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Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a Podcast

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Post by rick_2047 »

I am not exactly learn from an audio podcast type but I really liked listening to John R Searle's class of Philosophy of Mind, at UC Berkeley Webcasts[1]. The quality is bad as hell, but the content not so much.

Also if you want to have some light listening (you don't want the all intellectual boring life do you?) then I would highly recommend Bells in the Batfry[2] by John bell and Decoder Ring Theater [3]. Listen to everything produced by them, its a treat.

[1]http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details_new.php?seriesid=...

[2]http://thebatfry.com/

[3]http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a Podcast

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Post by kranner »

arethuza wrote: post #9

The History of Rome Podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-rome/id261... I've listened to all 112 episodes so far (and still quite a bit to go) - once this finishes I'll probably go back and listen to the "12 Byzantine Rules" again - which is also very good. Although not purely a podcast, I can also strongly recommend the BBC Radio 4 series "In Our Time" - which is available as a podcast: http://w…

IMO 'In Our Time' is less useful than it appears at first. Melvyn Bragg invites a few University professors to discuss a topic in every episode and things go straight to the deep end with everyone trying to sound smarter than everyone else. It's an intellectual knife-fight where the listener hasn't even been told the rules.

ABC Radio National's Philosophers Zone http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/ is way better and covers much the same topics. Great interviewer; talks clearly and slowly and summarizes key points periodically. It's the Mixergy of philosophy.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a Podcast

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Post by mrlyc »

TED Talks: "Riveting talks by remarkable people" http://feeds.feedburner.com/tedtalks_audio

Conversations with Richard Fidler: a little-known, even in his home country of Australia, radio interviewer who is better than Michael Parkinson http://abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/conversationspodc...

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