Thursday, September 3, 2009

Het Marathon Interview, de herhalingen

Nu dat de feed van Het Marathon Interview vernieuwd is, krijgen we herhalingen van wat we eerder al gehoord en besproken hebben. Het lijkt er in dit verband overigens op dat de VPRO het beleid met betrekking tot de feed steeds aanpast. Eerst werd er gezegd dat er elke week één nieuw interview in de feed zou komen, maar gisteren waren het er ineens drie tegelijk. En met die drie nieuwe, verdween ook meteen de eerste die in de feed was geplaatst (het interview met Kees Fens). Het verdient daarom aanbeveling om de interviews te download en bewaren voor het passende luistermoment, voordat ze al weer verdwenen zijn. (Hoewel Huffduffer dan weer uitkomst biedt.)

Een van de oude interviews die opnieuw aangeboden werd is het gesprek uit 1986 dat Ischa Meijer met Freek de Jonge had. Ik herinnerde me van de vorige keer dat Freek de Jonge me tegenviel, maar ik wilde het gesprek een nieuwe kans geven. Het is me de laatste tijd een paar keer overkomen dat ik mijn mening herzag, maar ruim twee jaar na de vorige sessie is mijn mening nog niet over het interview veranderd. Het is interessant, je leert Freek beslist beter kennen. Het sleept nogal voort en het wil maar niet sprankelen. Alleen Ischa is leuk en Cor Galis is fantastisch; maar als je het van de aankondigingen moet hebben...

Dit schreef ik twee jaar geleden:

Oh, de stem van Ischa en daarbij de aan- en afkondigingen van Cor Galis. God mag weten om welk jaar het gaat, maar de doden staan op uit hun graf.

En dan Freek. Toch een icoon van mijn generatie en mijn zuil. Nou ja zuil, mijn sociale segment: het linkse, seculiere, VPRO publiek. Het volk dat zich gaarne door De Jonge liet beledigen. Ik ben nu iets meer dan 3 uur op streek. Ischa en Cor maken me gek van nostalgie, maar Freek nog niet helemaal. Het is net televisie: wachten tot het leuk wordt. Er zijn kleine hoogtepuntjes, dat nog wel. Het feit dat er 5 uur beschikbaar is, maakt Ischa en Freek misschien zo laconiek dat er geen druk op de ketel is. Dat het niet OF spettert, OF uitgaat als een nachtkaars.

Genoeg om mee verder te kunnen, overigens. Impliciet zie ik Freek als calvinistische jongen in een semi-liberaal en seculier-links jasje; dat komt me bekend voor. De schuldgevoelens en ontwijkende attitude zijn er niet minder om. Ik lijk meer op hem dan ik toe wil geven bij deze deconfiture.


Meer Marathon Interviews:
Het Marathon Interview - vernieuwde VPRO podcast,
Karel van het Reve,
Jan Montyn,
Arthur Japin, Johannes van Dam,
Mr. G.B.J. Hiltermann.

Meer Freek de Jonge:
Bij KRO's voor 1 nacht,
Bij Simek 's Nachts.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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 4Enlightenment, 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 188JChange 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 22Formations 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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Monday, August 31, 2009

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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Sunday, August 30, 2009

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.