Coolness Roundup with Stephen Schleicher and Charlie White (Charlie White of Gizmodo). For tech, gadgets, things web and computer. There is a 2 minute daily - (is it daily?) show and a longer in depther show. The last podcast I heard by them (not the most recent) covered one of the hosts' refusal to use anti-virus products (seeing no need for them, he says he doesn't use them and has no virii) and his advice on how to go anti virus free "I think their (anti virus companies) applications are fraudulent" Charlie (I think it was he) says. Another feature on that show was search tips - stuff about Google and other engine searches that you may or may not know. In the glut of tech podcasts out there I still think this is worth a listen. Not heard loads about the Mac on there though.
Jason Byrne's Just Comedy (now defunct but a small archive is available) is one of the Times' podcasts. Each episode Jason interviews a comic (the ones I have heard so far have been Robin Ince, Mark Steel, Adam Hill and Jo Caulfield), beginning talking about their latest shows and progressing to talking about whatever things get on to. Funny and interesting. Jason Byrne now does a podcast called The Knowledge Podcast which is a what's on - music, films arts, entertainment etc. with other reporters on stuff. I'm not so keen on this one. I think more of Jason's comedy and charm was in the Comedy podcast. This one gives him little room to do more than read the stories. The comedy podacast would veer off in tangents unforeseen (as he remarked in the Adam Hill interview), but no chance for such interesting and amusing meanderings in this, and I'm not all that keen on what is left. But then again I'm not all that keen on entertainment news type programmes in general. Though I'll listen to a few more episodes to give a fair go - it's not execrable.
Science Weekly (Scroll down a bit on the linked page) on Guardian Unlimited hosted by Alok Jha. Yes, another Guardian podcast and yes it's interesting and fairly brief (half an hour or so) on the latest science news and just interesting science stuff. In a Guardian stylee.
All podcasting men this post. Most podcast hosts are male, or if there are women involved they are usually as some kind of sidekick (sometimes a female sidekick is there to laugh at all the hosts jokes). Though there are exceptions - Buzz out Loud Molly Wood and Veronica Belmont: Gadgettes Molly Wood and Kelly Morrison: Media Talk on Guardian Unlimited Emilyt Bell: The Chillcast with Anji Bee (Which I'll talk about another time when I've listened to a few more episodes) - there are other Podcasts but those are the first that spring to mind. It might seem from my quick list as though there are loads, but (in my reckoning anyway) men still waaaay outnumber women in the podosphere. If there is anyone out there reading (heh heh!) please instruct me to the contrary.
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