296 Podcasts - Anne is a Man's list for August 2009

UPDATE: we now have 342 podcasts reviewed. (click this link for the latest list)

Every first of the month I publish a full list of podcasts I have reviewed. You can find the list below. If however you want to have them presented to you in a more orderly fashion, look up my list of directories. The disclaimer must be that the directories are not as up to date as the full list is. I have recently updated the history podcast inventory (which is the largest), the rest is under way.

Since July I have developed my own podcast feeds. They are compilations of certain recommended podcasts.

1. 12 Byzantine Rulers
2. 7th Son
   
3. Africa (Stanford Travel)
4. Africa Past and Present
5. All Things Medieval
6. American Environmental and Cultural History (Berkeley ESPM 160AC)
7. American History before 1870
8. Analysis (BBC)
9. Ancient and Medieval Podcast
10. Ancient History - Alternative Theories
    
11. Ancient Philosophy (Berkeley)
    
12. Antisemitism (USHMM)

13. Are we alone?
14. Argos (VPRO)
15. Armistice Podcast 
16. Backstory
    
17. BBC History Magazine
    
18. Behind the Black Mask
    
19. Behind the News with Doug Henwood
    
20. Beyond Good and Evil (Librivox)
21. Big Ideas (TVO)
22. Bike Radar
23. BILD 18 - Human Impact on the Environment (UCSD)
24. Binge Thinking History 
25. Bioethics podcast
26. Biography Podcast (Learn Out Loud)
    
27. the Biography Show (TPN)
28. Biota Podcast
29. Birth of the Modern (Arizona State University)
30. the Bitterest Pill 
31. BMS World Mission
32. Bommel Hoorspel
33. Brieftour-pod
34. British History 101
35. Cambridge Alumni Podcast
    
36. Car Talk
37. CAT 2 Culture Art and Technology (UCSD)
38. Cat Crave
39. CATS 2 Culture and Technology Studies (UCSD)
40. Celtic Myth Podshow
41. CFR Podcast 
42. Chronicles Radio Dispatches
43. Church History
44. Dan Carlin's Common Sense
45. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
46. Das Rätsel der verschollenen Schatulle
    
47. David Kalivas' World History
48. De Geschiedenis Podcast 
49. Der Sonntagssoziologe
50. Distillations
51. Drinking matters (Warwick)
52. Early American Social History (Warwick)
53. East Asian Thought (UCSD)
    
54. Economics 100B (Berkeley)
    
55. the Economist 
56. EconTalk
    
57. Elucidations
58. Engines of our Ingenuity
59. English 117S (Berkeley)
60. Entitled opinions
    
61. Environmental History Videocast
62. Ersatz TV 
63. The Ethicist (NYT)
64. Ethics Bites (Open University)
65. Everything Lincoln
66. Existentialism in Literature and Film (Phil 7 - Berkeley)
67. Exploring Environmental History 
68. F1Cast
69. Fact or Fiction
    
70. Family History - Genealogy made easy
    
71. Feed Me Bubbe
    
72. Flavius (Joodse Omroep)
73. Forgotten Classics
    
74. Frankenstein, or modern Prometheus (Librivox)
75. Fraunhofer Podcast
76. Freedomain Radio
    
77. Fresh Air (NPR)
78. From Israelite to Jew
    
79. From our own Correspondent (BBC)
80. Game Theory (Yale)
    
81. Ganz einfach leben
82. Genealogy Gems Podcast
    
83. Geography 110C (Berkeley) Economic Geography of the Industrial World
    
84. Geography 130 (Berkeley)
85. Geography of Europe (Arizona State University)
    
86. Geography of World Cultures (Stanford)
87. Georgian Britain (Warwick)
88. German Cultural History
    
89. Geschichtspodcast (Chronico)
    
90. Geschiedewistjedatjes
    
91. Gilder Lehrmann history podcast 
92. Global Geopolitics (Stanford)
93. Grammar Girl 
94. Guns and Rubles (Warwick)
95. Hank's History Hour
96. Hannibal (Stanford)
97. Haring Podcast
98. Harvard Business IdeaCast
    
99. Historical Jesus (Stanford)
100. Historicast
     
101. History 106B (Berkeley)
102. History 131 (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
     
103. History 132 (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
     
104. History 167B (Berkeley)
105. History 181B (Berkeley)
106. History 1c (UCLA)
107. History 2311 (Temple College)
108. History 2312 (Temple College)
109. History 4A (Berkeley)
110. History 5 (Anderson - Berkeley)
111. History 5 (Hesse- Berkeley)
     
