[ALUmnus]

Anyone listen to any good podcasts regularly? I'm always wanting something entertaining and informative to listen to while I work, but I've just been too lazy to search for them. I went through an audiobook in a few days a couple weeks ago (Crazy Love), so I figure I might as well continue to do something productive while I'm at work being unproductive.

Maybe I should buy a cd to learn a new language or something, or boost my vocabulary, but I'd rather find something I can download regularly.

[phoenix]

Don't get me started ....

If you like audiobooks, you might want to check out Podiobooks. Same idea, but you can get chapters released weekly, so it's almost like a serialized book. The only real drawback is when an author doesn't get the next chapter done right away, and you're left with a cliffhanger for weeks (P.G. Holyfield, I'm looking at you).

There are plenty of music podcasts out there, depending on what kind of music you like. You won't hear mainstream artists, but you'll hear bands you won't get to hear anywhere else (for now -- I know of several bands who were big on podcasts who have been signed to label deals; DecemberRadio and Fireflight are both bands that I had permission to play on my show at one time). I'm not going to pimp my own show right now, because I'm on a kind of involuntary hiatus as I try to carve some quiet time out of the evenings to actually produce a show; if you're really curious, there's a button in my sig that should take you there. Without knowing what kind of music you like, I don't really have any recommendations here.

For tech podcasts, you can't go wrong with anything at http://twit.tv. And if you really want to boost your vocabulary, there's always Podictionary: The Podcast for Word Lovers. It's short (about five minutes a day), but you learn some interesting things about words.

The Onion does audio and video podcasts. NPR has a huge selection of podcasts, though not all of those are complete shows. One of my favorites it The Amateur Traveler, if you're at all interested in travel.

The iTunes podcast directory is probably the most complete, though you can also check out Podcast Alley or Podcast Pickle are decent directories.

[flamesbball84]

gutenberg project = free audiobooks

[El Scorcho]

My absolutely favorite podcast wouldn't be of interest to anyone here so, here are the rest in the order I usually prioritize them...

Scam School (Learn to mess with people's minds. Easy illusions and bar tricks)

Diggnation (Two dudes sit on a couch and drink beer while talking about popular stories from digg.com)

HD Nation (All things HDTV)

NPR: Live Concerts from All Songs Considered (free music)

NPR: Car Talk

newhope church: Sermon Series (Just a church in NC I follow)

Film Riot (How to create movie special effects on a budget)

The Totally Rad Show (Three dudes review movies, TV, video games and comics)

Ctrl (NBC web show that's kind of lame but has Tony Hale in it and he always makes me laugh)

But really those are all secondary for me. Google any of them by name and you should find podcast links easily.

[ALUmnus]

My absolutely favorite podcast wouldn't be of interest to anyone here

Come on, don't hold back.