The impetus for this thread is fairly simple: I need something to listen to during my lunch break, and have already heard enough conservative talk radio to write most of their shows for them at this point (
Hannity: "Republicans good, Democrats evil",
Limbaugh: "Democrats
stupid and evil, Republicans not conservative enough",
O'Reilly: "Democrats bad, Republicans sort of ok I guess",
Savage: "Liberal Pinko Swine are scumoftheearthhowIwishicouldscrapethemtodeathwithmyownteethuntilthestreetsrunredwithcommiebloodarrggbibblle!!!–that reminds of this one time I was planting tulips in my father's garden as a kid…", yadda yadda)
I had been listening to the Physics for Future Presidents lecture
series, which I finally tried after mistakenly assuming they would be too dumbed-down to be interesting. It's taught by
one of the co-creators of the Nemesis hypothesis, is actually a pretty good refresher on general physics in preparation for taking classes again, and taught me various neat things I wasn't aware of, like the sound channel in the atmosphere and how it relates to what happened at Roswell. I'd recommend them to about anyone, especially the early ones on energy and nuclear power that have more real-world application.
I also enjoyed the Penny Arcade
podcasts (IE6 doesn't format that link, incidentally) in which they just turn on the mic while creating the strip a surprising amount. It's funny even when they're just riffing on stupid things their kids did. Not recommended for anyone who doesn't follow game industry news, though.
Anyway, I ran out of the above and need more stuff to listen to. And I figured a place for everyone to recommend their favorite podcasts (yes, yes, the term is annoying) wouldn't be out of place, as I can't find any in the archives.
So, recommend me some good MP3s-on-RSS-feeds-but-we-can't-call-them-that-because-that-would-be-
common.
(Also, before anyone asks, the reason is that "of doom" makes anything better.)