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Lively and well-thought rants about the evils of advertising -- and the entire mentality that has allowed ads to dominate our media and our very lives. | |||
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Political humor
and rants that are deliciously sick and twisted. They're Left, and
they're pissed off! -- Soundcloud
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Journalism I trust from Glenn Greenwald and others. Several podcasts including Intercepted & the relatively new "Deconstructed" Podcast. | |||
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A left-leaning news & current events podcast, typically 4 hours of in-depth interviews with 4 separate newsmakers or authors. Note that they have recently started posting the separate component interviews of many episodes as separate audio files on Soundcloud here. | |||
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Trae Crowder, the "Liberal Redneck" comedian, became famous with viral videos trying to explain Southerners to the Coastal liberals. | |||
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Shane Mauss, comedian, interviews scientists on serious topics and often speaks about psychotropics. | |||
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Presidential Candidate has brief but deep interviews with liberal newsmakers. | |||
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Ex-"Mega-Church" Pastor Zach Gandara reflects with friends on the political, the spiritual, and the search for community. | |||
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Humanist and deep thinker Charles Eisenstein interviews guests about the transition from a doomed world back towards a new world ... (Other appearances here). | |||
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C stands for Consciousness: trippy exploration of alternative viewpoints. See Also: Z-Realm, Psychonautica. | |||
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Devoted to the strangeness and beauty of all things that happen at night, as explored by a day person. | |||
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British/Malaysian anarchist podcast asks tough questions and specializes in unearthing original source audio of radical thinkers, and conspiracy evidence. Economy, ecology, energy, and much more. | |||
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Ecological podcast that seeks hope and good news in a time of environmental crisis. | |||
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High-quality sci-fi short stories. | |||
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High-quality fanasy/fiction short stories. | |||
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High-quality horror/fiction short stories. | |||
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Usually a good quality fiction story, crosses boundaries & genres, followed by lengthy discussion of topics of geek interest, tangentially related to the story. | |||
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Very
popular podcast, strings together several stories on loosely related
topics of
current American life. New location for direct
download of
episodes:
http://audio.thisamericanlife.org/jomamashouse/ismymamashouse/EPISODENUMBER.mp3 Some other cool NPR/Public Radio podcasts:
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A strange urban noir serial in progress. | |||
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Highly informative news about the energy industry with an eye towards the transition to renewable sources. The only apparent survivor of the Extra-Environmentalists' attempt to build a channel including video lectures and classes, but also many different topics... the one left is the Energy Transition Show. | |||
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Tiny radio stories that ask big questions about design, architecture, and our built environment. | |||
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Never forget the "Internet Archive" and "Wayback Machine" for finding obscure audio and video content -- books, speech, news, and music. I've sometimes spent hours searching pirate sites to find a certain piece of music, only to have it pop up immediately, legal and free, when I check the Internet Archive. Link from there to Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, and other massive collections... Which reminds me, I need to check out more free Podiobooks... | |||
| Collapse (incl. Economics, etc.) | Fiction / True Stories | Current Events / News | Real-Life Sciences | History | |
| Music | Evansville Local | Writing / Comedy / Film | Meditation | Gaming | Hiatus / Where Are They Now ? |
| Category: Collapse (including Peak Oil, radical politics, economics [because pretty much any non-mainstream economic news site is blinking red by this point], sustainable living / survivalism, Singularity, etc.) | |
SALT (Seminars on Long-Term Thinking) - Long Now Foundation
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Full-length lectures
(upwards of an hour)
about civilization and its transition to a different state.
Link
to the left goes to the SoundCloud page, where the audio is free.
The SALT homepage does not have an
option to download the audio, only stream.
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 Team
Human with Douglas Rushkoff
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Radical thinker
explores modern memes and disinformation.
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 Radio
Ecoshock
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A left-leaning
podcast about ecological crises and collapse. Also check Soundcloud
for occasional bonuses.
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KunstlerCast
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One of the original
prophets of doom still generates controversy, but you can't ignore his
insights.
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 Doomstead
Diner
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Another generally
left-leaning podcast about ecological crises and collapse.
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Greg Palast
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Occasional podcast by
leftist
journalist who has exposed voter suppression and other
radical causes.
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 The
Stimulator (a.k.a. ITEOTWAWKIAIFF)
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Current news from a bad-ass
anarchist perspective. His videos may be downloaded free as
either MP4s or audio MP3 podcasts, but I prefer the videos.
(Also on archive.org)
"Goooooood morning, slaves!!"
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 Peak
Prosperity
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Chris Martenson, of
the "Crash Course", discusses the economic impacts
of Peak Oil.
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 Numinous
Podcast
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Carmen Spangola's
podcast, The Numinous Podcast, deals with spiritual aspects of collapse.
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Resistance Radio
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Derrick Jensen's
podcast, Deep Green Resistance, deals with ecological collapse.
