Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
52 lines (40 loc) · 4.02 KB

2014-10-04-podcasts-i-listen-to.md

File metadata and controls

52 lines (40 loc) · 4.02 KB
layout title categories tags comments
post
A list of podcasts I listen to
other
podcasts
true

I've recently gotten in to podcasts again (again) and really enjoy listening to most of these in the background of whatever it is I'm doing.

The podcasts I listen to probably fall in to the following categories:

  • Technology
  • Science
  • Sport

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch so I thought I'd write a blog post in the hope that kind readers would let me know what I should be listening to.

Technology

  • Tech News Today: One of many twit shows I like. I usually listen to this first thing in the morning.
  • This week in tech: I really like Leo Laporte and enjoy listening to this show as background noise to whatever it is that I'm doing.
  • Linux action show: I sometime find these guys 'defend' linux on the desktop a bit too fervently but I never fail to learn something new.
  • MacBreak Weekly: This has the same kind of vibe as 'this week in tech'.
  • All about android: Again, this one feels like hanging out with friends (the probably with real friends being that I can't work at the same time but I'm working on that).
  • Security Now: Another twit podcast, this one is about security and although I miss a lot about what is talked about I still enjoy it.
  • Le Rendez-Vous Tech: A French podcast very similar to this week in tech. Probably the only bit of exercise my French still gets.
  • Healthy Hacker: This is probably one of my favourite podcasts. Chris talks about code but also general fitness stuff.
  • vimcasts.org: Not really a podcast (low frequency) but it's on my podcast catcher so I thought I'd list it here.

Science

  • Freakonomics Radio: A great podcast, extremely well produced and often covering really interesting subjects (this one I usually try not to listen to in the background like most of the above).
  • The infinite monkey cage: Another really good job. Often very funny as well as informative.
  • This week in Science: this is always a nice listen to as they catch up on scientific stories that happened throughout the week.
  • Pythagoras Trousers: Cardiff University graduate Rhys Phillips does an excellent job with this podcast.
  • Math Ed Podcast: A really nice show that in every episode I've listened to was a really interesting interview of a mathematical education expert.
  • Stuff you should know: Not too sure if I should put this in this category but it's a cool show where they explain a bunch of topics.

Sport

  • First Take: I don't get to follow much US sports but I do enjoy listening to Slip and Stephen A. yell at each other.
  • Pardon the Interruption: Same as above really (although with less yelling).
  • Fighting Talk: This is a fun BBC show where sports pundits get points for being funny talking about stuff that happened in the past week.
  • Around the NFL: I like the NFL and when I have time to listen to this one I get to find out what's happening.
  • Egg chasers podcast: A really great weekly roundup of rugby.
  • Scrum V Radio: A specific podcast about Welsh rugby.

One I'm forgetting in all of that is Relatively Prime which is a mathematics podcast that has just started a kickstarter campaign for a second season. I've never listened to it but though it could be worth mentioning.

Any good ones I'm missing?