Here’s two of my favorites that are not public radio (I realize I’m not sticking to topic—sorry):

smallbizpod: how to use blogs, RSS, and podcasting in biz

SpaceMusic by TC: way-cool ambient and electronic music hosted in English by the very personable TC in Rotterdam, Netherlands

KCRW podcasts a lot of their stuff. I’m fond of Left, Right and Center which I usually listen to during my lunch break but it’s not always a convenient.

Now if only This American Life would get on the bandwagon I would be the happiest iPod owner in the world. (Though it seems doubtful because they sell Audible.com subscriptions.)

My favorite is itconversations.com - subscription (free)and the TechTalk section.

No podcasts for This American Life, according to their FAQ:

http://thisamericanlife.org/pages/faq.html#podcasts

Will you offer Podcasts? “Sadly, no, not in the forseeable future. One thing that’s nice about our arrangement with Audible is that it provides a small stream of money – not much, to be sure, but some – that we split with the show’s contributors. We like that it’s possible for them to get paid again for their work. There’s no easy-to-administer method for us to compensate contributors for Podcasts.”

Have you seen the ones on BBC.co.uk? I haven’t got time to find links right now but you could search for “In Our Time” and “The Reith Lectures”

Do give a listen to The Bitterest Pill (The Dan Klass Show: Comedy, Commentary, and Music From a Stay At Home Dad/Shut In) http://thebitterestpill.com

Dan’s an actor, comedian, and an intelligent, sharp and witty man, and a hell of a nice guy. His (about) twice a week program is a terrific take on the foibles, frustrations, and joys of his life in Los Angeles. Just the right length, too. And as a bonus, Dan’s amazingly funny 6 year old Son Hudson makes the occasional appearance.

Current.org: Podcasting by public broadcasters

I am proprietor of the above link and I am pretty sure it is comprehensive. Please notify me if you learn of any others. Thanks!

I have setup a podcast for a friend of mine who has started producing his own small “radio” show using Garageband and Audacity. I’d love to drive a little a traffic to him (be gentle as it is my server) and get him some major feedback. He talks mostly about motivation and decision making, as that is his area of expertise. Check him out at Prairie Beacon Radio

I like the KCRW podcast of “Good Food” - weekly live farmer’s market reports from LA plus restaurant and cooking info. “Splendid Table” from Minnesota Public Radio is also available online, but it’s streamed as Real not podcast as MP3, much harder to take with you unless you go to the effort to rip it.

I second the recommendation for “In Our Time.”

Oh, and I made a little video tutorial explaining podcasting, and showing all the steps you need to do to download a podcast client and start subscribing to shows: Four Minutes About Podcasting

Very timely post Merlin. Looking for the same info myself. I thought you guys might have missed something. So I went to NPR and did a search for Podcast, thinking I’d get a long list. I got nothing, other then stories about Podcasting. Pretty sad.

BTW: KCRW is the best radio station in America. Used to get it streamed, now I get it (no must though) via Poscasts.

Podcasts from australian non-commercial radio station triplej - lots of interviews, and Dr Karls science show is excellent. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/podcast.htm

WFMU (independent freeform radio station broadcasting at 91.1 fm in the New York City area, at 90.1 fm in the Hudson Valley, and live on the web) podcasts 15 of their usually excellent shows at:

http://podcast.wfmu.org/

Wanted: Podcast of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.

KCRW only podcasts talk shows due to the concern that they could be sued by the big labels. They even edit out the music on Harry Shearer’s “Le Show”. So, Morning Becomes Eclectic isn’t going to have a podcast any time soon.

I can’t seem to get the In Our Time podcast working. The XML link via PublicRadioFan.com gives a 404 and the BBC’s page doesn’t have a feed, just a straight mp3 download.

I like In Our Time and Off the Hook.

Merlin, you are probably already aware of this, but an AM in your city is set to begin what could be called Podcasting in reverse. KYCY-AM is an Infinity-owned station that is apparently launching a format that features listener-submitted Podcasts. More info on the station’s site:

http://www.kyouradio.com/

Public Radio Exchange http://about.prx.org/podcast/

While it isn’t exactly public radio, part of the group of core personalities and techies at The Screen Savers (on TechTV before it was subsumed by G4) have started a weekly podcast. Originally titled Revenge of the Screen Savers they changed the name to This Week In Tech (TWIT) and it is surprisingly (or not so surprisingly) good for only having four shows under its belt.

You can get to it from http://thisweekintech.com or http://twit.tv and they are looking at adding a video podcast in the near future if they can get the tech worked out.

One interesting aspect of this podcast is that all of the participants are in different parts of the US and the host, Leo Laporte, is the only one on a broadcast quality microphone - the rest join in via Skype (or, this week, TeamSpeak).

i love the pod cast from former tech tv hostess cat schwartz. she and her crazy friend wynter always have something silly to talk about…its cute

catschwartz.libsyn.com

In Our Time from bbc: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/mp3/podcast.xml

i use a mac, apple ibook.

i tape this american life with audio hijack the cheaper version, it cost 16$

the pro version lets you tape multiple streams and costs 32$

i have used it to record this american life, many hours of it. i loved the show on the island of naru and the testosterone show.

audio hijack is available here

http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/

i have use it on dial up as well as broadband and it works fine

also on the mac is a speak engine installed you get this program….. iSpeakit and it will use the speech engine to record articles and printed words into tolerable recordings

you can try it here, it is shareware

http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/iSpeakIt/

looking for legal music?

try this clever thingy

http://www.smacki.com/mp3%20search%20using%20google

it works

i use my ipod for lots of spoken word i just listen to this great debate with steven pinker on my ipod after ispeakit translated it.

available at this amazing site

http://www.edge.org/

great content makes for great listening

the edge now has audo and video as well as text but i was on dial up so i used the ispeakit to translate it for me

i also tranfer interesting commentary on weblogs and other sites like slate.msn.com to audio files for later listening

It should be noted that Democracy Now has changed is podcast url last week and it wasn’t publicised very well.

http://www.democracynow.org/podcast.xml

MAKE: Blog: Science Friday goes Podcast

NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday have been delivering great science news and interviews since 1991- now you can get the shows, usually a week after they’re broadcasted on the Science Friday site via their Podcast (MP3s).

Great news.

Two radio theatre podcasts that originate from WMNF FM, community radio in Tampa: http://podcastalley.com/podcastdetails.php?podid=1676 and http://podcastalley.com/podcastdetails.php?podid=2905

Podcast directory

Since I’ve been yapping a whole lot about podcasts lately: “Radio-to-go” fan Merlin Mann is compiling a great list of places to find non-commercial and public radio podcasts, like NPR and KCRW. Great resources for folks looking to listen to…