New podcasts that I like
A while ago, I offered some thoughts on podcasts I've been listening to. Here's a few more I've discovered since then (and that I like):
Sixty-second science - From Scientific American comes this podcast which is, as the name suggests, about science and also very, very short. Each episode is about one minute and eleven seconds, when you tack on the introduction and the the conclusion -- but the scientific content is top notch and enjoyably written. I dig it! A
RadioLab - kind of funky, disharmonic, self-indulgent production, but sometimes it really, really works. I really enjoyed the recent episodes about blinking and parasites. A-
Science podcast - From Science magazine comes a podcast to compete with the Nature podcast. The two are different: While they have in common interviews with scientists publishing groundbreaking research in the two respective journals, Nature's podcast is goofy, well-produced, and fun. Science's podcast is kind of stodgy and stiff by comparison. B-
Skeptic's Guide to the Universe - From the New England Skeptical Society comes this hour-plus-long podcast on science news and exposing pseudo-science for the bull$#@& that it is. I really like the format, although it must be said none of the five regular panelists are geologists, and they occasionally get stuff wrong like when the Cambrian was, or whether there is bauxite on the moon. Still, some great insights and perspectives. Thanks very much to Bryan for recommending this one to me: it has enriched my commute immeasurably! A
Sixty-second science - From Scientific American comes this podcast which is, as the name suggests, about science and also very, very short. Each episode is about one minute and eleven seconds, when you tack on the introduction and the the conclusion -- but the scientific content is top notch and enjoyably written. I dig it! A
RadioLab - kind of funky, disharmonic, self-indulgent production, but sometimes it really, really works. I really enjoyed the recent episodes about blinking and parasites. A-
Science podcast - From Science magazine comes a podcast to compete with the Nature podcast. The two are different: While they have in common interviews with scientists publishing groundbreaking research in the two respective journals, Nature's podcast is goofy, well-produced, and fun. Science's podcast is kind of stodgy and stiff by comparison. B-
Skeptic's Guide to the Universe - From the New England Skeptical Society comes this hour-plus-long podcast on science news and exposing pseudo-science for the bull$#@& that it is. I really like the format, although it must be said none of the five regular panelists are geologists, and they occasionally get stuff wrong like when the Cambrian was, or whether there is bauxite on the moon. Still, some great insights and perspectives. Thanks very much to Bryan for recommending this one to me: it has enriched my commute immeasurably! A
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2 Comments:
Soren Wheeler from RadioLab just spoke to our Communicating Science To The Public class. He did a great job and gave us some ideas on you to get our audiences engaged. Enjoy GSA! Sorry I am missing it this year.
I listen to all those as well. I think Radiolab is, by far, the best when it comes to how thoughtfully it's put together. It's definitely more of a true radio program that's meant to be listened to intently -- rather than a podcast that can be more like news reports. I am addicted to Radiolab, it's so good!
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