Super Awesome Podcasts of 2006
This year has been a good year for podcasts so far. Here are a few of my favorite podcasts from the first half of 2006:
Way back in February, Studio 360 did an entire episode on violence in popular culture, featuring an interview with the author of “Fight Club,” how they make the “punching” sound effects in movies, and an essay by Jack Handey called “My Speech to the Martians.” The Handey essay is a must listen.
Episode 113 of All Songs Considered was the first time I ever heard Omaha’s Tilly and The Wall, and also has some really nice and rare tunes from Coleman Hawkins and Tommy Tutone.
The Politics of Culture did two related, excellent podcasts – “The Role of Print Media Today” and “The Media Morphs: Producing for Multiple Digital Platforms” - devoted to the future of print media, the internet, and the delivery of news and entertainment to new platforms like iPods.
Radio Open Source did a World Cup primer the week before things got started to get the blood pumping. Open Source covers all sorts of topics and its almost always informative in some way.
Finally, there is episode 110 from the Filmspotting guys. Filmspotting is the bestest, smartest, fastest, must listen/must subscribe podcast out there on popular culture that was once known as “cinecrack” for its addictive characteristics. The founder of filmspotting used to do a dinky movie review show at the University of Iowa’s KRUI a few years ago. Then he and his partner moved on to do (what is now known as) Filmspotting - one of the most popular podcasts out there with a truly international following. And now these two guys have their own show on Chicago Public Radio. Its that good. In episode 110, listen to them rip into Al Gore’s documentary, and do battle over…Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in The Lake House. Classic.
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