When I sold my car, the
thing I missed the most was my easy access to NPR during my commute. I was
excited to realize that most NPR shows can be downloaded or streamed on your
phone or ipod to listen to at your leisure. Actual radio shows are just the
edge of the podcast iceberg. If you have an interest, chances are good there is
a podcast about it and if like me, you have a lot of interests then there is
podcast for each one. Now I often find new movie, book, tv and other obsessions
through the podcasts I listen to. Here are my favorites:
Auto Download: I listen to every episode of these podcasts
Doug Loves Movies (Game show/talk): Comedian Doug Benson has
celebrity guests on to talk about movies, play movie trivia games and generally
entertain you.
Suggested episodes to
start:
3/31/13:Hannibal Buress, Samm Levine, Sean Jordan and Graham Elwood guest or
1/25/13: Nick Kroll, Scott Aukerman and John DiMaggio guest
The Champs (Interviews): White comedians Neal Brennan (Co-Creator
of the Chapelle show) and Moshe Kasher take their interest in black culture to
a wider audience by interviewing only non-white guests. The conversations roam
all over the place from race to dating to the most random stories about the
guests. Sometimes a little filthy, this podcast always makes me laugh out loud.
Suggested episodes to start: 8/18/11 Blake Griffin, 5/17/12 Pras (Fugees) or 12/9/11 Eric
Andre
Suggested episodes to start: 358: Mel Brooks, 364: Mike White or 374: Live Episode: James
Franco, Harmony Korine, Nate Bargatze, Peter
Sagal
Comedy
Bang Bang (Absurdist Improv): Comedians
and Improvers join host Scott Aukerman for conversations, characters and improve
games.
Suggested episodes to start: 211: Jon Hamm & Nick Kroll, 120: Chelsea Peretti, Adam Scott,
Harris Wittels, 167: Jessica St. Clair, Paul Rust, Jerrod Carmichael
By
the Way: In Conversation with Jeff Garlin (Interview): I would listen to Jeff Garlin
giggle for hours and luckily his friends that he interviews make him laugh a
lot.
Choose based on guest and description
How was your week (Interview):
Comedian Julie Klausner’s interviews with authors, interesting people and her
random thoughts about her cat/pop culture.
NPR Fresh Air with Terry Gross
(Interview, Reviews)
NPR All Songs Considered (Music)
NPR Alt.Latino (Music)
Commonwealth Club Radio
Progam (Current Events): Interviews and panel discussions about topics from
North Korea to Design Thinking.
Analyze Phish (Comedy):
Comedian Harris Wittels tries to persuade Comedian Scott Aukerman to like
Phish.
The JV Club (Interview):
Janet Varney talks about growing up with famous-ish women
Mike and Tom Eat
Snacks (Comedy): Snack reviews and absurdity
This American Life (News
Magazine): Compelling stories around a topic
You Made it Weird (Interview):
Interviews with comedy peeps (kind of a rip off of wtf with a golden
retriever/reformed christian comedian as host
How did this get
made? (Comedy/Movie): Reviews of the most ridiculous movies: (only listen
if I have seen movie)
Who Charted (Comedy/Pop Culture):
Funny guests talk about the week in movies/music, etc
Judge John Hodgman (Comedy): Settling petty disputes via skype
