22 posts tagged “radio”
Science Friday Archives: The Happening
This is one of only two NPR programs I listen to regularly, and while I occasionally find it a little "soft on science" it is generally well produced and presented.
That's why the recent segment allowing Mr. Shyamalan to flog his new movie "The Happening" was surprisingly bad. Evidently Mr. Shyamalan believes we must stop expecting Science to save the day, embrace our ignorance, and find God in all his many and multifarious disasters.
From bees to storms, Mr. Shyamalan blithely rattled off some failings of modern Science (as he sees them) and then reminded Mr. Flatow that Einstein started out life as a non-believer, but was a wholly religious man toward the end of his life.
Unfortunately, Mr. Flatow only corrected his most baldly false assertion, but was unable or unwilling to engage him on his larger agenda. The anti-science pro-Jeebus lobbies are indeed poisoning the well, infiltrating public schools, and, of course, getting prime airtime to flog unreleased films on NPR's Science Friday.
I pray for America's brain.
The "This Week in Law" Program is one of the TWiT family of shows.
In Episode 14 "Blogger and Podcaster Liability" Denise and her panel of guests talk about law, risk, insurance, defamation, anonymity, "broadcasts", corporate blogging, forums, blogging policy, and more.
This episode is chock-full of information of interest to "anyone who has hosted an online conversation." That's my term for blogger, podcaster, lifestreamer, moderator, online community manager, etc. Many legal issues remain unresolved, and will find resolution every time a landmark case gets decided.
Blogging isn't going away, so it's important to familiarize oneself with the legal issues. This program does not overuse "legalese," but will help you learn terms of art such as "expectation of privacy."
One interesting issue discussed is the emergence of blogging lawyers, one in particular who was "recruited away" and caused his old law firm to embrace blogging in the interests of remaining competitive.
Aquí lo tienes
Aquí el "podcast"
Lecciones de Español, y ahora noticias de Latino America también.
Update: I'm having trouble with their podcast feed; they may have stopped in favor of video podcasts or local Spanish lessons (in Colorado.) I thought they had started up something more regular...
Recent Peabody award-winner Brian Lehrer (see previous post) has another excellent series on his program, this time about Congestion Pricing.
Some of us are aware that the same situation applies here in San Francisco as in New York; there is federal money to be awarded if municipalities implement some kind of congestion pricing plan before the imminent deadline. (most recent segment first)
Airs weekdays at 10AM-noon EST (7-9 AM PST) on 93.9 FM in New York City
Official Site (stream or download online)
One of WNYC's original programs, this show is not broadcast nationally, more's the pity.
Brian Lehrer is the best moderator working in current U.S. media, in my opinion.
The Brian Lehrer Show allows embedding of program segments with their extremely elegant audio widget:
Broadcast on public radio stations weekly on Friday-ish.
Browse and subscribe at the Site.
CounterSpin is FAIR's weekly radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall and Peter Hart. It's heard on more than 125 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada.
The audio for the Leap Year Show is here.
at 8:00 I am reminded that William F. Buckley is not the best example of the sort of Conservative chap "one wants to keep around to have a good argument with."
The last episode of the MTT Files is to be re-broadcast on KALW Monday at 9 PM:
San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas shares his musical insights to enlighten and entertain listeners with this eight-part series that draws on his ideas about music and art, along with reminiscences of the legendary artists he's known throughout his career.
This week: “5 Degrees of Separation” – In this FINAL installment of The MTT Files, Michael Tilson Thomas explores the teacher/student relationship and examines the qualities of what makes a great and memorable teacher.
Stephen Fry's just-launched "Podgrams" feature is here
Podcast description:
Stephen Fry discloses his work for the past two years including his performances for ITV's series "Kingdom", script writing for director Peter Jackson's forthcoming film "The Dam Busters" and the pitfalls of filming in the Amazon jungle and breaking his arm whilst preventing his not inconsiderable weight from plunging into the murky depths of the Amazon River.
He explains the rocky start in Ep. 1 in Ep. 2.
This will be on the final.
Radio Drama Revival just finished broadcasting the four-part radio drama "The Salmon of Blackpool." All four episodes are available to stream and download right now at the Site.
Frederick Greenhalgh, the host/producer of Radio Drama Revival, is going to have Roger Gregg himself on the show next Thursday!
Roger Gregg is the founder of the brilliant Irish radio drama production group Crazy Dog Audio Theatre (see also Apocalypse of Bill Lizard.)
Founded by Roger Gregg in 1998, Crazy Dog Audio Theatre is a professional production company based in Dublin, Ireland. Crazy Dog regularly produces both studio-based and live radio theatre series for RTE Radio 1 (the National Broadcasting Company of Ireland). The company's series are subsequently released on CD and aired by radio stations across the United States.
