https://www.bennee.com/~alex/2009-07-05T12:41:00+01:00the wanderings of a supposed digital native2009-07-05T12:41:00+01:002009-07-05T12:41:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2009-07-05:/~alex/blog/2009/07/05/podcasts/

<p>I have been updating my list of podcasts recently. A couple of days ago I added the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.theskepticsguide.org/">Skeptics Guide to the Universe</a> having followed a random shared link*. It's certainly and interesting format so far. The team discuss a couple of science related news items for the week and apply …</p>

<p>I have been updating my list of podcasts recently. A couple of days ago I added the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.theskepticsguide.org/">Skeptics Guide to the Universe</a> having followed a random shared link*. It's certainly and interesting format so far. The team discuss a couple of science related news items for the week and apply a critical eye to new reports. Think a slightly more wide ranging <a class="reference external" href="http://www.badscience.net/">Bad Science</a> in helpful podcast form. The last show I listened to discussed the details around the report of a <a class="reference external" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5511619/14-year-old-hit-by-30000-mph-space-meteorite.html">boy being hit by a meteorite</a>, some stuff about thought heuristics and the potential to introduce bias into our thinking and some <a class="reference external" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612203303.htm">long term projections for Earth's biosphere</a>. It's an interesting podcast which is well worth a listen. Their work is funded by <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi">James Randi's</a> educational fund so you know it's going to be good :-)</p> <p>Would anyone like to recommend their favourite podcast? If you don't do the podcast thing is there any reason why not?</p> <p>* ahh the power of social sharing, I think it was via someones shared feed ( <a class="reference external" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/shared/04449031981434496650?hl=en">bit like mine</a>). I suspect that will become a better way to find things than relaying on the <a class="reference external" href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/digg_dug_buried_how_linux_news_disappears">collective vote of a bunch of random people</a>.</p> 2007-10-12T15:52:00+01:002007-10-12T15:52:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2007-10-12:/~alex/blog/2007/10/12/about-bloody-time/

<p>Moans about the <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_iPlayer">iPlayer</a> aside one of the other aspects of the BBC's latest media push was to make more of their radio programs available as podcasts. The <a class="reference external" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/">new page</a> lists many more programs than the anaemic list they had during the long trail period. Thankfully they have set up …</p>

<p>Moans about the <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_iPlayer">iPlayer</a> aside one of the other aspects of the BBC's latest media push was to make more of their radio programs available as podcasts. The <a class="reference external" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/">new page</a> lists many more programs than the anaemic list they had during the long trail period. Thankfully they have set up Friday night comedy as <a class="reference external" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/fricomedy/">one feed</a> so you don't have to keep switching subscriptions when the Now Show and News Quiz swap around.</p>