268 Podcasts - Anne is a Man's list for June 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 have recently updated the history podcast inventory (which is the largest), the rest is under way.

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. Ersatz TV 
51. The Ethicist (NYT)
52. Everything Lincoln
53. Existentialism in Literature and Film (Phil 7 - Berkeley)
54. Exploring Environmental History 
55. F1Cast
56. Fact or Fiction
    
57. Family History - Genealogy made easy
    
58. Feed Me Bubbe
    
59. Flavius (Joodse Omroep)
60. Forgotten Classics
    
61. Frankenstein, or modern Prometheus (Librivox)
62. Freedomain Radio
    
63. Fresh Air (NPR)
64. From Israelite to Jew
    
65. From our own Correspondent (BBC)
66. Game Theory (Yale)
    
67. Genealogy Gems Podcast
    
68. Geography 110C (Berkeley) Economic Geography of the Industrial World
    
69. Geography 130 (Berkeley)
70. Geography of Europe (Arizona State University)
    
71. Geography of World Cultures (Stanford)
72. German Cultural History
    
73. Geschichtspodcast (Chronico)
    
74. Geschiedewistjedatjes
    
75. Gilder Lehrmann history podcast 
76. Global Geopolitics (Stanford)
77. Grammar Girl 
78. Hank's History Hour
79. Hannibal (Stanford)
80. Haring Podcast
81. Harvard Business IdeaCast
    
82. Historical Jesus (Stanford)
83. Historicast
    
84. History 106B (Berkeley)
85. History 131 (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
    
86. History 132 (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
    
87. History 167B (Berkeley)
88. History 181B (Berkeley)
89. History 1c (UCLA)
90. History 2311 (Temple College)
91. History 2312 (Temple College)
92. History 4A (Berkeley)
93. History 5 (Anderson - Berkeley)
94. History 5 (Hesse- Berkeley)
    
95. History 5 (Laqueur - Berkeley)
96. History 7B (Berkeley)
97. History according to Bob 
98. History Compass Blog
    
99. the History Faculty 
100. History Network
101. History of Holland (Librivox)
102. History of Rome
103. History of the International System (Stanford)
104. History on the Run 
105. History Podcast
106. Historypod
107. Historyzine
108. Hoor! Geschiedenis
     
109. HUM 4 - Enlightenment, Romanticism, Revolution (UCSD)
110. HUM 4104 (Virginia Tech)
111. ICT Update
112. In My Living Room! 
113. In Our Time (BBC)
114. In the Media (WNYC)
115. Inspired Minds (Deutsche Welle)
116. Interview Vrijdag (VPRO)
117. Introduction to Ancient Greek History (Yale)
     
118. Introduction to German Politics (Oxford)
119. Introduction to Language (Arizona State University)
120. Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) (Yale)
     
121. Iran Podcast
     
122. Irving Poetry podcast
123. Islamic Medicine 
124. It was 20 years ago today 
125. ITV
126. Jung Podcast
127. Junggesellenblog
     
128. KMTT
129. La Resistance
     
130. KQED Forum
131. Language (UCSD)
132. Leben und Überleben mit 45+
     
133. Letters and Science (Berkeley)
     
134. LSE Podcast  
135. Lyrics Undercover 
136. Making History with Ran Levi - עושים היסטוריה
     
137. Marathon Interview (VPRO)
138. Matt's Today In History
139. Media Matters (NPR)
     
140. medicalhistory 
141. Medieval & Renaissance Studies Events - Fall 2008 (Virginia Tech)
142. Medieval & Renaissance Studies Events - Spring 2008 (Virginia Tech)
143. Medieval Podcast
144. Meetings Podcast 
145. Meiky's Podcast Show 
146. The Memory Palace 
147. Midwest Writer
148. Mighty Movie Podcast 
149. Military History Podcast
150. Missing Link
151. MMW 2 , the great classical traditions (Chamberlain - UCSD)
152. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Chamberlain - UCSD)
153. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Herbst - UCSD)
154. MMW 4 (UCSD)
155. MMW6 (UCSD)
     