112. History 5 (Laqueur - Berkeley)
113. History 7B (Berkeley)
114. History according to Bob 
115. History Compass Blog
     
116. the History Faculty 
117. History Network
118. History of Holland (Librivox)
119. History of Medicine (Oxford Brooke University)
120. History of Rome
121. History of the International System (Stanford)
122. History on the Run 
123. History Podcast
124. Historypod
125. Historyzine
126. Hoor! Geschiedenis
     
127. HUM 4 - Enlightenment, Romanticism, Revolution (UCSD)
128. HUM 4104 (Virginia Tech)
129. ICT Update
130. In My Living Room! 
131. In Our Time (BBC)
132. In the Media (WNYC)
133. Inspired Minds (Deutsche Welle)
134. Interview Vrijdag (VPRO)
135. Introduction to Ancient Greek History (Yale)
     
136. an Introduction to Biological Anthropology (Berkeley)
137. Introduction to German Politics (Oxford)
138. Introduction to Language (Arizona State University)
139. Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) (Yale)
     
140. Iran Podcast
     
141. Irving Poetry podcast
142. Isaiah Berlin Centenary (Oxford)
143. Islamic Medicine (Warwick)
144. It was 20 years ago today 
145. ITV
146. Jung Podcast
147. Junggesellenblog
     
148. KMTT
149. KQED Forum
150. La Resistance
     
151. Language (UCSD)
152. Leben und Überleben mit 45+
     
153. Letters and Science (Berkeley)
     
154. LSE Podcast  
155. Lyrics Undercover 
156. Making History with Ran Levi - עושים היסטוריה
     
157. Marathon Interview (VPRO)
158. Masters of None
159. Matt's Today In History
160. Media Matters (NPR)
     
161. medicalhistory 
162. Medieval & Renaissance Studies Events - Fall 2008 (Virginia Tech)
163. Medieval & Renaissance Studies Events - Spring 2008 (Virginia Tech)
164. Medieval Podcast
165. Meetings Podcast 
166. Meiky's Podcast Show 
167. The Memory Palace 
168. Midwest Writer
169. Mighty Movie Podcast 
170. Military History Podcast
171. Missing Link
172. MMW 2 , the great classical traditions (Chamberlain - UCSD)
173. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Chamberlain - UCSD)
174. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Herbst - UCSD)
175. MMW 4 (UCSD)
176. MMW6 (UCSD)
     
177. Muscular Judaism
178. My Three Shrinks
179. Namaste Stories
     
180. Napoleon 1O1 (TPN)
181. National Archives Podcast
182. Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast
     
183. New Books In History
     
184. New Humanist
185. New World Orders
     
186. New York Coffee Cup
     
187. The New York Review of Books podcast
188. Night's Knights
     
189. Nilpod
     
190. Nonviolence (Berkeley PACS 164A)
191. Nonviolence today (Berkeley PACS 164B)
192. NRC FM
193. Only in America
194. Open Source 
195. Out of the past
     
196. OVT (VPRO)
197. Oxford Biographies
     
198. Oy Mendele!
199. Parnell's History Podcast
200. Peopletalk's Podcast
201. Physics for future Presidents (Berkeley)
202. Philosopher's Zone (ABC)
     
203. Philosophy 103
204. Philosophy 7 (Berkeley)
205. Philosophy Bites
206. the Philosophy Podcast
207. Philosopy 6 (Berkeley) Man, God, and Society in Western Literature
     
208. Podcast history of cooking
     
209. Podcasts on Medieval Texts (Virginia Tech)
210. Pods and Blogs 
211. Podwatch
212. POLI 120A - Political Development of Western Europe
     
213. Political Science 10 (UCLA)
214. Political Science 179 (Berkeley)
     
215. Politics 114B (UCLA)
216. Politics and Warfare (UCSD)
     
217. Pope Podcast
218. Practice of Art (Berkeley) Foundations of American Cyber-Culture
     
219. Prosperity show
220. PSYC 105 - Introduction cognitive psychology (UCSD)
221. Psyconoclasm
222. Radiolab (WNYC)
223. Rav Dovid's
224. Real Talk
     
225. Rear Vision (ABC)
226. Red Panda
     
227. Redborne History
228. Reith Lectures 2009 (BBC)
229. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155A)
230. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155B)
231. Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
232. Replaceable You (Stanford)
     
233. Rhetoric 10 (Berkeley)
234. Rpgmp3
235. RSA Current Audio
     
236. Schlaflos in München
     
237. Science & the City
     
238. Science Fiction and Politics
     
239. Science Friday (NPR)
240. Science Times (NYT)
     
241. Sex History Podcast
242. Shrink Rap Radio
243. Šimek 's Nachts (RVU)
244. Šimek 's Nachts (Elsevier)
     
245. the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
246. Skythen-Podcast
     
247. SOCD 188J - Change in Modern South Africa (UCSD)
248. Social Innovation Conversations
249. SOCL 1B - the study of society (UCSD)
     
