249 Podcasts - Anne is a Man's list for April 2009

UPDATE: we now have 316 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 am working on it.

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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. Ancient and Medieval Podcast
9. Ancient History - Alternative Theories
   
10. Ancient Philosophy (Berkeley)
    

11. Are we alone?
12. Armistice Podcast 
13. Backstory
    
14. BBC History Magazine
    
15. Behind the Black Mask
    
16. Behind the News with Doug Henwood
    
17. Beyond Good and Evil (Librivox)
18. Big Ideas (TVO)
19. Bike Radar
20. Binge Thinking History 
21. Bioethics podcast
22. Biography Podcast (Learn Out Loud)
    
23. the Biography Show (TPN)
24. Biota Podcast
25. Birth of the Modern (Arizona State University)
26. the Bitterest Pill 
27. Bommel Hoorspel
28. British History 101
29. Cambridge Alumni Podcast
    
30. Car Talk
31. CAT 2 Culture Art and Technology (UCSD)
32. CATS 2 Culture and Technology Studies (UCSD)
33. Celtic Myth Podshow
34. CFR Podcast 
35. Chronicles Radio Dispatches
36. Church History
37. Dan Carlin's Common Sense
38. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
39. Das Rätsel der verschollenen Schatulle
    
40. David Kalivas' World History
41. De Geschiedenis Podcast 
42. Distillations
43. East Asian Thought (UCSD)
    
44. Economics 100B (Berkeley)
    
45. the Economist 
46. EconTalk
    
47. Engines of our Ingenuity
48. English 117S (Berkeley)
49. Entitled opinions
    
50. The Ethicist (NYT)
51. Everything Lincoln
52. Existentialism in Literature and Film (Phil 7 - Berkeley)
53. Exploring Environmental History 
54. F1Cast
55. Fact or Fiction
    
56. Family History - Genealogy made easy
    
57. Forgotten Classics
    
58. Frankenstein, or modern Prometheus (Librivox)
59. Freedomain Radio
    
60. Fresh Air (NPR)
61. From Israelite to Jew
    
62. From our own Correspondent (BBC)
63. Game Theory (Yale)
    
64. Genealogy Gems Podcast
    
65. Geography 110C (Berkeley) Economic Geography of the Industrial World
    
66. Geography 130 (Berkeley)
67. Geography of Europe (Arizona State University)
    
68. Geography of World Cultures (Stanford)
69. German Cultural History
    
70. Geschichtspodcast (Chronico)
    
71. Geschiedewistjedatjes
    
72. Global Geopolitics (Stanford)
73. Grammar Girl 
74. Hank's History Hour
75. Hannibal (Stanford)
76. Haring Podcast
77. Harvard Business IdeaCast
    
78. Historical Jesus (Stanford)
79. Historicast
    
80. History 106B (Berkeley)
81. History 167B (Berkeley)
82. History 181B (Berkeley)
83. History 2311 (Temple College)
84. History 2312 (Temple College)
85. History 4A (Berkeley)
86. History 5 (Anderson - Berkeley)
87. History 5 (Hesse- Berkeley)
    
88. History 5 (Laqueur - Berkeley)
89. History 7B (Berkeley)
90. History according to Bob 
91. History Compass Blog
    
92. History Network
93. History of Holland (Librivox)
94. History of Rome
95. History of the International System (Stanford)
96. History on the Run 
97. History Podcast
98. Historypod
99. Historyzine
100. Hoor! Geschiedenis
     
101. HUM 4 - Enlightenment, Romanticism, Revolution (UCSD)
102. ICT Update
103. In My Living Room! 
104. In Our Time (BBC)
105. In the Media (WNYC)
106. Inspired Minds (Deutsche Welle)
107. Interview Vrijdag (VPRO)
108. Introduction to Ancient Greek History (Yale)
     
109. Introduction to German Politics (Oxford)
110. Introduction to Language (Arizona State University)
111. Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) (Yale)
     
112. Iran Podcast
     
113. Irving Poetry podcast
114. ITV
115. Jung Podcast
116. Junggesellenblog
     
117. KMTT
118. La Resistance
     
119. KQED Forum
120. Language (UCSD)
121. Leben und Überleben mit 45+
     
122. Letters and Science (Berkeley)
     
123. LSE Podcast  
124. Making History with Ran Levi - עושים היסטוריה
     
125. Marathon Interview (VPRO)
126. Matt's Today In History
127. Media Matters (NPR)
     
128. medicalhistory 
129. Medieval & Renaissance Studies Events (Virginia Tech)
130. Medieval Podcast
131. Meetings Podcast 
132. Meiky's Podcast Show 
133. The Memory Palace 
134. Midwest Writer
135. Military History Podcast
136. Missing Link
137. MMW 2 , the great classical traditions (Chamberlain - UCSD)
138. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Chamberlain - UCSD)
139. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Herbst - UCSD)
140. MMW 4 (UCSD)
141. MMW6 (UCSD)
     
