Friday, February 28, 2014

Multimedia: Podcasts

I only have a couple of podcasts that I subscribe to. Neither of them are particularly library related:

Stuff You Should Know - It's like Wayne's World meets the Discovery Channel. They just present research on different themes.
Welcome to Night Vale - a fictitious community radio station for the town of Night Vale where weird and suspicious things happen.

 
There are others I check in on and only download if the topic interests me (most of them are CBC and are about information in general, information sources or information issues):

CBC's Ideas - documentary style episodes on topics in science and social studies.
CBC's Quirks & Quarks - mostly popular and new science.
CBC's Rewind - a look back on older broadcasts and how they covered specific events or themes.
CBC's Spark - kind of like Ideas, but covering more tech stuff.
Nerdist - pure pop-culture. Usually interviews with comedians or actors.

I try not to download too many because I'll get stressed out thinking there is too much I am missing if I don't get caught up on them all! I am always up for recommendations, though.

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