Specs listed the podcasts she listens to and Razib also mentioned a podcast recently, so I thought I should list the stuff I have been listening to on my iPhone and may be Razib and others can chime in with some suggestions.
Here’s my current list of podcasts:
- BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief
- BBC Radio 4 In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg
- BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed
- NPR Planet Money
- NPR On Science
- NPR Science Friday
- NPR Technology
- Science and the City: I just started listening to this podcast, so not sure yet if I’ll continue.
- This Week in Google: Interesting, but too long at 1 hour every week, especially as it has some filler and could be shortened.
- TED Talks: Some good talks, some just boring.
- The New York Review of Books Podcast
- The New Yorker Comment, Out Loud, and The Political Scene podcasts
- President Obama’s weekly address
- White House Speeches (I don’t listen to all of them, but subscribe to keep track)
In addition, here are some courses and lectures on iTunes U and as podcasts that I have been listening to or that are in my listening queue:
- Historical Jesus
- The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
- Slavery and Abolition
- Lincoln and the Civil War
- The History of Rome
- The Roman Empire
- Imperial Rome and Ostia
- Introduction to Ancient Greek History
What do you recommend?
Historical Jesus sounds interesting. The rest are really nice specially the historical ones.
I listen to a LOT of podcasts so an hour-long podcast doesn’t bother me, but I hope its interesting.
You tried This American Life yet?
Specs: An hour long podcast is likely to have a lot of fluff. I love BBC 4 podcasts because they are so packed with interesting information.
I haven’t tried This American Life yet.