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Just need some for the flight and for quiet moments on holiday to download and store.

I have all the usual BBC ones - Film Review, In Our Time, etc. - so looking for something a bit leftfield if possible.

Something techie, funny, history, political...that kind of thing (not all at once of course).

And if anybody mentions a rugby podcast... 🙂

Thanks all.


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 7:11 am
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WYNC Radiolab
Sick & Wrong
This American Life
Infinite Monkey Cage


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 7:14 am
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This American Life

Tanks. I used to subscribe to that and had forgotten all about it.

Infinite Monkey Cage

Listened to the very first one and no likey. Worth giving it a second chance?

Thanks for other two, will download and have a listen. Cheersh.


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 7:16 am
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The skeptics guide to the universe is enjoyable if you like science and skepticism. The last few eps were live shows so the audio quality was a bit poor though.
Kermode and Mayo's film review podcast, not sure if that was the one you mean in your post.
If you like computer games then check out the Giant Bombcast.
Also the Guardian science podcast, but specifically the one about the sounds of the shuttle launch from 12th July. The rest are hit and miss and I find one of the presenters extremely annoying


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 7:21 am
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http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/stay_in_touch.php

🙂 Sorry, couldn't resist! 🙂


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 7:22 am
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i always enjoy danny baker's podcast from his 5 live show. he's not to everyones taste mind. Also Adam and Joe are most amusing. David Mitchell's soap box is good for 2 minutes of his "angry logic".


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 7:24 am
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Kermode and Mayo's film review podcast, not sure if that was the one you mean in your post.

Yes, that's the one I meant.

Also the Guardian science podcast, but specifically the one about the sounds of the shuttle launch from 12th July. The rest are hit and miss and I find one of the presenters extremely annoying

I agree, some of these are excellent, but some are awfully boring.

Oh, and thanks Flashy - you ****in git. 🙂


 
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How stuff works
As it occurred to me
R4 comedy Club


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 7:54 am
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The Bugle
AIOTM sadly finished
Collings & Herrin (but currently on a break - but 160 hours of poorly produced puerility available... 😉 )
And Desert Island Discs (500 of them available)
Pappys Fun Club

My eldest son likes Procter and Gamble, and Answer me this

More or Less if you like numbers/science/economics


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 8:04 am
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The Dirtbag Diaries is my favourite.


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 9:31 am
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Some great suggestions there folks...

*goes off to download and sync*

Cheers folks.


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 10:33 am
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My normal listening:

- PC Pro (techy stuff)
- Gareth Jones On Speed (car-geek/motorsport stuff)
- Mitch Benn (half an hour of comedy songs, mostly other people's)
- Answer Me This (comedy)
- BBC R4 Friday Night Comedy
- Infinite Monkey Cage

Have downloaded for weeks when I have more time (long boring car journeys, etc)

- Guardian Tech Weekly
- Windows Weekly
- T3
- Gamers With Jobs Conference Call
- Freakonomics Radio
- BBC Comedy of the Week
- Desert Island Discs
- Jay and Silent Bob Get Old

Also worth listening to (if the humour is to your taste) but finished - AIOTM, plus Richard Herring also did a daily podcast show at Edinburgh, good mix of interviews and guest standup, and 25+ hours of listening there.


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 10:57 am
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Oh, and if you're on an i-device and listen to a lot of podcasts, the £1.50 or so that [url= http://podcaster.fm/ ]Podcaster[/url] costs is worthwhile just to save the faff of syncing them manually.


 
Posted : 08/10/2011 10:58 am

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