I listen to a fair amount of podcast these days. Here’s what my Podcast Player is shuffling through (I use BeyondPod, for the record)…
Business & Economics
StartUp Podcast
The first of a few from New York-based Gimlet Media, Startup in its first season followed the trials and tribulations of setting up a podcasting company, in the second the story of a dating site, and more recently a bunch of different startups.
http://feeds.hearstartup.com/hearstartup
The Bottom Line with Evan Davis
Weekly panel discussion about current hot business topics with Newsnight’s Davis.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/bottomline/rss.xml
More or Less: Behind the Stats
The Undercover Economist Tim Harford and team unpick (and usually debunk) dubious statistics that are currently capturing the media’s attention.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/rss.xml
Freakonomics Radio
Journalist Stephen Dubner looks at economics and tangental topics through the Freakonomics lens.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio
Comedy
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
Satire from either Dead Ringers, The Now Show or The News Quiz, except during the summer when obviously satire stops and goes on a short break to Benidorm.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/fricomedy/rss.xml
Comedy of the Week
A random selection from that week’s Radio 4 output.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/comedy/rss.xml
Answer Me This!
It’s like QI with more swearing.
http://answermethis.libsyn.com/rss/
Documentaries
Serial
The Podcast that put Podcasting on the map. Have to say the second series wasn’t nearly as engaging as the first.
http://feeds.serialpodcast.org/serialpodcast
This American Life
Documentaries about American Life. Something of a NPR stalwart. Check out the edition a year or so ago that spent a month in a car dealership.
http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast
Food Programme
BBC’s weekly look at food and the food industry. Recent one about Coffee an example of it at its best.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/foodprog/rss.xml
Seriously…
A random selection from Radio 4’s documentary output. Some cracking stuff in here.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/r4choice/rss.xml
99% Invisible
Fascinating stories on the theme of design of everyday things.
http://feeds.99percentinvisible.org/99percentinvisible
TED Radio Hour
I think I might be over the whole “Waving arms around profoundly” TED thing. But also includes less arm-wavy interviews.
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510298
The Allusionist
A programme about etymology. Which shouldn’t be confused with entomology.
http://feeds.theallusionist.org/Allusionist
Surprisingly Awesome
Like QI but more American.
http://feeds.gimletmedia.com/surprisinglyawesome
Sampler
A podcast about podcasts. Not nearly as meta as that might sound.
http://feeds.gimletmedia.com/samplershow
Science
Radiolab from WNYC
Awesomely beautiful radio about matters science.
http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Panel discussion show with physicist and keyboardist Brian “Hasn’t he got lovely hair” Cox.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/timc/rss.xml
Science Vs
Another Gimlet show, giving a scientific breakdown of common topics.
http://feeds.gimletmedia.com/sciencevs
Sport
From the Rookery End
Essential match-by-match coverage of life as a Watford fan.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/rookeryend
Football Weekly
More relevant now that Watford are in the top flight, but can verge on the Bantz a bit.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/series/footballweekly/podcast.xml
Hornet Heaven
If you aren’t a Watford fan, this will make no sense at all.
https://audioboom.com/channels/4789029.rss
Tech
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