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Being technologically delayed, I'm new to the world of podcasts. I was looking at some and found one from Prairie Home Companion, Mystery Theater, Coffee Break Spanish, and World News. I have a short attention span for trying to wade through zillions of choices. What podcasts do you like or would you recommend?

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Originally posted by pawnhandler
Being technologically delayed, I'm new to the world of podcasts. I was looking at some and found one from Prairie Home Companion, Mystery Theater, Coffee Break Spanish, and World News. I have a short attention span for trying to wade through zillions of choices. What podcasts do you like or would you recommend?
"This American Life" This has got to be my fav by a large margin.

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
"This American Life" This has got to be my fav by a large margin.
Go here. from The BBC : IN OUR TIME....It covers science, religion, culture, history etc... Here is the Archive page...one of the best podcasts out there:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_archive_home.shtml

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I would have suggested downloading The Now Show, but there has been some problems with the license agreement, so you can get the latest episodes (once a week) here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/nowshow.shtml

But I think you need to be British to get it. πŸ˜›

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
I would have suggested downloading The Now Show, but there has been some problems with the license agreement, so you can get the latest episodes (once a week) here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/nowshow.shtml

But I think you need to be British to get it. πŸ˜›
How do they know whether you are British or not?

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
How do they know whether you are British or not?
I think Bad wolf probably meant "get it" as in "understand the humour", not "be able to listen to it".

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
How do they know whether you are British or not?
For the benefit of understanding the show, being British just means being very familiar with British humour, possibly culture, and definitely very familiar with the what is happening in the news here, both currently and in the past. πŸ˜›
I guess you could not actually be British to understand it, as in not born and raised in the country, but then again, those people would be weird. πŸ˜‰

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http://www.charkim.demon.co.uk/britcom/jules&sandy.html

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I think Bad wolf probably meant "get it" as in "understand the humour", not "be able to listen to it".
I think you're right.


Some American sites I go to occasionally give you a message sometimes saying:
"sorry for copyright reasons you must be in the US to continue"

Very annoying, it is. πŸ™

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I think you're right.


Some American sites I go to occasionally give you a message sometimes saying:
"sorry for copyright reasons you must be in the US to continue"

Very annoying, it is. πŸ™
Yes, Pandora for example...

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The Sound of Young America.

Jesse Thorn interviews comedians, musical acts and other sundries. The show is dedicated to "things that are awesome."

http://www.maximumfun.org/listen.htm

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Originally posted by pawnhandler
Being technologically delayed, I'm new to the world of podcasts. I was looking at some and found one from Prairie Home Companion, Mystery Theater, Coffee Break Spanish, and World News. I have a short attention span for trying to wade through zillions of choices. What podcasts do you like or would you recommend?
"Podcasts" are just some fancy name some marketer dreamed up.

All it is is just some file you can download and listen to like any other song.

Why this is called a podcast and not just another download is beyond me. We used to call this "archives" back in the day.

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