Podcasts & Vodcasts

As I often get asked what podcasts I subscribe to, I thought I’d provide my current list. Last updated 9 June 2012.

My daily commute means I have 8-10 hours of listening time each week, so rather than listen to the same music each day or listen to one-eyed opinion radio, I prefer to listen to podcasts on topics that interest me.

Here’s a general overview of what I’m currently listening to:

• Astronomy Cast: I love astronomy, and this is an excellent resource.
• Career Tools: Good advice for your working life.
• Coffee Break French: Excellent weekly learning French podcast.
• Cory Doctorow: There’s a massive intersection between Cory’s interests and my own.
• Freakonomics Radio: Done by the same people who wrote the book.
• Geologic: The maestro and comedian, George Hrab, speaks!
• Get-It-Done Guy: Short-and-sweet productivity podcast.
• Listen To Lucy: Interesting podcast by teh FT’s management columnist.
• Manager Tools: Practical tools and tips for managers of all stripes.
• More or Less: The regular BBC radio show from Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist.
• Naked Scientists: Feeds the knowledge monster.
• Pod Delusion: Excellent UK skeptical podcast.
• Podcache Show: Entertaining UK geocaching podcast.
• Podcacher: One of the better US podcasts for geocachers.
• Random Show: Tim Ferriss’s and Justin Rose’s irregular chat about interesting things.
• Skepticality: Official podcast of Skeptic Magazine.
• Skeptics’ Guide 5X5: 5 minutes on a skeptical topic.
• Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: A frankly brilliant skeptical podcast.
• Skeptoid: Covers a skeptical topic each episode.

The list changes periodically as I discover new shows and need to trim some of the fat, or podcasts go out of production.