Sunday, September 23, 2018

Podcasts Recommendations

Yes, it has been a while since I lasted posted. Folks are asking for podcast recommendations so I put together a quick listing. I had not subscribed to Serial but am considering it this season. Considering as I already have more in queue than I have hours in the day to listen to.



Podcasts Recommendations:

Serial
All the rage two years ago, season three just started
https://serialpodcast.org/


99% Invisible
Interesting stories about design
https://99percentinvisible.org/

Roman Mars did a TED talk on flags that is delightful to see how he does what he does
https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designed_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en

This one on curb cuts would be a good indicator of what they do
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/


Marc Maron = WTF Podcast
Marc is a stand up comic and a good interviewer, he talk with a wide variety of folks
http://www.wtfpod.com/


On Being
“The groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. Conversation about the big questions of meaning in 21st century lives and endeavors — spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and the arts. What does it mean to be human? How do we want to live? And who will we be to each other? Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett”
https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/


RadioLab
“Since 2002, Radiolab has been devoted to investigating a strange world. Created by Jad Abumrad and hosted by Jad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab has won Peabody Awards, a National Academies Communication Award “for their investigative use of radio to make science accessible to broad audiences,” and in 2011 Abumrad received the MacArthur Genius grant. The show has an archive of hundreds of episodes and has toured in sold out shows nationwide.”
https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab


More Perfect - a project of RadioLab focusing on Supreme Court decisions
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/481105292/more-perfect


Other NPR podcasts can be found in this directory
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/organizations/1