Readers' podcast reports

Podcasters and podcast listeners can report their podcasts to this blog. If I do not manage to review myself, your own words about the podcast will be published.

Here are a number of recent podcast reports I received:

Hey, Anne. Could l interest you in reviewing Chicken Fried Radio?
We’d be more than happy to return the favor by pimping your blog and podcast on the show.

It’s a topical comedy show based in Austin, TX, and we’ve been doing it for five years now. Here’s a recent review of Chicken Fried Radio from a local university
paper.

We will most definitely share your review, whether positive or negative, on the show.

Thanks,
Christian Huey
Chicken Fried Radio
jackasses@chickenfriedradio.com
Facebook: Chicken Fried Radio

And:

INTERNET RADIO SENSATION RETURNS WITH AN ALL NEW SHOW!

Perrynoid is Back!

Internet sensation, comedian, and musician Perrynoid is back with a brand new show called Perrynoid Uncensored. To call it a talk show would be calling Mt Everest a hill.

Perrynoid Uncensored is a comedy extravaganza that tackles every strange and fascinating news story of the day broken down and explained by the bizarre and always hilarious mind of Perrynoid. Every show features a wide variety of guests from Guinness World Record Holders to Competitive Eating Champions. Perrynoid Uncensored is a thrill-ride of the weird and keeps you laughing and hungry for more!

Perrynoid is the ringleader for this 60 minute, bi-weekly, “one of a kind” program that has developed a strong online presence throughout the US & Canada reaching nearly 10 thousand downloads per show. Perrynoid Uncensored is readily available in several formats for convenient listening - including “On-Demand” streaming.

New episodes are posted on Perrynoid.com every other Saturday at 9PM EST.
Podcast subscribers receive the show earlier in the day, PLUS additional content not found on the website. All available listening formats are 100% FREE.

Perrynoid is an internet radio pioneer. He created The Cosmic Circus, an online variety radio program, in 1998 and became known as an ‘internet phenom’ after reaching nearly 15 thousand daily listeners. Perrynoid has appeared on several major radio programs in the United States including The Ron and Fez Show, The Don and Mike Show, The John DeBella Show, and The Giant Show. Perrynoid is a comedian and a musician. His unique musical contributions to radio shows have made him an industry name. Perrynoid currently lives in Washington DC.

Jimmy Bruton

JimmyBruton@gmail.com

And:

Hi Anne,

This podcast, Curiosity Aroused seems right down your alley. Maybe not the most recent with the 30 myths about dogs, although you might have a dog and be interested ...

However, the other subjects seem like the sort of thing you'd like.

Cheers,
Julie

And:

Anne The Man,

Hello. My name is Robert Hamilton, the co-producer of a short comedy podcast called "THE ALLIGATOR - I Might Be A Croc, I Don't Know - SHOW".

We've just started our sixth week of podcasting, and have about a year's worth already recorded and in the queue. I'm sure you know how challenging building an audience can be, especially with any form of offbeat humor that is looking for its niche. We've been performing these sorts of skits for family and friends for years, and were urged by several people to go public with them. The premise takes a little getting used to, and is certainly not intended for a broad audience. Needless to say, it might not be your cup of brew. But then again, it might just bite your funny bone.

This podcast features our friend, Alligator, in skits from an imaginary swamp. Alligator spouts thought-provoking nonsense, and eats almost anything he can get his jaws around. He's no dummy, though: In the midst of his babble you'll likely hear references to science, math, technology, and arcane vocabulary, as well as thinly veiled commentary on contemporary topics. Alligator is always coming up with new theories and inventions, which may amuse and will definitely confound you. Sometimes surreal, often thoughtful, and full of improvisation.

On the off chance that you might actually listen to several of these shows, please be advised that listening to Alligator is like eating hot peppers: You don't want to consume too many at one time!
These podcasts are usually less than 10 minutes.

Our shows are also available on iTunes -- for free, of course.

Three of my own favorites:
1. Out of Swamp Experience:
It isn't just an "out-of-body-experience when Alligator has an out-of-swamp experience.
2. Book of Truth:
Have you ever wondered how ultimate truths are derived? Then just listen to this episode...
3. The Green Cheese Conspiracy:
Alligator reveals that the moon actually IS made of green cheese!

Thanks for listening. Be sure to drop by our swamp for dinner as soon as possible...

Bob Hamilton,
The Alligator Show
seedpress@gmail.com

And:

Marco Raaphorst has left a new comment on your post "Report a podcast (2)":

Mooie nieuwe ontdekkingen gedaan, waarvoor dank!
Ik maak zelf ook een podcast sinds 4 weken:
Melodiefabriek Uitgesproken

Ga zo door, beste overzicht podcasts dat ik ken!

Groeten uit Den Haag,
Marco Raaphorst

391 podcasts reviewed on Anne is a Man

While I am away from the blog for the weekend, take your time to look at the latest updated Podcast List, with 391 podcasts listed. Also, look at Anne is a Man's sample blog, to give you an idea what this blog will look like as of May 10th.

If I manage to listen to podcasts this weekend, you can be sure I will pick from these podcasts and lecture series I currently, closely follow:

BBC's In Our Time (feed)
New Books in History (feed)
Harvard's Justice with Michael Sandel (feed)
UCLA's A History of Jerusalem from Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel (feed)
UCLA's History 1c - Western Civilization 1715-present (feed)

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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China, secularism, religiosity - SOF

Just as the west, China struggles with its secularism and its traditions, Confucianism, ancestor worship, Taoism, Falun Gong, Tibetan Buddhism and its officially recognized religions. It struggles in a very Chinese way, but much of its secularist stance is learned and adapted from the west. This we learn in a very interesting issue of Speaking of Faith.

