Friday, April 30, 2010

First time review podcasts on Anne is a Man

The list of newly reviewed podcasts was long overdue. I used to give it each month, but skipped last month. So here goes...

March:
Philosophy 132 - philosophy of mind (Berkeley) (review, site, feed)
University Lecture series. Mandatory for anyone interested in philosophy of mind, consciousness, or free will.

Brain Science Podcast (review, site, feed)
The strength of this podcast is exploring the scientific aspects and medical applications with respect to the brain.

Ice Podcast (review, site, feed)
Conversational podcast with the occasional interview.

Paradigms (review, site, feed)
A weekly thematic program in subjects of ecology and environmentalism that is offered as a podcast as well as broadcast on a Vermont radio station, WBKM.

April:
SFF Audio Podcast (review, site, feed)
Jesse Willis and Scott Danielson discuss what is new in SciFi and Fantasy audio and reading and they do the occasional interview.

PON podcast (Harvard) (review, site, feed)
University podcast from the Program on Negotiations.

Democratization of Knowledge or Triumph of Amateurs (Eastern Michigan) (review, site, feed)
A fascinating series of four lectures on the curses and blessings of Wikipedia. With Marshall Poe, Larry Sanger and Andrew Keen.

World Religions (Eastern Michigan) (review, site, feed)
A general and easy to access introduction in the five major religions

WTF with Marc Maron (review, site, feed)
Comedy Podcast with stand-up comedian Marc Maron who talks about comedy and show business with a variety of comedian guests.

Comedy and Everything Else (review, site, feed)
Comedy Podcast with Jimmy Dore, Todd Glass, and Stefane Zamorano.

Comedy Death Ray Radio (review, site, feed)
Comedy Podcast by Scott Aukerman. Based on the live stage show.

Nerdist (review, site, feed)
Comedy Podcast with stand-up comedian Chris Hardwick.

Catholic Stuff You Should Know (review, site, feed)
Amateur podcast about Catholic Trivia.

Justice with Michael Sandel (Harvard) (review, site, feed)
Vodcast in which Harvard professor Michael Sandel discusses issues of Justice with his students.

Healthy Living (Stanford) (review, site, feed)
Lecture series about various subjects in medicine and health.

MedPod101 (review, site, feed)
Medical podcast by Dr. Jacob with small issues about disease and therapy.

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