My Favorite Podcasts

I am a public radio fanatic and love that I can listen to my favorite shows whenever I please through the magic of podcasting.

Here are the podcasts that I can't live without. Let me know if there's any glaring omissions from this list and I'll take a listen.

  • APM: Marketplace is the only business news I can stand to listen to on a daily basis. They cover economic news for average people and their sustainability desk is second to none.
  • APM: Marketplace Money is the weekly personal program by the producers of Marketplace. I look to it for great advice on managing investments, thinking about real estate, and planning for the future. They always have a fun segment that looks into the daily life of a different career each week.
  • NPR: Climate Connections is a ongoing collaboration between NPR and National Geographic.
  • NPR: Day to Day is my favorite daily general news program. I have come to like this collaboration between NPR and Slate.com fare more than Morning Edition. They get deeper into the headlines and don't feel the need to throw too much human interest pap my way.
  • NPR: Fresh Air is the best interview program in any medium hands down. Terry Gross is as good as she's ever been.
  • NPR: The Bryant Park Project is a new program from WNYC targeted to the kids... err me and my demographic. It is clearly aimed at a certain demographic but doesn't fail to tell important stories in an interesting way. If the anchors of news programs are going to get out from behind the curtain and let their personalities shine through, I'm going to listen to programs where I can relate to their attitude.
  • NPR: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! continues to make me chuckle every week. That crazy Carl Cassel...
  • On the Media is the best weekly news roundup their is. From the vantage point of media criticism, On the Media keeps me in the know about what's happening and how the story is being told.
  • Savage Love Podcast is a guilty pleasure.
  • TED Talks are lectures by some of the greatest minds in the areas of technology, culture, and science.
  • This American Life is finally in my reach. Far too long have I missed TAL on the airwaves. Now I can listen at my leisure. Thank you intertubes for making this possible.
  • WNYC's Radio Lab is a new program I learned about from This American Life. Some find Robert Krulwich grating but I am thoroughly charmed by his sense of wonder and curiosity.

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