156. Muscular Judaism
157. My Three Shrinks
158. Namaste Stories
     
159. Napoleon 1O1 (TPN)
160. National Archives Podcast
161. Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast
     
162. New Books In History
     
163. New World Orders
     
164. New York Coffee Cup
     
165. Night's Knights
     
166. Nilpod
     
167. Nonviolence (Berkeley PACS 164A)
168. Nonviolence today (Berkeley PACS 164B)
169. NRC FM
170. Only in America
171. Open Source 
172. Out of the past
     
173. OVT (VPRO)
174. Oxford Biographies
     
175. Oy Mendele!
176. Parnell's History Podcast
177. Peopletalk's Podcast
178. Physics for future Presidents (Berkeley)
179. Philosopher's Zone (ABC)
     
180. Philosophy 103
181. Philosophy 7 (Berkeley)
182. Philosophy Bites
183. the Philosophy Podcast
184. Philosopy 6 (Berkeley) Man, God, and Society in Western Literature
     
185. Podcast history of cooking
     
186. Podcasts on Medieval Texts (Virginia Tech)
187. Pods and Blogs 
188. Podwatch
189. POLI 120A - Political Development of Western Europe
     
190. Political Science 10 (UCLA)
191. Political Science 179 (Berkeley)
     
192. Politics 114B (UCLA)
193. Politics and Warfare (UCSD)
     
194. Pope Podcast
195. Practice of Art (Berkeley) Foundations of American Cyber-Culture
     
196. Prosperity show
197. PSYC 105 - Introduction cognitive psychology (UCSD)
198. Radiolab (WNYC)
199. Rav Dovid's
200. Real Talk
     
201. Rear Vision (ABC)
202. Red Panda
     
203. Redborne History
204. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155A)
205. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155B)
206. Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
207. Replaceable You (Stanford)
     
208. Rhetoric 10 (Berkeley)
209. Rpgmp3
210. RSA Current Audio
     
211. Schlaflos in München
     
212. Science & the City
     
213. Science Fiction and Politics
     
214. Science Friday (NPR)
215. Science Times (NYT)
     
216. Sex History Podcast
217. Shrink Rap Radio
218. Šimek 's Nachts (RVU)
219. Šimek 's Nachts (Elsevier)
     
220. the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
221. Skythen-Podcast
     
222. SOCD 188J - Change in Modern South Africa (UCSD)
223. Social Innovation Conversations
224. SOCL 1B - the study of society (UCSD)
     
225. Sonic Society
226. Sparkletack 
227. Speaking of Faith (APM)
228. Stanford U History 
229. Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics (Stanford)
230. Sterke Geschiedenis
     
231. Straight talk about stem cells (Stanford)
     
232. Stuff you missed in history class 
233. Sunday Sundown 
234. Talking Robots
235. TdF London
236. Teaching American History
237. Teaching Company
     
238. TED Talks
239. That Podcast Show (aka Edgy Reviews)
240. Theories of Law and Society (Berkeley)
     
241. the Things We Forgot To Remember
242. Thinking Allowed
     
243. Time Out for Truth
     
244. Times Talks
245. Tudorcast
246. UCLA Israel Studies 
247. University Channel Podcast (aka UChannel Podcast)
248. US History since 1877 (Temple College)
249. Veertien Achttien
     
250. VIS 22 - Formations of Modern Art (UCSD)
     
251. Volkis Stimme
     
252. Volkskrant Podcasts
253. Voor 1 nacht (KRO)
254. We the People Stories
255. Welcome to Mars
     
256. What is Judaism?
257. Wise Counsel 
258. the Word Nerds
259. World View (NYT)
     
260. the Writing Show
261. Wynyfryd's meditation room
262. the Your History Podcast
263. Your Purpose Centered Life
264. zencast
265. zoem
266. האוניברסיטה המשודרת
267. מה שהיה היה
     
268. קטעים בהיסטוריה 

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New podcasts in May 2009 - Anne is a Man

This month there were eight podcasts reviewed for the first time. One was reviewed in a guest post by Saeed Ahmed, the others by myself. The majority, as usual, were in the realm of history, but there were also two vodcasts paid attention to. See below.

