Your favorite podcast?

[Salgueiros]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

When do you have time to read?

I have plenty of time to listen to them when i exercise or walk (and i do both everyday eheheh).

[Salgueiros]

Plus, i have some weeks i spend 8 hours everyday in the lab and i listen to them the whole time, since i don't have to make or receive calls or write reports or read papers or build mathematical models, etc... It actually makes my lab days quite enjoyable.

[kristalana]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Aren't podcasts for people who don't read?

That's an awfully narrow way of looking at things. I read, I listen to music and podcasts, watch movies, all sorts of other activities, and I don't think any of that is contradictory. Plus I spend quite a bit of time in my car, time I obviously can't spend reading (and I don't like audiobooks), so podcasts are perfect for that.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Salgueiros

...since i don't have to <snip> or build mathematical models, etc...

Hey, I build mathematical models too... small world

[mlewis78]

Not necessarily literary, but WNYC Leonard Lopate's radio show, which is a podcast on itunes and on WNYC's website, is very good. He often interviews authors of both fiction and non-fiction.

It is also live on WNYC-FM weekdays at noon for two hours. The podcasts are of the individual interviews of various lengths (20-40 min.).

[owly]

Thanks all. To clarify, I meant podcasts about books but that was mainly so I wouldn't get too flooded. My plan is for a podcast about the fantastic, probably mostly literature but also other things, spoken language Swedish. I could easily do it in English (I'm bilingual) but since there is almost nothing on the subject in Swedish (except the great Fantastisk podd http://fantastiskpodd.se/ but that's about writing) and lots in English... I thought I'd name it Mare Fantastica
. I have the intro done and hopefully my first episode soon. I'll probably set it up on the Internet Archive to start with https://archive.org/details/audio_podcast It's primitive, but it seems to be the better free alternative for a test run.

[RHWright]

I used to get the Writer's Almanac.

The only regular ones I get now are Nerdist (who very occasionally will get authors, like George RR Martin) and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, which is distributed as a "podcast," but is more just a radio game show distributed that way than something to give an idea of what people are doing in the podcast medium/genre.

I'll listen to others on a one-off basis if they sound interesting or have a good guest.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by RHWright

which is distributed as a "podcast," but is more just a radio game show distributed that way

Podcast is analogous to broadcast. The term refers to the distribution.

The fact that podcasts can be done by anyone with a microphone and an Internet connection, while radio broadcasts typically require professionals in professional facilities is really just a wonderfully enabling side effect, not a defining characteristic.
Many radio shows are both a broadcast and a podcast, for real and in truth.

All podcasters would likely prefer their content was indistinguishable from a professional commercial radio broadcast.

But it's very easy to put out garbage.
Podcasting is the audio equivalent of ebook self-publishing.
Both Patrick Modiano and John E. Literate can do it.

ApK

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by dwig

Literary ?? Do you mean podcasts that present literature or podcasts that talk about literature??

Personally, I avoid the latter, but listen to several that would possibly quality as the former.

My regulars include:

StarShipSofa.com
EscapePod.org
PodCastle.org
ToastedCake.com
LightSpeedMagazine.com

The first is in a "magazine" format with multiple "articles" and often multiple stories. The others are single story podcasts. I have a few others from which I pick and choose episodes.

Selected Shorts

[jj2me]

Originally Posted by mlewis78

Not necessary literary, but WNYC Leonard Lopate's radio show, which is a podcast on itunes and on WNYC's website, is very good. He often interviews authors of both fiction and non-fiction.

It is also live on WNYC-FM weekdays at noon for two hours. The podcasts are of the individual interviews of various lengths (20-40 min.).

+1

I was about to add that podcast to the thread.

I'd characterize his podcasts as following (hoping I didn't miss something):
- book/article interviews - a quick way to discover and filter new reading
- Arts, etc. (music, plays, fashion, art, food, ...) - most often NYC-centric
- "Please explain ..." - detail into some subject, like "Please explain: Wool"
- The Gurus of How-to - Q&A with home repair experts.

Leonard Lopate seems to be aware of the subject of the interview, like he or his staff have read the books and articles. He puts out about 20 podcasts per week.

Podcasts make it easy to quickly decide on interest level, and simply skip to the next.

[tompe]

Coode Street and The writer & the critic.

[tubemonkey]

Deezer buys podcast app Stitcher

Deezer has purchased the talk radio and podcast app Stitcher, giving the widely used music service access to 35,000 radio shows and podcasts. Stitcher's iOS and Android apps will continue to be supported for those who just want to listen to talk radio, but TechCrunch reports that Deezer eventually plans to make all of those shows available through its core service too.

Stitcher currently has around 1 million monthly active users, which isn't much compared to Deezer's existing audience of 16 million. But Stitcher offers Deezer valuable content — including This American Life, NPR, and BBC shows — which can help expand that. The additional content comes at a particularly important time, too: right as Deezer is attempting to move into the US, where it'll have to compete with Spotify.

Buying Stitcher may also give Deezer a new way to reach consumers. Stitcher is already integrated into more than 50 models of cars, including some from Ford, GM, and BMW, and is available through CarPlay and Android Auto. Deezer can be accessed directly through some vehicles already, but working off of Stitcher's broader partnerships could expand that.

[Froide]

FYI, HarryT placed my following post in the Lounge: CAR TALK's Tom "Don't Drive Like My Brother" Magliozzi died 3 November 2014, at 77. (Thanks, HarryT, for placing it where you feel it's most appropriate.) If interested, please come discuss it there.

[Tarana]

Classic Tales Podcast by B J Harrison

[Pangolin]

In Our Time - BBC Radio 4 - fab fab fab