250. Sonic Society
251. Sparkletack 
252. Speaking of Faith (APM)
253. Stanford U History 
254. Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics (Stanford)
255. Sterke Geschiedenis
     
256. Straight talk about stem cells (Stanford)
     
257. Stuff you missed in history class 
258. Sunday Sundown 
259. Talking Robots
260. TdF London
261. Teaching American History
262. Teaching Company
     
263. TED Talks
264. That Podcast Show (aka Edgy Reviews)
265. Theories of Law and Society (Berkeley)
     
266. the Things We Forgot To Remember
267. Thinking Allowed
     
268. Time Out for Truth
     
269. Times Talks
270. the Tolkien Professor
271. Tudorcast
272. UCLA Israel Studies 
273. University Channel Podcast (aka UChannel Podcast)
274. US History since 1877 (Temple College)
275. Veertien Achttien
     
276. VIS 22 - Formations of Modern Art (UCSD)
     
277. Volkis Stimme
     
278. Volkskrant Podcasts
279. Voor 1 nacht (KRO)
280. Wanhoffs Wunderbare Welt der Wissenschaft 
281. We the People Stories
282. Welcome to Mars
     
283. What is Judaism?
284. Wise Counsel 
285. the Word Nerds
286. World View (NYT)
     
287. the Writing Show
288. Wynyfryd's meditation room
289. the Your History Podcast
290. Your Purpose Centered Life
291. zencast
292. zoem
293. האוניברסיטה המשודרת
294. מה שהיה היה
     
295. פודקאסט זה לחלשים
296. קטעים בהיסטוריה 

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New podcasts in July 2009 - Anne is a Man

Before I summarize the podcasts that were newly reviewed on this blog I want to point out another new thing that from now on you will occasionally find on Anne is a Man. Thanks to a smart comment by one of the readers, I found out how I can use my Google Reader to compile feeds from podcast episodes that I choose. Thus, I have begun compiling already 4 feeds and will continue to add others. You need only subscribe and you will get the podcast episodes from various sources, that I chose for you.

The first three are feeds that channel old episodes of the classic Dutch interview podcast Simek 's Nachts (RVU). These files are still on the RVU server, but not delivered in iTunes. Through my feeds they become available for everybody: AIAM Simek1, AIAM Simek2, AIAM Simek3.

The fourth feed is a composite feed of six podcast episodes from various sources about the current situation in Iran and the historic backdrop: Anne is a Man - Iran


New podcasts this month:

Tolkien Professor (review, site, feed)
A scholarly series into the works of Tolkien by Professor Corey Olsen from Washington College.

History of Medicine (Oxford Brooke University) (review, site, feed)
A podcasts of 'Moments in Medicine'. Issues in the science of Medicine are put in their historic perspective.

Analysis (BBC) (review, site, feed)
A BBC program which attempts to analyze what ideas and powers shape British public policy.

Argos (VPRO) (review, site, feed)
High quality in-depth journalism about current affairs. (Dutch)

Brieftour-pod (review, site, feed)
The mailman takes you on his rounds in Neumuenster. (German)

Elucidations (review, site, feed)
Two graduate students of the University of Chicago interview their professors about assorted subjects in philosophy.

Der Sonntagssoziologe (review, site, feed)
Mildly ironic musings about sociology (German)

Ganz einfach leben (review, site, feed)
Marco Mattheis shares his efforts to down-shift his life. (German)

BILD 18 - Human Impact on the Environment (UDCS) (review, site, feed)
A lecture series digging into the harm humans have caused the environment.

New Humanist (review, site, feed)
Promotional podcast of New Humanist Magazine offering teaser for the current issue.

Fraunhofer Podcast (review, site, feed)
Applied science at the Fraunhofer Institute. (German)

פודקאסט זה לחלשים (review, site, feed)
Conversational podcast by Erez Ronen and Ehud Keinan. (Hebrew)

New York Review of Books podcast (review, site, feed)
Assorted subjects from the New York Review of Books.

Wanhoffs Wunderbare Welt der Wissenschaft (review, site, feed)
The in south-east Asia living German Thomas Wanhoff keeps you updated on science and technology news in a very friendly atmosphere. (German)

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Roger Cohen in Tehran - NYRB

New York Times correspondent and columnist Roger Cohen spoke on The New York Review of Books podcast about his experiences in Teheran around the presidential elections on June 12th recently. His is a ery interesting and revealing close up view of what had been going on.

Cohen describes the experience on the streets in Teheran as they erupted in spontaneous demonstrations and the consecutive violence. He brings the sentiments and atmosphere alive. How it was before the elections, how people expected it was going to be a close race between Moussavi and Ahmedinejad. Especially as June 12 got closer, there was a sense that Moussavi could actually stand a chance. And then so shortly after the ballot boxes closed a result was announced that was not just unlikely on the basis of reasonable expectation, but also based upon what logistically could be pulled off in terms of vote counting.

