Podcasts by Request
By Request a list of my favourite podcasts. They probably generate around 25-30 hours worth of listening each week. I try to listen to all of them.
History
BBC Documentary Archive
ABC: Hindsight
Science
Dr Karl's Great Moments in Science
Dr Karl on triple J
ABC: The Science Show
ABC: Ockham's Razor
ABC News Radio: Starstuff (Excellent Podcast)
ABC Radio National: The Philosopher's Zone
NPR Technology
Business
NPR Economy
The Economist (Excellent Podcast)
Time Magazine - Busines Review
BBC4 - Peter Days In Business Report (Excellent Podcast)
Perspective
View from the Left: ABC Late Night Live
View from the Soft Left: The National Interest
View from the Soft Left: Big Ideas
Libertarian Viewpoint: Radio National Counterpoint
View from the Right: Townhall.com The Hugh Hewit Show
Topical Take
ABC: Background Briefing (One of my favourites)
Overseas
ABC: Correspondent's Report
BBC: From our own correspondent
Politics
ABC News Radio: Question time from the house of representatives (Australian Parliament)
NPR: It's all Politics
Entertainment
Battlestar Galactica (I don't listen to these until after I've seen the episode)
There's another 8 or so Podcasts I subscribe to that I've forgotten off the top of my head. I'll add them to the list as I remember.
History
BBC Documentary Archive
ABC: Hindsight
Science
Dr Karl's Great Moments in Science
Dr Karl on triple J
ABC: The Science Show
ABC: Ockham's Razor
ABC News Radio: Starstuff (Excellent Podcast)
ABC Radio National: The Philosopher's Zone
NPR Technology
Business
NPR Economy
The Economist (Excellent Podcast)
Time Magazine - Busines Review
BBC4 - Peter Days In Business Report (Excellent Podcast)
Perspective
View from the Left: ABC Late Night Live
View from the Soft Left: The National Interest
View from the Soft Left: Big Ideas
Libertarian Viewpoint: Radio National Counterpoint
View from the Right: Townhall.com The Hugh Hewit Show
Topical Take
ABC: Background Briefing (One of my favourites)
Overseas
ABC: Correspondent's Report
BBC: From our own correspondent
Politics
ABC News Radio: Question time from the house of representatives (Australian Parliament)
NPR: It's all Politics
Entertainment
Battlestar Galactica (I don't listen to these until after I've seen the episode)
There's another 8 or so Podcasts I subscribe to that I've forgotten off the top of my head. I'll add them to the list as I remember.
2 Comments:
I flagged my favourites there.
I love Background Briefing. A full hour of reporting on interesting topics. 1 hour / week. Never miss it.
Starstuff is another great one. 30 mins / week.
The Economist podcasts are short, but if you're interested in globalisation topics they are the masters.
Peter Day's in Business report is awesome. He's a truly great reporter. He has another program I listen to on the radio, when I can, called Global Business, but unfortunately I've never found a podcast for it. Anyway 30 mins of enjoyable listening.
Parliamentary Question time goes for up to 5 hours a week. I've listened to question time for years, but podcasting it is far more convenient than trying to listen to it on the radio. That's a hard one to keep up with, but I'm up to date at the moment.
The Philosopher's zone can be a little slow at time.
Speaking of slow other pods I find boring are:
ABC: Hindsight
ABC: Big Ideas
I persist with then anyway. Not sure why.
From the Perspective Category I most enjoy listening to:
Late Night Live (I've listened to to this for around 10 years). P. Adams the staunch leftist, but with a fascinating program.
Hugh Hewitt (Townhall.com)
Hewitt is a US constitutional law professor. You could describe this as 'Republican Radio' but what makes it interesting is the quality of the weekly guests he interviews.
What I like about both the above programs is that the presenters do not try to pass themselves off as impartial. Like everyone they have views, but they make those views known - and they are both prepared to stand by them.
Great listening.
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