Or "podcasts" if you will, although sadly that term has been tainted irreparably here.
But no matter what you call them, I like listening to them while doing errands, cooking or otherwise puttering around - especially history lectures. However, I am always looking for new ones to download.
Any recommendations?
The Men's Room and BJ Shea.
History of Rome. A weekly podcast that chronologically presents roman history. He plans to do everything up to 476 AD, this weeks episode ended in 414 AD. Very high quality IMHO.
BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time' often has thoughtful discussions about historical, scientific and philosophical topics:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot (http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot)
Agreed about the History of Rome.
Skeptoid and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History are also very good.
Quote from: mongers on January 17, 2012, 07:44:00 AM
BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time' often has thoughtful discussions about historical, scientific and philosophical topics:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot (http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot)
This, and From Our Own Correspondent for a world view from reporters based in countries hitting the news.
Quote from: Brazen on January 17, 2012, 08:08:16 AM
Quote from: mongers on January 17, 2012, 07:44:00 AM
BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time' often has thoughtful discussions about historical, scientific and philosophical topics:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot (http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot)
This, and From Our Own Correspondent for a world view from reporters based in countries hitting the news.
Yep, good choice Brazen. :)
I also like 'Material World' for the science and 'More or Less' for statistics.
Quote from: Drakken on January 17, 2012, 07:53:48 AM
Agreed about the History of Rome.
Skeptoid and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History are also very good.
Hmmmm...I love THoR and Dan Carlin so if you like those as well maybe we have similar tastes and I should check out skeptoid.
Also: The History of England: http://historyofengland.typepad.com/
Here are a couple others I enjoy:
Short History of Japan: http://frug.podbean.com/
History of Phiosophy (without any gaps): http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/
Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean (but mostly that one involving that guy from Galilee): http://www.philipharland.com/
The problem with Hardcore History is that they are so heavy production-wise that now one comes every three months, although Dan Carlin stated he was reviewing the structure of the show to find a way to pull more episodes.
I kinda like his Common Sense too, especially because he raves at both Republicans and Democrats and can make listeners quite angry. :lol:
Quote from: Drakken on January 17, 2012, 11:07:30 AM
The problem with Hardcore History is that they are so heavy production-wise that now one comes every three months, although Dan Carlin stated he was reviewing the structure of the show to find a way to pull more episodes.
I kinda like his Common Sense too, especially because he raves at both Republicans and Democrats and can make listeners quite angry. :lol:
I have no issue with how long it takes Dan to make each HH episode since it is, IMO, simply the best podcast on the net. But granted he seems to be on a bit of a hotstreak with his Roman Republic and Red Scare episodes which were fantastic.
I love Common Sense as well for much the same reason as you do. Also he seems interested in bieng pro-civil Liberties and pro-Constitution without having to be a libertarian nutcase, which I really identify with.
Quote from: Valmy on January 17, 2012, 11:35:37 AM
Quote from: Drakken on January 17, 2012, 11:07:30 AM
The problem with Hardcore History is that they are so heavy production-wise that now one comes every three months, although Dan Carlin stated he was reviewing the structure of the show to find a way to pull more episodes.
I kinda like his Common Sense too, especially because he raves at both Republicans and Democrats and can make listeners quite angry. :lol:
I have no issue with how long it takes Dan to make each HH episode since it is, IMO, simply the best podcast on the net. But granted he seems to be on a bit of a hotstreak with his Roman Republic and Red Scare episodes which were fantastic.
I love Common Sense as well for much the same reason as you do. Also he seems interested in bieng pro-civil Liberties and pro-Constitution without having to be a libertarian nutcase which I really identify with.
You identify with being a librarytarian nutcase ? :unsure:
Quote from: mongers on January 17, 2012, 11:39:47 AM
You identify with being a librarytarian nutcase ? :unsure:
No...I meant I identify with the other part :blush:
Podcasts? WTF dudes.
TED Talks has lots of good topics: http://www.ted.com/
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on January 17, 2012, 06:43:00 AM
Or "podcasts" if you will, although sadly that term has been tainted irreparably here.
We used to do that when I was a kid. These vines that grew up on the fence around our yard produced little green seed pods. We'd throw the squishy little things at one another casting them every which way.
I just started to listen to the 'Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', you can pretty much get all five radio series on to a 1gb mp3 player - in some ways it's quite 'educational'. :cool:
I'd second mongers and Brazen's recommendations. I'm listening to the In Our Time on 1848 at the minute and it's really good:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019gy9p
The range of topics is brilliant too.
Edit: The more general archive to browse is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/archive/
As an aside, is there an Android phone app or an iTunes-like PC facility that will enable me to subscribe to podcasts automatically without having to seek them out and download them as and when they become available?
http://www.ancientromerefocused.org/
Ancient Rome Refocussed. Very few episodes, but each one is fascinating listening. A former soldier looks into the ancient world often from the perspective of the person on the ground.
http://commonsenseatheism.com/
Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot. More episodes. Alot about analytical philosophy and apologetics. Mostly a conversation with a serious philosopher about his work.
http://iq2.podbean.com/
http://www.npr.org/series/6263392/intelligence-squared-u-s
Intelligence Squared. Has the full panel debate style debates. The two links are the UK and US versions.
http://www.hbo.com/podcasts/billmaher/podcast.xml
The Real Time with Bill Maher podcast. Has the audio of the episodes.
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
I'll recomend all of these
Edit; I'd also add The Teaching Company lecture series on all issues. Lecures on history and philosophy are very often very worth while.
http://thepiratebay.org/search/ttc (a search on the pirate bay)
Quote from: Brazen on January 19, 2012, 06:31:32 AM
As an aside, is there an Android phone app or an iTunes-like PC facility that will enable me to subscribe to podcasts automatically without having to seek them out and download them as and when they become available?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_podcatchers
Quote from: Brazen on January 19, 2012, 06:31:32 AM
As an aside, is there an Android phone app or an iTunes-like PC facility that will enable me to subscribe to podcasts automatically without having to seek them out and download them as and when they become available?
I use Juice as it's a nice small, sell-contained program; all you have to do is cut and paste the rss links into it and it downloads and archives them for you.
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ (http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/)
Found the BeyondPod app to feed direct to my phone :) Together with finding my phone plays everything I've copied from iTunes, I can ditch my iPod Nano with the smashed screen that I couldn't afford to replace.