Culture:
Mighty Movie Podcast (review, site, feed)
Dan Persons takes us behind the screen in this interview podcast in and around movies.

Political Science:
Politics 114B (UCLA) (review, site, feed)
UCLA's political science introduction, kindly reviewed by Saeed Ahmed

History:
Islamic Medicine (review, site, feed)
The University of Warwick's series by Professor Peter Pormann about the Medieval Medicine as it was received from the Greeks, influenced by other cultures and preserved in the Islam world, before it was received by the West.

The History Faculty (review, site, feed)
British Academic history podcast on a large variety of subjects.

History 131 (University of Alaska Fairbanks) (review, site, feed)
History of the Americas before 1870

History 132 (University of Alaska Fairbanks) (review, site, feed)
US History after 1870

Vodcasts:
Feed Me Bubbe (review, site, feed / ipod feed)
Jewish Food and Culture video podcast.

Ersatz TV (review, site, feed / ipod feed)
German science video podcast presented by Annik Rubens in her incomparable mildly humoristic style.

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De Armeense Genocide - Veertien Achttien recensie

De podcast Veertien Achttien gaat vergezeld van een nieuwsbrief en daaruit konden we vernemen hoe de maker Tom Tacken ertoe is gekomen om de laatste aflevering van zijn podcast te wijden aan de Armeniër Komitas Vardapet. In het kort is dat omdat hij Aremeens vluchtelingen onder zijn kennissen heeft. Armeniërs die al vele jaren op een verblijfsvergunning in Nederland wachten.

Nog niet zo lang geleden besprak ik op dit blog de podcast New Books in History waarin, ook al naar aanleiding van de Eerste Wereldoorlog, Norman Stone aan het woord komt. In die uitzending zegt hij ondermeer dat de Armeense tragedie van 1915 geen genocide genoemd kan worden. Het lijkt dat hij zich daarmee in een minderheid van historici bevindt. In podcast kan men onder meer History 5 van Berkeley beluisteren waarin door Professor Anderson ruime aandacht aan de Armeniërs besteed wordt en de kwestie dat het om een genocide gaat onderbouwd wordt.

Het kan heel goed dat Tacken dezelfde colleges heeft gevolgd want hij volgt dezelfde lijn als Anderson. En ook hij begint met een citaat van, of all people, Adolf Hitler: 'Wie heeft het vandaag nog over de Armeniërs?' Wat op zijn minst duidelijk is, is dat de Armeniërs opgejaagd werden van huis en haard op een tocht die ze redelijkerwijs niet konden overleven. Effectief was dat een doodvonnis en de Turken deden daar ook niet huichelachtig over, toen althans. Vandaag is dat heel anders. En over de verblijfverblijfsvergunning van de Armeense kennissen van Tacken zal beslist worden door de Turkse Albayrak. Dat is ook wat.

Meer Veertien Achttien:
John Condon,
Koning George V,
Colmar von der Goltz,
Sir Ian Hamilton,
H.H. Asquith.

The apostle Paul - guest post on In Our Time

This is a guest post written by Jim Mowatt. Jim is a dedicated listener to history podcasts and the producer of one himself: Historyzine. Like myself Jim loves the BBC podcast In Our Time and when he expressed his enthusiasm about the latest edition, I was happy to find him ready to write about it on my blog.

In Our Time surprises and delights over and over again in that it brings to light so many subjects on the fringes of my consciousness and provides enough depth of discussion to draw me further into the topic. This time they've chosen one of the most important people in the Christian church and yet someone who the non religious (such as myself and the majority of other peoples upon the earth) have barely encountered. As I've stated I have no strong religious belief but I do have a fascination for spirituality and religion and this podcast drew me in and inspired me to read some of the writings of St. Paul and gave me enough context that I could appreciate them all the more.

