I've added a new Podcast. Only listened to one episode so far but it was enough to sell me - The Bugle. Produced by Times online of London, it's the Daily Show's John Oliver shooting the sh*t with fellow Brit comedian Andy Zaltzman. Funny stuff, refreshingly British, and having listened to Kevin Smith's Smodcast for so long it's a pleasant change to hear banter from a pair of comedians who aren't terminally retarded (not that I don't love Smith's brand of retardation, it's just a nice change of pace).

Digging this thread up after a conversation at the Oscar shorts viewing. Wow, my list has changed quite a bit. Mostly gotten shorter as I got uninterested in several of the music ones and added some other long-form ones.

Here's my new and improved list.

NPR Geekery
NPR: Sunday Puzzle
NPR: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me
This American Life
WNYC's Radiolab

Music
NPR: All Songs Considered (wow, down to just one music podcast)

Comedy
Doug Loves Movies
Mike Detective
Smodcast
The Bugle
The Nerdist
The Pod F. Tompkast
Comedy Death-Ray Radio

CP and I are absolutely hooked on the comedy thing. There's a group of comedians that are just flooding the airwavespodwaves with hours and hours and hours of stupidly hilarious material. If you're a comedy fan (especially character/improv comedy ala Upright Citizens Brigade) I can't recommend Comedy Death-Ray Radio enough. It routinely leaves us in delightful pain.

Comedy Death Ray Radio!!! Listen to an episode with a comedian you enjoy to start you off and you will be hooked!

Great things about the comedy podcast boom:
1. It's free. No need to buy comedy albums, go see shows.
2. It's fresh. New stuff every week.
3. It's got many different faces. Some are straight interview style, some are free-form rambling, some are just people chatting, some involve games and participation, some are thought provoking, some are completely looney randomness...

A revolution is underway. There is a comedy podcast for YOU! :snap:

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Ooh, Planet Money on NPR is continuing to surprise me with interesting stories on economic forces. Their coverage of the Middle East rebellions has been most illuminating.