I’ve had the reminder popping up for over a week that today is International Podcast Day, and so I have for you… no podcast. Yes, yes, I can hear your sigh of relief from here. I’d strongly considered one, and had a couple of topics to talk about, but the time just wasn’t there to accomplish this. What I did accomplish was important, though, and more people will benefit from it (The Girlfriend and I) than will listen to my podcasts anyway…
However, I still have a few that I can recommend, so feel free to check them out. I find podcasts are a great thing to have on while I’m sorting photos, or working on 3D designs, or trying to fix some damn thing at my desk, and this is from some old Boomer/Gen X’er (the demarcations vary) that hasn’t bothered to stream things through my smutphone or into the car or whatever, so I’m sure you can find other activities that benefit from listening to podcasts. I provide links below, but you might also find them through your own preferred Hep Cat services.
So, Walkabout recommends, in no particular order:
The Geologic Podcast: George Hrab talks about music, odd animals, religious morons, Yes, listener questions, Yes, the gig culture, good news, and Yes. Just not geology. You’ll get it eventually.
Skeptoid: Brian Dunning’s critical analysis ‘cast eviscerates countless claims, rumors, beliefs, and broadly-accepted ‘facts’ in a meticulous and well-researched manner. The episodes and shorter than most and even have transcripts. You will learn something.
Smartless: Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman, and Will Arnett all rip on one another while interviewing their guest hosts. Good dynamic between the three and great voices for a podcast, but the first of those with interminable interruptions by sponsored messages, recorded by the trio for authenticity or some such shit like that.
Fly on the Wall: David Spade and Dana Carvey also interviewing guest hosts in between recording ads. A little too much “remember being on SNL?” but still quite entertaining.
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend: Great dynamics between Conan and his cohosts Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley, and a good lineup of guests. Still a lot of ads, but there are definitely times when you can hear them not taking these duties too seriously. The interview with Flula Borg (I have no idea who this is) is easily the funniest podcast that I’ve heard.
Good Hang: Amy Poehler and whoever happens to be handy, I think, interview guest hosts. I’m not too deep into this one yet, since I recently discovered it, but what I’ve heard has been good.
Ones I should be listening to (that I simply haven’t gotten around to):
The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
And naturally, my own. I haven’t been doing them much recently, but that gap has been taken up more with video – both of which require too much editing time.
By the way, it’s easy to do web searches for podcasts featuring your preferred content or topics, and many many times better than any half-ass videos featured on whatever social media horseshit that still exists, so have at it!