142. Muscular Judaism
143. My Three Shrinks
144. Namaste Stories
     
145. Napoleon 1O1 (TPN)
146. National Archives Podcast
147. Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast
     
148. New Books In History
     
149. New World Orders
     
150. New York Coffee Cup
     
151. Night's Knights
     
152. Nilpod
     
153. Nonviolence (Berkeley PACS 164A)
154. Nonviolence today (Berkeley PACS 164B)
155. NRC FM
156. Only in America
157. Open Source
158. Out of the past
     
159. OVT (VPRO)
160. Oxford Biographies
     
161. Oy Mendele!
162. Parnell's History Podcast
163. Peopletalk's Podcast
164. Physics for future Presidents (Berkeley)
165. Philosopher's Zone (ABC)
     
166. Philosophy 103
167. Philosophy 7 (Berkeley)
168. Philosophy Bites
169. the Philosophy Podcast
170. Philosopy 6 (Berkeley) Man, God, and Society in Western Literature
     
171. Podcast history of cooking
     
172. Podcasts on Medieval Texts (Virginia Tech)
173. Pods and Blogs 
174. Podwatch
175. POLI 120A - Political Development of Western Europe
     
176. Political Science 10 (UCLA)
177. Political Science 179 (Berkeley)
     
178. Politics and Warfare (UCSD)
     
179. Pope Podcast
180. Practice of Art (Berkeley) Foundations of American Cyber-Culture
     
181. Prosperity show
182. PSYC 105 - Introduction cognitive psychology (UCSD)
183. Radiolab (WNYC)
184. Rav Dovid's
185. Real Talk
     
186. Rear Vision (ABC)
187. Red Panda
     
188. Redborne History
189. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155A)
190. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155B)
191. Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
192. Replaceable You (Stanford)
     
193. Rhetoric 10 (Berkeley)
194. Rpgmp3
195. RSA Current Audio
     
196. Schlaflos in München
     
197. Science & the City
     
198. Science Fiction and Politics
     
199. Science Friday (NPR)
200. Science Times (NYT)
     
201. Sex History Podcast
202. Shrink Rap Radio
203. Šimek 's Nachts (RVU)
204. the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
205. Skythen-Podcast
     
206. SOCD 188J - Change in Modern South Africa (UCSD)
207. Social Innovation Conversations
208. SOCL 1B - the study of society (UCSD)
     
209. Sonic Society
210. Speaking of Faith (APM)
211. Stanford U History 
212. Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics (Stanford)
213. Sterke Geschiedenis
     
214. Straight talk about stem cells (Stanford)
     
215. Stuff you missed in history class 
216. Sunday Sundown 
217. Talking Robots
218. TdF London
219. Teaching American History
220. Teaching Company
     
221. TED Talks
222. That Podcast Show (aka Edgy Reviews)
223. Theories of Law and Society (Berkeley)
     
224. the Things We Forgot To Remember
225. Thinking Allowed
     
226. Time Out for Truth
     
227. Times Talks
228. Tudorcast
229. UCLA Israel Studies 
230. University Channel Podcast (aka UChannel Podcast)
231. Veertien Achttien
     
232. VIS 22 - Formations of Modern Art (UCSD)
     
233. Volkis Stimme
     
234. Volkskrant Podcasts
235. We the People Stories
236. Welcome to Mars
     
237. What is Judaism?
238. Wise Counsel 
239. the Word Nerds
240. World View (NYT)
     
241. the Writing Show
242. Wynyfryd's meditation room
243. the Your History Podcast
244. Your Purpose Centered Life
245. zencast
246. zoem
247. האוניברסיטה המשודרת
248. מה שהיה היה
     
249. קטעים בהיסטוריה

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New podcasts in march 2009 - Anne is a Man

Podcasts mentioned on this blog for the first time in March 2009. Three history podcasts, three podcasts from the New York Times and a live conversation podcast.

New Books In History (review, site, feed)
A great new podcast in which Marshall Poe interviews historians about their latest book. (This podcast is in fact so outstanding, I have reviewed it already four times)

The Memory Palace (review, site, feed)
An almost poetic history podcast. Short stories, eloquently narrated from history.

Rear Vision (ABC) (review, site, feed)
Program from the Australian broadcaster ABC, which digs into the historic backgrounds of a chosen subject in current affairs.

The Ethicist (NYT) (review, site, feed)
Randy Cohen answers ethical questions from everyday life.

World View (NYT) (review, site, feed)
Podcast from the international section of the New York Times. Short items with international affairs background information.

Science Times (NYT) (review, site, feed)
A good podcast from the science section of the New York Times, with the science news and interviews on assorted scientific subjects and a health column.

Nilpod (review, site, feed)
Live conversation between two Irishmen on subjects like fashion, work, etiquette etc.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin revisited

The podcast Forgotten Classics reads books to the listener that are either in the public domain or can be read with permission. The idea is to choose those classic works that are more or less forgotten, that host Julie Davis has taken up reading and deemed valuable to present on the show. Her latest project is the entire reading of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Forgotten Classics is far more than giving you an audio-book version of the work. Although Davies is an outstanding reader and one can certainly choose to listen to the book only, there is an added value. Julie embarks in this project on a journey to re-evaluate Uncle Tom's Cabin. She marks the common criticism that the book has racist tendencies itself and is first of all a novel of ideology and less of literature and she tests this on the experience while rereading the book.

