It has been a while since I've generated a list of podcast picks. Here are a few that I've recently taken to:
"Attack of the Show's Daily Video Podcast" - I would like to confess that AOTS host Olivia Munn and I have been having a torrid affair. I would also like to run faster than a speeding bullet, but let's get serious. So until my favorite pie freak with a fear of popping balloons makes her way to San Diego, I have to settle for clips of her in a genuinely fun series. "CBC Radio: Q The Podcast" and "Q TV" - Highlights from a not very good Canadian radio show that somehow manages to land really cool guests. Check out the video podcasts of Super Dave Osborne or two of The Kids In The Hall, both outstanding in spite of the lackluster host. "Robert Llewellyn's Machine of the Week" - Kryton from "Red Dwarf" hosts brief reviews of the latest gadgets, with a focus on clean machines and green technology. "TED Talks (Video)" - For the ultra-geek, many of the TED Talks lecture series are available in podcast form. I recommend the freak of nature that is Clifford Stoll, as well as lectures by Kary Mullis, David Carson, and John Hodgman. All of them funny and inspiring. "The Official Scrubs Podcast" - Bill Lawrence and Zach Braff have been providing commentaries (not concurrent commentary tracks, just a set of informal sit-downs) on episodes airing on ABC. It is nice when the major players of a show take the time and trouble to host a podcast. And now, for the sake of keeping track of things, a few podcasts I have unsubscribed from: "MSNBC Countdown (Video)" - I'm sorry, but Keith and O'Reilly are two sides of the same coin. And just because I agree with Keith's politics is not enough reason to endure the name calling and pedantic crap seen nightly on his show. "SModcast - Quick Stop Entertainment" - Kevin Smith is one of my favorite screenwriters, and the DVDs of his public speaking tours are all funny and entertaining. I've sat through the last six or seven of his podcasts, and he has been stoned through all of them... to the point where he becomes incoherent. It is not entertaining. It is not funny. It is sad. To paraphrase the dean from "Animal House": Fat, stoned, and stupid is no way to go through life. "Townhall.com - Dennis Prager" - Even if his dislike of liberals/Democrats hadn't turned nasty during the recent election, the podcasts are now available only for a fee (for a while, low quality podcasts were being offered with commericials). I'm still not ready to pay for podcasts... not when there are so many good ones available free-of-charge. And a soon-to-be fond farewell to: "NPR: Satire from The Unger Report Podcast" - Former "Daily Show" correspondent Brian Unger has been providing regular segments to NPR for a few years, but the specific series he's been contributing to is folding, and his podcast is expected to fold with it. I wish him well, and hope his humor finds a new home elsewhere. Links to my previous podcast reviews: http://cindycrawford.blogspot.com/2008/02/podcast-picks.html http://cindycrawford.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-podcast-picks.html -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
