25 posts tagged “radio”
Jack Cheese (a.k.a. John Cleese) has a blog and podcast. Why didn't anyone tell me before?
John Cleese's Cleeseblog
John Cleese podcasts
For the more serious among you, the Headcasts are available for a mere dollar per episode.
He is also found on Twitter and FriendFeed:
John Cleese on Twitter
John Cleese on FriendFeed
He's asking that you vote for him for the European Podcast Award:
Vote Cleese Now! (he wants the glory, not the prize)
It is the season for democracy once again, and I don’t mean that charming American trillion-dollar deficit version of our gloriously imperfect system of governance - I mean ME!
Some bright spark has entered me for the European Podcast Awards. I don’t need the prize, obviously, but I do want the glory.
So, my virtual friends and neighbours please, help to get me to the top of whatever category they have inserted me just to assist an old man’s terribly frail ego.
Related Post:
Unsuccessful Experiment: Notice of Revocation of Independence (John Cleese, 2004)
WARNING: Episodes are available online during week of broadcast ONLY
Running Time: 6 Episodes of 30 minutes Each
Related Post: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (BBC, Douglas Adams)
See also: Above the Title Productions Ltd page on Dirk Gently
Brian Dunning produces a brief and informative show entitled "Skeptoid." Episodes are in the 10 to 15 minute range, produced weekly.
Episode of note: Should Tibet Be Free?
7/29/2008 - Many people who passionately advocate for a Free Tibet have an embarrassingly naïve vision of the situation, and probably aren't even aware of what the Dalai Lama himself wants from China. Skeptoid encourages you to apply skepticism to the pop-culture reasons you may have heard for "freeing" Tibet.
Stephen Fry's just-launched "Podgrams" feature is here
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.
UPDATE: Episode four includes a speech Stephen gave at the BBC about television, public funding and privatisation. Informative and amusing, and highly recommended. Episode three was a Wildean take on wallpaper. He has settled on an even-odd scripted vs. conversational schedule.
He explains the rocky start in Episode one in Episode two.
This will be on the test.
Podcast Episode Link (July 15, 2008)
GillmorGang Link
I twittered:
In this episode Doc Searls goes into detail on the digital transition and implications for local, public and commercial broadcasting, television and radio, and has some very interesting things to say about "live" broadcasting in the future.Doc Searls on (no) future of traditional broadcasting - last GillmorGang podcast. Technical and encyclopedic. TV is dead. Long live TV.
A must-listen for anyone interested in staying ahead of the curve on the future of broadcasting.
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)
