate’s Political Gabfest regularly. Occasionally I will also listen to Car Talk and Fresh Air. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/19 "2008-12-04T03:08:53Z")
Yet another _Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me_ pod listener. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564/20 "2008-12-04T04:37:40Z")
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned, but there are a few I really like that haven’t been. For grammar Nazis, there’s Grammar Girl and the Grammar Grater. They’re both good; Grammar Girl is more straightforward and Grammar Grater uses experts to explain meaning and usage. Grammar Girl also has a new video podcast, but I haven’t watched it yet. I also like the KQRS Morning Show podcast from Minneapolis-St. Paul. It’s just a local zoo-type morning show on a classic-rock station, but I listened to them when I lived there, and it’s a truly local show. Many of these just came from browsing the podcast section of the Zune Marketplace. There’s lots out there to choose from, and if you don’t like something, unsubscribe and find something else. Robin [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pod-cast-people-what-do-you-listen-to/475564.md?page=2)