The R U Sirius Show and NeoFiles - They have all the past shows up online - I've been listening to these over the past few days. R U Sirius's show covers things such as transhumanism, interviews with people such as Cory Doctorow or Jimmy Wales (Mr Wikipedia), or the author of "Mind Performance Hacks" . Lots to listen to - it's almost like a portal to discovering all kinds of stuff. The tag lines for each show are different (NeoFiles is "The hottest ideas in tech culture today", The R U Sirius Show is "Exploring weird memes and alternative cultures") but there is a lot of overlappage happening. These shows belong to the MondoGlobo network to which belongs other blogs and casts; one of these is destinyland (The happiest show on earth). I've listened to a two episodes of this so far. Oh yeah, and NeoFiles s a nice pun. Files from neophiles (is that a word? (Cocoa doesn't think so) lovers of the new)?
The Splendid Table podcast - with Lynne Rossetto Kasper is an American Public Media programme - all kinds of food related items the latest programme (that I listened to) included - Liquid nitrogen in the kitchen (great for making ice cream in seconds) - Using essential oils in cooking - a short thing on double decker sandwiches in Cincinnati - Talking with the head chef from one of NY's prestigious restaurants - And of course the essential listeners' Q and As with the host. A friend tells me she experiences "A salivation and desire for succulent things" when listening. One episode featured a phone interview with Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand on his new book on food. I assume she was talking about food. The host has a wealth of information about food at her fingertips, but doesn't come over as condescending - me likey.
Fair Game with Faith Salie - an amusing, magazine show with Faith Salie ("possibly the only Rhodes Scholar doing comedy today") as host. A recent epidsode featured an interview with Louis Theroux on his new book The Call of the Weird and on his documentaries, and about himself and his attraction to "weird". That was a welcome surprise. There are interviews with people in the news, or people with something to plug - you the kind of thing, and a musical interlude. I heard a great band called Best Fwends - short power pop/punk elecronica of the kind John Peel might have played. Click on the more button to listen to 30 second clips here at the Moshi Moshi Shop.
The programme is another one from US public radio. This time from Public Radio International.
OK this isn't very in-depth but the podcasts are out there, if you find anything here vaguely interesting have a listen for yourself, you don't need me quacking on.
There'll be more soon (that is, in my interpretation of the word soon - reading "when I can be rouse myself from lethargy")
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