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The Unplugged Mom
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Laurette
Lynn decided to home-school her kids, started podcasting about it, and
moved from there to explore all sorts of topics about politics,
freedom, education, stereotypes and our mental cultural landscape.
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 Future
Primitive
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Interviews with an
eco-feminist
perspective.
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Waking from the American Dream
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Daughter
of George Carlin discusses the entertainment/comedy/writing biz,
Leftist
politics, culture, with interesting guests from many fields.
One channel of "SMOD-cast," partly run by Kevin
Smith, where you might find other amusing (if crude) content.
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| Category: Fiction and Stories (including true life stories), Dramas | |
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Judgment
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Exciting and
terrifying true tales revolving around a theme.
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The Truth
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Miniature audio
dramas, usually with a twist.
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Hooting Yard Podcasts
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Want
to confuse
yourself and shake up your creativity? Give Frank Key a
listen. Note - His own personal site including archives,
hootingyard dot org, is blocked with extreme prejudice by my anti-virus
software.
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Kakos Industries Corporate Announcements
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Most companies are
evil, but only one actually owns the Trademark on Evil(TM).
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[Welcome to] Nightvale
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News dispatches from
a town where the surreal walks the streets.
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Risk !
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"True Tales Boldly
Told"
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The Moth
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Unusual Live
Storytelling.
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 Starship
Sofa
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Magazine-style
British sci-fi podcast usually includes several stories and articles.
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Old Time Radio
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Extruding America
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Comedic fiction
dispatches from a very strange parallel America.
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Lightspeed Magazine
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Major magazine
publisher offers sample stories as podcasts.
(Also Note, Lightspeed Mag bought the former Fantasy Mag and another small archive of Fantasy podcasts remains here). |
Fantasy Magazine
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| Category: Current Events, News Interviews (typically includes politics and opinions, but not as main focus) | |
Thinking Allowed
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Dry wit from a crusty British
sociologist named Laurie Taylor.
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RadioLab
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Various modern
thinking-peoples' topics.
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W T F ? ?
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Comedian Marc Maron
interviews
funny people.
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Duncan Trussell Family Hour
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Comedian interviews
musicians and generally odd people.
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 Waking
Up with Sam Harris
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Neuroscientist and
philosopher explores the relationship between the human mind and
current events.
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Zero Squared (formerly Diet Soap)
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Philosophical podcast
with frequent forays into Leftist politics.
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| Category: History | |
| Category: Real-Life Sciences (including health, environment) | |
Stuff to Blow Your Mind
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Medium-length
podcast (usu. ~20-30 mins) with an interesting perspective on current
science news. Note: several other podcasts are available from
the
ever-illuminating Marshall Brain's website, "How
Stuff Works", on a variety of topics, but this is definitely
my favorite. Go to the "How
Stuff Works" site and click the tab that says "Podcasts" (no
better link)
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Researchers discuss
the subconscious patterns that influence our conscious choices and
actions.
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Inquiring Minds
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Chris Mooney examines
whether political voices actually understand science.
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Obesity Panacea
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The causes of obesity
are complex -- this blog focuses on sedentary behavior itself being
unhealthy.
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Humans Are Not Broken
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Tips on paleo and
"primitive" diets.
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Partially Examined Life
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Podcast by washed-up
ex-Philosophy majors, usually reviews an important philosophical book
or treatise.
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 Skeptoid
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Investigates urban legends,
"unexplained"
phenomena, and conspiracy theories with an eye towards de-bunking them.
Yet, when he presents the "wuu-wuu" side of the story, he
often
unearths fascinating and fanciful stories that spur the imagination!
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Skeptic's Guide to the Universe
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Skepticism
& Sound Reasoning in an entertaining format.
(Contains
“Science or Fiction” where host presents two true news items and one
false and the guests have to guess which is false). I find
this a
tad cynical and condescending at times, East Coast tough humor.
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 QuackCast
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Arrogantly
ridicules alternative medicine. I have listened occasionally
as a
reality check against some of the more exotic quasi-medicinal
supplements I enjoy taking.
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| Meta-Category: Writing, and Podcasting (itself), also Comedy and Film | |
Earbud.fm
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I don't follow many
podcast aggregators etc., but this is an NPR project where listeners
nominated favorite podcast episodes and judges reviewed them.
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Sci Fi with Jesse Mercury
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Singer/songwriter
chats about his favorite sci-fi. Left link is his personal
podcast; he also does "Sci-Fi On
Trial" where he and several friends review sci-fi
movies that flopped and judge whether they deserved their failure or
success.
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Cast Podcast
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Meta-Podcast with
tips and tricks to podcasting and audio dramas.
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I Should Be Writing
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Prolific author's
interviews and tips on writing.
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 Dead
Robots' Society
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Another podcast of
writing tips.
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Writing Excuses
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Another podcast of
writing tips.
