Podcasts of interest to A&A!

Dave! · 14-01-2010 3:26pm #1

Hey folks,

I'm probably a mile behind the rest of you

, but I just discovered the Point of Inquiry podcast, and it's pretty good ! Not as good as the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, but it pretty much just consists of an in-depth and pretty good interview with one person per week. The host asks good questions and doesn't just pat his fellow skeptics/atheists on the back all the time.

Anyways, you can subscribe via iTunes etc, or you can stream the interviews directly from the site. Here's a few good ones:

Sam Harris - all excellent

liamw · 14-01-2010 9:36pm

Thanks, just to mention also:
http://richarddawkins.net/search,ALL,page1,n,n,Audio,n

Just thought of it, becuase I had already heard some of those interviews from there

Agonist · 14-01-2010 9:50pm

Another podcast I subscribe to is http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
Each week a christian and a non christian have a polite discussion, chaired by christian Justin Brierly.

I heard Lewis Wolpert on it recently and he came across as a terribly pompous ass and added nothing to the debate. He's a brilliant man and I love his work but he shouldn't be let out in public.

Like Dave! I don't know if you are all familiar with this already.

cooker3 · 15-01-2010 12:41am

As an fyi it seems like Point of Inquiry is finished or at least on hiatus, until they find a new host, as DJ Grothe has left CFI for the JREF. Although, he is going to be starting a new show which is the same format for the JREF so long term it's all good.
I've found many a good book from listening to that and I still have 2 years of a backlog to get through

Dave! · 15-01-2010 1:27am

cooker3 wrote: »

As an fyi it seems like Point of Inquiry is finished or at least on hiatus, until they find a new host, as DJ Grothe has left CFI for the JREF. Although, he is going to be starting a new show which is the same format for the JREF so long term it's all good.
I've found many a good book from listening to that and I still have 2 years of a backlog to get through

Hah I knew that cos he was interviewed on the other podcast I've recently discovered -- the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Any other podcast recommendations, people? I've got SGU, Skeptoid, Point of Inquiry, the Reality Check, the Pod Delusion.......

Coriolanus · 15-01-2010 1:18pm

We could do with a podcast thread or something.

Dave! · 15-01-2010 1:24pm

Yeah, maybe a mod could change the title of this thread even and add a bit to the OP

Dades · 15-01-2010 3:03pm

Dave! wrote: »

Yeah, maybe a mod could change the title of this thread even and add a bit to the OP

Thread title changed. No doubt some smartypants will come up with a better one.

Listened to a Point of Inquiry podcast with Stephen Pinker earlier today. Very good indeed.

cooker3 · 15-01-2010 4:49pm

Dave! wrote: »

Hah I knew that cos he was interviewed on the other podcast I've recently discovered -- the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Any other podcast recommendations, people? I've got SGU, Skeptoid, Point of Inquiry, the Reality Check, the Pod Delusion.......

Try quackcast. It deals with "complimentary" medicine. Skepticality is another skeptical podcast; it's not as good as the SGU imo but it's decent and has an reasonable backlog.
If you're interested in more hard science based shows; then try nature or the scientific america podcast. If you have any sort of interest in astronomy then you definitely should subscribe to Astronomy Cast.
Oh and also try Radio lab, fantastically well produced science show.

I'm subscribed to 51 podcasts so tad emn obsessive

cooker3 · 15-01-2010 5:04pm

Oh I just realised I forgot to mention Reasonable doubts!
It's an anti apologetics podcast; a lot of people here would enjoy it I would guess.

Coriolanus · 15-01-2010 5:57pm

I listen to Little Atoms (http://skeptic.org.uk/podcasts/little-atoms or iTunes)
Basically a pretty wide ranging show, anything from science, arts, journalism, politics, all depending on the guest of the show.

That and 60-second Psych and 60-second Science and Science Talk from the Scientific American magazine are very good. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast or iTunes)

robindch · 15-01-2010 11:05pm

Well, it's not exactly A+A material, but BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz is the funniest comedy currently on air. The homepage is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r9yq

The podcast is available from here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/fricomedy

And it's all downloadable downloadable via this RSS feed:

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/fricomedy/rss.xml

Enjoy!

Coriolanus · 16-01-2010 1:35pm

Anyone know whether the iTunes U programmes are available in Ireland? I keep getting an error, but it's apparently an error with iTunes, it's not saying there's a problem with copyright or whatever, say like you get sometimes on YouTube.

There's an absolute ton of lectures and class materials on there, from Berkeley, Yale, etc etc. It'd be great to be able to access!

Edit: Checked the Apple site, says all the material in iTunes U is free, doesn't mention restriction by region though.

cooker3 · 17-01-2010 3:06am

Nevore wrote: »

Anyone know whether the iTunes U programmes are available in Ireland? I keep getting an error, but it's apparently an error with iTunes, it's not saying there's a problem with copyright or whatever, say like you get sometimes on YouTube.

There's an absolute ton of lectures and class materials on there, from Berkeley, Yale, etc etc. It'd be great to be able to access!

Edit: Checked the Apple site, says all the material in iTunes U is free, doesn't mention restriction by region though.

No restrictions, works fine for me and I am have a lot of different lectures. I

itunesU. So much great stuff on it.

Coriolanus · 17-01-2010 3:13am

cooker3 wrote: »

No restrictions, works fine for me and I am have a lot of different lectures. I itunesU. So much great stuff on it.

Odd. Everything else works, tunes, podcasts, audiobooks, apps. The error I'm getting is a connection error, or so google tells me, but I'm connecting fine, given I've been updating my podcasts etc.

:mad: Grrr

Podcasts of interest to A&A!

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