Devising your own podcast feed - Huffduffer

In July I began a test through Google Reader by means of which I made podcast feeds you could subscribe to and that would bring in assorted podcasts that can not be had in the regular fashion. Just now I have found an on-line service that does exactly that and more. Not only can you stick any file from a podcast in a feed of your own, you can insert audio files that are not syndicated. As long as you know the URL to the audio files, you can make the feed. For yourself and for others.

This is Huffduffer. Needless to say, I have started using it and found it to be extremely easy to use - especially with a plug-in in my browser that allows to right-click a URL and choose to insert the file into a feed.

I have chosen a number of lecture series that are on-line, but not syndicated and have turned them to feeds. J. Drabinski's lecture series about Husserl (feed) and about Heidegger (feed) - found through Baxter Wood. The Open Yale course about the Hebrew Bible by Christina Hayes that was not syndicated, when all the other Yale courses were. I devised a feed that contains all but the 15th lecture - for some reason Huffduffer cannot deal with that one. And lastly I made a feed for the Marathan Interview with Herman Bianchi (Dutch).

I will use Huffduffer to arrange special feeds for readers (come, come with the requests). You can do it yourself as well and I will be happy to publish and review when relevant.

300 Podcasts - Anne is a Man's list for September 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.

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

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New podcasts in August 2009 - Anne is a Man

Traditionally August is a quiet month on this blog. I am usually away for a week or two on vacation. This year I figured that even during vacation, I can give updates on the blog and I have taken the liberty to write ultra-short entries that simply point to one podcast or another, without further ado. And that was taken quite well. I think this is a good formula for more vacation spans and for the occasional PC-low weekend.

In addition, this month saw a couple of noteworthy endorsements of the blog, just when the readership seems to drop, so that made me very happy. On Twitter: philosophybites, liqweed, lawneuro, profron, livmaritd and varnam_blog. In blogs: Wide Awake Minds (interview with Charles Lipson) and The Podcast Place.

Then, there were four podcasts, I reviewed for the first time.

Science Talk (Scientific American) (review, site, feed)
A very charming and accessible science podcast from the Scientific American. Steve Mirsky takes up a subject for 15-20 minutes.

Dichter und Denker (University of Freiburg) (review, site, feed)
Lecture series around poets and thinkers at the university of Freiburg. (German)

Het Marathon Interview (VPRO) (review, site, feed)
Not exactly a new podcast, but rather an old one with a renewed feed. The cream of Dutch interviews since 1986. (Dutch)

Structure of English Words (Stanford) (review, site)
Lecture series on Open Stanford on language, by William R. Leben. These lectures can be had through iTunesU, but are not syndicated (no feed).

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A Great Escape - The Memory Palace

The Memory Palace (feed) is a fantastic, short history podcast one absolutely must listen to. No matter how deep or how faint your interest in history is, or wherever your favorite subject lies, The Memory Palace is a five minute delight you should be able to squeeze in your playlist twice a month.

If you wonder where to start, try the last episode 'Dig Set Spike'. Host Nate DiMeo tells the tale of a German prisoner of war in Arizona, during World War Two. The man thinks of escape and rejoining the war. His comrades in the camp feel the same and they invent and carry out an ingenuously devised escape plan.

The ever present sense of irony in DiMeo's tone of voice and in the soft and subtle music that accompany the narration, one detects immediately that this plan simply must go wrong. It seems infallible though and then, the thought crossed my mind, the irony might be just that it succeeds and that these dedicated and sympathetic men will rejoin a bad cause. Or else. But I shouldn't give away the surprise.

More The Memory Palace:
The Memory Palace,
Ferris Wheel and other historic experiences,
The hollow earth,
The Memory Palace - history narration.

Husserl and Heidegger - Dichter und Denker in Freiburg

Husserl and Heidegger are two important names in philosophy I have run into time and again, but never been able to get a sufficient grip on, in order to at least have a general idea what they are about. My colleague blogger Baxter Wood, has recently written a post (Heidegger, all too Heidegger) that points to several audio and video sources on-line that may be of help. Berkeley's Philosophy 185 by the incomparable Hubert Dreyfus, John Drabinski's lectures on audio and a BBC program with Hubert Dreyfuss on YouTube.

While I was trying these out and getting confused as happens so frequently in philosophy, I went on to search some more and found a very charming and insightful lecture. I recommend it to all you seekers, but must warn in advance: it is in German. Günter Figal speaks at the University of Freiburg in a podcast lecture series 'Dichter und Denker in Freiburg' (feed). His is the lecture 'Husserl und Heidegger' (video-stream) among others around the theme of poets and thinkers in Freiburg.

Dr. Figal relates the history in which Husserl comes first and Heidegger becomes his student. Husserl founds the philosophical stream of Phenomenology and Heidegger takes it on to a level where Husserl no longer agrees and the two fall out. Figal attempts to take away the idea, Heidegger overtook his master and made him obsolete. In Figal's view, both thinkers have different contributions to Phenomenology and he points to a strong French line of thinkers (such as Sartre and Levinas) who have taken the two further and who can only be understood if one will not leave Husserl out.

Of nightmares and sleepwalking - Ran Levi

As always, one of the most charming podcast in the history of science genre is the Israeli עושים היסטוריה! עם רן לוי (Making History with Ran Levi). With an amazing variety, high production frequency, high content level and the ever present, Israeli tongue in cheek sense of humor, this podcast is a must have for all who mast the Hebrew language.

The latest episode was about sleep in its widest sense. Why do people and most animals need sleep, what happens during sleep and how do we find out about it. The issue spends many entertaining and informative minutes about the aberrations of sleep like nightmares and sleepwalking. One will learn the etymology of 'nightmare', the truth of the urban myth that one should never wake a sleepwalking person and how all these excesses can easily be explained once one fully comprehends the phenomenon of sleep.

For the international audience it is going to be a long wait for the English version of this outstanding podcast. As with so many other foreign podcasts: there are plans to make an English version, but the execution is eternally delayed.

More Making History with Ran Levi:
Mass Extinctions,
Making History with Ran Levi - עושים היסטוריה! עם רן לוי,
From Pavlov to Milgram,
A history of pandemics,
Surviving the atom bomb.