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 The
Bugle
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John Oliver was
podcasting before it was cool (and before he was successful).
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Pod F. Tompkast
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Another comedic
podcast, linked to the SuperEgo Podcast.
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The Nerdist
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Numerous different
podcasts revolving around geekdom and comedy.
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Maximum Fun Ethos
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Eclectic family of
podcasts
ranging from college days nostalgia to comedy.
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Snydecast
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Another comedy geek
podcast.
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| Category: Music | |
| See the must-check list at top of page: Probably Punk, and the Internet Archive |
Music public radio: WBEZ
Sound Opinions (Note: If you like a musical
performance, they often separate it out on their archive page.)
Also: The Current, KEXP Song of the Day, KEXP Music that Matters, KCRW Top Tune |
| The GwarCast (FB) | Central for all things gore and GWAR. |
| Jonah Raydio | Usually a discussion of Los Angeles-area local bands and the music scene. |
| Listen Local Radio (SD) | San Diego's music scene. |
| Song Exploder | Britain's Finest |
| Category: Evansville, Indiana Local Podcasts | |
| I was surprised to find that my small town of Evansville has a thriving podcast community. These podcasts are somewhat oriented towards local news and interests, but you might hear some good music or some interesting political discussion. And some good slices of life. | Local Podcasts are members of the Evansville Podcast Network: Clockwork Nights explores the local music scene. Don't Quit Your Daydream talks to hobbyists. Beyond Repair highlights how to fix everything -- from clothing to politics. Brewer's View pretends to be a podcast about brewing but they always talk about sports instead. Nicole DeBoom has varied local interests. Politics Aside is about local Evansville politics as well as National stuff sometimes. |
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| Category: RPG's (Role Playing Games) | |
Haste!
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Obsidian Portal
podcast regarding the latest developments in D&D and
role-playing gaming.
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| Where Are They Now? Podcasts that have completed a limited run, or don't look like they're being updated. | |
 The
Drabblecast |
I
can't even believe that this one has faded away. It's most of
the
reason that I got into podcasts in the first place.
Home for weird fiction. Deliciously sick and twisted, often horror fiction, doesn’t fit into categories. “Spread the weird” Note: Fans of the Drabblecast produce their own audio stories on a separate page, and they're often well worth listening to. Check out the Dribblecast. |
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Extra-Environmentalist |
Can't
even believe that this one's gone either. I was even a
contributor!
Interviews alternative analysis specialist authors (economics, art, ecology, cooking, etc., much more). Focuses on the collapse of our civilization, Peak Oil, environmental collapse – however, maintains a positive attitude. “All the Doom without the Gloom” Note that the Extra-Environmentalists are building a channel to include not only video lectures and classes, but also many different topics. The first spinoff podcast is the Energy Transition Show. |
 Probably
Punk |
Joe
Wise,
Californian folk punk-er, hangs out with his friends.
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 Bored
and Brilliant
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I've been meaning to
check out this acclaimed
mini-series about how to kick cell phone addiction and related bad
habits. Link at left is the full series. Other
links
include the Initial Challenge from All Things
Considered, and the Boot Camp.
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America's
Finest
News Source seems to have abandoned its podcast and does video sketches
only.
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Surfrider Foundation
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Interviews with those
who Make Waves. Looks like it hasn't been updated since 2013.
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 Ted
Rall: Ted Talks, Jen Talks
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One of my favorite
cartoonists and commentators, Ted Rall, engages in a current events
political podcast with one of his radio producers, Jen.
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 The
Philosophical Beat
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Bahman Sarram, extraordinary violinist, interviews music stars and asks about not only their music but their philosophy. |
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Pod
Delusion
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Skeptical British podcast (e.g. "The God Delusion"). Announced a hiatus starting 8/2014. |
A
History of the World in 100 Objects |
Like an audio tour of a museum but more interesting. What can beautifully described artifacts from the entire world, from 50,000 years ago to the present, tell us about the people who made them? (Podcast was a limited series which ended, no new episodes). |
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Books
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Short science-fiction from a popular book publisher. Doesn't seem to have updated since 2011. |
Tom
Dispatch
(Tomcast) |
Very brief interviews with authors of left-leaning political analysis from TomDispatch magazine. Doesn't seem to have updated since 2012 (Internet Archive). |
 Irregular
Climate
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Debunks disingenuous climate change ‘skeptics’ with evidence and thought. |
 Soundings,
by Island Press
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Another limited series which appears to be over, a dozen podcasts about sustainability issues in urban settings. |
Mangled Meditations
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Described as "LSD for your Ears," these 22 podcasts were basically free-form audio noise art. (Limited series, now over, no new ones). |
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Transmissions
from Beyond
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Short science-fiction from "Interzone" magazine. Seems dead. |
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New
Fiction Writers
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As the name implies! But seems dead. |
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