Krista Tippett spoke with the Chinese anthropologist Mayfair Yang director of the East Asia Center at the University of California in Santa Barbara. Yang describes the irony that is going on in China. First of all, this traditionalist and highly spiritual society had shut its doors to the west for a long time, but once the doors spun open, around the humiliating defeats in the Opium Wars, it felt it had to rush in an make up. The wind flowing from Europe was one of 19th century rationalist industrial society and Protestant reformation. This was what should be emulated and in short, anything old, ritualistic and religious became suspect, considered superstition. Not only the communists but also the Chinese Nationalists (Kuomintang) were of this secular line. All traditions became repressed.

However, the mind set allowed just as much the 'liberation' of Tibet - that backward traditional, feudal society, as well as the person cult of Mao and the zealous dedication to the Cultural Revolution. As much as the official line repressed the spiritual mind set it tapped into it. Although today, the Chinese try to come clean, suspicion of 'superstition' is still strong. And never mind how much this is typically Chinese, I want to suggest in many ways the Chinese struggle is deeply similar to the western struggle. It serves to look for the same kind of ironies; how we suspect 'superstitions' and at the same time unwittingly tap into them.

In addition to the program there is the Full interview with Mayfair Yang and a Transcript of Speaking of Faith on China's struggle with secularism and religiosity.

More Speaking of Faith:
Three issues of Speaking of Faith,
Preserving Ojibwe,
The story and God,
Fragility and Humanity,
The Sunni-Shia divide and the future of Islam.

UK Elections - recommended podcasts

With the elections coming up in Great Britain on May 6th, there are several ways to go following it in podcast and getting good background information. Always good is The Economist (feed) which does weekly updates. A week is a long time in politics, especially during the election season.



Australia's Rear Vision had a special: UK Elections 2010. As usual with Rear Vision, it puts the current situation in a historical perspective. It goes back to the early 1970's when Labour reign came to an end. Labour failed on economics and the conservatives took over with Thatcher. Labout only could take over after having reformed itself to a centrist party under Blair. In 2010, Labour seems to be losing, but the Conservatives have a hard time to capitalize on that.

I would like to recommend diving deeper into the history of the UK in modernity and take up Berkeley's History 151c - The Peculiar Modernity of Britain (feed). Professor James Vernon is a very captivating lecturer with good British Humour thrown into the academic mix. His grand theme on Britian's peculiar modernity, is that the kingdom developed into a liberalist democracy full of paradoxes. (History 151c syllabus) Tomorrow will be the last lecture 'Thatcher and Blair: the return of liberalism'.

I love the way Vernon typifies the austere character of the socialists (and liberals) and the savoir vivre of the conservatives, which explains why the conservatives appeal to the masses (for being fun) when in fact, we might assume that the socialists have the mass's interest served in their politics. The liberals go back and forth between socialists and conservatives and occasionally have a feeble life on their own. Yet, the just might take on a significant role in 2010 as the Liberal Democrats.

Quick update: There is also a lecture at the LSE podcast about women voters in this election.

More of The Economist:
Avi Shlaim on Israel and Palestine,
A crisis of authority in Iran,
Comfort with Obama,
Democracy in America - podcast review,
Issues of Race.

More Rear Vision:
Two podcast issues on the history of Haiti
History of Yemen,
Freemasons,
China,
A history of the Israeli-Arab conflict.

More History 151c:
The Great War in podcasts,
The Indian Rebellion,
Friday Portion for Anne is a Man.

Giordano Bruno - Tapestry

In 1600 after seven (some say eight) years of trials, Giordano Bruno was convicted by the Roman Inquisition for heresy and burned at the stake. Bruno was a thinker who dabbled in mathematics, astronomy, philosophy and theology. Even if his ideas were not exactly fitting with the Roman Catholic Church's dogma, you wonder why the Inquisition went through the trouble of spending years of trials on an obscure thinker and having him publicly executed in the end.

We have met Bruno in podcast before. The Dutch OVT Podcast had an issue about him and just now CBC's Tapestry spent 50 minutes on him. Just as OVT, there was a lot of attention to begin with for Bruno's statue on the Piazza Di Fiore in Rome - the place of his execution. Bruno was eventually received as a martyr for free speech, free thought and even atheist celebrate this old Dominican. Somehow, ideas may indeed be really powerful, but if I have to guess what did him in, it was not that and maybe not even that he refused to recant. He denied the Inquisitors the right to judge him and that must have been just a little too much.

Tapestry's guest Ingrid Rowland then makes a very interesting remark: Maybe if Bruno had not been a Dominican priest, but rather ordained in the order of Jesus (The Jesuits). They might have been able to control him and protect him. By chance, an example of such a Jesuit jumped from another podcast I listened to: Entitled Opinions, which had Paula Findlen on the show to talk about Athanasius Kircher. Kircher lived half a century later, had ideas about just as wild and exotic as Bruno, but he was a Jesuit and, as it turns out, somehow enjoyed the protection of the order, also against the Vatican.

By the end of the Kircher show, Bruno comes up. Comparisons are made and Findlen even proposes in a very convinced way that Kircher must have read Bruno. You really must listen to these shows. As much as these men are megalomaniac thinkers and part or full heretics, which may seem sincere, but also has an element of unrewarding idiosyncrasy to it, they speak to the imagination and somehow continue to inspire.

(Photo by Joshua Corey; used with permission)

More Giordano Bruno:
Het zwijgen opgelegd - OVT.

More Tapestry:
Surviving in the Wilderness,
Survival of the Kindest,
Fear,
Karen Armstrong,
Terry Eagleton.

More Entitled Opinions:
Albert Camus,
Unabomber world views,
Byzantine Culture,
Jimi Hendrix,
Nietzsche.