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I like Hardcore History. The guy sounds exactly like Glenn Beck in his voice and speaking style, which made it nearly impossible for me to listen to at first. But, now that I'm over that, it's great.
No Agenda, for real news, no tabloid shit.
I listen to podcasts all day while I work. I've consumed hundreds of hours of all types of podcasts. No Agenda is the best show on the internet. Edit: There is plenty of 'real news' tabloid shit though. The value in No Agenda is the deconstruction of media and the calling out disguised propaganda. Thanks to No Agenda, I realize why the local news is covering 'Jersey Shore', I can see that a ten minute news segment wi…
Adam may have some crazy theories, but a lot of what they talk about is the truth.
You don't have to agree with everything they say. In fact, if you only listen to opinions that you agree with, why bother listening to anything?
econtalk : http://www.econtalk.org/ 1 hr interview show (usually a writer promoting recent book) by a Hayek influenced economist. Most shows relate in some way to economic issues but not much. Many are about truth, bias and knowledge in social science fields. I recommend starting with the archives and picking out guests you know and like already.
Econtalk is my favorite podcast. For those who might be put off by economics, here are a couple of interviews that readers here on HN might find interesting: Paul Graham on Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/paul_graham/ Paul Buchheit on Google, Friendfeed, and Start-ups http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2009/09/buchheit_on_goo.htm...
Looking over the archive, here are some from the archive that I liked:
Blakley on Fashion and Intellectual Property
Okrent on Prohibition and His Book, Last Call
Romer on Charter Cities
Boettke on Elinor Ostrom, Vincent Ostrom, and the Bloomington School
Hitchens on Orwell
Kling on Freddie and Fannie and the Recent History of the U.S. Housing Market
Karol Boudreaux on Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa
Chris Anderson on Free
Taleb on Black Swans
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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 bette…
things go straight to the deep end with everyone trying to sound smarter than everyone else Yeah, that's the degenerate case, and is why I'm less keen on IOT than I used to be. The Indian Rebellion (20100218) was the worst one this year (although I'm almost two months behind now). Still, when it's good, it's really good. Fortunately, you're rarely compelled to listen to an episode: if it's no good, just move on.
I think I lost the ability to take this sort of arrangement seriously after having watched this little 'bit of Fry and Laurie' sketch...
Peter Day's World of Business: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/worldbiz (international business news, interviews)
From Our Own Correspondent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/fooc ('letters' from far-flung places)
Excess Baggage http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/excessbag (travellers and travelling)
Kermode and Mayo film reviews http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode (witty round-up of new film releases with a cult following)
Material World http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/material (science show)
If you enjoy comedy Jordan Jesse Go! and Stop Podcasting yourself are two podcast from Maximumfun that regularly interview comedic stars from Los Angeles and Vancouver respectively. http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/jordan-jesse-go http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/stop-podcasting-yourself
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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 bette…
things go straight to the deep end with everyone trying to sound smarter than everyone else Yeah, that's the degenerate case, and is why I'm less keen on IOT than I used to be. The Indian Rebellion (20100218) was the worst one this year (although I'm almost two months behind now). Still, when it's good, it's really good. Fortunately, you're rarely compelled to listen to an episode: if it's no good, just move on.
But I agree, IOT has a lot of podcasts that I've liked (e.g. the one on The Great wall of China), while others are just academic catfights.