# Podcast recommendation thread?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendation-thread/462447>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 7, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendation-thread/462447 "2008-09-07T03:33:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendation-thread/462447/21 "2008-09-08T21:02:44Z")

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> [@Cardinal](#):
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> Can you convince me about Fresh Air? I listen to The Business, and sometimes The Treatment, and those are NPR interview shows, but this show gives me this vibe of the quintessential Public Radio Hippie. I sometimes can’t get past Gross saying “this is Fresh Air.” The way she says it springs to my mind the flannel wearing PNW superduperliberals who might try to buy free-range potatoes at Applebees. Remember the SNL women who had an NPR show and got high on portabello (sp?) mushrooms?
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> I constantly picture her in her split rail studio, surrounded by dream catchers and posters of Che, murmuring, “Yeah, yeah” into a mic.
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> Can someone convince me to give it another go?

Well, Terry does have a pretty mellow interview style. If you have a visceral reaction to her voice alone, I can’t see getting past that. My ratio for interesting/not FA episodes is pretty high, maybe 10:1, but there’s a pretty big backlog, and I really like the show when its a topic I find interesting. But its probably not for you, if you can conjure up such potent and objectionable (to you; for me: wtf?) imagery just at will.

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**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendation-thread/462447/22 "2008-09-08T21:11:24Z")

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This is a rather good podcast from [Skeptic.com](http://Skeptic.com)

I don´t know if you´re familiar with [Skeptic.com](http://Skeptic.com) or not, but it´s a great site for all issues ranging from religion to music to fradulent claims and all other cool science related topic and issues.

Many grear guests have participated in this podcast over the years including the likes of Richard Dawkins and The Myth Busters.

Anyway, I think it´s worth a try:

> **[Skeptic » Podcasts » Our Podcasts](https://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/)**
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> The Skeptics Society has proudly presented award-winning podcasts: The Michael Shermer Show: a series of long-form conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, philosophers, historians, scholars, writers and thinkers about the...

Episode lists are located on the left column.

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