We become partial to her thoughts and to her thorough research. The research shows that at the time, the book had been exposed to former slaves and they had acknowledged the authenticity of the work. The fact that the novel is a novel with a political message, still allows plenty room for drama and description. Even though the style is tangibly unmodern, until chapter 9, where we are now, after the latest podcast, the work is coherent and has effectively built the drama. At least Julie and a good number of her listeners are excited.

I must say I am excited myself as well. Not in the least because I have read the book, albeit in Dutch translation (probably abridged), several times when I was very young (between the age 9 and 13). The book then made a huge impression and I was amazed, while listening to the podcast, it all came back to me so strong, to the level of specific sentences. And thus, by all standards this is a very worthy project, even if we will end up with the conclusion that it is a racist work and has not too much literary value, it was worth the exercise.

In chapter eight we run into a couple of sentences that are undeniably racist. It can't be denied Stowe believed in racial traits and her description of the blacks is literally as big children. This is a common perception that I can even remember was still tangible in my youth, hence, Stowe is by all means a product of her time. Davies's effort to downplay this aspect of the work, I find unconvincing. It may indeed be so that Stowe actually saw in the former slaves a people of higher qualities and in their spirituality something more genuine, but that is merely placing the common order on its head. She is doing that throughout anyway, as the white women come out better than white men also and also in this way of being more genuine, if childlike, in their spirituality. It smacks more of a turn around that is not uncommon for devout Christian people such as Stowe and it mimics the Gospels, specific the Mountain Sermon with the meek inheriting the earth and all that.

I see no problem in accepting the inevitable and tell it like it is, that Stowe was just as locked in the common way of thinking in her age as anybody else, anywhere else. This still leaves plenty of room, or maybe even more, for appreciating how she took the logic and the principles of her age and reconstructed them such that a revolutionary message came out: one that slavery is totally immoral. And that she succeeded in doing that so well, that it reached the millions and had a considerable effect. It begs the analysis of the composition of the book, rather than the examining the fine tuning and sophistication of its philosophy and world view.

Last but not least, Forgotten Classics does more than immerse itself in this great task of revisiting Uncle Tom's cabin. There is the occasional podcast with another subject and (nearly) every show has host Julie Davies relate to her audience which gives the kind of community feel that works so well for many other podcasts as well. And if that is not all, Julie also gives podcast reviews that deserve attention. I am hooked for the time to come.

More Forgotten Classics:
Cooking with Forgotten Classics,
Forgotten Classics - podcast review.

Koning George V - veertien achttien recensie

In de eerste Wereldoorlog staan er nog volop monarchen op het toneel. We hebben in de serie Veertien Achttien al de koning van Roemenie gehad, maar de grote drie zijn natuurlijk de neven Wilhelm, Nicolaas en George V. De laatste aflevering gaat over George, maar Wilhelm en Nicolaas komen natuurlijk ook voorbij.

Omdat de drie zo nauw verwant zijn is de Eerste Wereldoorlog wel eens een uit de hand gelopen familieruzie genoemd en Tacken refereert hier ook aan, maar dat lijkt mij volkomen onterecht. Zoals er wel meer negentiende-eeuws vernis over de Grote Oorlog zit, zo staan al die monarchen er ook nog bij, maar wezenlijk is het een oorlog van industriele naties geweest. De koningen speelden geen rol.

Het is veelzeggend dat alleen George van dit drietal na de oorlog nog op de troon zit. Hij is immers degene die van begin af aan al in een constitutie met een machtig parlement gevangen zit. Wilhelm en Nicolaas hebben na revolutie moeten wijken voor volledig twintigste-eeuwse staatsbestellen, met natuurlijk, twintigste-eeuwse gevolgen.

Meer Veertien Achttien:
Colmar von der Goltz,
Sir Ian Hamilton,
H.H. Asquith,
Anton Kröller,
Rosa Luxemburg.

Science Times - NYT podcast review

The New York Times has a number of podcasts, that I had been asked by Erno Mijland of the blog Alles Kan Altijd Beter to review again. So far, I must admit, I have not been tremendously impressed. And it is not the first time, I find that regular media, when engaging in podcasting come out rather poorly. However, the science podcast, is an exception to the better.

Science Times (feed) is a complete science rubric in podcast. It contains science news and one or two interviews about a science subject, interestingly this implies other than natural sciences. The interviews are done professionally and give a complete entry into the subject discussed. This is all the more commendable, since the podcast is relatively short: around 20 minutes. That makes it an excellent podcast to be informed about interesting subjects in science.

As mentioned above, this podcast covers more than just natural sciences. I have heard a couple of economics subjects that were handled pretty effectively as well. Furthermore, the health section deserves special mention. This is not only informative as far as medical science is concerned, it also has a tendency to talking about issues very pertinent to the consumer of health services. In short a valuable and good podcast.

More NYT:
World View,
The Ethicist,
Times Talks.