And so, the public, a much wider public than the Moussavi voters felt they were being lied to and were disillusioned by the declared result. This triggered the demonstrations and the authorities showed their weakness by the violence of their reaction and the silencing of media. However, Cohen relates how this worked in practice and an image arises of a community solidarity independent of the official power. Iranian leadership may have averted an elective loss, but it has squandered its legitimacy and that is where things are at.

This podcast comes in a flow of many others that have given good insight in the current and historic situation of Iran today. For the convenience of my readers I have selected six of those from different sources and brought them together in a composite podcast feed, to which you can subscribe: Anne is a Man - Iran. As long as these podcast episodes remain available on the servers of their respective sources, they are polled in this feed that works with any podcatcher you may be using.

More NYRB podcast:
Ronald Dworkin.

Interfaith and Compassion - Karen Armstrong on UChannel

UChannel podcast reproduced a lecture by Karen Armstrong, that originated from the RSA, Why Interfaith? There is whole lot one can learn from, an be inspired by Armstrong's talk. I'll try to pick a few points.

What bothers me daily in institutionalized religious traditions as they come to me, is that they are so vindictively exclusivist. In Armstrong's discovery of religions, they are not exclusive by their nature. The traditions, obviously and inevitably have been co opted by dignitaries with a political agenda. They have squandered the spiritual for the numbing rituals and dogmas. But that is not what religions were made for and not what they support people for. Karen says it better than I do.

Interfaith is a concept of dialog among the religions and in this and in her studies, Karen Armstrong claims to have found a central rule that is shared by all, the good old Golden Rule - not to do unto others what you do want them to do unto you. Or in a positive notion, the value of compassion. She pleads for individuals and communities of all walks of life to tap into this value of compassion and thus reach out to each other. This would create a channel for rapprochement and some chance of beginning to resolve the disrupted relations, to counter fundamentalism and create a collective platform for addressing global issues of peace and the fatal threats to our environment. She plans on having a worldwide action by the end of 2009, where across religions people and communities will sign a Charter For Compassion.

More Karen Armstrong:
Speaking of Faith and TED.

More UChannel Podcast:
Talent is overrated,
Ronald Reagan, a rebel,
Disasters and Peace,
Enclosing the commons of the mind,
Middle East challenges.

Thanks for all the fish - Rear Vision

The program Rear Vision of Australia's ABC is a very good history of current events program. It digs into the necessary background information you need to have in order to get a proper historic grip on what goes on in the news.

One of its recent issues addresses a specific problem with the oceans: fish depletion. There is more with the pollution that, according to what I have heard on other podcasts (for example on an LSE Event about the Costs of Climate Change), with climate change make that the ocean are almost beyond salvation. With this in mind the history of fish depletion leaves you bereft of hope. Rear vision doesn't touch upon pollution and the greater climate problems at all; it just maps the way humans have devastated the fish population by over-fishing.

It is not just technology and increased demand that goes to explain this. Rear vision shows also how the developments of industrialization and capital investment created an industry that was impossible to get a grip on. The fact the oceans are vast and nobody's direct property or responsibility, only added to the matter. And this means that when by the 1960's the first signals of depletion became clear and attempts were made by policymakers to counter-act, their efforts were largely ineffective. It is just one more story that shows we have to radically change our perception of our environment and our responsibility for it.

More Rear Vision:
Follow up on Iran and Versailles,
Versailles 1919,
Iran 1953,
Coffee,
Fiji.

Wanhoff's Wonderful World of Wissenschaft

A charming and excellent science news podcast in German is Wanhoffs Wunderbare Welt der Wissenschaft (feed). Host Thomas Wanhoff is a German who lives in Vietnam and manages to stay updated on the latest science and technology developments and produce a weekly podcast on the subjects he chooses.

Wanhofs episodes have an ideal length for monologue podcasts (up to 20 minutes). He covers three or four subjects which he explains in a clear and concise manner. There are music and sounds inserted in a modest and befitting manner; mostly it is just the intro.

His treatment is goes beyond delivering the subjects as news items. When relevant he will relate to the subject. This will consist of his own thoughts, or something about how he found out about the subject and acquired updates. When necessary, he will also follow up and reply to questions. Wanhoff can be followed also on Facebook and Twitter. All of this together makes for a real community feel to the podcast.

More German science podcasts:
Ersatz TV (science vodcast),
Fraunhofer podcast (applied science),
Der Sonntagssoziologe (sociology),
Skythenpodcast (history)
Geschichtspodcast (history).