Recommended podcasts

Now that I have a new iPod, I've got lots of rooms for podcasts – it's like crafting your own specialized version of "talk radio" for your commute. But I haven't found much just searching iTunes.

So, recommended podcasts??

As an FYI, the problem I've come across is that for long podcasts (or audiobooks), you have to listen to them all at once since iPods don't have FF or Rew functions. Has anyone found a way around this? (I found this out listening to a two-hour long "This American Life" audiobook. I can't listen to any music until I finish the book, or I'll lose my place.)

Seldom do I miss this one:

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KCRW - The Morning Becomes Eclectic

podcasts on ipods pick up where you left off, and there is a fast forward and rewind function, tap the center button once and then spin the wheel

podcasts i subscribe to -
Free Radio Sub Pop
KCRW's Music Exchange
Slashdot Review
The Ricky Gervais Show

Actually bags, it depends on the iPod you have, but you can forward or go back. Just click the middle button on your clickwheel and then roll the clickwheel backwards or forwards…that should enable you to move it to where you want it to be.

the ricky gervais podcast is some funny funny stuff… Karl the Mank rules…

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
podcasts on ipods pick up where you left off

Hot damn – even if you "stop" out of it? Yeah, I figured better minds would solve my problem!

Originally posted by bearman:
Actually bags, it depends on the iPod you have, but you can forward or go back.

I've got the color display photo click wheel. Oy, that's a mouthful. I assume that's a 4th Gen?

Thanks for the tips, Pollard & Bearman.

pods are scary

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Ricky Gervais Podcast to Be Sold
Tuesday February 21 9:49 AM ET

Ricky Gervais' podcast is going commercial.

A New Jersey-based company announced Tuesday it will begin selling subscriptions to the "Ricky Gervais Show" next week.

Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the team behind the BBC's acclaimed comedy series "The Office," launched the podcast in December. Podcasts are audio recordings that are posted online; most are free.

The 30-minute show contains much scatological humor. It features the pair interviewing Karl Pilkington, a producer at their old radio show, about topics such as the cognitive abilities of chimpanzees and the existence of vampires and ghosts.

Wayne-based Audible said it will offer two seasons of the show one starting Feb. 28 and one in the fall each with at least four episodes. The podcasts will cost $1.95 per episode or $6.95 per season.

hmmm… i would rather have advertising in the podcast

anyone else subscribe to the Radio Onion headlines? funny funny funny stuff

I'm a big fan of the CBC Radio 3 podcast.
http://radio3.cbc.ca/
It's virtually all unsigned/indie bands from across the musical spectrum.

You can get the podcast through the usual subscription process or you can download the MP3 if you want to go 'old school'.

Your mileage may vary on this - because of the variety, you might find parts of the podcasts boring. But I've discovered some great young bands this way.

thanks for the heads up… i was thinking about checking it out, sure do miss the days of brave new waves and the sat night programming.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:

anyone else subscribe to the Radio Onion headlines? funny funny funny stuff

Yes, good stuff, worth keeping and tossing in the shuffle mix.

I also subscribe to a few political things: CounterSpin, Media Matters, Progressive Point of View, RadioNation. Also Despair, Inc. video podcasts (just a few released so far). I torrent Democracy Now! but it's also available as audio and video podcasts.

I'm just getting into podcasts myself. So far I've found and like these:

Lost Official Podcast (terrific if you are a fan)
Bitjobs for the Masses
Drowned in Sound Radio
Take Your Medicine
Not Your Usual Bollocks
KCRW's Music Exchange

Downloaded but haven't listened to yet:
Swish Blog Podcast
Chewing Gum Volley

There are really too many to keep up with!

you guys are crazy, i have absolutely no time to listen to podcasts in between rating my new music and actually listening to playlists

buuut, TIVO just made a major upgrade where you can do all sorts of web stuff through it now, including a bunch of podcasts through live365, pretty cool

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
anyone else subscribe to the Radio Onion headlines? funny funny funny stuff

Fantastic stuff.