Podcast Update

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Some time ago I wrote a post about refreshing my subscriptions to US based podcasts (prompted by getting bored enough with the Slate Magazine's Culture Gabfest, and especially their Book Club (I had given up on their political gabfest much earlier)).

I did discover many worthy podcasters, but for various reasons, such as some of them being too US focussed, or simply just too much in terms of occupying my time (Brian Lehrer Show was excellent, but talk about podcast overload...), they didn't end up on my subscription list. There was only one on the list that I couldn't stand: the LiberalOasis Radio Show - what utter juvenile crap!

Below is a list of all of the podcasts I now subscribe. The ones I most eagerly look forward to getting updates from are

This American Life

The Moth

FORA.tv

NPR: Planet Money

I included the podcast descriptions given by the provides: It's the least I can do to promote them and their free service to everybody on this planet with internet access. They do enhance my life enormously.

	New York Times Book Review podcast. Each week, Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review, talks to authors, editors and critics about new books, the literary scene and current best sellers.
	FilmWeek on AirTalk, hosted by Larry Mantle, is a one hour weekly segment devoted to films. It offers reviews of the week's new movies, interviews with filmmakers, and discussions on various aspects of the industry. The FilmWeek critics are: Andy Klein of CityBeat, Lael Loewenstein of Variety, Wade Major of boxoffice.com and CityBeat, Jean Opeenheimer of Village Voice Media, Claudia Puig of USA Today, Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com. More FilmWeek at kpcc.org.
	FORA.tv is the leading online destination for intelligent video programs on the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. At FORA.tv, we believe that there are brilliant ideas expressed everyday, everywhere, and we don’t want you to miss them. We've gathered the web's largest collection of unmediated video drawn from top conferences, universities, and public forums. We present this provocative, big-idea content for you to watch, interact with, and share --when, where, and how you want. FORA.tv is based in San Francisco. FORA.tv's Program of the Week podcast delivers full-length weekly downloads of some of our most popular programming, available in either vide or audio-only format.
	Interviews with leading novelists, musicians, film directors, artists and more, from BBC Radio 4's flagship arts show, presented by Mark Lawson, Kirsty Lang and John WIlson. Our podcast offers 30 minutes of highlights from the week's programmes, and a new edition appears every Friday.
	Presented by the Guardian's literary editor, Claire Armitstead, for author interviews, readings and discussions - plus a full recording of our monthly book club.
	The Moth features people telling true, engaging, funny, touching and eye-opening stories from their lives. Hailed as "New York's hottest and hippest literary ticket" by the Wall Street Journal, The Moth has been producing sold-out storytelling shows for over ten years. Stories are told without notes to a live audience by a wide range of people. The best have been captured here. For more information about our programs, live events, and CD's for sale, go to www.themoth.ort. The podcast is updated on Mondays.
	Hear the interview of the week from the Music Show, where composer Andrew Ford entertains and informs a wide audience each week, providing two hours of essential listening from the world of music. Guests on the Music Show have included Emmylou Harris, Philip Glass, k.d. lang, Baaba Maal, Paul Kelly, and Bryn Terfel.
	Interviews, lectures, readings and more from the staff and contributors of The New York Review of Books.
	A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
	Money makes the world go around, faster and faster every day. On NPR's Planet Money, you'll meet high rollers, brainy economists and regular folks - all trying to make sense of our rapidly changing global economy.
	Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow. Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners can call in and ask questions as well.
	From NPR/WBUR, On Point Radio with host Tom Ashbrook takes on the globe's hottest stories. New topics: Egypt, Middle East, energy, college, classical.
	An American conversation with global attitude -- on the arts, humanities, and global affairs. Hosted by Christopher Lydon in partnership with Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies, and updated several times weekly.
	Official free, weekly podcast of the award-winning radio show "This American Life." First-person stories and short fiction pieces that are touching, funny, and surprising. Hosted by Ira Glass, from WBEZ Chicago Public Media, and distributed by Public Radio International. In mp3 and updated Mondays.
	Interviews and insight from TomDispatch contributors for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of our post-9/11 world, and a clear sense of how our global imperial system actually works.