It’s hard to find decent podcasts. The best kinds are ones I discover after they have been going for awhile so i have a decent backlog of shows to go through. I’ve got 25 minutes each way on the bus. Based on where my stop is on the route, i usually get a seat 70% of the time. When a seat is not available, reading becomes a pain.
The first in the series, which I’ve listened to for the past 3 years or so, is The Sound of Young America. TSOYA is hosted by America’s Sweetheart, Jesse Thorn. Over the years, it has provided a lot of entertainment regarding different comedians, musicians, actors, writers, scientists, etc. One of these podcasts was an interview with the hosts of another radio show (which has it’s own podcast) - WNYC’s RadioLab.
I’m only 4 episodes into the series but have found it quite education and entertaining. The hosts come from a creative background who’s parents were both scientists, Jad Abumrad. He teams up with a veteran scientist writer/prodecer, Robert Krulwich. They spend an hour or so running through different aspects of a theme, not straight interviews, but with production, splicing, and entertaining sound manipulations. (I don’t really know what that means - google them and look for descriptions of their show). There’s no set time schedule to when the episodes come out. They just do their thing and they show up every once in a while.
I think they are schedule every other week but they are only contracted to do 10 or so a year now. (up from 5 at the beginning)
TSOYA has at least a couple of hundred podcasts available ranging from 5 min - 1 hr. While, Radiolab has approximately 20 episodes available - all about 1 hour in length.
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