Thursday, December 22, 2005
What I'm Listening To (Right Now)
When I was planning to attend the reunion of my father's WWII pilot's association, I decided I needed a compact digital audio recorder. The plan was to be able to record the veterans telling their stories and answering my questions. When comparison shopping, I found a 20G iPod for a very favorable price (it was an "open box"). With an iTalk microphone, it worked just great; I could record for hours.
To the subject at hand. The morning and afternoon commutes between Frankfort and Lexington give me ample time just to listen. I admit I listen to Bob and Tom in the morning; a solid dose of humor gets the day off to a good start. In the afternoons, however, I've been switching around between NPR and music stations. I discovered podcasting and there appears to be wealth of programming available. Here are a few I've tried and liked.
Skepticality: Hosts Derek and Swoopy discus a variety of topics from a scientific, critical, skeptical, and humorous point of view.
The Naked Scientists are from the University of Cambridge.
Science Friday is an NPR show with host Ira Flatow that isn't broadcast in our area. I notice the upcoming episode has a segment on the verdict in the Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District trial.
The Skeptic Tank is a show from the Australian Skeptics association. I've listened to their episode on Intelligent Design that includes an interview with Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education.
Berkeley Groks is mostly about physics from Einstein to the Big Bang.
Slate just has interesting commentary.
I have found (but not yet listened to):
5 Questions, an interactive show where five questions are posted and the answers are discussed. Actually, I discovered this one by listening to a show they did jointly with Derek and Swoopy of Skepticality. The questions are chosen to be thought provoking and sometimes whimsical.
Have fun listening.
To the subject at hand. The morning and afternoon commutes between Frankfort and Lexington give me ample time just to listen. I admit I listen to Bob and Tom in the morning; a solid dose of humor gets the day off to a good start. In the afternoons, however, I've been switching around between NPR and music stations. I discovered podcasting and there appears to be wealth of programming available. Here are a few I've tried and liked.
Skepticality: Hosts Derek and Swoopy discus a variety of topics from a scientific, critical, skeptical, and humorous point of view.
The Naked Scientists are from the University of Cambridge.
Science Friday is an NPR show with host Ira Flatow that isn't broadcast in our area. I notice the upcoming episode has a segment on the verdict in the Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District trial.
The Skeptic Tank is a show from the Australian Skeptics association. I've listened to their episode on Intelligent Design that includes an interview with Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education.
Berkeley Groks is mostly about physics from Einstein to the Big Bang.
Slate just has interesting commentary.
I have found (but not yet listened to):
5 Questions, an interactive show where five questions are posted and the answers are discussed. Actually, I discovered this one by listening to a show they did jointly with Derek and Swoopy of Skepticality. The questions are chosen to be thought provoking and sometimes whimsical.
Have fun listening.
