Podcasts
Ever since I discoverd podcasts I haven’t bothered complaining about my commute. These are the ones to which I’m currently subscribed.
Entertaining
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews
Mark Kermode discusses the latest film releases with Simon Mayo. Lively, controversial and unmissable movie discussion. Broadcast live on Fridays at 2pm on BBC Radio 5 live. link
Basically this is a movie review show, each week they go throught Britain’s top 10 at the box office and review the upcoming movies. This has “boring-as-hell” written all over it, except it isn’t. If you take anything away from this list, let it be this one. If you like movies and don’t mind and an opiniated reviewer (with big hands) bookmark this and enjoy it. And hello to Jason Isaacs.
The Bugle - Audio Newspaper For A Visual World
Great Britain and the United States of America, two countries divided by the once-mighty Atlantic Ocean. However, John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman, fully-qualified Grand Masters of Satirical Jabber, will bridge that watery rift through the healing medium of link
Satirical look at current events and politics. I stopped reading political news because the Bugle’s version is better.
Jonathan Ross
Weekly highlights from Jonathan’s Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2: Top name TV, film and music guests, plus Jonathan’s unbridled wit. link
This one is going to stop in a few weeks, as Jonathan Ross is leaving the BBC, Jonathan might qualify as the worlds worst interviewers as he’s consistently talking more than his guests, but when you can talk like Jonathan that’s nothing to worry about.
The Pipeline
The Pipeline is an interview show hosted by Dan Benjamin, talking with people who create things. Guests include Zeldman, Kottke, Vaynerchuk, Coudal, Mann, Siracusa, and more. link
Dan Benjamin interviews internet-celebrities. Only listened to the Kottke one but I’m hooked.
Scott Mills Daily
A daily slice of Scott, with more silly features, crank calls and Oh! What’s Occurring?, taken from his show every day on Radio 1 from 4pm to 7pm. link
This is my backup-podcast. If all the other haven been listened to I can safely fall back on this one, mindless chatter and some games. I’m a fan.
The Film Programme
Interviews and analysis from the world of cinema. Francine Stock talks to directors, writers and critics about the latest film releases, classics on DVD and movies on television. link
This one I don’t follow religuously, depends on who the guests are.
Technical
The Ruby Show
Once known as Rails Envy, The Ruby Show is the most popular and longest running Ruby and Ruby on Rails podcast, bringing news and discussion about the latest topics in the Ruby community, hosted by Jason Seifer and Dan Benjamin. link
Quick way to keep up with things in Ruby land.
The Changelog
The Changelog is a blog & weekly podcast that profiles what’s fresh and new in Open Source (FLOSS). Open Source moves fast. Keep up. link
Some good technical shows.
Late Night Cocoa
Late Night Cocoa is a podcast for novice and experienced Cocoa Developers. Each episode we interview a Cocoa developer to discuss a specific aspect of Cocoa Development. link
I’ve been listening to this one since they first came out, don’t really like the new format but still recommended to learn a bit on Cocoa.
Pragmatic Podcasts
Guiding You From Journeyman to Master link
I mostly skip this but the manage to produce a few nuggets once in a while.
Hanselminutes
Hanselminutes is a weekly audio talk show with noted web developer and technologist Scott Hanselman and hosted by Carl Franklin. Scott discusses utilities and tools, gives practical how-to advice, and discusses ASP.NET or Windows issues and workarounds. link
Started listening to this when he had a mac developer on the show and somehow forgot to unsubscribe, topics mainly include .NET, windows and more shenanigans like these. The stackoverflow-episode was good though.
The freezer
Sadly these shows seem to have stopped.
The Talk Show
The Talk Show with John Gruber and Dan Benjamin. link Gruber vs Benjamin. Nuff said.
The Rissington Podcast
A podcast about the web and other stuff link
Lovely use of English language, very rarely any real technical content but I liked it.
Stephen Fry’s PODGRAMS (Audio & Visual)
Stephen Fry, British actor, writer and director presents Stephen Fry's Podgrams. link
Listening to Stephen Fry is always worth it.
Core Intuition
Daniel Jalkut and Manton Reece discuss Mac programming, independent development, Apple news, and more. link
Mac devving.
Russell Brand
The Russell Brand show has finished and there won’t be any more podcasts from this programme. Thanks for your subscription. To find more podcasts from Radio 2, go to bbc.co.uk/radio2. link
I hated this the first time I heard it, then had to listen to it a few times in a row and I was hooked. His last episode was a team effort with Jonathan Ross in which they managed to upset Britain and Russell was fired from the BBC and Jonathan had to issue public apology. It was epic.
