Monday, March 31, 2008

Podcasts I've been enjoying lately

Here are the podcasts I’ve been enjoying lately. I tend to like short (5-20 min) to-the-point discussions of interesting political or philosophical topics, or readings of fiction. Good for listening to on the way to and from work. All of them can be found in iTunes.

Cato Daily Podcast – Short and insightful political opinions from the nation’s leading Libertarian think tank
http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php

Cory Doctorow’s Craphound – Readings by one of my favorite sci fi authors and digital rights activists
http://www.craphound.com/index.php?cat=6

Liberty Radio Underground – Discussion of Libertarian principles
http://libertyradiounderground.com/

Skeptoid - Critical analysis of pop phenomena, debunking pseudoscience with actual science
http://skeptoid.com/subscribe.php

The Ethicist – short discussions of ethical dilemmas
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html

Radio Free Liberty – More libertarian propaganda
http://www.radiofreeliberty.com/

Slate Explainer – Short explanations of topics in the news
http://www.slate.com/id/2119317/

IT Conversations – Hardcore geek stuff
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/channelFeeds.html