Comments on: Good Podcasts

By: Jason Buell

Jason Buell — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:37:11 +0000

A History of the World in 100 Objects (http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ahow) has technically ended, but it’s pretty much the best thing on the internet.

By: Warren

Warren — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:20:59 +0000

Oo! Oo! The Secular Buddhist podcast – Buddhism from an atheistic perspective.

By: gruebait

gruebait — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:22:37 +0000

My duh for the day – Yesterday I posted Frazer Cain’s website (Universe Today) rather than title of the podcasts (Astronomy Cast). These are at http://www.astronomycast.com.

By: Markk

Markk — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:01:24 +0000

365 Days of Astronomy Podcast.

The Best of Natural History Radio and
Material World BBC podcasts.

I like Science Magazines podcast better than Nature for some reason.

The American Chemical Society has a nice Science Elements podcast.

Nova’s podcast.

I listen to these while I ride my bicycle trainer in the winter. They can make 45 minutes go by quick which would otherwise be boring. I like the sound podcasts over the video ones.

By: gwen

gwen — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:57:55 +0000

The first one should read ‘Minnesota Atheists’!!!

By: gwen

gwen — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:15:05 +0000

Minnesota Theists podcast
The Conspiracy Skeptic podcast (the host is sometimes annoying but he gets good information across.
Current Science podcast
60 second science podcast
Dogma Free America podcast (I like their inane banter!! )
Mr Deity video podcast
Righteous Indignation podcast Merseyside Skeptics
InKredulous podcast Merseyside Skeptics
Rational Horizon podcast
Strange Quarks podcast Merseyside Skeptics
Little Atoms podcast Merseyside Skeptics
Atheist Talk and The Non Prophets podcast Atheists of Austin
The Thomas Jefferson Hour
Chariots of Iron and Secular Nation podcasts
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast
ERCast podcast (emergency medicine)
The Skeptic Zone
Token Skeptic

I listen to most of what you have listed above too.

By: syliach

syliach — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:02:31 +0000

I enjoy "A Christian and an atheist", . The current Christian co-host is much better than the original.

By: Roger3

Roger3 — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:06:18 +0000

I’ll second Astronomy Cast.

And LukeProg’s Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot is simply amazing. He’s a former fundie, now an atheist studying philosophy. It’s enthralling listening.

By: Chris Lindsay

Chris Lindsay — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:57:23 +0000

Astronomy Cast is probably the one that I would argue passionately for, should be on the list (embarrassingly, I forgot to mention it). Unless that’s also called Universe Today?

It might be good to add “Aaron’s World” – because it’s such a short podcast, but has that old-time radio feeling in terms of a story/serial being played (along with good info. on dinosaurs and ancient animals). Plus, the young kid’s enthusiasm is pretty contagious.

Great list. I’ll add a few of the suggestions here on my must-listen catalog.