The presenter, Melvyn Bragg introduces his guests John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, John Barclay, Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University and Helen Bond, Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at the University of Edinburgh and gives us these words: A long time ago, a man called Saul was travelling to Damascus when a light flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Paul (Saul) was a Jewish Pharisee probably going to Damascus to find out more about these troublesome Christians. His job/devotion/whatever was to police the strict adherence of Jews to the codes which had been set down for them. There seem to have been much diluting of these codes and this, he felt, watered down the Jewish faith. Paul received his conversion of faith and was immediately energised spreading a message not only to the Jewish peoples (all the early Christians were Jewish) but also to the Gentiles. He travelled many thousands of miles setting up little cells of Christian peoples throughout the Roman empire and leaving us the legacy we have today of the 13 epistles in the New Testament of the Christian bible. If not for Paul then it is quite likely that Christianity would have been a minority offshoot of the Jewish religion but Paul felt that the death and resurrection of Jesus had heralded a new age where all that had been would be swept away and a new world would come into being. Paul felt that this offered a path to salvation for all the peoples of the earth through Jesus Christ and that everyone could be saved. I suspect that there were many arguments about this at the time. Paul, even though he seems to have been quite well respected for his knowledge of scripture was a latecomer to the Christian movement. His conversion followed soon after the death of Jesus but he never met him and was not one of Jesus' disciples. To the apostles Paul must have seemed more of an irritant than a help. They had met and lived with Jesus. They had heard his teachings directly and yet here was this man Paul who felt he knew better than they, the message from God.

Despite this Paul has had an enormous effect upon the Christian church and this podcast did briefly refer to the influence of Paul upon Augustine and Luther many hundreds of years later. I'm grateful to this podcast for encouraging me to look again at the writings of Paul and feel his passion and enthusiasm for his subject. It shows the power of the written word that even now, 2000 years later I can read his texts and almost see and hear him speak (OK, OK, I wouldn't be able to understand him in the original Greek). His voice is vivid and strong. When he remonstrates, cajoles and harangues the Galatians I reel before his onslaught as they would. I may disagree with much that he says but I respect his belief and enthusiasm. This is an excellent series. Long may it continue.

More Podcasts about Early Christianity:
Philip Harland and others.

More In Our Time:
Whale evolution,
Magna Carta,
BBC's In Our Time - always recommended,
Brave New World,
Rafael's School of Athens and the depiction of Plato and Aristotle.

Shavuot in Gan Shmuel

The regular readers of the blog must have noticed I was away for a couple of days and the reason for that is simple. We were celebrating the holiday of Shavuot and this involved a lot of quality time with my wife and children and a closed PC.

We were invited to experience the holiday on kibbutz Gan Shmuel which is famous for its elaborate Shavuot ritual. They have a long show with song, dance and procession which is performed in a very professional fashion by the kibbutz members themselves. The theme of the ritual is around the agricultural aspect of Shavuot: the celebration of the first harvests. The other religious meaning, the reception of Torah, was not commemorated in any way at all. This is typical for the kibbutz perception of Judaism.

Once we were watching, we realized we hadn't taken our cameras with us and what photos I shot with my cell phone came out ridiculously unclear. Fortunately, Wikimedia could supply some visuals. The displayed picture is in the public domain, courtesy of the Gan Shmuel Archive.

MMW 3 by Matthew Herbst - UCSD history lectures

The University of California San Diego, as pointed out so many times, takes podcast lecture series off line as soon as they are finished. Here is a reason to go out and get the series MMW 3 The Medieval Heritage delivered by the great professor Matthew Herbst. MMW, on a side note, stands for The Making of the Modern World and as such is a six-fold series that intends to cover the entirety of World History, in which series 3 covers roughly 100 BCE to 1200 CE.

I love Herbst's approach to both history and lecturing. It makes for a very exciting and accessible series. In addition to that, MMW 3 delivers world history with much less emphasis on western history as most lecture series and other podcasts do. There is ample room for China, India and also Africa, Armenia and a lecture (number 5) placing Persia on the map - something I have been looking for.

While we are at it, notice that the first two lecture are missing, so you will rather abruptly fall into the course picking up on Greeks, Romans and the rise of Christianity. As said in lecture 5 you can learn about Persia and also about Armenia. What follows is China (6, 8 and 10), India (7) and a lot of Islam, as of lecture 11 - where I am listening right now. Lecture 9 is to be skipped, this is the mid term exam.

More MMW:
UCSD's lecture podcasts,
MMW 2,
MMW 4,
MMW 6,
MMW 3.